[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 181 (Tuesday, November 7, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1186-D1187]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                            NOVEMBER 8, 2017

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business 
meeting to consider S. 1693, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 
to clarify that section 230 of that

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Act does not prohibit the enforcement against providers and users of 
interactive computer services of Federal and State criminal and 
civil law relating to sex trafficking, S. 1668, to rename a waterway 
in the State of New York as the ``Joseph Sanford Jr. Channel'', and 
the nominations of Dana Baiocco, of Ohio, to be a Commissioner of 
the Consumer Product Safety Commission, James Bridenstine, of 
Oklahoma, to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, Neil Jacobs, of North Carolina, and Nazakhtar 
Nikakhtar, of Maryland, both to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce, Bruce Landsberg, of South Carolina, to be a Member of the 
National Transportation Safety Board, Raymond Martinez, of New 
Jersey, to be Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, and Diana Furchtgott-Roth, of Maryland, to be an 
Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of Transportation, and 
Leon A. Westmoreland, of Georgia, to be a Director of the Amtrak 
Board of Directors; to be immediately followed by a hearing to 
examine protecting consumers in the era of major data breaches, 9:45 
a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Kathleen Hartnett White, of Texas, to be 
a Member of the Council on Environmental Quality, and Andrew 
Wheeler, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Africa and Global 
Health Policy, to receive a closed briefing on a readout of 
Ambassador Haley's recent trip to Africa, 3 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Kirstjen Nielsen, of Virginia, 
to be Secretary of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to examine S. 1400, 
to amend title 18, United States Code, to enhance protections of 
Native American tangible cultural heritage, and S. 465, to provide 
for an independent outside audit of the Indian Health Service, 2:30 
p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the impact 
of lawsuit abuse on American small businesses and job creators, 10 
a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education; and Subcommittee on 
Higher Education and Workforce Development, joint hearing entitled 
``Close to Home: How Opioids are Impacting Communities'', 10:30 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``MACRA and Alternative Payment Models: Developing Options 
for Value-based Care'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Monetary Policy 
and Trade, hearing entitled ``Administration Priorities for the 
International Financial Institutions'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism and Illicit Finance, hearing entitled 
``Financial Intelligence and Enforcement: Treasury's Role in 
Safeguarding the American Financial System'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Middle East and 
North Africa; and Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, joint 
hearing entitled ``The President's Plan for Afghanistan and 
Pakistan: Objectives and Resources'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing entitled 
``Examining the Effectiveness of the Kingpin Designation Act in the 
Western Hemisphere'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Preventing the Next Attack: TSA's Role in Keeping Our 
Transportation Systems Secure'', 10:30 a.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 3989, 
the ``USA Liberty Act of 2017''; and H.R. 170, the ``Protect and 
Grow American Jobs Act'', 10:15 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, continue markup on 
H.R. 995, the ``21st Century Respect Act''; H.R. 1532, the ``Poarch 
Band of Creek Indians Land Reaffirmation Act''; H.R. 180, to direct 
the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer certain Federal land to 
facilitate scientific research supporting Federal space and defense 
programs; H.R. 2504, to ensure fair treatment in licensing 
requirements for the export of certain echinoderms; H.R. 2907, the 
``Planning for American Energy Act of 2017''; H.R. 3469, to 
designate the bridge located in Blount County, Tennessee, on the 
Foothills Parkway (commonly known as ``Bridge 2'') as the ``Dean 
Stone Bridge''; H.R. 3905, the ``Minnesota's Economic Rights in the 
Superior National Forest Act''; H.R. 4239, the ``SECURE American 
Energy Act''; and S. 140, to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe 
Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of 
amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
National Security, hearing entitled ``Moving the American Embassy in 
Israel to Jerusalem: Challenges and Opportunities'', 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Environment; and Subcommittee on Energy, joint hearing entitled 
``Geoengineering: Innovation, Research, and Technology'', 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Hiring More Heroes: A Review of SBA's Office of Veterans Business 
Development'', 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
4242, the ``VA Care in the Community Act'', and H.R. 4243, the ``VA 
Asset and Infrastructure Review Act of 2017'', 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing entitled ``A Review 
of the Interagency Transition Assistance Program and the Need for 
Enhanced Outcome Measurements'', 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.