[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 201 (Monday, December 11, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1305-D1307]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of December 12 through December 15, 2017

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Leonard Steven Grasz, of Nebraska, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Eighth Circuit, post-cloture.
  Following disposition of the nomination of Leonard Steven Grasz, 
Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of 
Don R. Willett, of Texas, to be a Circuit Judge, United States Court of 
Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
  Following disposition of the nomination of Don R. Willett, Senate 
will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of James C. 
Ho, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: December 13, to 
hold hearings to examine safeguarding American agriculture in a 
globalized world, 9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Armed Services: December 13, Subcommittee on 
Personnel, to hold hearings to examine an update on research, 
diagnosis, and treatment for traumatic brain injury/concussion in 
servicemembers, 10 a.m., SR-222.
  December 13, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, to 
receive a closed briefing on Department of Defense global 
counterterrorism operations, 10 a.m., SVC-217.
  December 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine United 
States policy and strategy in the Middle East, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: December 12, 
Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the 
Internet, to hold hearings to examine digital decision-making, 
focusing on the building blocks of machine learning and artificial 
intelligence, 10 a.m., SR-253.

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  December 12, Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and 
Coast Guard, to hold hearings to examine national ocean policy, 
focusing on stakeholder perspectives, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  December 13, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2202, 
to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations 
for the National Transportation Safety Board, S. 2200, to 
reauthorize the National Integrated Drought Information System, S. 
1768, to reauthorize and amend the National Earthquake Hazards 
Reduction Program, the nomination of Barry Lee Myers, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and 
Atmosphere, and a routine list in the Coast Guard, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: December 12, business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Linda Capuano, of Texas, to 
be Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, 
Department of Energy, and Timothy R. Petty, of Indiana, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of the Interior; to be immediately followed by 
an oversight hearing to examine the permitting processes at the 
Department of the Interior and the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission for energy and resource infrastructure projects and 
opportunities to improve the efficiency, transparency, and 
accountability of federal decisions for such projects, 10 a.m., SD-
366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: December 13, business 
meeting to consider the nomination of R. D. James, of Missouri, to 
be an Assistant Secretary of the Army, Department of Defense, 9:50 
a.m., SD-406.
  December 13, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: December 12, Subcommittee on 
Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, to hold hearings to 
examine European energy security, focusing on United States 
interests and coercive Russian diplomacy, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  December 12, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, to 
hold hearings to examine the future of Zimbabwe, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  December 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine using 
force, focusing on strategic, political, and legal considerations, 
9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  December 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
extradition Treaty between the Government of the United States of 
America and the Government of the Republic of Kosovo, signed at 
Pristina on March 29, 2016 (Treaty Doc. 115-02), the extradition 
Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of 
Serbia, signed at Belgrade on August 15, 2016 (Treaty Doc. 115-01), 
the Treaty between the Government of the United States of America 
and the Government of the Republic of Kiribati on the Delimitation 
of Maritime Boundaries, signed at Majuro on September 6, 2013, and 
the Treaty between the Government of the United States of America 
and the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia on the 
Delimitation of a Maritime Boundary, signed at Koror on August 1, 
2014 (Treaty Doc. 114-13), and the United Nations Convention on the 
Assignment of Receivables in International Trade, done at New York 
on December 12, 2001, and signed by the United States on December 
30, 2003 (Treaty Doc. 114-07), 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  December 14, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on new 
counterterrorism guidance, 10 a.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: December 12, 
to hold hearings to examine the cost of prescription drugs, focusing 
on an examination of the National Academies of Sciences, 
Engineering, and Medicine report ``Making Medicines Affordable: A 
National Imperative'', 10 a.m., SD-430.
  December 13, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Kenneth L. Marcus, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Civil Rights, and Johnny Collett, of Kentucky, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative 
Services, both of the Department of Education, Scott A. Mugno, of 
Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary, and William Beach, of 
Kansas, to be Commissioner of Labor Statistics, both of the 
Department of Labor, and other pending nominations, Time to be 
announced, Room to be announced.
  December 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
implementation of the 21st Century Cures Act, focusing on responding 
to mental health needs, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: December 
14, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Margaret Weichert, 
of Georgia, to be Deputy Director for Management, Office of 
Management and Budget, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: December 12, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug 
Enforcement Act, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  December 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Elizabeth L. Branch, of Georgia, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, R. Stan Baker, to be United 
States District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, Charles 
Barnes Goodwin, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of Oklahoma, Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Matthew Spencer 
Petersen, of Virginia, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Columbia, and Eli Jeremy Richardson, to be United States 
District Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  December 13, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and 
Consumer Rights, to hold hearings to examine the consumer welfare 
standard in antitrust, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  December 14, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2152, 
to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for assistance for 
victims of child pornography, and the nominations of Stuart Kyle 
Duncan, of Louisiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Fifth Circuit, David Ryan Stras, of Minnesota, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Fernando Rodriguez, Jr., to be 
United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, 
Andrei Iancu, of California, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Intellectual Property

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and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and 
Duane A. Kees, to be United States Attorney for the Western District 
of Arkansas, Stephen R. McAllister, to be United States Attorney for 
the District of Kansas, Ronald A. Parsons, Jr., to be United States 
Attorney for the District of South Dakota, Ryan K. Patrick, to be 
United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, and 
Michael B. Stuart, to be United States Attorney for the Southern 
District of West Virginia, all of the Department of Justice, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: December 12, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  December 14, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Armed Services, December 13, Subcommittee on Tactical 
Air and Land Forces, hearing entitled ``Addressing Physiological 
Episodes in Fighter, Attack, and Training Aircraft'', 3:30 p.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, December 13, Subcommittee on 
Energy, hearing entitled ``The Impacts and Future of North American 
Energy Trade'', 10:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, December 14, Subcommittee on 
Monetary Policy and Trade, hearing entitled ``Examining the 
Operations of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United 
States (CFIUS)'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, December 14, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 2219, the ``End Banking for Human Traffickers Act of 2017''; 
and H.R. 2646, the ``United States-Jordan Defense Cooperation 
Extension Act'', 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, December 13, Full Committee, 
markup on H.R. 1486, the ``Securing American Non-Profit 
Organizations Against Terrorism Act of 2017''; H.R. 4433, the 
``Securing Department of Homeland Security Firearms Act of 2017''; 
H.R. 4553, the ``Terrorist Screening and Targeting Review Act of 
2017''; H.R. 4555, the ``DHS Interagency Counterterrorism Task Force 
Act of 2017''; H.R. 4559, the ``Global Aviation System Security 
Reform Act of 2017''; H.R. 4561, the ``Security Assessment 
Feasibility for Equipment Testing and Evaluation of Capabilities for 
our Homeland Act''; H.R. 4564, the ``Post-Caliphate Threat 
Assessment Act of 2017''; H.R. 4567, the ``DHS Overseas Personnel 
Enhancement Act of 2017''; H.R. 4569, the ``Counterterrorism 
Information Sharing Improvement Act of 2017''; H.R. 4577, the 
``Domestic Explosives Detection Canine Capacity Building Act of 
2017''; H.R. 4578, the ``Counter Terrorist Network Act''; and H.R. 
4581, the ``Screening and Vetting Passenger Exchange Act of 2017'', 
9:30 a.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on the Judiciary, December 13, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Oversight Hearing with Deputy Attorney General Rod 
Rosenstein'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, December 13, Full Committee, 
continue markup on H.R. 200, the ``Strengthening Fishing Communities 
and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act''; H.R. 1157, 
to clarify the United States interest in certain submerged lands in 
the area of the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 1349, to amend the Wilderness Act to ensure that the 
use of bicycles, wheelchairs, strollers, and game carts is not 
prohibited in Wilderness Areas, and for other purposes; H.R. 1350, 
to modify the boundary of Voyageurs National Park in the State of 
Minnesota, and for other purposes; H.R. 1675, the ``National 
Landslide Preparedness Act''; H.R. 2888, the ``Ste. Genevieve 
National Historical Park Establishment Act''; H.R. 3400, the 
``Recreation Not Red-Tape Act''; H.R. 3588, the ``RED SNAPPER Act''; 
H.R. 4033, the ``National Geologic Mapping Act Reauthorization 
Act''; H.R. 4264, the ``Hyde Park Land Conveyance Act''; H.R. 4266, 
the ``Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act''; H.R. 4465, 
the ``Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act of 2017''; 
H.R. 4475, the ``National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring 
System Act''; H.R. 4568, the ``Enhancing Geothermal Production on 
Federal Lands Act''; S. 825, the ``Southeast Alaska Regional Health 
Consortium Land Transfer Act of 2017''; and S. 1285, the ``Oregon 
Tribal Economic Development Act'', 12:30 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  December 14, Subcommittee on Federal Lands, hearing on H.R. 4558, 
the ``Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act'', 9:30 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, December 13, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled, ``Oversight of the Bureau of Prisons 
and Inmate Reentry'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, December 13, 
Subcommittee on Research and Technology, hearing entitled ``Head 
Health Challenge: Preventing Head Trauma from Football Field to Shop 
Floor to Battlefield'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  December 13, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing entitled ``Advancing 
Solar Energy Technology: Research Trumps Deployment'', 2 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, December 13, Subcommittee on 
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing entitled ``Pre-
Discharge Claims Programs: Are VA and DOD Effectively Serving 
Separating Military Personnel?'', 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, December 13, Subcommittee on 
Oversight, hearing entitled ``IRS Reform: The Taxpayer's 
Experience'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  December 13, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Examining 
the Drug Supply Chain'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  December 13, Senate Committee on Finance, meeting of conferees on 
H.R. 1, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, 2 
p.m., HC-5, Capitol.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: December 14, to 
hold hearings to examine assessing accomplishments and challenges of 
the Magnitsky Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.