[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 202 (Tuesday, December 12, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1315-D1317]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           DECEMBER 13, 2017

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to examine safeguarding American agriculture in a 
globalized world, 9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities, to receive a closed briefing on Department of Defense 
global counterterrorism operations, 10 a.m., SVC-217.
  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.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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 Environment and Public Works: 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.
  Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to examine the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine using 
force, focusing on strategic, political, and legal considerations, 
9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  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.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Johnny Collett, of Kentucky, 
to be Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative 
Services, Mitchell Zais, of South Carolina, to be Deputy Secretary, 
and James Blew, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development, all of the Department 
of Education, William Beach, of Kansas, to be Commissioner of Labor 
Statistics, Kate S. O'Scannlain, of Maryland, to be Solicitor, and 
Scott A. Mugno, of Pennsylvania, and Preston Rutledge, of the 
District of Columbia, both to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the 
Department of Labor, and other pending nominations, Time to be 
announced, Room to be announced.
  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 the Judiciary: 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.
  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.

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                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, 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 Education and the Workforce, Full Committee, continue 
markup on H.R. 4508, the ``Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and 
Prosperity through Education Reform Act'', 2175 Rayburn. Time to be 
announced.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Examining the Drug Supply Chain'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy, hearing entitled ``The Impacts and Future 
of North American Energy Trade'', 10:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, continue markup 
on H.R. 435, the ``Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2017''; H.R. 
1457, the ``Making Online Banking Initiation Legal and Easy Act of 
2017''; H.R. 2219, the ``End Banking for Human Traffickers Act of 
2017''; H.R. 2319, the ``Consumer Financial Choice and Capital 
Markets Protection Act of 2017''; H.R. 2948, to amend the S.A.F.E. 
Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 to provide a temporary license for 
loan originators transitioning between employers, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 3179, the ``Transparency and Accountability for 
Business Standards Act''; H.R. 3864, the ``Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2017''; 
H.R. 4464, the ``Common Sense Credit Union Capital Relief Act of 
2017''; H.R. 4519, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to 
repeal certain disclosure requirements related to resource 
extraction, and for other purposes; H.R. 4529, the ``Accelerating 
Access to Capital Act of 2017''; H.R. 4537, the ``International 
Insurance Standards Act of 2017''; H.R. 4545, the ``Financial 
Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act''; H.R. 4546, the 
``National Securities Exchange Regulatory Parity Act''; H.R. 4560, 
the ``GSE Jumpstart Reauthorization Act of 2017''; and H.R. 4566, 
the ``Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act'', 9 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.I21Committee on Homeland Security, 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 House Administration, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
4009, to authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 
Institution to plan, design, and construct a central parking 
facility on National Zoological Park property in the District of 
Columbia; and a committee resolution updating the advertisement 
regulations found in the Members' Congressional Handbook, 11:30 
a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Oversight Hearing with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein'', 
10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled, ``Oversight of the Bureau of Prisons and Inmate 
Reentry'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
  Subcommittee on Energy, hearing entitled ``Advancing Solar Energy 
Technology: Research Trumps Deployment'', 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing 
entitled ``IRS Reform: The Taxpayer's Experience'', 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.

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                             Joint Meetings

  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