[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 9 (Tuesday, January 16, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D42-D43]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of January 17 through January 19, 2018

                             Senate Chamber

  On Wednesday, Senate will continue consideration of McConnell motion 
to concur in the amendment of the House to S. 139, FISA Amendments 
Reauthorization Act, post-cloture.
  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 Armed Services: January 18, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Michael D. Griffin, of Alabama, to be 
Under Secretary for Research and Engineering, Phyllis L. Bayer, of 
Mississippi, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and John 
Henderson, of South Dakota, and William Roper, of Georgia, each to 
be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, all of the Department of 
Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: January 17, 
business meeting to consider the nominations of Jerome H. Powell, of 
Maryland, to be Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System, Randal Quarles, of Colorado, to be a Member of the 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Brian D. 
Montgomery, of Texas, and Robert Hunter Kurtz, of Virginia, both to 
be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and 
David J. Ryder, of New Jersey, to be Director of the Mint, 
Department of the Treasury; to be immediately followed by a hearing 
to examine combating money laundering and other forms of illicit 
finance, focusing on Administration perspectives on reforming and 
strengthening Bank Secrecy Act enforcement, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  January 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Committee 
on Foreign Investment in the United States reform, focusing on 
examining the essential elements, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: January 17, to 
hold hearings to examine terrorism and social media, 10 a.m., SR-
253.
  January 18, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Leon A. Westmoreland, of Georgia, to be a Director of 
the Amtrak Board of Directors, Barry Lee Myers, of Pennsylvania, to 
be Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, Diana 
Furchtgott-Roth, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Transportation, Brendan Carr, of Virginia, to be a Member of the 
Federal Communications Commission, James Bridenstine, of Oklahoma, 
to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, and Ann Marie Buerkle, of New York, to be a 
Commissioner, and to be Chairman, and Dana Baiocco, of Ohio, to be a 
Commissioner, both of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, 11 
a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: January 17, 
Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings to examine the 
Bureau of Reclamation's title transfer process and potential 
benefits to Federal and non-Federal stakeholders, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  January 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Melissa F. Burnison, of Kentucky, to be an Assistant 
Secretary (Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs), and Anne 
Marie White, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary 
(Environmental Management), both of the Department of Energy, 10 
a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: January 17, to hold 
hearings to examine America's water infrastructure needs and 
challenges, focusing on Federal panel perspectives, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: January 17, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Alex Michael Azar II, of Indiana, to be Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, and Kevin K. McAleenan, of Hawaii, to be 
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of 
Homeland Security; to be immediately followed by a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Dennis Shea, of Virginia, to be a Deputy 
United States Trade Representative (Geneva Office), with the rank of 
Ambassador, and C. J. Mahoney, of Kansas, to be a Deputy United 
States Trade Representative (Investment, Services, Labor, 
Environment, Africa, China, and the Western Hemisphere), with the 
rank of Ambassador, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: January 18, business meeting to 
consider the nomination of Samuel Dale Brownback, of Kansas, to be 
Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, Department 
of State, 10:30 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: January 17, 
to hold hearings to examine facing 21st century public health 
threats, focusing on our nation's preparedness and response 
capabilities, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  January 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
reauthorizing the Higher Education Act, focusing on financial aid 
simplification and transparency, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: January 
17, to hold hearings to examine Medicaid and the opioid epidemic, 
focusing on unintended consequences, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: January 17, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine breaking new ground in agribusiness opportunities 
in Indian Country, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Judiciary: January 17, Subcommittee on Crime and 
Terrorism, to hold hearings to examine the long-term care needs of 
first responders injured in the line of duty, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  January 18, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Elizabeth L. Branch, of Georgia, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, 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, Annemarie Carney Axon, to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, R. Stan Baker, 
to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of 
Georgia, Jeffrey

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Uhlman Beaverstock, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Alabama, Liles Clifton Burke, to be United 
States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, Thomas 
Alvin Farr, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of North Carolina, Charles Barnes Goodwin, to be United 
States District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma, Michael 
Joseph Juneau, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of Louisiana, Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Emily Coody 
Marks, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of 
Alabama, Terry Fitzgerald Moorer, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of Alabama, Mark Saalfield Norris, Sr., to 
be United States District Judge for the Western District of 
Tennessee, William M. Ray II, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Georgia, Eli Jeremy Richardson, to be 
United States District Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee, 
Holly Lou Teeter, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Kansas, and Brian Allen Benczkowski, of Virginia, 
Jeffrey Bossert Clark, of Virginia, and Eric S. Dreiband, of 
Maryland, each to be an Assistant Attorney General, John H. Durham, 
to be United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, 
Michael T. Baylous, to be United States Marshal for the Southern 
District of West Virginia, and Daniel R. McKittrick, to be United 
States Marshal for the Northern District of Mississippi, all of the 
Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: January 17, to hold hearings to 
examine the state of the Department of Veterans Affairs, focusing on 
a progress report on implementing 2017 Department of Veterans 
Affairs reform legislation, 2 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: January 17, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Michael K. Atkinson, of Maryland, to be 
Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, and Jason Klitenic, 
of Maryland, to be General Counsel, both of the Office of the 
Director of National Intelligence, 11:30 a.m., SH-216.
  January 18, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Armed Services, January 18, Subcommittee on 
Readiness; and Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, joint 
hearing entitled ``Surface Warfare: At a Crossroads'', 3:30 p.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, January 18, Subcommittee on 
Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled 
``Disrupter Series: The Internet of Things, Manufacturing and 
Innovation'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  January 18, Subcommittee on Environment, hearing entitled 
``Modernizing the Superfund Cleanup Program'', 10:15 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  January 19, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Safety of the U.S. Food Supply: Continuing Concerns Over 
the Food and Drug Administration's Food-Recall Process'', 9 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  January 19, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing entitled ``Legislation 
Addressing LNG Exports and PURPA Modernization'', 9:15 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, January 18, Subcommittee on 
Counterterrorism and Intelligence, hearing entitled ``Combating 
Transnational Gangs Through Information Sharing'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  January 18, Subcommittee on Transportation and Protective 
Security, hearing entitled ``Innovation at TSA: Examining Threat 
Mitigation Through Technology Acquisitions Reform'', 2 p.m., HVC-
210.
  Committee on Natural Resources, January 18, Full Committee, 
continue markup on H.R. 146, the ``Eastern Band Cherokee Historic 
Lands Reacquisition Act''; H.R. 443, the ``James K. Polk 
Presidential Home Study Act''; H.R. 553, to redesignate Gravelly 
Point Park, located along the George Washington Memorial Parkway in 
Arlington County, Virginia, as the Nancy Reagan Memorial Park, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 805, the ``Tulare Youth Recreation and 
Women's History Enhancement Act''; H.R. 1417, the ``National Law 
Enforcement Museum Exhibits Act''; H.R. 2987, the ``21st Century 
Conservation Service Corps Act of 2017''; H.R. 3058, ``Gateway Arch 
National Park Designation Act''; H.R. 3225, the ``Oregon Tribal 
Economic Development Act''; and H.R. 3961, the ``Kissimmee River 
Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2017'', 9 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  January 18, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing 
entitled ``Examining the Department of the Interior's Actions to 
Eliminate Onshore Energy Burdens'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  January 19, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing 
entitled ``Deficiencies in the Permitting Process for Offshore 
Seismic Research'', 9 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, January 18, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Article I: Effective Oversight and the Power of the Purse'' 
[ORIGINAL JURISDICTION HEARING], 10:30 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, January 18, Subcommittee on 
Agriculture, Energy, and Trade, hearing entitled ``Engaging Energy: 
Small Business Resources at the Department of Energy'', 10 a.m., 
2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, January 18, 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing entitled 
``America's Water Resources Infrastructure: Approaches to Enhanced 
Project Delivery'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, January 18, Subcommittee on 
Health; and Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, joint hearing 
entitled ``Addressing Veteran Homelessness: Current Position; Future 
Course'', 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, January 18, Full 
Committee, business meeting on the public release of a Committee 
transcript, 9 a.m., HVC-304. This meeting will be closed.