[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 17, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D52-D53]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            JANUARY 18, 2018

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: 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: to hold hearings 
to examine Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States 
reform, focusing on examining the essential elements, 9:45 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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: 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 Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Samuel Dale Brownback, of Kansas, to be Ambassador at 
Large for International Religious Freedom, Richard Grenell, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, 
Yleem D. S. Poblete, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary 
(Verification and Compliance), James Randolph Evans, of Georgia, to 
be Ambassador to Luxembourg, Joel Danies, of Maryland, to be 
Ambassador to the Gabonese Republic, and to serve concurrently and 
without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Democratic 
Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, Peter Hendrick Vrooman, of New 
York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Rwanda, Carlos Trujillo, 
of Florida, to be Permanent Representative of the United States of 
America to the Organization of American States, with the rank of 
Ambassador, and routine lists in the Foreign Service, all of the 
Department of State, 2 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine reauthorizing the Higher Education Act, focusing 
on financial aid simplification and transparency, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Full Committee, business meeting to consider subcommittee 
assignments for the Second Session of the 115th Congress, and the 
nominations of Mitchell Zais, of South Carolina, to be Deputy 
Secretary, Kenneth L. Marcus, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary 
for Civil Rights, and James Blew, of California, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development, all of 
the Department of Education, Patrick Pizzella, of Virginia, to be 
Deputy Secretary, Scott A. Mugno, of Pennsylvania, to be an 
Assistant Secretary, Cheryl Marie Stanton, of South Carolina, to be 
Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, and William Beach, of 
Kansas, to be Commissioner of Labor Statistics, all of the 
Department of Labor, Brett Giroir, of Texas, to be Medical Director 
in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, and to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, Barbara Stewart, 
of Illinois, to be Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for 
National and Community Service, and other pending nominations, 12:30 
p.m., S-216, Capitol.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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 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

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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.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, 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, Subcommittee on Digital Commerce 
and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``Disrupter Series: The 
Internet of Things, Manufacturing and Innovation'', 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Environment, hearing entitled ``Modernizing the 
Superfund Cleanup Program'', 10:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, continue markup 
on H.R. 1264, the ``Community Financial Institution Exemption Act''; 
H.R. 1426, the ``Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act 
of 2017''; H.R. 2226, the ``Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access 
Act''; H.R. 2255, the ``Housing Opportunities Made Easier Act''; 
H.R. 2319, the ``Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets 
Protection Act of 2017''; H.R. 3746, the ``Business of Insurance 
Regulatory Reform Act of 2017''; H.R. 4061, the ``Financial 
Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2017''; H.R. 4550, 
the ``Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2017''; H.R. 
4566, the ``Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act''; 
H.R. 4607, the ``Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act''; H.R. 4725, 
the ``Community Bank Reporting Relief Act''; H.R. 4738, the ``Mutual 
Fund Litigation Reform Act''; H.R. 4768, the ``National Strategy for 
Combating the Financing of Transnational Criminal Organizations 
Act''; H.R. 4771, the ``Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act of 
2018''; H.R. 4790, the ``Volcker Rule Regulatory Harmonization 
Act''; H.R. 4785, the ``American Customer Information Protection 
Act''; and H.R. 4792, the ``Small Business Access to Capital After a 
Natural Disaster Act'', 9 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism 
and Intelligence, hearing entitled ``Combating Transnational Gangs 
Through Information Sharing'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  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, 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.
  Committee on Rules, 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, 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, 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, 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, Full Committee, 
business meeting on the public release of a Committee transcript, 9 
a.m., HVC-304. This meeting will be closed.