[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 27 (Monday, February 12, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D147-D151]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of February 13 through February 16, 2018

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of H.R. 2579, Broader Options for Americans 
Act, post-cloture.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.

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                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: February 15, to 
hold hearings to examine the state of the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission, focusing on pending rules, cryptocurrency regulation, 
and cross-border agreements, 9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Armed Services: February 13, to hold closed hearings 
to examine the United States Special Operations Command in review of 
the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2019 and the 
Future Years Defense Program, 10 a.m., SVC-217.
  February 13, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, to hold hearings to 
examine the Department of Defense's role in protecting democratic 
elections, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  February 14, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to 
hold hearings to examine the current readiness of United States 
forces, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  February 14, Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold hearings to 
examine military and civilian personnel programs and military family 
readiness, 3 p.m., SR-232A.
  February 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine United 
States Northern Command and United States Southern Command in review 
of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2019 and the 
Future Years Defense Program, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on the Budget: February 13, to hold hearings to examine 
the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2019, 10 
a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: February 14, 
to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Joseph Simons, of 
Virginia, Christine S. Wilson, of Virginia, Noah Joshua Phillips, of 
Maryland, and Rohit Chopra, of New York, each to be a Federal Trade 
Commissioner, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 14, 
Subcommittee on National Parks, to hold hearings to examine S. 400, 
to establish the Susquehanna National Heritage Area in the State of 
Pennsylvania, S. 966, to establish a program to accurately document 
vehicles that were significant in the history of the United States, 
S. 1160, to include Livingston County, the city of Jonesboro in 
Union County, and the city of Freeport in Stephenson County, 
Illinois, to the Lincoln National Heritage Area, S. 1260 and H.R. 
2615, bills to authorize the exchange of certain land located in 
Gulf Islands National Seashore, Jackson County, Mississippi, between 
the National Park Service and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, S. 1335, 
to establish the Ste. Genevieve National Historic Site in the State 
of Missouri, S. 1446 and H.R. 1135, bills to reauthorize the 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation 
program, S. 1472, to reauthorize the Tennessee Civil War Heritage 
Area, S. 1573, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Agriculture to place signage on Federal land along the 
trail known as the ``American Discovery Trail'', S. 1602, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess 
the suitability and feasibility of designating certain land as the 
Finger Lakes National Heritage Area, S. 1645, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of 
P.S. 103 in West Baltimore, Maryland, S. 1646, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of 
President Station in Baltimore, Maryland, S. 1692, to authorize the 
National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation to establish 
a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, 
S. 1956 and H.R. 2897, bills to authorize the Mayor of the District 
of Columbia and the Director of the National Park Service to enter 
into cooperative management agreements for the operation, 
maintenance, and management of units of the National Park System in 
the District of Columbia, S. 2102, to clarify the boundary of Acadia 
National Park, S. 2213 and H.R. 4300, bills to authorize Pacific 
Historic Parks to establish a commemorative display to honor members 
of the United States Armed Forces who served in the Pacific Theater 
of World War II, S. 2225, to reauthorize the Blue Ridge National 
Heritage Area, S. 2238, to amend the Ohio & Erie Canal National 
Heritage Canalway Act of 1996 to repeal the funding limitation, H.R. 
1397, to authorize, direct, facilitate, and expedite the transfer of 
administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal land, and H.R. 1500, 
to redesignate the small triangular property located in Washington, 
DC, and designated by the National Park Service as reservation 302 
as ``Robert Emmet Park'', 3 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: February 14, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2019, 10:30 
a.m., SD-215.
  February 14, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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; to be immediately followed by a hearing to 
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 
2019, 2:30 p.m., SD-215.
  February 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2019, 9 a.m., 
SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: February 15, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Andrea L. Thompson, of South Dakota, to 
be Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, 
Susan A. Thornton, of Maine, to be an Assistant Secretary (East 
Asian and Pacific Affairs), and Francis R. Fannon, of Virginia, to 
be an Assistant Secretary (Energy Resources), all of Department of 
State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: February 13, 
to hold hearings to examine improving animal health, focusing on 
reauthorization of Food and Drug Administration Animal Drug User 
Fees, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  February 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of John F. Ring, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
Member of the National Labor Relations Board, 2:30 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: February 
14, business meeting to consider S. 2221, to repeal the multi-State 
plan program, S. 2296, to increase

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access to agency guidance documents, S. 2400, to eliminate or modify 
certain audit mandates of the Government Accountability Office, S. 
2113, to amend title 41, United States Code, to improve the manner 
in which Federal contracts for design and construction services are 
awarded, to prohibit the use of reverse auctions for design and 
construction services procurements, S. 2349, to direct the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget to establish an interagency 
working group to study Federal efforts to collect data on sexual 
violence and to make recommendations on the harmonization of such 
efforts, S. 2413, to provide for the appropriate use of bridge 
contracts in Federal procurement, S. 2178, to require the Council of 
Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency to make open 
recommendations of Inspectors General publicly available, H.R. 2229, 
to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide permanent authority 
for judicial review of certain Merit Systems Protection Board 
decisions relating to whistleblowers, S. 931, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4910 
Brighton Boulevard in Denver, Colorado, as the ``George Sakato Post 
Office'', S. 2040, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 621 Kansas Avenue in Atchison, Kansas, as 
the ``Amelia Earhart Post Office Building'', H.R. 294, to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2700 
Cullen Boulevard in Pearland, Texas, as the ``Endy Nddiobong Ekpanya 
Post Office Building'', H.R. 452, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 324 West Saint Louis Street 
in Pacific, Missouri, as the ``Specialist Jeffrey L. White, Jr. Post 
Office'', H.R. 1207, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 306 River Street in Tilden, Texas, as the 
``Tilden Veterans Post Office'', H.R. 1208, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9155 
Schaefer Road, Converse, Texas, as the ``Converse Veterans Post 
Office Building'', H.R. 1858, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 4514 Williamson Trail in 
Liberty, Pennsylvania, as the ``Staff Sergeant Ryan Scott Ostrom 
Post Office'', H.R. 1988, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 1730 18th Street in Bakersfield, 
California, as the ``Merle Haggard Post Office Building'', H.R. 
2254, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 2635 Napa Street in Vallejo, California, as the ``Janet 
Capello Post Office Building'', H.R. 2302, to designate the facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 259 Nassau Street, 
Suite 2 in Princeton, New Jersey, as the ``Dr. John F. Nash, Jr. 
Post Office'', H.R. 2464, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 25 New Chardon Street Lobby in 
Boston, Massachusetts, as the ``John Fitzgerald Kennedy Post 
Office'', H.R. 2672, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 520 Carter Street in Fairview, Illinois, 
as the ``Sgt. Douglas J. Riney Post Office'', H.R. 2815, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 30 East Somerset Street in Raritan, New Jersey, as the ``Gunnery 
Sergeant John Basilone Post Office'', H.R. 2873, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 207 Glenside 
Avenue in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, as the ``Staff Sergeant Peter Taub 
Post Office Building'', H.R. 3109, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 1114 North 2nd Street in 
Chillicothe, Illinois, as the ``Sr. Chief Ryan Owens Post Office 
Building'', H.R. 3369, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 225 North Main Street in Spring 
Lake, North Carolina, as the ``Howard B. Pate, Jr. Post Office'', 
H.R. 3638, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1100 Kings Road in Jacksonville, Florida, as the 
``Rutledge Pearson Post Office Building'', H.R. 3655, to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1300 
Main Street in Belmar, New Jersey, as the ``Dr. Walter S. McAfee 
Post Office Building'', H.R. 3821, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 430 Main Street in Clermont, 
Georgia, as the ``Zach T. Addington Post Office'', H.R. 3893, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 100 Mathe Avenue in Interlachen, Florida, as the ``Robert H. 
Jenkins, Jr. Post Office'', H.R. 4042, to designate the facility of 
the United States Postal Service located at 1415 West Oak Street, in 
Kissimmee, Florida, as the ``Borinqueneers Post Office Building'', 
H.R. 4285, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 123 Bridgeton Pike in Mullica Hill, New Jersey, 
as the ``James C. `Billy' Johnson Post Office Building'', and the 
nominations of Jeff Tien Han Pon, of Virginia, to be Director, and 
Michael Rigas, of Massachusetts, to be Deputy Director, both of the 
Office of Personnel Management, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: February 14, business meeting to 
consider S. 995, to provide for equitable compensation to the 
Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation for the use of 
tribal land for the production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee 
Dam, and S. 1953, to amend the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 and 
the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act to provide for advancements in 
public safety services to Indian communities; to be immediately 
followed by an oversight hearing to examine Native Americans and the 
2020 Census, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: February 14, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Joel M. Carson III, of New Mexico, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, Colm F. Connolly, 
and Maryellen Noreika, both to be a United States District Judge for 
the District of Delaware, William F. Jung, to be United States 
District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, and Ryan T. 
Holte, of Ohio, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal 
Claims, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  February 15, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 1917, 
to reform sentencing laws and correctional institutions, and the 
nominations of Michael B. Brennan, of Wisconsin, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, Susan Paradise Baxter, and 
Marilyn Jean Horan, both to be a United States District Judge for 
the Western District of Pennsylvania, Daniel Desmond Domenico, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Colorado, and Adam 
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of Columbia, to be Chairman and Member of the Privacy and Civil 
Liberties Oversight Board, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: February 14, to 
hold hearings to examine the nominations of David Christian Tryon, 
of Ohio, to be Chief Counsel for Advocacy, and Hannibal Ware, of the 
Virgin Islands, to be Inspector General, both of the Small Business 
Administration, 3:30 p.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: February 13, to hold hearings to 
examine worldwide threats, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  February 13, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
worldwide threats, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  February 15, Full Committee, closed business meeting to consider 
pending calendar business; to be immediately followed by a closed 
briefing regarding certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Armed Services, February 14, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Military and Security Challenges and Posture in the 
Indo-Pacific Region'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 14, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing entitled ``Air 
Force Readiness Posture'', 3:30 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  February 15, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Strategic 
Competition with China'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, 
hearing entitled ``Evolution, Transformation, and Sustainment: A 
Review and Assessment of the Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Request for 
U.S. Special Operations Forces and Command'', 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, February 14, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The President's Fiscal Year 2019 Budget'', 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, February 14, 
Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary 
Education, hearing entitled ``Examining the Government's Management 
of Native American Schools'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and 
Pensions; and Subcommittee On Workforce Protections, joint hearing 
entitled ``The Opioids Epidemic: Implications for America's 
Workplaces'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, February 14, Subcommittee on 
Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled 
``Oversight of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration'', 
10 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn.
  February 14, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Examining the Impact of Health Care Consolidation'', 
10:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  February 14, Subcommittee on Environment, hearing entitled ``New 
Source Review Permitting Challenges for Manufacturing and 
Infrastructure'', 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Oversight 
of the Department of Health and Human Services'', 12:30 p.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, February 14, Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing entitled 
``Examining the Current Data Security and Breach Notification 
Regulatory Regime'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  February 14, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities, and 
Investment, hearing entitled ``Legislative Proposals Regarding 
Derivatives'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing entitled ``Examining De-risking and its Effect on 
Access to Financial Services'', 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, February 14, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Modernizing Food Aid: Improving Effectiveness and Saving 
Lives'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  February 14, Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, 
hearing entitled ``Israel, the Palestinians, and the 
Administration's Peace Plan'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  February 14, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing 
entitled ``Advancing U.S. Interests Through the Organization of 
American States'', 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, February 15, Subcommittee on 
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection, hearing entitled 
``Industry Views of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards 
Program'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on the Judiciary, February 15, Subcommittee on 
Immigration and Border Security, hearing entitled ``The Effect of 
Sanctuary City Policies on the Ability to Combat the Opioid 
Epidemic'', 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, February 14, Full Committee, 
markup on H.R. 835, to update the map of, and modify the maximum 
acreage available for inclusion in, the Florissant Fossil Beds 
National Monument; H.R. 4134, the ``Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds 
Wilderness Redesignation Act''; and H.R. 4895, the ``Medgar Evers 
National Monument Act'', 10:15 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  February 14, Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans, hearing 
entitled ``The State of the Nation's Water and Power 
Infrastructure'', 2 p.m., Room 1324 Longworth.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``The Costs of Denying Border Patrol Access: Our 
Environment and Security'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing 
on H.R. 520, the ``National Strategic and Critical Minerals 
Production Act'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Federal Lands, hearing on H.R. 2591, 
the ``Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow's Needs 
Act of 2017''; H.R. 4429, the ``Cormorant Control Act''; H.R. 4609, 
the ``West Fork Fire Station Act of 2017''; H.R. 4647, the 
``Recovering America's Wildlife Act''; and H.R. 4851, the ``Kennedy-
King Establishment Act of 2018'', 2:30 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, February 14, 
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entitled ``Game Changers: Artificial Intelligence Part I'', 2 p.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Government Operations, hearing 
entitled ``General Services Administration--Checking in with the 
Government's Acquisition and Property Manager'', 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, February 14, 
Subcommittee on Oversight; and Subcommittee on Research and 
Technology, joint hearing entitled ``Beyond Bitcoin: Emerging 
Applications for Blockchain Technology'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Research and Technology, hearing 
entitled ``Mentoring, Training, and Apprenticeships for STEM 
Education and Careers'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, February 14, Full Committee, markup 
on the Committee's budget views and estimates for fiscal year 2019, 
10:45 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  February 14, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Job Creation, 
Competition, and Small Business' Role in the United States 
Economy'', 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy, and Trade, 
hearing entitled ``Restoring Rural America: How Agritech is 
Revitalizing the Heartland'', 9:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, February 14, Full 
Committee, markup on fiscal year 2019 budget views and estimates; 
H.R. 4921, the ``STB Information Security Improvement Act''; and 
H.R. 4925, the ``FRA Safety Data Improvement Act'', 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous 
Materials, hearing entitled ``Oversight of Positive Train Control 
Implementation in the United States'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, February 15, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Budget 
Request for Fiscal Year 2019'', 10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, February 14, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Department of Health and Human Services' Fiscal Year 
2019 Budget Request'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  February 15, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The President's 
Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Proposals'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.