[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 13, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D157-D159]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           FEBRUARY 14, 2018

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and 
Management Support, to hold hearings to examine the current 
readiness of United States forces, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold hearings to examine military 
and civilian personnel programs and military family readiness, 3 
p.m., SR-232A.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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: 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: to hold hearings to examine the President's 
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2019, 10:30 a.m., SD-215.
  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.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to consider S. 2221, to repeal the multi-State plan program, 
S. 2296, to increase access to agency guidance documents, S. 2400, 
to eliminate or

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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: 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: 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.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: 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.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The Military and Security Challenges and Posture in the Indo-
Pacific Region'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing entitled ``Air Force Readiness 
Posture'', 3:30 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The 
President's Fiscal Year 2019 Budget'', 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, hearing entitled 
``Examining the Government's Management of Native American 
Schools'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Digital Commerce 
and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration'', 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Examining the Impact of Health Care Consolidation'', 10:15 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Environment, hearing entitled ``New Source Review 
Permitting Challenges for Manufacturing and Infrastructure'', 2 
p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, markup on H.R. 3477, the 
``Ceiling Fan Energy Conservation Harmonization Act''; H.R. 1876, 
the ``Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017''; and H.R. 
4986, the ``FCC Reauthorization Act of 2018'', 3:30 p.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing entitled ``Examining the 
Current Data Security and Breach Notification Regulatory Regime'', 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities, and Investment, 
hearing entitled ``Legislative Proposals Regarding Derivatives'', 2 
p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Modernizing Food Aid: Improving Effectiveness and Saving Lives'', 
10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, hearing entitled 
``Israel, the Palestinians, and the Administration's Peace Plan'', 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing entitled 
``Advancing U.S. Interests Through the Organization of American 
States'', 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
  Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans, hearing entitled ``The 
State of the Nation's Water and Power Infrastructure'', 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Information Technology, hearing entitled ``Game Changers: Artificial 
Intelligence Part I'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Oversight; and Subcommittee on Research and Technology, joint 
hearing entitled ``Beyond Bitcoin: Emerging Applications for 
Blockchain Technology'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, markup on the 
Committee's budget views and estimates for fiscal year 2019, 10:45 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Job Creation, Competition, and 
Small Business' Role in the United States Economy'', 11 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The Department of Health and Human Services' Fiscal Year 2019 
Budget Request'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.