[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 14, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D168-D169]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           FEBRUARY 15, 2018

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: 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: 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 Finance: 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,

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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, 9 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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 the Judiciary: 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, Adam I. 
Klein, of the District of Columbia, to be Chairman and Member of the 
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, McGregor W. Scott, to 
be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California, 
Gary G. Schofield, to be United States Marshal for the District of 
Nevada for the term of four years, and Jonathan F. Mitchell, of 
Washington, to be Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the 
United States, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: 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

  Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Strategic Competition with China'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  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 Education and the Workforce, 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, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Oversight of the Department of Health and Human 
Services'', 12:30 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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 Homeland Security, 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, 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, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``The Costs of Denying Border 
Patrol Access: Our Environment and Security'', 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing on H.R. 520, 
the ``National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act'', 2 
p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  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., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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, Subcommittee on 
Research and Technology, hearing entitled ``Mentoring, Training, and 
Apprenticeships for STEM Education and Careers'', 9 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, 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, Subcommittee on 
Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, hearing entitled 
``Oversight of Positive Train Control Implementation in the United 
States'', 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The President's Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Proposals'', 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.