[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 27, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D202-D203]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                            NEW PUBLIC LAWS

      (For last listing of Public Laws, see Daily Digest, p. D193)
  S. 96, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure the 
integrity of voice communications and to prevent unjust or unreasonable 
discrimination among areas of the United States in the delivery of such 
communications. Signed on February 26, 2018. (Public Law 115-129)


                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           FEBRUARY 28, 2018

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business 
meeting to consider S. 1520, to expand recreational fishing 
opportunities through enhanced marine fishery conservation and 
management, and the nominations of Joseph Simons, of Virginia, Noah 
Joshua Phillips, of Maryland, Christine S. Wilson, of Virginia, and 
Rohit Chopra, of New York, each to be a Federal Trade Commissioner, 
and Jeffrey DeWit, of Arizona, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water 
and Power, to hold hearings to examine S. 1142, to extend the 
deadline for commencement of construction of certain hydroelectric 
projects, S. 1556, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to use 
designated funding to pay for construction of authorized rural water 
projects, S. 2074, to establish a procedure for the conveyance of 
certain Federal property around the Jamestown Reservoir in the State 
of North Dakota, S. 2166, to maintain annual base funding for the 
Upper Colorado and San Juan fish recovery programs through fiscal 
year 2023, to require a report on the implementation of those 
programs, and H.R. 2786, to amend the Federal Power Act with respect 
to the criteria and process to qualify as a qualifying conduit 
hydropower facility, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider S. 2434, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act to reauthorize user fee programs relating to new animal 
drugs and generic new animal drugs, S. 292, to maximize discovery, 
and accelerate development and availability, of promising childhood 
cancer treatments, S. 2278, to amend the Public Health Service Act 
to provide grants to improve health care in rural areas, and S. 
1091, to establish a Federal Task Force to Support Grandparents 
Raising Grandchildren, 9:45 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to consider H.R. 2825, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 to make certain improvements in the laws administered by the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, and the nomination of Michael K. 
Atkinson, of Maryland, to be Inspector General of the Intelligence 
Community, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, 10 a.m., 
SD-342.

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  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold a joint hearing with the 
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative 
presentation of The American Legion, 10 a.m., SD-G50.


                                 House

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Combating the Opioid Crisis: Helping Communities Balance 
Enforcement and Patient Safety'', 1 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global 
Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, 
hearing entitled ``Zimbabwe After Mugabe'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Federal Lands, 
hearing on H.R. 1992, the ``Camp Nelson Heritage Park Study Act''; 
H.R. 3008, the ``George W. Bush Childhood Home Study Act''; H.R. 
4731, to extend the retained use estate for the Caneel Bay resort in 
St. John, United States Virgin Islands, and for other purposes; and 
H.R. 5005, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility 
of establishing the birthplace of James Weldon Johnson in 
Jacksonville, Florida, as a unit of the National Park System, 2 
p.m., 1324 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to hold a 
joint hearing with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to 
examine the legislative presentation of The American Legion, 10 
a.m., SD-G50.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine seeking justice for and securing the legacy of Boris 
Nemtsov, 3:30 p.m., SD-138.