[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 41 (Thursday, March 8, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D245-D246]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
United States European Command in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for fiscal year 2019 and the Future Years Defense Program, 
after receiving testimony from General Curtis M. Scaparrotti, USA, 
Commander, United States European Command and NATO Supreme Allied 
Commander Europe, Department of Defense.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILD ABUSE IN THE MILITARY
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a 
hearing to examine domestic violence and child abuse in the military, 
after receiving testimony from Stephanie Barna, Senior Policy Advisor, 
Under Secretary of Defense, Personnel and Readiness; Casey T. Taft, 
Principal Investigator, National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress 
Disorder, Department of Veterans Affairs; Jacquelyn C. Campbell, Johns 
Hopkins School of Nursing; Kenneth A. Dodge, Duke University; Iris 
Vega, Doorways for Women and Families; Adrian Perry; and Merci 
McKinley.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 79, to provide for the establishment of a pilot program to 
identify security vulnerabilities of certain entities in the energy 
sector, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 186, to amend the Federal Power Act to provide that any inacation 
by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that allows a rate change 
to go into effect shall be treated as an order by the Commission for 
purposes of rehearing and court review, with an amendment;
  S. 1059, to extend the authorization of the Uranium Mill Tailings 
Radiation Control Act of 1978 relating to the disposal site in Mesa 
County, Colorado;
  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. 1181, to direct the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of 
Agriculture to expedite access to certain Federal land under the 
administrative jurisdiction of each Secretary for good Samaritan 
search-and-recovery missions, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  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, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1335 and H.R. 2888, bills to establish the Ste. Genevieve National 
Historic Site in the State of Missouri;
  S. 1336, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize 
hydroelectric production incentives and hydroelectric efficiency 
improvement incentives;
  S. 1337, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to make certain 
strategic energy infrastructure projects eligible for certain loan 
guarantees, with an amendment;
  S. 1446 and H.R. 1135, bills to reauthorize the Historically Black 
Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation program;
  S. 1457, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the 
Secretary of Energy to carry out demonstration projects relating to 
advanced nuclear reactor technologies to support domestic energy needs, 
with an amendment;
  S. 1563, to authorize the Office of Fossil Energy to develop advanced 
separation technologies for the extraction and recovery of rare earth 
elements and minerals from coal and coal byproducts;
  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. 1692, to authorize the National Emergency Medical Services 
Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District 
of Columbia and its environs;
  S. 1799, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to facilitate the 
commercialization of energy and related technologies developed at 
Department of Energy facilities with promising commercial potential;
  H.R. 1109, to amend section 203 of the Federal Power Act, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1981, to amend the Natural Gas Act to expedite approval of exports 
of small volumes of natural gas;
  S. 2213 and H.R. 4300, bills to authorize Pacific Historic Parks to 
establish a commemorative display

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to honor members of the United States Armed Forces who served in the 
Pacific Theater of World War II;
  S. 2325, to incentivize the hiring of United States workers in the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 589 and S. 2503, bills to establish Department of Energy policy 
for science and energy research and development programs, and reform 
National Laboratory management and technology transfer programs;
  H.R. 648, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to amend the 
Definite Plan Report for the Seedskadee Project to enable the use of 
the active capacity of the Fontenelle Reservoir;
  H.R. 1397, to authorize, direct, facilitate, and expedite the 
transfer of administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal land;
  H.R. 1404, to provide for the conveyance of certain land inholdings 
owned by the United States to the Tucson Unified School District and to 
the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona; 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''.
FAIR AGRICULTURAL REPORTING METHOD ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund, 
Waste Management, and Regulatory Oversight concluded a hearing to 
examine S. 2421, to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide an exemption from 
certain notice requirements and penalties for releases of hazardous 
substances from animal waste at farms, after receiving testimony from 
Mark Kuhn, Floyd County Iowa Board of Supervisors, Charles City; Todd 
Mortenson, Mortenson Ranch, Hayes, South Dakota, on behalf of the 
National Cattlemen's Beef Association; and Bill Satterfield, Delmarva 
Poultry Industry Inc., Georgetown, Delaware.
OPIOID CRISIS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the opioid crisis, focusing on 
leadership and innovation in the states, after receiving testimony from 
Maryland Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Annapolis; and Oregon Governor 
Kate Brown, Salem.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.