[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 47 (Monday, March 19, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D304-D306]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             MARCH 20, 2018

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine United 
States Strategic Command in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for fiscal year 2019 and the Future Years Defense Program, 
9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Subcommittee on SeaPower, to hold hearings to examine Marine Corps 
ground modernization in review of the Defense Authorization Request 
for fiscal year 2019 and the Future Years Defense Program, 2:30 
p.m., SR-232A.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data 
Security, to hold hearings to examine an update on National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration and automaker efforts to repair 
defective Takata air bag inflators, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for 
fiscal year 2019 for the Department of Energy, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean 
Air and Nuclear Safety, to hold hearings to examine the nomination 
of John L. Ryder, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the nominations 
of John J. Bartrum, of Indiana, to be an Assistant Secretary, and 
Lynn A. Johnson, of Colorado, to be Assistant Secretary for Family 
Support, both of the Department of Health and Human Services, 10:10 
a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider S. 
Res. 85, calling on the Government of Iran to fulfill repeated 
promises of assistance in the case of Robert Levinson, the longest 
held United States civilian in our Nation's history, S. Res. 224, 
recognizing the 5th anniversary of the death of Oswaldo Paya 
Sardinas, and commemorating his legacy and commitment to democratic 
values and principles, S. Res. 376, urging the Governments of Burma 
and Bangladesh to ensure the safe, dignified, voluntary, and 
sustainable return of the Rohingya refugees who have been displaced 
by the campaign of ethnic cleansing conducted by the Burmese 
military, S. Res. 426, supporting the goals of International Women's 
Day, S. Res. 429, commemorating the 59th anniversary of Tibet's 1959 
uprising as ``Tibetan Rights Day'', and expressing support for the 
human rights and religious freedom of the Tibetan people and the 
Tibetan Buddhist faith community, S. Res. 432, congratulating the 
Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania on the 100th 
anniversary of their declarations of independence, H.R. 1660, to 
direct the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development to submit to

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Congress a report on the development and use of global health 
innovations in the programs, projects, and activities of the Agency, 
extradition Treaty between the Government of the United States of 
America and the Government of the Republic of Kosovo (the 
``Treaty''), signed at Pristina on March 29, 2016 (Treaty Doc. 115-
02), the Treaty between the Government of the United States of 
America and the Government of the Republic of Kiribati on the 
Delimitation of Maritime Boundaries, signed at Majuro on September 
6, 2013, and the Treaty between the Government of the United States 
of America and the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia 
on the Delimitation of a Maritime Boundary, signed at Koror on 
August 1, 2014 (Treaty Doc. 114-13), extradition Treaty between the 
United States of America and the Republic of Serbia (the 
``Treaty''), signed at Belgrade on August 15, 2016 (Treaty Doc. 115-
01), the United Nations Convention on the Assignment of Receivables 
in International Trade, done at New York on December 12, 2001, and 
signed by the United States on December 30, 2003 (Treaty Doc. 114-
07), and the nominations of Erik Bethel, of Florida, to be United 
States Alternate Executive Director of the International Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development, Judy Lynn Shelton, of Virginia, to 
be United States Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction 
and Development, Kevin Edward Moley, of Arizona, to be an Assistant 
Secretary (International Organization Affairs), Robert Frank Pence, 
of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Finland, Trevor D. 
Traina, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Austria, 
Andrea L. Thompson, of South Dakota, to be Under Secretary for Arms 
Control and International Security, Marie Royce, of California, to 
be an Assistant Secretary (Educational and Cultural Affairs), and 
Edward Charles Prado, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Argentine 
Republic, all of the Department of State, Josephine Olsen, of 
Maryland, to be Director of the Peace Corps, and Sean Cairncross, of 
Minnesota, to be Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge 
Corporation, 10:30 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the need 
to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing 
regarding certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies, budget hearing on the Department of 
Commerce, 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and 
Related Agencies, budget hearing on the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 9:30 a.m., 2358-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and 
Related Agencies, budget hearing on the Department of Education, 10 
a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, budget hearing on the National Nuclear Security 
Administration, 10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Assessing the Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Request and Acquisition 
Reform Progress'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, hearing entitled 
``Submarine Industrial Base: Options for Construction'', 2 p.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing entitled ``Navy Readiness 
Posture'', 3:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Health, 
Employment, Labor, and Pensions, hearing entitled ``Expanding 
Affordable Health Care Options: Examining the Department of Labor's 
Proposed Rule on Association Health Plans'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy; and 
Subcommittee on Environment, joint hearing entitled ``Fiscal Year 
2019 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Budget'', 10:15 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``The Drug Enforcement Administration's Role in Combating the Opioid 
Epidemic'', 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Terrorism and 
Illicit Finance, hearing entitled ``Exploring the Financial Nexus of 
Terrorism, Drug Trafficking, and Organized Crime'', 2 p.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and 
Infrastructure Protection; and the Subcommittee on Information 
Technology of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 
joint hearing entitled ``CDM: Government Perspectives on Security 
and Modernization'', 2 p.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, 
Homeland Security, and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Preventable Violence in America: An Examination of Law Enforcement 
Information Sharing and Misguided Public Policy'', 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, 
hearing entitled ``Assessing the Effectiveness of the Transitional 
Program for Covered Business Method Patents'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Indian, Insular 
and Alaska Native Affairs, hearing entitled ``Policy Priorities for 
the Administration's FY 2019 Budget for Indian Affairs and Insular 
Areas'', 10:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Federal Lands, hearing on H.R. 5210, to establish 
the National Park Restoration Fund, and for other purposes; and H.R. 
2584, the ``National Park Service Legacy Act of 2017'', 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Contracting and 
Workforce, hearing entitled ``Workforce Development: Advancing 
Apprenticeships for Small Business'', 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, 
hearing entitled ``Impacts

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of the 2017 Wildfires in the United States'', 10:30 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability 
Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing on H.R. 888, to amend title 
38, United States Code, to improve dependency and indemnity 
compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans; 
H.R. 4335, the ``Servicemember Family Burial Act''; H.R. 4910, the 
``Veterans Cemetery Benefit Correction Act''; and H.R. 4958, the 
``Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2018'', 
10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing on H.R. 1206, the 
``Reducing Barriers for Veterans Education Act of 2017''; H.R. 3023, 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the authority of 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay reporting fees to 
educational institutions; H.R. 3940, the ``Veterans Education 
Disaster Assistance Act''; H.R. 4451, the ``Homeless Veterans' 
Reintegration Programs Reauthorization Act of 2017''; H.R. 4830, the 
``SIT-REP Act''; H.R. 4835, the ``Job TOOLS for Veterans Act''; H.R. 
5044, the ``Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation 
Act''; legislation on the VA Home Loan Improvement Act of 2018; and 
legislation to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the 
Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration, and for 
other purposes, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.