[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 47 (Monday, March 19, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D306-D309]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of March 20 through March 23, 2018

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of H.R. 1865, Allow States and Victims to 
Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act.
  Following resumption of the motion to proceed to consideration of 
H.R. 1865, Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking 
Act, Senator Sanders, or his designee, will make a motion to discharge 
S.J. Res. 54, to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from 
hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by 
Congress, with up to 4 hours of debate, and that upon the use or 
yielding back of time, Senate will vote on or in relation to the motion 
to discharge.
  On Wednesday, Senate will begin consideration of H.R. 1865, Allow 
States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act, and vote on or 
in relation to Wyden Amendment No. 2212 and Amendment No. 2213, and on 
passage of the bill.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Armed Services: March 20, 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.
  March 20, 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.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to 
examine ballistic missile defense policies and programs in review of 
the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2019 and the 
Future Years Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  March 21, Subcommittee on SeaPower, to hold hearings to examine 
Navy shipbuilding programs in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for fiscal year 2019 and the Future Years Defense Program, 
2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  March 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
challenges in the Department of Energy's atomic energy defense 
programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal 
year 2019 and the Future Years Defense Program, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: March 22, to 
hold an oversight hearing to examine the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: March 21, to hold hearings to examine the 
Economic Report of the President, 10:30 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: March 20, 
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.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast 
Guard, to hold hearings to examine enhancing the Marine Mammal 
Protection Act, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: March 20, 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.
  March 22, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Theodore J. Garrish, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
Secretary (International Affairs), and James Edward Campos, of 
Nevada, to be Director of the Office of Minority Economic Impact, 
both of the Department of Energy, and James Reilly, of Colorado, to 
be Director of the United States Geological Survey, Department of 
the Interior; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine S. 
2539, to amend the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies 
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Act, 2015, to reauthorize certain projects to increase Colorado 
River System water, S. 2560, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to establish a program to facilitate the transfer to non-
Federal ownership of appropriate reclamation projects or facilities, 
and S. 2563, to improve the water supply and drought resilience of 
the United States, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: March 20, 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.
  March 21, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to examine 
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: March 20, 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.
  March 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's 2018 trade policy agenda, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: March 20, 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 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.
  March 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Kirsten Dawn Madison, of Florida, to be an Assistant 
Secretary (International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs), and 
Thomas J. Hushek, of Wisconsin, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
South Sudan, both of the Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and 
Counterterrorism, to hold hearings to examine stability and security 
challenges in Lebanon, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: March 21, business meeting to 
consider S. 1250, to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to 
improve the recruitment and retention of employees in the Indian 
Health Service, restore accountability in the Indian Health Service, 
improve health services, and S. 2515, to amend the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act to provide further self-
governance by Indian Tribes; to be immediately followed by an 
oversight hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request 
for fiscal year 2019 for Indian Programs, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: March 20, to hold hearings to examine 
the need to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  March 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Michael Y. Scudder, of Illinois, and Amy J. St. Eve, 
of Illinois, both to be a United States Circuit Judge for the 
Seventh Circuit, and Charles J. Williams, to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  March 22, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of John B. Nalbandian, of Kentucky, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, Kari A. Dooley, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Connecticut, Dominic W. 
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to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, Jill 
Aiko Otake, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Hawaii, and Thomas T. Cullen, to be United States Attorney for the 
Western District of Virginia, Robert K. Hur, to be United States 
Attorney for the District of Maryland, and David C. Joseph, to be 
United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, all of 
the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: March 21, to hold hearings to 
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2019 
for veterans' programs and fiscal year 2020 advance appropriations 
requests, 2 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: March 20, to receive a closed 
briefing regarding certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  March 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine election 
security, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  March 22, Full Committee, closed business meeting to consider 
pending intelligence matters; to be immediately followed by a closed 
hearing to examine certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, March 21, Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, budget hearing on the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 10 a.m., H-310 
Capitol.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, budget hearing on the 
Department of Agriculture, 1:30 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, budget hearing on 
the Open World Leadership Trust Fund, 2:30 p.m., HT-2 Capitol.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and 
Related Agencies, budget hearing entitled ``FY 19 Budget Hearing, 
Applied Energy'', 9 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services,  March 21, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``State and Non-State Actor Influence Operations: 
Recommendations for U.S. National Security'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, hearing 
entitled ``Ground Force Modernization Budget Request for Fiscal Year 
2019'', 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing entitled 
``Military Personnel Posture: FY 2019'', 3:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing entitled 
``Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Request for Nuclear Forces and Atomic 
Energy Defense Activities'', 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, 
hearing entitled ``Reviewing Department of Defense Strategy, Policy, 
and Programs for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) for 
Fiscal Year 2019'', 10:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, March 21, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearing entitled ``Combating the Opioid Crisis: Prevention 
and Public Health Solutions'', 9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Combating the 
Opioid Crisis: Prevention and Public Health Solutions'', 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hearing 
entitled ``Legislative Hearing on Four Communications Bills'', 10:15 
p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, March 21, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 2683, the ``Protecting Veterans Credit Act of 2017''; H.R. 
4659, to require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to 
recognize the exposure-reducing nature of client margin for cleared 
derivatives.; H.R. 4790, to amend the Volcker rule to give the Board 
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System sole rulemaking 
authority, to exclude community banks from the requirements of the 
Volcker rule, and for other purposes; H.R. 4861, the ``Ensuring 
Quality Unbiased Access to Loans Act of 2018''; H.R. 5051, the 
``Public Company Registration Threshold Act''; H.R. 5076, the 
``Small Bank Exam Cycle Improvement Act of 2018''; H.R. 5082, the 
``Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2018''; and H.R. 
5323, the ``Derivatives Fairness Act'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, March 21, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The FY 2019 Foreign Assistance Budget'', 9:30 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  March 21, the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing 
entitled U.S. ``Responses to China's Foreign Influence Operations'', 
2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  March 21, Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, 
hearing entitled ``Implications of a U.S.-Saudi Arabia Nuclear 
Cooperation Agreement for the Middle East'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, March 21, Full Committee, 
markup on H.R. 305, the ``FDLP Modernization Act of 2018'', 10:30 
a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  March 21, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Shared Employees'', 
10:30 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on Natural Resources, March 21, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 3997, the ``Free Veterans from Fees Act''; H.R. 4257, the 
``Advancing Conservation and Education Act''; 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; and H.R. 5269, the ``State and 
Territorial Approval for Restriction of Fishing Act'', 10:15 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans, hearing 
entitled Examining the Proposed Fiscal Year 2019 Spending, 
Priorities and Missions of the Bureau of Reclamation and the Four 
Power Marketing Administrations'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, March 21, 
Subcommittee on Government Operations; and Subcommittee on 
Intergovernmental Affairs, joint hearing entitled ``Improper 
Payments in State-Administered Programs: Medicaid'', 10 a.m., 2154 
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  March 21, Subcommittee on National Security hearing entitled 
``Bureaucratic Challenges to Hurricane Recovery in Puerto Rico'', 2 
p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, March 21, Full 
Committee, markup on legislation on the ``American Leadership in 
Space Technology and Advanced Rocketry Act''; legislation on the 
``Commercial Space Support Vehicle Act''; and H.R. 5086, the 
``Innovators to Entrepreneurs Act of 2018'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Research and Technology, hearing 
entitled ``Empowering U.S. Veterans Through Technology'', 1:30 p.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business. March 21, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``American Infrastructure and the Small Business 
Perspective'', 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, March 21, Full 
Committee, markup on H.R. 5294, the ``Treating Barriers to 
Prosperity Act of 2018''; H.R. 3288, the ``Northern Border Regional 
Commission Reauthorization Act of 2017''; H. Con. Res. 115, the 
``Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National Peace 
Officers Memorial Service and the National Honor Guard and Pipe Band 
Exhibition''; H. Con. Res. 113, the ``Authorizing the use of Capitol 
Grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby''; H.R. 4177, the 
``PREPARE Act of 2017''; H.R. 5319, to transfer Coast Guard property 
in the Town of Jupiter Island, Florida, for inclusion in Hobe Sound 
National Wildlife Refuge; legislation on the Maritime Technical 
Corrections Act of 2018; H.R. 4673, the ``Promoting Women in the 
Aviation Workforce Act''; and legislation on General Services 
Administration Capital Investment and Leasing Program, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, March 21, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``U.S. Trade Policy Agenda'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled 
``Implementation of MACRA's Physician Payment Policies'', 2 p.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  March 22, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Hearing with Commerce 
Secretary Ross'', 9 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, March 22, Full 
Committee, business meeting on Adoption of the Committee's 
Investigative Report into Russian Active Measures During the 2016 
Presidential Election, 9 a.m., HVC-304. This hearing is closed.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: March 22, to 
hold hearings to examine the Good Friday Agreement at 20, focusing 
on achievements and unfinished business, 9:30 a.m., 2200 Rayburn 
Building.