[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 20, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D313-D315]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 2,901 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
United States Strategic Command in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for fiscal year 2019 and the Future Years Defense Program, 
after receiving testimony from General John E. Hyten, USAF, Commander, 
United States Strategic Command, Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded a 
hearing to examine Marine Corps ground modernization in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2019 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Jimmy D. Smith, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Expeditionary Programs and 
Logistics Management, and Lieutenant General Robert S. Walsh, USMC, 
Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and Integration, Commanding 
General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, and Commander, United 
States Marine Forces Strategic Command, both of the Department of 
Defense.
TAKATA AIR BAG INFLATORS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security 
concluded a hearing to examine an update on National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration and automaker efforts to repair defective Takata 
air bag inflators, after receiving testimony from Heidi King, Deputy 
Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 
Department of Transportation; John D. Buretta, TK Holdings, Inc., New 
York, New York; David Kelly, Independent Testing Coalition, 
Springfield, Virginia; Joseph Perkins, Key Safety Systems, Inc., 
Sterling Heights, Michigan; Rick Schostek, Honda North America, Inc., 
Marysville, Ohio; and Desi Ujkashevic, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, 
Michigan.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request 
for fiscal year 2019 for the Department of Energy, after receiving 
testimony from Rick Perry, Secretary of Energy.
NOMINATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air 
and Nuclear Safety concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of 
John L. Ryder, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Tennessee Valley Authority, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by Senators Alexander and Corker, testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.

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NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing 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, who was introduced by Senator Gardner, both of the 
Department of Health and Human Services, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  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, with an amendment;
  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, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  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, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. Res. 426, supporting the goals of International Women's Day, with 
an amendment;
  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, with an amendment;
  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);
  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);
  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.
REAUTHORIZING THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act, including S. 2521, to 
authorize the issuance of extreme risk protection orders, S. 2266, to 
authorize the Office on Violence Against Women to improve the handling 
of crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 
stalking by incorporating a trauma-informed approach into the initial 
response to and investigation of such crimes, and S. 1539, to protect 
victims of stalking from gun violence, after receiving testimony from 
Katharine T. Sullivan, Principal Deputy Director, Office on Violence 
Against Women, Department of Justice; Tracy M. Prior, San Diego County 
District Attorney's Office, San Diego, California; and Amanda Nguyen, 
Rise, and Cindy Dyer, Vital Voices Global Partnership, both of 
Washington, D.C.

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INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.