[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 20, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D318-D319]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             MARCH 21, 2018

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: 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.
  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.
  Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine the Economic 
Report of the President, 10:30 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 10 a.m., SD-
406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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.
  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: 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: 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.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: 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: to hold hearings to examine 
election security, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies, budget hearing on the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 10 a.m., H-310 Capitol.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, budget hearing on the Open 
World Leadership Trust Fund, 2:30 p.m., HT-2 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``State and Non-State Actor Influence Operations: Recommendations 
for U.S. National Security'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, hearing entitled 
``Ground Force Modernization Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2019'', 
2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing entitled ``Military 
Personnel Posture: FY 2019'', 3:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Combating the Opioid Crisis: Prevention and Public Health 
Solutions'', 9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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.

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5323, the ``Derivatives Fairness Act'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The FY 2019 Foreign Assistance Budget'', 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing entitled ``U.S. 
Responses to China's Foreign Influence Operations'', 2 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  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 Natural Resources, 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.
  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, 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, 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.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``American Infrastructure and the Small Business Perspective'', 11 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``U.S. Trade Policy Agenda'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Implementation of 
MACRA's Physician Payment Policies'', 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.