[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 21, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D325-D326]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
STATE AND NON-STATE ACTOR INFLUENCE OPERATIONS: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 
U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY
Committee on Armed Services: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``State and Non-State Actor Influence Operations: Recommendations for 
U.S. National Security''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
COMBATING THE OPIOID CRISIS: PREVENTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH SOLUTIONS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
entitled ``Combating the Opioid Crisis: Prevention and Public Health 
Solutions''. Testimony was heard from Scott Gottlieb, M.D., 
Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and 
Human Services; Anne Schuchat, Acting Director, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention; Christopher M. Jones, Director of the National 
Mental Health and Substance Use Policy Laboratory, Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human 
Services; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Financial Services: Full Committee held a 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''. H.R. 2683, 
H.R. 5076, and H.R. 4790 were ordered reported, as amended. H.R. 4861, 
H.R. 5082, H.R. 4659, H.R. 5051, and H.R. 5323 were ordered reported, 
without amendment.
THE FY 2019 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE BUDGET
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``The FY 2019 Foreign Assistance Budget''. Testimony was heard from 
Mark Green, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development.
U.S. RESPONSES TO CHINA'S FOREIGN INFLUENCE OPERATIONS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific held 
a hearing entitled ``U.S. Responses to China's Foreign Influence 
Operations''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
IMPLICATIONS OF A U.S.-SAUDI ARABIA NUCLEAR COOPERATION AGREEMENT FOR 
THE MIDDLE EAST
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on the Middle East and North 
Africa held a hearing entitled ``Implications of a U.S.-Saudi Arabia 
Nuclear Cooperation Agreement for the Middle East''. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
SENATE AMENDMENT TO THE TARGET ACT
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on Senate amendment 
to H.R. 1625, the ``TARGET Act [Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018]. 
The Committee granted, by record vote of 8-3, a rule that provides for 
the consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 1625. The rule makes 
in order a motion offered by the chair of the Committee on 
Appropriations or his designee that the House concur in the Senate 
amendment with an amendment consisting of the text of Rules Committee 
Print 115-66. The rule waives all points of order against consideration 
of the motion. The rule provides that the Senate amendment and the 
motion shall be considered as read. The rule provides one hour of 
debate on the motion equally divided and controlled by the chair and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. In section 
2, the rule provides that on any legislative day during the period from 
March 23, 2018, through April 9, 2018: the Journal of the proceedings 
of the previous day shall be considered as approved; and the Chair may 
at any time declare the House adjourned to meet at a date and time to 
be announced by the Chair in declaring the adjournment. In section 3, 
the rule provides that the Speaker may appoint Members to perform the 
duties of the Chair for the duration of the period addressed by section 
2. In section 4, the rule provides that each day during the period 
addressed by section 2 shall not constitute a calendar day for the 
purposes of section 7 of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1546). In 
section 5, the rule provides that each day during the period addressed 
by section 2 shall not constitute a legislative day for purposes of 
clause 7 of rule XIII (resolutions of inquiry). Finally, in section 6, 
the rule provides that the chair of the Committee on Appropriations may 
insert in the Congressional Record not later than March 22, 2018, such 
material as he may deem explanatory of

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the Senate amendment and the motion specified in section 1. Testimony 
was heard from Chairman Frelinghuysen, and Representatives Lowey, 
Newhouse, Polis, Massie, Garrett, Biggs, Jordan, Mooney of West 
Virginia, Webster of Florida, and Perry.
U.S. TRADE POLICY AGENDA
Committee on Ways and Means: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``U.S. Trade Policy Agenda''. Testimony was heard from Robert E. 
Lighthizer, United States Trade Representative.
IMPLEMENTATION OF MACRA'S PHYSICIAN PAYMENT POLICIES
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
entitled ``Implementation of MACRA's Physician Payment Policies''. 
Testimony was heard from Demetrios L. Kouzoukas, Principal Deputy 
Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department 
of Health and Human Services.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.