[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 67 (Wednesday, April 25, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D447-D448]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: NRC
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates 
and justification for fiscal year 2019 for the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, after receiving testimony from Kristine Svinicki, Chairman, 
and Jeff Baran, and Stephen G. Burns, both a Commissioner, all of the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
APPROPRIATIONS: DOJ
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed 
budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2019 for the 
Department of Justice, after receiving testimony from Jeff Sessions, 
Attorney General, Department of Justice.
APPROPRIATIONS: GAO AND CBO
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2019 for the Government Accountability 
Office and Congressional Budget Office, after receiving testimony from 
Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General, Government Accountability Office; and 
Keith Hall, Director, Congressional Budget Office.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 2717, to reauthorize provisions relating to the Maritime 
Administration, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2369, to authorize aboriginal subsistence whaling pursuant to the 
regulations of the International Whaling Commission;
  S. 2511, to require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and 
Atmosphere to carry out a program on coordinating the assessment and 
acquisition by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of 
unmanned maritime systems, to make available to the public data 
collected by the Administration using such systems, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2343, to require the Federal Communications Commission to 
establish a task force for meeting the connectivity and technology 
needs of precision agriculture in the United States, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Vice Admiral Karl L. Schultz, to be Admiral and to 
be Commandant, and Vice Admiral Charles W. Ray, to be Vice Commandant, 
both of the Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, Patrick 
Fuchs, of Wisconsin, and Michelle A. Schultz, of Pennsylvania, both to 
be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board, Department of 
Transportation, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, of Maryland, to be a Federal 
Trade Commissioner, Rubydee Calvert, of Wyoming, and Laura Gore Ross, 
of New York, both to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and Alan E. Cobb, of Kansas, to be 
a Member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington 
Airports Authority.
MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard concluded a hearing to 
examine enhancing the Marine Mammal Protection Act, after receiving 
testimony from Chris Oliver, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 
National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, Department of Commerce; Michael Miller, Indigenous 
Peoples Council on Marine Mammals, Anchorage, Alaska; Guy R. Norman, 
Northwest Power and Conservation Council, Portland, Oregon; Rae Stone, 
Dolphin Quest, Middleburg, Virginia, on behalf of the Alliance of 
Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums; and Jane P. Davenport, Defenders of 
Wildlife, Washington, D.C.

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NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Christopher Krebs, of 
Virginia, to be Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs, 
Department of Homeland Security, after the nominee testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
INDIAN AFFAIRS LEGISLATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
H.R. 597, to take lands in Sonoma County, California, into trust as 
part of the reservation of the Lytton Rancheria of California, and H.R. 
1491, to reaffirm the action of the Secretary of the Interior to take 
land into trust for the benefit of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash 
Mission Indians, after receiving testimony from Darryl LaCounte, Acting 
Deputy Bureau Director, Trust Services, Department of the Interior; 
Vice-mayor Mike Healy, Petaluma, California; Kenneth Kahn, Santa Ynez 
Band of Chumash Indians, Santa Ynez, California; Margie Mejia, Lytton 
Rancheria, Santa Rosa, California; and Bill Krauch, Santa Ynez Valley 
Coalition, Los Olivos, California.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Andrew S. Oldham, of Texas, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Alan D. Albright, to be United 
States District Judge for the Western District of Texas, Thomas S. 
Kleeh, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of 
West Virginia, who was introduced by Senators Manchin and Capito, Peter 
J. Phipps, to be United States District Judge for the Western District 
of Pennsylvania, who was introduced by Senators Casey and Toomey, and 
Michael J. Truncale, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Texas, after the nominees testified and answered questions 
in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee ordered favorably 
reported S. Res. 355, improving procedures for the consideration of 
nominations in the Senate, with amendments.
CYBERSECURITY
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine preparing small businesses for cybersecurity 
success, including S. 2735, to amend the Small Business Act to provide 
for the establishment of an enhanced cybersecurity assistance and 
protections for small businesses, S. 2020, to establish a voluntary 
program to identify and promote Internet-connected products that meet 
industry-leading cybersecurity and data security standards, guidelines, 
best practices, methodologies, procedures, and processes, S. 1428, to 
amend section 21 of the Small Business Act to require cyber 
certification for small business development center counselors, and S. 
770, to require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology to disseminate resources to help reduce small business 
cybersecurity risks, after receiving testimony from Daniel Castro, 
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, and Russell Schrader, 
National Cyber Security Alliance, both of Washington, D.C.; Ben Toews, 
Bullet Tools, Hayden, Idaho; and Gina Abate, Edwards Performance 
Solutions, Elkridge, Maryland.