[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 79 (Tuesday, May 15, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D522-D523]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: ARMY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2019 for the Army, after receiving 
testimony from Mark T. Esper, Secretary of the Army, and General Mark 
A. Milley, Chief of Staff of the Army, both of the Department of 
Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: SENATE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND CAPITOL POLICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2019 for the Senate Sergeant at Arms and 
the Capitol Police, after receiving testimony from Michael Stenger, 
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate; and Chief Matthew R. 
Verderosa, Capitol Police.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Thelma Drake, of Virginia, to be 
Federal Transit Administrator, Department of Transportation, Jeffrey 
Nadaner, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, and 
Seth Daniel Appleton, of Missouri, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Richard Clarida, of Connecticut, 
to be Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System, and to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System, and Michelle Bowman, of Kansas, to be a Member of the 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.

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TRENDS IN MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet concluded a 
hearing to examine trends in mobile technologies, after receiving 
testimony from Mike Forster, Innovate Mississippi, Jackson; Sarah Oh, 
Technology Policy Institute, and Morgan Reed, ACT-The App Association, 
both of Washington, D.C.; and Roger Koch, Shield Group Technologies, 
West Palm Beach, Florida.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nomination of Aimee Kathryn Jorjani, of 
Wisconsin, to be Chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation, after the nominee testified and answered questions in her 
own behalf.
ASIA REASSURANCE INITIATIVE ACT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, 
and International Cybersecurity Policy concluded a hearing to examine 
American leadership in the Asia Pacific, focusing on the Asia 
Reassurance Initiative Act, after receiving testimony from Randall 
Schriver, Assistant Secretary of Defense, Asian and Pacific Security 
Affairs; and Alex Wong, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of 
East Asian and Pacific Affairs.
PROTECTING AND SECURING THE UNITED STATES
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine authorities and resources needed to 
protect and secure the United States, after receiving testimony from 
Kirstjen M. Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security.
340B DRUG PRICING PROGRAM
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine oversight reports on the 340B Drug 
Pricing Program, after receiving testimony from Ann Maxwell, Assistant 
Inspector General for Evaluation and Inspections, Office of the 
Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services; and Debra 
A. Draper, Director, Health Care, Government Accountability Office.
PROTECTING AND PROMOTING MUSIC CREATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
protecting and promoting music creation for the 21st century, including 
S. 2393, to amend title 17, United States Code, to provide Federal 
protection to the digital audio transmission of a sound recording fixed 
before February 15, 1972, S. 2625, to amend title 17, United States 
Code, to provide for the payment of performance royalties to certain 
producers, mixers, and sound engineers of sound recordings, and S. 
2334, to amend title 17, United States Code, to provide clarity with 
respect to, and to modernize, the licensing system for musical works 
under section 115 of that title, to ensure fairness in the 
establishment of certain rates and fees under sections 114 and 115 of 
that title, after receiving testimony from David M. Israelite, National 
Music Publishers' Association, Meredith Rose, Public Knowledge, 
Christopher Harrison, Digital Media Association, and Mitch Glazier, 
Recording Industry Association of America, all of Washington, D.C.; 
Justin Roberts, Recording Academy, Chicago, Illinois; David J. Del 
Beccaro, Music Choice, Horsham, Pennsylvania; Smokey Robinson, Los 
Angeles, California; and Josh Kear, Nashville, Tennessee.
THE STATE OF SMALL BUSINESS IN AMERICA
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the state of small business in America, focusing on 
an update from the Small Business Administration, including S. 2014, to 
require greater transparency for Federal regulatory decisions that 
impact small businesses, S. 2034, to strengthen resources for 
entrepreneurs by improving the SCORE program, S. 2283, to amend the 
Small Business Act to strengthen the Office of Credit Risk Management 
within the Small Business Administration, S. 1756, to improve the 
processes by which environmental documents are prepared and permits and 
applications are processed and regulated by Federal departments and 
agencies, S.J. Res. 52, providing for congressional disapproval under 
chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the 
Federal Communications Commission relating to ``Restoring Internet 
Freedom'', and S.J. Res. 9, providing for congressional disapproval 
under chapter 8, of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted 
by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the disclosure of 
payments by resource extraction issuers, after receiving testimony from 
Linda E. McMahon, Administrator, Small Business Administration.
NOMINATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of William R. Evanina, of Pennsylvania, to be 
Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, after 
the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.