[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 23, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D589-D591]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Appropriations: Full Committee held a markup on the FY 
2019 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Bill; and the Report on the Suballocation of 
Budget Allocations for FY 2019. The FY 2019 Transportation, Housing and 
Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill was ordered 
reported, as amended. The Report on the Suballocation of Budget 
Allocations for FY 2019 was ordered reported, without amendment.
REGULATORY REFORM: UNLEASHING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR WORKERS AND 
EMPLOYERS
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Workforce 
Protections held a hearing entitled ``Regulatory Reform: Unleashing 
Economic Opportunity for Workers and Employers''. Testimony was heard 
from public witnesses.
EXAMINING THE OLYMPIC COMMUNITY'S ABILITY TO PROTECT ATHLETES FROM 
SEXUAL ABUSE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Examining the Olympic 
Community's Ability to Protect Athletes from Sexual Abuse''. Testimony 
was heard from public witnesses.
REAUTHORIZATION OF THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION 
PROGRAM
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
entitled ``Reauthorization of the Children's Hospital Graduate Medical 
Education Program''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS TO HELP FUEL CAPITAL AND GROWTH ON MAIN STREET
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Securities, and Investment held a hearing entitled ``Legislative 
Proposals to Help Fuel Capital and Growth on Main Street''. Testimony 
was heard from public witnesses.
THE IMPACT OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES ON THE FUTURE OF INSURANCE
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance 
held a hearing entitled ``The Impact of Autonomous Vehicles on the 
Future of Insurance''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
STRENGTHENING AMERICAN DIPLOMACY: REVIEWING THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S 
BUDGET, OPERATIONS, AND POLICY PRIORITIES
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``Strengthening American Diplomacy: Reviewing the State Department's 
Budget, Operations, and Policy Priorities''. Testimony was heard from 
Mike Pompeo, Secretary, Department of State.
ASIA'S DIPLOMATIC AND SECURITY STRUCTURE: PLANNING U.S. ENGAGEMENT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific held 
a hearing entitled ``Asia's Diplomatic and Security Structure: Planning 
U.S. Engagement''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
CHINESE INVESTMENT AND INFLUENCE IN EUROPE
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and 
Emerging Threats held a hearing entitled ``Chinese Investment and 
Influence in Europe''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
COMBATTING TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL THREATS IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere 
held a hearing entitled ``Combatting Transnational Criminal Threats in 
the Western Hemisphere''. Testimony was heard from Richard Glenn, 
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics 
and Law Enforcement Affairs, Department of State; Jennifer Fowler, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial 
Crimes, Department of Treasury; Rear Admiral Brian Hendrickson, U.S. 
Navy, Director, Network Engagement Team, U.S. Southern Command; and 
Raymond Villanueva, Assistant Director for International Operations, 
Homeland Security Investigations, Department of Homeland Security.
ISIS-POST CALIPHATE: THREAT IMPLICATIONS FOR AMERICA AND THE WEST
Committee on Homeland Security: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``ISIS-Post Caliphate: Threat Implications for America and the West''. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

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THE FEDERAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION REFORM ACT (FITARA) 
SCORECARD 6.0
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on 
Information Technology; and Subcommittee on Government Operations held 
a joint hearing entitled ``The Federal Information Technology 
Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) Scorecard 6.0''. Testimony was heard 
from Gary Washington, Chief Information Officer, Department of 
Agriculture; Lynn Moaney, Acting Chief Financial Officer, Department of 
Agriculture; Donald Bice, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Administration, Department of Agriculture; David Powner, Director of IT 
Management Issues, Government Accountability Office; Dana Deasy, Chief 
Information Officer, Department of Defense; Mark Easton, Deputy Chief 
Financial Officer, Department of Defense; and Kevin Fahey, Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Department of Defense.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Full Committee held a 
markup on H. Res. 877, a resolution of inquiry directing the Secretary 
of Commerce to provide certain documents in the Secretary's possession 
to the House of Representatives relating to the decision to include a 
question on citizenship in the 2020 decennial census of population; 
H.R. 5925, to codify provisions relating to the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy, and for other purposes; H.R. 5415, the ``GAO-IG Act''; 
H.R. 5896, the ``Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Amendments Act of 
2018''; H.R. 2648, the ``Veterans Transition Improvement Act''; H.R. 
5321, the ``Too Long; Didn't Read Act of 2018''; H.R. 4407, the 
``Corporal Jeffery Allen Williams Post Office Building''; H.R. 4946, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
1075 North Tustin Street in Orange, California, as the ``Specialist 
Trevor A. Win'E Post Office''; H.R. 5205, to designate the facility of 
the United States Postal Service located at 701 6th Street in 
Hawthorne, Nevada, as the ``Sergeant Kenneth Eric Bostic Post Office''; 
H.R. 5238, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1234 Saint Johns Place in Brooklyn, New York, as the 
``Major Robert Odell Owens Post Office''; H.R. 5349, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1320 Autumn 
Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, as the ``Judge Russell B. Sugarmon Post 
Office Building''; H.R. 5412, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 25 2nd Avenue in Brentwood, New York, 
as the ``Army Specialist Jose L. Ruiz Post Office Building''; H.R. 
5504, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 4801 West Van Giesen Street in West Richland, Washington, as 
the ``Sergeant Dietrich Schmieman Post Office Building''; H.R. 5737, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
108 West D Street in Alpha, Illinois, as the ``Captain Joshua E. Steele 
Post Office''; and H.R. 5784, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 2650 North Doctor Martin Luther King 
Drive in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as the ``Vel R. Phillips Post Office 
Building''. H.R. 5925, H.R. 5415, H.R. 2648, H.R. 5321, and H.R. 5896 
were ordered reported, as amended. H. Res. 877, H.R. 4407, H.R. 4946, 
H.R. 5205, H.R. 5238, H.R. 5349, H.R. 5412, H.R. 5504, H.R. 5737, and 
H.R. 5784 were ordered reported, without amendment.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Full Committee held a 
markup on H.R. 5905, the ``Department of Energy Science and Innovation 
Act of 2018''; H.R. 5907, the ``National Innovation Modernization by 
Laboratory Empowerment Act''; and H.R. 5906, the ``ARPA-E Act of 
2018''. H.R. 5905 and H.R. 5906 were ordered reported, as amended. H.R. 
5907 was ordered reported, without amendment.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Full Committee held a 
markup on H.R. 8, the ``Water Resources Development Act of 2018''. H.R. 
8 was ordered reported, as amended.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity 
held a hearing on H.R. 2409, to allow servicemembers to terminate their 
cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts 
while deployed; H.R. 5452, the ``Reduce Unemployment for Veterans of 
All Ages Act of 2018''; H.R. 5538, to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to provide for the inclusion of certain additional periods of 
active duty service for purposes of suspending charges to veterans' 
entitlement to educational assistance under the laws administered by 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs during periods of suspended 
participation in vocational rehabilitation programs; H.R. 5644, the 
``VET OPP Act''; H.R. 5649, the ``Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer William 
`Bill' Mulder (Ret.) Transition Improvement Act of 2018''; and 
legislation to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for 
the termination by a spouse of a lessee of certain leases when the 
lessee dies while in military service. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Brownley of California, Peters, Wenstrup, Bustos, and 
Costello; Margarita Devlin,

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Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits, Veterans Benefits 
Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; and public witnesses.
TAX REFORM AND SMALL BUSINESSES: GROWING OUR ECONOMY AND CREATING JOBS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Tax Policy held a hearing 
entitled ``Tax Reform and Small Businesses: Growing Our Economy and 
Creating Jobs''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Ways and Means: Full Committee began a markup on H.R. 
5861, the ``Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services for Success 
Act''.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.