[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 93 (Wednesday, June 6, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D631-D633]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Appropriations: Full Committee held a markup on the FY 
2019 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. 
The FY 2019 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Bill was ordered reported, as amended.
EXAMINING THE POLICIES AND PRIORITIES OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 
AND HUMAN SERVICES
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Full Committee held a hearing 
entitled ``Examining the Policies and Priorities of the U.S. Department 
of Health and Human Services''. Testimony was heard from Alex M. Azar 
II, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
EXAMINING THE REAUTHORIZATION OF THE PANDEMIC AND ALL-HAZARDS 
PREPAREDNESS ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
entitled ``Examining the Reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-
Hazards Preparedness Act''. Testimony was heard from Anna Abram, Deputy 
Commissioner for Policy, Planning, Legislation, and Analysis, Food and 
Drug Administration; Robert Kadlec, Assistant Secretary for 
Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services; 
Rear Admiral Upper Half Stephen Redd, Director, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services; and 
public witnesses.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURE
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance 
held a hearing entitled ``Legislative Review of H.R. 1511, the 
`Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2017' ''. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
IMPROVING TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AT THE BUREAU OF CONSUMER 
FINANCIAL PROTECTION
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions 
and Consumer Credit held a hearing entitled ``Improving Transparency 
and Accountability at the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection''. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Homeland Security: Full Committee held a markup on H.R. 
4627, the ``Shielding Public Spaces from Vehicular Terrorism Act''; 
H.R. 4991, the ``Supporting Research and Development for First 
Responders Act''; H.R. 5206, the ``Office of Biometric Identity 
Management Authorization Act of 2018''; H.R. 5207, the ``Immigration 
Advisory Program Authorization Act of 2018''; H.R. 5729, the 
``Transportation Worker Identification Credential Accountability Act of 
2018''; H.R. 5730, the ``Transportation Security Technology Innovation 
Reform Act of 2018''; H.R. 5733, the ``DHS Industrial Control Systems 
Capabilities Enhancement Act of 2018''; H.R. 5762, the ``Joint Task 
Force to Combat Opioid Trafficking Act of 2018''; H.R. 5766, the 
``Securing Public Areas of Transportation Facilities Act of 2018''; and 
H. Res. 898, directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to transmit 
certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to 
Department of Homeland Security policies and activities relating to 
homeland security information produced and disseminated regarding 
cybersecurity threats posed by the ZTE Corporation, headquartered

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in Shenzhen, China. H.R. 5766, H.R. 4991, and H. Res. 898 were ordered 
reported, without amendment. H.R. 4627, H.R. 5206, H.R. 5207, H.R. 
5729, H.R. 5730, H.R. 5733, and H.R. 5762 were ordered reported, as 
amended.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Full Committee held a markup on H.R. 
3777, the ``Juab County Conveyance Act of 2017''; H.R. 4528, to make 
technical amendments to certain marine fish conservation statutes, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 4824, the ``Rural Broadband Permitting 
Efficiency Act of 2018''; H.R. 5597, the ``Desert Tortoise Habitat 
Conservation Plan Expansion Act, Washington County, Utah''; H.R. 5751, 
the ``Golden Spike 150th Anniversary Act''; and H.R. 5875, to amend the 
Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the Dingell-Johnson 
Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act, to provide parity for United 
States territories and the District of Columbia, to make technical 
corrections to such Acts and related laws, and for other purposes. H.R. 
3777, H.R. 4824, H.R. 5597, and H.R. 5751 were ordered reported, as 
amended. H.R. 4528 and H.R. 5875 were ordered reported, without 
amendment.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources held a hearing on legislation to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to recover the cost of processing administrative protests 
for oil and gas lease sales, applications for permits to drill, and 
right of way applications, and for other purposes; legislation to 
clarify the categorical exclusions authorized by the Energy Policy Act 
of 2005 and authorize additional categorical exclusions to streamline 
the oil and gas permitting process, and for other purposes; legislation 
to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to authorize notifications of permit 
to drill, and for other purposes; and legislation to clarify that 
Bureau of Land Management shall not require permits for oil and gas 
activities conducted on non-Federal surface estate to access subsurface 
mineral estate that is less than 50 percent Federally owned, and for 
other purposes. Testimony was heard from John Baza, Director, Utah 
Division of Oil, Gas and Mining; Susana Martinez, Governor, New Mexico; 
Katharine MacGregor, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals 
Management, Department of the Interior; Ken McQueen, Secretary, Energy, 
Minerals and Natural Resources Department, New Mexico; and a public 
witness.
PROTECTING AMERICA FROM A BAD DEAL: ENDING U.S. PARTICIPATION IN THE 
NUCLEAR AGREEMENT WITH IRAN
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on National 
Security held a hearing entitled ``Protecting America from a Bad Deal: 
Ending U.S. Participation in the Nuclear Agreement with Iran''. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
2019; SPENDING CUTS TO EXPIRED AND UNNECESSARY PROGRAMS ACT
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 5895, the 
``Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2019'' [Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction 
and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019] [Amendment 
Consideration]; and H.R. 3, the ``Spending Cuts to Expired and 
Unnecessary Programs Act''. The Committee granted, by record vote of 9-
2, a rule providing for the further consideration of the Senate 
amendment to H.R. 5895 under a structured rule. The rule provides that 
no further general debate shall be in order. The rule provides that the 
further amendment printed in part A of the Rules Committee report shall 
be considered as adopted. The rule makes in order only those further 
amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee report, and 
available pro forma amendments described in section 4 of House 
Resolution 918. Each further amendment printed in part B of the report 
may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered 
only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, 
shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided 
and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may be withdrawn by 
the proponent at any time before action thereon, shall not be subject 
to amendment except amendments described in section 4 of House 
Resolution 918, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of 
the question. The rule waives all points of order against further 
amendments printed in part B of the report. The rule provides one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions. In section 2, the rule 
provides for the consideration of H.R. 3 under a closed rule. The rule 
provides one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the 
Majority Leader and the Minority Leader or their respective designees. 
The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. 
The rule provides that the amendment printed in part C of the Rules 
Committee report shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as 
amended, shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of 
order against provisions in the bill, as amended. The

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rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 
Finally, in section 3, the rule provides that provisions of section 
1017 of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 shall not apply to a bill 
or joint resolution introduced with respect to the special message 
transmitted under section 1012 of that Act on May 8, 2018. Testimony 
was heard from Representatives Hastings, Torres, Renacci, Grothman, 
Moore, Aderholt, and Lowey.
MILLENNIALS AND THE GIG ECONOMY
Committee on Small Business: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``Millennials and the Gig Economy''. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
LOWERING COSTS AND EXPANDING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE THROUGH CONSUMER-
DIRECTED HEALTH PLANS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
entitled ``Lowering Costs and Expanding Access to Health Care through 
Consumer-Directed Health Plans''. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.
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