[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D652-D655]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of June 12 through June 15, 2018

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of H.R. 5515, National 
Defense Authorization Act.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: June 13, 
business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, ``2018 Farm 
Bill'', 9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: June 12, Subcommittee on Department 
of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, business meeting 
to markup an original bill making appropriations for the Department 
of the Interior, Environmental Protection Agency, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-124.
  June 12, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, business meeting to markup an original bill making 
appropriations for the Department of Commerce, Department of 
Justice, Science, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2019, 2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  June 14, Full Committee, business meeting to markup an original 
bill making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, 
Environmental Protection Agency, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2019, an original bill making 
appropriations for the Department of Commerce, Department of 
Justice, science, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2019, and an original bill making appropriations for 
the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2019, 10:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 12, 
business meeting to consider the nominations of Richard Clarida, of 
Connecticut, to be a Member of the Board of Governors, and to be 
Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors, and Michelle Bowman, of 
Kansas, to be a Member of the Board of Governors, both of the 
Federal Reserve System, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  June 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine an update 
from the Comptroller of the Currency, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 13, to 
hold an oversight hearing to examine the National Telecommunications 
and Information Administration, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 12, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  June 13, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 3001, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey certain land and facilities of the Central Valley Project, 
H.R. 132, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey 
certain land and appurtenances of the Arbuckle Project, Oklahoma, to 
the Arbuckle Master Conservancy District, and H.R. 1967, to amend 
the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to authorize pumped storage 
hydropower development utilizing multiple Bureau of Reclamation 
reservoirs, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 13, to hold 
hearings to examine innovation and America's infrastructure, 
focusing on the effects of emerging autonomous technologies on 
America's roads and bridges, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  June 13, Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management, and 
Regulatory Oversight, to hold an oversight hearing to examine the 
Army Corps' regulation of surplus water and the role of states' 
rights, 2:30 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: June 12, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Jeffrey Kessler, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce, Elizabeth Ann Copeland, of Texas, and Patrick 
J. Urda, of Indiana, both to be a Judge of the United States Tax 
Court, and Amy Karpel, of Washington, and Randolph J. Stayin, of 
Virginia, both to be a Member of the United States International 
Trade Commission, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  June 12, Full Committee, business meeting to consider an original 
bill entitled, ``Helping to End Addiction and Lessen (HEAL) 
Substance Use Disorders Act of 2018'', 2 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 13, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Kimberly Breier, of Virginia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary (Western Hemisphere Affairs), Kenneth S. George, 
of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, and 
Joseph N. Mondello, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Trinidad and Tobago, all of the Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-
419.
  June 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Harry B. Harris, Jr., of Florida, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Korea, Tibor Peter Nagy,

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Jr., of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary (African Affairs), and 
David Schenker, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary (Near 
Eastern Affairs), all of the Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: June 12, to 
hold hearings to examine the cost of prescription drugs, focusing on 
examining the President's blueprint `American Patients First' to 
lower drug prices, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: June 12, 
to hold hearings to examine the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism 
Standards program, 10:30 a.m., SD-106.
  June 13, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2836, to 
assist the Department of Homeland Security in preventing emerging 
threats from unmanned aircraft and vehicles, S. 3041, to amend the 
Robert T. Safford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to 
provide for disaster recovery reforms, S. 2392, to amend the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Secretary of Homeland 
Security to designate cybersecurity technologies that qualify for 
protection under systems of risk and litigation management, S. 2948, 
to improve efforts to identify and reduce Governmentwide improper 
payments, S. 1204, to authorize the United States Postal Service to 
carry out emergency suspensions of post offices in accordance with 
certain procedures, S. 3027, to save taxpayer money and improve the 
efficiency and speed of intragovernmental correspondence, S. 2374, 
to amend the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement 
Act of 2012, including making changes to the Do Not Pay Initiative, 
for improved detection, prevention, and recovery of improper 
payments to deceased individuals, S. 3031, to amend chapter 5 of 
title 40, United States Code, to improve the management of Federal 
personal property, S. 2397, to direct the Secretary of Homeland 
Security to establish a data framework to provide access for 
appropriate personnel to law enforcement and other information of 
the Department, S. 2896, to require disclosure by lobbyists of 
convictions for bribery, extortion, embezzlement, illegal kickbacks, 
tax evasion, fraud, conflicts of interest, making false statements, 
perjury, or money laundering, S. 2276, to require agencies to submit 
reports on outstanding recommendations in the annual budget 
justification submitted to Congress, S. 2549, to designate the 
United States Postal Service located at 1234 Saint Johns Place in 
Brooklyn, New York, as the ``Major Robert Odell Owens Post Office'', 
S. 2692, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 4558 Broadway in New York, New York, as the 
``Stanley Michels Post Office Building'', H.R. 4581, to require the 
Secretary of Homeland Security to develop best practices for 
utilizing advanced passenger information and passenger name record 
data for counterterrorism screening and vetting operations, H.R. 
5079, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the 
Department of Homeland Security to develop an engagement strategy 
with fusion centers, H.R. 4567, to require a Department of Homeland 
Security overseas personnel enhancement plan, H.R. 1496, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 3585 South Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles, California, as the 
``Marvin Gaye Post Office'', H.R. 2673, to designate the facility of 
the United States Postal Service located at 514 Broadway Street in 
Pekin, Illinois, as the ``Lance Corporal Jordan S. Bastean Post 
Office'', H.R. 3183, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 13683 James Madison Highway in Palmyra, 
Virginia, as the ``U.S. Navy Seaman Dakota Kyle Rigsby Post 
Office'', H.R. 4301, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 201 Tom Hall Street in Fort Mill, South 
Carolina, as the ``J. Elliott Williams Post Office Building'', H.R. 
4406, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 99 Macombs Place in New York, New York, as the ``Tuskegee 
Airmen Post Office Building'', H.R. 4463, to designate the facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 6 Doyers Street in 
New York, New York, as the ``Mabel Lee Memorial Post Office'', H.R. 
4574, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 108 West Schick Road in Bloomingdale, Illinois, as the 
``Bloomingdale Veterans Memorial Post Office Building'', H.R. 4646, 
to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 1900 Corporate Drive in Birmingham, Alabama, as the 
``Lance Corporal Thomas E. Rivers, Jr. Post Office Building'', H.R. 
4685, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 515 Hope Street in Bristol, Rhode Island, as the ``First 
Sergeant P. Andrew McKenna Jr. Post Office'', H.R. 4722, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 111 Market Street in Saugerties, New York, as the ``Maurice D. 
Hinchey Post Office Building'', H.R. 4840, to designate the facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 567 East Franklin 
Street in Oviedo, Florida, as the ``Sergeant First Class Alwyn 
Crendall Cashe Post Office Building'', an original bill entitled, 
``Opportunities to Provide for Illicit Opioid Interdiction and 
Detection Act of 2018'', and the nominations of Kelly Higashi, to be 
an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of 
Columbia, Frederick M. Nutt, of Virginia, to be Controller, Office 
of Federal Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget, 
and Emory A. Rounds III, of Maine, to be Director of the Office of 
Government Ethics, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: June 13, business meeting to consider 
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; to be immediately followed by an oversight 
hearing to examine the Government Accountability Office high risk 
list, focusing on turning around vulnerable Indian programs, 2:30 
p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 12, to hold hearings to examine 
election interference, focusing on ensuring law enforcement is 
equipped to target those seeking to do harm, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  June 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine confronting 
sexual harassment and other workplace misconduct in the Federal 
judiciary, 10 a.m., SD-226.

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  June 14, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2837, to 
improve the systems for identifying the diversion of controlled 
substances, S. 974, to promote competition in the market for drugs 
and biological products by facilitating the timely entry of lower-
cost generic and biosimilar versions of those drugs and biological 
products, S. 2245, to include New Zealand in the list of foreign 
states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United 
States as E-1 and E-2 nonimmigrants if United States nationals are 
treated similarly by the Government of New Zealand, and the 
nominations of Britt Cagle Grant, of Georgia, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, Allen Cothrel Winsor, to be 
United States District Judge for the Northern District of Florida, 
Patrick R. Wyrick, to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of Oklahoma, Edward W. Felten, of New Jersey, and 
Jane Nitze, of the District of Columbia, both to be a Member of the 
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, and Susan Llewellyn 
Pamerleau, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of 
Texas, Gadyaces S. Serralta, to be United States Marshal for the 
Southern District of Florida, R. Don Ladner, Jr., to be United 
States Marshal for the Northern District of Florida, and Charles L. 
Goodwin, to be United States Marshal for the District of Hawaii, all 
of the Department of Justice, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: June 13, to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of John Lowry III, of Illinois, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training, 
2:30 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 12, to receive a closed 
briefing regarding certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  June 14, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing regarding 
certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, June 13, Subcommittee on Defense, 
markup on the FY 2019 State, Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill, 
10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  June 13, Full Committee, markup on the FY 2019 Defense 
Appropriations Bill; and FY 2019 Financial Services and General 
Government Appropriations Bill, 12 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, June 13, Subcommittee on Tactical Air 
and Land Forces, hearing entitled ``Department of Defense Aviation 
Safety Mishap Review and Oversight Process'', 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  June 14, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing entitled ``Navy and 
Air Force Depot Policy Issues and Infrastructure Concerns'', 9 a.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, June 13, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``The Power of Charter Schools: Promoting 
Opportunity for America's Students'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 13, Subcommittee on 
Communications and Technology, markup on H.R. 2345, the ``National 
Suicide Hotline Improvement Act of 2017''; H.R. 5709, the ``PIRATE 
Act''; H.R. 3994, the ``ACCESS BROADBAND Act''; and H.R. 4881, the 
``Precision Agriculture Connectivity Act of 2018'', 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  June 13, Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, 
markup on H.R. 6032, the ``State of Modern Application, Research, 
and Trends of IoT Act'', 11 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 14, Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, 
hearing entitled ``Understanding the Digital Advertising 
Ecosystem'', 10:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  June 14, Subcommittee on Environment, hearing entitled ``The 
Chemical Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standards Program (CFATS)--A 
Progress Report'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 15, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``The State of U.S. Public Health Biopreparedness: 
Responding to Biological Attacks, Pandemics, and Emerging Infectious 
Disease Outbreaks'', 9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, June 13, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Financial Industry Regulation: the Office of the 
Comptroller of the Currency'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 13, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities, and 
Investment, hearing entitled ``Ensuring Effectiveness, Fairness, and 
Transparency in Securities Law Enforcement'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 13, Subcommittee on the Middle 
East and North Africa, hearing entitled ``The Middle East and North 
Africa: Ensuring Resources Match Objectives'', 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  June 14, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Democracy Promotion in 
a Challenging World'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 13, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 4423, the ``North Texas Water Supply Security Act of 2017''; 
H.R. 5954, the ``Anti-terrorism Clarification Act of 2018''; and 
H.R. 5904, the ``NOPEC'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, June 13, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 2365, the ``Desert Community Lands Act''; H.R. 2606, the 
``Stigler Act Amendments of 2017''; H.R. 3744, the ``Tribal 
Recognition Act of 2017''; H.R. 5787, the ``Strengthening Coastal 
Communities Act of 2018''; and H.R. 5874, the ``Restoring 
Accountability in the Indian Health Service Act of 2018'', 10:15 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 14, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing on 
legislation on the ``Enhancing State Management of Federal Lands and 
Waters Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, June 14, Subcommittee 
on Space, hearing entitled ``NASA Cost and Schedule Overruns: 
Acquisition and Program Management Challenges'', 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, June 13, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Impact of Category Management on the Small Business 
Industrial Base'', 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  June 14, Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access, 
hearing entitled ``Shrinking the Skills

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Gap: Solutions to the Small Business Workforce Shortage'', 10 a.m., 
2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 13, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on H.R. 2787, the ``VET MD Act''; H.R. 3696, the ``Wounded 
Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act''; H.R. 5521, the ``VA Hiring 
Enhancement Act''; H.R. 5693, the ``Long-Term Care Veterans Choice 
Act''; H.R. 5864, the ``VA Hospitals Establishing Leadership 
Performance Act''; H.R. 5974, the ``VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements 
Act''; H.R. 5938, the ``Veterans Serving Veterans Act of 2018''; and 
H.R. 6066, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the 
productivity of the management of Department of Veterans Affairs 
health care, and for other purposes, 3 p.m., 334 Cannon.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Select Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans: 
June 13, to hold hearings to examine employer perspectives on 
multiemployer pension plans, 10 a.m., SD-215.