[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 106 (Monday, June 25, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D727-D728]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             JUNE 26, 2018

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of 
Defense, business meeting to markup an original bill making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2019, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, and Related Agencies, business meeting to markup an 
original bill making appropriations for the Department of Labor, 
Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Education, 
and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, 
11 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Lieutenant General Stephen R. Lyons, USA, to be 
general and Commander, United States Transportation Command, 
Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine legislative proposals to increase access to capital, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Teri L. Donaldson, of Texas, to be 
Inspector General, Christopher Fall, of Virginia, to be Director of 
the Office of Science, Karen S. Evans, of West Virginia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary (Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency 
Response), and Daniel Simmons, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy), all of the 
Department of Energy, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine prescription 
drug affordability and innovation, focusing on addressing challenges 
in today's market, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Europe and 
Regional Security Cooperation, to hold hearings to examine United 
States policy in Europe, 9:45 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 1158, to help 
prevent acts of genocide and other atrocity crimes, which threaten 
national and international security, by enhancing United States 
Government capacities to prevent, mitigate, and respond to such 
crises, S. 2463, to establish the United States International 
Development Finance Corporation, S. 2497, to amend the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act to make 
improvements to certain defense and security assistance provisions 
and to authorize the appropriations of funds to Israel, S. 2779, to 
amend the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act of 2001, H.R. 
3776, to support United States international cyber diplomacy, the 
nominations of Stephen Akard, of Indiana, to be Director of the 
Office of Foreign Missions, with the rank of Ambassador, Robin S. 
Bernstein, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, 
Kenneth S. George, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Oriental 
Republic of Uruguay, Harry B. Harris, Jr., of Florida, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, Joseph N. Mondello, of New 
York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, 
Georgette Mosbacher, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Poland, Tibor Peter Nagy, Jr., of Texas, to be an Assistant 
Secretary (African Affairs), Gordon D. Sondland, of Washington, to 
be Representative of the United States of America to the European 
Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador, Ronald Gidwitz, of 
Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium, Cherith Norman 
Chalet, of New Jersey, to be Representative of the United States of 
America to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, with 
the rank of Ambassador, and to be an Alternate Representative of the 
United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of 
the United Nations, during her tenure of service as Representative 
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U.N. Management and Reform, and Brian A. Nichols, of Rhode Island, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe, all of the Department 
of State, and routine lists in the Foreign Service, 11:15 a.m., S-
116, Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider S. 3029, to revise and extend the Prematurity 
Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants 
Early Act (PREEMIE Act), S. 1112, to support States in their work to 
save and sustain the health of mothers during pregnancy, childbirth, 
and in the postpartum period, to eliminate disparities in maternal 
health outcomes for pregnancy-related and pregnancy-associated 
deaths, to identify solutions to improve health care quality and 
health outcomes for mothers, S. 808, to provide protections for 
certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical 
services in a secondary State, S. 3039, to provide funding for the 
development of a predictive analytics pilot program to help children 
and families who come to the attention of the child welfare system, 
an original bill to reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and 
Technical Education Act, and the nominations of Scott Stump, of 
Colorado, to be Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult 
Education, Department of Education, John Lowry III, of Illinois, to 
be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and 
Training, and other pending nominations, 2:30 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
Survivors' Bill of Rights, focusing on implementation and next 
steps, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, to hold hearings to examine 
protecting our elections, focusing on examining shell companies and 
virtual currencies as avenues for foreign interference, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to 
consider pending intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing 
entitled ``The Shifting Geopolitics of Oil and Gas'', 1 p.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hearing on 
legislation on the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration Reauthorization Act of 2018, 1:15 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and 
Insurance, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the Federal Government's 
Approach to Lead-Based Paint and Mold Remediation in Public and 
Subsidized Housing'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, 
hearing entitled ``International and Domestic Implications of De-
Risking'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, Full Committee, markup on 
Committee Resolution 115-19, 11 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Full Committee, hearing entitled ``United States Capitol Police: 
Operations and Workforce'', 11 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, markup on H. Res. 938, 
of inquiry directing the Attorney General to provide certain 
documents in the Attorney General's possession to the House of 
Representatives relating to the ongoing congressional investigation 
related to certain prosecutorial and investigatory decisions made by 
the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation 
surrounding the 2016 election; and H. Res. 928, of inquiry 
requesting the President and directing the Attorney General to 
transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of 
Representatives relating to the President's use of the pardon power 
under article II, section 2 of the Constitution, 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, hearing on legislation on the Offshore Renewable Energy 
for Territories Act; H.R. 5291, the ``Offshore Wind Jobs and 
Opportunity Act''; and legislation on the National OCS Renewable 
Energy Leasing Program Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on the 
Interior, Energy, and Environment, hearing entitled ``Access to 
Public Lands: The Effects of Forest Service Road Closures'', 2 p.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, Full Committee, continue hearing on H.R. 200, 
the ``Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility 
in Fisheries Management Act''; and H.R. 6157, the ``Department of 
Defense Appropriations Act, 2019'' [Amendment Consideration], 3 
p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Research and Technology; and Subcommittee on Energy, joint hearing 
entitled ``Artificial Intelligence--With Great Power Comes Great 
Responsibility'', 10:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing entitled ``Commercial Space Transportation 
Regulatory Reform: Stakeholder Perspectives'', 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``VA Electronic Health Record Modernization: The Beginning of the 
Beginning'', 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing entitled ``Hiring 
and Retaining Veterans for the Modern Day Workforce'', 2 p.m., 334 
Cannon.