[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 106 (Monday, June 25, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D728-D731]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of June 26 through June 29, 2018

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of H.R. 2, Agriculture and Nutrition Act, post 
cloture.
  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 Appropriations: June 26, Subcommittee on Department 
of Defense, business meeting to markup an

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original bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  June 26, 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.
  June 27, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2019 for the Department of State, 2:30 
p.m., SD-192.
  June 28, Full Committee, business meeting to markup an original 
bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and 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, 10:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: June 26, 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: June 26, to hold 
hearings to examine legislative proposals to increase access to 
capital, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  June 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine legislative 
proposals to examine corporate governance, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 27, 
business meeting to consider S. 645, to require the Secretary of 
Commerce to conduct an assessment and analysis of the effects of 
broadband deployment and adoption on the economy of the United 
States, S. 1092, to protect the right of law-abiding citizens to 
transport knives interstate, notwithstanding a patchwork of local 
and State prohibitions, S. 1896, to amend section 8331 of title 5, 
United States Code, and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to 
clarify the treatment of availability pay for Federal air marshals 
and criminal investigators of the Transportation Security 
Administration, S. 2941, to improve the Cooperative Observer Program 
of the National Weather Service, S. 3094, to restrict the department 
in which the Coast Guard is operating from implementing any rule 
requiring the use of biometric readers for biometric transportation 
security cards until after submission to Congress of the results of 
an assessment of the effectiveness of the transportation security 
card program, H.R. 4254, to amend the National Science Foundation 
Authorization Act of 2002 to strengthen the aerospace workforce 
pipeline by the promotion of Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship 
Program and National Aeronautics and Space Administration internship 
and fellowship opportunities to women, H.R. 4467, to require the 
Federal Air Marshal Service to utilize risk-based strategies, H.R. 
4559, to conduct a global aviation security review, and the 
nominations of Karen Dunn Kelley, of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy 
Secretary of Commerce, Heidi R. King, of California, to be 
Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 
Department of Transportation, Geoffrey Adam Starks, of Kansas, to be 
a Member of the Federal Communications Commission, and Peter A. 
Feldman, of the District of Columbia, to be a Commissioner of the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 26, 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: June 26, to hold hearings to examine 
prescription drug affordability and innovation, focusing on 
addressing challenges in today's market, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  June 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Charles P. Rettig, of California, to be Commissioner 
of Internal Revenue, Department of the Treasury, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 26, Subcommittee on Europe 
and Regional Security Cooperation, to hold hearings to examine 
United States policy in Europe, 9:45 a.m., SD-419.
  June 26, 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

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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 of the United States of America 
to the United Nations for 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.
  June 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Donald Lu, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Kyrgyz Republic, and Randy W. Berry, of Colorado, to be Ambassador 
to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, both of the Department 
of State, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: June 26, 
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.
  June 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine how to reduce 
health care costs, focusing on understanding the cost of health care 
in America, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: June 27, 
to hold hearings to examine Medicaid fraud and overpayments, 
focusing on problems and solutions, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  June 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine FAST-41 and 
the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council, focusing on 
progress to date and next steps, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 26, to hold hearings to examine 
the Survivors' Bill of Rights, focusing on implementation and next 
steps, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  June 26, 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.
  June 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
eligibility requirements for the Radiation Exposure Compensation 
Program to ensure all downwinders receive coverage, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and 
Consumer Rights, to hold hearings to examine the competitive impact 
of the T-Mobile-Sprint transaction, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  June 28, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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, S. 2823, to modernize copyright law, 
S. 2946, to amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify the 
meaning of the terms ``act of war'' and ``blocked asset'', and the 
nominations of Britt Cagle Grant, of Georgia, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, David James Porter, of 
Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third 
Circuit, Holly A. Brady, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Indiana, Andrew Lynn Brasher, to be United 
States District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama, James 
Patrick Hanlon, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of Indiana, David Steven Morales, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Lance E. Walker, 
to be United States District Judge for the District of Maine, and 
John D. Jordan, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District 
of Missouri, Nick Willard, to be United States Marshal for the 
District of New Hampshire, and Mark F. Sloke, to be United States 
Marshal for the Southern District of Alabama, all of the Department 
of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: June 27, to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of Robert L. Wilkie, of North Carolina, to be 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2:30 p.m., SD-G50.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 26, closed business meeting 
to consider pending intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  June 27, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on certain 
intelligence matters, 2:15 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Armed Services, June 28, Subcommittee on Readiness, 
hearing entitled ``Army and Marine Corps Depot Policy Issues and 
Infrastructure Concerns'', 8:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 27, Subcommittee on Health, 
markup on legislation on the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness 
Reauthorization Act of 2018; H.R. 959, the ``Title VIII Nursing 
Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2017''; H.R. 1676, the ``Palliative 
Care and Hospice Education and Training Act''; H.R. 3728, the 
``Educating Medical Professionals and Optimizing Workforce 
Efficiency Readiness Act of 2017''; and H.R. 5385, the ``Children's 
Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018'', 9 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Environment, markup on H.R. 2278, the 
``Responsible Disposal Reauthorization Act of 2017''; and H.R. 2389, 
to reauthorize the West Valley demonstration project, and for other 
purposes, 11 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Financial Services, June 27, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Oversight of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 27, Subcommittee on Africa, 
Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, 
hearing entitled ``Crisis in the Republic of the Cameroon'', 2:30 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 28, Full Committee, markup on H. Res. 256, expressing support 
for the countries of Eastern Europe and the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization; H. Res. 944, expressing solidarity with and sympathy 
for the people of Guatemala after the June 3, 2018, eruption of the 
Fuego Volcano; H.R. 1697, the ``Israel Anti-Boycott Act''; H.R. 
4969, the ``Improving Embassy Design and Security Act of 2018''; 
H.R. 5576, the ``Cyber Deterrence and Response Act of 2018''; H.R. 
5898, the ``UNRWA Accountability Act of 2018''; H.R. 6197, the 
``Rescuing Animals With Rewards Act of 2018''; H.R. 6207, the 
``Democratic Republic of the Congo Democracy and Accountability Act 
of 2018''; and H. Con. Res. 20, expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives regarding the execution-style murders of United 
States citizens Ylli, Agron, and Mehmet Bytyqi in the Republic of 
Serbia in July 1999, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 28, Subcommittee on Crime, 
Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Reauthorization of the Debbie Smith Act'', 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 28, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Oversight of FBI and 
DOJ Actions Surrounding the 2016 Election'', 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, June 27, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 5291, the ``Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act''; H.R. 
5859, the ``Education and Energy Act of 2018''; H.R. 6087, the 
``Removing Barriers to Energy Independence Act''; H.R. 6088, the 
``SPEED Act''; and H.R. 6107, the ``Ending Duplicative Permitting 
Act'', 10:15 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, June 27, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Examining the Administration's 
Government-wide Reorganization Plan'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, June 27, Full 
Committee, markup on legislation on the National Quantum Initiative 
Act; legislation on the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology Reauthorization Act of 2018; and legislation on the 
American Space SAFE Management Act, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing entitled ``Bolstering 
Data Privacy and Mobile Security: An Assessment of IMSI Catcher 
Threats'', 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, June 27, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``ZTE: A Threat to America's Small Businesses'', 11 a.m., 
2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 27, Full 
Committee, markup on H.R. 66, the ``Route 66 Centennial Commission 
Act''; legislation on the General Services Administration Capital 
Investment and Leasing Program Resolutions; H.R. 6194, the ``REAL 
Reform Act of 2018''; H.R. 5846, the ``Promoting Flood Risk 
Mitigation Act''; H.R. 5772, to designate the J. Marvin Jones 
Federal Building and Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, as the ``J. 
Marvin Jones Federal Building and Mary Lou Robinson United States 
Courthouse''; H.R. 3460, to designate the United States courthouse 
located at 323 East Chapel Hill Street in Durham, North Carolina, as 
the ``John Hervey Wheeler United States Courthouse''; H.R. 6175, the 
``Maritime Safety Act of 2018; legislation on the Coast Guard Blue 
Technology Center of Expertise Act; S. 756, the ``Save Our Seas Act 
of 2017''; and H.R. 3906, the ``Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure 
Act of 2017'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 27, Subcommittee on Health, 
markup 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. 5938, the ``Veterans Serving Veterans Act of 2018''; 
H.R. 6066, to improve the productivity of the management of 
Department of Veterans Affairs health care; H.R. 5864, the ``VA 
Hospitals Establishing Leadership Performance Act''; and H.R. 5974, 
the ``VA COST SAVINGS Enhancement Act'', 3 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, June 28, Full 
Committee, markup on legislation on the Intelligence Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2019, 9 a.m., HVC-304. This hearing will be 
closed.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: June 27, to hold hearings to examine the 
need for United States leadership on digital trade, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth Building.