[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 116 (Wednesday, July 11, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D791-D792]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CYBERSECURITY VULNERABILITIES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine complex cybersecurity vulnerabilities, focusing on 
lessons learned from Spectre and Meltdown, after receiving testimony 
from Donna Dodson, Chief Cybersecurity Advisor, and Director, National 
Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, Department of Commerce; Jose-Marie Griffiths, Dakota State 
University, Madison, South Dakota; Joyce Kim, Arm, San Jose, 
California; Art Manion, Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering 
Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Sri Sridharan, University of 
South Florida Center for Cybersecurity, Tampa.
RESTORE OUR PARKS ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded a hearing to examine S. 3172, to amend title 54, United 
States Code, to establish, fund, and provide for the use of amounts in 
a National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund to address the 
maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, after receiving 
testimony from Senator Warner; Lena McDowall, Deputy Director, 
Management and Administration, National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior; Marcia Argust, The Pew Charitable Trusts, and Kristen 
Brengel, National Parks Conservation Association, both of Washington, 
D.C.; and Holly Fretwell, Property and Environment Research Center, 
Bozeman, Montana.
FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE LOANS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the long-term value to United States taxpayers of 
low-cost Federal infrastructure loans, after receiving testimony from 
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, American Action Forum, Washington, D.C.; Brian 
Motyl, DelDOT, Dover, Delaware; and Vicente Sarmiento, Orange County 
Water District, Fountain Valley, California.
PAID FAMILY LEAVE
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and 
Family Policy concluded a hearing to examine the importance of paid 
family leave for American working families, after receiving testimony 
from Senators Ernst and Gillibrand; Andrew G. Biggs, American 
Enterprise Institute, and Vicki Shabo, National Partnership for Women 
and Families, both of Washington, D.C.; and Carolyn O'Boyle, Deloitte 
Services LP, Boston, Massachusetts.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. Res. 557, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the 
strategic importance of NATO to the collective security of the 
transatlantic region and urging its member states to work together at 
the upcoming summit to strengthen the alliance, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute; and
  A routine list in the Foreign Service.
WARRANTLESS SMARTPHONE SEARCHES
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management concluded a 
hearing to examine warrantless smartphone searches at the border, 
including S. 823, to ensure the digital contents of electronic 
equipment and online accounts belonging to or in the possession of 
United States persons entering or exiting the United States are 
adequately protected at the border, after receiving testimony from 
Laura K. Donohue, Georgetown University Law Center, Neema Singh 
Guliani, American Civil Liberties Union, and Matthew Feeney, Cato 
Institute, all of Washington, D.C.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported H.R. 
597, to take lands in Sonoma County, California, into trust as part of 
the reservation of the Lytton Rancheria of California.
LEECH LAKE BAND OF OJIBWE RESERVATION RESTORATION ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
S. 2599, to provide for the transfer of certain Federal land in the 
State of Minnesota for the benefit of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, 
after receiving testimony from Leslie Weldon, Deputy Chief, National 
Forest System, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; and Faron 
Jackson, Sr., Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, Cass Lake, Minnesota.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Ryan Douglas Nelson, of Idaho, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, who was introduced by Senator 
Risch, Stephen R. Clark, Sr., to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of Missouri, who was introduced by Senator Blunt, 
John M. O'Connor, to be United States District Judge for the Northern, 
Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma, who was introduced by 
Senator Lankford, Joshua Wolson, to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, who was introduced by Senators 
Toomey and Casey, and James W. Carroll, Jr., of Virginia, to be 
Director of National Drug Control Policy, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
ELECTION SECURITY PREPARATIONS
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine election security preparations, focusing on Federal and vendor 
perspectives, after receiving testimony from Thomas Hicks, Chair, and 
Christy McCormick, Vice Chair, both a Commissioner, United States 
Election Assistance Commission; Charles H. Romine, Director, 
Information Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, Department of Commerce; Matt Masterson, Senior 
Cybersecurity Advisor, National Protection and Programs Directorate, 
Department of Homeland Security; Scott Leiendecker, KNOWiNK, St. Louis, 
Missouri; Peter Lichtenheld, Hart InterCivic, Inc., Austin, Texas; and 
Bryan Finney, U.S. Election Infrastructure Sector Coordinating Council, 
Snoqualmie, Washington.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
consider pending intelligence matters.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.