[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 121 (Wednesday, July 18, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D832-D833]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SHARKS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine sharks, after receiving testimony from Alistair 
Dove, Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta; Amy Kukulya, Woods Hole Oceanographic 
Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts; Cheryl Ann Denesha Wilga, 
University of Alaska, Anchorage; and Robert E. Hueter, Mote Marine 
Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida.
TRADE AND COMMERCE AT U.S. PORTS OF ENTRY
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and 
Global Competitiveness concluded a hearing to examine trade and 
commerce at United States ports of entry, after receiving testimony 
from Kevin K. McAleenan, Commissioner, Customs and Border Protection, 
Department of Homeland Security; Mayor Pete Saenz, Laredo, Texas, on 
behalf of the Texas Border Coalition; Sergio Contreras, Rio Grande 
Valley Partnership, Weslaco, Texas, on behalf of the Border Trade 
Alliance; Kurt Nagle, American Association of Port Authorities, 
Alexandria, Virginia; and Mary Ann Bucci, Port of Pittsburgh 
Commission, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Brian J. Bulatao, of Texas, to be an Under 
Secretary (Management), who was introduced by Senator Cornyn, and 
Denise Natali, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary (Conflict 
and Stabilization Operations), both of the Department of State, after 
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
ADMINISTRATION'S GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION PROPOSAL
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the Administration's government 
reorganization proposal, after receiving testimony from Margaret 
Weichert, Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and 
Budget.
INDIAN AFFAIRS LEGISLATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
S. 2154, to approve the Kickapoo Tribe Water Rights Settlement 
Agreement, S. 3060, to repeal section 2141 of the Revised Statutes to 
remove the prohibition on certain alcohol manufacturing on Indian 
lands, and S. 3168, to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 
2009 to make Reclamation Water Settlements Fund permanent, after 
receiving testimony from Alan Mikkelsen, Senior Advisor to the 
Secretary of the Interior for Water and Western Resource Issues, and 
Chair, Working Group on Indian Water Settlements; John E. Tubbs, State 
of Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Director, 
Helena; Lester Randall, Kickapoo Tribe, Horton, Kansas; and Harry 
Pickernell, Sr., Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, 
Oakville, Washington.
FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN DNA ANALYSIS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
promoting justice for victims of crime, focusing on the Federal 
investment in DNA analysis, including S. 2577, to reauthorize programs 
authorized under the Debbie Smith Act of 2004, S. 2345, to amend the 
DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to provide additional 
resources to State and local prosecutors, and S. 2266, to authorize the 
Office on Violence Against Women to improve the handling of crimes of 
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by 
incorporating a trauma-informed approach into the initial response to 
and investigation of such crimes, after receiving testimony from Gerald 
M. LaPorte, Director, Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences, 
National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Department 
of Justice; Gretta L. Goodwin, Director, Homeland Security and Justice, 
Government Accountability Office; Debbie Smith, H-E-A-R-T, 
Williamsburg, Virginia; Matthew J. Gamette, Idaho State Police Forensic 
Services, Garner, North Carolina, on behalf of the Association of

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Crime Lab Directors; and Penny Young Nance, Concerned Women for 
America, Washington, D.C.
ECONOMIC STABILITY AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
supporting economic stability and self-sufficiency as Americans with 
disabilities and their families age, after receiving testimony from 
Jack Stollsteimer, Deputy Treasurer of Pennsylvania for Consumer 
Programs, Harrisburg; Kelly Nye-Lengerman, University of Minnesota 
Institute on Community Integration, Minneapolis; Edward Mitchell, 
Jackson Area Center for Independent Living, Jackson, Tennessee; and 
Benjamin Wright, Wilmington, North Carolina.