[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 25, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D873]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JULY 26, 2018

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed 
budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2019 for the 
Office of the United States Trade Representative, 9:45 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Rick A. Dearborn, of 
Oklahoma, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors, and 
Martin J. Oberman, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Surface 
Transportation Board, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the nominations 
of Justin George Muzinich, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary, and 
Michael J. Desmond, of California, to be Chief Counsel for the 
Internal Revenue Service and an Assistant General Counsel, both of 
the Department of the Treasury, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, to hold hearings to 
examine improving tax administration today, 10:30 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider S. 
1023, to reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 
through fiscal year 2021, S. 1580, to enhance the transparency, 
improve the coordination, and intensify the impact of assistance to 
support access to primary and secondary education for displaced 
children and persons, including women and girls, S. 3248, to 
restrict the provision by international financial institutions of 
loans and financial and technical assistance to the Government of 
Turkey, S. Res. 501, recognizing threats to freedom of the press and 
expression around the world and reaffirming freedom of the press as 
a priority in efforts of the Government of the United States to 
promote democracy and good governance, S. Res. 541, expressing the 
sense of the Senate that any United States-Saudi Arabia civilian 
nuclear cooperation agreement must prohibit the Kingdom of Saudi 
Arabia from enriching uranium or separating plutonium on its own 
territory, in keeping with the strongest possible nonproliferation 
``gold standard'', S. Res. 571, condemning the ongoing illegal 
occupation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, the nominations of 
Joseph Cella, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Fiji, 
and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as 
Ambassador to the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of Nauru, the 
Kingdom of Tonga, and Tuvalu, and Denise Natali, of New Jersey, to 
be an Assistant Secretary (Conflict and Stabilization Operations), 
both of the Department of State, and routine lists in the Foreign 
Service, 10 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine modernizing apprenticeships to expand 
opportunities, 11 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management, to hold 
hearings to examine the challenges and opportunities of the proposed 
government reorganization on Office of Personnel Management and 
General Services Administration, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing 
regarding certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``MACRA and MIPS: An Update on the Merit-based Incentive 
Payment System'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
National Security; and Subcommittee on Government Operations, joint 
hearing entitled ``The Federal Trade Commission's Enforcement of 
Operation Chokepoint-Related Businesses'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, 
continue hearing entitled ``James Webb Space Telescope: Program 
Breach and its Implications'', 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.