[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 25, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1072-E1073]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate of February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place and 
purpose of the meetings, when scheduled and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Thursday, July 26, 2018 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                JULY 31
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and 
           the Internet
         To hold hearings to examine the internet and digital 
           communications, focusing on the impact of global 
           internet governance.
                                                            SR-253
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine reducing health care costs, 
           focusing on decreasing administrative spending.
                                                            SD-430
       Committee on the Judiciary
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine immigration 
           enforcement and family reunification efforts.
                                                            SH-216
                                AUGUST 1
     9:45 a.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to consider S. 2242, to amend the 
           Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to clarify 
           the authority of the Administrator of the National 
           Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with respect to 
           post-storm assessments, S. 2773, to improve the 
           management of driftnet fishing, S. 2861, to prosecute, 
           as a Federal crime, the assault or intimidation of a 
           passenger train crew member to the same extent as such 
           actions against aircraft crew members are prosecuted, 
           S. 3119, to allow for the taking of sea lions on the 
           Columbia River and its tributaries to protect 
           endangered and threatened species of salmon and other 
           nonlisted fish species, S. 3143, to provide for a 
           coordinated Federal program to accelerate quantum 
           research and development for the economic and national 
           security of the United States, S. 3265, to require the 
           Secretary of Commerce to undertake certain activities 
           to support

[[Page E1073]]

           waterfront community revitalization and resiliency, S. 
           3273, to improve the safety, efficiency, and 
           reliability of the movement of goods through ports and 
           intermodal connections to ports, an original bill 
           entitled, ``Space Frontier Act of 2019'', and 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.
                                                            SD-G50
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of R. Clarke 
           Cooper, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary 
           (Political-Military Affairs), and John Cotton Richmond, 
           of Virginia, to be Director of the Office to Monitor 
           and Combat Trafficking, with the rank of Ambassador at 
           Large, both of the Department of State.
                                                            SD-419
       Committee on the Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine pending nominations.
                                                            SD-226
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on Environment and Public Works
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business; 
           to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the 
           Environmental Protection Agency's agenda, focusing on 
           protecting the environment and allowing America's 
           economy to grow.
                                                            SD-406
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness
         To hold hearings to examine the search for life, focusing 
           on utilizing science to explore our solar system and 
           make new discoveries.
                                                            SR-253
       Committee on Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 3184, to amend title 38, 
           United States Code, to modify the requirements for 
           applications for construction of State home facilities 
           to increase the maximum percentage of nonveterans 
           allowed to be treated at such facilities, S. 1596, to 
           amend title 38, United States Code, to increase certain 
           funeral benefits for veterans, S. 2881, to direct the 
           Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an 
           agreement with the city of Vallejo, California, for the 
           transfer of Mare Island Naval Cemetery in Vallejo, 
           California, S. 1952, to improve oversight and 
           accountability of the financial processes of the 
           Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 1990, to amend title 
           38, United States Code, to increase the amounts payable 
           by the Department of Veterans Affairs for dependency 
           and indemnity compensation, to modify the requirements 
           for dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors 
           of certain veterans rated totally disabled at the time 
           of death, S. 2485, to amend title 38, United States 
           Code, to provide payment of Medal of Honor special 
           pension under such title to the surviving spouse of a 
           deceased Medal of Honor recipient, S. 2748, to amend 
           title 10, United States Code, to require members of the 
           Armed Forces to receive additional training under the 
           Transition Assistance Program, S. 514, to direct the 
           Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot 
           program to provide access to magnetic EEG/EKG-guided 
           resonance therapy to veterans, H.R. 299, to amend title 
           38, United States Code, to clarify presumptions 
           relating to the exposure of certain veterans who served 
           in the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam, H.R. 5418, 
           to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry 
           out the Medical Surgical Prime Vendor program using 
           multiple prime vendors, an original bill entitled, 
           ``Veterans Dental Care Eligibility Expansion and 
           Enhancement Act of 2018'', an original bill entitled, 
           ``VA Hiring Enhancement Act'', an original bill to 
           require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish 
           a program to award grants to persons to provide and 
           coordinate the provision of suicide prevention services 
           for veterans transitioning from service in the Armed 
           Forces who are at risk of suicide and for their 
           families, and an original bill entitled, 
           ``Modernization of Medical Records Access for Veterans 
           Act''.
                                                            SR-418