[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 128 (Monday, July 30, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D885-D887]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 31 through August 3, 2018

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Britt Cagle Grant, of Georgia, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Eleventh Circuit, post-cloture.
  At 12:15 p.m., Senate will vote in relation to the House Message to 
accompany S. 1182, The American Legion 100th Anniversary Commemorative 
Coin Act (legislative vehicle for National Flood Insurance Program).
  At 2:15 p.m., Senate will vote on confirmation of the nomination of 
Britt Cagle Grant.
  Following disposition of the nomination of Britt Cagle Grant, Senate 
will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Shelby Amendment No. 3399, 
to H.R. 6147, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act.
  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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: July 31, 
business meeting to consider the nominations of Dan Michael 
Berkovitz, of Maryland, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission, and James E. Hubbard, of Colorado, to be 
Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and 
Environment, Time to be announced, Room to be announced.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: August 2, 
business meeting to consider the nominations of Kathleen Laura 
Kraninger, of Ohio, to be Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial 
Protection, Kimberly A. Reed, of West Virginia, to be President of 
the Export-Import Bank of the United States, Elad L. Roisman, of 
Maine, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission, 
Michael R. Bright, of the District of Columbia, to be President, 
Government National Mortgage Association, and Rae Oliver, of 
Virginia, to be Inspector General, both of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, and Dino Falaschetti, of Montana, to be 
Director, Office of Financial Research, Department of the Treasury, 
10:15 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 31, 
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, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  August 1, Full Committee, 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 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

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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, 9:45 a.m., SD-G50.
  August 1, 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, 2:30 
p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: August 1, business 
meeting to consider 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'', S. 3021, to designate the United States courthouse 
located at 300 South Fourth Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the 
``Diana E. Murphy United States Courthouse'', the nominations of 
William Charles McIntosh, of Michigan, to be an Assistant 
Administrator, and Peter C. Wright, of Michigan, to be Assistant 
Administrator, Office of Solid Waste, both of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, Mary Bridget Neumayr, of Virginia, to be a Member 
of the Council on Environmental Quality, and John Fleming, of 
Louisiana, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic 
Development, and General Services Administration resolutions, 9:45 
a.m., SD-406.
  August 1, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Environmental Protection Agency's agenda, focusing on protecting the 
environment and allowing America's economy to grow, 10:30 a.m., SD-
406.
  Committee on Finance: August 1, business meeting to consider 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.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 31, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Michael A. Hammer, of Maryland, to be 
Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kyle McCarter, 
of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Kenya, Stephanie 
Sanders Sullivan, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Ghana, and Donald R. Tapia, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to Jamaica, 
all of the Department of State, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  August 1, Full Committee, 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, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  August 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine assessing 
the value of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance, 10:45 
a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: July 31, to 
hold hearings to examine reducing health care costs, focusing on 
decreasing administrative spending, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 31, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine immigration enforcement and family reunification efforts, 
10 a.m., SH-216.
  July 31, Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights 
and Federal Courts, to hold an oversight hearing to examine the 
structure of the Federal courts, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  August 1, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Richard J. Sullivan, of New York, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, Diane Gujarati, Eric Ross 
Komitee, and Rachel P. Kovner, each to be a United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of New York, John L. Sinatra, Jr., to 
be United States District Judge for the Western District of New 
York, and Lewis J. Liman, and Mary Kay Vyskocil, both to be a United 
States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: August 1, 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'', 2:30 p.m., SR-418.

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  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 31, closed business meeting 
to consider pending intelligence matters; to be immediately followed 
by a closed briefing regarding certain intelligence matters, 2:30 
p.m., SH-219.
  August 1, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine foreign 
influence operations and their use of social media platforms, 9:30 
a.m., SH-216.