[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 129 (Tuesday, July 31, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D894-D895]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             AUGUST 1, 2018

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  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 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, 9:45 a.m., SD-G50.
  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: 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

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for Economic Development, and General Services Administration 
resolutions, 9:45 a.m., SD-406.
  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: 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: 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.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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: 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.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold hearings to examine 
foreign influence operations and their use of social media 
platforms, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  No hearings are scheduled.