[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 138 (Monday, August 20, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D926-D927]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

               Week of August 21 through August 24, 2018

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of H.R. 6157, 
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, and vote on or in relation to 
McConnell (for Nelson/Capito) Amendment No. 3773 (to Amendment No. 
3695), and McConnell (for Kennedy/Reed) Amendment No. 3703 (to 
Amendment No. 3695), in the order listed at 12:10 p.m.
  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 Armed Services: August 21, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Alan Ray Shaffer, of Virginia, to be 
Deputy Under Secretary for Acquisition and Sustainment, Veronica 
Daigle, of Virginia, and Robert H. McMahon, of Georgia, both to be 
an Assistant Secretary, and Casey Wardynski, of Alabama, and Alex A. 
Beehler, of Maryland, both to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army, 
all of the Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: August 21, to 
hold hearings to examine Russia sanctions, focusing on current 
effectiveness and potential for next steps, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  August 23, Full Committee, 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, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: August 23, to 
hold hearings to examine pending nominations, 10:15 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: August 21, to hold 
hearings to examine the energy efficiency of blockchain and similar 
technologies and the cybersecurity possibilities of such 
technologies for energy industry applications, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  August 22, Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining, to 
hold hearings to examine S. 483, to designate and expand wilderness 
areas in Olympic National

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Forest in the State of Washington, and to designate certain rivers 
in Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park as wild and 
scenic rivers, S. 1572, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide 
that extraction of helium from gas produced under a Federal mineral 
lease shall maintain the lease as if the helium were oil and gas, S. 
1787, to reauthorize the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992, S. 
1959, to designate certain Federal land in the State of California 
as wilderness, S. 2078, to maximize land management efficiencies, 
promote land conservation, generate education funding, S. 2160, to 
establish a pilot program under the Chief of the Forest Service may 
use alternative dispute resolution in lieu of judicial review of 
certain projects, S. 2297, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to 
transfer certain National Forest System land to Custer County, South 
Dakota, S. 2721, to designate certain land in San Miguel, Ouray, and 
San Juan Counties, Colorado, as wilderness, to designate certain 
special management areas in the State of Colorado, S. 2809, to 
establish the San Rafael Swell Western Heritage and Historic Mining 
National Conservation Area in the State of Utah, to designate 
wilderness areas in the State, to provide for certain land 
conveyances, S. 2907, to provide for the withdrawal and protection 
of certain Federal land in the State of New Mexico, S. 3245, to 
require the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer certain National 
Forest System land in the State of Texas, S. 3297, to provide for 
the expansion of the Desert Tortoise Habitat Conservation Plan, 
Washington County, Utah, S. 3325, to amend the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 to provide for the eligibility of 
national grasslands for grazing leases and permits, and H.R. 2075, 
to adjust the eastern boundary of the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead 
Falls and Deschutes Canyon Wilderness Study Areas in the State of 
Oregon to facilitate fire prevention and response activities to 
protect private property, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  August 23, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of William Cooper, of Maryland, to be General Counsel, 
and Lane Genatowski, of New York, to be Director of the Advanced 
Research Projects Agency-Energy, both of the Department of Energy, 
10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: August 22, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Michael Faulkender, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of the Treasury, and Elizabeth Darling, of Texas, to be 
Commissioner on Children, Youth, and Families, Department of Health 
and Human Services, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: August 21, to hold hearings to 
examine United States-Russia relations, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  August 22, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Michael A. Hammer, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to 
the Democratic Republic of the Congo, John Cotton Richmond, of 
Virginia, to be Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat 
Trafficking, with the rank of Ambassador at Large, 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, and a routine list in the Foreign Service; 
to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the nominations 
of Kevin K. Sullivan, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Nicaragua, Francisco Luis Palmieri, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Honduras, and Karen L. Williams, of Missouri, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Suriname, all of the Department of 
State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  August 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of David T. Fischer, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the 
Kingdom of Morocco, Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: August 21, 
Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, to hold 
hearings to examine financial literacy, focusing on the starting 
point for a secure retirement, 2:30 p.m., SD-430.
  August 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
prioritizing cures, focusing on science and stewardship at the 
National Institutes of Health, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: August 
21, to hold hearings to examine Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services efforts to fight Medicaid fraud and overpayments, 10 a.m., 
SD-342.
  August 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of William Bryan, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for 
Science and Technology, and Peter Gaynor, of Rhode Island, to be 
Deputy Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, both of 
the Department of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: August 22, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine cultural sovereignty, focusing on efforts to 
maintain and revitalize Native languages for future generations, 
2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Judiciary: August 21, Subcommittee on Crime and 
Terrorism, to hold hearings to examine cyber threats to our nation's 
critical infrastructure, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  August 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Jonathan A. Kobes, of South Dakota, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Kenneth D. Bell, to be 
United States District Judge for the Western District of North 
Carolina, Carl J. Nichols, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Columbia, and Martha Maria Pacold, Mary M. Rowland, 
and Steven C. Seeger, each to be a United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Illinois, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  August 23, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: August 22, business meeting 
to consider S. 2593, to protect the administration of Federal 
elections against cybersecurity threats, 10:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: August 21, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  No hearings are scheduled.