[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 143 (Monday, August 27, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D954-D955]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

               Week of August 28 through August 31, 2018

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Lynn A. Johnson, of Colorado, to be Assistant Secretary for Family 
Support, Department of Health and Human Services, post-cloture, and 
vote on confirmation of the nomination at 10:40 a.m.
  Following disposition of the nomination of Lynn A. Johnson, Senate 
will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Richard 
Clarida, of Connecticut, to be Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors 
of the Federal Reserve System.
  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 Commerce, Science, and Transportation: August 28, 
Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, to 
hold hearings to examine harmful algal blooms, focusing on the 
impact on our nation's waters, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  August 29, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 1965, 
to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to protect the 
cultural practices and livelihoods of producers of Alaska Native 
handicrafts and traditional mammoth ivory products, S. 2773, to 
improve the management of driftnet fishing, S. 3367, to amend 
certain transportation-related reporting requirements to improve 
congressional oversight, reduce reporting burdens, and promote 
transparency, H.R. 4323, to promote veteran involvement in STEM 
education, computer science, and scientific research, and the 
nominations of Rick A. Dearborn, of Oklahoma, to be a Director of 
the Amtrak Board of Directors, Kelvin Droegemeier, of Oklahoma, to 
be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, James 
Morhard, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Joel Szabat, of Maryland, 
to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: August 29, to 
hold an oversight hearing to examine the Food and Drug 
Administration, focusing on leveraging cutting-edge science and 
protecting public health, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: August 30, business meeting to 
consider S. 2961, to reauthorize subtitle A of the Victims of Child 
Abuse Act of 1990, S. 3354, to amend the

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Missing Children's Assistance Act, S. 3170, to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to make certain changes to the reporting 
requirement of certain service providers regarding child sexual 
exploitation visual depictions, and the nominations of Ryan Douglas 
Nelson, of Idaho, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth 
Circuit, Richard J. Sullivan, of New York, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, Gary Richard Brown, Diane 
Gujarati, Eric Ross Komitee, and Rachel P. Kovner, each to be a 
United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 
Stephen R. Clark, Sr., to be United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of Missouri, Lewis J. Liman, and Mary Kay Vyskocil, 
both to be a United States District Judge for the Southern District 
of New York, John M. O'Connor, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma, John L. 
Sinatra, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of New York, Joshua Wolson, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and James W. 
Carroll, Jr., of Virginia, to be Director of National Drug Control 
Policy, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                            House Committees

  No hearings are scheduled.