[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 146 (Tuesday, September 4, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D971-D973]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of September 5 through September 7, 2018

                             Senate Chamber

  On Wednesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Elad L. Roisman, of Maine, to be a Member of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission, and vote on confirmation of the nomination at 
approximately 12:00 noon.
  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 Appropriations: September 6, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings 
to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal 
year 2019 for the Bureau of Industry and Security, the International 
Trade Administration, and the United States International Trade 
Commission, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 6, to 
hold hearings to examine outside perspectives on Russia sanctions, 
focusing on current effectiveness and potential for next steps, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 5, 
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; to be immediately 
followed by an oversight hearing to examine the Transportation 
Security Administration, focusing on keeping our skies secure, 10 
a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: September 6, 
Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to hold hearings 
to examine the nomination of Harold B. Parker, of New Hampshire, to 
be Federal Cochairperson of the Northern Border Regional Commission, 
10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 5, to hold hearings to 
examine the value of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
alliance, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  September 5, Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and 
International Cybersecurity Policy, to hold hearings to examine the 
China challenge, focusing on security and military developments, 
2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  September 6, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Lynda Blanchard, of Alabama, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Slovenia, Earl Robert Miller, of Michigan, to be 
Ambassador to the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Daniel N. 
Rosenblum, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Uzbekistan, Kip Tom, of Indiana, for the rank of Ambassador during 
his tenure of service as U.S. Representative to the United Nations 
Agencies for Food and Agriculture, Karen L. Williams, of Missouri, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Suriname, Donald Y. Yamamoto, of 
Washington, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Somalia, and 
Kevin K. Sullivan, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Nicaragua, all of the Department of State, 10 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: September 5, 
to hold hearings to examine the impact of zero tariffs on United 
States autoworkers, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 5, to continue hearings to 
examine the nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh, of Maryland, to be an 
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 9:30 
a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: September 5, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Tamara Bonzanto, of New Jersey, to be an 
Assistant Secretary (Office of Accountability and Whistleblower 
Protection), and James Paul Gfrerer, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary (Information and Technology), both of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, 2:30 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 5, to hold hearings to 
examine foreign influence operations' use of social media platforms, 
9:30 a.m., SD-G50.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, September 6, Subcommittee on 
Environment, hearing entitled ``Perfluorinated Chemicals in the 
Environment: An Update on the Response to Contamination and 
Challenges Presented'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  September 6, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Examining Federal Efforts to Ensure Quality of Care and 
Resident Safety in Nursing Homes'', 10:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  September 6, Subcommittee on Energy, markup on H.R. 6511, the 
``Strategic Petroleum Reserve Reform Act'', 1 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, September 6, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``A Failure to Act: How a Decade without GSE Reform 
Has Once Again Put Taxpayers at Risk'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, September 6, Subcommittee on Africa, 
Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, 
hearing entitled ``Tackling Fentanyl: Holding China Accountable'', 2 
p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  September 6, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing 
entitled ``U.S. Policy Toward Cuba'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Homeland Security, September 6, Subcommittee on 
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection; and Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Protective Security, joint hearing entitled 
``Understanding Cybersecurity Threats to America's Aviation 
Sector'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 6, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 5468, the ``Permitting Litigation Efficiency Act of 2018'', 
10:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, September 6, Subcommittee on 
Federal Lands, hearing on H.R. 5706, the ``World War II Pacific 
Sites Establishment Act''; H.R. 6108, the ``Preserving America's 
Battlefields Act''; H.R. 6118, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to annually designate at least one city in the United 
States as an ``American World War II Heritage City'', and for other 
purposes; H.R. 6365, the ``Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Land Claims 
Act of 2018''; and H.R. 6682, the ``Protection and Transparency for 
Adjacent Landowners Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, September 6, 
Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Affairs; and Subcommittee on the 
Interior, Energy and Environment, joint hearing entitled 
``Permitting: Finding a Path Forward'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 6, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Evaluating Federal 
Disaster Response and Recovery Efforts'', 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 6, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing entitled ``Airspace Integration of 
New Aircraft'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  September 7, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, 
hearing entitled ``Building a 21st Century Infrastructure for 
America: Water Resources Projects and Policy, Part II'', 9 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, September 6, Subcommittee on 
Economic Opportunity, hearing entitled ``A Review of VA's Specially 
Adaptive Housing Grant Programs (SAH)'', 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.


                             Joint Meetings

  September 5, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry, meeting of conferees on H.R. 2, to provide for the reform 
and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the 
Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, 9:30 a.m., SR-
325.
  September 5, Senate Committee on Appropriations, meeting of 
conferees on H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water 
development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2019, 2:30 p.m., SVC-202/203.
  Joint Economic Committee: September 6, to hold hearings to examine 
the positive economic growth effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, 
2:30 p.m., SD-G50.


* These figures include all measures reported, even if there was 
no accompanying report. A total of 129 written reports have been 
filed in the Senate, 397 reports have been filed in the House.

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