[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 147 (Wednesday, September 5, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D980-D981]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: 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: 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 Environment and Public Works: 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 the Judiciary: 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.


                                 House

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Environment, 
hearing entitled ``Perfluorinated Chemicals in

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the Environment: An Update on the Response to Contamination and 
Challenges Presented'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Energy, markup on H.R. 6511, the ``Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve Reform Act'', 1 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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, Subcommittee on Africa, Global 
Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, 
hearing entitled ``Tackling Fentanyl: The China Connection'', 2 
p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing entitled ``U.S. 
Policy Toward Cuba'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, 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, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 5468, 
the ``Permitting Litigation Efficiency Act of 2018'', 10:30 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, 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, 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.
  Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Evaluating Federal Disaster 
Response and Recovery Efforts'', 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing entitled ``Airspace Integration of New Aircraft'', 
10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, hearing entitled ``A Review of VA's Specially Adaptive 
Housing Grant Programs (SAH)'', 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine the positive 
economic growth effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, 2:30 p.m., SD-
G50.