[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 154 (Monday, September 17, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1019-D1020]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, to 
hold closed hearings to examine interagency coordination in the 
protection of critical infrastructure, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine Fintech, focusing on digitization, data, and technology, 
10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, to hold hearings 
to examine conflicts over ocean resources, 10:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to 
consider S. 1857, to establish a compliance deadline of May 15, 
2023, for Step 2 emissions standards for new residential wood 
heaters, new residential hydronic heaters, and forced-air furnaces, 
S. 2461, to allow for judicial review of certain final rules 
relating to national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants 
for brick and structural clay products or for clay ceramics 
manufacturing before requiring compliance with the rules by existing 
sources, S. 2827, to amend the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall 
Foundation Act, S. 1934, to prevent catastrophic failure or shutdown 
of remote diesel power engines due to emission control devices, S. 
593, to amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to 
facilitate the establishment of additional or expanded public target 
ranges in certain States, S. 1537, to amend the Neotropical 
Migratory Bird Conservation Act to reauthorize the Act, the 
nomination of Harold B. Parker, of New

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Hampshire, to be Federal Cochairperson of the Northern Border 
Regional Commission, and General Services Administration 
resolutions, 9:55 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider 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, Time to be announced, Room to be announced.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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, 
Kevin K. Sullivan, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Nicaragua, and Francisco Luis Palmieri, of Connecticut, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Honduras, all of the Department of 
State, and Mark Rosen, of Connecticut, to be United States Executive 
Director of the International Monetary Fund; to be immediately 
followed by a hearing to examine the status of United States-Russia 
arms control efforts, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine reducing health care costs, focusing on how 
transparency can lower spending and empower patients, 10 a.m., SD-
430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the implications of the reinterpretation of the 
Flores settlement agreement for border security and illegal 
immigration incentives, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: business meeting to consider 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, Time to be announced, Room to be announced.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  No hearings are scheduled.