[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 154 (Monday, September 17, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1020-D1021]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

            Week of September 18 through September 21, 2018

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the conference 
report to accompany H.R. 6157, Department of Defense and Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act.
  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: September 18, 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: September 18, to 
hold hearings to examine Fintech, focusing on digitization, data, 
and technology, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 18, 
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: September 18, 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 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: September 18, 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: September 18, 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

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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: September 18, 
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: September 
18, 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 the Judiciary: September 20, business meeting to 
consider S. 2785, to designate foreign persons who improperly 
interfere in United States elections as inadmissible aliens, S. 
3178, to amend title 18, United States Code, to specify lynching as 
a deprivation of civil rights, and the nominations of Brett M. 
Kavanaugh, of Maryland, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme 
Court of the United States, Jonathan A. Kobes, of South Dakota, to 
be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, John M. 
O'Connor, to be United States District Judge for the Northern, 
Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma, Kenneth D. Bell, to be 
United States District Judge for the Western District of North 
Carolina, Stephanie A. Gallagher, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Maryland, Mary S. McElroy, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Rhode Island, 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, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: September 18, 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: September 18, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.