[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 158 (Tuesday, September 25, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1051-D1053]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


          COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel, with the 
Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, to hold hearings to examine the cyber 
operational readiness of the Department of Defense; to be 
immediately followed by a closed session in SVC-217, 2:30 p.m., SD-
106.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine safeguards for consumer data privacy, 10 a.m., 
SD-G50.
  Subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness, to hold 
hearings to examine the global space race, focusing on ensuring the 
United States remains the leader in space, 2:15 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine cleaning up the oceans, focusing on reducing the impact of 
man-made trash on the environment, wildlife, and human health, 10 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the impact of 
tariffs on the United States automotive industry, 10:30 a.m., SD-
215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider S. 
1862, to amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to 
modify the criteria for determining whether countries are meeting 
the minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking, S. 
2736, to develop a long-term strategic vision and a comprehensive, 
multifaceted, and principled United States policy for the Indo-
Pacific region, S. 3233, to impose sanctions with respect to persons 
responsible for violence and human rights abuses in Nicaragua, S. 
3257, to impose sanctions on foreign persons responsible for serious 
violations of international law regarding the protection of 
civilians during armed conflict, S. 3476, to extend certain 
authorities relating to United States efforts to combat HIV/AIDS, 
tuberculosis, and malaria globally, S. Res. 435, expressing the 
sense of the Senate that the 85th anniversary of the Ukrainian 
Famine of 1932-1933, known as the Holodomor, should serve as a 
reminder of repressive Soviet policies against the people of 
Ukraine, S. Res. 481, calling upon the leadership of the Government 
of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to dismantle its labor 
camp system, S. Res. 562, expressing the sense of the Senate that 
the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) 
continues to make an invaluable contribution to United States and 
international security, 50 years after it opened for signature on 
July 1, 1968, S. Res. 602, supporting the agreement between Prime 
Minister Tsipras of Greece and Prime Minister Zaev of Macedonia to 
resolve longstanding bilateral disputes, S. Res. 634, commemorating 
the 70th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift and honoring the veterans 
of Operation Vittles, H.R. 2200, to reauthorize the Trafficking 
Victims Protection Act of 2000, H.R. 600, to promote Internet access 
in developing countries and update foreign policy toward the 
Internet, H.R. 1677, to halt the wholesale slaughter of the Syrian 
people, encourage a negotiated political settlement, and hold Syrian 
human rights abusers accountable for their crimes, and the 
nomination of Francisco Luis Palmieri, of Connecticut, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Honduras, Department of State, 11 
a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Craig Lewis Cloud, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Botswana, Michael Peter Pelletier, of Maine, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Madagascar, and to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to the Union of the Comoros, 
Dennis B. Hankins, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Mali, Robert K. Scott, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Malawi, Simon Henshaw, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Guinea, Eric Williams Stromayer, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Togolese Republic, Lucy Tamlyn, of New York, to be 
Ambassador to the Central African Republic, and Dennis Walter 
Hearne, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Mozambique, 
all of the Department of State, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to consider S. 3478, to require the Secretary of Homeland 
Security to develop a comprehensive strategy for maintaining 
situational awareness and operational control of high traffic areas 
along the borders, to address the protective custody of alien 
children accompanied by parents, to strengthen accountability for 
deployment of border security technology at the Department of 
Homeland Security, to encourage Federal agencies to coordinate on 
research and the development of technology to combat illicit opioid 
importation, to establish a narcotic drug screening technology pilot 
program to combat illicit opioid importation, S. 3405, to 
reauthorize the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program 
of the Department of Homeland Security, S. 3137, to provide for 
reforming agencies of the Federal Government to improve efficiency 
and effectiveness, S. 3208, to provide agencies with discretion in 
securing information technology and information systems, S. 3050, to 
improve executive agency digital services, S. 823, to ensure the 
digital contents of electronic equipment and online accounts 
belonging to or in the possession of United States persons entering 
or exiting the United States are adequately protected at the border, 
S. 3484, to modernize Federal grant reporting, S. 278, to amend the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for innovative research and 
development, S. 3085, to establish a Federal Acquisition Security 
Council and to provide executive agencies with authorities relating 
to mitigating supply chain risks in the procurement of information 
technology, S. 3437, to establish a Federal rotational cyber 
workforce program for the Federal cyber workforce, S. 3251, to 
require executive agencies to consider rental in any analysis for 
equipment acquisition, S. 3309, to authorize cyber incident response 
teams at the Department of Homeland Security, S. 3191, to provide 
for the expeditious disclosure of records related to civil rights 
cold cases, S. 594, to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security 
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with cybersecurity consortia for training, S. 3209, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 413 
Washington Avenue in Belleville, New Jersey, as the ``Private Henry 
Svehla Post Office Building'', S. 3237, to designate the facility of 
the United States Postal Service located at 120 12th Street Lobby in 
Columbus, Georgia, as the ``Richard W. Williams Chapter of the 
Triple Nickles (555th P.I.A.) Post Office'', S. 3414, to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 20 Ferry 
Road in Saunderstown, Rhode Island, as the ``Captain Matthew J. 
August Post Office'', S. 3442, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 105 Duff Street in Macon, 
Missouri, as the ``Arla W. Harrell Post Office'', H.R. 50, to 
provide for additional safeguards with respect to imposing Federal 
mandates, H.R. 2196, to amend title 5, United States Code, to allow 
whistleblowers to disclose information to certain recipients, H.R. 
1132, to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for a 2-year 
prohibition on employment in a career civil service position for any 
former political appointee, H.R. 6439, to amend the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 to establish in the Department of Homeland 
Security the Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert 
Program, H.R. 5206, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
establish the Office of Biometric Identity Management, H.R. 606, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 1025 Nevin Avenue in Richmond, California, as the ``Harold D. 
McCraw, Sr., Post Office Building'', H.R. 1209, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 901 N. 
Francisco Avenue, Mission, Texas, as the ``Mission Veterans Post 
Office Building'', H.R. 2979, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 390 West 5th Street in San 
Bernardino, California, as the ``Jack H. Brown Post Office 
Building'', H.R. 3230, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 915 Center Avenue in Payette, 
Idaho, as the ``Harmon Killebrew Post Office Building'', H.R. 4407, 
to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 3s101 Rockwell Street in Warrenville, Illinois, as the 
``Corporal Jeffery Allen Williams Post Office Building'', H.R. 4890, 
to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 9801 Apollo Drive in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, as the 
``Wayne K. Curry Post Office Building'', H.R. 4913, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 816 East 
Salisbury Parkway in Salisbury, Maryland, as the ``Sgt. Maj. Wardell 
B. Turner Post Office Building'', H.R. 4946, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1075 North 
Tustin Street in Orange, California, as the ``Specialist Trevor A. 
Win'E Post Office'', H.R. 4960, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 511 East Walnut Street in 
Columbia, Missouri, as the ``Spc. Sterling William Wyatt Post Office 
Building'', H.R. 5349, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 1325 Autumn Avenue in Memphis, 
Tennessee, as the `Judge Russell B. Sugarmon Post Office Building', 
H.R. 5504, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 4801 West Van Giesen Street in West Richland, 
Washington, as the ``Sergeant Dietrich Schmieman Post Office 
Building'', H.R. 5737, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 108 West D Street in Alpha, 
Illinois, as the ``Captain Joshua E. Steele Post Office'', H.R. 
5784, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 2650 North Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, shall be known and designated as the `Vel R. 
Phillips Post Office Building', H.R. 5868, to designate the facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 530 Claremont Avenue 
in Ashland, Ohio, as the ``Bill Harris Post Office'', H.R. 5935, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 1355 North Meridian Road in Harristown, Illinois, as the ``Logan 
S. Palmer Post Office'', H.R. 6020, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 325 South Michigan Avenue in 
Howell, Michigan, as the ``Sergeant Donald Burgett Post Office 
Building'', H.R. 6116, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 362 North Ross Street in Beaverton, 
Michigan, as the ``Colonel Alfred Asch Post Office'', an original 
bill entitled, ``Presidential Transition Enhancement Act of 2018'', 
and the nomination of Peter Gaynor, of Rhode Island, to be Deputy 
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of 
Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency 
Management, to hold hearings to examine the Federal role in the 
toxic PFAS chemical crisis, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider S. 465, 
to provide for an independent outside audit of the Indian Health 
Service, S. 2154, to approve the Kickapoo Tribe Water Rights 
Settlement Agreement, and S. 2599, to provide for the transfer of 
certain Federal land in the State of Minnesota for the benefit of 
the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe; to be immediately followed by an 
oversight hearing to examine justice for Native youth, focusing on 
the Government Accountability Office report on ``Native American 
Youth Involvement in Justice Systems and Information on Grants to 
Help Address Juvenile Delinquency'', 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: to hold hearings to examine 
S. 1010 and H.R. 1695, bills to amend title 17, United States Code, 
to provide additional responsibilities for the Register of 
Copyrights, 2:30 p.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
state of the Department of Veterans Affairs, focusing on a 60 day 
report, 3 p.m., SR-418.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services,  Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The Impact of National Defense on the Economy, Diplomacy, and 
International Order'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``U.S. Strategy in Syria'', 3:30 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Examining First Amendment Rights on Campus'', 10 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Digital Commerce 
and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``Built in America: Jobs 
and Growth in the Manufacturing Sector'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hearing entitled 
``Solutions to Strengthen U.S. Public Safety Communications'', 10:30 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Securities, and Investment, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the 
SEC's Division of Investment Management'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade, hearing entitled 
``Administration Goals for Major Sanctions Programs'', 2 p.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs,  Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Genocide Against the Burmese Rohingya'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, hearing 
entitled ``Countering Iranian Proxies in Iraq'', 2 p.m., 2200 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing entitled ``China's 
Repression and Internment of Uyghurs: U.S. Policy Responses'', 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security,  Subcommittee on Border and 
Maritime Security, hearing entitled ``Hidden in Plain Sight: 
Understanding Federal Efforts to Stop Human Trafficking'', 11 a.m., 
HVC-210.
  Committee on House Administration,  Full Committee, business 
meeting to consider Committee Resolution 115-21, 11 a.m., 1310 
Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary,  Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, 
Commercial and Antitrust Law, hearing on H.R. 3553, the ``Bankruptcy 
Administration Improvement Act of 2017'', 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
4644, the ``Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act''; H.R. 5636, the 
``Flatside Wilderness Enhancement Act''; H.R. 5706, the ``World War 
II Pacific Sites Establishment Act''; H.R. 5727, the ``Emery County 
Public Land Management Act of 2018''; H.R. 6064, to rename the 
Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge as the Congressman Lester Wolff 
National Wildlife Refuge; H.R. 6118, the ``American World War II 
Heritage City''; H.R. 6255, to amend title 18, United States Code, 
to establish measures to combat invasive lionfish, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 6666, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
grant to States and local governments easements and rights-of-way 
over Federal land within Gateway National Recreation Area for 
construction, operation, and maintenance of projects for control and 
prevention of flooding and shoreline erosion; H.R. 6682, the 
``Protection and Transparency for Adjacent Landowners Act''; and 
H.R. 6784, the ``Manage our Wolves Act'', 10:15 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 6344, the ``LOCAL Act of 2018''; 
H.R. 6360, the ``PREDICTS Act of 2018''; H.R. 6346, the ``WHOLE Act 
of 2018''; H.R. 6354, the ``STORAGE Act of 2018''; H.R. 6345, the 
``EMPOWERS Act of 2018''; H.R. 3608, the ``Endangered Species 
Transparency and Reasonableness Act''; H.R. 6364, the ``LAMP Act of 
2018''; H.R. 6356, the ``LIST Act of 2018''; and H.R. 6355, the 
``PETITION Act of 2018'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Intergovernmental Affairs; and Subcommittee on Healthcare, Benefits 
and Administrative Rules, joint hearing entitled ``Supplemental 
Nutrition Assistance Program Fraud'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Information Technology, hearing entitled 
``Countering China: Ensuring America Remains the World Leader in 
Advanced Technologies and Innovation'', 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Examining Misconduct and 
Retaliation at TSA'', 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 6756, the 
``American Innovation Act of 2018''; H.R. 6757, the ``Family Savings 
Act of 2018''; and H.R. 6760, the ``Protecting Family and Small 
Business Tax Cuts Act of 2018'', 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Space, hearing entitled ``60 Years of NASA Leadership in Human Space 
Exploration: Past, Present, and Future'', 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Contracting and 
Workforce, hearing entitled ``Troubled Skies: The Aviation Workforce 
Shortage's Impact on Small Businesses'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing entitled ``Coast 
Guard Modernization and Recapitalization: Status and Future'', 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing 
entitled ``IRS Taxpayer Authentication: Strengthening Security While 
Ensuring Access'', 10:45 a.m., 2020 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine the rise of 
American earnings and living standards, 10:45 a.m., 1100, Longworth 
Building.