[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 159 (Wednesday, September 26, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1057-D1060]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CYBER OPERATIONAL READINESS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded open 
and closed hearings with the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity to examine 
the cyber operational readiness of the Department of Defense, after 
receiving testimony from Essye B. Miller, Principal Deputy, Chief 
Information Officer, Lieutenant General Vincent R. Stewart, USMC, 
Deputy Commander, United States Cyber Command, Lieutenant General 
Stephen G. Fogarty, USA, Commander, United States Army Cyber Command, 
and Brigadier General Dennis A. Crall, USMC, Principal Deputy Cyber 
Advisor and Senior Military Advisor for Cyber Policy, all of the 
Department of Defense.
CONSUMER DATA PRIVACY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine safeguards for consumer data privacy, after 
receiving testimony from Leonard Cali, AT&T, and Rachel Welch, Charter 
Communications, both of Washington, D.C.; Andrew DeVore, Amazon.com, 
Inc., Seattle, Washington; Keith Enright, Google, and Damien Kieran, 
Twitter, Inc., both of San Francisco, California; and Bud Tribble, 
Apple, Cupertino, California.
GLOBAL SPACE RACE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Space, Science, and Competiveness concluded a hearing to examine the 
global space race, focusing on ensuring the United States remains the 
leader in space, after receiving testimony from James F. Bridenstine, 
Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
CLEANING UP THE OCEANS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine cleaning up the oceans, focusing on reducing the 
impact of man-made trash on the environment, wildlife, and human 
health, after receiving testimony from Jonathan Baillie, National 
Geographic Society, and Cal Dooley, American Chemistry Council, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Bruce Karas, Coca-Cola Company North America, 
Atlanta, Georgia; and Kara Lavender Law, Sea Education Association, 
Cape Elizabeth, Maine.
IMPACT OF TARIFFS ON THE U.S. AUTO INDUSTRY
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
impact of tariffs on the United States automotive industry, after 
receiving testimony from H. David Britt, County of Spartanburg, 
Spartanburg, South Carolina; Steve Gates, Gates Auto Family, Richmond, 
Kentucky, on behalf of the American International Automobile Dealers 
Association; Michael Haughey, North American Stamping Group, Portland, 
Tennessee; Josh Nassar, United Auto Workers, Detroit, Michigan; and 
Rick Schostek, Honda North America, Inc., Marysville, Ohio.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  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, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 2200, to reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2736, to develop a long-term strategic vision and a comprehensive, 
multifaceted, and principled United States policy for the Indo-Pacific 
region, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 3233, to impose sanctions with respect to persons responsible for 
violence and human rights abuses in Nicaragua, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 600, to promote Internet access in developing countries and 
update foreign policy toward the Internet, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;

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  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, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 3257, to impose sanctions on foreign persons responsible for 
serious violations of international law regarding the protection of 
civilians during armed conflict, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  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, with an amendment;
  S. Res. 602, supporting the agreement between Prime Minister Tsipras 
of Greece and Prime Minister Zaev of Macedonia to resolve longstanding 
bilateral disputes, with amendments;
  S. Res. 634, commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift 
and honoring the veterans of Operation Vittles, with an amendment; and
  The nominations of Francisco Luis Palmieri, of Connecticut, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Honduras, Department of State, and 
Senators Johnson and Merkley, both to be a Representative to the 
Seventy-third Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing 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, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 3405, to reauthorize the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism 
Standards Program of the Department of Homeland Security, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 3137, to provide for reforming agencies of the Federal Government 
to improve efficiency and effectiveness, with an amendment;
  S. 3208, to provide agencies with discretion in securing information 
technology and information systems, with an amendment in the nature of 
a substitute;
  S. 3487, to amend the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 to improve 
the orderly transfer of the executive power during Presidential 
transitions, with an amendment;
  S. 3050, to improve executive agency digital services, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 3484, to modernize Federal grant reporting, with an amendment;
  S. 278, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for 
innovative research and development, with an amendment in the nature of 
a substitute;
  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, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 3437, to establish a Federal rotational cyber workforce program 
for the Federal cyber workforce, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  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, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 3191, to provide for the expeditious disclosure of records related 
to civil rights cold cases, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 594, to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to work with 
cybersecurity consortia for training, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute;
  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.

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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; with an amendment;
  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, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  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, with an amendment;
  H.R. 5206, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 
the Office of Biometric Identity Management, with an amendment;
  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. 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''; and
  The nomination of Peter Gaynor, of Rhode Island, to be Deputy 
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of 
Homeland Security.
TOXIC PFAS CHEMICAL CRISIS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management concluded a 
hearing to examine the Federal role in the toxic PFAS chemical crisis, 
including the status of Department of Defense efforts to address 
drinking water contaminants used in firefighting foam, after receiving 
testimony from Peter C. Grevatt, Director, Office of Ground Water and 
Drinking Water, Environmental Protection Agency; Maureen Sullivan, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Environment); Linda S. Birnbaum, 
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Sciences and National Toxicology Program, National Institutes of 
Health, Department of Health and Human Services; Brian J. Lepore, 
Director, Defense Capabilities and Management, Government 
Accountability Office; Andrea Amico, Testing for Pease, Portsmouth, New 
Hampshire; Arnie Leriche, Wurtsmith Restoration Advisory Board, Oskada, 
Michigan; and Timothy Putnam, Tidewater Federal Fire Fighters, 
Washington, D.C., on behalf of the International Association of Fire 
Fighters.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 465, to provide for an independent outside audit of the Indian 
Health Service, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2154, to approve the Kickapoo Tribe Water Rights Settlement 
Agreement, with an amendment; 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, 
with an amendment.
JUSTICE FOR NATIVE YOUTH
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded 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'', after receiving testimony from Gretta L. Goodwin, 
Director, Homeland Security and Justice, Government Accountability 
Office; Caren Harp, Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention, Department of Justice; John Tahsuda, Principal 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; Abby 
Abinanti, Yurok Tribal Court, Klamath, California; and Addie C. 
Rolnick, University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law.
REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS SELECTION AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded a hearing 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, after receiving testimony from Keith Kupferschmid, 
Copyright Alliance, and Jonathan Band, Georgetown University Law 
Center, both of Washington, D.C.
STATE OF THE VA
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the state of the Department of Veterans Affairs, focusing on a 
60 day report, after receiving testimony from Robert Wilkie, Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs.