[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 161 (Friday, September 28, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1083-D1085]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

               Week of October 1 through October 5, 2018

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will resume Executive Session.
  At 5 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of the House message to 
accompany H.R. 302, Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act, and vote on 
the motion to invoke cloture on McConnell motion to concur in the 
amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill, at 
5:30 p.m.
  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 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: October 2, to 
hold hearings to examine implementation of the Economic Growth, 
Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  October 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine combating 
money laundering and other forms of illicit finance, focusing on 
regulator and law enforcement perspectives on reform, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: October 3, to 
hold hearings to examine implementation of positive train control, 
10 a.m., SR-253.
  October 3, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, 
Insurance, and Data Security, to hold hearings to examine protecting 
United States amateur athletes, focusing on examining abuse 
prevention efforts across the Olympic movement, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  October 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine broadband, 
focusing on opportunities and challenges in rural America, 10 a.m., 
SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: October 2, business 
meeting to consider S. 32 and H.R. 857, bills to provide for 
conservation and enhanced recreation activities in the California 
Desert Conservation Area, S. 90 and H.R. 428, bills to survey the 
gradient boundary along the Red River in the States of Oklahoma and 
Texas, S. 414, to promote conservation, improve public land 
management, and provide for sensible development in Pershing County, 
Nevada, S. 441, to designate the Organ Mountains and other public 
land as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System in 
the State of New Mexico, S. 483, to designate and expand wilderness 
areas in Olympic National Forest in the State of Washington, and to 
designate certain rivers in Olympic National Forest and Olympic 
National Park as wild and scenic rivers, S. 569, to amend title 54, 
United States Code, to provide consistent and reliable authority 
for, and for the funding of, the Land and Water Conservation Fund to 
maximize the effectiveness of the Fund for future generations, S. 
685, to authorize the Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authority System 
and the Musselshell-Judith Rural Water System in the States of 
Montana and North Dakota, S. 785, to amend the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act to provide for equitable allotment of land to Alaska 
Native veterans, S. 884, to amend the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation 
Act of 1993 to require the Bureau of Land Management to provide a 
claimant of a small miner waiver from claim maintenance fees with a 
period of 60 days after written receipt of 1 or more defects is 
provided to the claimant by registered mail to cure the 1 or more 
defects or pay the claim maintenance fee, S. 941, to withdraw 
certain National Forest System land in the Emigrant Crevice area 
located in the Custer Gallatin National Forest, Park County, 
Montana, from the mining and mineral leasing laws of the United 
States, S. 966, to establish a program to accurately document 
vehicles that were significant in the history of the United States, 
S. 1012, to provide for drought preparedness measures in the State 
of New Mexico, S. 1149, to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act to repeal a provision limiting the export of timber harvested 
from land conveyed to the Kake Tribal Corporation under that Act, S. 
1219, to provide for stability of title to certain land in the State 
of Louisiana, S. 1403, to amend the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 
to establish the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps to place 
youth and veterans in national service positions to conserve, 
restore, and enhance the great outdoors of the United States, S. 
1481, to make

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technical corrections to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, S. 
1522 and H.R. 3186, bills to establish an Every Kid Outdoors 
program, S. 1548, to designate certain land administered by the 
Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service in the State of 
Oregon as wilderness and national recreation areas and to make 
additional wild and scenic river designations in the State of 
Oregon, S. 1572 and H.R. 3279, bills to amend the Mineral Leasing 
Act to provide that extraction of helium from gas produced under a 
Federal mineral lease shall maintain the lease as if the helium were 
oil and gas, S. 1787, to reauthorize the National Geologic Mapping 
Act of 1992, S. 1926 and H.R. 2156, bills to provide for the 
establishment of a national memorial and national monument to 
commemorate those killed by the collapse of the Saint Francis Dam on 
March 12, 1928, S. 1987 and H.R. 2600, bills to provide for the 
conveyance to the State of Iowa of the reversionary interest held by 
the United States in certain land in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, S. 
2062, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey at market 
value certain National Forest System land in the State of Arizona, 
S. 2078 and H.R. 4257, bills to maximize land management 
efficiencies, promote land conservation, generate education funding, 
S. 2160, to establish a pilot program under the Chief of the Forest 
Service may use alternative dispute resolution in lieu of judicial 
review of certain projects, S. 2166 and H.R. 4465, bills to maintain 
annual base funding for the Upper Colorado and San Juan fish 
recovery programs through fiscal year 2023, to require a report on 
the implementation of those programs, S. 2249, to permanently 
reauthorize the Rio Puerco Management Committee and the Rio Puerco 
Watershed Management Program, S. 2290, to improve wildfire 
management operations and the safety of firefighters and communities 
with the best available technology, S. 2297, to direct the Secretary 
of Agriculture to transfer certain National Forest System land to 
Custer County, South Dakota, S. 2560, to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to establish a program to facilitate the transfer to 
non-Federal ownership of appropriate reclamation projects or 
facilities, S. 2809, to establish the San Rafael Swell Western 
Heritage and Historic Mining National Conservation Area in the State 
of Utah, to designate wilderness areas in the State, to provide for 
certain land conveyances, S. 2831 and H.R. 5751, bills to 
redesignate Golden Spike National Historic Site and to establish the 
Transcontinental Railroad Network, S. 2870, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the 
site known as ``Amache'' in the State of Colorado, S. 2876, to amend 
the National Trails System Act to provide for the study of the Pike 
National Historic Trail, S. 2889 and H.R. 4895, bills to establish 
the Medgar Evers Home National Monument in the State of Mississippi, 
S. 2968, to amend the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to clarify 
whistleblower rights and protections, S. 3001 and H.R. 6040, bills 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land 
and facilities of the Central Valley Project, S. 3088, to amend the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of Energy to 
establish a program to prepare veterans for careers in the energy 
industry, including the solar, wind, cybersecurity, and other low-
carbon emissions sectors or zero-emissions sectors of the energy 
industry, S. 3172, to amend title 54, United States Code, to 
establish, fund, and provide for the use of amounts in a National 
Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund to address the maintenance 
backlog of the National Park Service, S. 3176 and H.R. 5979, bills 
to establish the Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument in the 
State of Kentucky as a unit of the National Park System, S. 3245, to 
require the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer certain National 
Forest System land in the State of Texas, S. 3287 and H.R. 5655, 
bills to establish the Camp Nelson Heritage National Monument in the 
State of Kentucky as a unit of the National Park System, H.R. 132, 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land 
and appurtenances of the Arbuckle Project, Oklahoma, to the Arbuckle 
Master Conservancy District, H.R. 1967, to amend the Reclamation 
Project Act of 1939 to authorize pumped storage hydropower 
development utilizing multiple Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs, 
H.R. 2075, to adjust the eastern boundary of the Deschutes Canyon-
Steelhead Falls and Deschutes Canyon Wilderness Study Areas in the 
State of Oregon to facilitate fire prevention and response 
activities to protect private property, H.R. 2630, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to La Paz County, 
Arizona, and H.R. 4446, to amend the Virgin Islands of the United 
States Centennial Commission Act to extend the expiration date of 
the Commission, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: October 3, Subcommittee 
on Superfund, Waste Management, and Regulatory Oversight, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the Environmental Protection Agency's 
implementation of sound and transparent science in regulation, 2:15 
p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: October 2, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Andrew M. Saul, of New York, to be Commissioner of 
Social Security, 10:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: October 2, to hold hearings to 
examine Russia's role in Syria and the broader Middle East; to be 
immediately followed by a closed session in SVC-217, 10 a.m., SD-
419.
  October 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Eric George Nelson, of Texas, to be Ambassador to 
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: October 3, 
Subcommittee on Children and Families, to hold hearings to examine 
rare diseases, focusing on expediting treatments for patients, 2:30 
p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: October 
3, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Steven Dillingham, 
of Virginia, to be Director of the Census, and Michael Kubayanda, of 
Ohio, to be a Commissioner of the Postal Regulatory Commission, 10 
a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: October 3, business meeting to 
consider S. 664, to approve the settlement of the water rights 
claims of the Navajo in Utah, to authorize construction of projects 
in connection therewith, and

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H.R. 5317, to repeal section 2141 of the Revised Statutes to remove 
the prohibition on certain alcohol manufacturing on Indian lands; to 
be immediately followed by an oversight hearing to examine 
Government Accountability Office reports relating to broadband 
internet availability on tribal lands, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Judiciary: October 2, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, to hold hearings to examine threats to religious 
liberty around the world, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  October 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine big bank 
bankruptcy, focusing on 10 years after Lehman Brothers, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  October 3, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and 
Consumer Rights, to hold an oversight hearing to examine the 
enforcement of the antitrust laws, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: October 3, to 
hold hearings to examine expanding opportunities for small 
businesses through the tax code, 2:30 p.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: October 2, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  October 4, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on certain 
intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: October 3, to hold hearings to examine 
patient-focused care, focusing on a prescription to reduce health 
care costs, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: 
October 2, to hold hearings to examine combating the trafficking of 
illegal fentanyl from China, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.


                            House Committees

  No hearings are scheduled.