[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 168 (Wednesday, October 10, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1126-D1127]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





           COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2018

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to receive a closed briefing on the 
military threat posed by near peer adversaries China and Russia, 
9:30 a.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, to hold hearings 
to examine the future of the fleets, focusing on Coast Guard and 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ship 
recapitalization, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine blackstart and other system restoration plans in the 
electric utility industry, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of John Mark Pommersheim, of Florida, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Tajikistan, William H. Moser, of North Carolina, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan, and Donald Armin 
Blome, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia, all 
of the Department of State, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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 Jonathan A. Kobes, of South Dakota, 
to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, 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, John M. O'Connor, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma, 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, 
10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: business meeting 
to consider S. 2679, to provide access to and manage the 
distribution of excess or surplus property to veteran-owned small 
businesses, S. 3552, to amend the Small Business Act to adjust the 
real estate appraisal thresholds under the 7(a) program of the Small 
Business Administration to bring those thresholds into line with the 
thresholds used by the Federal banking regulators, S. 3553, to amend 
the Small Business Act to adjust the real estate appraisal 
thresholds under the section 504 program of the Small Business 
Administration to bring those thresholds into line with the 
thresholds used by the Federal banking regulators, S. 3554, to 
extend the effective date for the sunset for collateral requirements 
for Small Business Administration disaster loans, an original bill 
entitled, ``National Guard and Reserve Entrepreneurship Act'', and 
an original bill entitled, ``Small Business Runway Extension Act of 
2018'', Time to be announced, Room to be announced.

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  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  No hearings are scheduled.