[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 180 (Wednesday, November 14, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1174-D1175]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           NOVEMBER 15, 2018

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the semiannual testimony on the Federal Reserve's 
supervision and regulation of the financial system, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Rita Baranwal, of Pennsylvania, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Energy (Nuclear Energy), Bernard L. McNamee, 
of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, and Raymond David Vela, of Texas, to be Director of the 
National Park Service, Department of the Interior, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine funding needs for wildlife conservation, recovery, and 
management, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider the nominations 
of Andrew M. Saul, of New York, to be Commissioner of Social 
Security for the term expiring January 19, 2019, and Gail S. Ennis, 
of Maryland, to be Inspector General, both of the Social Security 
Administration, and Gordon Hartogensis, of Connecticut, to be 
Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 10 a.m., SD-
215.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Ronald D. Vitiello, of 
Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, and 
Richard S. Tischner, of Virginia, to be Director of the Court 
Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of 
Columbia, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 2432, 
to amend the charter of the Future Farmers of America, H.R. 4100, to 
amend title 36, United States Code, to revise the Federal charter 
for the Foundation of the Federal Bar Association, S. 3339 and H.R. 
3996, bills to amend title 28, United States Code, to permit other 
courts to transfer certain cases to United States Tax

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Court, and the nominations of Bridget S. Bade, of Arizona, and Eric 
D. Miller, of Washington, both to be a United States Circuit Judge 
for the Ninth Circuit, Eric E. Murphy, of Ohio, and Chad A. Readler, 
of Ohio, both to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth 
Circuit, Allison Jones Rushing, of North Carolina, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, Rossie David Alston, 
Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
Virginia, Thomas P. Barber, and Wendy Williams Berger, both to be a 
United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, 
Pamela A. Barker, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Ohio, Karin J. Immergut, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Oregon, Corey Landon Maze, to be 
United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, 
Sarah Daggett Morrison, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Ohio, Rodney Smith, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, T. Kent 
Wetherell II, to be United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of Florida, Richard A. Hertling, of Maryland, to be a Judge 
of the United States Court of Federal Claims, and Kim Gaffney, to be 
United States Marshal for the Western District of Wisconsin, Bradley 
Jay LaRose, to be United States Marshal for the District of Vermont, 
and Douglas J. Strike, to be United States Marshal for the Northern 
District of Iowa, all of the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
3593, the ``Securing Our Borders and Wilderness Act''; H.R. 5025, to 
amend the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention 
Implementation Act to limit the imposition of penalties against a 
person fishing on a United States flag fishing vessel in certain 
areas of the Pacific Ocean based on a report by an observer on such 
a vessel; H.R. 6507, the ``Oil Region National Heritage Area 
Reauthorization Act''; H.R. 6602, to reauthorize the New Jersey 
Coastal Heritage Trail Route, and for other purposes; H.R. 6652, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain facilities, 
easements, and rights-of-way to the Kennewick Irrigation District, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 6939, the ``Restoring Local Input and 
Access to Public Lands Act of 2018''; S. 245, the ``Indian Tribal 
Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2017''; 
and S. 669, the ``Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access 
Sites Improvement Act'', 9:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Examining Misconduct and Retaliation at the U.S. 
Forest Service'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability 
Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing entitled ``Exploring VA's 
Oversight of Contract Disability Examinations'', 10:30 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing entitled ``A 
Continued Review of GI Bill Payment Delays'', 4 p.m., 334 Cannon.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process 
Reform: business meeting to markup the Committee's report, 
recommendations, and legislative language, 10:30 a.m., 1334 
Longworth Building.