[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 185 (Monday, November 26, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1198-D1201]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of November 27 through November 30, 2018

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Stephen Alexander Vaden, of Tennessee, to be General Counsel of the 
Department of Agriculture, post-cloture, and vote on confirmation of 
the nomination at 12:15 p.m.
   Following disposition of the nomination of Stephen Alexander Vaden, 
Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of 
Karen Dunn Kelley, of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce.
  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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: November 28, to 
hold hearings to examine the nominations of Mindy Brashears, of 
Texas, to be Under Secretary for Food Safety, Naomi C. Earp, of 
Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary, and Scott Hutchins, of 
Indiana, to be Under Secretary for Research, Education, and 
Economics, all of the Department of Agriculture, 9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Armed Services: November 27, to hold hearings to 
examine the findings and recommendations of the Commission on the 
National Defense Strategy, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  November 27, Subcommittee on SeaPower, to hold hearings to examine 
Navy shipbuilding programs, 2:30 p.m., SR-220.
  November 28, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, to hold closed 
hearings to examine Cyber Command's relationship with the National 
Security Agency, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.
  November 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Thomas McCaffery, of California, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Defense, and William Bookless, of California, to be 
Principal Deputy Administrator, National Nuclear Security 
Administration, Department of Energy, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: November 29, 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: November 27, 
Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and 
Data Security, to hold an oversight hearing to examine the Federal 
Trade Commission, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: November 27, business 
meeting to consider 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.
  November 29, Subcommittee on Energy, to hold hearings to examine 
S. 1089, to require the Secretary of Energy to review and update a 
report on the energy and environmental benefits of the re-refining 
of used lubricating oil, S. 1713, to require certain financial 
assistance under the State energy program and the Weatherization 
Assistance Program to be distributed without undue delay to support 
State and local high-impact energy efficiency and renewable energy 
initiatives, S. 1875, to move the United States toward greater 
energy independence and security, to increase the flexibility, 
efficiency, and reliability of the electric grid, to increase the 
competitiveness of the United States economy, to protect consumers, 
and to improve the energy performance of the Federal Government, S. 
2257, to establish the IMPACT for Energy Foundation, S. 2803, to 
amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to improve the conversion, use, 
and storage of carbon dioxide produced from fossil fuels, S. 2968, 
to amend the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to clarify 
whistleblower rights and protections, 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-

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emissions sectors of the energy industry, S. 3295, to improve energy 
performance in Federal buildings, S. 3376, to require the Secretary 
of Energy to establish an energy storage research program, a 
demonstration and deployment program, and a technical assistance and 
grant program, S. 3422, to direct the Secretary of Energy to 
establish advanced nuclear goals, provide for a versatile, reactor-
based fast neutron source, make available high-assay, low-enriched 
uranium for research, development, and demonstration of advanced 
nuclear reactor concepts, S. 3495, to provide certainty with respect 
to the timing of Department of Energy decisions to approve or deny 
applications to export natural gas, S. 3618 and H.R. 6511, bills to 
authorize the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program to lease 
underutilized Strategic Petroleum Reserve facilities, H.R. 6398, to 
authorize the Department of Energy to conduct collaborative research 
with the Department of Veterans Affairs in order to improve 
healthcare services for veterans in the United States, and an 
original bill entitled, ``Enhancing State Energy Security Planning 
and Emergency Preparedness Act'', 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: November 28, to hold 
hearings to examine addressing America's surface transportation 
infrastructure needs, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  November 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Alexandra Dapolito Dunn, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Administrator for Toxic Substances of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, 10:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: November 27, Subcommittee on 
Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, 
and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy, to 
hold hearings to examine multilateral economic institutions and 
United States foreign policy, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  November 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
global fight to end modern slavery, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  November 28, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 3247, 
to improve programs and activities relating to women's 
entrepreneurship and economic empowerment that are carried out by 
the United States Agency for International Development, S. 3654, to 
amend the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994, to 
avoid the duplication of public diplomacy programs and efforts, to 
improve the research and evaluation of public diplomacy, 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, H.R. 1872, 
to promote access for United States diplomats and other officials, 
journalists, and other citizens to Tibetan areas of the People's 
Republic of China, H.R. 4819, to promote inclusive economic growth 
through conservation and biodiversity programs that facilitate 
transboundary cooperation, improve natural resource management, and 
build local capacity to protect and preserve threatened wildlife 
species in the greater Okavango River Basin of southern Africa, H.R. 
2646, to reauthorize the United States-Jordan Defense Cooperation 
Act of 2015, H.R. 4989, to require the Department of State to 
establish a policy regarding the use of location-tracking consumer 
devices by employees at diplomatic and consular facilities, and the 
nominations of Michael T. Harvey, of Texas, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, and Donald Armin Blome, of Illinois, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Tunisia, Craig Lewis Cloud, of Florida, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Botswana, Judith Gail Garber, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cyprus, Jeffrey Ross 
Gunter, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Iceland, 
Dennis B. Hankins, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Mali, Dennis Walter Hearne, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Mozambique, Simon Henshaw, of Massachusetts, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea, Earle D. Litzenberger, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan, Eric 
George Nelson, of Texas, to be Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
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, John Mark 
Pommersheim, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Tajikistan, Robert K. Scott, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Malawi, Eric Williams Stromayer, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Togolese Republic, Lucy Tamlyn, of New York, to be 
Ambassador to Central African Republic, and routine lists in the 
Foreign Service, all of the Department of State, 2 p.m., S-116, 
Capitol.
  November 29, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: November 28, 
to hold hearings to examine reducing health care costs, focusing on 
improving affordability through innovation, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  November 29, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2076, 
to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the expansion of 
activities related to Alzheimer's disease, cognitive decline, and 
brain health under the Alzheimer's Disease and Healthy Aging 
Program, H.R. 315, to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
distribute maternity care health professionals to health 
professional shortage areas identified as in need of maternity care 
health services, S. 3482, to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
reauthorize the Emergency Medical Services for Children program, S. 
3530, to reauthorize the Museum and Library Services Act, an 
original bill entitled, ``Traumatic Brain Injury Program 
Reauthorization Act of 2018'', and the nominations of Erhard R. 
Chorle, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Railroad Retirement 
Board, Gordon Hartogensis, of Connecticut, to be Director of the 
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Robert L. King, of Kentucky, 
to be Assistant Secretary of Education for Postsecondary Education, 
and John P. Pallasch, of Kentucky, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Labor, 10:30 a.m., SD-430.

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  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: November 
28, business meeting to consider the nominations of Ronald D. 
Vitiello, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland 
Security, Richard S. Tischner, of Virginia, to be Director of the 
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of 
Columbia, and Dennis Dean Kirk, of Virginia, to be Chairman, and 
Julia Akins Clark, of Maryland, and Andrew F. Manuz, both to be a 
Member, all of the Merit Systems Protection Board, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: November 28, business meeting to 
consider S. 2788, to repeal the Act entitled ``An Act to confer 
jurisdiction on the State of North Dakota over offenses committed by 
or against Indians on the Devils Lake Indian Reservation'', S. Res. 
444, recognizing the heritage, culture, and contributions of 
American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women in the 
United States, S. Res. 596, recognizing the 29th anniversary of the 
Tribal Canoe Journey of the Tribal Nations of the Pacific Northwest 
and congratulating the Puyallup Tribe of Indians for hosting the 
2018 Power Paddle to Puyallup, H.R. 2606, to amend the Act of August 
4, 1947 (commonly known as the Stigler Act), with respect to 
restrictions applicable to Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes of 
Oklahoma, and H.R. 4032, to confirm undocumented Federal rights-of-
way or easements on the Gila River Indian Reservation, clarify the 
northern boundary of the Gila River Indian Community's Reservation, 
to take certain land located in Maricopa County and Pinal County, 
Arizona, into trust for the benefit of the Gila River Indian 
Community, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: November 28, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Brian C. Buescher, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Nebraska, Clifton L. Corker, to 
be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
Tennessee, M. Miller Baker, of Virginia, and Timothy M. Reif, of the 
District of Columbia, both to be a Judge of the United States Court 
of International Trade, and Donald W. Washington, of Texas, to be 
Director of the United States Marshals Service, Department of 
Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  November 29, Full Committee, 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, to amend 
title 28, United States Code, to permit other courts to transfer 
certain cases to United States Tax Court, S. 2293, to amend section 
214(c)(8) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the data 
reporting requirements relating to nonimmigrant employees, H.R. 
3996, to amend title 28, United States Code, to permit other courts 
to transfer certain cases to United States Tax Court, and the 
nominations of Bridget S. Bade, of Arizona, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Eric D. Miller, of Washington, 
to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Eric E. 
Murphy, of Ohio, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth 
Circuit, Chad A. Readler, of Ohio, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Sixth Circuit, Allison Jones Rushing, of North Carolina, to 
be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, Paul B. 
Matey, of New Jersey, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Third Circuit, Rossie David Alston, Jr., to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, Thomas P. 
Barber, to be 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, Wendy Williams Berger, to be United 
States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, 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, Jean-Paul 
Boulee, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District 
of Georgia, James David Cain, Jr., to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, Damon Ray Leichty, to 
be United States District Judge for the Northern District of 
Indiana, John M. O'Connor, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma, J. Nicholas 
Ranjan, to be United States District Judge for the Western District 
of Pennsylvania, John Milton Younge, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Richard A. Hertling, 
of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal 
Claims, William H. Pryor, Jr., of Alabama, to be Chair of the United 
States Sentencing Commission, and Robert S. Brewer, Jr., to be 
United States Attorney for the Southern District of California, and 
Nicholas A. Trutanich, of Nevada, to be United States Attorney for 
the District of Nevada, both of the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., 
SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: November 28, to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Donald L. Palmer, of Florida, 
and Benjamin Hovland, of Maryland, both to be a Member of the 
Election Assistance Commission, 2:30 p.m., SR-301.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: November 27, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  November 29, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: November 28, to hold hearings to 
examine strengthening state efforts to overhaul the guardianship 
process and protect older Americans, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Financial Services, November 28, Subcommittee on 
Monetary Policy and Trade, hearing entitled ``Evaluating the 
Effectiveness of the International Financial Institutions'', 9:15 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, November 29, Subcommittee on the 
Middle East and North Africa, hearing entitled ``U.S. Policy Toward 
Syria (Part II)'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, November 28, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``BOP Management of its Female Inmate 
Population, and Other Challenges'', 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  November 29, Full Committee, hearing entitled, ``Evaluating 
Federal Disaster Response and Recovery Efforts'', 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, November 29, 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing 
entitled ``Review of Recent GAO Reports on Icebreaker Acquisition 
and the Need for a National Maritime Strategy'', 10 a.m., 2253 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, November 29, Subcommittee on 
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing entitled ``VA's 
Development and Implementation of Policy Initiatives'', 10:30 a.m., 
334 Cannon.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process 
Reform: November 27, business meeting to continue to markup the 
Committee's report, recommendations, and legislative language, 2 
p.m., 1334, Longworth Building.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: November 29, to 
receive a briefing on how to defeat computational propaganda, 10:30 
a.m., SD-562.