[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 186 (Tuesday, November 27, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1208-D1209]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           NOVEMBER 28, 2018

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: 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: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, to 
hold closed hearings to examine Cyber Command's relationship with 
the National Security Agency, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine addressing America's surface transportation infrastructure 
needs, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
global fight to end modern slavery, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  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,

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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.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine reducing health care costs, focusing on 
improving affordability through innovation, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 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: 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: 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.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: 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.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine 
strengthening state efforts to overhaul the guardianship process and 
protect older Americans, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.


                                 House

  Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on the Senate 
amendment to H.R. 88, the ``Shiloh National Military Park Boundary 
Adjustment and Parker's Crossroads Battlefield Designation Act'', 3 
p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, November 28, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``BOP Management of its Female Inmate 
Population, and Other Challenges'', 12 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.