[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 13, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D154-D156]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CYBER OPERATIONS TO DEFEND MIDTERM ELECTIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee received a closed briefing on 
cyber operations to defend the midterm elections from General Paul M. 
Nakasone, USA, Commander, United States Cyber Command, Director, 
National Security Agency, Chief, Central Security Service; Anne 
Neuberger, Senior Policy Advisor to Director, National Security Agency; 
and Brigadier General Timothy D. Haugh, USAF, Commander, Cyber National 
Mission Force, Department of Defense.
MILITARY HOUSING PRIVATIZATION INITIATIVE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support concluded a joint hearing with the Subcommittee on Personnel to 
examine the current condition of the Military Housing Privatization 
Initiative, after receiving testimony from Robert H. McMahon, Assistant 
Secretary for Sustainment, Alex A. Beehler, Assistant Secretary of the 
Army for Installations, Energy, and Environment, Phyllis L. Bayer, 
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and 
Environment, and John W. Henderson, Assistant Secretary of the Air 
Force for Installations, Environment, and Energy, all of the Department 
of Defense; Christopher Williams, Balfour Beatty Communities; John G. 
Picerne, Corvias Group; John Ehle, Hunt Military Communities; Denis 
Hickey, Americas Lendlease Corporation; Jarl Bliss, Lincoln Military 
Housing; Crystal Cornwall; Jana Wanner; and Janna Driver.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Janice Miriam Hellreich, of 
Hawaii, Robert A. Mandell, of Florida, Don Munce, of Florida, and

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Bruce M. Ramer, of California, each to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and a routine 
list in the Coast Guard.
AMERICA'S INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine America's infrastructure needs, focusing on 
keeping pace with a growing economy, after receiving testimony from 
William Friedman, Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority, Cleveland, 
Ohio, on behalf of the American Association of Port Authorities; Ian 
Jefferies, Association of American Railroads, Chris Spear, American 
Trucking Associations, and Larry I. Willis, Transportation Trades 
Department, AFL-CIO, all of Washington, D.C.; and Matthew M. Polka, 
American Cable Association, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
INVASIVE SPECIES THREAT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the invasive species threat, focusing on protecting 
wildlife, public health, and infrastructure, after receiving testimony 
from Senator Cramer; Slade Franklin, Wyoming Department of Agriculture 
Weed and Pest Coordinator, Cheyenne; Terry Steinwand, North Dakota Game 
and Fish Department Director, Bismarck; and Joe Rogerson, Delaware 
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Division of 
Fish and Wildlife Species Conservation and Research Program 
Environmental Program Manager, Smyrna.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 380, to increase access to agency guidance documents, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 394, to amend the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 to improve 
the orderly transfer of the executive power during Presidential 
transitions;
  S. 195, to require the Director of the Government Publishing Office 
to establish and maintain a website accessible to the public that 
allows the public to obtain electronic copies of all congressionally 
mandated reports in one place;
  S. 196, to save taxpayer money and improve the efficiency and speed 
of intragovernmental correspondence;
  S. 395, to require each agency, in providing notice of a rule making, 
to include a link to a 100 word plain language summary of the proposed 
rule;
  S. 406, to establish a Federal rotational cyber workforce program for 
the Federal cyber workforce;
  S. 375, to improve efforts to identify and reduce Governmentwide 
improper payments;
  S. 315, to authorize cyber hunt and incident response teams at the 
Department of Homeland Security, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 333, to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to work with 
cybersecurity consortia for training;
  S. 387, to prohibit Federal agencies and Federal contractors from 
requesting that an applicant for employment disclose criminal history 
record information before the applicant has received a conditional 
offer;
  H.R. 504, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the 
Department of Homeland Security to develop an engagement strategy with 
fusion centers, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Dennis Dean Kirk, of Virginia, to be Chairman, and 
Julia Akins Clark, of Maryland, to be a Member, both of the Merit 
Systems Protection Board.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Michael H. Park, of New York, and Joseph F. Bianco, 
of New York, both to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Second 
Circuit, Greg Girard Guidry, to be United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of Louisiana, who was introduced by Senator Cassidy, 
Michael T. Liburdi, to be United States District Judge for the District 
of Arizona, who was introduced by Senators McSally and Sinema, and 
Peter D. Welte, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
North Dakota, who was introduced by Senator Hoeven, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. Res. 50, improving procedures for the consideration of nominations 
in the Senate;
  An original resolution authorizing expenditures by committees for the 
116th Congress; and
  Committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 116th Congress.
SBA OVERSIGHT
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine the Small Business Administration, 
including S. 84, to amend the Small Business Act to require that

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consumer reporting agencies and other credit reporting companies 
provide certain protections to small businesses, after receiving 
testimony from Linda E. McMahon, Administrator, Small Business 
Administration.