[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 30, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D461-D463]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                              MAY 1, 2019

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2020 for the Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health 
Service, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  Subcommittee on Department of Defense, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2020 for 
the Navy and Marine Corps, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, 
to hold hearings to examine the proposed budget estimates and 
justification for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2020 for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to 
hold hearings to examine United States nuclear weapons policy, 
programs, and strategy in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for fiscal year 2020 and Future Years Defense Program, 2:30 
p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine consumer perspectives, focusing on policy 
principles for a Federal data privacy framework, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine an original bill entitled, ``Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments 
Act of 2019'', 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
humanitarian impact of eight years of war in Syria, 10:15 a.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to examine S. 279, 
to allow tribal grant schools to participate in the Federal Employee 
Health Benefits Program, S. 790, to clarify certain provisions of 
Public Law 103-116, the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land 
Claims Settlement Act of 1993, S. 832, to nullify the Supplemental 
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Confederated 
Tribes and Bands of Indians of Middle Oregon, concluded on November 
15, 1865, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
Department of Justice's investigation of Russian interference with 
the 2016 presidential election, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: to hold hearings 
to examine reauthorization of the Small Business Administration's 
Entrepreneurial Development Programs, 2:30 p.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Christopher Scolese, of New York, to be Director of 
the National Reconnaissance Office, 9 a.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, 
Energy, and Credit, hearing entitled ``The State of the CFTC'', 10 
a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on the Department of 
Homeland Security, budget hearing on the Cybersecurity and 
Infrastructure Security Agency, 9:30 a.m., 2008 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, budget hearing on the Department of 
Defense, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, markup on the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Bill, FY 2020, 1 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agencies, markup on the Military Construction, Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2020, 3 p.m., 
HT-2 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``National Security Challenges and U.S. Military Activity in North 
and South America'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, hearing entitled 
``Department of the Army Modernization Programs'', 2 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing entitled ``Fiscal Year 2020 
Budget Request for Military Construction, Energy, and Environmental 
Programs'', 2:30 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Examining the Policies and Priorities of the U.S. Department of 
Labor'', 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing 
entitled ``The State of Pipeline Safety and Security in America'', 
10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``DOE's Mounting Cleanup Costs: Billions in Environmental Liability 
and Growing'', 10:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Examining Discrimination in the 
Automobile Loan and Insurance Industries'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion, hearing entitled ``Good 
for the Bottom Line: A Review of the Business Case for Diversity and 
Inclusion'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Countering a Resurgent Russia'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Trouble at the Top: Are Vacancies at the Department of Homeland 
Security Undermining the Mission?'', 10 a.m., 310 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, markup on a motion to 
permit an additional hour of questioning, equally divided between 
the Majority and Minority, by either Members or Committee staff, as 
designated by the Chair and Ranking Member at the Full Committee 
Hearing on May 2, 2019 entitled ``Oversight of the U.S. Department 
of Justice: Report by Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III on the 
Investigation Into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential 
Election; and Related Matters''; and H.R. 5, the ``Equality Act'', 
10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
255, the ``Big Bear Land Exchange Act''; H.R. 278, 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. 312, the ``Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation 
Reaffirmation Act''; H.R. 315, the ``Community Reclamation 
Partnerships Act''; H.R. 375, to amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to 
reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land 
into trust for Indian Tribes, and for other purposes; H.R. 434, the 
``Emancipation National Historic Trail Act''; H.R. 537, the ``Bureau 
of Reclamation Pumped Storage Hydropower Development Act''; H.R. 
1014, to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to apply to 
territories of the United States, to establish offshore wind lease 
sale requirements, to provide dedicated funding for coral reef 
conservation, and for other purposes; H.R. 1146, the ``Arctic 
Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act''; H.R. 1261, the 
``National Landslide Preparedness Act''; H.R. 1568, the ``SAVE Right 
Whales Act''; H.R. 1809, to amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife 
Restoration Act and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act, 
to provide parity for United States territories and the District of 
Columbia, to make technical corrections to such Acts and related 
laws, and for other purposes; H.R. 2156, the ``RECLAIM Act of 
2019'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife, hearing entitled 
``The State of Fisheries'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, Subcommittee on Civil Rights 
and Civil Liberties, hearing entitled ``Protecting the Right to 
Vote: Best and Worst Practices'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, 
markup on H.R. 34, the ``Energy and Water Research Integration Act 
of 2019''; legislation on the American Manufacturing Leadership Act; 
H.R. 1237, the ``COAST Research Act of 2019''; H.R. 1716, the 
``Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2019''; H.R. 1921, 
the ``Ocean Acidification Innovation Act of 2019''; and H.R. 988, 
the ``NEAR Act of 2019'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 277, 
the ``Access to Sufficient Capital for Everyone in Natural Disaster 
areas Act of 2019''; H.R. 2142, to amend the Small Business Act to 
require the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement 
Ombudsman to create a centralized website for compliance guides, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 1649, the ``Small Business Development 
Center Cyber Training Act of 2019''; H.R. 1648, the ``Small Business 
Advanced Cybersecurity Enhancements Act of 2019''; H.R. 2331, the 
``SBA Cyber Awareness Act of 2019''; and H.R. 2345, the ``Clarifying 
the Small Business Runway Extension Act of 2019'', 11:30 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Member's Day Hearing'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, markup on H.R. 95, the ``Homeless Veteran Families 
Act''; H.R. 444, the ``Reduce Unemployment for Veterans of All Ages 
Act''; H.R. 1988, the ``Protect Affordable Mortgages for Veterans 
Act''; H.R. 2109, the ``BRAVE Act''; H.R. 2196, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to reduce the credit hour requirement for the 
Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship program of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs; H.R. 2326, the ``Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer 
William 'Bill' Mulder (Ret.) Transition Improvement Act''; 
legislation to amend title 38, United States Code, to adjust certain 
limits on the guaranteed amount of a home loan under the home loan 
program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
purposes; legislation to amend title 38, United States Code, to make 
certain improvements to the educational assistance programs of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs with respect to flight training 
programs and certain other programs of education, and for other 
purposes; legislation to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 
and title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the HUD-
VASH program, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit 
annual reports to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate 
and House of Representatives regarding homeless veterans, and for 
other purposes; legislation on the Homes for Our Heroes Act of 2019; 
H.R. 2221, the ``Fry Scholarship Improvement Act of 2019''; H.R. 
2045, the ``VET OPP Act'', 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.

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  Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, 
hearing on H.R. 1199, the ``VA Website Accessibility Act of 2019''; 
H.R. 1200, the ``Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment 
Act of 2019''; H.R. 1126, the ``Honoring Veterans' Families Act''; 
H.R. 1628, the ``Enewetak Atoll Cleanup Radiation Study Act''; H.R. 
1826, the ``Veterans Valuing Our Widows and Widowers Act''; 
legislation to permit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish 
a grant program to conduct cemetery research and produce educational 
materials for the Veterans Legacy Program; legislation to update 
H.R. 299, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Strategic Technologies and Advanced Research, hearing entitled 
``Fiscal Year 2020 National Reconnaissance and National Geospatial 
Program Budget Requests Hearing'', 9 a.m., HVC-304. This hearing 
will be closed.
  Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Former Members Hearing: Speaking from 
Experience'', 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.