[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 76 (Wednesday, May 8, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D506-D507]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              MAY 9, 2019

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the nominations 
of David Fabian Black, of North Dakota, to be Deputy Commissioner of 
Social Security, and Emin Toro, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the 
United States Tax Court, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 998, 
to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
expand support for police officer family services, stress reduction, 
and suicide prevention, S. 1231, to reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest 
Partnership Grant Program, S. 1208, to amend the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 with respect to payments to 
certain public safety officers who have become permanently and 
totally disabled as a result of personal injuries sustained in the 
line of duty, S. 1328, to designate foreign persons who improperly 
interfere in United States elections as inadmissible aliens, S. 
1321, to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit 
interference with voting systems under the Computer Fraud and Abuse 
Act, and the nominations of Jeffrey Vincent Brown, to be United 
States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Robert J. 
Colville, and Stephanie L. Haines, both to be a United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Brantley 
Starr, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District 
of Texas, and Jeffrey A. Rosen, of Virginia, to be Deputy Attorney 
General, Timothy J. Downing, to be United States Attorney for the 
Western District of Oklahoma, William Travis Brown, Jr., to be 
United States Marshal for the Middle District of Louisiana, and 
Michael Blaine East, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern 
District of North Carolina, all of the Department of Justice, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to 
consider pending intelligence matters; to be immediately followed by 
a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities 
and Risk Management, hearing entitled ``Reviewing the State of the 
Farm Economy'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Full Committee, markup on the 
Legislative Branch Appropriation Bill, FY 2020; and the Military 
Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Bill, FY 2020, 10:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing 
entitled ``Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Request for Military Readiness'', 
2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Higher Education 
and Workforce Investment, hearing entitled ``The Cost of Non-
Completion: Improving Student Outcomes in Higher Education'', 10:15 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Lowering Prescription Drug Prices: Deconstructing the 
Drug Supply Chain'', 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy, hearing entitled ``The Fiscal Year 2020 
DOE Budget'', 10:15 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, continue markup 
on H.R. 1988, the ``Protect Affordable Mortgages for Veterans Act of 
2019''; H.R. 2409, the ``Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job 
Creators Act''; H.R. 2513, the ``Corporate Transparency Act of 
2019''; H.R. 2514, the ``Coordinating Oversight, Upgrading and 
Innovating Technology, and Examiner Reform Act of 2019''; H.R. 2515, 
to amend the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 to amend the 
definition of whistleblower; H.R. 2534, the ``Insider Trading 
Prohibition Act of 2019''; legislation on the Task Force on 
Financial Technology Resolution of 2019; and legislation on the Task 
Force on Artificial Intelligence Resolution of 2019, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Western 
Hemisphere, Civilian Security, and Trade, hearing entitled ``Dollar 
Diplomacy or Debt Trap? Examining China's Role in the Western 
Hemisphere'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment, 
hearing entitled ``China's Expanding Influence in Europe and 
Eurasia'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and International 
Terrorism, hearing entitled ``Chinese and Russian Influence in the 
Middle East'', 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emergency 
Preparedness, Response, and Recovery; and Subcommittee on Oversight, 
Management, and Accountability, joint hearing entitled ``FEMA 
Contracting: Reviewing Lessons Learned from Past Disasters to 
Improve Preparedness'', 10 a.m., 310 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations, 
hearing entitled ``A Review of the FY 2020 Budget Request for U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services'', 2 
p.m., 310 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual 
Property, and the Internet, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the U.S. 
Patent and Trademark Office'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, hearing entitled ``The Long Overdue Need to Reform the 
Mining Law of 1872'', 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, hearing 
entitled ``Wildfire Resilient Communities'', 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Trump Administration's Response to the Drug Crisis, 
Part II'', 11 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Achieving the Promise of a Diverse STEM 
Workforce'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Innovation and 
Workforce Development, hearing entitled ``The Digital Ecosystem: New 
Paths to Entrepreneurship'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity; and Subcommittee on Technology and Modernization, joint 
hearing entitled ``Examining Ongoing Forever GI Bill Implementation 
Efforts'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Understanding the Tax Gap and Taxpayer Noncompliance'', 10 a.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Defense Intelligence and Warfighter Support, hearing entitled 
``Fiscal Year 2020 Defense Intelligence Agency and Military Services 
Budget Request Hearing'', 9 a.m., HVC-304. This hearing is closed.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to receive a 
closed briefing on issues related to Hungary and Russia, 12:30 p.m., 
HVC-301.
  Full Committee, to receive a briefing on the state of 
institutional resilience and political context for the election of 
Volodymyr Zelenskiy as Ukraine's next president, 2 p.m., 2200, 
Rayburn Building.