[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 79 (Monday, May 13, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D523-D527]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of May 14 through May 17, 2019

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Michael J. Truncale, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Texas, post-cloture, and vote on confirmation of the 
nomination at 10:45 a.m.
  Following disposition of the nomination of Michael J. Truncale, 
Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of 
Kenneth Kiyul Lee, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Ninth Circuit.
  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: May 14, 
business meeting to consider 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, Time to be 
announced, Room to be announced.
  Committee on Appropriations: May 15, 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 Agriculture Forest Service, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-124.
  May 15, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, 
to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of the 
Treasury, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  May 15, Subcommittee on Department of Defense, to hold closed 
hearings to examine an intelligence program update and global threat 
assessment, 10 a.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: May 15, to hold 
an oversight hearing to examine financial regulators, 9:30 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on the Budget: May 14, to hold hearings to examine 
fixing a broken budget and spending process, focusing on the 
perspectives of two former Chairmen, 2:30 p.m., SD-608.

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  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 14, 
Subcommittee on Aviation and Space, to hold hearings to examine the 
emerging space environment, focusing on operational, technical, and 
policy challenges, 3 p.m., SD-562.
  May 15, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 737, to 
direct the National Science Foundation to support STEM education 
research focused on early childhood, S. 1228, to amend the 
Communications Act of 1934 to provide for enhanced penalties for 
pirate radio, S. 1289, to require the Secretary of Commerce to 
conduct an assessment and analysis of the effects of broadband 
deployment and adoption on the economy of the United States, S. 
1294, to require Federal agencies with jurisdiction over broadband 
deployment to enter into an interagency agreement related to certain 
types of funding for broadband deployment, and an original bill 
entitled, ``Maritime Administration Authorization and Enhancement 
Act for Fiscal Year 2020''; to be immediately followed by a hearing 
to examine the nomination of Stephen M. Dickson, of Georgia, to be 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
Transportation, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Science, Oceans, Fisheries, and Weather, 
to hold hearings to examine atmospheric science research and 
forecasting innovation, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 14, to hold 
hearings to examine the importance of and path to achieving mineral 
security, including S. 1052, to authorize the Office of Fossil 
Energy to develop advanced separation technologies for the 
extraction and recovery of rare earth elements and minerals from 
coal and coal byproducts, and S. 1317, to facilitate the 
availability, development, and environmentally responsible 
production of domestic resources to meet national material or 
critical mineral needs, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  May 14, Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 242, to require the Secretary of Agriculture 
to release reversionary and reserved interests in certain land in 
the Coconino National Forest in the State of Arizona, S. 258, to 
prohibit oil and gas leasing on the National Forest System land in 
the Ruby Mountains Ranger District located in the Humboldt-Toiyabe 
National Forest, Elko and White Pine Counties, Nevada, S. 434, to 
provide for a report on the maintenance of Federal land holdings 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, S. 490, to 
designate a mountain ridge in the State of Montana as ``B-47 
Ridge'', S. 499, 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, S. 526, to withdraw certain Bureau of Land 
Management land from mineral development, S. 1079, to provide for 
the withdrawal and protection of certain Federal land in the State 
of New Mexico, and S. 1262, to designate certain land administered 
by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service in the State 
of Oregon as wilderness and national recreation areas, to withdraw 
certain land located in Curry County and Josephine County, Oregon, 
from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public 
land laws, location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and 
operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, 
2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  May 15, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings to 
examine issues and challenges at the Power Marketing 
Administrations, 3 p.m., SD-366.
  May 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Department 
of Energy's carbon capture, utilization, and storage programs, 
including S. 1201, to amend the fossil energy research and 
development provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to enhance 
fossil fuel technology, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: May 15, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the Council on Environmental Quality, 
10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: May 14, to hold hearings to examine 
challenges in the retirement system, 10:15 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: May 15, to hold hearings to 
examine the future of arms control post-Intermediate-Range Nuclear 
Forces Treaty, 10:15 a.m., SD-419.
  May 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Bridget A. Brink, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to 
the Slovak Republic, Kenneth A. Howery, of Texas, to be Ambassador 
to the Kingdom of Sweden, and Matthew S. Klimow, of New York, to be 
Ambassador to Turkmenistan, all of the Department of State, 2:30 
p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: May 15, 
business meeting to consider S. 411, to establish a Counterterrorism 
Advisory Board, S. 1275, to require the collection of voluntary 
feedback on services provided by agencies, S. 580, to amend the Act 
of August 25, 1958, commonly known as the ``Former Presidents Act of 
1958'', with respect to the monetary allowance payable to a former 
President, S. 347, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 40 Fulton Street in Middletown, New York, 
as the ``Benjamin A. Gilman Post Office Building'', S. 1196, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 1715 Linnerud Drive in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, as the ``Fire 
Captain Cory Barr Post Office Building'', S. Con. Res. 15, 
expressing support for the designation of October 28, 2019, as 
``Honoring the Nation's First Responders Day'', H.R. 995, to amend 
chapter 3 of title 5, United States Code, to require the publication 
of settlement agreements, H.R. 1079, to require the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance on electronic 
consent forms, H.R. 1608, to amend the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act to increase the transparency of Federal advisory committees, 
H.R. 1654, to amend title 44, United States Code, to modernize the 
Federal Register, H.R. 1590, to require an exercise related to 
terrorist and foreign fighter travel, H.R. 540, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 770 Ayrault 
Road in Fairport, New York, as the ``Louise and Bob Slaughter Post 
Office'', H.R. 828, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 25 Route 111 in Smithtown, New York, as 
the ``Congressman Bill Carney Post Office'', H.R. 829, to designate 
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facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1450 Montauk 
Highway in Mastic, New York, as the ``Army Specialist Thomas J. 
Wilwerth Post Office Building'', an original bill entitled, 
``Improve Data on Sexual Violence Act'', an original bill entitled, 
``Repeal Insurance Plans of the Multi-State Program Act'', an 
original bill entitled, ``Supply Chain Counterintelligence Training 
Act of 2019'', an original bill entitled, ``Construction Consensus 
Procurement Improvement Act of 2019'', an original bill entitled, 
``Representative Payee Fraud Prevention Act of 2019'', an original 
bill entitled, ``Early Participation in Regulations Act of 2019'', 
an original bill entitled, ``Stopping Improper Payments to Deceased 
People Act'', an original bill entitled, ``Setting Manageable 
Analysis Requirements in Text Act of 2019'', and the nominations of 
James A. Crowell IV, and Jason Park, both to be an Associate Judge 
of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Ron A. Bloom, of 
New York, and Roman Martinez IV, of Florida, both to be a Governor 
of the United States Postal Service, Dale Cabaniss, of Virginia, to 
be Director of the Office of Personnel Management, and Michael Eric 
Wooten, of Virginia, to be Administrator for Federal Procurement 
Policy, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: May 15, business meeting to consider 
S. 279, to allow tribal grant schools to participate in the Federal 
Employee Health Benefits Program, 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, and S. 1207, to approve the settlement of the 
water rights claims of the Navajo Nation in Utah; to be immediately 
followed by an oversight hearing to examine the President's fiscal 
year 2020 budget request for Indian Programs, and S. 1211, to 
provide for improvements to Tribal transportation facilities and 
Tribal transportation safety, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 14, to hold hearings to examine 
5G, focusing on national security concerns, intellectual property 
issues, and the impact on competition and innovation, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  May 16, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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 Ada E. Brown, 
to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of 
Texas, Steven D. Grimberg, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Georgia, David John Novak, to be United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, and 
Matthew H. Solomson, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States 
Court of Federal Claims, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: May 15, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the Election Assistance Commission, 
2:30 p.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: May 15, to hold 
hearings to examine reauthorization of the Small Business 
Administration's innovation programs, 2:30 p.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: May 16, to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of James Byrne, of Virginia, to be Deputy 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 10 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: May 14, closed business meeting 
to consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  May 16, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine certain 
intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, May 15, Subcommittee on Conservation and 
Forestry, hearing entitled ``To Review USDA Farm Bill Conservation 
Programs'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, May 15, Subcommittee on Defense, 
markup on the Defense Appropriations Bill, FY 2020, 10 a.m., H-140 
Capitol. This hearing is closed.
  May 15, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, markup on the Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2020, 12 p.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  May 15, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, markup on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Bill, FY 2020, 2 p.m., 2008 Rayburn.
  May 16, Full Committee, markup on the Report on the Revised 
Suballocation of Budget Allocations for FY 2020; and the State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill, FY 
2020, 10:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, May 16, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Department of Defense's Financial Improvement and 
Audit Remediation Plan: The Path Forward'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing entitled 
``Military Personnel Management--How Are the Military Services 
Adapting to Recruit, Retain, and Manage High Quality Talent to Meet 
the Needs of a Modern Military?'', 2:30 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, May 15, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Keeping Our Promise to America's Seniors: Retirement Security in 
the 21st Century'', 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, May 15, Subcommittee on Civil 
Rights and Human Services, hearing entitled ``Examining the Older 
Americans Act: Promoting Independence and Dignity for Older 
Americans'', 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, May 15, Subcommittee on 
Communications and Technology, hearing entitled ``Accountability and 
Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission'', 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  May 15, Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change, hearing 
entitled ``Protecting Americans at Risk of PFAS Contamination and 
Exposure'', 10:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, May 15, Subcommittee on Investor 
Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets, hearing entitled 
``Promoting Economic Growth:

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A Review of Proposals to Strengthen the Rights and Protections for 
Workers'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  May 15, Subcommittee on National Security, International 
Development, and Monetary Policy, hearing entitled ``Assessing the 
Use of Sanctions in Addressing National Security and Foreign Policy 
Challenges'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  May 16, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Oversight of Prudential 
Regulators: Ensuring the Safety, Soundness and Accountability of 
Megabanks and Other Depository Institutions'', 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, May 15, Subcommittee on the Middle 
East, North Africa, and International Terrorism, hearing entitled 
``The Conflict in Libya'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 16, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Democracy, Development, 
and Defense: Rebalancing U.S.-Africa Policy'', 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations, hearing entitled ``The 
Dangers of Reporting on Human Rights'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, May 15, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 542, the ``Supporting Research and Development for First 
Responders Act''; H.R. 1158, the ``DHS Cyber Incident Response Team 
Act''; H.R. 2083, the Homeland Procurement Reform Act''; H.R. 2383, 
the ``Secure Communities and Safe Schools Act''; H.R. 2476, the 
``Securing American Non-Profit Organizations Against Terrorism 
Act''; H.R. 2539, the ``Strengthening Local Transportation Security 
Capabilities Act of 2019''; H.R. 2589, the ``Unifying DHS 
Intelligence Enterprise Act''; H.R. 2590, the ``DHS Overseas 
Personnel Enhancement Act of 2019''; H.R. 2609, the ``DHS 
Acquisition Review Board Act of 2019''; H.R. 2621, the ``Homeland 
Security Assessment of Terrorists' Use of Ghost Guns Act'', 10 a.m., 
310 Cannon.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability, 
hearing entitled ``Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers: 
Preparing America's Law Enforcement to Protect the Homeland'', 10 
a.m., 310 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, May 15, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Executive Privilege and Congressional Oversight'', 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative 
Law, hearing entitled ``Justice Denied: Forced Arbitration and the 
Erosion of our Legal System'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, May 15, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``U.S. Department of the Interior Budget and Policy 
Priorities for FY 2020'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 15, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, 
hearing entitled ``Examining the Impacts of Climate Change on Public 
Lands Recreation'', 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  May 15, Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife, hearing on 
H.R. 2532, the ``Tribal Heritage and Grizzly Bear Protection Act'', 
2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing 
entitled ``Oil and Gas Development: Impacts of Water Pollution Above 
and Below Ground'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife, hearing 
entitled ``Examining the President's Fiscal Year 2020 Budget 
Proposal for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Geological 
Survey'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 16, Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States, 
hearing entitled ``Investigating the Health and Safety Risks of 
Native Children at BIE Boarding Schools'', 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, May 15, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``DOD Inspector General Report on Excess Profits by 
TransDigm Group, Inc.'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 15, Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, hearing 
entitled ``Confronting White Supremacy (Part I): The Consequences of 
Inaction'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 16, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``HIV Prevention Drug: 
Billions in Corporate Profits after Millions in Taxpayer 
Investments'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, hearing 
entitled ``CFPB's Role in Empowering Predatory Lenders: Examining 
the Proposed Repeal of the Payday Lending Rule'', 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, May 15, Subcommittee 
on Energy, hearing entitled ``Advancing the Next Generation of Solar 
and Wind Energy Technologies'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  May 16, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Event Horizon 
Telescope: The Black Hole Seen Round the World'', 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Environment, hearing entitled ``The Future 
of Forecasting: Building a Stronger U.S. Weather Enterprise'', 2 
p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  May 17, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Members' Day Hearing: 
House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology'', 9:30 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, May 15, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Member Day Hearing: Committee on Small Business'', 11:30 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure, hearing 
entitled ``Oversight of the SBA's Women-Owned Small Business Federal 
Contract Program'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, May 15, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing entitled ``Status of the Boeing 
737 MAX'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  May 16, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Impacts of State-
Owned Enterprises on Public Transit and Freight Rail Sectors'', 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, May 15, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, hearing entitled ``Examining Mid-Semester School 
Closures Impact on Student Veterans'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  May 15, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Fiscal Year 
2020 Department of Veterans Affairs Budget

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Request for the Veterans Health Administration'', 2 p.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on Ways and Means, May 15, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Economic and Health Consequences of Climate Change'', 
10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  May 16, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Overcoming Racial 
Disparities and Social Determinants in the Maternal Mortality 
Crisis'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, May 16, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``China's Digital Authoritarianism: 
Surveillance, Influence, and Political Control'', 9 a.m., 210 
Cannon.