[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 84 (Monday, May 20, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D566-D569]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of May 21 through May 24, 2019

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Daniel P. Collins, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Ninth Circuit, post-cloture, and vote on confirmation of the 
nomination at 2:15 p.m.
  Following disposition of the nomination of Daniel P. Collins, Senate 
will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Howard 
C. Nielson, Jr., of Utah, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Utah.
  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 21, to hold 
hearings to examine climate change and the agriculture sector, 9:30 
a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: May 22, 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 the Interior, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  May 22, Subcommittee on Department of Defense, to hold closed 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for 
fiscal year 2020 for the Missile Defense Agency, 10 a.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Armed Services: May 21, Subcommittee on 
Cybersecurity, closed business meeting to markup those provisions 
which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed 
National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-232A.
  May 21, Subcommittee on SeaPower, closed business meeting to 
markup those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's 
jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for 
fiscal year 2020, 11 a.m., SR-232A.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Personnel, business meeting to markup 
those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of 
the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 
2020, 2:15 p.m., SD-G50.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, closed 
business meeting to markup those provisions which fall under the 
subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020, 4:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  May 22, Full Committee, closed business meeting to markup the 
proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020, 9 
a.m., SR-222.
  May 23, Full Committee, closed business meeting to markup the 
proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020, 9 
a.m., SR-222.

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  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: May 21, to hold 
hearings to examine combating illicit financing by anonymous shell 
companies through the collection of beneficial ownership 
information, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 21, business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Daniel Habib Jorjani, of 
Kentucky, to be Solicitor, and Mark Lee Greenblatt, of Maryland, to 
be Inspector General, both of the Department of the Interior; to be 
immediately followed by a hearing to examine opportunities to 
advance renewable energy and energy efficiency efforts in the United 
States, 10:15 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: May 22, to hold 
hearings to examine legislation to address the risks associated with 
per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), 9:45 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: May 21, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Pamela Bates, of Virginia, to be 
Representative of the United States of America to the Organization 
for Economic Cooperation and Development, with the rank of 
Ambassador, and Christopher Landau, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to 
the United Mexican States, both of the Department of State, Jennifer 
D. Nordquist, of Virginia, to be United States Executive Director of 
the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Eliot 
Pedrosa, of Florida, to be United States Executive Director of the 
Inter-American Development Bank, and other pending nominations, 11 
a.m., SD-419.
  May 22, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine the 
reconciliation process in Afghanistan, 10:15 a.m., SVC-217.
  May 22, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 178, to 
condemn gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in 
Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, 
and harassment of these communities inside and outside China, S. 
249, to direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to 
regain observer status for Taiwan in the World Health Organization, 
S. 1025, to provide humanitarian relief to the Venezuelan people and 
Venezuelan migrants, to advance a constitutional and democratic 
solution to Venezuela's political crisis, to address Venezuela's 
economic reconstruction, to combat public corruption, narcotics 
trafficking, and money laundering, S. 1340, to authorize activities 
to combat the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the 
Congo, H.R. 31, to require certain additional actions in connection 
with the national emergency with respect to Syria, S. Res. 74, 
marking the fifth anniversary of Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity by 
honoring the bravery, determination, and sacrifice of the people of 
Ukraine during and since the Revolution, and condemning continued 
Russian aggression against Ukraine, S. Res. 81, calling for 
accountability and justice for the assassination of Boris Nemtsov, 
S. Res. 135, expressing the gratitude and appreciation of the Senate 
for the acts of heroism and valor by the members of the United 
States Armed Forces who participated in the June 6, 1944, amphibious 
landing at Normandy, France, and commending those individuals for 
leadership and bravery in an operation that helped bring an end to 
World War II, S. Res. 184, condemning the Easter Sunday terrorist 
attacks in Sri Lanka, offering sincere condolences to the victims, 
to their families and friends, and to the people and nation of Sri 
Lanka, and expressing solidarity and support for Sri Lanka, S. Res. 
188, encouraging a swift transfer of power by the military to a 
civilian-led political authority in the Republic of the Sudan, the 
nomination of Jeffrey L. Eberhardt, of Wisconsin, to be Special 
Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation, with 
the rank of Ambassador, Department of State, and other pending 
calendar business, 2 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  May 23, Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International 
Cybersecurity Policy, to hold hearings to examine the Asia 
Reassurance Initiative Act in action, focusing on the benefits of 
economic diplomacy, 9:45 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: May 21, 
Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management, 
to hold hearings to examine the Government Accountability Office's 
annual duplication report, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  May 22, Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management, 
with the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, to hold 
hearings to examine reauthorization of the Small Business 
Administration Office of Advocacy, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.
  May 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine resources 
needed to protect and secure the homeland, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 21, to hold hearings to examine 
the digital advertising ecosystem and the impact of data privacy and 
competition policy, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  May 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Daniel Aaron Bress, of California, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Michael S. Bogren, to be 
United States District Judge for the Western District of Michigan, 
Stephanie Dawkins Davis, to be United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of Michigan, Jason K. Pulliam, to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Texas, Frank William 
Volk, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District 
of West Virginia, and David Austin Tapp, of Kentucky, to be a Judge 
of the United States Court of Federal Claims, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: May 22, with the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 
Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management, to hold 
hearings to examine reauthorization of the Small Business 
Administration Office of Advocacy, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: May 22, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 123, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
enter into a contract or other agreement with a third party to 
review appointees in the Veterans Health Administration who had a 
license terminated for cause by a State licensing board for care or 
services rendered at a non-Veterans Health Administration facility 
and to provide individuals treated by such an appointee with notice 
if it is determined that an episode of care or services to which 
they received was below the standard of care, S. 221, to amend title 
38, United States Code, to require

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the Under Secretary of Health to report major adverse personnel 
actions involving certain health care employees to the National 
Practitioner Data Bank and to applicable State licensing boards, S. 
318, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish 
medically necessary transportation for newborn children of certain 
women veterans, S. 450, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
to carry out a pilot program to expedite the onboarding process for 
new medical providers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to 
reduce the duration of the hiring process for such medical 
providers, S. 514, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve 
the benefits and services provided by the Department of Veterans 
Affairs to women veterans, S. 524, to establish the Department of 
Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on Tribal and Indian Affairs, S. 
711, to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility 
for mental health services from the Department of Veterans Affairs 
to include members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, S. 
746, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a study 
on the accessibility of websites of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs to individuals with disabilities, S. 785, to improve mental 
health care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 805, 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the processing of 
veterans benefits by the Department of Veterans Affairs, to limit 
the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to recover 
overpayments made by the Department and other amounts owed by 
veterans to the United States, to improve the due process accorded 
veterans with respect to such recovery, S. 850, to extend the 
authorization of appropriations to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for purposes of awarding grants to veterans service 
organizations for the transportation of highly rural veterans, S. 
857, to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount 
of special pension for Medal of Honor recipients, S. 980, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of services 
for homeless veterans, S. 1101, to ensure that only licensed health 
care providers furnish disability examinations under a certain 
Department of Veterans Affairs pilot program for use of contract 
physicians for disability examinations, S. 1154, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to establish an advisory committee on the 
implementation by the Department of Veterans Affairs of an 
electronic health record, an original bill entitled, ``Janey 
Ensminger Act of 2019'', and an original bill to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to extend the authority of the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to continue to pay educational assistance or 
subsistence allowances to eligible persons when educational 
institutions are temporarily closed, 2:30 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: May 21, closed business meeting 
to consider pending intelligence matters; to be immediately followed 
by a closed hearing to examine certain intelligence matters, 9:30 
a.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: May 22, to hold hearings to examine 
aging and disability in the 21st century, focusing on how technology 
can help maintain health and quality of life, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, May 22, Full Committee, markup on the 
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Bill, FY 2020; and the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Bill, FY 2020, 10:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  May 23, Subcommittee on the Departments of Transportation, and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, markup on the 
Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2020, 8:30 a.m., 2358-A 
Rayburn.
  May 23, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, markup on the 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2020, 10 a.m., 2362 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, May 22, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Key Design Components and Considerations for Establishing a 
Single-Payer Health Care System'', 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, May 22, Subcommittee on Higher 
Education and Workforce Investment, hearing entitled ``Engines of 
Economic Mobility: The Critical Role of Community Colleges, 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Minority-Serving 
Institutions in Preparing Students for Success'', 10:15 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, May 22, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``LIFT America: Modernizing Our Infrastructure for the 
Future'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  May 23, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, hearing 
entitled ``Summer Driving Dangers: Exploring Ways to Protect Drivers 
and their Families'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  New Committee on Financial Services, May 22, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``The Annual Testimony of the Treasury on the State 
of the International Financial System, Part II'', 9 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, May 22, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Searching for Solutions in Syria: The Trump 
Administration's Strategy'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 22, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 2615, the ``United States-
Northern Triangle Enhanced Engagement Act''; H.R. 2744, the ``USAID 
Branding Modernization Act''; H.R. 598, the ``Georgia Support Act''; 
H.R. 2140, the ``Preventing Child Marriage Act''; H.R. 2023, the 
``Protect European Energy Security Act''; H.R. 2046, the ``Energy 
Diplomacy Act''; H. Res. 129, condemning the Government of Saudi 
Arabia's continued detention and alleged abuse of women's rights 
activists; H. Res. 372, expressing concern for the United States-
Turkey alliance; H. Res. 345, recognizing widening threats to 
freedoms of the press and expression around the world, reaffirming 
the centrality of a free and independent press to the health of 
democracy, and reaffirming freedom of the press as a priority of the 
United States, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, May 22, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``A Review of the Fiscal Year

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2020 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security'', 9:30 
a.m., 310 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, May 22, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
2820, the ``Dream Act of 2019''; H.R. 2821, the ``American Promise 
Act of 2019''; H.R. 549, the ``Venezuela TPS Act of 2019'', 10 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, May 22, Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, hearing on H.R. 182, to extend the 
authorization for the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory 
Commission; H.R. 307, the ``Preserving America's Battlefields Act''; 
H.R. 473, to authorize the Every Word We Utter Monument to establish 
a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 1088, the ``FIRST Act''; H.R. 1130, the 
``Fort Pillow National Battlefield Park Study Act''; H.R. 1179, the 
``African-American Burial Grounds Network Act''; H.R. 1248, the 
``York River Wild and Scenic River Act of 2019''; H.R. 1472, to 
rename the Homestead National Monument of America near Beatrice, 
Nebraska, as the Homestead National Historical Park; H.R. 1487, the 
``Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Boundary 
Adjustment Study Act''; H.R. 1727, the ``Complete America's Great 
Trails Act''; H.R. 2369, the ``Long Island Aviation History Act''; 
H.R. 2427, the ``Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network 
Reauthorization Act of 2019''; H.R. 2490, to amend the National 
Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct 
a study on the feasibility of designating the Chief Standing Bear 
National Historic Trail, and for other purposes; H.R. 2525, to 
establish the Steel Valley National Heritage Area in the States of 
Pennsylvania and Ohio, and for other purposes, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  May 22, Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife, hearing 
entitled ``Responding to the Global Assessment Report of the 
Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and 
Ecosystem Services'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 23, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Insular Areas 
Medicaid Cliff'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, May 22, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Facial Recognition Technology (Part 1): Its Impact on our 
Civil Rights and Liberties'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 22, Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, hearing 
entitled ``Examining For-Profit College Oversight and Student 
Debt'', 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  May 22, Subcommittee on National Security Hearing, hearing 
entitled ``Securing U.S. Election Infrastructure and Protecting 
Political Discourse'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, May 22, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Immigration and the Small Business Workforce'', 11:30 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, May 22, 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing entitled 
``Policies, Recommendations, and Impacts of the President's Fiscal 
Year 2020 Budget Request'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  May 22, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, 
and Emergency Management, hearing entitled ``Disaster Preparedness: 
DRRA Implementation and FEMA Readiness'', 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, May 22, Subcommittee on Health; 
and Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, joint hearing entitled 
``MISSION Critical: Caring for our Heroes'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  May 22, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Improving the Department of Veterans Affairs 
Effectiveness: Responding to Recommendations from Oversight 
Agencies'', 2 p.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on Ways and Means, May 22, Subcommittee on Trade, 
hearing entitled ``Enforcement in the New NAFTA'', 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, May 22, Full 
Committee, business meeting on Committee Vote on Enforcement Action 
regarding the Subpoena Issued by the Committee to the Attorney 
General on May 8, 2019, for Foreign Intelligence, 
Counterintelligence and Other Information Related to the Special 
Counsel's Investigation, 9:30 a.m., HVC-304. This meeting is closed.
  May 23, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Mission Imperative: 
Diversity and Inclusion in the Intelligence Community'', 5:45 p.m., 
HVC-304.
  Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, May 23, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Creating a Climate Resilient America'', 9 a.m., 
2247 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: May 22, to hold hearings to examine the 
economic impacts of the 2020 Census and business uses of Federal 
data, 2 p.m., 210, Cannon Building.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: May 24, to 
receive a briefing with the House Committee on Financial Services on 
trade-based money laundering, 9:30 a.m., 2360, Rayburn Building.