[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 21, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D577-D579]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                              MAY 22, 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 the Interior, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  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: closed business meeting to markup the 
proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020, 9 
a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: 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: to hold closed hearings to examine 
the reconciliation process in Afghanistan, 10:15 a.m., SVC-217.
  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 
nominations of Jeffrey L. Eberhardt, of Wisconsin, to be Special 
Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation, with 
the rank of Ambassador, 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, Matthew S. Klimow, of New 
York, to be Ambassador to Turkmenistan, and John Jefferson Daigle, 
of Louisiana, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cabo Verde, all of 
Department of State, a routine list in the Foreign Service, and 
other pending calendar business, 1:45 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
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.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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: with the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental

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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: 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 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.
  Special Committee on Aging: 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

  Committee on Appropriations, 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.
  Committee on the Budget, 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, 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, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``LIFT America: Modernizing Our Infrastructure for the Future'', 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The Annual Testimony of the Treasury on the State of the 
International Financial System, Part II'', 8:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Searching for Solutions in Syria: The Trump Administration's 
Strategy'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  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, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``A Review of the Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Request for the Department 
of Homeland Security'', 9:30 a.m., 310 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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, Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Forests, and Public Lands, hearing on H.R.

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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.
  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.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Facial Recognition Technology (Part 1): Its Impact on our 
Civil Rights and Liberties'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, hearing entitled 
``Examining For-Profit College Oversight and Student Debt'', 2 p.m., 
2247 Rayburn.
  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, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Immigration and the Small Business Workforce'', 11:30 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
  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, Subcommittee on Health; and 
Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, joint hearing entitled 
``MISSION Critical: Caring for our Heroes'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  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, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing 
entitled ``Enforcement in the New NAFTA'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 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.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine the economic 
impacts of the 2020 Census and business uses of Federal data, 2 
p.m., 210, Cannon Building.