[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 96 (Monday, June 10, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D643-D645]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                                   CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                         Week of June 11 through June 14, 2019

                                                Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Sarah Daggett Morrison, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for 
the Southern District of Ohio, post-cloture, and vote on confirmation 
of the nomination at 4 p.m.
   Following disposition of the nomination of Sarah Daggett Morrison, 
Senate will vote on the motions to invoke cloture on the nominations of 
Pamela A. Barker, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Ohio, Corey Landon Maze, of Alabama, to be United 
States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, Rodney 
Smith, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of Florida, Thomas P. Barber, of Florida, to be United States 
District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, and Jean-Paul 
Boulee, of Georgia, to be United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of Georgia.
  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: June 13, 
     to hold hearings to examine certainty in global markets for 
     the United States agriculture sector, 9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 11, 
     to hold hearings to examine data brokers and the impact on 
     financial data privacy, credit, insurance, employment, and 
     housing, 10 a.m., SD-538.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 
     12, to hold an oversight hearing to examine the Federal 
     Communications Commission, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 13, to hold 
     hearings to examine the outlook for wildland fire and 
     management programs for 2019, 10 a.m., SD-366.
       Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 11, 
     Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, to hold 
     hearings to examine the nomination of William B. Kilbride, of 
     Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
     Tennessee Valley Authority, 2:30 p.m., SD-406.
       June 12, Full Committee, with the Subcommittee on 
     Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife, to hold a joint hearing to 
     examine Waters of the United States regulations, focusing on 
     their impact on states and the American people, 10 a.m., SD-
     406.
       Committee on Finance: June 11, business meeting to consider 
     the nominations of Amy Karpel, of Washington, and Randolph J. 
     Stayin, of Virginia, both to be a Member of the United States 
     International Trade Commission, Time to be announced, Room to 
     be announced.
       June 12, Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and 
     Global Competitiveness, to hold hearings to examine China's 
     belt and road initiative, 3 p.m., SD-215.
       Committee on Foreign Relations: June 12, to hold hearings 
     to examine NATO expansion, focusing on examining the 
     accession of North Macedonia, 10:15 a.m., SD-419.
       June 13, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational 
     Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global 
     Women's Issues, to hold hearings to examine women in 
     conflict, focusing on advancing women's role in peace and 
     security, 10 a.m., SD-419.
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
     June 12, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Chad 
     F. Wolf, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Strategy, 
     Policy, and Plans, Jeffrey Byard, of Alabama, to be 
     Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and 
     Troy D. Edgar, of California, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
     all of the Department of Homeland Security, John McLeod 
     Barger, of California, to be a Governor of the United States 
     Postal Service, and B. Chad Bungard, of Maryland, to be a 
     Member of the Merit Systems Protection Board, 2:30 p.m., SD-
     342.
       Committee on the Judiciary: June 11, to hold hearings to 
     examine the crisis at the southwest border, including S. 
     1494, to amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 
     Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to protect alien 
     minors and to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
     end abuse of the asylum system and establish refugee 
     application and processing centers outside the United States, 
     10 a.m., SD-226.
       June 11, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, to hold 
     hearings to examine the state of patent eligibility in 
     America, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
       June 12, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and 
     Consumer Rights, to hold hearings to examine competitive 
     implications of vertical consolidation in the healthcare 
     industry, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
       June 13, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 
     1494, to amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 
     Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to protect alien 
     minors and to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
     end abuse of the asylum system and establish refugee 
     application and processing centers outside the United States, 
     and the nominations of Ada E. Brown, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Jason K. 
     Pulliam, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
     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, Matthew H. Solomson, of 
     Maryland, and David Austin Tapp, of Kentucky, both to be a 
     Judge of the

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     United States Court of Federal Claims, Daniel Aaron Bress, of 
     California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth 
     Circuit, Mary S. McElroy, to be United States District Judge 
     for the District of Rhode Island, Gary Richard Brown, Diane 
     Gujarati, Eric Ross Komitee, and Rachel P. Kovner, all to be 
     a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
     New York, Lewis J. Liman, and Mary Kay Vyskocil, both to be a 
     United States District Judge for the Southern District of New 
     York, John L. Sinatra, Jr., to be United States District 
     Judge for the Western District of New York, Stephanie Dawkins 
     Davis, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
     District of Michigan, Stephanie A. Gallagher, to be United 
     States District Judge for the District of Maryland, Martha 
     Maria Pacold, Mary M. Rowland, and Steven C. Seeger, all to 
     be a United States District Judge for the Northern District 
     of Illinois, Frank William Volk, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, William D. 
     Hyslop, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District 
     of Washington, Gary B. Burman, to be United States Marshal 
     for the Western District of Kentucky, Randall P. Huff, to be 
     United States Marshal for the District of Wyoming, and Edward 
     W. Felten, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Privacy and 
     Civil Liberties Oversight Board, 10 a.m., SD-226.
       Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: June 12, 
     to hold hearings to examine reauthorization of the Small 
     Business Administration's contracting programs, 2:30 p.m., 
     SR-428A.
       Select Committee on Intelligence: June 11, closed business 
     meeting to consider pending calendar business; to be 
     immediately followed by a closed hearing to examine certain 
     intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
       June 13, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
     certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
       United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics 
     Control: June 11, to hold hearings to examine the global 
     narcotics epidemic and the United States strategy to confront 
     the rising epidemic, 2:30 p.m., SD-215.


                                              House Committees

       Committee on Agriculture, June 12, Subcommittee on 
     Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research, hearing entitled 
     ``Increasing Resiliency, Mitigating Risk: Examining the 
     Research and Extension Needs of Producers'', 10 a.m., 1300 
     Longworth.
       Committee on Armed Services, June 12, Full Committee, 
     markup on H.R. 2500, the ``National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 2020'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
       Committee on Education and Labor, June 12, Subcommittee on 
     Workforce Protections, hearing entitled ``Restoring the Value 
     of Work: Evaluating DOL's Efforts to Undermine Strong 
     Overtime Protections'', 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
       Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 12, Subcommittee on 
     Energy, hearing entitled ``Oversight of FERC: Ensuring Its 
     Actions Benefit Consumers and the Environment'', 10:30 a.m., 
     2322 Rayburn.
       June 12, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``No More 
     Surprises: Protecting Patients from Surprise Medical Bills'', 
     10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
       June 13, Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change, 
     hearing entitled ``Cleaning Up Communities: Ensuring Safe 
     Storage and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel'', 10 a.m., 2322 
     Rayburn.
       June 13, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, 
     hearing entitled ``Keeping Kids and Consumers Safe from 
     Dangerous Products'', 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
       Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 12, Full Committee, 
     hearing entitled ``What Emergency?: Arms Sales and the 
     Administration's Dubious End-Run around Congress'', 10 a.m., 
     2172 Rayburn.
       June 13, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and 
     Nonproliferation, hearing entitled ``U.S. Interests in South 
     Asia and the FY 2020 Budget'', 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
       Committee on Homeland Security, June 12, Full Committee, 
     hearing entitled ``Assessing FEMA's Readiness for Future 
     Disasters'', 10 a.m., 310 Cannon.
       Committee on the Judiciary, June 12, Full Committee, markup 
     on H.R. 1327, the ``Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent 
     Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund 
     Act''; H.R. 35, the ``Emmett Till Antilynching Act''; H.R. 
     677, the ``21st Century President Act''; H.R. 1569, to amend 
     title 28, United States Code, to add Flagstaff and Yuma to 
     the list of locations in which court shall be held in the 
     judicial district for the State of Arizona; H.R. 2368, the 
     ``Supporting and Treating Officers In Crisis Act of 2019''; 
     and H.R. 1986, the ``Effective Prosecution of Possession of 
     Biological Toxins and Agents Act of 2019'', 10 a.m., 2141 
     Rayburn.
       Committee on Natural Resources, June 13, Subcommittee on 
     Water, Oceans, and Wildlife, hearing on H.R. 967, the ``Clean 
     Water for Rural Communities Act''; H.R. 1162, the ``Water 
     Recycling Investment and Improvement Act''; H.R. 1446, the 
     ``Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp 
     Reauthorization Act of 2019''; H.R. 1976, the ``PFAS 
     Detection Act of 2019''; H.R. 2473, the ``Securing Access for 
     the central Valley and Enhancing (SAVE) Water Resources 
     Act''; H.R. 2685, the ``Wild Bird Conservation Act''; and 
     legislation on the Migratory Bird Protection Act of 2019, 10 
     a.m., 1324 Longworth.
       Committee on Oversight and Reform, June 12, Full Committee, 
     markup on a resolution recommending that the House of 
     Representatives find the Attorney General and the Secretary 
     of Commerce in contempt of Congress for their refusal to 
     comply with duly authorized subpoenas relating to the 2020 
     Census; H.R. 391, the ``White House Ethics Transparency Act 
     of 2019''; H.R. 2003, the ``Ensuring FEHBP Coverage During 
     Shutdowns Act''; H.R. 2004, the ``Ensuring FEDVIP and FLTCIP 
     Coverage During Shutdowns Act''; H.R. 2530, the ``Interim 
     Stay Authority To Protect Whistleblowers Act''; H.R. 1668, 
     the ``Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 
     2019''; H.R. 2978, the ``National Historical Publications and 
     Records Commission Reauthorization

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     Act of 2019''; and postal naming measures, 10 a.m., 2154 
     Rayburn.
       Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, June 12, Full 
     Committee, hearing entitled ``Combating Sexual Harassment in 
     Science'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
       Committee on Small Business, June 12, Full Committee, 
     hearing entitled ``The Doctor is Out. Rising Student Loan 
     Debt and the Decline of the Small Medical Practice'', 11:30 
     a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
       Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 12, 
     Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing entitled 
     ``Under Pressure: The State of Trucking in America'', 10 
     a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
       Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 12, Subcommittee on 
     Technology Modernization, hearing entitled ``Implementation 
     of Electronic Health Record Systems at the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DoD)'', 
     10:15 a.m., HVC-210.
       Committee on Ways and Means, June 12, Full Committee, 
     hearing entitled ``Pathways to Universal Health Coverage'', 
     10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
       Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, June 12, Full 
     Committee, hearing entitled ``Lessons from the Mueller 
     Report: Counterintelligence Implications of Volume 1'', 9 
     a.m., 210 Cannon.
       June 13, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``National 
     Security Challenges of Artificial Intelligence, Manipulated 
     Media, and ``Deepfakes'', 9 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
       Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, June 13, Full 
     Committee, hearing entitled ``Solving the Climate Crisis: 
     Ramping Up Renewables'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.


                                                Joint Meetings

       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: June 12, 
     to hold hearings to examine Russia's counterproductive 
     counterterrorism, 10:30 a.m., 2255, Rayburn Building.
       June 14, Full Committee, to receive a briefing on non-
     asylum protection in the United States and the European 
     Union, 2 p.m., 2237, Rayburn Building.