[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 101 (Monday, June 17, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D679-D681]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             JUNE 18, 2019

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting 
to consider the nominations of Thomas Peter Feddo, of Virginia, to 
be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Investment Security, Ian 
Paul Steff, of Indiana, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and 
Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial 
Service, Michelle Bowman, of Kansas, to be a Member of the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Paul Shmotolokha, of 
Washington, to be First Vice President of the Export-Import Bank of 
the United States, and Allison Herren Lee, of Colorado, to be a 
Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission; to be immediately 
followed by a hearing to examine the reauthorization of the 
Terrorism Risk Insurance Program, 10:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Security, to hold hearings to examine drone security, focusing on 
enhancing innovation and mitigating supply chain risks, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-562.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine deferred maintenance needs and potential solutions on 
Federal lands administered by the Department of the Interior and the 
Department of Agriculture Forest Service, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the President's 
2019 trade policy agenda and the United States-Mexico-Canada 
Agreement, 10:15 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Europe and 
Regional Security Cooperation, to hold hearings to examine Ukraine's 
progress and Russia's malign activities five years after the 
revolution of dignity, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine the Lower Health Care Costs Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-
430.
  Committee on Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution, to hold 
hearings to examine keeping Congress accountable, focusing on term 
limits in the United States, 3:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Rules, Full Committee, begin hearing on H.R. 3055, 
the ``Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2020'' [Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, 
Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, 
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations 
Act, 2020], 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.

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                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 20, Subcommittee on General Farm 
Commodities and Risk Management, hearing entitled ``How Farm Policy 
Helps Farmers in Adverse Conditions'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  June 20, Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department 
Operations, hearing entitled ``The Potential Implications of 
Eliminating Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility for SNAP 
Households'', 2 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on the Budget, June 19, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Poverty in America: Economic Realities of Struggling Families'', 
10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, June 19, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Innovation to Improve Equity: Exploring High-Quality 
Pathways to a College Degree'', 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  June 20, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing entitled 
``Breathless and Betrayed: What is MSHA Doing to Protect Miners from 
the Resurgence of Black Lung Disease?'', 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 19, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Protecting Title X 
and Safeguarding Quality Family Planning Care'', 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  June 19, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing entitled ``Legislative 
Solutions to Make Our Nation's Pipelines Safer'', 10:30 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  June 20, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce; and the 
Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change, joint hearing 
entitled ``Driving in Reverse: The Administration's Rollback of Fuel 
Economy and Clean Car Standards'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 20, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Strengthening 
Health Care in the U.S. Territories for Today and Into the Future'', 
10:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, June 19, Subcommittee on National 
Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy, hearing 
entitled ``Promoting Economic Growth: The Impact of Recent Trade 
Policies on the U.S. Economy'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 19, Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, 
and Capital Markets, hearing entitled ``Putting Investors First: 
Examining Proposals to Strengthen Enforcement Against Securities Law 
Violators'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 20, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Diversity in the 
Boardroom; Examining Proposals to Increase the Diversity of 
America's Boards'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 20, Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development, and 
Insurance, hearing entitled ``What's Your Home Worth? A Review of 
the Appraisal Industry'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 19, Subcommittee on the Middle 
East, North Africa, and International Terrorism, hearing entitled 
``Oversight of the Trump Administration's Iran Policy'', 2 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  June 20, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 3190, the ``BURMA Act of 
2019''; H.R. 2327, the ``Burma Political Prisoners Assistance Act''; 
H.R. 1632, the ``Southeast Asia Strategy Act''; H.R. 3194, the 
``NATO Defense Financing Act''; H.R. 3206, to impose sanctions with 
respect to the provision of certain vessels for the construction of 
Russian energy export pipelines; H.R. 3252, the ``Global Respect 
Act''; H. Res. 259, expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives to support the repatriation of religious and ethnic 
minorities in Iraq to their ancestral homelands; H. Res. 432, 
condemning the attacks on peaceful protesters and supporting an 
immediate peaceful transition to a civilian-led democratic 
government in Sudan; H. Res. 441, condemning the attack on the AMIA 
Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in July 1994 and 
expressing the concern of the United States regarding the 
continuing, 25-year-long delay in the resolution of this case and 
encouraging accountability for the attack; H.R. 2529, the ``Richard 
G. Lugar and Ellen O. Tauscher Act to Maintain Limits on Russian 
Nuclear Forces''; and H. Res. 444, reaffirming the importance of the 
United States to promote the safety, health, and well-being of 
refugees and displaced persons, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 20, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``The State Department and USAID FY 2020 Operations 
Budget'', 3 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, June 19, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 3256, the ``Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from 
Terrorist Attacks Act of 2019'', 10 a.m., 310 Cannon.
  June 20, Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and 
Operations, hearing entitled ``Examining the Department of Defense's 
Deployment to the U.S.-Mexico Border'', 10 a.m., 310 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, June 20, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Oversight of the Congressional Research 
Service'', 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 19, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, hearing entitled 
``H.R. 40 and the Path to Restorative Justice'', 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  June 19, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative 
Law, hearing entitled ``Oversight of Bankruptcy Law and Legislative 
Proposals'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing entitled ``Ending the 
TCJA Tax on Houses of Worship, Charities, and Nonprofits'', 2:30 
p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  June 20, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Lessons from the 
Mueller Report, Part II: Bipartisan Perspectives'', 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  June 21, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and the Internet, 
hearing entitled ``The Federal Judiciary in the 21st Century: Ideas 
for Promoting Ethics, Accountability, and Transparency'', 9 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, June 19, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 182, to extend the authorization for the Cape Cod National 
Seashore Advisory Commission; H.R. 205, the ``Protecting and 
Securing Florida's Coastline Act of 2019''; H.R. 759, the ``Ysleta 
del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas Equal and Fair 
Opportunity Settlement Act''; H.R. 1088, the ``First Infantry 
Recognition of Sacrifice in Theater Act''; H.R. 1225, the ``Restore 
Our Parks and Public Lands Act'';

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H.R. 1305, the ``Albatross and Petrel Conservation Act''; H.R. 1365, 
to make technical corrections to the Guam World War II Loyalty 
Recognition Act; H.R. 1941, the ``Coastal and Marine Economies 
Protection 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. 3195, the ``Land and Water Conservation Fund Permanent Funding 
Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 20, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing 
entitled ``Oil and Gas Development: Restoring Community Input and 
Public Participation in Leasing Decisions'', 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, June 19, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Medical Experts: Inadequate Federal Approach to 
Opioid Treatment and the Need to Expand Care'', 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  June 20, Subcommittee on Government Operations, hearing entitled 
``Ensuring Quality Health Care for Our Veterans'', 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, June 19, Full Committee, continue hearing on 
H.R. 3055, the ``Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2020'' [Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, 
Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, 
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations 
Act, 2020], 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, June 19, Subcommittee 
on Energy, hearing entitled ``Fossil Energy Research: Enabling our 
Clean Energy Future'', 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  June 20, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 2528, the ``STEM 
Opportunities Act of 2019''; H.R. 36, the ``Combating Sexual 
Harassment in Science Act of 2019''; H.R. 3196, the ``Vera Rubin 
Survey Telescope Designation Act''; and H.R. 3153, the ``Expanding 
Findings for Federal Opioid Research and Treatment Act'', 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, June 19, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Unlocked Potential? Small Businesses in the Cannabis 
Industry'', 11:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  June 20, Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access, 
hearing entitled ``The Importance of Accurate Census Data to Small 
Business Formation and Growth'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 19, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing entitled ``Status of the Boeing 
737 MAX: Stakeholder Perspectives'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  June 19, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, 
hearing entitled ``Short Sea Shipping: Rebuilding America's Maritime 
Industry'', 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  June 20, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous 
Materials, hearing entitled ``The State of the Rail Workforce'', 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 19, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, hearing entitled ``Examining Mid-Semester School 
Closures Impact on Student Veterans Mission Readiness: VA's 
Emergency Response and Cache Program'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  June 19, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Mission 
Readiness: VA's Emergency Response and Cache Program'', 2 p.m., HVC-
210.
  June 20, Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial 
Affairs, hearing entitled ``Ensuring Access to Disability Benefits 
for Veterans Survivors of Military Sexual Trauma'', 10 a.m., HVC-
210.
  June 20, Full Committee, business meeting to assign Representative 
Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan of Northern Mariana Islands to the 
Health Subcommittee, 2 p.m., HVC-210.
  June 20, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 2943, to direct the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make all fact sheets of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs in English and Spanish; H.R. 2942, to 
direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out the Women's 
Health Transition Training pilot program through at least fiscal 
year 2020, and for other purposes; H.R. 2676, the ``VA Survey of 
Cannabis Use Act''; H.R. 2677, to require the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to provide training in the use of medical cannabis for all 
Department of Veterans Affairs primary care providers, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 712, the ``VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act of 
2019''; H.R. 1647, the ``Veterans Equal Access Act''; H.R. 3083, the 
``AIR Acceleration Act''; H.R. 485, the ``VREASA''; legislation on 
Specially Adaptive Housing; and legislation on Work Study, 2:05 
p.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 19, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The 2019 Trade Policy Agenda: Negotiations with China, 
Japan, the EU, and UK; new NAFTA/USMCA; U.S. Participation in the 
WTO; and other matters'', 9:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, June 20, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Cultivating Diversity and Improving 
Retention Among Congressional Staff'', 2 p.m., 2253 Rayburn.