[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 102 (Tuesday, June 18, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D694-D696]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





            COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2019

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: business meeting to markup an 
original bill entitled, ``Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for 
Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border, 2019'', 
10:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: with the Committee on Foreign 
Relations, to receive a closed joint briefing on Iran's recent 
escalation and United States policy responses, 2 p.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine fixing a 
broken budget process, focusing on lessons from states, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act 
reauthorization, focusing on transportation and safety issues, 10 
a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on 
National Parks, to hold hearings to examine S. 225, to provide for 
partnerships among State and local governments, regional entities, 
and the private sector to preserve, conserve, and enhance the 
visitor experience at nationally significant battlefields of the 
American Revolution, War of 1812, and Civil War, S. 298, to 
establish the Springfield Race Riot National Historic Monument in 
the State of Illinois, S. 327, to amend the Federal Lands Recreation 
Enhancement Act to provide for a lifetime National Recreational Pass 
for any veteran with a service-connected disability, S. 389, to 
authorize the Society of the First Infantry Division to make 
modifications to the First Division Monument located on Federal land 
in Presidential Park in the District of Columbia, S. 641, to update 
the map of, and modify the maximum acreage available for inclusion 
in, the Yucca House National Monument, S. 774, to adjust the 
boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to 
include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, S. 849, to provide for the 
inclusion on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall of the names of the 
lost crew members of the U.S.S. Frank E. Evans killed on June 3, 
1969, S. 1152, to provide for the transfer of administrative 
jurisdiction over certain parcels of Federal land in Arlington, 
Virginia, S. 1582, to establish the White Sands National Park in the 
State of New Mexico as a unit of the National Park System, and S. 
1705, to authorize the Every Word We Utter Monument to establish a 
commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, 10 
a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to 
consider S. 1345, to amend and reauthorize the Morris K. Udall and 
Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act, S. 1833, to transfer a bridge over 
the Wabash River to the New Harmony River Bridge Authority and the 
New Harmony and Wabash River Bridge Authority, S. 1014, to establish 
the Route 66 Centennial Commission, S. 349, to require the Secretary 
of Transportation to request nominations for, and make 
determinations regarding, roads to be designated under the national 
scenic byways program, S. 1507, to include certain perfluoroalkyl 
and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the toxics release inventory, S. 
1689, to permit States to transfer certain funds from the clean 
water revolving fund of a State to the drinking water revolving fund 
of the State in certain circumstances, and the nominations of Robert 
Wallace, of Wyoming, to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and 
Wildlife, Department of the Interior, and William B. Kilbride, to be 
a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley 
Authority, and 41 General Services Administration resolutions, 9:30 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Kelly Craft, of Kentucky, to be the Representative of 
the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank 
and status of Ambassador and the Representative of the United States 
of America in the Security Council of the United Nations, and to be 
Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of 
the General Assembly of the United Nations during her tenure of 
service as Representative of the United States of America to the 
United Nations, 10:15 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, with the Committee on Armed Services, to receive a 
closed joint briefing on Iran's recent escalation and United States 
policy responses, 2 p.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to consider S. 1867, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 to establish in the Department of Homeland Security an Unmanned 
Aircraft Systems Coordinator, S. 1877, to establish procedures and 
consequences in the event of a failure to complete regular 
appropriations, S. 1869, to require the disclosure of ownership of 
high-security space leased to accommodate a Federal agency, S. 1539, 
to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide funding to 
secure nonprofit facilities from terrorist attacks, S. 1419, to 
require agencies to publish an advance notice of proposed rule 
making for major rules, S. 1151, to prohibit contracting with 
persons that have business operations with the Maduro regime, S. 
1521, to amend section 327 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act to clarify that National Urban Search 
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System task forces may include Federal employees, S. 1004, to 
increase the number of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of 
Field Operations officers and support staff and to require reports 
that identify staffing, infrastructure, and equipment needed to 
enhance security at ports of entry, S. 1846, to amend the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 to provide for engagements with State, local, 
Tribal, and territorial governments, S. 1874, to amend title 40, 
United States Code, to require the Administrator of General Services 
to procure the most life-cycle cost effective and energy efficiency 
lighting products and to issue guidance on the efficiency, 
effectiveness, and economy of those products, S. 764, to provide for 
congressional approval of national emergency declarations, S. 979, 
to amend the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to 
incorporate the recommendations made by the Government 
Accountability Office relating to advance contracts, S. 731, to 
amend the Anti-Border Corruption Act of 2010 to authorize certain 
polygraph waiver authority, S. 734, to leverage Federal Government 
procurement power to encourage increased cybersecurity for Internet 
of Things devices, S. 1272, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 575 Dexter Street in Central Falls, 
Rhode Island, as the ``Elizabeth Buffum Chace Post Office'', S. 
1759, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 456 North Meridian Street in Indianapolis, Indiana, as 
the ``Richard G. Lugar Post Office Building'', H.R. 150, to 
modernize Federal grant reporting, H.R. 1198, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 404 South 
Boulder Highway in Henderson, Nevada, as the ``Henderson Veterans 
Memorial Post Office Building'', H.R. 1449, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3033 203rd 
Street in Olympia Fields, Illinois, as the ``Captain Robert L. 
Martin Post Office'', and 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, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider S. 1211, 
to provide for improvements to Tribal transportation facilities and 
Tribal transportation safety, and H.R. 1388, to take lands in Sonoma 
County, California, into trust as part of the reservation of the 
Lytton Rancheria of California; to be immediately followed by a 
hearing to examine S. 227, to direct the Attorney General to review, 
revise, and develop law enforcement and justice protocols 
appropriate to address missing and murdered Indians, S. 288, to 
amend the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 to extend the jurisdiction 
of tribal courts to cover crimes involving sexual violence, S. 290, 
to protect Native children and promote public safety in Indian 
country, S. 982, to increase intergovernmental coordination to 
identify and combat violent crime within Indian lands and of 
Indians, and S. 1853, to require Federal law enforcement agencies to 
report on cases of missing or murdered Indians, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine combating 
kleptocracy, focusing on beneficial ownership, money laundering, and 
other reforms, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: to hold hearings 
to examine the Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster 
Assistance and the response to recent catastrophic floods, 2:30 
p.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine 
leveraging veteran networks to tackle suicide, focusing on 
harnessing the power of community, 2:30 p.m., SR-418.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine the 
complex web of prescription drug prices, focusing on examining 
agency efforts to further competition and increase affordability, 9 
a.m., SD-562.


                                 House

  Committee on the Budget, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Poverty in America: Economic Realities of Struggling Families'', 
10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Innovation to Improve Equity: Exploring High-Quality Pathways to a 
College Degree'', 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Protecting Title X and 
Safeguarding Quality Family Planning Care'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy, hearing entitled ``Legislative Solutions 
to Make Our Nation's Pipelines Safer'', 10:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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.
  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.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
3256, the ``Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from 
Terrorist Attacks Act of 2019'', 10 a.m., 310 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
  Committee on Natural Resources, 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 
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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''; 
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.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Medical Experts: Inadequate Federal Approach to Opioid 
Treatment and the Need to Expand Care'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, Full Committee, 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, Subcommittee on 
Energy, hearing entitled ``Fossil Energy Research: Enabling our 
Clean Energy Future'', 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Unlocked Potential? Small Businesses in the Cannabis Industry'', 
11:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing entitled ``Status of the Boeing 737 MAX: 
Stakeholder Perspectives'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing 
entitled ``Short Sea Shipping: Rebuilding America's Maritime 
Industry'', 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Mission Readiness: VA's 
Emergency Response and Cache Program'', 2 p.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on Ways and Means, 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.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to receive a 
briefing on international election observation in the United States 
and beyond, 10 a.m., 2200, Rayburn Building.