[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 103 (Wednesday, June 19, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D715-D717]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JUNE 20, 2019

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine outside perspectives on the collection of beneficial 
ownership information, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Manufacturing, Trade, and Consumer Protection, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the Consumer Product Safety Commission, 
10:30 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider the nomination of Robert Wallace, of Wyoming, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, Department of the 
Interior, 9:45 a.m., SD-366.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine opportunities and 
challenges for advanced geothermal energy development in the United 
States, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Andrew P. Bremberg, of Virginia, to be Representative 
of the United States of America to the Office of the United Nations 
and Other International Organizations in Geneva, with the rank of 
Ambassador, Philip S. Goldberg, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Colombia, Doug Manchester, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, 
Adrian Zuckerman, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to Romania, 
Richard B. Norland, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to Libya, Jonathan R. 
Cohen, of California, to be Ambassador to the Arab Republic of 
Egypt, and John Rakolta, Jr., of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the 
United Arab Emirates, all of the Department of State, and other 
pending nominations, 9:45 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 1227, 
to require the Federal Trade Commission to study the role of 
intermediaries in the pharmaceutical supply chain and provide 
Congress with appropriate policy recommendations, S. 440, to amend 
title 35, United States Code, to provide that a patent owner may not 
assert sovereign immunity as a defense in certain actions before the 
United States Patent and Trademark Office, S. 1224, to enable the 
Federal Trade Commission to deter filing of sham citizen petitions 
to cover an attempt to interfere with approval of a competing 
generic drug or biosimilar, to foster competition, and facilitate 
the efficient review of petitions filed in good faith to raise 
legitimate public health concerns, S. 1416, to amend the Federal 
Trade Commission Act to prohibit anticompetitive behaviors by drug 
product manufacturers, and the nominations of Daniel Aaron Bress, of 
California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, 
Peter Joseph Phipps, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Third 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, each to be 
a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New

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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, Charles 
R. Eskridge III, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of Texas, Lewis J. Liman, and Mary Kay Vyskocil, both to be 
a United States District Judge for the Southern District of New 
York, Martha Maria Pacold, Mary M. Rowland, and Steven C. Seeger, 
each to be a United States District Judge for the Northern District 
of Illinois, Jason K. Pulliam, to be United States District Judge 
for the Western District of Texas, John L. Sinatra, Jr., to be 
United States District Judge for the Western District of New York, 
William Shaw Stickman IV, to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of Pennsylvania, Frank William Volk, to be United 
States District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, 
Jennifer Philpott Wilson, to be United States District Judge for the 
Middle District of Pennsylvania, David Austin Tapp, of Kentucky, to 
be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, and Edward 
W. Felten, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Privacy and Civil 
Liberties Oversight Board, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities 
and Risk Management, hearing entitled ``How Farm Policy Helps 
Farmers in Adverse Conditions'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  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 Education and Labor, 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, Subcommittee on Consumer 
Protection and Commerce; and 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.
  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, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Diversity in the Boardroom; Examining Proposals to Increase the 
Diversity of America's Boards'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  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, 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''; H. Res. 444, reaffirming the importance of the 
United States to promote the safety, health, and well-being of 
refugees and displaced persons; and H.R. 2229, the ``First 
Responders Passport Act of 2019'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  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, 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, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Oversight of the Congressional Research Service'', 10 
a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Lessons from the Mueller Report, Part II: Bipartisan 
Perspectives'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, 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, Subcommittee on Government 
Operations, hearing entitled ``Ensuring Quality Health Care for Our 
Veterans'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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, 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, Subcommittee on 
Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, hearing entitled 
``The State of the Rail Workforce'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability 
Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing entitled

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``Ensuring Access to Disability Benefits for Veterans Survivors of 
Military Sexual Trauma'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  Full Committee, business meeting to assign Representative Gregorio 
Kilili Camacho Sablan of Northern Mariana Islands to the Health 
Subcommittee, 2 p.m., HVC-210.
  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, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 3298, 
the ``The Child Care Quality and Access Act of 2019''; H.R. 3299, 
the ``The Promoting Respect for Individuals' Dignity and Equality 
Act of 2019''; H.R. 3300, the ``The Economic Mobility Act of 2019''; 
and H.R. 3301, the ``The Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief 
Act of 2019'', 9:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Cultivating Diversity and Improving Retention 
Among Congressional Staff'', 2 p.m., 2253 Rayburn.