[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 106 (Monday, June 24, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D743-D744]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             JUNE 25, 2019

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to examine the state of the derivatives market and 
perspectives for Commodity Futures Trading Commission 
reauthorization, 9:45 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine whether Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should be designated 
as systematically important financial institutions, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, to hold 
hearings to examine the use of persuasive technology on internet 
platforms, focusing on optimizing for engagement, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Subcommittee on Transportation and Safety, to hold hearings to 
examine technological innovations in transportation, 2:30 p.m., SD-
562.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the implementation of the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
program, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider S. 
727, to combat international extremism by addressing global 
fragility and violence and stabilizing conflict-affected areas, S. 
1102, to promote security and energy partnerships in the Eastern 
Mediterranean, S. 1309, to identify and combat corruption in 
countries, to establish a tiered system of countries with respect to 
levels of corruption by their governments and their efforts to 
combat such corruption, and to assess United States assistance to 
designated countries in order to advance anti-corruption efforts in 
those countries and better serve United States taxpayers, S. 1945, 
to amend section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776) 
to preserve congressional review and oversight of foreign arms 
sales, S. Res. 34, expressing the sense of the Senate that the 
Governments of Burma and Bangladesh ensure the safe, dignified, 
voluntary, and sustainable return of the Rohingya refugees who have 
been displaced by the campaign of ethnic cleansing conducted by the 
Burmese military and to immediately release unjustly imprisoned 
journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, S. Res. 198, condemning 
Brunei's dramatic human rights backsliding, S. Res. 206, marking the 
70th anniversary of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, expressing 
concern about significant violations of international humanitarian 
law on contemporary battlefields, and encouraging United States 
leadership in ensuring greater respect for international 
humanitarian law in current conflicts, particularly with its 
security partners, S. Con. Res. 10, recognizing that Chinese 
telecommunications companies such as Huawei and ZTE pose serious 
threats to the national security of the United States and its 
allies, the Protocol Amending the Convention between the United 
States of America and the Kingdom of Spain for the Avoidance of 
Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to 
Taxes on Income and its Protocol, signed at Madrid on February 22, 
1990 (Treaty Doc.113-04), protocol Amending the Convention between 
the United States of America and the Swiss Confederation for the 
Avoidance of Double Taxation with Respect to Taxes on Income, signed 
at Washington on October 2, 1996, signed on September 23, 2009, at 
Washington, as corrected by an exchange of notes effected November 
16, 2010 and a related agreement effected by an exchange of notes on 
September 23, 2009 (Treaty Doc.112-01), the Protocol Amending the 
Convention between the Government of the United States of America 
and the Government of Japan for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and 
the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income and 
a related agreement entered into by an exchange of notes (together 
the ``proposed Protocol''), both signed on January 24, 2013, at 
Washington, together with correcting notes exchanged March 9 and 
March 29, 2013 (Treaty Doc.114-01), protocol Amending the Convention 
between the Government of the United States of America and the 
Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg for the Avoidance of 
Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to 
Taxes on Income and Capital, signed on May 20, 2009, at Luxembourg 
(the ``proposed Protocol'') and a related agreement effected by the 
exchange of notes also signed on May 20, 2009 (Treaty Doc.111-08), 
the nomination of Eliot Pedrosa, of Florida, to be United States 
Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank, and other 
pending calendar business, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Conservation and 
Forestry, hearing entitled ``Managing for Soil Health: Securing the 
Conservation and Economic Benefits of Healthy Soils'', 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Education and Labor, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Do No Harm: Examining the Misapplication of the Religious Freedom 
Restoration Act'', 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Reauthorizing Vital Health Programs for American 
Families'', 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, markup on H.R. 
3375, the ``Stopping Bad Robocalls Act'', 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Diversity, 
hearing entitled ``Diverse Asset Managers: Challenges, Solutions and 
Opportunities for Inclusion'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Task Force on Financial Technology, hearing entitled ``Overseeing 
the Fintech Revolution: Domestic and International Perspectives on 
Fintech Regulation'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global 
Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, 
hearing entitled ``The U.S. Response to the Political Crisis in 
Sudan'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Intelligence and 
Counterterrorism, hearing entitled ``Artificial Intelligence and 
Counterterrorism: Possibilities and Limitations'', 10 a.m., 310 
Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and 
Innovation, hearing entitled ``Cybersecurity Challenges for State 
and Local Governments: Assessing How the Federal Government Can 
Help'', 2 p.m., 310 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, 
and Administrative Law, hearing entitled ``Oversight of Bankruptcy 
Law and Legislative Proposals'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil 
Liberties, hearing entitled ``Continuing Challenges to the Voting 
Rights Act Since Shelby County v. Holder'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, hearing entitled ``Uranium Mining: Contamination and 
Criticality'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Chronic Wasting Disease: The Threats to Wildlife, Public Lands, 
Hunting, and Health'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Identifying, Resolving, and Preventing Vulnerabilities in 
TSA's Security Operations'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Environment, hearing entitled ``Recovery, 
Resiliency and Readiness--Contending with Natural Disasters in the 
Wake of Climate Change (Climate Change, Part III)'', 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Oversight of the Department of Energy's Research 
and Development Enterprise'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight; and Subcommittee on 
Research and Technology, joint hearing entitled ``Election Security: 
Voting Technology Vulnerabilities'', 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Contracting and 
Infrastructure, hearing entitled ``Broadband Mapping: Small Carrier 
Perspectives on a Path Forward'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, hearing entitled ``Protecting and 
Restoring America's Iconic Waters'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Learning from Whistleblowers at 
the Department of Veterans Affairs'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Select Revenue 
Measures, hearing entitled ``How Recent Limitations to the SALT 
Deduction Harm Communities, Schools, First Responders, and Housing 
Values'', 9:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Trade, hearing entitled ``Mexico's Labor Reform: 
Opportunities and Challenges for an Improved NAFTA'', 9:30 a.m., 
2020 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, hearing entitled 
``Members' Day Hearing Focused on the Recent Changes Made to the 
Federal Tax Treatment of State and Local Taxes'', 2 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.