[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 118 (Monday, July 15, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D842-D843]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             JULY 16, 2019

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
expected nomination of Mark T. Esper, to be Secretary of Defense, 
9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine Facebook's proposed digital currency and data privacy 
considerations, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider S. 143, to authorize the Department of Energy to conduct 
collaborative research with the Department of Veterans Affairs in 
order to improve healthcare services for veterans in the United 
States, S. 174, to provide for the establishment of a pilot program 
to identify security vulnerabilities of certain entities in the 
energy sector, S. 253, to coordinate the provision of energy 
retrofitting assistance to schools, S. 520, to require the Secretary 
of Energy to establish an energy efficiency materials pilot program, 
S. 715, to improve the productivity and energy efficiency of the 
manufacturing sector by directing the Secretary of Energy, in 
coordination with the National Academies and other appropriate 
Federal agencies, to develop a national smart manufacturing plan and 
to provide assistance to small- and medium-sized manufacturers in 
implementing smart manufacturing programs, S. 816, to amend the 
Natural Gas Act to expedite approval of exports of small volumes of 
natural gas, S. 859, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to 
reauthorize hydroelectric production incentives and hydroelectric 
efficiency improvement incentives, S. 903, to direct the Secretary 
of Energy to establish advanced nuclear goals, provide for a 
versatile, reactor-based fast neutron source, make available high-
assay, low-enriched uranium for research, development, and 
demonstration of advanced nuclear reactor concepts, S. 983, to amend 
the Energy Conservation and Production Act to reauthorize the 
weatherization assistance program, S. 990, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to participate in the implementation of 
the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program First Increment 
Extension for threatened and endangered species in the Central and 
Lower Platte River Basin, S. 1052, to authorize the Office of Fossil 
Energy to develop advanced separation technologies for the 
extraction and recovery of rare earth elements and minerals from 
coal and coal byproducts, S. 1064, to require the Secretary of 
Energy to conduct a study on the national security implications of 
building ethane and other natural-gas-liquids-related petrochemical 
infrastructure in the United States, S. 1085, to support research, 
development, and other activities to develop innovative vehicle 
technologies, S. 1201, to amend the fossil energy research and 
development provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to enhance 
fossil fuel technology, S. 1245, to improve energy performance in 
Federal buildings, S. 1286, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
to facilitate the commercialization of energy and related 
technologies developed at Department of Energy facilities with 
promising commercial potential, S. 1317, to facilitate the 
availability, development, and environmentally responsible 
production of domestic resources to meet national material or 
critical mineral needs, S. 1685, to require the Secretary of Energy 
to establish a program for the research, development, and 
demonstration of commercially viable technologies for the capture of 
carbon dioxide produced during the generation of natural gas-
generated power, S. 1706, to amend the National Energy Conservation 
Policy Act to encourage the increased use of performance contracting 
in Federal facilities, S. 1857, to amend the National Energy 
Conservation Policy Act to improve Federal energy and water 
performance requirements for Federal buildings and establish a 
Federal Energy Management Program, H.R. 347, to extend the 
authorization of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 
1978 relating to the disposal site in Mesa County, Colorado, H.R. 
762, to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to provide for 
the dissemination of information regarding available Federal 
programs relating to energy efficiency projects for schools, and 
H.R. 1138, to reauthorize the West Valley demonstration project, 10 
a.m., SD-366.
  Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining, to hold 
hearings to examine long-term management options for the Bureau of 
Land Management's Wild Horse and Burro Program, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near East, South 
Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, to hold hearings to 
examine Iraq, focusing on a crossroads of United States policy, 2:30 
p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Ann C. Fisher, of the 
District of Columbia, and Ashley Jay Elizabeth Poling, of North 
Carolina, both to be a Commissioner of the Postal Regulatory 
Commission, Catherine Bird, of Texas, to be General Counsel of the 
Federal Labor Relations Authority, and Rainey R. Brandt, and Shana 
Frost Matini, both to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of 
the District of Columbia, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 2020 Census, 
focusing on conducting a secure and accurate count, 2:30 p.m., SD-
342.
  Committee on Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution, to hold 
hearings to examine Google and censorship through search engines, 
2:30 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 Agriculture, Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign 
Agriculture, hearing entitled ``Reviewing the State of the U.S. 
Livestock and Poultry Economies'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Higher Education 
and Workforce Investment, hearing entitled ``Scaling Up 
Apprenticeships: Building on the Success of International 
Apprenticeship Models'', 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services, hearing entitled 
``Strengthening Federal Support to End Youth Homelessness'', 2 p.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Oversight of Federal Efforts to 
Combat the Spread of Illicit Fentanyl'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hearing entitled 
``Our Wireless Future: Building A Comprehensive Approach to Spectrum 
Policy'', 10:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
3621, the ``Student Borrower Credit Improvement Act''; H.R. 3623, 
the ``Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2019''; H.R. 3624, the 
``Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2019''; H.R. 3625, the ``PCAOB 
Whistleblower Protection Act of 2019''; H.R. 3629, the ``Clarity in 
Credit Score Formation Act of 2019''; H.R. 3641, the ``Stronger 
Enforcement of Civil Penalties Act of 2019''; H.R. 3701, to 
establish a statute of limitations for certain actions of the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, and for other purposes; H.R. 
3702, the ``Reforming Disaster Recovery Act''; and legislation on 
the Accurate Access to Credit Information Act'', 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, 
Energy, and the Environment, hearing entitled ``Russian 
Disinformation Attacks on Elections: Lessons from Europe'', 2 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Oversight of the United States Capitol Police'', 10 a.m., 
1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``Women and Girls in the 
Criminal Justice System'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship, hearing entitled 
``Policy Changes and Processing Delays at U.S. Citizenship and 
Immigration Services'', 12 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Antitrust Commercial, and Administrative Law, 
hearing entitled ``Online Platforms and Market Power, Part 2: 
Innovation and Entrepreneurship'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee for Indigenous 
Peoples of the United States, hearing on H.R. 2414, to amend the 
Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act; H.R. 2031, the 
``PROGRESS for Indian Tribes Act''; H.R. 895, the ``Tribal School 
Federal Insurance Parity Act''; and H.R. 396, to provide for the 
equitable settlement of certain Indian land disputes regarding land 
in Illinois, and for other purposes, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing entitled 
``Oil and Gas Development: Impacts of Business-as-Usual on the 
Climate and Public Health'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``The Legacy of Apollo'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight; and Subcommittee on 
Environment, joint hearing entitled ``EPA Advisory Committees: How 
Science Should Inform Decisions'', 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Contracting and 
Infrastructure, hearing entitled ``Helping Small Businesses Compete: 
Challenges and Opportunities in the Federal Procurement 
Marketplace'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the Federal 
Transit Administration's Implementation of the Capital Investment 
Grant Program'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Solving the Climate Crisis: Cleaning Up Heavy Duty 
Vehicles, Protecting Communities'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine responding to hate crimes, focusing on the role of 
religious actors, 11 a.m., 2200, Rayburn Building.