[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 16, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D857-D859]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             JULY 17, 2019

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Economic Policy, to hold hearings to examine economic mobility, 
focusing on whether the American dream is in crisis, 9:30 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
plans for deep space exploration, focusing on the Moon to Mars, 
10:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine electric battery production and waste, focusing on 
opportunities and challenges, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Michelle A. Bekkering, of the District of Columbia, 
to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, and Richard K. Bell, of Pennsylvania, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, Jessica E. Lapenn, 
of New York, to be Representative of the United States of America to 
the African Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador, Mary Beth 
Leonard, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic 
of Nigeria, and Lana J. Marks, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of South Africa, all of the Department of State, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine unprecedented migration at the United States 
southern border, focusing on bipartisan policy recommendations from 
the Homeland Security Advisory Council, 9:15 a.m., SD-342.
  Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency 
Management, to hold hearings to examine the Federally incurred cost 
of regulatory changes and how such changes are made, 2:30 p.m., SD-
342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider S. 886, 
to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make the 
Reclamation Water Settlements Fund permanent, and S. 2071, to repeal 
certain obsolete laws relating to Indians, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Halil Suleyman Ozerden, of Mississippi, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, David B. Barlow, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Utah, John 
Fitzgerald Kness, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Illinois, and Eleni Maria Roumel, of Maryland, 
to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, 10 a.m., 
SD-226.

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  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine combating 
robocall fraud, focusing on using telecom advances and law 
enforcement to stop scammers and protect seniors, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Biotechnology, 
Horticulture, and Research, hearing entitled ``Assessing the 
Effectiveness of the National Organic Program'', 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, 
Elementary, and Secondary Education; and Subcommittee on Higher 
Education and Workforce Investment, joint hearing entitled 
``Educating our Educators: How Federal Policy Can Better Support 
Teachers and School Leaders'', 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
3375, the ``Stopping Bad Robocalls Act''; H.R. 2211, the ``STURDY 
Act''; H.R. 3172, the ``Safe Sleep for Babies Act of 2019''; H.R. 
3170, the ``Safe Cribs Act of 2019''; H.R. 1618, the ``Nicholas and 
Zachary Burt Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2019''; 
H.R. 806, the ``Portable Fuel Container Safety Act of 2019''; H.R. 
2647, the ``SOFFA''; H.R. 1315, the ``Blue Collar to Green Collar 
Jobs Development Act of 2019''; H.R. 2665, the ``Smart Energy and 
Water Efficiency Act of 2019''; H.R. 2044, the ``Smart Building 
Acceleration Act''; H.R. 359, the ``Enhancing Grid Security through 
Public-Private Partnerships Act''; H.R. 360, the ``Cyber Sense Act 
of 2019''; H.R. 362, the ``Energy Emergency Leadership Act''; H.R. 
370, the ``Pipeline and LNG Facility Cybersecurity Preparedness 
Act''; H.R. 2088, a bill to amend the Energy Independence and 
Security Act of 2007 to reauthorize the Energy Efficiency and 
Conservation Block Grant Program, and for other purposes; H.R. 2041, 
the ``Weatherization Enhancement and Local Energy Efficiency 
Investment and Accountability Act''; H.R. 2119, a bill to amend the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize grants for improving the 
energy efficiency of public buildings, and for other purposes; H.R. 
2781, the ``EMPOWER for Health Act of 2019''; H.R. 728, the ``Title 
VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2019''; H.R. 1058, the 
``Autism CARES Act of 2019''; H.R. 2507, the ``Newborn Screening 
Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2019''; H.R. 776, the ``Emergency 
Medical Services for Children Program Reauthorization Act of 2019''; 
H.R. 2035, the ``Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act of 
2019''; H.R. 2296, the ``METRIC Act''; H.R. 2328, the ``REACH Act''; 
and H.R. 3432, the ``Safer Pipelines Act of 2019'', 9:30 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Examining Facebook's Proposed Cryptocurrency and Its Impact on 
Consumers, Investors, and the American Financial System'', 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, markup on H. Res. 
326, expressing the sense of the House regarding United States 
efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a 
negotiated two-state solution; H. Res. 246, opposing efforts to 
delegitimize the State of Israel and the Global Boycott, Divestment, 
and Sanctions Movement targeting Israel; H.R. 1850, the 
``Palestinian International Terrorism Support Prevention Act of 
2019''; H.R. 1837, the ``United States-Israel Cooperation 
Enhancement and Regional Security Act''; H. Res. 138, expressing 
support for addressing the Arab-Israeli conflict in a concurrent 
track with the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and commending Arab 
and Muslim-majority states that have improved bilateral relations 
with Israel; H. Con. Res. 32, expressing the sense of Congress 
regarding the execution-style murders of United States citizens 
Ylli, Agron, and Mehmet Bytyqi in the Republic of Serbia in July 
1999; H. Res. 442, observing 10 years since the war in Sri Lanka 
ended on May 18, 2009, commemorating the lives lost, and expressing 
support for transitional justice, reconciliation, reconstruction, 
reparation, and reform in Sri Lanka, which are necessary to ensure a 
lasting peace and a prosperous future for all Sri Lankans; H.R. 
3501, the ``Safeguard our Elections and Combat Unlawful Interference 
in Our Democracy Act''; H.R. 2097, to recognize the Hmong, Khmer, 
Laotian, and other ethnic groups commonly referred to as 
Montagnards, who supported and defended the Armed Forces during the 
conflict in Southeast Asia, authorize assistance to support 
activities relating to clearance of unexploded ordnance and other 
explosive remnants of war, and for other purposes; and H. Res. 127, 
expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the 
importance and vitality of the United States alliances with Japan 
and the Republic of Korea, and our trilateral cooperation in the 
pursuit of shared interests, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
2203, the ``Homeland Security Improvement Act''; H.R. 3106, the 
``Domestic Terrorism DATA Act''; H.R. 3246, the ``Traveling Parents 
Screening Consistency Act of 2019''; H.R. 3318, the ``Emerging 
Transportation Security Threats Act of 2019''; H.R. 3320, the 
``Securing the Homeland Security Supply Chain Act of 2019''; H.R. 
3356, the ``Veterans Expedited TSA Screening Safe Travel Act''; H.R. 
3413, the ``DHS Acquisition Reform Act of 2019''; H.R. 3525, the 
``U.S. Border Patrol Medical Screening Standards Act''; H.R. 3526, 
the ``Counter Terrorist Network Act''; H.R. 3669, the ``Weatherizing 
Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act of 
2019''; H.R. 3670, the ``Short-term Detention Act''; H.R. 3675, the 
``Trusted Traveler Reconsideration and Restoration Act of 2019''; 
H.R. 3691, the ``TRANSLATE Act''; H.R. 3694, the ``Helping Families 
Fly Act of 2019''; H.R. 3699, the ``Pipeline Security Act''; H.R. 
3710, the ``Cybersecurity Vulnerability Remediation Act''; and H.R. 
3722, the ``Joint Task Force to Combat Opioid Trafficking Act of 
2019'', 10 a.m., 310 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 3239, 
the ``Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in Customs and Border 
Protection Custody Act'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
1373, the ``Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act''; H.R. 2181, the 
``Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2019''; H.R. 3405, 
the ``Removing

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Uranium from the Critical Minerals List Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, Subcommittee on Government 
Operations, hearing entitled ``To the Cloud! The Cloudy Role of 
FedRAMP in IT Modernization'', 11 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Research and Technology; and Subcommittee on Investigations and 
Oversight, joint hearing entitled ``Scientific Integrity in Federal 
Agencies'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy, hearing entitled ``The Future of 
Electricity Delivery: Modernizing and Securing our Nation's 
Electricity Grid'', 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 3537, 
the ``Veteran Entrepreneurship Training Act of 2019''; H.R. 3734, 
the ``Successful Entrepreneurship for Reservists and Veterans Act''; 
H.R. 1615, the ``Verification Alignment and Service-disabled 
Business Adjustment Act''; H.R. 499, the ``Service-Disabled Veterans 
Small Business Continuation Act''; and H.R. 3661, the ``Patriotic 
Employer Protection Act'', 11:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing entitled ``State of Aviation Safety'', 10 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, hearing on H.R. 561, the ``Protecting Business 
Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2019''; H.R. 716, the ``Homeless 
Veterans Legal Services Act''; H.R. 1615, the ``VA-SBA Act''; H.R. 
2227, the ``Gold Star Spouses and Spouses of Injured Servicemembers 
Leasing Relief Expansion Act of 2019''; H.R. 2618, to amend the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide a guarantee of residency 
for registration of businesses of spouses of members of the 
uniformed services, to improve occupational license portability for 
military spouses through interstate compacts, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 2924, the ``Housing for Women Veterans Act''; 
legislation to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize 
State approving agencies to carry out outreach activities; 
legislation to amend title 38, United States Code, to require that 
educational institutions abide by Principles of Excellence as a 
condition of approval for purposes of the educational assistance 
programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
purposes; legislation to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
require proprietary for-profit educational institutions to comply 
with Federal revenue limits to participate in educational assistance 
programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs; legislation to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to require that certain educational 
institutions have letters of credit as a condition of approval for 
purposes of the educational assistance programs of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; legislation on the Forever 
GI Bill Class Evaluation Act; legislation on the VA Economic 
Hardship Report Act; legislation to authorize the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to collect overpayments of specially adapted 
housing assistance; legislation on the legal Services for Homeless 
Veterans Act; legislation on the GI Bill Access to Career 
Credentials Act; legislation to amend title 38, United States Code, 
to extend the time period under which an election must be made for 
entitlement to educational assistance under the All-Volunteer 
Educational Assistance Program of Department of Veterans Affairs; 
legislation on the Student Veteran Empowerment Act of 2019; and 
legislation to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the 
monthly housing stipend under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance 
Program for individuals who pursue programs of education solely 
through distance learning on more than a half-time basis, 10 a.m., 
HVC-210.