[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 17, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E938-E940]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate of February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place and 
purpose of the meetings, when scheduled and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Thursday, July 18, 2019 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                JULY 23
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine challenges for cannabis and 
           banking, focusing on outside perspectives.
                                                            SD-538
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the United States' interests 
           in the Freely Associated States.
                                                            SD-366
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         Business meeting to consider S. 398, to support the 
           peaceful resolution of the civil war in Yemen, to 
           address the resulting humanitarian crisis, and to hold 
           the perpetrators responsible for murdering a Saudi 
           dissident, S. 2066, to review United States Saudi 
           Arabia Policy, S. 1441, to impose sanctions with 
           respect to the provision of certain vessels for the 
           construction of Russian energy export pipelines, 
           protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the 
           Accession of the Republic of North Macedonia (Treaty 
           Doc. 116-01), and the nominations of Pamela Bates, of 
           Virginia, to be Representative of the United States of 
           America to the Organization for Economic Cooperation 
           and Development, with the rank of Ambassador, Jonathan 
           R. Cohen, of California, to be Ambassador to the Arab 
           Republic of Egypt, 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

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           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, Philip S. Goldberg, of 
           the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the 
           Republic of Colombia, Christopher Landau, of Maryland, 
           to be Ambassador to the United Mexican States, Doug 
           Manchester, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
           Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Richard B. Norland, of 
           Iowa, to be Ambassador to Libya, John Rakolta, Jr., of 
           Michigan, to be Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, 
           Adrian Zuckerman, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to 
           Romania, 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, 
           and Jennifer D. Nordquist, of Virginia, to be United 
           States Executive Director of the International Bank for 
           Reconstruction and Development for a term of two years.
                                                             S-116
       Committee on the Judiciary
         To hold oversight hearings to examine the Federal Bureau 
           of Investigation.
                                                            SD-226
     10:15 a.m.
       Committee on Finance
         To hold hearings to examine promoting elder justice, 
           focusing on a call for reform.
                                                            SD-215
     11 a.m.
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To receive a briefing on pipeline politics, focusing on 
           energy and power in Europe.
                                                         LHOB-1334
     2:15 p.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Subcommittee on Science, Oceans, Fisheries, and Weather
         To hold hearings to examine America's waterfronts, 
           focusing on addressing economic, recreational, and 
           environmental challenges.
                                                            SD-562
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on the Judiciary
       Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer 
           Rights
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine enforcement of 
           the antitrust laws.
                                                            SD-226
     4 p.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
       Subcommittee on Cybersecurity
         To receive a closed briefing on Department of Defense 
           Cyber operations.
                                                           SVC-217
     9:30 p.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         Business meeting to consider pending military 
           nominations.
                                                           SVC-217

                                JULY 24
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting to consider the nominations of Chad F. 
           Wolf, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Strategy, 
           Policy, and Plans, and William Bryan, of Virginia, to 
           be Under Secretary for Science and Technology, both of 
           the Department of Homeland Security, Robert M. Duncan, 
           of Kentucky, to be a Governor of the United States 
           Postal Service, 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 for a term of five years, Rainey R. Brandt, 
           and Shana Frost Matini, both to be an Associate Judge 
           of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 
           proposed legislation entitled, ``Securing America's 
           Borders Act of 2019'', S. 1976, to amend the FAST Act 
           to improve the Federal permitting process, S. 2065, to 
           require the Secretary of Homeland Security to publish 
           an annual report on the use of deepfake technology, 
           proposed legislation to require GAO to analyze certain 
           legislation in order to prevent duplication and overlap 
           with existing Federal programs, offices, and 
           initiatives, proposed legislation entitled, ``Taxpayers 
           Right-to-Know Act'', proposed legislation to amend 
           section 3116 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify 
           the applicability of the appointment limitations for 
           students appointed under the expedited hiring authority 
           for post-secondary students, S. 2107, to increase the 
           number of CBP Agriculture Specialists and support staff 
           in the Office of Field Operations of U.S. Customs and 
           Border Protection, proposed legislation entitled, 
           ``Charging Helps Agencies Realize Government 
           Efficiencies Act'', S. 764, to provide for 
           congressional approval of national emergency 
           declarations, S. 439, to allow Members of Congress to 
           opt out of the Federal Employees Retirement System, and 
           allow Members who opt out of the Federal Employees 
           Retirement System to continue to participate in the 
           Thrift Savings Plan, proposed legislation entitled, 
           ``Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act'', H.R. 2590, to 
           require a Department of Homeland Security overseas 
           personnel enhancement plan, and H.R. 3305, to designate 
           the facility of the United States Postal Service 
           located at 2509 George Mason Drive in Virginia Beach, 
           Virginia, as the ``Ryan Keith Cox Post Office 
           Building''.
                                                            SD-342
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the expected nomination of 
           David L. Norquist to be Deputy Secretary of Defense.
                                                            SD-G50
       Committee on Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine the Theodore Roosevelt Genius 
           Prize, focusing on innovative solutions to reduce 
           human-predator conflict.
                                                            SD-406
     10:15 a.m.
       Committee on Finance
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Brent 
           James McIntosh, of Michigan, to be an Under Secretary, 
           Brian Callanan, of New Jersey, to be General Counsel, 
           and Brian McGuire, of New York, to be a Deputy Under 
           Secretary, all of the Department of the Treasury, and 
           Travis Greaves, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
           Judge of the United States Tax Court for a term of 
           fifteen years.
                                                            SD-215
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Theodore 
           Rokita, of Indiana, to be a Director of the Amtrak 
           Board of Directors, Jennifer L. Homendy, of Virginia, 
           and Michael Graham, of Kansas, both to be a Member of 
           the National Transportation Safety Board, Carl Whitney 
           Bentzel, of Maryland, to be a Federal Maritime 
           Commissioner, Michael J.K. Kratsios, of South Carolina, 
           to be an Associate Director of the Office of Science 
           and Technology Policy, and Ian Paul Steff, of Indiana, 
           to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director 
           General of the United States and Foreign Commercial 
           Service.
                                                            SH-216
       Committee on Rules and Administration
         To hold oversight hearings to examine the Government 
           Publishing Office, Office of the Inspector General.
                                                            SR-301
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to consider S. 496, to preserve United 
           States fishing heritage through a national program 
           dedicated to training and assisting the next generation 
           of commercial fishermen, S. 893, to require the 
           President to develop a strategy to ensure the security 
           of next generation mobile telecommunications systems 
           and infrastructure in the United States and to assist 
           allies and strategic partners in maximizing the 
           security of next generation mobile telecommunications 
           systems, infrastructure, and software, S. 1148, to 
           amend title 49, United States Code, to require the 
           Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
           give preferential consideration to individuals who have 
           successfully completed air traffic controller training 
           and veterans when hiring air traffic control 
           specialists, S. 1341, to adopt a certain California 
           flammability standard as a Federal flammability 
           standard to protect against the risk of upholstered 
           furniture flammability, S. 1349, to expand enrollment 
           in TSA PreCheck to expedite commercial travel screening 
           and improve airport security, S. 1625, to promote the 
           deployment of commercial fifth-generation mobile 
           networks and the sharing of information with 
           communications providers in the United States regarding 
           security risks to the networks of those providers, S. 
           1822, to require the Federal Communications Commission 
           to issue rules relating to the collection of data with 
           respect to the availability of broadband services, S. 
           1858, to ensure the Chief Information Office of the 
           Consumer Product Safety Commission has a significant 
           role in decisions related to information technology, 
           proposed legislation entitled, ``Regional Ocean 
           Partnership Act'', S. 2035, to require the 
           Transportation Security Administration to develop a 
           strategic plan to expand eligibility for the PreCheck 
           Program to individuals with Transportation Worker 
           Identification Credentials or Hazardous Materials 
           Endorsements, S. 2134, to extend the transfer of 
           Electronic Travel Authorization System fees from the 
           Travel Promotion Fund to the Corporation for Travel 
           Promotion (Brand USA) through fiscal

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           year 2027, and a promotion list in the Coast Guard.
                                                            SH-216
       Committee on Foreign Relations
       Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy
         To hold hearings to examine confronting Ebola, focusing 
           on addressing a 21st century global health crisis.
                                                            SD-419
       Committee on Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of E. Sequoyah 
           Simermeyer, of Maryland, to be Chairman of the National 
           Indian Gaming Commission.
                                                            SD-628
       Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         Business meeting to markup an original bill entitled, 
           ``Small Business Administration Reauthorization Act''.
                                                           SR-428A

                                JULY 25
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to examine hemp production and the 2018 
           farm bill.
                                                           SR-328A
       Committee on Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine pending military nominations.
                                                           SVC-217
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine state and Federal 
           recommendations for enhancing school safety against 
           targeted violence.
                                                            SD-342
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the importance of energy 
           innovation to economic growth and competitiveness.
                                                            SD-366
     3 p.m.
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine the state of media freedom in 
           the Organization for Security and Co-operation in 
           Europe region.
                                                           HVC-210

                                JULY 30
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on the Judiciary
       Subcommittee on Intellectual Property
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the United States 
           Copyright Office.
                                                            SD-226