[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 121 (Thursday, July 18, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D872-D873]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
2018 FARM BILL
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine agricultural research and 2018 farm bill 
implementation, after receiving testimony from Scott Hutchins, Deputy 
Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Mark T. Esper, of Virginia, to be Secretary of Defense, 
and 1,231 nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
EXPORT CONTROL REFORM IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine export control reform implementation, focusing on 
outside perspectives, including S. 1060, to deter foreign interference 
in United States election, after receiving testimony from Eric L. 
Hirschhorn, former Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and 
Security; Nova J. Daly, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury for Investment Security; and Ben Buchanan, Georgetown 
University Center for Security and Emerging Technology, Washington, 
D.C.
WATER SUPPLY INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and 
Power concluded a hearing to examine opportunities to increase water 
storage and conservation through rehabilitation and development of 
water supply infrastructure, including S. 1570, to provide flexibility 
to allow greater aquifer recharge, S. 1932, to support water 
infrastructure in Reclamation States, and S. 2044, to amend the Omnibus 
Public Land Management Act of 2009 to establish an Aging Infrastructure 
Account, to amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to provide 
additional funds under that Act, to establish a review of flood control 
rule curves pilot project within the Bureau of Reclamation, after 
receiving testimony from Brenda Burman, Commissioner, Bureau of 
Reclamation, Department of the Interior; Wesley Hipke, Idaho Managed 
Recharge Program Manager, Boise, on behalf of the Idaho Water Resource 
Board; Wade Noble, Welton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District, 
Yuma, Arizona; Marshall P. Brown, Aurora Water, Aurora, Colorado, on 
behalf of WateReuse; and Melinda Kassen, Theodore Roosevelt 
Conservation Partnership, Boulder, Colorado.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 1273, to amend title 17, United States Code, to establish an 
alternative dispute resolution program for copyright small claims;
  S. 1883, to improve the prohibitions on money laundering, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Douglas Russell Cole, and Matthew Walden 
McFarland, both to be a United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of Ohio, Robert Anthony Molloy, to be Judge for the District 
Court of the Virgin Islands, and Kea Whetzal Riggs, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of New Mexico.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.