[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 123 (Monday, July 22, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D883-D887]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 23 through July 26, 2019

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will begin consideration of H.R. 1327, Never 
Forget the Heroes: James Zadroga, Ray Pfeifer, and Luis Alvarez 
Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund 
Act.
   At 12 noon, Senate will vote on confirmation of the nomination of 
Mark T. Esper, of Virginia, to be

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Secretary of Defense, and on the motion to invoke cloture on the 
nomination of Stephen M. Dickson, of Georgia, to be Administrator of 
the Federal Aviation Administration.
   At 2:30 p.m., Senate will vote on or in relation to Lee Amendment 
No. 928, and Paul Amendment No. 929, and on passage of H.R. 1327, Never 
Forget the Heroes: James Zadroga, Ray Pfeifer, and Luis Alvarez 
Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund 
Act, as amended, if amended.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: July 25, to 
hold hearings to examine hemp production and the 2018 farm bill, 
9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Armed Services: July 23, business meeting to consider 
pending military nominations, 9:30 a.m., SVC-217.
  July 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the expected 
nomination of David L. Norquist to be Deputy Secretary of Defense, 
10 a.m., SD-G50.
  July 25, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
military nominations, 9:30 a.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 23, to hold 
hearings to examine challenges for cannabis and banking, focusing on 
outside perspectives, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 23, 
Subcommittee on Science, Oceans, Fisheries, and Weather, to hold 
hearings to examine America's waterfronts, focusing on addressing 
economic, recreational, and environmental challenges, 2:15 p.m., SD-
562.
  July 24, Full Committee, 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 year 2027, and a promotion list in the Coast Guard; 
to be immediately followed by 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, 10:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 23, to hold 
hearings to examine the United States' interests in the Freely 
Associated States, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  July 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
importance of energy innovation to economic growth and 
competitiveness, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: July 24, to hold 
hearings to examine the Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize, focusing on 
innovative solutions to reduce human-predator conflict, 10 a.m., SD-
406.
  Committee on Finance: July 23, to hold hearings to examine 
promoting elder justice, focusing on a call for reform, 10:15 a.m., 
SD-215.
  July 24, Full Committee, 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, 10:15 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 24, to hold hearings to 
examine authorities for the use of military force, 10:15 a.m., SD-
419.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, to hold 
hearings to examine confronting Ebola, focusing on addressing a 21st 
century global health crisis, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  July 25, Full Committee, 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

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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 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, 10:30 a.m., 
S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: July 24, 
business meeting to consider S. 2162, to require the Commissioner of 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection to annually hire at least 600 new 
Border Patrol agents, to report quarterly to Congress on the status 
of the Border Patrol workforce, and to conduct a comprehensive 
staffing analysis, 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, S. 2183, to require the Comptroller General of the 
United States to analyze certain legislation in order prevent 
duplication of and overlap with existing Federal programs, offices, 
and initiatives, S. 2177, to provide taxpayers with an improved 
understanding of Government programs through the disclosure of cost, 
performance, and areas of duplication among them, leverage existing 
data to achieve a functional Federal program inventory, S. 2169, 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, S. 2193, to require the Administrator of General 
Services to issue guidance to clarify that Federal agencies may pay 
by charge card for the charging of Federal electric motor vehicles, 
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, S. 2119, to amend title 5, 
United States Code, to appropriately limit the authority to award 
bonuses to Federal employees, H.R. 2590, to require a Department of 
Homeland Security overseas personnel enhancement plan, 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'', and 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, and Rainey R. Brandt, and Shana Frost Matini, both to be 
an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of 
Columbia, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  July 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine state and 
Federal recommendations for enhancing school safety against targeted 
violence, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 24, business meeting to consider 
S. 2159, to repeal the Act entitled ``An Act to confer jurisdiction 
on the State of North Dakota over offenses committed by or against 
Indians on the Devils Lake Indian Reservation''; to be immediately 
followed by a hearing to examine the nomination of E. Sequoyah 
Simermeyer, of Maryland, to be Chairman of the National Indian 
Gaming Commission, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 23, to hold oversight hearings to 
examine the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  July 25, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 1494, to 
amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection 
Reauthorization Act of 2008 to protect alien minors and to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to end abuse of the asylum system 
and establish refugee application and processing centers outside the 
United States, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: July 24, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the Government Publishing Office, 
Office of the Inspector General, 11 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: July 24, 
business meeting to markup an original bill entitled, ``Small 
Business Administration Reauthorization Act'', 2:30 p.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 23, closed business meeting 
to consider pending intelligence matters; to be immediately followed 
by a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters, 1:30 p.m., SH-
219.
  July 25, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.

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                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, July 24, Subcommittee on the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and 
Related Agencies, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the Unaccompanied 
Children Program: Ensuring the Safety of Children in HHS Care'', 9 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, budget and oversight hearing on the White House Office of 
Science and Technology Policy, 10:15 a.m., 2358-A Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on the Department of Homeland Security, 
oversight hearing on the U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Border 
Patrol, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, hearing entitled ``Bureau of Indian Education, Education 
Construction'', 3 p.m., 2008 Rayburn.
  July 25, Subcommittee on the Department of Homeland Security, 
oversight hearing on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 1 
p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, July 24, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The Costs of Climate Change: From Coasts to Heartland, Health to 
Security'', 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, July 25, Subcommittee on Health, 
Employment, Labor and Pensions, hearing entitled ``Protecting the 
Right to Organize Act: Modernizing America's Labor Laws'', 10:15 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, July 24, Subcommittee on 
Environment and Climate Change, hearing entitled ``Building 
America's Clean Future: Pathways to Decarbonize the Economy'', 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, hearing 
entitled ``Legislation to Make Cars in America Safer'', 10:30 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  July 25, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Member Day'', 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, July 24, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Next Megabank? Examining the Proposed Merger of 
SunTrust and BB&T'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 25, Task Force on Financial Technology, hearing entitled 
``Examining the Use of Alternative Data in Underwriting and Credit 
Scoring to Expand Access to Credit'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, July 24, Subcommittee on the Middle 
East, North Africa, and International Terrorism, hearing entitled 
``The FY20 Budget: State Department Counterterrorism and Countering 
Violent Extremism Bureau'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation, 
hearing entitled ``Human Rights in Southeast Asia: A Regional 
Outlook'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the 
Environment, hearing entitled ``Russia and Arms Control: Extending 
New START or Starting Over?'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, July 25, Subcommittee on 
Intelligence and Counterterrorism; and the Subcommittee on Border 
Security, Facilitation, and Operations, joint hearing entitled 
``Homeland Security Implications of the Opioid Crisis'', 10 a.m., 
310 Cannon.
  July 26, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Members' Day'', 9 
a.m., 310 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 24, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Oversight of the Report on the Investigation into Russian 
Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election: Former Special 
Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III'', 8:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 25, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Oversight of Family 
Separation and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Short-Term Custody 
under the Trump Administration'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, July 24, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Mineral Resources, hearing on H.R. 934, the ``Health Benefits 
for Miners Act of 2019''; and H.R. 935, the ``Miners Pension 
Protection Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``The Status of the Reclamation Fund and the Bureau of 
Reclamation's Future Infrastructure Funding Needs'', 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing 
entitled ``Increasing Renewable Energy on Public Lands'', 10 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife, hearing on 
H.R. 335, the ``South Florida Clean Coastal Waters Act of 2019''; 
H.R. 729, the ``Tribal Coastal Resiliency Act''; H.R. 2185, the 
``District of Columbia Flood Prevention Act of 2019''; H.R. 3115, 
the ``Living Shorelines Act of 2019''; H.R. 3237, the ``Platte River 
Recovery Implementation Program Extension Act''; H.R. 3510, the 
``Water Resources Research Amendments Act''; H.R. 3541, the 
``Coastal State Climate Preparedness Act''; H.R. 3596, the ``Keep 
America's Waterfronts Working Act''; and H.R. 3723, the 
``Desalination Development Act'', 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  July 25, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``When Science Gets 
Trumped: Scientific Integrity at the Department of the Interior'', 2 
p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, July 24, Subcommittee on 
Economic and Consumer Policy, hearing entitled ``Examining JUUL's 
Role in the Youth Nicotine Epidemic: Part I'', 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, hearing 
entitled ``Beyond the Citizenship Question: Repairing the Damage and 
Preparing to Count `We the People' '', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Environment, hearing entitled ``The Devil 
They Knew--PFAS Contamination and the Need for Corporate 
Accountability'', 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  July 25, Full Committee, markup on a resolution recommending that 
the House of Representatives find Kellyanne Conway, Senior Counselor 
to the President, in contempt of Congress for her refusal to comply 
with the Committee's duly authorized subpoena seeking her testimony 
on July 15, 2019 and authorizing Chairman Elijah E. Cummings to take 
all necessary steps to enforce the subpoena; a resolution offered by 
Chairman Elijah E. Cummings authorizing the issuance of subpoenas 
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records relating to the Committee's investigation into the use of 
non-official electronic messaging accounts by non-career officials 
at the White House; S. 406, the ``Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce 
Program Act of 2019''; legislation on the ONDCP Technical 
Corrections Act; and postal naming measures, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, hearing 
entitled ``Examining JUUL's Role in the Youth Nicotine Epidemic: 
Part II'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 26, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Patient 
Perspective: The Devastating Impacts of Skyrocketing Drug Prices on 
American Families'', 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, July 24, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 2203, 
the ``Homeland Security Improvement Act'', 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, July 24, Full 
Committee, markup on H.R. 3597, the ``Solar Energy Research and 
Development Act of 2019''; H.R. 3607, the ``Fossil Energy Research 
and Development Act of 2019''; H.R. 3609, the ``Wind Energy Research 
and Development Act of 2019''; and H.R. 335, the ``South Florida 
Clean Coastal Waters Act of 2019'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Research and Technology, hearing entitled 
``Benign by Design: Innovations in Sustainable Chemistry'', 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing entitled 
``The Commercial Space Landscape: Innovation, Market, and Policy'', 
2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, July 24, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Is the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act a Help or Hinderance to Main 
Street?'', 11:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture, Trade, 
and Entrepreneurship, hearing entitled ``Supporting the Next 
Generation of Agricultural Businesses'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 24, 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing 
entitled ``China's Maritime Silk Road Initiative: Implications for 
the Global Maritime Supply Chain'', 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing entitled 
``Examining the Federal Role in Improving School Bus Safety'', 2 
p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, July 24, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``True Transparency? Assessing Wait Times Five Years after 
Phoenix'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, hearing 
entitled ``VistA Transition: Assessing the Future of an Electronic 
Health Records Pioneer'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 25, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Social Security 2100 Act'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, July 24, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Former Special Counsel Robert S. 
Mueller, III on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 
2016 Presidential Election'', 12 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 25, Full Committee, business meeting on Consideration of the 
Access Request from Rep. Elissa Slotkin and Rep. Mike Thompson; and 
Consideration of the Access Request from Rep. Stephanie Murphy, 9 
a.m., HVC-304.
  Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, July 25, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Creating a Climate Resilient America: Business 
Views on the Costs of the Climate Crisis'', 2 p.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, July 24, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Modernizing Legislative Information 
Technologies: Lessons from the States'', 2 p.m., 2020 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: July 23, to 
receive a briefing on pipeline politics, focusing on energy and 
power in Europe, 11 a.m., 1334, Longworth Building.
  July 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the state of 
media freedom in the Organization for Security and Co-operation in 
Europe region, 3 p.m., HVC-210.