[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 24, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D908-D909]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JULY 25, 2019

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to examine hemp production and the 2018 farm bill, 9:30 
a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Armed Services: business meeting to consider pending 
military nominations, 9:30 a.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the importance of energy innovation to economic growth and 
competitiveness, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider an original 
bill entitled, ``The Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act of 
2019'', 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  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 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, Richard B. 
Norland, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to Libya, John Rakolta, Jr., of 
Michigan, to be Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, 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, and other pending nominations, 10:30 a.m., S-116, 
Capitol.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine state and Federal recommendations for enhancing 
school safety against targeted violence, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on the Department of 
Homeland Security, oversight hearing on U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement, 1 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, 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, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Member Day'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Financial Services, 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, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and 
Nonproliferation, hearing entitled ``Human Rights in Southeast Asia: A 
Regional Outlook'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  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, 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.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, hearing entitled ``Increasing Renewable Energy on Public 
Lands'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  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.
  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, Full Committee, markup on S. 
406, the ``Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program Act of 2019''; 
H.R. 887, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 877 East 1200 South in Orem, Utah, as the ``Jerry 
C. Washburn Post Office Building''; H.R. 1252, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6531 Van 
Nuys Boulevard in Van Nuys, California, as the ``Marilyn Monroe Post 
Office''; H.R. 1253, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 13507 Van Nuys Boulevard in Pacoima, 
California, as the ``Ritchie Valens Post Office Building''; H.R. 
1972, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 1100 West Kent Avenue in Missoula, Montana, as the 
``Jeannette Rankin Post Office Building''; H.R. 2151, to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7722 
South Main Street in Pine Plains, New York, as the ``Senior Chief 
Petty Officer Shannon M. Kent Post Office''; H.R. 3207, to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 114 Mill 
Street in Hookstown, Pennsylvania, as the ``Staff Sergeant Dylan 
Elchin Post Office Building''; H.R. 3314, to designate the facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 1750 McCulloch 
Boulevard North in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, as the ``Lake Havasu 
City Combat Veterans Memorial Post Office Building''; H.R. 3329, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 5186 Benito Street in Montclair, California, as the ``Paul Eaton 
Post Office Building''; a Resolution Offered by Chairman Elijah E. 
Cummings Authorizing Issuance of Subpoena Related to Non-Official 
Electronic Messaging Accounts; H.R. 3889, the ``ONDCP Technical 
Corrections Act''; and 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 a 
Subpoena Duly Issued by the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, hearing entitled 
``Examining JUUL's Role in the Youth Nicotine Epidemic: Part II'', 2 
p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Research and Technology, hearing entitled ``Benign by Design: 
Innovations in Sustainable Chemistry'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing entitled ``The 
Commercial Space Landscape: Innovation, Market, and Policy'', 2 
p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, 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, 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, Subcommittee on Technology 
Modernization, hearing entitled ``VistA Transition: Assessing the 
Future of an Electronic Health Records Pioneer'', 10:15 a.m., HVC-
210.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The Social Security 2100 Act'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Full Committee, business meeting on historical documents protected 
under Internal Revenue Code section 6103, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 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, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Creating a Climate Resilient America: Business Views on 
the Costs of the Climate Crisis'', 2 p.m., 2261 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  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, 3 p.m., HVC-210.