[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 128 (Monday, July 29, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D928-D929]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 30 through August 2, 2019

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of the nomination of 
Michael T. Liburdi, to be United States District Judge for the District 
of Arizona, post-cloture.
  At 11:30 a.m., Senate will vote on confirmation of the nominations of 
Michael T. Liburdi, to be United States District Judge for the District 
of Arizona, and Peter D. Welte, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of North Dakota.
  Following disposition of the nomination of Peter D. Welte, Senate 
will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of James 
Wesley Hendrix, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Texas.
  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 31, to 
hold hearings to examine perspectives on reauthorization of the U.S. 
Grain Standards Act, 9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Armed Services: July 30, business meeting to consider 
pending military nominations, 8:30 a.m., SR-222.
  July 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Gen. John E. Hyten, USAF, for reappointment to the 
grade of general and to be Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  July 31, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Vice Admiral Michael M. Gilday, USN, to be Admiral and 
Chief of Naval Operations, Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 30, to hold 
hearings to examine regulatory frameworks for digital currencies and 
blockchain, 10 a.m., SD-538.

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  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 31, 
business meeting to consider S. 2297, to authorize appropriations 
for the Coast Guard, and S. 2299, to amend title 49, United States 
Code, to enhance the safety and reliability of pipeline 
transportation, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  July 31, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine next steps 
for positive train control implementation, 2 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: July 30, business 
meeting to consider an original bill entitled, ``America's 
Transportation Infrastructure Act'', S. 1992, to amend the FAST Act 
to repeal a rescission of funds, and General Services Administration 
resolutions, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: July 30, to hold hearings to examine the 
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, 10:15 a.m., SD-215.
  July 31, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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, 10:30 
a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 30, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of John Leslie Carwile, of Maryland, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia, Erin Elizabeth McKee, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Independent State of Papua New 
Guinea, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Solomon Islands and Ambassador to 
the Republic of Vanuatu, Anthony F. Godfrey, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia, and Herro Mustafa, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria, all of the 
Department of State, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: July 30, 
business meeting to consider the nominations of Sharon Fast 
Gustafson, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, and Charlotte A. 
Burrows, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member, both of the 
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: July 30, 
to hold hearings to examine unprecedented migration at the United 
States southern border, focusing on what is required to improve 
conditions, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  July 30, Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal 
Management, to hold hearings to examine solutions to improve Federal 
hiring, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 31, business meeting to consider 
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 Judiciary: July 30, Subcommittee on Intellectual 
Property, to hold an oversight hearing to examine the United States 
Copyright Office, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  July 31, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Kenneth Charles Canterbury, Jr., of South Carolina, 
to be Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and 
Explosives, Department of Justice, R. Austin Huffaker, Jr., to be 
United States District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama, Lee 
Philip Rudofsky, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Arkansas, and Justin Reed Walker, to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  August 1, 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, and the nomination of W. Stephen Muldrow, to be 
United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, Department 
of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 30, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  No hearings are scheduled.