[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 144 (Tuesday, September 10, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D990-D991]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                             COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                                            SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

     (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                                        Senate

       Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, Foreign 
     Operations, and Related Programs, to hold hearings to examine 
     fragility in the Sahel, 2:15 p.m., SD-124.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
     hearings to examine protecting the nation's transportation 
     systems, focusing on oversight of the Transportation Security 
     Administration, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on 
     Energy, to hold hearings to examine S. 607, to amend the 
     Department of Energy Organization Act to address insufficient 
     compensation of employees and other personnel of the Federal 
     Energy Regulatory Commission, S. 1739, to enable projects 
     that will aid in the development and delivery of related 
     instruction associated with apprenticeship and 
     preapprenticeship programs that are focused on serving the 
     skilled technical workforce at the National Laboratories and 
     certain facilities of the National Nuclear Security 
     Administration, S. 1821, to amend the Energy Independence and 
     Security Act of 2007 to provide for research on, and the 
     development and deployment of, marine energy, S. 2094, to 
     amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to provide 
     Federal financial assistance to States to implement State 
     energy security plans, S. 2095, to provide for certain 
     programs and developments in the Department of Energy 
     concerning the cybersecurity and vulnerabilities of, and 
     physical threat to, the electric grid, S. 2137, to promote 
     energy savings in residential buildings and industry, S. 
     2300, to amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 
     2007 to establish a program to incentivize innovation and to 
     enhance the industrial competitiveness of the United States 
     by developing technologies to reduce emissions of nonpower 
     industrial sectors, S. 2368, to amend the Atomic Energy Act 
     of 1954 and the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to support 
     licensing and relicensing of certain nuclear facilities and 
     nuclear energy research, demonstration, and development, and 
     S. 2393, to promote a 21st century energy workforce, 2:30 
     p.m., SD-366.
       Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings 
     to examine the nominations of Aurelia Skipwith, of Indiana, 
     to be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
     Service, Department of the Interior, and Katherine Andrea 
     Lemos, of California, to be Chairperson of the Chemical 
     Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, 10 a.m., SD-406.
       Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
     nominations of Steven J. Menashi, to be United States Circuit 
     Judge for the Second Circuit, Karen S. Marston, to be United 
     States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
     Pennsylvania, Richard E. Myers II, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 
     and Anuraag Singhal, to be United States District Judge for 
     the Southern District of Florida, 10 a.m., SD-226.
       Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, to hold hearings to 
     examine innovation in America, focusing on how Congress can 
     make our patent system stronger, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.


                                                         House

       Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Early 
     Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, hearing 
     entitled ``The Importance of Trauma-Informed Practices in 
     Education to Assist Students Impacted by Gun Violence and 
     Other Adversities'', 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
       Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on 
     Environment and Climate Change, hearing on ``Protecting and 
     Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks'', 10 
     a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
       Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hearing 
     entitled ``Legislating to Connect America: Improving the 
     Nation's Broadband Maps'', 10:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
       Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Investor 
     Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets, hearing 
     entitled ``Examining Private Market Exemptions as a Barrier 
     to IPOs and Retail Investment'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
       Subcommittee on National Security, International 
     Development, and Monetary Policy, hearing entitled 
     ``Examining the Macroeconomic Impacts of a Changing 
     Climate'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
       Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee for Indigenous 
     Peoples of the United States, hearing entitled ``Reviewing 
     the Trump Administration's Approach to the MMIW Crisis'', 10 
     a.m., 1324 Longworth.
       Committee on Oversight and Reform, Subcommittee on Civil 
     Rights and Civil Liberties, hearing entitled ``The

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     Administration's Apparent Revocation of Medical Deferred 
     Action for Critically Ill Children'', 12 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
       Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee 
     on Energy, markup on H.R. 4091, the ``ARPA-E Reauthorization 
     Act of 2019''; and H.R. 4230, the ``Clean Industrial 
     Technology Act'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
       Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing 
     entitled ``Utilization Management: Barriers to Care and 
     Burdens on Small Medical Practice'', 11:30 a.m., 2360 
     Rayburn.
       Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 
     Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing entitled 
     ``Pricing and Technology Strategies to Address Congestion on 
     and Financing of America's Roads'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
       Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, 
     hearing on H.R. 3636, the ``Caring For Our Women Veterans 
     Act''; H.R. 2972, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     to improve the communications of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs relating to services available for women veterans, 
     and for other purposes; H.R. 3036, the ``Breaking Barriers 
     for Women Veterans Act''; H.R. 2798, the ``Building 
     Supportive Networks for Women Veterans Act''; H.R. 2645, the 
     ``Newborn Care Improvement Act of 2019''; H.R. 2681, to 
     direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to 
     Congress a report on the availability of prosthetic items for 
     women veterans from the Department of Veterans Affairs; H.R. 
     3224, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for 
     increased access to Department of Veterans Affairs medical 
     care for women veterans; H.R. 2982, the ``Women Veterans 
     Health Care Accountability Act''; H.R. 2752, the ``VA Newborn 
     Emergency Treatment Act''; H.R. 2628, the ``VET CARE Act of 
     2019''; H.R. 2816, the ``Vietnam-Era Veterans Hepatitis C 
     Testing Enhancement Act of 2019''; H.R. 1527, the ``Long-Term 
     Care Veterans Choice Act''; H.R. 1163, the ``VA Hiring 
     Enhancement Act''; H.R. 3798, the ``Equal Access to 
     Contraception for Veterans Act''; H.R. 3867, the ``Violence 
     Against Women Veterans Act''; H.R. 4096, the ``Improving 
     Oversight of Women Veterans' Care Act of 2019''; and 
     legislation to establish in the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs the Office of Women's Health, and for other purposes, 
     10 a.m., HVC-210.


                                                Joint Meetings

       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold 
     hearings to examine the state of diversity and inclusion in 
     Europe, focusing on race, rights, and politics, 10 a.m., 210, 
     Cannon Building.