[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 150 (Wednesday, September 18, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1030-D1031]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                              COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                                            SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

     (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                                        Senate

       Committee on Appropriations: business meeting to markup an 
     original bill making appropriations for Transportation, 
     Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, an original bill 
     making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, and 
     related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2020, and an original bill making appropriations for 
     Financial Services and General Government for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2020, 10:30 a.m., SD-106.
       Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
     the nominations of Marshall Billingslea, of Virginia, to be 
     an Under Secretary of State (Civilian Security, Democracy, 
     and Human Rights), Adam Seth Boehler, of Louisiana, to be 
     Chief Executive Officer of the United States International 
     Development Finance Corporation, Darrell E. Issa, of 
     California, to be Director of the Trade and Development 
     Agency, and Michael Pack, of Maryland, to be Chief Executive 
     Officer of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, 9:30 a.m., 
     SD-419.
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to 
     hold hearings to examine the nomination of Eugene Scalia, of 
     Virginia, to be Secretary of Labor, 9 a.m., SD-430.
       Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 
     2132, to promote security and provide justice for United 
     States victims of international terrorism, S. 2281, to amend 
     chapter 11 of title 35, United States Code, to require the 
     voluntary collection of demographic information for patent 
     applications, and the nominations of Halil Suleyman Ozerden, 
     of Mississippi, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
     Fifth Circuit, David B. Barlow, to be United States District 
     Judge for the District of Utah, John Fitzgerald Kness, to be 
     United States District Judge for the Northern District of 
     Illinois, 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, Justin Reed Walker, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, Eleni 
     Maria Roumel, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States 
     Court of Federal Claims, and Kenneth Charles Canterbury, Jr., 
     of South Carolina, to be Director, Bureau of Alcohol, 
     Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, W. Stephen Muldrow, to be 
     United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, 
     Michael D. Baughman, to be United States Marshal for the 
     Western District of Pennsylvania, Kerry Lee Pettingill, to be 
     United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 
     and Fernando L. G. Sablan, to be United States Marshal for 
     the District of Guam and concurrently United States Marshal 
     for the District of the Northern Mariana Islands, all of the 
     Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                                                         House

       Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm 
     Commodities and Risk Management; and Subcommittee and 
     Livestock and Foreign Agriculture, joint hearing entitled 
     ``To Review the Implementation of Federal Farm and Disaster 
     Programs'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
       Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, 
     Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, hearing entitled 
     ``Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) 
     Engagement'', 10 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
       Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
     Agencies, hearing entitled ``Marine Debris: Impacts on 
     Ecosystems and Species'', 10:30 a.m., 2008 Rayburn.
       Committee on the Budget, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
     ``Solutions to Rising Economic Inequality'', 10 a.m., 210 
     Cannon.
       Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Higher 
     Education and Workforce Investment, hearing entitled ``Broken 
     Promises: Examining the Failed Implementation of the Public 
     Service Loan Forgiveness Program'', 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
       Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services, hearing 
     entitled ``Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Equal 
     Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of 
     Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)'', 2 p.m., 2175 
     Rayburn.
       Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight 
     and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Protecting

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     Unaccompanied Children: The Ongoing Impact of the Trump 
     Administration's Cruel Policies'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
       Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, hearing 
     entitled ``Profits Over Consumers: Exposing How 
     Pharmaceutical Companies Game the System'', 10:30 a.m., 2322 
     Rayburn.
       Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, continue 
     markup on H.R. 123, the ``FHA Additional Credit Pilot Program 
     Reauthorization Act''; H.R. 132, the ``North America 
     Development Bank Improvement Act of 2019''; H.R. 4029, the 
     ``Tribal Eligibility for Homeless Assistance Grants Act of 
     2019''; H.R. 4067, the ``Financial Inclusion in Banking Act 
     of 2019''; H.R. 4242, the ``Greater Accountability in Pay Act 
     of 2019''; H.R. 4300, the ``Fostering Stable Housing 
     Opportunities Act of 2019''; H.R. 4302, the ``Facilitating 
     Access to Homeless Assistance Act of 2019''; H.R. 4328, the 
     ``Protecting Innocent Consumers Affected by a Shutdown Act''; 
     H.R. 4329, the ``ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of 2019''; 
     legislation to amend the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 
     to allow for the SEC to seek and Federal courts to grant 
     restitution to investors and disgorgement of unjust 
     enrichment; legislation on the 8-K Trading Gap Act of 2019; 
     and legislation on the Corporate Management Accountability 
     Act of 2019, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
       Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing 
     entitled ``The Trump Administration's Afghanistan Policy'', 
     10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
       Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on 
     Transportation and Maritime Security, hearing entitled ``The 
     Northern Northern Border: Homeland Security Priorities in the 
     Arctic, Part I'', 2 p.m., 310 Cannon.
       Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, hearing 
     entitled ``Oversight Hearing on Policing Practices'', 10 
     a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
       Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and 
     Mineral Resources, hearing on H.R. 496, the ``Sinkhole 
     Mapping Act of 2019''; H.R. 2485, the ``Federal Land Asset 
     Inventory Reform Act of 2019''; H.R. 2640, the ``Buffalo 
     Tract Protection Act''; H.R. 4026, the ``Enhancing Geothermal 
     Production on Federal Lands Act''; and H.R. 4299, the ``Data 
     Preservation Act of 2019'', 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
       Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, 
     hearing on H.R. 3458, the ``Recreation Not Red Tape''; and 
     H.R. 3879, the ``SOAR Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
       Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States, 
     hearing on H.R. 1312, the ``Yurok Lands Act of 2019''; S. 
     216, the ``Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane 
     Reservation Equitable Compensation Act''; H.R. 3846, the 
     ``Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act of 2019''; and 
     H.R. 4153, the ``Health Care Access for Urban Native Veterans 
     Act'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
       Committee on Oversight and Reform, Full Committee, hearing 
     entitled ``H.R. 51: Making D.C. the 51st State'', 10 a.m., 
     2154 Rayburn.
       Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full 
     Committee, hearing entitled ``Science and Technology at the 
     Environmental Protection Agency'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
       Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Innovation and 
     Workforce Development, hearing entitled ``SBA Programs 
     Spurring Innovation'', 10:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
       Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Full 
     Committee, markup on H.R. 3632, the ``Fair and Open Skies 
     Act''; H.R. 1620, the ``Chesapeake Bay Program 
     Reauthorization Act''; H.R. 1132, the ``San Francisco Bay 
     Restoration Act''; H.R. 2247, the ``Promoting United 
     Government Efforts to Save Our Sound Act''; H.R. 4031, the 
     ``Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2019''; H.R. 
     4044, the ``Protect and Restore America's Estuaries Act''; 
     H.R. 4275, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
     to reauthorize the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration 
     Program, and for other purposes; H.R. 3779, the ``Resilience 
     Revolving Loan Fund Act of 2019''; H.R. 2242, to amend the 
     Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
     Act to include certain services in the definition of critical 
     services, and for other purposes; legislation on the PREPARE 
     Act of 2019; and General Services Administration's Capital 
     Investment and Leasing Program Resolutions, 10 a.m., 2167 
     Rayburn.
       Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability 
     Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing entitled ``Update on 
     VA Contracted Exams, Quality Review Process, and Service to 
     Rural Veterans'', 10:30 a.m., HVC-210.
       Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
     entitled ``Examining VA's Overpayments and Collection 
     Processes'', 2 p.m., HVC-210.
       Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
     hearing entitled ``How the Tax Code Subsidizes Hate'', 10 
     a.m., 1100 Longworth.
       Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, Full 
     Committee, hearing entitled ``Recommendations for Improving 
     the Budget and Appropriations Process: A Look at the Work of 
     the Joint Select Committee'', 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.


                                                Joint Meetings

       Senate Committee on Armed Services: closed meeting of 
     conferees on S. 1790, a bill to authorize appropriations for 
     fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the Department of 
     Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
     activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
     personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 10 a.m., SD-G50.