[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 153 (Monday, September 23, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1193-E1194]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate of February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place and 
purpose of the meetings, when scheduled and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, September 24, 2019 may be found in 
the Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                              SEPTEMBER 25

     9:15 a.m.
       Committee on Environment and Public Works
         Business meeting to consider S. 2260, to provide for the 
           improvement of domestic infrastructure in order to 
           prevent marine debris, S. 2099, to redesignate the 
           Sullys Hill National Game Preserve in the State of 
           North Dakota as the White Horse Hill National Game 
           Preserve, 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 a Member 
           of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, 
           and to be Chairperson of the Chemical Safety and Hazard 
           Investigation Board, and 8 General Services 
           Administration resolutions.
                                                            SD-406
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to examine perspectives on the livestock 
           and poultry sectors.
                                                            SD-106
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine facilitating faster payments 
           in the United States.
                                                            SD-538
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine fishery failures, focusing on 
           improving the disaster declaration and relief process.
                                                            SH-216
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting to consider S. 334, to authorize the 
           construction of the Musselshell-Judith Rural Water 
           System and study of the Dry-Redwater Regional Water 
           Authority System in the States of Montana and North 
           Dakota, 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. 860, to amend the Omnibus 
           Public Land Management Act of 2009 to modify the terms 
           of the Jackson Gulch rehabilitation project in 
           Colorado, S. 990, to authorize the Secretary of the 
           Interior to participate in the implementation of the 
           Platte River Recovery Implementation Program First 
           Increment Extension for threatened and endangered 
           species in the Central and Lower Platte River Basin, S. 
           1570, to provide flexibility to allow greater aquifer 
           recharge, S. 1602, to amend the United States Energy 
           Storage Competitiveness Act of 2007 to establish a 
           research, development, and demonstration program for 
           grid-scale energy storage systems, S. 1751, to amend 
           the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to authorize pumped 
           storage hydropower development utilizing multiple 
           Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs, S. 1758, to extend a 
           repayment contract relating to the Purgatoire River 
           Water Conservancy District and to authorize the 
           District to develop an excess capacity contract to 
           offset repayment costs, 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. 1882, to make available the continued 
           use of Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program project use 
           power by the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sidney 
           Water Users Irrigation District, S. 1931, to require 
           the Administrator of the Western Area Power 
           Administration to establish a pilot project to provide 
           increased transparency for customers, S. 2044, to amend 
           the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to 
           establish an Aging Infrastructure Account, to amend the 
           Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to provide 
           additional funds under that Act, to establish a review 
           of flood control rule curves pilot project within the 
           Bureau of Reclamation, S. 2094 and H.R. 2114, bills to 
           amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to provide 
           Federal financial assistance to States to implement, 
           review, and revise 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. 2332, to provide for the modernization of 
           the electric grid, S. 2333, to provide for enhanced 
           energy grid security, S. 2334, to require the Secretary 
           of Energy to establish the 21st Century Energy 
           Workforce Advisory Board, S. 2335, to accelerate smart 
           building development, and H.R. 1420, to amend the 
           Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to promote 
           energy efficiency via information and computing 
           technologies.
                                                            SD-366
       Committee on the Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine pending nominations.
                                                            SD-226
       Committee on Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine toxic exposure, focusing on 
           examining the Department of Veterans Affairs's 
           presumptive disability decision-making process.
                                                            SR-418
     10:15 a.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine United States policy in 
           Mexico and Central America, focusing on ensuring 
           effective policies to address the crisis at the border.
                                                            SD-419
       Special Committee on Aging
         To hold hearings to examine promoting healthy aging, 
           focusing on living your best life long into your golden 
           years.
                                                            SD-562
     1:30 p.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         Business meeting to consider S. 1590, to amend the State 
           Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize 
           rewards for thwarting wildlife trafficking linked to 
           transnational organized crime, S. 1678, to express 
           United States support for Taiwan's diplomatic alliances 
           around the world, S. 1838, to amend the Hong Kong 
           Policy Act of 1992, S. 2372, to enhance global 
           engagement to combat marine debris, S. 2503, to 
           reauthorize the United States Commission on 
           International Religious Freedom, S. Res. 183, 
           reaffirming the vital role of the United States-Japan 
           alliance in promoting peace, stability, and prosperity 
           in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond, S. Res. 236, 
           reaffirming the strong partnership between Tunisia and 
           the United States and supporting the people of Tunisia 
           in their continued pursuit of democratic reforms, S. 
           Res. 277, remembering the 25th Anniversary of the 
           bombing of the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association 
           (AMIA) Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, 
           Argentina, and recommitting to efforts to uphold 
           justice for the 85 victims of the attacks, S. Res. 318, 
           to support the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis 
           and Malaria, and the Sixth Replenishment, and other 
           pending calendar business.
                                                             S-116
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
       Subcommittee on Cybersecurity
         To receive a closed briefing on Department of Defense 
           cyber operations.
                                                           SVC-217

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       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine countering domestic 
           terrorism, focusing on the evolving threat.
                                                            SD-342

                              SEPTEMBER 26
     10 a.m.
       Committee on the Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S. 2132, to promote security 
           and provide justice for United States victims of 
           international terrorism, S. 2511, to amend title 40, 
           United States Code, to provide the Marshal of the 
           Supreme Court of the United States and Supreme Court 
           Police with the authority to protect the Chief Justice 
           of the United States, any Associate Justice of the 
           Supreme Court, and other individuals in any location, 
           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, 
           Steven J. Menashi, to be United States Circuit Judge 
           for the Second Circuit, Karen Spencer Marston, to be 
           United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
           of Pennsylvania, Richard Earnest Myers II, to be United 
           States District Judge for the Eastern District of North 
           Carolina, Anuraag Singhal, to be United States District 
           Judge for the Southern District of Florida, and Kenneth 
           Charles Canterbury, Jr., of South Carolina, to be 
           Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and 
           Explosives, and David M. DeVillers, to be United States 
           Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, both of the 
           Department of Justice.
                                                            SD-226
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on Appropriations
         Business meeting to markup an original bill making 
           appropriations for Interior, Environment, and related 
           agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, 
           an original bill making appropriations for Commerce, 
           Justice, Science, and related agencies for the fiscal 
           year ending September 30, 2020, an original bill making 
           appropriations for Homeland Security for the fiscal 
           year ending September 30, 2020, and an original bill 
           making appropriations for Legislative Branch for the 
           fiscal year ending September 30, 2020.
                                                            SD-106
     10:45 a.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
       Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International 
           Cybersecurity Policy
         To hold hearings to examine the Hong Kong emergency, 
           focusing on securing freedom, autonomy, and human 
           rights.
                                                            SD-419
     2 p.m.
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         Closed business meeting to consider pending intelligence 
           matters; to be immediately followed by a closed hearing 
           to examine certain intelligence matters.
                                                            SH-219

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                              SEPTEMBER 25
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Environment and Public Works
       Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety
         To hold hearings to examine reducing emissions while 
           driving economic growth, focusing on industry-led 
           initiatives.
                                                            SD-406