[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 155 (Wednesday, September 25, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1074-D1075]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  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 State, Foreign Operations, 
and related programs 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, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  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, 10:45 a.m., SD-419.
  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, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 11 a.m., SH-219.
  Full Committee, closed business meeting to consider pending 
intelligence matters; to be immediately followed by a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.

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                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Conservation and 
Forestry, hearing entitled ``The National Forest System: Restoring 
our Forest Infrastructure'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Financial Services 
and General Government, hearing entitled ``IRS Oversight: Treasury 
Inspector General for Tax Administration'', 3 p.m., 2358-A Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Workforce 
Protections, hearing entitled ``Misclassification of Employees: 
Examining the Costs to Workers, Businesses, and the Economy'', 10:15 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, hearing 
entitled ``Making Health Care More Affordable: Lowering Drug Prices 
and Increasing Transparency'', 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Environment and 
Climate Change, markup on H.R. 1603, the ``Alan Reinstein Ban 
Asbestos Now Act of 2019''; H.R. 535, the ``PFAS Action Act of 
2019''; H.R. 2377, the ``Protect Drinking Water from PFAS Act of 
2019''; H.R. 2533, the ``Providing Financial Assistance for Safe 
Drinking Water Act''; H.R. 2566, a bill to require the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency to revise the Safer Choice 
Standard to provide for a Safer Choice label for pots, pans, and 
cooking utensils that do not contain PFAS, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 2570, the ``PFAS User Fee Act of 2019''; H.R. 2577, the ``PFAS 
Right-To-Know Act''; H.R. 2591, the ``PFAS Waste Incineration Ban 
Act of 2019''; H.R. 2596, the ``Protecting Communities from New PFAS 
Act''; H.R. 2600, the ``Toxic PFAS Control Act''; H.R. 2605, the 
``PROTECT Act of 2019''; H.R. 2608, the ``PFAS Testing Act of 
2019''; H.R. 2626, the ``PFAS Accountability Act of 2019''; H.R. 
2638, a bill to direct the Administrator of the Environment 
Protection Agency to issue guidance on minimizing the use of 
firefighting foam containing PFAS, and for other purposes; and H.R. 
2699, the ``Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2019'', 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Examining Legislation to Protect Consumers and Small Business 
Owners from Abusive Debt Collection Practices'', 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Task Force on Financial Technology, hearing entitled ``The Future 
of Real-Time Payments'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee; and Full Committee 
of the House Committee on Natural Resources, joint hearing entitled 
``Sustaining U.S. Pacific Insular Relationships'', 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation, hearing 
entitled ``U.S. Nonproliferation Policy and the FY 2020 Budget'', 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emergency 
Preparedness, Response, and Recovery, hearing entitled ``Engaging 
the Community: Perspectives on School Security'', 10 a.m., 310 
Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Oversight, Management and Accountability, hearing 
entitled ``Oversight of ICE Detention Facilities: Is DHS Doing 
Enough?'', 2 p.m., 310 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration and 
Citizenship, hearing entitled ``The Expansion and Troubling Use of 
ICE Detention'', 10:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, 
hearing entitled ``The Federal Judiciary in the 21st Century: 
Ensuring the Public's Right of Access to the Courts'', 2 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, hearing 
entitled ``Community Responses to Gun Violence in our Cities'', 12 
p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The Department of the Interior's Failure to Cooperate with 
Congressional Oversight Requests'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Understanding, Forecasting, and Communicating 
Extreme Weather in a Changing Climate'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, hearing entitled 
``Online Imposters and Disinformation'', 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``SBA Management Review: Small Business Investment Company 
Program'', 11:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing entitled ``A Work in Progress: Implementation of 
the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Technology 
Modernization, hearing entitled ``The Future of VA Scheduling: 
Implementing a Commercial Off the Shelf Scheduling Solution at the 
Department of Veterans Affairs'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing 
entitled ``The Public Health Consequences and Costs of Gun 
Violence'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Whistleblower Disclosure'', 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Solving the Climate Crisis: Reducing Industrial Emissions 
Through U.S. Innovation'', 2 p.m., HVC-210.
  Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Promoting Civility and Building a More 
Collaborative Congress'', 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.