[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 162 (Tuesday, October 15, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1106-D1109]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of October 16 through October 18, 2019

                             Senate Chamber

  On Wednesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Barbara McConnell Barrett, of Arizona, to be Secretary of the Air 
Force, Department of Defense, post-cloture.
  At 11 a.m., Senate will vote on the motions to invoke cloture on the 
nominations of Frank William Volk, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of West Virginia, Charles R. Eskridge III, to 
be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, 
David John Novak, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Virginia, and Rachel P. Kovner, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York.
  At 4:15 p.m., Senate will vote on confirmation of the nomination of 
Barbara McConnell Barrett, and, if cloture is invoked, on confirmation 
of the nominations of Frank William Volk, Charles R. Eskridge III, 
David John Novak, and Rachel P. Kovner.
  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: October 17, to 
hold hearings to examine implementing the 2018 Farm Bill, 10 a.m., 
SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: October 17, Subcommittee on Financial 
Services and General Government, to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Federal Communications Commission, focusing on the 
spectrum auctions program, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: October 17, to hold closed hearings 
to examine the situation in Syria and the wider region, 9:30 a.m., 
SVC-217.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: October 17, to 
hold hearings to examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's 
semi-annual report to Congress, 10 a.m., SD-538.

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  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: October 16, to 
hold hearings to examine feeding America, focusing on making 
sustainable offshore aquaculture a reality, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  October 17, Subcommittee on Security, to hold hearings to examine 
improving security at America's airports, focusing on stakeholder 
perspectives, 10:30 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: October 17, to hold 
hearings to examine the status of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
and related energy security issues, 10:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: October 16, to hold 
hearings to examine the impacts of diseases on wildlife conservation 
and management, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  October 17, Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, to hold 
hearings to examine reducing emissions while driving economic 
growth, focusing on industry-led initiatives, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: October 16, to hold hearings to 
examine United States-Iran policy, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  October 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Carmen G. Cantor, of Puerto Rico, to be Ambassador to 
the Federated States of Micronesia, Michael George DeSombre, of 
Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand, Sung Y. Kim, 
of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia, Morse 
H. Tan, of Illinois, to be Ambassador at Large for Global Criminal 
Justice, and Kelley Eckels Currie, of Georgia, to be Ambassador at 
Large for Global Women's Issues, all of the Department of State, and 
other pending nominations; to be immediately followed by a 
Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International 
Cybersecurity Policy hearing to examine the Asia Reassurance 
Initiative Act in action, focusing on implementation and the Indo-
Pacific strategy, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: October 16, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine lending opportunities, focusing on homeownership 
in Indian country, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: October 16, to hold hearings to 
examine to examine the nominations of Barbara Lagoa, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, Robert J. Luck, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, Sylvia 
Carreno-Coll, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Puerto Rico, John M. Gallagher, to be United States District Court 
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and Sherri A. Lydon, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  October 17, Full Committee, 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, Danielle J. Hunsaker, of Oregon, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Steven J. Menashi, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, William Joseph Nardini, 
of Connecticut, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second 
Circuit, Jodi W. Dishman, to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of Oklahoma, 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, Sarah E. Pitlyk, to be United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, Anuraag 
Singhal, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of Florida, Daniel Mack Traynor, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of North Dakota, and David M. 
DeVillers, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of 
Ohio, Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Special Committee on Aging: October 16, to hold hearings to 
examine fall prevention, focusing on national, state, and local 
solutions to better support seniors, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, October 17, Subcommittee on 
Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research, hearing entitled ``To 
Review Implementation of USDA Farm Bill Research Programs'', 10 
a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, October 17, Subcommittee on Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies, hearing entitled ``Oversight 
Hearing: Chronic Wasting Disease'', 10 a.m., 2008 Rayburn.
  October 17, Subcommittee on the Departments of Transportation, and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, hearing 
entitled ``Oversight Hearing: The Department of Housing and Urban 
Development's Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery 
Program'', 2 p.m., 2358-A Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, October 17, Full Committee, 
markup on H.R. 3, the ``Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019'', 10:15 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, October 17, Subcommittee on 
Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets, hearing 
entitled ``Examining Corporate Priorities: The Impact of Stock 
Buybacks on Workers, Communities, and Investors'', 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  October 17, Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion, hearing 
entitled ``Promoting Inclusion: Examining the Need for Diversity 
Practices for America's Changing Workforce'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.

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  October 18, Task Force on Artificial Intelligence, hearing 
entitled ``AI and the Evolution of Cloud Computing: Evaluation How 
Financial Data is Stored, Protected, and Maintained by Cloud 
Providers'', 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, October 17, Subcommittee on 
Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery, hearing entitled 
``Defending the Homeland from Bioterrorism: Are We Prepared?'', 10 
a.m., 310 Cannon.
  October 17, Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and 
Accountability, hearing entitled ``The Public's Right to Know: FOIA 
at the Department of Homeland Security'', 2 p.m., 310 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, October 17, Subcommittee on 
Elections, hearing entitled ``Voting Rights and Election 
Administration in America'', 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, October 17, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, hearing entitled 
``Legislative Proposals to Strengthen the Voting Rights Act'', 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  October 17, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland 
Security, hearing entitled ``Oversight Hearing on the Federal Bureau 
of Prisons and Implementation of the First Step Act'', 2 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  October 18, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and 
Administrative Law, hearing entitled ``Online Platforms and Market 
Power, Part 3: The Role of Data and Privacy in Competition'', 9 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, October 17, Subcommittee on 
National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, hearing on H.R. 2420, the 
``National Museum of the American Latino Act'', 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  October 17, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing 
entitled ``The Case for Climate Optimism: Realistic Pathways to 
Achieving Net Zero Emissions'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  October 17, Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife, hearing 
on H.R. 2795, the ``Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act of 2019''; 
and H.R. 3742, the ``Recovering America's Wildlife Act of 2019'', 2 
p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, October 17, Subcommittee on 
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, hearing entitled ``The 
Administration's Decision to Deport Critically Ill Children and 
Their Families'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, October 17, Full 
Committee, markup on H.R. 4091, the ``ARPA-E Reauthorization Act of 
2019''; H.R. 2051, the ``Sustainable Chemistry Research and 
Development Act of 2019''; and H.R. 1709, the ``Science Integrity 
Act'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, October 17, Subcommittee on Economic 
Growth, Tax, and Capital Access, hearing entitled ``Can Opportunity 
Zones Address Concerns in the Small Business Economy?'', 10 a.m., 
2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, October 17, 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing 
entitled ``China's Maritime Silk Road Initiative: Implications for 
the Global Maritime Supply Chain'', 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, October 17, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Investing in The U.S. Health System by Lowering Drug 
Prices, Reducing Out-Of-Pocket Costs, and Improving Medicare 
Benefits'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, October 17, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Solving the Climate Crisis: Cleaner, 
Stronger Buildings'', 9 a.m., 2020 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: October 16, to hold hearings to examine 
measuring economic inequality in the United States, 2:15 p.m., 2020, 
Rayburn Building.


* These figures include all measures reported, even if there was 
no accompanying report. A total of 128 written reports have been 
filed in the Senate, 219 reports have been filed in the House.

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