[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 173 (Thursday, October 31, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1195-D1196]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
OUTDOOR RECREATION LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 1665, to modify the procedures for issuing 
special recreation permits for certain public land units, S. 1723, to 
amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to 
provide for the establishment of a Ski Area Fee Retention Account, and 
S. 1967, to promote innovative approaches to outdoor recreation on 
Federal land and to increase opportunities for collaboration with non-
Federal partners, after receiving testimony from Chris French, Deputy 
Chief, National Forest System, Forest Service, Department of 
Agriculture; Nikki Haskett, Acting Assistant Director for National 
Conservation Lands and Community Partnerships, Bureau of Land 
Management, Department of the Interior; Aaron Bannon, National Outdoor 
Leadership School, Lander, Wyoming; Lee Davis, Oregon State University, 
Portland, on behalf of the Outdoor Recreation Economy Initiative; and 
Brendan McGuire, Vail Resorts, Broomfield, Colorado, on behalf of the 
National Ski Areas Association.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Andeliz N. Castillo, of New York, to be 
United States Alternate Executive Director of the Inter-American 
Development Bank, Alma L. Golden, of Texas, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, and Peter M. Haymond, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Alina L. Romanowski, of Illinois, to 
be Ambassador to the State of Kuwait, and Leslie Meredith Tsou, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman, all of the 
Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
5G
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine supply chain security, global 
competitiveness, and 5G, after receiving testimony from Christopher 
Krebs, Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, 
Department of Homeland Security; Diane Rinaldo, Acting Assistant 
Secretary for Communications and Information, National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration, Department of 
Commerce; Robert L. Strayer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for 
Cyber and International Communications and Information Policy; and 
Jessica Rosenworcel, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 1657, to provide assistance to combat the escalating burden of 
Lyme disease and other tick and vector-borne diseases and disorders, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2619, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the 
Healthy Start program, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1399, to amend title VIII of the Public Health Services Act to 
revise and extend nursing workforce development programs, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;

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  S. 995, to amend title XXIX of the Public Health Service Act to 
reauthorize the program under such title relating to lifespan respite 
care, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1130, to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the health 
of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about 
unexpected sudden death in early life, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute;
  S. 1608, to provide for the publication by the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services of physical activity recommendations for Americans, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2629, to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the 
Public Health Service Corps, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute; and
  S. 2740, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify 
the regulatory framework with respect to certain nonprescription drugs 
that are marketed without an approved new drug application.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
   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, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute; and
  The nominations of Jodi W. Dishman, to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma, 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, and Daniel Mack Traynor, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of North Dakota.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.