[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 176 (Tuesday, November 5, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1206-D1208]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                            NOVEMBER 6, 2019

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on the Budget: business meeting to markup S. 2765, to 
improve Federal fiscal controls and the congressional budget 
process, 2:30 p.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy, 
to hold hearings to examine S. 876, to amend the Energy Policy Act 
of 2005 to require the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to 
prepare veterans for careers in the energy industry, including the 
solar, wind, cybersecurity, and other low-carbon emissions sectors 
or zero-emissions sectors of the energy industry, S. 1890, to 
provide for grants for energy efficiency improvements and renewable 
energy improvements at public school facilities, S. 2425, to amend 
the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to establish the CHP 
Technical Assistance Partnership Program, S. 2508, to require the 
Secretary of Energy to establish a council to conduct a survey and 
analysis of the employment figures and demographics in the energy, 
energy efficiency, and motor vehicle sectors of the United States, 
S. 2556, to amend the Federal Power Act to provide energy 
cybersecurity investment incentives, to establish a grant and 
technical assistance program for cybersecurity investments, S. 2657, 
to support innovation in advanced geothermal research and 
development, S. 2660, to establish a grant program for wind energy 
research, development, and demonstration, S. 2668, to establish a 
program for research, development, and demonstration of solar energy 
technologies, S. 2688, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to 
establish an Office of Technology Transitions, S. 2702, to require 
the Secretary of Energy to establish an integrated energy systems 
research, development, and demonstration, and S. 2714, to amend the 
America COMPETES Act to reauthorize the ARPA-E program, 10 a.m., SD-
366.

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  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine S. 2662, to amend sections 111, 169, and 171 of the Clean 
Air Act to clarify when a physical change in, or change in the 
method of operation of, a stationary source constitutes a 
modification or construction, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to consider S. 2779, to establish the Federal Clearinghouse 
on School Safety Best Practices, S. 2162, to require the 
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to annually hire 
at least 600 new Border Patrol agents, to report quarterly to 
Congress on the status of the Border Patrol workforce, and to 
conduct a comprehensive staffing analysis, S. 2769, to eliminate or 
modify certain Federal agency reporting requirements, S. 1363, to 
authorize an AI Center of Excellence within the General Services 
Administration, S. 2618, to strengthen employee cost savings 
suggestions programs within the Federal Government, S. 2560, to 
amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 
2006, to require the budget justifications and appropriation 
requests of agencies be made publicly available, S. 2353, to direct 
the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to 
develop guidance for firefighters and other emergency response 
personnel on best practices to protect them from exposure to PFAS 
and to limit and prevent the release of PFAS into the environment, 
S. 2749, to provide requirements for the .gov domain, S. 2513, to 
provide for joint reports by relevant Federal agencies to Congress 
regarding incidents of terrorism, S. 565, to require the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget to submit to Congress an annual 
report on projects that are over budget and behind schedule, S. 
2750, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the 
Operation Stonegarden grant program, S. 2712, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 430 South 
Knowles Avenue in New Richmond, Wisconsin, as the ``Captain Robert 
C. Harmon and Private John R. Peirson Post Office Building'', H.R. 
1589, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 
chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear intelligence and 
information sharing functions of the Office of Intelligence and 
Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security and to require 
dissemination of information analyzed by the Department to entities 
with responsibilities relating to homeland security, H.R. 2066, to 
amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the 
Intelligence Rotational Assignment Program in the Department of 
Homeland Security, H.R. 495, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 to require an annual report on the Office for State and Local 
Law Enforcement, H.R. 135, to amend the Notification and Federal 
Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 to 
strengthen Federal antidiscrimination laws enforced by the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission and expand accountability within 
the Federal Government, H.R. 887, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 877 East 1200 South in Orem, 
Utah, as the ``Jerry C. Washburn Post Office Building'', H.R. 1252, 
to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 6531 Van Nuys Boulevard in Van Nuys, California, as the 
``Marilyn Monroe Post Office'', H.R. 1253, to designate the facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 13507 Van Nuys 
Boulevard in Pacoima, California, as the ``Ritchie Valens Post 
Office Building'', H.R. 1526, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 200 Israel Road Southeast in 
Tumwater, Washington, as the ``Eva G. Hewitt Post Office'', H.R. 
1844, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 66 Grove Court in Elgin, Illinois, as the ``Corporal Alex 
Martinez Memorial Post Office Building'', H.R. 1972, to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1100 
West Kent Avenue in Missoula, Montana, as the ``Jeannette Rankin 
Post Office Building'', H.R. 2151, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 7722 South Main Street in 
Pine Plains, New York, as the ``Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon 
M. Kent Post Office'', H.R. 2325, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 100 Calle Alondra in San 
Juan, Puerto Rico, as the ``65th Infantry Regiment Post Office 
Building'', H.R. 3144, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 8520 Michigan Avenue in Whittier, 
California, as the ``Jose Ramos Post Office Building'', H.R. 3314, 
to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 1750 McCulloch Boulevard North in Lake Havasu City, 
Arizona, as the ``Lake Havasu City Combat Veterans Memorial Post 
Office Building'', and the nominations of Joshua A. Deahl, to be an 
Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 
Deborah J. Israel, and Andrea L. Hertzfeld, both to be an Associate 
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, and Robert 
Anthony Dixon, to be United States Marshal for the Superior Court of 
the District of Columbia, Department of Justice, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider H.R. 
317, to reaffirm the action of the Secretary of the Interior to take 
land into trust for the benefit of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash 
Mission Indians; to be immediately followed by an oversight hearing 
to examine the 477 program, focusing on reducing red tape while 
promoting employment and training opportunities in Indian country, 
2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine 
reauthorizing the USA FREEDOM Act of 2015, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Grant C. Jaquith, of New York, and Scott J. Laurer, 
of Virginia, both to be a Judge of the United States Court of 
Appeals for Veterans Claims, 9:30 a.m., SR-418.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine veteran 
scams, focusing on protecting those who protected us, 9:30 a.m., SD-
562.


                                 House

  No hearings are scheduled.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to receive a 
briefing on Putin's shadow warriors, focusing on

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mercenaries, security contracting, and the way ahead, 10 a.m., 2359, 
Rayburn Building.