[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 176 (Tuesday, November 5, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1208-D1209]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of November 6 through November 8, 2019

                             Senate Chamber

  On Wednesday, Senate will resume consideration of the nomination of 
Lee Philip Rudofsky, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Arkansas. Senate will vote on the motions to invoke cloture 
on the nominations of Lee Philip Rudofsky, and Jennifer Philpott 
Wilson, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of 
Pennsylvania, at 12 noon. Senate will vote on confirmation of the 
nomination of Danielle J. Hunsaker, of Oregon, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, and on the motion to invoke 
cloture on the nomination of William Joseph Nardini, of Connecticut, to 
be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, at 4 p.m.
  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: November 7, to 
hold hearings to examine implementation of the 2018 Farm Bill, 
focusing on rural development and energy programs, 9:30 a.m., SR-
328A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: November 7, to 
hold hearings to examine bipartisan bills to promote affordable 
housing access and safety, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: November 6, 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: November 6, 
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.
  November 7, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine federal revenues derived from energy development on Federal 
and Indian lands as well as Federal offshore areas and programs that 
share those revenues with state, local, and tribal governments, 
including S. 2418, to amend the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act 
of 2006 to modify a definition and the disposition and authorized 
uses of qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues under that Act 
and to exempt State and county payments under that Act from 
sequestration, to provide for the distribution of certain outer 
Continental Shelf revenues to the State of Alaska, and S. 2666, to 
promote the development of renewable energy on public land, 10 a.m., 
SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: November 6, 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 Foreign Relations: November 7, to receive a closed 
briefing on Afghanistan, focusing on the way ahead, 11 a.m., SVC-
217.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: November 
6, 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

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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: November 6, 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: November 6, to hold hearings to 
examine reauthorizing the USA FREEDOM Act of 2015, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  November 7, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Halil Suleyman Ozerden, of Mississippi, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Steven J. Menashi, of 
New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, 
Barbara Lagoa and Robert J. Luck, both of Florida, both to be a 
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 Judge 
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.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: November 7, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine Library of Congress modernization, 10 
a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: November 6, 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.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: November 7, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: November 6, to hold hearings to 
examine veteran scams, focusing on protecting those who protected 
us, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: November 6, to 
receive a briefing on Putin's shadow warriors, focusing on 
mercenaries, security contracting, and the way ahead, 10 a.m., 2359, 
Rayburn Building.