[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 180 (Tuesday, November 12, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1230-D1232]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





          COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2019

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business 
meeting to consider S. 10, to require the Inter-Agency Task Force on 
Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia to develop a plan for reducing, 
mitigating, and controlling harmful algal blooms and hypoxia in 
South Florida, S. 481, to encourage States to require the 
installation of residential carbon monoxide detectors in homes, S. 
999, to provide for Federal coordination of activities supporting 
sustainable chemistry, S. 1069, to require the Secretary of

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Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, to establish a constituent-driven 
program to provide a digital information platform capable of 
efficiently integrating coastal data with decision-support tools, 
training, and best practices and to support collection of priority 
coastal geospatial data to inform and improve local, State, 
regional, and Federal capacities to manage the coastal region, S. 
1640, to require compliant flame mitigation devices to be used on 
portable fuel containers for flammable liquid fuels, S. 1982, to 
improve efforts to combat marine debris, S. 2330, to amend the Ted 
Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act to provide for congressional 
oversight of the board of directors of the United States Olympic and 
Paralympic Committee and to protect amateur athletes from emotional, 
physical, and sexual abuse, S. 2346, to improve the Fishery Resource 
Disaster Relief program of the National Marine Fisheries Service, S. 
2429, to reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 and to 
establish the United States Coral Reef Task Force, S. 2453, to 
assist in the conservation of the North Atlantic right whale by 
supporting and providing financial resources for North Atlantic 
right whale conservation programs and projects of persons with 
expertise required for the conservation of North Atlantic right 
whales, S. 2472, to redesignate the NASA John H. Glenn Research 
Center at Plum Brook Station, Ohio, as the NASA John H. Glenn 
Research Center at the Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility, S. 2525, to 
require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology to conduct a study of personal protective equipment worn 
by firefighters to determine the prevalence and concentration of 
per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, S. 2535, to require the 
Secretary of Commerce to conduct an assessment and analysis relating 
to the decline in the business formation rate in the United States, 
S. 2597, to require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration to make certain operational models available to the 
public, S. 2693, to improve oversight by the Federal Communications 
Commission of the wireless and broadcast emergency alert systems, S. 
2775, to improve the cyber workforce of the United States, S. 2782, 
to improve provisions of law relating to sexual harassment and 
assault prevention at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, S. 2789, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 and 
title 17, United States Code, to extend expiring provisions relating 
to the retransmission of signals of television broadcast stations, 
S. 2800, to authorize programs of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, S. 2802, to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act 
of 1972 to reauthorize and modify the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal 
Rescue and Response Grant Program, S. 2805, to improve transit-
oriented development financing, H.R. 3153, to direct the Director of 
the National Science Foundation to support research on opioid 
addiction, an original bill entitled, ``Marine Mammal Research and 
Response Act of 2019'', the nominations of Ian Paul Steff, of 
Indiana, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General 
of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, Michael Graham, 
of Kansas, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety 
Board for a term expiring December 31, 2020, and to be a Member of 
the National Transportation Safety Board for a term expiring 
December 31, 2025, Carl Whitney Bentzel, of Maryland, to be a 
Federal Maritime Commissioner, Theodore Rokita, of Indiana, to be a 
Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors, and routine lists in the 
Coast Guard, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine preserving and expanding clean, reliable nuclear power, 
focusing on United States commercial nuclear reactor performance 
trends and safety initiatives, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine the response to lung illnesses and rising youth 
electronic cigarette use, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine unprecedented migration at the United States 
southern border, focusing on the year in review, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Stanley Blumenfeld, and Mark C. Scarsi, both to be a 
United States District Judge for the Central District of California, 
Grace Karaffa Obermann, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United 
States Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years, and 
Stephen A. Vaden, of Tennessee, to be a Judge of the United States 
Court of International Trade, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Readiness; and 
Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, joint hearing entitled 
``F-35 Program Update: Sustainment, Production, and Affordability 
Challenges'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, markup 
on H.R. 2339, the ``Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 
2019''; H.R. 4995, the ``Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 
2019''; H.R. 4996, the ``Helping Medicaid Offer Maternity Services 
Act of 2019''; and H.R. 2387, the ``STOP GAMES Act of 2019'', 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on National 
Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy, hearing 
entitled ``How America Leads Abroad: An Examination of Multilateral 
Development Institutions'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  November 13, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 2445, the ``Self-
Employed Mortgage Act''; H.R. 3490, the ``Small Business Lending 
Fairness Act''; H.R. 3948, the ``Debt Collection Practices 
Harmonization Act''; H.R. 4403, the ``Stop Debt Collection Abuse 
Act''; H.R. 5021, the ``Ending Debt Collection Harassment Act of 
2019''; H.R. 2398, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 
and title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the HUD-
VASH program, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit 
annual reports to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate 
and House of Representatives regarding homeless veterans, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 5003, the ``Fair Debt Collection Practices for 
Servicemembers Act''; H.R. 5001, the ``Non-

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Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act''; and H.R. 
5013, the ``Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act'', 2 
p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, 
Energy, and the Environment, hearing entitled ``Democracy and the 
NATO Alliance: Upholding our Shared Democratic Values'', 2 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, markup on H.J. Res. 
79, removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights 
amendment, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law, 
hearing entitled ``Online Platforms and Market Power, Part 4: 
Perspectives of the Antitrust Agencies'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee for Indigenous 
Peoples of the United States, hearing on H.R. 4957, the ``Native 
American Child Protection Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, hearing 
entitled ``Roads to Ruin: Examining the Impacts of Removing National 
Forest Roadless Protections'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, Full Committee, continue hearing on H.R. 4863, 
the ``United States Export Finance Agency Act of 2019'', 3 p.m., H-
313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Strengthening Transparency or Silencing Science? 
The Future of Science in EPA Rulemaking'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing entitled ``Keeping 
Our Sights on Mars Part 2: Structuring a Moon-Mars Program for 
Success'', 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Upskilling the Medical Workforce: Opportunities in Health 
Innovation'', 11:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, hearing entitled 
``Amtrak Now and Into the Future'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and 
Emergency Management, hearing entitled ``Review of Smithsonian 
Institution Current Facilities and Future Space Needs'', 2 p.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Hijacking our Heroes: Exploiting Veterans through Disinformation 
on Social Media'', 2 p.m., HVC-210.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Impeachment Inquiry: Ambassador William B. Taylor 
and Mr. George Kent'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine the economic 
outlook, 11 a.m., SH-216.