[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 181 (Wednesday, November 13, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1237-D1239]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  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, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute;

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  S. 999, to provide for Federal coordination of activities supporting 
sustainable chemistry, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1069, to require the Secretary of 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, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1982, to improve efforts to combat marine debris, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  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, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2346, to improve the Fishery Resource Disaster Relief program of 
the National Marine Fisheries Service, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute;
  S. 2429, to reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 and 
to establish the United States Coral Reef Task Force, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
  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, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  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, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
  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, with an amendment;
  S. 2597, to require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration to make certain operational models available to the 
public, with an amendment;
  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, with an 
amendment;
  S. 2782, to improve provisions of law relating to sexual harassment 
and assault prevention at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration;
  S. 2800, to authorize programs of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2805, to improve transit-oriented development financing, with an 
amendment;
  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'', with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
  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
  A routine list in the Coast Guard.
NUCLEAR POWER
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine preserving and expanding clean, reliable nuclear 
power, focusing on United States commercial nuclear reactor performance 
trends and safety initiatives, after receiving testimony from Peter B. 
Lyons, former Commissioner, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Golden, 
Colorado; Robert F. Willard, Institute of Nuclear Power Operations, 
Atlanta, Georgia; and Edwin Lyman, Union of Concerned Scientists, 
Washington, D.C.
MIGRATION AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine unprecedented migration at the United 
States southern border, focusing on the year in review, after receiving 
testimony from Mark Morgan, Acting Commissioner, Customs and Border 
Protection, Kenneth T.

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Cuccinelli II, Acting Director, Citizenship and Immigration Services, 
and Derek Benner, Acting Deputy Director, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement, all of the Department of Homeland Security; and James 
McHenry, Director, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department 
of Justice.
YOUTH ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE USE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the response to lung illnesses and 
rising youth electronic cigarette use, after receiving testimony from 
Mitch Zeller, Director, Center for Tobacco Products, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Anne Schuchat, Principal Deputy Director, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention, both of the Department of Health 
and Human Services.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing 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, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.