[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 181 (Wednesday, November 13, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1242-D1243]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           NOVEMBER 14, 2019

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of Dan R. Brouillette, of Texas, to be 
Secretary of Energy, 10:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Peter Gaynor, of Rhode Island, 
to be Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
Department of Homeland Security, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Patrick J. Bumatay, of California, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Lawrence VanDyke, of 
Nevada, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, 
Philip M. Halpern, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of New York, Bernard Maurice Jones II, to be 
United States District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma, 
and Barbara Bailey Jongbloed, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Connecticut, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine the Smithsonian Institution; to be immediately 
followed by a hearing to examine the nomination of Hugh Nathanial 
Halpern, of Virginia, to be Director of the Government Publishing 
Office, 10 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: to hold hearings 
to examine noncompete agreements and American workers, 10 a.m., SR-
428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.

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                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign 
Agriculture, hearing entitled ``Safeguarding American Agriculture 
from Wild, Invasive, and Non-Native Species'', 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Military 
Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, hearing 
entitled ``Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection's 
Failures at VA'', 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The 
Economic Outlook: The View from the Federal Reserve'', 10 a.m., 210 
Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Consumer 
Protection and Commerce, markup on H.R. 3851, the ``Travel 
Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization Act of 2019''; and H.R. 
4779, to extend the Undertaking Spam, Spyware, And Fraud Enforcement 
With Enforcers beyond Borders Act of 2006, and for other purposes, 
9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hearing entitled 
H.R. 4229, the ``Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological 
Availability Act''; H.R. 4227, the ``Mapping Accuracy Promotes 
Services Act''; H.R. 5000, the ``Studying How to Harness Airwave 
Resources Efficiently Act of 2019''; H.R. 4998, the ``Secure and 
Trusted Communications Networks Act''; H.R. 4461, the ``Network 
Security Information Sharing Act of 2019''; H.R. 2881, the ``Secure 
5G and Beyond Act of 2019''; H.R. 4500, the ``Promoting United 
States Wireless Leadership Act of 2019''; H. Res. 575, expressing 
the sense of the House of Representatives that all stakeholders in 
the deployment of 5G communications infrastructure should carefully 
consider and adhere to the recommendation of ``The Prague 
Proposals''; and H.R. 5035, the ``Television Viewer Protection 
Act'', 11:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, continue 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-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification 
Act''; and H.R. 5013, the ``Small Business Fair Debt Collection 
Protection Act'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global 
Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, 
hearing entitled ``The U.S. Policy in the Sahel Region'', 2 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``The Administration of Bail by 
State and Federal Courts: A Call for Reform'', 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, 
hearing entitled ``Examining the Use of ``Snap'' Removals to 
Circumvent the Forum Defendant Rule'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, hearing on H.R. 4248, the ``Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act Amendments of 2019'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife, hearing entitled 
``Oversight of NOAA's Report on Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated 
Fishing'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Examining State Efforts to Undermine Access to 
Reproductive Health Care'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, 
markup on H.R. 4979, the ``Rural STEM Education Act''; H.R. 4704, 
the ``Advancing Research to Prevent Suicide Act''; and H.R. 4990, 
the ``Election Technology Research Act'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy, hearing entitled ``Water and Geothermal 
Power: Unearthing the Next Wave of Energy Innovation'', 2 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Rural Development, 
Agriculture, Trade, and Entrepreneurship, hearing entitled 
``Assessing the Government's Role in Serving Rural American Small 
Businesses (Part One)'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Full Committee, hearing entitled ``A Fair Playing Field? 
Investigating Big Tech's Impact on Small Business'', 1 p.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing entitled 
``Commercial and Passenger Vessel Safety: Challenges and 
Opportunities'', 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Technology 
Modernization, hearing entitled ``Cybersecurity Challenges and Cyber 
Risk Management at the Department of Veterans Affairs'', 10 a.m., 
HVC-210.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Caring for Aging Americans'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Member Day'', 1:30 p.m., 1300 Longworth.