[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 184 (Monday, November 18, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1260-D1262]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                            NOVEMBER 19, 2019

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider S. 242, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to release 
reversionary and reserved interests in certain land in the Coconino 
National Forest in the State of Arizona, S. 258, to prohibit oil and 
gas leasing on the National Forest System land in the Ruby Mountains 
Ranger District located in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, 
Elko and White Pine Counties, Nevada, S. 500, to amend title 54, 
United States Code, to establish, fund, and provide for the use of 
amounts in a National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund to 
address the maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, 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. 1079, to provide for the withdrawal and 
protection of certain Federal land in the State of New Mexico, S. 
1081, to amend title 54, United States Code, to provide permanent, 
dedicated funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, S. 1262, 
to designate certain land administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management and the Forest Service in the State of Oregon as 
wilderness and national recreation areas, to withdraw certain land 
located in Curry County and Josephine County, Oregon, from all forms 
of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, 
location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and operation 
under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, S. 1739, to 
enable projects that will aid in the development and delivery of 
related instruction associated with apprenticeship and 
preapprenticeship programs that are focused on serving the skilled 
technical workforce at the National Laboratories and certain 
facilities of the National Nuclear Security Administration, S. 2368, 
to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 to support licensing and relicensing of certain nuclear 
facilities and nuclear energy research, demonstration, and 
development, 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, 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. 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, S. 2714, to amend the America 
COMPETES Act to reauthorize the ARPA-E program, S. 2799, to require 
the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of the Interior to 
establish a joint Nexus of Energy and Water Sustainability Office, 
and the nominations of Dan R. Brouillette, of Texas, to be Secretary 
of Energy, James P. Danly, of Tennessee, to be a Member

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of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and Katharine 
MacGregor, of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior, 
10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine S. 1087, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
make changes with respect to water quality certification, and state 
perspectives on other potential reforms to the implementation of 
Section 401 of the Clean Water Act, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to examine securing 
the United States research enterprise from China's talent 
recruitment plans, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Federal Bureau of Prisons, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, 
Energy and Credit, hearing entitled ``Review of Credit Conditions: 
Report from the Farm Credit Administration (FCA)'', 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Department Operations, hearing 
entitled ``Review of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil 
Rights'', 2 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Full Committee, markup on 
legislation on the Safe, Accountable, Fair, and Environmentally 
Responsible Pipeline Act of 2019; 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''; H.R. 1603, the 
``Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2019''; H.R. 535, the 
``PFAS Action Act of 2019''; H.R. 2699, the ``Nuclear Waste Policy 
Amendments Act of 2019''; H.R. 3851, the ``Brand USA Extension 
Act''; H.R. 4779, to extend the Undertaking Spam, Spyware, And Fraud 
Enforcement With Enforcers beyond Borders Act of 2006, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 4229, the ``Broadband Deployment Accuracy and 
Technological Availability Act''; H.R. 4227, the ``Mapping Accuracy 
Promotes Services Act''; H.R. 5000, the ``SHARE Act''; 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'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``America for Sale? An Examination of the Practices of Private 
Funds'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global 
Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, 
hearing entitled ``FY2020 Budget and U.S.-Africa Relations'', 10 
a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment, 
hearing entitled ``The Importance of the Open Skies Treaty'', 10 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and International 
Terrorism, hearing entitled ``What's Next for Lebanon? Examining the 
Implications of Current Protests'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border Security, 
Facilitation, and Operations, hearing entitled ``Examining the Human 
Rights and Legal Implications of DHS `Remain in Mexico' Policy'', 10 
a.m., 310 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and 
Innovation, hearing entitled ``The Road to 2020: Defending Against 
Election Interference'', 2 p.m., 310 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual 
Property, and the Internet, hearing entitled ``The Patent Trial and 
Appeal Board and the Appointments Clause: Implications of Recent 
Court Decisions'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee for Indigenous 
Peoples of the United States, hearing entitled ``Reviewing the 
Broken Promises Report: Examining the Chronic Federal Funding 
Shortfalls in Indian Country'', 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, Subcommittee on Environment, 
hearing entitled ``Toxic, Forever Chemicals: A Call for Immediate 
Federal Action on PFAS'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, hearing entitled ``The Defense 
POW/MIA Accounting Agency: Bringing Our Nation's Heroes Home'', 2 
p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 1309, the 
``Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service 
Workers Act'', 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Contracting and 
Infrastructure, hearing entitled ``Smart Construction: Increasing 
Opportunities for Small Businesses in Infrastructure'', 10 a.m., 
2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, hearing entitled ``Concepts for the 
Next Water Resources Development Act: Promoting Resiliency of our 
Nation's Water Resources Infrastructure'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, hearing entitled ``Further Examining Forever GI Bill 
Implementation Efforts'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Impeachment Inquiry: Ms. Williams and Lt. Col. 
Vindman'', 9 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Impeachment Inquiry: Ambassador 
Volker and Mr. Morrison'', 2:30 p.m., 1100 Longworth.

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                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold a joint 
hearing with the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on 
Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment to examine the 
importance of the Open Skies Treaty, 10 a.m., 2172, Rayburn 
Building.