[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 184 (Monday, November 18, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1262-D1265]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                      Week of November 19 through 
                           November 22, 2019

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Robert J. Luck, of Florida, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Eleventh Circuit, post-cloture, and vote on confirmation of the 
nomination at 2:15 p.m.
   Following disposition of the nomination of Robert J. Luck, Senate 
will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Barbara 
Lagoa, of Florida, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh 
Circuit.
  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 Appropriations: November 21, Subcommittee on 
Financial Services and General Government, to hold an oversight 
hearing examine the Federal Communications Commission, focusing on 
the spectrum auctions program, 11 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: November 20, Subcommittee on 
Readiness and Management Support, to hold hearings to examine the 
Department of Defense audit, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  November 20, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, to hold closed 
hearings to examine implementation of the 2018 Department of Defense 
Cyber Strategy, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.
  November 20, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, to 
hold hearings to examine biological threats to United States 
national security, 3 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: November 20, 
business meeting to consider S. 2877, to reauthorize the Terrorism 
Risk Insurance Act of 2002; to be immediately followed by hearings 
to examine the nominations of Mitchell A. Silk, of New York, to be 
an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Brian D. Montgomery, of 
Texas, to be Deputy Secretary, and David Carey Woll, Jr., of 
Connecticut, and John Bobbitt, of Texas, both to be an Assistant 
Secretary, all of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
and Peter J. Coniglio, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Export-
Import, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: November 20, 
to hold hearings to examine highly automated vehicles, focusing on 
Federal perspectives on the deployment of safety technology, 10 
a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: November 19, 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

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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 of 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and Katharine MacGregor, 
of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior, 10 a.m., 
SD-366.
  November 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Federal 
payments to local governments provided through the Secure Rural 
Schools and Payments in Lieu of Taxes programs, including S. 430, to 
extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act 
of 2000, S. 1643, to amend title 36, United States Code, to grant a 
Federal charter to the Forest and Refuge County Foundation, to 
provide for the establishment of the Natural Resources Permanent 
Fund, and S. 2108, to amend section 6903 of title 31, United States 
Code, to provide for additional population tiers, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: November 19, 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.
  November 20, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Sean O'Donnell, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 9:35 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: November 20, Subcommittee on Health Care, to 
hold hearings to examine Alzheimer's awareness, focusing on barriers 
to diagnosis, treatment, and care coordination, 2 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: November 20, to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of Stephen E. Biegun, of Michigan, to be 
Deputy Secretary of State, 10:15 a.m., SD-419.
  November 20, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Roxanne Cabral, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of the Marshall Islands, Carmen G. Cantor, of Puerto Rico, 
to be Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia, Kelley 
Eckels Currie, of Georgia, to be Ambassador at Large for Global 
Women's Issues, Kelly C. Degnan, of California, to be Ambassador to 
Georgia, Michael George DeSombre, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to 
the Kingdom of Thailand, David T. Fischer, of Michigan, to be 
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco, Robert S. Gilchrist, of 
Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania, Peter M. 
Haymond, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Lao People's 
Democratic Republic, Sung Y. Kim, of California, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Indonesia, Yuri Kim, of Guam, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Albania, Alina L. Romanowski, of Illinois, to be 
Ambassador to the State of Kuwait, John Joseph Sullivan, of 
Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Russian Federation, Morse H. Tan, 
of Illinois, to be Ambassador at Large for Global Criminal Justice, 
and Leslie Meredith Tsou, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Sultanate of Oman, all of the Department of State, Andeliz N. 
Castillo, of New York, to be United States Alternate Executive 
Director of the Inter-American Development Bank, Alma L. Golden, of 
Texas, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development, and a routine list in the Foreign 
Service, 2 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  November 20, Subcommittee on Multilateral International 
Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, 
Energy, and Environmental Policy, to hold hearings to examine 
challenges and opportunities for advancing United States interests 
in the United Nations system, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: November 20, 
to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Stephen Hahn, of 
Texas, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health 
and Human Services, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: November 
19, 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 Indian Affairs: November 20, business meeting to 
consider S. 227, to direct the Attorney General to review, revise, 
and develop law enforcement and justice protocols appropriate to 
address missing and murdered Indians, and S. 982, to increase 
intergovernmental coordination to identify and combat violent crime 
within Indian lands and of Indians; to be immediately followed by an 
oversight hearing to examine honoring a nation's promise to Native 
veterans, including S. 1001, to amend the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act to allow the Indian Health Service to cover the cost 
of a copayment of an Indian or Alaska Native veteran receiving 
medical care or services from the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
and S. 2365, to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to 
authorize urban Indian organizations to enter into arrangements for 
the sharing of medical services and facilities, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: November 19, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine the Federal Bureau of Prisons, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  November 21, Full Committee, 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.

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  Select Committee on Intelligence: November 19, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  November 21, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, November 20, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Water Development, and Related Agencies, hearing entitled ``The 
Department of Energy's Role in Addressing Climate Change'', 10 a.m., 
2362-B Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, November 20, Subcommittee on 
Intelligence and Emerging Threats and Capabilities, hearing entitled 
``Climate Change in the Era of Strategic Competition'', 2 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  November 21, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing entitled ``The 
Department of Defense Organic Industrial Base: Challenges, Solutions 
and Readiness Impacts'', 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, November 20, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Reexamining the Economic Costs of Debt'', 10 a.m., 210 
Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, November 20, Subcommittee on 
Higher Education and Workforce Investment, hearing entitled 
``Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Labor Department's 
Apprenticeship Program'', 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, November 20, Subcommittee on 
Environment and Climate Change, hearing entitled ``Building a 100 
Percent Clean Economy: The Challenges Facing Frontline 
Communities'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, November 20, Subcommittee on 
Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions, hearing entitled 
``An Examination of Regulators' Efforts to Preserve and Promote 
Minority Depository Institutions'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  November 20, Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development, and 
Insurance, hearing entitled ``Safe and Decent? Examining the Current 
State of Residents' Health and Safety in HUD Housing'', 2 p.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  November 21, Task Force on Financial Technology, hearing entitled 
``Banking on Your Data: The Role of Big Data in Financial 
Services'', 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, November 20, Full Committee, 
markup on A Resolution Offered by Chairman Bennie G. Thompson 
Authorizing Issuance of Subpoena on documents related to U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection Operations, 10 a.m., 310 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, November 21, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Member Day: Committee on House Administration'', 
8:30 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, November 20, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 5038, the ``Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019''; H.R. 
3884, the ``Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act 
of 2019''; legislation on the Satellite Television Community 
Protection and Promotion Act of 2019; H.R. 3991, the ``Affordable 
Prescriptions for Patients Through Improvements to Patent Litigation 
Act of 2019''; and legislation on the Affordable Prescriptions for 
Patients Through Promoting Competition Act of 2019, 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, November 20, Full Committee, 
markup on H.R. 1708, the ``Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation 
Act''; H.R. 2199, the ``Central Coast Heritage Protection Act''; 
H.R. 2215, the ``San Gabriel Mountains Foothills and Rivers 
Protection Act''; H.R. 2250, the ``Northwest California Wilderness, 
Recreation, and Working Forests Act''; H.R. 2546, the ``Colorado 
Wilderness Act of 2019''; H.R. 2642, the ``Wild Olympics Wilderness 
and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act''; H.R. 2854, the ``Protect Our 
Refuges Act of 2019''; and S. 216, the ``Spokane Tribe of Indians of 
the Spokane Reservation Equitable Compensation Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, November 20, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Fighting Flu, Saving Lives: Vaccine 
Science and Innovation'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  November 20, Subcommittee on Environment, hearing entitled ``A 
Task of EPIC Proportions: Reclaiming U.S. Leadership in Weather 
Modeling and Prediction'', 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, November 20, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 5078, the ``Prison to Proprietorship Act''; H.R. 5065, the 
``Prison to Proprietorship for Formerly Incarcerated Act''; 
legislation on the Capturing All Small Businesses Act of 2019; and 
legislation on the Unlocking Opportunities for Small Businesses Act 
of 2019, 11:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, November 20, Full 
Committee, markup on H.R. 5120, the ``SAFER Pipelines Act of 2019''; 
H.R. 5047, to require the Administrator of General Services to 
conduct an annual audit of properties leased to private parties, and 
for other purposes; legislation on the Stop Sexual Assault and 
Harassment in Transportation Act; and H.R. 5119, to amend title 49, 
United States Code, to require certain air carriers to provide 
reports with respect to maintenance, preventative maintenance, or 
alterations, and for other purposes, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, November 20, Full Committee, 
hearing on H.R. 3495 and legislation to establish a pilot program 
for the issuance of grants to eligible entities, 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  November 20, Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, hearing 
entitled ``Go-Live March 2020: The Status of EHRM Readiness'', 2 
p.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on Ways and Means, November 20, Subcommittee on Trade, 
hearing entitled ``U.S.-Japan Trade Agreements'', 10 a.m., 2020 
Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, November 20, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Impeachment Inquiry: Ambassador 
Sondland'', 9 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  November 20, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Impeachment 
Inquiry: Ms. Cooper and Mr. Hale'', 2:30 p.m., 1100 Longworth.

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  November 21, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Impeachment 
Inquiry: Dr. Hill and Mr. Holmes'', 9 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, November 20, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Creating a Climate Resilient America: 
Reducing Risks and Costs'', 1:30 p.m., 1334 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: November 20, to hold hearings to examine 
connecting more people to work, 2:15 p.m., SD-106.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: November 19, 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.
  November 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Russian 
influence in Belarus, 10 a.m., 2200, Rayburn Building.