[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 185 (Tuesday, November 19, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1273-D1275]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           NOVEMBER 20, 2019

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and 
Management Support, to hold hearings to examine the Department of 
Defense audit, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, to hold closed hearings to examine 
implementation of the 2018 Department of Defense Cyber Strategy, 
2:30 p.m., SVC-217.
  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: 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: 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 Environment and Public Works: 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: 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: 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.
  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 routine lists in the Foreign Service, 2 p.m., S-
116, Capitol.
  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: to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Stephen

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Hahn, of Texas, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of 
Health and Human Services, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: 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.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, 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 the Budget, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Reexamining the Economic Costs of Debt'', 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Higher Education 
and Workforce Investment, hearing entitled ``Examining the Policies 
and Priorities of the Labor Department's Apprenticeship Program'', 1 
p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Environment and 
Climate Change, hearing entitled ``Building a 100 Percent Clean 
Economy: The Challenges Facing Frontline Communities'', 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Full Committee, continue 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'', 11 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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.
  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.
  Committee on Homeland Security, 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 the Judiciary, 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''; 
H.R. 5140, 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 H.R. 5133, the ``Affordable Prescriptions for Patients 
Through Promoting Competition Act of 2019'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, 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, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Fighting Flu, Saving Lives: Vaccine Science and 
Innovation'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  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, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 5078, 
the ``Prison to Proprietorship Act''; H.R. 5065, the ``Prison to 
Proprietorship for Formerly Incarcerated Act''; H.R. 5130, the 
``Capturing All Small Businesses Act of 2019''; and H.R. 5146, the 
``Unlocking Opportunities for Small Businesses Act of 2019'', 11:30 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Full Committee, 
business meeting on adoption of Subcommittee Membership assignments; 
and 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; H.R. 5139, the ``Stop Sexual Assault and

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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, 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.
  Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, hearing entitled ``Go-
Live March 2020: The Status of EHRM Readiness'', 1:30 p.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing 
entitled ``U.S.-Japan Trade Agreements'', 10 a.m., 2020 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Impeachment Inquiry: Ambassador Sondland'', 9 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Impeachment Inquiry: Ms. Cooper 
and Mr. Hale'', 2:30 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Creating a Climate Resilient America: Reducing Risks and 
Costs'', 1:30 p.m., 1334 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

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