[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 197 (Tuesday, December 10, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1348]
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 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported 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 
Bank.
SEC OVERIGHT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine the Securities and Exchange Commission, 
including S. 945, to amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to require 
certain issuers to disclose to the Securities and Exchange Commission 
information regarding foreign jurisdictions that prevent the Public 
Company Accounting Oversight Board from performing inspections under 
that Act, after receiving testimony from Jay Clayton, Chairman, 
Securities and Exchange Commission.
IMO 2020 MARINE SULFUR STANDARD
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the upcoming implementation of the International 
Maritime Organization's new global sulfur standard for marine fuels, 
which is set to take effect on January 1, 2020, after receiving 
testimony from Linda Capuano, Administrator, Energy Information Agency, 
Department of Energy; and John W. Butler, World Shipping Council, 
Derrick Morgan, American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, Neelesh 
Nerurkar, ClearView Energy Partners, LLC, and Jamie Webster, Boston 
Consulting Group, all of Washington, D.C.
ENCRYPTION AND LAWFUL ACCESS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
encryption and lawful access, focusing on evaluating benefits and risks 
to public safety and privacy, after receiving testimony from Cyrus R. 
Vance, Jr., New York County District Attorney, New York, New York; Matt 
Tait, University of Texas Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, 
Austin; Erik Neuenschwander, Apple Inc., Cupertino, California; and Jay 
Sullivan, Facebook, Menlo Park, California.
U.S. COPYRIGHT OFFICE OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Intellectual Property 
concluded an oversight hearing to examine modernization of the United 
States Copyright Office, after receiving testimony from Carla Hayden, 
Librarian of Congress, and Bernard A. Barton, Jr., Chief Information 
Officer, both of the Library of Congress; and Jody A. Harry, Chief 
Financial Officer and Acting Chief of Operations, United States 
Copyright Office.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
   Committee recessed subject to the call.