[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 203 (Monday, December 16, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1386-D1387]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                      Week of December 17 through 
                           December 20, 2019

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the conference 
report to accompany S. 1790, National Defense Authorization Act, post-
cloture, and vote on adoption of the conference report to accompany the 
bill at 11:45 a.m.
  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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: December 17, 
business meeting to consider S. 2695, to authorize the Secretary of 
Agriculture to provide for the defense of United States agriculture 
and food through the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, and an 
original bill to release a federal reversionary interest in Chester 
County, Tennessee, to manage certain Federal land in Bath County, 
Virginia, 10:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: December 17, to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Lanny Erdos, of Ohio, to be 
Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 
Enforcement, Department of the Interior, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  December 19, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
impacts of wildfire on electric grid reliability and efforts to 
mitigate wildfire risk and increase grid resiliency, 9:30 a.m., SD-
366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: December 17, business 
meeting to consider S. 3051, to improve protections for wildlife, 
the nomination of Robert J. Feitel, of Maryland, to be Inspector 
General, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and 19 General Services 
Administration resolutions, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: December 17, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of John Hennessey-Niland, of Illinois, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Palau, Dorothy Shea, of North 
Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Lebanese Republic, Todd C. 
Chapman, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Federative Republic of 
Brazil, and Donald Wright, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
United Republic of Tanzania, all of the Department of State, and 
other pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  December 18, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 482, 
to strengthen the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, to combat 
international cybercrime, and to impose additional sanctions with 
respect to the Russian Federation, and other pending calendar 
business, 9:30 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: December 
17, business meeting to consider the nomination of Paul J. Ray, of 
Tennessee, to be Administrator of the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 9:30 a.m., SD-
342.
  December 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act report, focusing on methodology, 
scope, and findings, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: December 17, to hold hearings to 
examine tackling the opioid crisis, focusing on a whole-of-
government approach, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: December 18, 
business meeting to consider the nomination of Jovita Carranza, of 
Illinois, to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration, 
Time to be announced, Room to be announced.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: December 18, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 10 a.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Education and Labor, December 18, Subcommittee on 
Higher Education and Workforce Investment, hearing entitled ``The 
Future of Work: Ensuring Workers are Competitive in a Rapidly 
Changing Economy, 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, December 18, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 3373, the ``Office of International Disability Rights Act''; 
H.R. 5338, the ``Global Hope Act''; S. 1340, the ``Ebola Eradication 
Act of 2019''; H.R. 4864, the ``Global Child Thrive Act of 2019''; 
H.R. 4508, the ``Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act''; H. Res. 752, 
supporting the rights of the people of Iran to free expression, 
condemning the Iranian regime for its crackdown on legitimate 
protests, and for other purposes; H.R. 2343, the ``Peace and 
Tolerance in Palestinian Education Act''; H. Res. 754, expressing 
the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States 
should continue to support the people of Nicaragua in their peaceful 
efforts to promote democracy and human rights, and use the tools 
under United States law to increase political and financial pressure 
on the government of Daniel Ortega; H.R. 630, the ``Counterterrorism 
Screening and Assistance Act of 2019''; H.R. 3843, the ``Countering 
Russian and Other Overseas Kleptocracy Act''; H.R. 2529, the 
``Richard G. Lugar and Ellen O. Tauscher Act to Maintain Limits on 
Russian Nuclear Forces''; H.R. 2444, the ``Eastern European Security 
Act''; H.R. 4331, the ``Tibetan Policy and Support Act of 2019''; 
and H.R. 3571, the ``City and State Diplomacy Act'', 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, December 19, Full Committee, 
markup on H.R. 2575, the ``AI in Government Act of 2019''; H.R. 
3830, the ``Taxpayers Right-to-Know Act''; H.R. 3883, the ``Restore 
the Partnership Act''; H.R. 3941, the ``Federal Risk and 
Authorization Management Program Authorization Act''; H.R. 5214, the 
``Representative Payee Fraud Prevention Act of 2019''; S. 375, the 
``Payment Integrity Information Act

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of 2019''; and postal naming measures, 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  December 19, Full Committee, continue hearing entitled ``H.R. 51: 
Making D.C. the 51st State'', 12 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  December 19, Subcommittee on Environment, hearing entitled 
``Climate Change, Part IV: Current Economic Effects of Climate 
Change and the Costs of Inaction'', 3 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, December 18, 
Subcommittee on Energy, markup on H.R. 2986, the ``BEST Act''; H.R. 
5374, the ``Advanced Geothermal Research and Development Act of 
2019''; and H.R. 5428, the ``Grid Modernization Research and 
Development Act of 2019'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.