[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 7 (Monday, January 13, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D40-D41]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of January 14 through January 17, 2020

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Peter Gaynor, of Rhode Island, to be Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, post-
cloture, and vote on confirmation of the nomination at 11:30 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 Armed Services: January 16, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of James E. McPherson, of Virginia, to be 
Under Secretary of the Army, and Charles Williams, of Missouri, to 
be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy, both of the Department of 
Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on the Budget: January 14, business meeting to markup 
H.R. 5430, to implement the Agreement between the United States of 
America, the United Mexican States, and Canada attached as an Annex 
to the Protocol Replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement, 
10:30 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: January 15, 
business meeting to consider H.R. 5430, to implement the Agreement 
between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and 
Canada attached as an Annex to the Protocol Replacing the North 
American Free Trade Agreement; to be immediately followed by a 
hearing to examine industries of the future, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: January 14, business 
meeting to consider H.R. 5430, to implement the Agreement between 
the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada 
attached as an Annex to the Protocol Replacing the North American 
Free Trade Agreement, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  January 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine an update 
on implementation of the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization 
Act, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: January 15, to receive a closed 
briefing on United States-Iran policy and authorities for the use of 
force, 10 a.m., SVC-217.
  January 16, Full Committee, business meeting to consider H.R. 
5430, to implement the Agreement between the United States of 
America, the United Mexican States, and Canada attached as an Annex 
to the Protocol Replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement, 
the nominations of Todd C. Chapman, of Texas, to be Ambassador to 
the Federative Republic of Brazil, 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, and 
Donald Wright, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the United Republic 
of Tanzania, all of the Department of State, and other pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: January 15, 
business meeting to consider H.R. 5430, to implement the Agreement 
between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and 
Canada attached as an Annex to the Protocol Replacing the North 
American Free Trade Agreement, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: January 16, business meeting to 
consider the nominations of Andrew Lynn Brasher, of Alabama, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, John Charles 
Hinderaker, and Scott H. Rash, both to be a United States District 
Judge for the District of Arizona, Joshua M. Kindred, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Alaska, Matthew Thomas 
Schelp, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Missouri, Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha, Stanley Blumenfeld, and Mark 
C. Scarsi, each to be a United States District Judge for the Central 
District of California, Stephen A. Vaden, of Tennessee, to be a 
Judge of the United States Court of International Trade, and Grace 
Karaffa Obermann, and Stephen Sidney Schwartz, both of Virginia, 
both to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: January 14, closed business 
meeting to consider pending intelligence matters; to be immediately 
followed by a closed hearing to examine certain intelligence 
matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Armed Services, January 15, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``DOD's Role in Competing with China'', 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, January 15, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Why Federal Investments Matter: Stability from Congress 
to State Capitals'', 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, January 15, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearing entitled ``Cannabis Policies for the New Decade'', 
10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  January 15, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hearing 
entitled ``Lifting Voices: Legislation to Promote Media Marketplace 
Diversity'', 10:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, January 15, Subcommittee on 
National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy, 
hearing entitled ``A Persistent and Evolving Threat: An Examination 
of the Financing of Domestic Terrorism and Extremism'', 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  January 15, Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, 
and Capital Markets, hearing entitled ``Overseeing the Standard 
Setters: An Examination of the Financial Accounting Standards Board 
and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board'', 2 p.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, January 15, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``U.S. Lessons Learned in Afghanistan'', 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  January 15, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Civilian 
Security, and Trade, hearing entitled

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``Strengthening Security and the Rule of Law in Mexico'', 2 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, January 15, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``U.S.-Iran Tensions: Implications for Homeland 
Security'', 10 a.m., 310 Cannon.
  January 15, Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism, 
hearing entitled ``Confronting the Rise in Anti-Semitic Domestic 
Terrorism'', 2 p.m., 310 Cannon.
  Committee on Natural Resources, January 15, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 306, the ``Kettle Creek Battlefield Study Act''; H.R. 496, 
the ``Sinkhole Mapping Act of 2019''; H.R. 895, the ``Tribal School 
Federal Insurance Parity Act''; H.R. 1702, the ``Free Veterans from 
Fees Act''; H.R. 2640, the ``Buffalo Tract Protection Act''; H.R. 
3068, the ``Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act''; H.R. 3160, the 
``Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act''; H.R. 3465, the 
``Fallen Journalists Memorial Act of 2019''; H.R. 4248, the 
``Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Amendments of 2019''; 
H.R. 5552, the ``Migratory Bird Protection Act of 2020'', 10 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, January 15, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Facial Recognition Technology (Part III): 
Ensuring Commercial Transparency and Accuracy'', 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, January 15, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``An Update on the Climate Crisis: From 
Science to Solutions'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  January 15, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing entitled ``The 
Department of Energy's Office of Science: Exploring the Next 
Frontiers in Energy Research and Scientific Discovery'', 2 p.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, January 15, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Enhancing Patent Diversity for America's Innovators'', 
11:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, January 15, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing entitled ``Oversight of Working 
Conditions for Airline Ground Workers'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.