[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 19 (Wednesday, January 29, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D93-D94]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine stakeholder perspectives on the importance of the 
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, after receiving 
testimony from Chris Jahn, American Chemistry Council, Washington, 
D.C.; Shakeel H. Kadri, Center for Chemical Process Safety, New York, 
New York, on behalf of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers; 
and Steve Sallman, United Steelworkers, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 785, to improve mental health care provided by the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2336, to improve the management of information technology projects 
and investments of the Department of Veterans Affairs;
  S. 2864, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a 
pilot program on information sharing between the Department of Veterans 
Affairs and designated relatives and friends of veterans regarding the 
assistance and benefits available to the veterans, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute;
  S. 524, to establish the Department of Veterans Affairs Advisory 
Committee on Tribal and Indian Affairs;
  S. 2594, to amend title 5, United States Code, to modify certain 
requirements with respect to service and retirement for the purposes of 
veterans' preference for Federal hiring;
  S. 850, to extend the authorization of appropriations to the 
Department of Veterans Affairs for purposes of awarding grants to 
veterans service organizations for the transportation of highly rural 
veterans, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 3110, to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to 
conduct a study on disability and pension benefits provided to members 
of the National Guard and members of reserve components of the Armed 
Forces by the Department of Veterans Affairs;
  S. 123, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into a 
contract or other agreement with a third party to review appointees in 
the Veterans Health Administration who had a license terminated for 
cause by a State licensing board for care or services rendered at a 
non-Veterans Health Administration facility and to provide individuals 
treated by such an appointee with notice if it is determined that an 
episode of care or services to which they received was below the 
standard of care;
  S. 450, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a 
pilot program to expedite the onboarding process for new medical 
providers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to reduce the duration 
of the hiring process for such medical providers, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute;
  S. 3182, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out the 
Women's Health Transition Training pilot program through at least 
fiscal year 2020, with an amendment; and
  The nomination of Grant C. Jaquith, of New York, to be a Judge of the 
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.

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INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.
SOCIAL SECURITY IMPERSONATION SCAM
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
protecting seniors from the Social Security Impersonation Scam, after 
receiving testimony from Andrew Saul, Commissioner, and Gail S. Ennis, 
Inspector General, both of the Social Security Administration; Justin 
Groshon, Saco Social Security Office, Saco, Maine, on behalf of the 
National Council of Social Security Management Associations; Nora Dowd 
Eisenhower, Mayor's Commission on Aging, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 
and Machel Andersen, Ogden, Utah.