[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 22 (Monday, February 3, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D108-D111]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of February 4 through February 7, 2020

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will meet in joint session with the House of 
Representatives to receive the President's State of the Union message.
  On Wednesday, Senate will continue consideration of the articles of 
impeachment against President Trump.
  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: February 6, to hold hearings to 
examine United States Special Operations Command and United States 
Cyber Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for 
fiscal year 2021 and the Future Years Defense Program, 10 a.m., SD-
G50.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: February 4, 
Subcommittee on Transportation and Safety, to hold hearings to 
examine stakeholder perspectives on trucking in America, 10 a.m., 
SH-216.
  February 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine athlete 
safety and the integrity of U.S. Sport, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: February 5, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the Fish and Wildlife Service, 10 a.m., 
SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: February 5, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Kipp Kranbuhl, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of the Treasury, Sarah C. Arbes, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Jason J. Fichtner, of 
the District of

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Columbia, to be a Member of the Social Security Advisory Board, 10 
a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: February 5, to hold hearings to 
examine the VA MISSION Act, focusing on the implementation of the 
Community Care Network, 9:30 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: February 4, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters; to be immediately followed 
by a closed hearing to examine certain intelligence matters, 9 a.m., 
SH-219.
  February 5, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 10 a.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Armed Services, February 5, Future of Defense Task 
Force, hearing entitled ``Supercharging the Innovation Base'', 9 
a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 5, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing entitled 
``Exceptional Family Member Program--Are the Military Services 
Really Taking Care of Family Members?'', 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 5, Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces; and 
Subcommittee on Readiness, joint hearing entitled ``Update on Navy 
and Marine Corps Readiness in the Pacific in the Aftermath of Recent 
Mishaps'', 2:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Appropriations, February 5, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Water Development, and Related Agencies, hearing entitled 
``Oversight Hearing on DOE's Role in Advancing Biomedical 
Sciences'', 10:30 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  February 5, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, hearing entitled ``Strengthening Community Recycling 
Programs: Challenges and Opportunities'', 1 p.m., 2008 Rayburn.
  February 6, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, hearing entitled ``Non Tribal Public Witness Day'', 9 
a.m., 2008 Rayburn.
  February 6, Subcommittee on Defense, hearing entitled ``U.S. 
Strategic Command'', 11 a.m., H-140 Capitol. This hearing is closed.
  February 6, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, hearing entitled ``Non Tribal Public Witness Day'', 1 
p.m., 2008 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, February 5, Subcommittee on 
Civil Rights and Human Services, hearing entitled ``The Future of 
Work: Protecting Workers' Civil Rights in the Digital Age'', 2 p.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  February 6, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and 
Secondary Education, hearing entitled ``Solving America's Child Care 
Crisis: Supporting Parents, Children, and the Economy'', 10:15 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, February 5, Subcommittee on 
Energy, hearing entitled ``Modernizing the Natural Gas Act to Ensure 
it Works for Everyone'', 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  February 5, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Vaping in America: E-Cigarette Manufacturers' Impact on 
Public Health'', 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  February 6, Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change, 
hearing entitled ``Clearing the Air: Legislation to Promote Carbon 
Capture, Utilization and Storage'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, February 5, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Rent-A-Bank Schemes and New Debt Traps: Assessing 
Efforts to Evade State Consumer Protections and Interest Rate 
Caps'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  February 5, Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development, and 
Insurance, hearing entitled ``A Future Without Public Housing? 
Examining the Trump Administration's Efforts to Eliminate Public 
Housing'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  February 6, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Protecting 
Consumers or Allowing Consumer Abuse? A Semi-Annual Review of the 
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  February 6, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Fake It Till They Make It: How Bad Actors Use 
Astroturfing to Manipulate Regulators, Disenfranchise Consumers and 
Subvert the Rulemaking Process'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, February 5, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Unique Challenges Women Face in Global Health'', 10 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  February 5, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and 
Nonproliferation, hearing entitled ``The Wuhan Coronavirus: 
Assessing the Outbreak, the Response, and Regional Implications'', 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, February 5, Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Maritime Security, hearing entitled ``The 
Northern Northern Border: Homeland Security Priorities in the 
Arctic, Part II'', 10 a.m., 310 Cannon.
  February 6, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``About Face: Examining 
the Department of Homeland Security's Use of Facial Recognition and 
Other Biometric Technologies, Part II'', 10 a.m., 310 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, February 5, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Oversight of the Smithsonian Institution: 
Opportunities for Growth by Honoring Latino Americans and Asian 
Pacific Americans'', 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, February 5, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation'', 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 6, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and 
Civil Liberties, hearing entitled ``Citizens United at 10: The 
Consequences for Democracy and Potential Responses by Congress'', 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, February 5, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Mineral Resources, hearing on H.R. 5598, the ``Boundary Waters 
Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  February 5, Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United 
States, hearing on H.R. 4059, to take certain lands in California 
into trust for the benefit of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla 
Indians, and for other purposes;

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H.R. 4495, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
acting through the Director of the Indian Health Service, to acquire 
private land to facilitate access to the Desert Sage Youth Wellness 
Center in Hemet, California, and for other purposes; H.R. 4888, to 
amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act, and for other purposes; and 
H.R. 5153, the ``Indian Buffalo Management Act'', 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  February 6, Full Committee, markup on a committee resolution 
authorizing issuance of subpoenas related to mismanagement, waste, 
fraud, abuse, and wrongful conduct in relation to functions within 
the jurisdiction of the Committee on Natural Resources, 9 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, February 5, Subcommittee on 
Government Operations, hearing entitled ``A Threat to America's 
Children? The Trump Administration's Proposed Changes to the Poverty 
Line Calculation'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 5, Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, 
hearing entitled ``A Threat to America's Children: The Trump 
Administration's Proposal to Gut Fair Housing Accountability'', 2 
p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 6, Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, hearing 
entitled ``A Threat to America's Children: The Trump 
Administration's Proposed Changes to Broad Based Categorical 
Eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program'', 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 6, Subcommittee on Environment, hearing entitled ``A 
Threat to America's Children: The Trump Administration's Proposal to 
Undermine Protections from Mercury Air Toxics Standards'', 2 p.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, February 5, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 
2474, the ``Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019''; H.R. 
5687, the ``Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster 
Relief and Puerto Rico Disaster Tax Relief Act, 2020''; and H. Res. 
826, expressing disapproval of the Trump administration's harmful 
actions towards Medicaid, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, February 5, 
Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight; and Subcommittee on 
Energy, joint hearing entitled ``Management and Spending Challenges 
within the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  February 5, Subcommittee on Research and Technology, hearing 
entitled ``America's Seed Fund: A Review of SBIR and STTR'', 2 p.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, February 5, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``SBA Management Review: Office of Credit Risk 
Management'', 11:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  February 6, Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture, Trade, 
and Entrepreneurship, hearing entitled ``Taking Care of Business: 
How Childcare is Important for Regional Economies'', 10 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, February 5, 
Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, 
hearing entitled ``Tracking Toward Zero: Improving Grade Crossing 
Safety and Addressing Community Concerns'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  February 6, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing entitled 
``Assessing the Transportation Needs of Tribes, Federal Land 
Management Agencies, and U.S. Territories'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, February 5, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations; and Women Veterans Task Force, joint 
hearing entitled ``Examining How the Department of Veterans Affairs 
Supports Survivors of Military Sexual Trauma'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  February 6, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing on 
pending legislation, 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on Ways and Means, February 5, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing entitled ``More Cures for More Patients: Overcoming 
Pharmaceutical Barriers'', 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  February 6, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing entitled ``Trade 
Infrastructure for Global Competitiveness'', 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Committee on the Climate Crisis, February 5, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Creating a Climate Resilient America: Overcoming 
the Health Risks of the Climate Crisis'', 9 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, February 5, 
Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Article One: Fostering a More 
Deliberative Process in Congress'', 2 p.m., 210 Cannon.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: February 5, to 
hold hearings to examine the power and purpose of parliamentary 
diplomacy, focusing on inter-parliamentary initiatives and the 
United States contribution, 9:30 a.m., 210, Cannon Building.


* These figures include all measures reported, even if there was 
no accompanying report. A total of 21 written reports have been 
filed in the Senate, 19 reports have been filed in the House.

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