[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 36 (Monday, February 24, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D180-D183]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of February 25 through February 28, 2020

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Robert Anthony Molloy, to be

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Judge for the District Court of the Virgin Islands, post-cloture, and 
vote on confirmation of the nomination at 11:30 a.m.
  Following disposition of the nomination of Robert Anthony Molloy, 
Senate will vote on the motions to invoke cloture on the nominations of 
Silvia Carreno-Coll, of Puerto Rico, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Puerto Rico, and Katharine MacGregor, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior.
  At 3:30 p.m., Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the 
motion to proceed to consideration of S. 3275, to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to protect pain-capable unborn children, and the 
motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of 
S. 311, to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a health 
care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in 
the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion, 
followed by votes on the confirmation of the nominations of Silvia 
Carreno-Coll and Katharine MacGregor, and on the motion to invoke 
cloture on the nomination of Travis Greaves, of the District of 
Columbia, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court.
  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 Appropriations: February 25, Subcommittee on 
Department of Homeland Security, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2021 for 
the Department of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for 
fiscal year 2021 for the Department of Health and Human Services, 
10:30 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: February 25, to hold hearings to 
examine United States European Command and United States 
Transportation Command in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for Fiscal Year 2021 and the Future Years Defense Program, 
9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  February 25, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on 
United States European Command and United States Transportation 
Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal 
Year 2021 and the Future Years Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: February 25, to 
hold hearings to examine surface transportation reauthorization, 
focusing on public transportation stakeholders' perspectives, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 25, to hold 
hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for 
fiscal year 2021 for the Forest Service, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: February 25, Subcommittee on East 
Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy, to hold 
hearings to examine North Korea policy one year after Hanoi, 2:15 
p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: February 25, to hold hearings to 
examine rule by district judge, focusing on the challenges of 
universal injunctions, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: February 25, to hold a joint 
hearing with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the 
legislative presentation of the Disabled American Veterans, 2 p.m., 
SD-G50.
  February 26, Full Committee, to hold a joint hearing with the 
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative 
presentation of multiple veterans service organizations, 2 p.m., SD-
G50.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: February 25, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, February 26, Subcommittee on 
Conservation and Forestry, hearing entitled ``Innovative Wood 
Products: Promoting Rural Economies and Healthy Forests'', 10 a.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, February 26, Subcommittee on the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and 
Related Agencies, budget hearing on the Department of Health and 
Human Services, 9:30 a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on the Department of Homeland Security, 
budget hearing on the Department of Homeland Security, 10:30 a.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, budget hearing on the Judiciary Department, 2 p.m., 
2362-A Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on the Department of Homeland Security, 
hearing entitled ``Member Day'', 2:30 p.m., 2008 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on the Department of Homeland Security, 
budget hearing on the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 9:30 a.m., 
2008 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, budget hearing on 
the Department of Education, 10 a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on the Departments of Transportation, 
and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, budget 
hearing on the Department of Transportation, 10:30 a.m., 2358-A 
Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, hearing entitled 
``Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General'', 11 a.m., 
2362-A Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Defense, hearing entitled ``U.S. 
European Command (EUCOM)'', 11 a.m., H-140 Capitol. This hearing is 
closed.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, budget hearing on the U.S. Forest Service, 1 p.m., 2008 
Rayburn.

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  February 27, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, budget hearing on 
the Library of Congress, 1 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, hearing entitled ``Oversight of VA's 
Electronic Health Record Modernization Implementation'', 1 p.m., 
2358-C Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and 
Related Agencies, budget hearing on the Department of Energy Budget, 
2 p.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, budget hearing on 
the Government Accountability Office, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs, hearing entitled ``Members Day'', 2 p.m., HT-2 
Capitol.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Defense, hearing entitled ``World-
Wide Threat'', 3 p.m., H-405 Capitol. This hearing is closed.
  Committee on Armed Services, February 26, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization 
Budget Request from the Department of Defense'', 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  February 27, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Fiscal Year 
2021 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for the 
Department of the Navy'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, February 27, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Budget Priorities: Members' Day'', 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, February 26, Subcommittee on 
Workforce Protections, hearing entitled ``Asleep at the Switch: How 
the Department of Labor Failed to Oversee the Black Lung Disability 
Trust Fund'', 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce 
Investment, hearing entitled ``Reauthorizing the National 
Apprenticeship Act: Strengthening and Growing Apprenticeships for 
the 21st century'', 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, February 26, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``In the Dark: Lack 
of Transparency in the Live Event Ticketing Industry'', 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``The Fiscal 
Year 2021 HHS Budget and Oversight of the Coronavirus Outbreak'', 
1:30 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change, 
hearing entitled ``The Fiscal Year 2021 EPA Budget'', 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, 
hearing entitled ``Strengthening Communications Networks to Help 
Americans in Crisis'', 10:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, February 27, Full Committee, 
markup on H.R. 149, the ``Housing Fairness Act of 2020''; H.R. 4351, 
the ``Yes In My Backyard Act''; H.R. 5187, the ``Housing Is 
Infrastructure Act''; H.R. 5929, the ``Shareholder Political 
Transparency Act''; H.R. 5930, the ``Workforce Investment Disclosure 
Act''; H.R. 5931, the ``Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar 
Mortgages Act of 2020''; and H.R. 5932, the ``Ensuring Chinese Debt 
Transparency Act'', 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, February 27, Subcommittee on Asia, 
the Pacific, and Nonproliferation, hearing entitled ``Coronavirus 
Disease 2019: The U.S. and International Response'', 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  February 28, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Evaluating the 
Trump Administration's Policies on Iran, Iraq and the Use of 
Force'', 8:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, February 26, Subcommittee on 
Intelligence and Counterterrorism, hearing entitled ``Confronting 
the Rise in Anti-Semitic Domestic Terrorism, Part II'', 2 p.m., 310 
Cannon.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and 
Operations, hearing entitled ``Examining the Effect of the Border 
Wall on Private and Tribal Landowners'', 11 a.m., 310 Cannon.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and 
Accountability, hearing entitled ``Building a Diverse and Inclusive 
Workforce to Meet the Homeland Security Mission'', 2 p.m., 310 
Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, February 26, Full Committee, markup on 
legislation on the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020; H.R. 
2733, the ``Savanna's Act''; H.R. 2438, the ``Not Invisible Act of 
2019''; and legislation on the Strengthening the Opposition to 
Female Genital Mutilation Act, 2:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland 
Security, hearing entitled ``Returning Citizens: Challenges and 
Opportunities for Reentry'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship, hearing 
entitled ``The Current State of the U.S. Refugee Program'', 2:15 
p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, February 26, Full Committee, 
hearing on H.R. 5435, the ``American Public Lands and Waters Climate 
Solution Act of 2019''; and H.R. 5859, the ``Trillion Trees Act'', 
10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  February 26, Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United 
States, hearing entitled ``Destroying Sacred Sites and Erasing 
Tribal Culture: The Trump Administration's Construction of the 
Border Wall'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  February 27, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public 
Lands, hearing on H.R. 3651, to facilitate the use of certain lands 
in Nebraska for public outdoor recreational opportunities, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 3681, the ``Green Spaces, Green Vehicles Act of 
2019''; H.R. 4236, the ``Reducing Waste in National Parks Act''; and 
H.R. 4512, the ``Outdoors for All Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Sexual Harassment at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, February 26, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Voter Suppression in Minority Communities: 
Learning from the Past to Protect Our Future'', 11 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.

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  February 27, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The 
Administration's Religious Liberty Assault on LGBT Rights'', 9 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on National Security, hearing entitled 
``Karshi-Khanabad: Hazardous Exposures and Effects on U.S. 
Servicemembers'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, February 26, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 
2339, the ``Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2019'' 
[Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic 
Act of 2020], 4 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, February 27, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``A Review of the Administration's 
Federal Research and Development Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 
2021'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Oversight; and Subcommittee on 
Investigations and Oversight, joint hearing entitled ``An 
Examination of Federal Flood Maps in a Changing Climate'', 2 p.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, February 26, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``A Discussion with SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza: 
Current Issues and the FY2021 Budget'', 11:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure, 
hearing entitled ``Moving America's Infrastructure Forward'', 1 
p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, February 26, Full 
Committee, markup on amending Committee rules; approving revised 
membership and leadership of the Subcommittee on Economic 
Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management; Fiscal Year 
2021 Budget Views and Estimates of the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure; H. Con. Res. 90, authorizing the use of the 
Capitol Grounds for the National Peace Officers Memorial Service and 
the National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition; H.R. 4470, to 
rename the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation the Great 
Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation; H.R. 5756, the 
``Resiliency Enhancement Act of 2020''; H.R. 2914, the ``Housing 
Survivors of Major Disasters Act of 2019''; H.R. 5912, the 
``Expedited Delivery of Airport Infrastructure Act of 2020''; 
legislation on the Preventing Disaster Revictimization Act; and 
General Service Administration's Capital Investment and Leasing 
Program Resolutions, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, 
hearing entitled ``Proposals for a Water Resources Development Act 
of 2020: Members' Day Hearing'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, February 27, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Budget 
Request for Fiscal Year 2021'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on Ways and Means, February 26, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``U.S.-China Trade and Competition'', 10:30 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  February 27, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Proposed Fiscal 
Year 2021 Budget With Health and Human Services Secretary Azar'', 10 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: February 25, to hold hearings to examine 
improving family stability for the wellbeing of American children, 
2:15 p.m., SD-106.
  Joint Hearing: February 25, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 
to hold a joint hearing with the House Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs to examine the legislative presentation of the Disabled 
American Veterans, 2 p.m., SD-G50.
  February 26, Full Committee, to hold a joint hearing with the 
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative 
presentation of multiple veterans service organizations, 2 p.m., SD-
G50.