[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 11, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D271-D273]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
     (Committees not listed did not meet)
                             APPROPRIATIONS: NAVY AND MARINE CORPS
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense 
     concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2021 for the Navy and Marine Corps, after 
  receiving testimony from Thomas B. Modley, Acting Secretary of the 
Navy, Admiral Mike Gilday, Chief of Naval Operations, and General David 
  H. Berger, Commandant of the Marine Corps, all of the Department of 
                                Defense.
                                       APPROPRIATIONS: GAO AND CBO
    Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
     concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
 justification for fiscal year 2021 for the Government Accountability 
Office and Congressional Budget Office, after receiving testimony from 
   Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States, Government 
  Accountability Office; and Phillip Swagel, Director, Congressional 
                             Budget Office.
                                               APPROPRIATIONS: HUD
 Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing 
  and Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
  examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
    2021 for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, after 
  receiving testimony from Ben Carson, Secretary of Housing and Urban 
                              Development.
            APPROPRIATIONS: ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND BUREAU OF 
                                                       RECLAMATION
     Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
 Development concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates 
and justification for fiscal year 2021 for the Army Corps of Engineers 
 and the Bureau of Reclamation within the Department of the Interior, 
 after receiving testimony from R.D. James, Assistant Secretary of the 
 Army (Civil Works), and Lieutenant General Todd Semonite, Commanding 
 General and Chief of Engineers, Army Corps of Engineers, both of the 
 Department of Defense; and Brenda Burman, Commissioner for the Bureau 
of Reclamation, and Timothy R. Petty, Assistant Secretary for Water and 
            Science, both of the Department of the Interior.
           DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE 
                                                           PROGRAM
   Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded a 
 hearing to examine Marine Corps ground modernization in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2021 and the Future Years 
   Defense Program, after receiving testimony from James F. Geurts, 
    Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and 
  Acquisition, and Lieutenant General Eric M. Smith, USMC, Commanding 
General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, and Deputy Commandant 
   for Combat Development and Integration, both of the Department of 
                                Defense.
           DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE 
                                                           PROGRAM
  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a 
 hearing to examine personnel programs in the Department of Defense in 
 review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2021 and 
the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Thomas 
   P. McCaffery, Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs, Virginia S. 
 Penrod, Acting Assistant Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, 
    Thomas A. Constable, Acting Assistant Secretary for Readiness, 
     Elizabeth P. Van Winkle, Executive Director, Office of Force 
  Resiliency, E. Casey Wardynski, Assistant Secretary of the Army for 
Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Gregory J. Slavonic, Assistant Secretary 
    of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, John A. Fedrigo, 
 Performing the Duties of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for 
 Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Lieutenant General Thomas C. Seamands, 
  USA, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, G-1, Vice Admiral John B. 
   Nowell, Jr., USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Manpower, 
 Personnel, Training, and Education, N-1, Lieutenant General Brian T. 
    Kelly, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel and 
    Services, and Lieutenant General Michael A. Rocco, USMC, Deputy 
 Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, all of the Department of 
                                Defense.
                                                  BUSINESS MEETING
 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
            favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 1046, to establish the Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 3132, to extend the Undertaking Spam, Spyware, And Fraud 
Enforcement With Enforcers beyond Borders Act of 2006;

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  S. 3191, to increase the capacity of research and development 
programs of the Federal Government that focus on industries of the 
future, with an amendment;
  S. 3248, to reauthorize the United States Anti-Doping Agency, with an 
amendment;
  S. 3303, to amend title 49, United States Code, to promote 
transportation career opportunities and improve diversity in the 
workforce, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 835, to impose criminal sanctions on certain persons involved in 
international doping fraud conspiracies, to provide restitution for 
victims of such conspiracies, and to require sharing of information 
with the United States Anti-Doping Agency to assist its fight against 
doping; and
  Routine lists in the Coast Guard.
                                                       NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Neil Jacobs, of North Carolina, 
  to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, Finch 
Fulton, of Alabama, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation, and 
   John Chase Johnson, of Oklahoma, to be Inspector General, Federal 
 Communications Commission, after the nominees testified and answered 
                     questions in their own behalf.
                                                       NOMINATIONS
   Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
 hearing to examine the nominations of Douglas Benevento, of Colorado, 
to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, who 
was introduced by Senators Gardner and Daines, and David A. Wright, of 
   South Carolina, who was introduced by Representative Duncan, and 
   Christopher T. Hanson, of Michigan, who was introduced by Senator 
 Feinstein, both to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
   after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
                                behalf.
                                                  BUSINESS MEETING
    Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported 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 
    Columbia, to be a Member of the Social Security Advisory Board.
                                                             SYRIA
   Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine Assad's campaign against the Syrian people, including S. 52, to 
    halt the wholesale slaughter of the Syrian people, encourage a 
 negotiated political settlement, and hold Syrian human rights abusers 
 accountable for their crimes, after receiving testimony from Caesar, 
 Syrian Military Defector; Omar Alshogre, Syrian Emergency Task Force; 
                and Raed al-Saleh, Syria Civil Defense.
                                                  BUSINESS MEETING
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
        ordered favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 3045, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to protect United 
States critical infrastructure by ensuring that the Cybersecurity and 
Infrastructure Security Agency has the legal tools it needs to notify 
private and public sector entities put at risk by cybersecurity 
vulnerabilities in the networks and systems that control critical 
assets of the United States, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 2757, to waive the imposition of a civil fine for certain first-
time paperwork violations by small business concerns, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 3412, to require a guidance clarity statement on certain agency 
guidance;
  S. 2502, to ban the Federal procurement of certain drones and other 
unmanned aircraft systems, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 2722, to prohibit agencies from using Federal funds for publicity 
or propaganda purposes, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 3418, to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act to allow the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency to provide capitalization grants to States 
to establish revolving funds to provide hazard mitigation assistance to 
reduce risks from disasters and natural hazards, and other related 
environmental harm;
  S. 3207, to require the Director of the Cybersecurity and 
Infrastructure Security Agency to establish a Cybersecurity State 
Coordinator in each State, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 3332, to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the 
halt in pension payments for Members of Congress sentenced for certain 
offenses;
  H.R. 3675, to require a review of Department of Homeland Security 
trusted traveler programs;
  H.R. 2589, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a 
homeland intelligence doctrine for the Department of Homeland Security, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 4761, to ensure U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, 
agents, and other personnel have adequate synthetic opioid detection 
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the Department of Homeland Security has a process to update synthetic 
opioid detection capability;
  H.R. 5273, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a 
plan to increase to 100 percent the rates of scanning of commercial and 
passenger vehicles entering the United States at land ports of entry 
along the border using large-scale non-intrusive inspection systems to 
enhance border security, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  H.R. 4713, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make certain 
improvements in the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the 
Department of Homeland Security, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  H.R. 4739, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to protect U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection officers, agents, other personnel, and 
canines against potential synthetic opioid exposure, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2847, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 42 Main Street in Slatersville, Rhode Island, as the 
``Specialist Matthew R. Turcotte Post Office'';
  S. 2945, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 171 South Maple Street in Dana, Indiana, as the 
Ernest ``Ernie'' T. Pyle Post Office;
  S. 3257, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 311 West Wisconsin Avenue in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, as 
the ``Einar `Sarge' H. Ingman, Jr. Post Office Building'';
  S. 3365, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 100 Crosby Street in Mansfield, Louisiana, as the 
``Dr. C.O. Simpkins, Sr., Post Office'';
  H.R. 1833, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 35 Tulip Avenue in Floral Park, New York, as the 
``Lieutenant Michael R. Davidson Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 3207, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 114 Mill Street in Hookstown, Pennsylvania, as the 
``Staff Sergeant Dylan Elchin Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 3329, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 5186 Benito Street in Montclair, California, as the 
``Paul Eaton Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 4794, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 8320 13th Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, as the 
``Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 4981, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 2505 Derita Avenue in Charlotte, North Carolina, as 
the ``Julius L. Chambers Civil Rights Memorial Post Office'';
  H.R. 5037, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3703 North Main Street in Farmville, North Carolina, 
as the ``Walter B. Jones, Jr. Post Office''; and
  H.R. 3317, to permit the Scipio A. Jones Post Office in Little Rock, 
Arkansas, to accept and display a portrait of Scipio A. Jones.
                                                       EARN IT ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine S. 
    3398, to establish a National Commission on Online Child Sexual 
    Exploitation Prevention, focusing on holding the tech industry 
  accountable in the fight against online child sexual exploitation, 
  after receiving testimony from John Shehan, and Nicole, both of the 
    National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Alexandria, 
Virginia; Jared Sine, Match Group, Dallas, Texas; and Mary Graw Leary, 
 Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law, and Elizabeth 
         Banker, Internet Association, both of Washington, D.C.
                                                      INTELLIGENCE
  Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
    intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
                        intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.

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