[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 88 (Monday, May 11, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D394-D395]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of May 12 through May 15, 2020

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Brian D. Montgomery, of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development, post-cloture, and vote on confirmation of the 
nomination at 12 noon.
   At 2:15 p.m., Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on 
the nomination of Troy D. Edgar, of California, to be Chief Financial 
Officer, Department of Homeland Security.
  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 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: May 12, to hold 
an oversight hearing to examine financial regulators, 10 a.m., 
WEBEX.
  May 12, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Brian D. Miller, of Virginia, to be Special Inspector 
General for Pandemic Recovery, Department of the Treasury, and Dana 
T. Wade, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 13, to 
hold hearings to examine the state of broadband amid the COVID-19 
pandemic, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: May 13, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Natalie E. Brown, of Nebraska, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Uganda, Sandra E. Clark, of Maryland, 
to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
States of America to Burkina Faso, William Ellison Grayson, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia, Henry T. 
Wooster, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of 
Jordan, all of the Department of State, and Ramsey Coats Day, of 
Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development, 2:30 p.m., VTC.
  May 14, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 3667, to 
require the establishment of a repatriation task force during major 
infectious disease outbreaks, to authorize additional paid leave for 
employees of certain independent agencies involved in the conduct of 
foreign affairs, and to extend the application period and use of 
certain special immigrant visas, S. 238, to amend the State 
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to monitor and combat anti-
Semitism globally, S. 712, to provide assistance for United States 
citizens and nationals taken hostage or unlawfully or wrongfully 
detained abroad, S. 2743, to establish the China Censorship Monitor 
and Action Group, S. 2953, to provide congressional oversight of 
United States talks with Taliban officials and Afghanistan's 
comprehensive peace process, S. 3176, to amend the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 and the United States-Israel Strategic 
Partnership Act of 2014 to make improvements to certain defense and 
security assistance provisions and to authorize the appropriations 
of funds to Israel, H.R. 192, to establish an interagency program to 
assist countries in North and West Africa to improve immediate and 
long-term capabilities to counter terrorist threats, H.R. 4331, to 
modify and reauthorize the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002, S. Res. 567, 
commending career professionals at the Department of State for their 
extensive efforts to repatriate United States citizens and legal 
permanent residents during the COVID-19 pandemic, S. Res. 148, 
supporting efforts by

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the Government of Colombia to pursue peace and regional stability, 
S. Res. 215, calling for greater religious and political freedoms in 
Cuba, S. Res. 392, recognizing the importance of the Young Southeast 
Asian Leaders Initiative to the relationship between the United 
States and the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian 
Nations and to advancing the policy of the United States in the 
Indo-Pacific region, S. Res. 406, recognizing that for 50 years, the 
Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its ten members, 
Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the 
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, have worked with the 
United States toward stability, prosperity, and peace in Southeast 
Asia, and expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States 
will continue to remain a strong, reliable, and active partner in 
the ASEAN region, S. Res. 454, calling for the immediate release of 
Cuban democracy activist Jose Daniel Ferrer and commending the 
efforts of Jose Daniel Ferrer to promote human rights and 
fundamental freedoms in Cuba, S. Res. 502, recognizing the 75th 
anniversary of the amphibious landing on the Japanese island of Iwo 
Jima during World War II and the raisings of the flag of the United 
States on Mount Suribachi, S. Res. 511, supporting the role of the 
United States in helping save the lives of children and protecting 
the health of people in developing countries with vaccines and 
immunization through GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, S. Res. 523, 
recognizing the 199th anniversary of the independence of Greece and 
celebrating democracy in Greece and the United States, S. Res. 525, 
expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should 
continue to support the people of Nicaragua in their peaceful 
efforts to promote the restoration of democracy and the defense of 
human rights, and use the tools under United States law to increase 
political and economic pressure on the government of Daniel Ortega, 
S. Res. 533, supporting the goals of International Women's Day, S. 
Res. 542, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of 
the Dachau concentration camp during World War II, the nominations 
of Michael Pack, of Maryland, to be Chief Executive Officer of the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors, and routine lists in the Foreign 
Service, 9:30 a.m., SR-325.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: May 12, to 
hold hearings to examine COVID-19, focusing on safely getting back 
to work and back to school, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: May 13, 
to hold hearings to examine evolving the United States Cybersecurity 
strategy and posture, focusing on reviewing the Cyberspace Solarium 
Commission Report, 9:30 a.m., WEBEX.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 12, to hold hearings to examine 
liability during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2:30 p.m., SD-G50.
  May 14, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of William Scott Hardy, to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, David Cleveland 
Joseph, to be United States District Judge for the Western District 
of Louisiana, Drew B. Tipton, to be United States District Judge for 
the Southern District of Texas, John Peter Cronan, to be United 
States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, Thomas 
T. Cullen, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of Virginia, Jennifer P. Togliatti, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Nevada, Stephen Sidney Schwartz, 
of Virginia, and Kathryn C. Davis, of Maryland, both to be a Judge 
of the United States Court of Federal Claims, and Peter M. McCoy, 
Jr., to be United States Attorney for the District of South 
Carolina, and Vincent F. DeMarco, to be United States Marshal for 
the Eastern District of New York, both of the Department of Justice, 
10 a.m., SD-106.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: May 13, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SVC-217.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, May 14, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing entitled ``Protecting Scientific Integrity in the COVID-19 
Response'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.