[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 13, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D402-D403]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              MAY 14, 2020

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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

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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 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, and the 
nominations of Michael Pack, of Maryland, to be Chief Executive 
Officer of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, 9:30 a.m., SR-325.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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.


                                 House

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Protecting Scientific Integrity in the COVID-19 
Response'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing and markup on H. Res. 
965, authorizing remote voting by proxy in the House of 
Representatives and providing for official remote committee 
proceedings during a public health emergency due to a novel 
coronavirus, and for other purposes [Original Jurisdiction Hearing]; 
and hearing on H.R. 6800, the ``HEROES Act'', 11 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.