[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 93 (Monday, May 18, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D416-D417]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of May 19 through May 22, 2020

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Scott H. Rash, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Arizona, post-cloture, and vote on confirmation of the nomination at 
11:45 a.m.
   At 2:30 p.m., Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on 
the nomination of James E. Trainor III, of Texas, to be a Member of the 
Federal Election Commission. If cloture is invoked on the nomination, 
Senate will vote on confirmation of the nomination at 4:30 p.m.
  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 19, to hold 
hearings to examine the quarterly CARES Act report to Congress, 10 
a.m., WEBEX.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 20, 
business meeting to consider S. 2894, to establish a National 
Shipper Advisory Committee, S. 2904, to direct the Director of the 
National Science Foundation to support research on the outputs that 
may be generated by generative adversarial networks, otherwise known 
as deepfakes, and other comparable techniques that may be developed 
in the future, S. 3681, to require a joint task force on the 
operation of air travel during and after COVID-19 pandemic, S. 3704, 
to amend the Scientific and Advanced-Technology Act of 1992 to 
further support advanced technological manufacturing, S. 3712, to 
require the Secretary of Commerce to establish national 
cybersecurity grand challenges, S. 3717, to require the Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to submit 
to Congress a plan for the modernization of the information 
technology systems of the National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration, S. 3728, to require the Secretary of 
Transportation to support the efforts of State and local governments 
to provide for priority testing of essential critical infrastructure 
workers with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), S. 
3729, to provide relief for the recipients of financial assistance 
awards from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, an 
original bill entitled, ``Registered Traveler Act of 2020'', an 
original bill entitled ``Bioeconomy Research and Development Act of 
2020'', and the nominations of Neil Jacobs, of North Carolina, to be 
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, Finch Fulton, 
of Alabama, and Diana Furchtgott-Roth, of Maryland, both to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Transportation, John Chase Johnson, of 
Oklahoma, to be Inspector General, Federal Communications 
Commission, Joseph Ryan Gruters, of Florida, Leon A. Westmoreland, 
of Georgia, and Rick A. Dearborn, of Oklahoma, each to be a Director 
of the Amtrak Board of Directors, and routine lists in the Coast 
Guard, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 20, to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Mark Wesley Menezes, of 
Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: May 19, Subcommittee on 
Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Beth Harwell, of Tennessee, and Brian Noland, of 
Tennessee, both to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
Tennessee Valley Authority, and Katherine A. Crytzer, of Tennessee, 
to be Inspector General of the Tennessee Valley Authority, 3 p.m., 
SD-106.
  May 20, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to examine 
the Environmental Protection Agency, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: May 20, 
business meeting to consider a motion to issue a subpoena to Blue 
Star Strategies as described in Schedule A, and the nomination of 
Brian D. Miller, of Virginia, to be Special Inspector General for 
Pandemic Recovery, 11:30 a.m., SR-325.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 20, to hold hearings to examine 
pending nominations, 2:30 p.m., SD-G50.
  May 21, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 685, to 
amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 relative to the powers of 
the Department of Justice Inspector General, the nomination of 
Justin Reed Walker, of Kentucky, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the District of Columbia Circuit, and an authorization for 
subpoenas relating to the Crossfire Hurricane investigation, 10 
a.m., SD-106.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: May 19, closed business meeting 
to consider pending intelligence matters, 9:30 a.m., SVC-217.

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  Special Committee on Aging: May 21, to hold hearings to examine 
caring for seniors amid the COVID-19 crisis, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Education and Labor, May 20, Subcommittee on 
Workforce Protections, hearing entitled ``Examining the Federal 
Government's Actions to Protect Workers from COVID-19'', 10:15 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.