[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 101 (Monday, June 18, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D688-D691]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of June 19 through June 22, 2018

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of H.R. 5895, Energy 
and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs Appropriations Act.
  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: June 19, Subcommittee on Department 
of Homeland Security, business meeting to markup an original bill 
making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  June 19, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, business meeting to markup an original bill making 
appropriations for financial services and general government for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, 11 a.m., SD-138.
  June 19, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs, business meeting to markup an original bill making 
appropriations for the Department of

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State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2019, 3 p.m., SD-138.
  June 21, Full Committee, business meeting to markup an original 
bill making appropriations for the Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2019, an original bill making appropriations for the 
Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2019, and an original bill making appropriations for Financial 
Services and General Government for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2019, 10:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: June 19, to hold hearings to examine 
the nomination of Lieutenant General Austin S. Miller, USA, to be 
general and Commander, Resolute Support Mission, North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization/Commander, United States Forces-Afghanistan, 
Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 20, 
Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and 
Finance, to hold hearings to examine combating money laundering and 
other forms of illicit finance, focusing on how criminal 
organizations launder money and innovative techniques for fighting 
them, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 19, 
Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and 
Data Security, to hold hearings to examine Cambridge Analytica and 
other Facebook partners, focusing on data privacy risks, 2:30 p.m., 
SH-216.
  June 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Geoffrey Adam Starks, of Kansas, to be a Member of 
the Federal Communications Commission, and Peter A. Feldman, of the 
District of Columbia, to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 20, to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of William Charles McIntosh, of 
Michigan, to be an Assistant Administrator, and Peter C. Wright, of 
Michigan, to be Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste, both 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: June 20, to hold hearings to examine current 
and proposed tariff actions administered by the Department of 
Commerce, 9 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 20, to hold hearings to 
examine United States Agency for International Development resources 
and redesign, 10:15 a.m., SD-419.
  June 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Gordon D. Sondland, of Washington, to be 
Representative of the United States of America to the European 
Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador, Department of State, 
2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: June 19, to 
hold hearings to examine effective administration of the 340B Drug 
Pricing Program, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: June 20, 
to hold hearings to examine Medicaid fraud and overpayments, 
focusing on problems and solutions, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: June 20, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine promoting traditional subsistence activities in Native 
communities, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 19, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine the EB-5 investor visa program, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  June 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of A. Marvin Quattlebaum, Jr., of South Carolina, and 
Julius Ness Richardson, of South Carolina, both to be a United 
States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, Roy Kalman Altman, and 
Rodolfo Armando Ruiz II, both to be a United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of Florida, and Raul M. Arias-Marxuach, to 
be United States District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  June 21, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2245, to 
include New Zealand in the list of foreign states whose nationals 
are eligible for admission into the United States as E-1 and E-2 
nonimmigrants if United States nationals are treated similarly by 
the Government of New Zealand, S. 2823, to modernize copyright law, 
and the nominations of Britt Cagle Grant, of Georgia, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, David James Porter, 
of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third 
Circuit, Holly A. Brady, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Indiana, Andrew Lynn Brasher, to be United 
States District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama, James 
Patrick Hanlon, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of Indiana, David Steven Morales, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Lance E. Walker, 
to be United States District Judge for the District of Maine, Edward 
W. Felten, of New Jersey, and Jane Nitze, of the District of 
Columbia, both to be a Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties 
Oversight Board, and John D. Jordan, to be United States Marshal for 
the Eastern District of Missouri, Department of Justice, 10 a.m., 
SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: June 20, to hold hearings 
to examine election security preparations, focusing on a state and 
local perspective, 10:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: June 19, business meeting to 
consider the nomination of John Lowry III, of Illinois, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training, 
Time to be announced, Room to be announced.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 19, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  June 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the policy 
response to Russian interference in the 2016 United States 
elections; to be immediately followed by a closed session in SH-219, 
10 a.m., SH-216.
  Special Committee on Aging: June 19, to hold hearings to examine 
changing the trajectory of Alzheimer's, focusing on reducing risk, 
detecting early symptoms, and improving data, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, June 20, Full Committee, markup on 
the FY 2019 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Bill; the FY 2019

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Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Bill; and the Revised Report on the Suballocation of 
Budget Allocations for FY 2019, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, June 20, Subcommittee on Military 
Personnel, hearing entitled ``Military Health System Reform: Pain 
Management, Opioids Prescription Management and Reporting 
Transparency'', 3:30 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  June 21, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Military Technology 
Transfer: Threats, Impacts, and Solutions for the Department of 
Defense'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  June 21, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing entitled ``Aviation 
Mishap Prevention-a Progress Report'', 3:30 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces; and Subcommittee on 
Space of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 
joint hearing entitled ``Space Situational Awareness: Whole of 
Government Perspectives on Roles and Responsibilities'', 9 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, June 20, Full Committee, begin markup on 
the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2019, 12:30 
p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  June 21, Full Committee, continue markup on the Concurrent 
Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2019, 9 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, June 20, Subcommittee on 
Higher Education and Workforce Development, hearing entitled 
``Occupational Licensing: Reducing Barriers to Economic Mobility and 
Growth'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  June 21, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, 
hearing entitled ``Growth, Opportunity, and Change in the U.S. Labor 
Market and the American Workforce: A Review of Current Developments, 
Trends, and Statistics'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 20, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Examination of the 
GAO Audit Series of HHS Cybersecurity'', 1 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 20, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing entitled ``The Benefits 
of Tax Reform on the Energy Sector and Consumers'', 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, 
hearing on H.R. 2651, the ``Horseracing Integrity Act of 2017'', 9 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Environment, hearing entitled ``Advanced 
Biofuels Under the Renewable Fuel Standard: Current Status and 
Future Prospects'', 9:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, June 20, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Empowering a Pro-Growth Economy by Cutting Taxes and 
Regulatory Red Tape'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 20, Subcommittee on Terrorism and Illicit Finance, hearing 
entitled ``Illicit Use of Virtual Currency and the Law Enforcement 
Response'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 21, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the U.S. 
Securities and Exchange Commission'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 20, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``U.S. Policy Toward Afghanistan'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 20, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing entitled 
``The Trump-Kim Summit: Outcomes and Oversight'', 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  June 20, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations, hearing entitled ``Human 
Rights Concerns in Sri Lanka'', 2:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  June 21, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, 
hearing entitled ``Russian and Chinese Nuclear Arsenals: Posture, 
Proliferation, and the Future of Arms Control'', 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 21, Subcommittee on Courts, 
Intellectual Property, and the Internet, hearing entitled 
``Examining The Need for New Federal Judges'', 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  June 21, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and 
Antitrust Law, hearing on H.R. 3553, the ``Bankruptcy Administration 
Improvement Act of 2017'', 11:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  June 21, Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, 
hearing entitled ``The State of Intellectual Freedom in America'', 2 
p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, June 20, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 6087, the ``Removing Barriers to Energy Independence Act''; 
H.R. 6088, the ``Streamlining Permitting Efficiency in Energy 
Development Act''; H.R. 6106, the ``Common Sense Permitting Act''; 
and H.R. 6107, the ``Ending Duplicative Permitting Act'', 10:15 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 21, Subcommittee on Federal Lands, hearing on H.R. 4599, the 
``Rock Creek National Park Act of 2017''; H.R. 5148, the ``Protect 
Public Use of Public Lands Act''; H.R. 5149, the ``Unlocking Public 
Lands Act''; H.R. 5613, the ``Quindaro Townsite National Historic 
Landmark Act''; and H.R. 5727, the ``Emery County Public Land 
Management Act of 2018'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 21, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing on 
H.R.4644, the ``Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act''; and H.R.5859, 
the ``Education and Energy Act of 2018'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, June 20, 
Subcommittee on National Security, hearing entitled ``Holding Cuban 
Leaders Accountable'', 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, June 21, Subcommittee 
on Environment, hearing entitled ``State Perspectives on Regulating 
Background Ozone'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces; and Subcommittee on 
Space, joint hearing entitled ``Space Situational Awareness: Whole 
of Government Perspectives on Roles and Responsibilities'', 9 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Small Business, June 20, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Communities That Think Small and Win Big'', 11 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  June 21, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy, and Trade, hearing 
entitled ``Accelerating Agriculture: How Federal Regulations Impact 
America's Small Farmers'', 10:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 21, 
Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, 
hearing entitled ``PIPES Act of 2016 Implementation: Oversight of 
Pipeline Safety Programs'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 21, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing entitled ``More Than Just Filling Vacancies: A Closer Look 
at VA Hiring Authorities, Recruiting, and Retention'', 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 20, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
hearing entitled ``Update on IRS and DOJ Efforts to Return Seized 
Funds to Taxpayers'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, June 21, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``DIA Roles and Mission'', 9 a.m., HVC-
304. This hearing will be closed.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: June 21, to hold hearings to examine the 
need for United States leadership on digital trade, 2:30 p.m., 2318, 
Rayburn Building.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: June 21, to 
receive a briefing on illicit trade, 1 p.m., SR-485.