D22 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST January 9, 2018 Senate Message: Message received from the Senate Officer Perspective. Testimony was heard from pub- today appears on page H28. lic witnesses. Quorum Calls—Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes de- LEGISLATIVE MEASURE veloped during the proceedings of today and appear Committee On Natural Resources: Subcommittee on on pages H62, H62–63, and H63–64. There were Federal Lands held a hearing on H.R. 4532, the no quorum calls. ‘‘Shash Ja´ National Monument and Indian Creek Na- Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and ad- tional Monument Act’’. Testimony was heard from journed at 7:27 p.m. Representative Curtis; Gary R. Herbert, Governor, Utah; and public witnesses. Committee Meetings TO AMEND THE WHITE MOUNTAIN CHINA’S PURSUIT OF EMERGING AND APACHE TRIBE WATER RIGHTS EXPONENTIAL TECHNOLOGIES QUANTIFICATION ACT OF 2010 TO CLARIFY THE USE OF AMOUNTS IN THE Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerg- WMAT SETTLEMENT FUND; RAPID DNA ing Threats and Capabilities held a hearing entitled ACT OF 2017 ‘‘China’s Pursuit of Emerging and Exponential Tech- Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on nologies’’. Testimony was heard from public wit- S. 140, to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe nesses. Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify DOE MODERNIZATION: ADVANCING DOE’S the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund; MISSION FOR NATIONAL, ECONOMIC, AND and S. 139, the ‘‘Rapid DNA Act of 2017’’ [FISA ENERGY SECURITY OF THE UNITED Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017]. The STATES Committee granted, by record vote of 7–3, a closed Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on rule for S. 140. The rule provides one hour of debate Energy held a hearing entitled ‘‘DOE Modernization: equally divided among and controlled by the chair Advancing DOE’s Mission for National, Economic, and ranking minority member of the Committee on and Energy Security of the ’’. Testi- Education and the Workforce and the chair and mony was heard from the following Department of ranking minority member of the Committee on Nat- Energy officials: Dan Brouillette, Deputy Secretary; ural Resources. The rule waives all points of order Mark Menezes, Under Secretary of Energy; Paul against consideration of the bill. The rule provides Dabbar, Under Secretary for Science; Frank Klotz, that an amendment in the nature of a substitute Under Secretary for Nuclear Security, and Adminis- consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print trator, National Nuclear Security Administration; 115–54 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, Thomas Zacharia, Director, Oak Ridge National as amended, shall be considered as read. The rule Laboratory; and public witnesses. waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. The rule provides one motion to EVALUATING CFIUS: CHALLENGES POSED recommit with or without instructions. The Com- BY A CHANGING GLOBAL ECONOMY mittee granted, by record vote of 6–3, a structured Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on rule for S. 139. The rule provides one hour of debate Monetary Policy and Trade held a hearing entitled with 40 minutes equally divided and controlled by ‘‘Evaluating CFIUS: Challenges Posed by a Changing the chair and ranking minority member of the Per- Global Economy’’. Testimony was heard from public manent Select Committee on Intelligence, and 20 witnesses. minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on LEGISLATIVE MEASURES the Judiciary. The rule waives all points of order Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Fi- against consideration of the bill. The rule provides nancial Institutions and Consumer Credit held a that an amendment in the nature of a substitute hearing entitled ‘‘Legislative Proposals for a More Ef- consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print ficient Federal Financial Regulatory Regime: Part 115–53 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, III’’. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. as amended, shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against provisions in the ON THE LINE: BORDER SECURITY FROM bill, as amended. The rule makes in order only the AN AGENT AND OFFICER PERSPECTIVE further amendment printed in the Rules Committee Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on report, if offered by the Member designated in the Border and Maritime Security held a hearing entitled report, which shall be considered as read, shall be ‘‘On the Line: Border Security from an Agent and debatable for the time specified in the report equally

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:12 Jan 10, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\CR\FM\D09JA8.REC D09JAPT1 January 9, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D23 divided and controlled by the proponent and an op- Improvement and Audit Remediation (FIAR) Plan’’, 10 ponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall a.m., 2118 Rayburn. not be subject to a demand for division of the ques- Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Mone- tion. The rule waives all points of order against the tary Policy and Trade, hearing entitled ‘‘A Further Exam- amendment printed in the report. The rule provides ination of Federal Reserve Reform Proposals’’, 2 p.m., one motion to commit with or without instructions. 2128 Rayburn. Testimony was heard from Representatives LaMalfa, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing Rokita, Scott of Virginia, Moore, Nunes, Schiff, entitled ‘‘Sanctions and Financial Pressure: Na- Amash, Himes, Davidson, Lofgren, Farenthold, Nad- tional Security Tools’’, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn. ler, and Poe of . Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing entitled ‘‘Upcoming Elections in the Western Hemi- sphere: Implications for U.S. Policy’’, 2 p.m., 2172 Ray- Joint Meetings burn. No joint committee meetings were held. Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, ratification of subcommittee assignments; markup on H.R. 506, the f ‘‘Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2017’’, 10 COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, a.m., 2141 Rayburn. JANUARY 10, 2018 Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 219, the ‘‘Swan Lake Hydroelectric Project (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) Boundary Correction Act’’; H.R. 801, the ‘‘Route 66 Na- Senate tional Historic Trail Designation Act’’; H.R. 1220, to es- Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hear- tablish the Adams Memorial Commission to carry out the ings to examine America’s water infrastructure needs and provisions of Public Law 107–62, and for other purposes; challenges, 10 a.m., SD–406. H.R. 2711, the ‘‘National Memorial to Fallen Educators Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine Act’’; H.R. 3133, the ‘‘Streamlining Environmental Ap- the nominations of Kurt D. Engelhardt, of , to provals Act of 2017’’; and S. 117, the ‘‘Alex Diekmann be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Peak Designation Act of 2017’’, 10 a.m., 1324 Long- Barry W. Ashe, to be United States District Judge for worth. the Eastern District of Louisiana, Howard C. Nielson, Jr., Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Com- to be United States District Judge for the District of mittee, markup on H.R. 4675, the ‘‘Low Dose Radiation Utah, and James R. Sweeney II, to be United States Dis- Research Act of 2017’’, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn. trict Judge for the Southern District of Indiana, 10 a.m., Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Eco- SD–226. nomic Opportunity, hearing entitled ‘‘Home Loan Churn- House ing Practices and How Veteran Homebuyers are Being Affected’’, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon. Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled ‘‘Department of Defense Update on the Financial

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