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“House Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D589-D591 on May 23, 2018.
The Department is primarily focused on food nutrition, with assistance programs making up 80 percent of its budget. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the Department implements too many regulations and restrictions and impedes the economy.
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Committee Meetings
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Appropriations: Full Committee held a markup on the FY 2019 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill; and the Report on the Suballocation of Budget Allocations for FY 2019. The FY 2019 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill was ordered reported, as amended. The Report on the Suballocation of Budget Allocations for FY 2019 was ordered reported, without amendment.
REGULATORY REFORM: UNLEASHING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held a hearing entitled ``Regulatory Reform: Unleashing Economic Opportunity for Workers and Employers''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
EXAMINING THE OLYMPIC COMMUNITY'S ABILITY TO PROTECT ATHLETES FROM SEXUAL ABUSE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Examining the Olympic Community's Ability to Protect Athletes from Sexual Abuse''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
REAUTHORIZATION OF THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing entitled ``Reauthorization of the Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education Program''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS TO HELP FUEL CAPITAL AND GROWTH ON MAIN STREET
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities, and Investment held a hearing entitled ``Legislative Proposals to Help Fuel Capital and Growth on Main Street''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
THE IMPACT OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES ON THE FUTURE OF INSURANCE
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held a hearing entitled ``The Impact of Autonomous Vehicles on the Future of Insurance''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
STRENGTHENING AMERICAN DIPLOMACY: REVIEWING THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET, OPERATIONS, AND POLICY PRIORITIES
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Full Committee held a hearing entitled
``Strengthening American Diplomacy: Reviewing the State Department's Budget, Operations, and Policy Priorities''. Testimony was heard from Mike Pompeo, Secretary, Department of State.
ASIA'S DIPLOMATIC AND SECURITY STRUCTURE: PLANNING U.S. ENGAGEMENT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific held a hearing entitled ``Asia's Diplomatic and Security Structure: Planning U.S. Engagement''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
CHINESE INVESTMENT AND INFLUENCE IN EUROPE
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats held a hearing entitled ``Chinese Investment and Influence in Europe''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
COMBATTING TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL THREATS IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere held a hearing entitled ``Combatting Transnational Criminal Threats in the Western Hemisphere''. Testimony was heard from Richard Glenn, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Department of State; Jennifer Fowler, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, Department of Treasury; Rear Admiral Brian Hendrickson, U.S. Navy, Director, Network Engagement Team, U.S. Southern Command; and Raymond Villanueva, Assistant Director for International Operations, Homeland Security Investigations, Department of Homeland Security.
ISIS-POST CALIPHATE: THREAT IMPLICATIONS FOR AMERICA AND THE WEST
Committee on Homeland Security: Full Committee held a hearing entitled
``ISIS-Post Caliphate: Threat Implications for America and the West''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
THE FEDERAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION REFORM ACT (FITARA) SCORECARD 6.0
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on Information Technology; and Subcommittee on Government Operations held a joint hearing entitled ``The Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) Scorecard 6.0''. Testimony was heard from Gary Washington, Chief Information Officer, Department of Agriculture; Lynn Moaney, Acting Chief Financial Officer, Department of Agriculture; Donald Bice, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration, Department of Agriculture; David Powner, Director of IT Management Issues, Government Accountability Office; Dana Deasy, Chief Information Officer, Department of Defense; Mark Easton, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Department of Defense; and Kevin Fahey, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Department of Defense.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Full Committee held a markup on H. Res. 877, a resolution of inquiry directing the Secretary of Commerce to provide certain documents in the Secretary's possession to the House of Representatives relating to the decision to include a question on citizenship in the 2020 decennial census of population; H.R. 5925, to codify provisions relating to the Office of National Drug Control Policy, and for other purposes; H.R. 5415, the ``GAO-IG Act''; H.R. 5896, the ``Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Amendments Act of 2018''; H.R. 2648, the ``Veterans Transition Improvement Act''; H.R. 5321, the ``Too Long; Didn't Read Act of 2018''; H.R. 4407, the
``Corporal Jeffery Allen Williams Post Office Building''; H.R. 4946, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1075 North Tustin Street in Orange, California, as the ``Specialist Trevor A. Win'E Post Office''; H.R. 5205, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 701 6th Street in Hawthorne, Nevada, as the ``Sergeant Kenneth Eric Bostic Post Office''; H.R. 5238, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1234 Saint Johns Place in Brooklyn, New York, as the
``Major Robert Odell Owens Post Office''; H.R. 5349, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1320 Autumn Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, as the ``Judge Russell B. Sugarmon Post Office Building''; H.R. 5412, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 25 2nd Avenue in Brentwood, New York, as the ``Army Specialist Jose L. Ruiz Post Office Building''; H.R. 5504, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4801 West Van Giesen Street in West Richland, Washington, as the ``Sergeant Dietrich Schmieman Post Office Building''; H.R. 5737, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 108 West D Street in Alpha, Illinois, as the ``Captain Joshua E. Steele Post Office''; and H.R. 5784, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2650 North Doctor Martin Luther King Drive in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as the ``Vel R. Phillips Post Office Building''. H.R. 5925, H.R. 5415, H.R. 2648, H.R. 5321, and H.R. 5896 were ordered reported, as amended. H. Res. 877, H.R. 4407, H.R. 4946, H.R. 5205, H.R. 5238, H.R. 5349, H.R. 5412, H.R. 5504, H.R. 5737, and H.R. 5784 were ordered reported, without amendment.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Full Committee held a markup on H.R. 5905, the ``Department of Energy Science and Innovation Act of 2018''; H.R. 5907, the ``National Innovation Modernization by Laboratory Empowerment Act''; and H.R. 5906, the ``ARPA-E Act of 2018''. H.R. 5905 and H.R. 5906 were ordered reported, as amended. H.R. 5907 was ordered reported, without amendment.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Full Committee held a markup on H.R. 8, the ``Water Resources Development Act of 2018''. H.R. 8 was ordered reported, as amended.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity held a hearing on H.R. 2409, to allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed; H.R. 5452, the ``Reduce Unemployment for Veterans of All Ages Act of 2018''; H.R. 5538, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the inclusion of certain additional periods of active duty service for purposes of suspending charges to veterans' entitlement to educational assistance under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs during periods of suspended participation in vocational rehabilitation programs; H.R. 5644, the
``VET OPP Act''; H.R. 5649, the ``Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer William
`Bill' Mulder (Ret.) Transition Improvement Act of 2018''; and legislation to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for the termination by a spouse of a lessee of certain leases when the lessee dies while in military service. Testimony was heard from Representatives Brownley of California, Peters, Wenstrup, Bustos, and Costello; Margarita Devlin, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits, Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; and public witnesses.
TAX REFORM AND SMALL BUSINESSES: GROWING OUR ECONOMY AND CREATING JOBS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Tax Policy held a hearing entitled ``Tax Reform and Small Businesses: Growing Our Economy and Creating Jobs''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Ways and Means: Full Committee began a markup on H.R. 5861, the ``Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services for Success Act''.
Joint Meetings
No joint committee meetings were held.
