This Week on the Hill
Week of January 28, 2019
Thursday, January 31, 2019
(Last Updated: January 31, 2019 at 10:00 pm EST)
ThisWeekInImmigration.Com's "This Week on the Hill" page lists the immigration-, human trafficking-, and refugee-related hearings, markups, and floor actions that either have been officially scheduled or that are anticipated to occur during the current week.
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This Week's Hearings
At the time of this writing, one hearing that is likely to examine significant immigration-, refugee-, or human trafficking-related matters is scheduled for this week in the House:
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
- House Armed Services Committee Oversight Hearing on Department of Defense Border Operations: The House Committee on Armed Services has scheduled a hearing for this week titled, “Department of Defense’s Support to the Southern Border." The hearing is scheduled for 10:00 am EST on Tuesday, January 29, 2019, in Room 2118 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
Witnesses. Scheduled to testify at the hearing are John Rood, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy; and Vice Admiral Michael Gilday, Director of Operations for the Joint Staff.
This Week's Markups
At the time of this writing, one business meeting that could have an eventual impact on the course of immigration-, refugee-, or human trafficking-related legislation or oversight is scheduled for committee consideration this week in the House:
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
- House Committee on Oversight and Reform 116th Congress Organizational Meeting: The House Committee on Oversight and Reform has scheduled its Organizational Meeting for this week, during which it will organize itself for the 116th Congress, a process that entails adopting its rules, establishing its subcommittee structure, and agreeing to the leadership and roster of its subcommittees.
The meeting is scheduled for 10:00 am EST on Tuesday, January 29, 2019, in Room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
Outlook. At the time of this writing, there appears to be no controversy that will come up during the Organizational Meeting.
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs 116th Congress Organizational Meeting: The House Committee on Foreign Affairs has scheduled its Organizational Meeting for this week, during which it will organize itself for the 116th Congress, a process that entails adopting its rules, establishing its subcommittee structure, and agreeing to the leadership and roster of its subcommittees.
The meeting is scheduled for 2:00 pm EST on Tuesday, January 29, 2019, in Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
Outlook. At the time of this writing, there appears to be no controversy that will come up during the Organizational Meeting.
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
- House Committee on Appropriations 116th Congress Organizational Meeting: The House Committee on Appropriations has scheduled an Organizational Meeting for this week, during which it will organize itself for the 116th Congress, a process that entails adopting its rules, establishing its subcommittee structure, and agreeing to the leadership and roster of its subcommittees.
The meeting is scheduled for 10:00 am EST on Tuesday, January 20, 2019, in Room 2359 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
Outlook. At the time of this writing, there appears to be no controversy that will come up during the Organizational Meeting.
- House Committee on Homeland Security 116th Congress Organizational Meeting: The House Committee on Homeland Security has scheduled an Organizational Meeting for this week, during which it will organize itself for the 116th Congress, a process that entails adopting its rules, establishing its subcommittee structure, and agreeing to the leadership and roster of its subcommittees.
The meeting is scheduled for 10:00 am EST on Tuesday, January 20, 2019, in Room HVC-210 of the U.S. Capitol Building.
Outlook. At the time of this writing, there appears to be no controversy that will come up during the Organizational Meeting.
This Week's Floor Actions
At the time of this writing, one measure that contains significant immigration-, refugee-, or human trafficking-related provisions is scheduled for floor consideration this week in the House:
Monday, January 28, 2019
- Full House to Take Up Bill to Study Contribution of Cryptocurrencies to Human and Drug Trafficking: The full U.S. House of Representatives this week is expected to take up a measure that would direct the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a study on the contributions that cryptocurrencies make to human trafficking. This week’s House floor action is set to occur in connection with H.R. 502, the “Fight Illicit Networks and Detect Trafficking Act” or the FIND Trafficking Act”. The House will take up the measure on Monday, January 28, 2019.
Parliamentary Situation. The House is expected to take up H.R. 502 under a procedure known as “suspension of the rules,” under which debate is limited to 40 minutes, no floor amendments to the measure are permitted, and the bill must receive the affirmative votes of at least two-thirds of those Members who are present and voting in order to be passed.
Outlook. H.R. 502 has not generated any opposition. The House will almost certainly pass it.
This Week's Hearings
No Scheduled Immigration-, Human Trafficking, or Refugee-Related Hearings
This Week's Markups
At the time of this writing, one business meeting that could have an eventual impact on the course of immigration-, refugee-, or human trafficking-related legislation or oversight is scheduled for committee consideration this week in the Senate:
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary Vote on the Nomination of Attorney General-Designate: The Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled an executive business meeting for this week, during which a vote on the nomination of William P. Barr to be Attorney General of the United States is on the agenda. While the Barr Nomination is on the agenda, under the rules of the Committee, any senator is entitled to request that an item appearing on the Committee's agenda for the first time be held over until the next meeting. Accordingly, it is likely that the vote on the Barr nomination will be held-over until its next meeting.
The meeting is scheduled for 10:00 am EST on Tuesday, January 29, 2019, in Room SD-141 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
Outlook. Given the two-seat majority that Republicans enjoy on the Committee, it is almost a certainty that the panel will approve the nomination once it takes it up.
This Week's Floor Actions
No Scheduled Immigration-, Human Trafficking, or Refugee-Related Markups
Hearings, and Briefings, and Conference Deliberations
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
- Conference Committee on the Fiscal Year 2019 Homeland Security Appropriations Act: The conference committee established to develop a border security package for inclusion in the Fiscal Year 2019 Homeland Security Appropriations Act has scheduled a meeting for this week to begin its deliberations.
The first meeting of the conferees is scheduled for 1:30 pm EST on Wednesday. January 30, 2019, in Room HC-5 of the U.S. Capitol Building.
As a technical matter, the conference committee that has been established is to resolve the differing House-passed and Senate-passed versions of H.J. Res. 31, a bill making further continuing appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes In reality, they are conferencing between two bills that were approved by the respective House and Senate Committees on Appropriations last year: S 3109, in the case of the Senate, and H.R. 6776, in the case of the House.
House Conferees. Appointed as House conferees on H.J. Res. 31 are Representatives Nita Lowey (D-NY), Lucile Roybal-Allard (D-CA), David Price (D-NC), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Kay Granger (R-TX), Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN), Thomas Graves (R-GA), and Steven Palazzo (R-MS).
Senate Conferees Appointed as Senate conferees on H.J. Res. 31 are Senators Richard Shelby (R-AL); Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV); John Hoeven (R-ND); Roy Blunt (R-MO); Patrick Leahy (D-VT); Richard Durbin (D-IL); and Jon Tester (D-MT).
No Scheduled Immigration-, Human Trafficking, or Refugee-Related Hearings or Briefings
This Week's Activities
No Scheduled Immigration-, Human Trafficking, or Refugee-Related Events