THIS WEEK IN CONGRESS – September 8, 2017
In this issue:
* Disaster aid, 90-day spending bill passes
* Praying for those hit by hurricanes
* Service Academy Nights scheduled
* Watching North Korea
* CAPAC welcomes new members
* Looking ahead on the workforce
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* CHCC staff visit
* OPPORTUNITIES
* LEGISLATIVE HIGHLIGHTS
Disaster aid, 90-day spending bill passes
On Friday, the House sent
Praying for those hit by hurricanes
With our own memories of Typhoon Soudelor still fresh, our prayers go out to our fellow Americans beginning the recovery from Hurricane Harvey, and for the people of
Service Academy Nights scheduled
There are four slots open for the Northern Marianas for the school year beginning in the fall of 2018: two at West Point, one at Annapolis, and one at the
Watching
The shock of knowing the Marianas is in range of North Korean missiles may be wearing off, but the threat is not going away. So, I regularly attend the classified briefings for Members of
Congratulations to the
The Northern Marianas Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence has been awarded
OPPORTUNITIES
Jobs
* Enforcement and Removal Assistant
* Fire Protection Specialist
* Budget Analyst
* System Administrator
LEGISLATIVE HIGHLIGHTS
THIS WEEK
On the Floor
* H.R. 3354 - "Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act, 2018" (Consideration to continue next week)
* Concurring in Senate Amendment to H.R. 601 - READ Act [Hurricane Supplemental, Debt Limit, Continuing Appropriations, and Flood Insurance Package] (Passed, 316-90)
* H.R.1843 - Restraining Excessive Seizure of Property through the Exploitation of Civil Asset Forfeiture Tools Act (Agreed to by voice vote)
* H.R.3110 -
* H.R.2864 - Improving Access to Capital Act (Passed, 403-3)
* H.R.3388 - SELF DRIVE Act (Agreed to by voice vote)
* S. 1616 - Bob Dole Congressional Gold Medal Act (Agreed to by voice vote)
Legislation I Cosponsored
* H.R.3591 - American
* H.R.3440 - Dream Act of 2017
* H.R.1251 - CPI-E Act of 2017
* H.R.2855 -
* H.R.3031 - TSP Modernization Act of 2017
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NEXT WEEK
On the Floor
* Continue consideration of H.R. 3354 - "Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act, 2018"
* H.R. 3284 - Joint Counterterrorism Awareness Workshop Series Act of 2017, as amended
* H.R. 2453 - DHS Intelligence Rotational Assignment Program Act of 2017
* H.R. 2427 - Pathways to Improving Homeland Security at the Local Level Act, as amended
* H.R. 2470 - Homeland Threat Assessment Act
* H.R. 2468 - Unifying DHS Intelligence Enterprise Act, as amended
* H.R. 2433 - Homeland Security Assessment of Terrorists Use of Virtual Currencies Act
* H.R. 2442 - FIRST State and Local Law Enforcement Act, as amended
* H.R. 2471 - TRACER Act, as amended
* H.R. 931 - Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2017, as amended
Committee Hearings
* Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Hearing on "VA Mail Management: The Case of the
* Natural Resources Full Committee Markup
* Subcommittee on Workforce Protections and Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Joint Hearing on H.R. 3441, Save Local Business Act
* Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Legislative Hearing on "H.R. 1721; H.R. 1900; H.R. 3122; H.R. 3656; H.R. 3657; and, a draft bill entitled "Veterans Fair Debt Notice Act of 2017"
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