House of Representatives

Tuesday

• H.R. 187: Relating to efforts to respond to the famine in South Sudan

  Increasing the U.S. Agency for International Development emergency funding by $100 million in response to the South Sudan famine, and to call for a ceasefire within the government of South Sudan for emergency assistance.

• H.R. 534: U.S. Wants to Compete for a World Expo Act

For the U.S to rejoin the Bureau of International Expositions in order to promote tourism, global branding and public diplomacy for the United States.

• H.R. 455: To designate the United States courthouse located at 501 East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the “R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse”

Designates the Jackson, Mississippi courthouse as “R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse”

• H.R. 876: Aviation Employee Screening and Security Enhancement Act of 2017

Would require the TSA to strengthen their screening process for airport and airline employees

• H.R. 1372: Homeland Security for Children Act

Requires the Department of Homeland Security to consider children’s needs into disaster preparedness planning.

• H.Con.Res. 35: Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National Peace Officers Memorial Service and the National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition

Permits the Grand Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police to sponsor as free public events on the Capitol grounds

• H.Con.Res. 36: Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby

Permits the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby Association to sponsor soap box derby races as a free public event on the Capitol grounds.

• S. 496: A bill to repeal the rule issued by the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration entitled “Metropolitan Planning Organization Coordination and Planning Area Reform”

Repeals the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration entitled “Metropolitan Planning Organization Coordination and Planning Area Reform”

Wednesday

• • H.R. 1695: Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017

Changes the selection process for the head of the U.S Copyright Office by creating a selection panel. Amends title 17 of the United States Code in order to provide additional responsibilities for the Register of Copyrights.

Thursday

• H.R. 1694: Fannie and Freddie Open Records Act of 2017

Requires additional entities to be subject to the requirements of section 552 of title 5, United States Code.

Senate

Monday

• Confirms the nomination vote of Sonny Perdue for the Secretary of Agriculture
• Cloture vote for the nomination of Rod Rosenstein as Deputy Attorney General
  

  Tuesday

• Confirmation vote for the nomination of Rod Rosenstein
  

   Wednesday

• Cloture vote on the nomination of Alexander Acosta to be Secretary of Labor