Policy News, July 9, 2019

The House Committee on Financial Services will hold a hearing titled, “Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy” and the subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship and Capital Markets will hold a hearing titled, “Building a Sustainable and Competitive Economy: An Examination of Proposals to Improve Environmental, Social and Governance Disclosures.”

On Thursday, the House Committee on Small Business will hold a hearing titled, “SBA Management and Oversight of SCORE.” The House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Workforce Protections will meet for a hearing on preventing workplace injury and death from excessive heat. In addition, the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit will hold a hearing titled, “Building Opportunity in Rural America through Affordable, Reliable and High-Speed Broadband.”

Bills of Interest

A bill was introduced by Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) to establish requirements relating to credit scores and educational credit scores, and for other purposes. (HR 3618)

Committee Proceedings

House Committee on Education and Labor

On July 11th the Workforce Protections subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “From the Fields to the Factories: Preventing Workplace Injury and Death from Excessive Heat”

House Committee on Small Business

On July 10th, the committee will hold a hearing titled, “Continuing to Serve: From Military to Entrepreneur”
On July 11th, the committee will hold a hearing titled, “SBA Management and Oversight of SCORE”

House Committee on Financial Services

On July 10th the committee will hold a hearing titled, “Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy”
On July 10th, the subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship and Capital Markets will hold a hearing titled, “Building a Sustainable and Competitive Economy: An Examination of Proposals to Improve Environmental, Social and Governance Disclosures”
On July 17th, the committee will hold a hearing titled, “Examining Facebook’s Proposed Cryptocurrency and Its Impact on Consumers, Investors, and the American Financial System
On July 24th, the committee will hold a hearing titled, “The Next Megabank? Examining the Proposed Merger of SunTrust and BB&T”
On July 25th, the Task Force on Technology will hold a hearing titled, “Examining the Use of Alternative Data in Underwriting and Credit Scoring to Expand Access to Credit”

House Committee on Appropriations

There are no relevant hearings today

House Ways and Means Committee

There are no relevant hearings today

Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

There are no relevant hearings today

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

On July 11th, the committee will hold a hearing titled, “The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress”

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

There are no relevant hearings today

Senate Committee on Appropriations

There are no relevant hearings today

Senate Committee on Finance

There are no relevant hearings today

Senate Judiciary

On July 9th, the committee will hold a hearing titled, “Protecting Innocence in a Digital World”
On July 17th the committee will hold a hearing titled, “Oversight of the United States Copyright Office”
On July 23rd, the committee will hold a hearing titled, “Oversight of the Enforcement of the Antitrust Laws

At the Agencies

Department of Labor