[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 20, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D425-D426]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 2894, to establish a National Shipper Advisory Committee, with an 
amendment;
  S. 2904, to direct the Director of the National Science Foundation to 
support research on the outputs that may be generated by generative 
adversarial networks, otherwise known as deepfakes, and other 
comparable techniques that may be developed in the future, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 3681, to require a joint task force on the operation of air travel 
during and after COVID-19 pandemic, with an amendment in the nature of 
a substitute;
  S. 3704, to amend the Scientific and Advanced-Technology Act of 1992 
to further support advanced technological manufacturing, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 3712, to require the Secretary of Commerce to establish national 
cybersecurity grand challenges, with an amendment;
  S. 3717, to require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
Communications and Information to submit to Congress a plan for the 
modernization of the information technology systems of the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration;
  S. 3729, to provide relief for the recipients of financial assistance 
awards from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration;
  S. 3734, to provide for a coordinated Federal research initiative to 
ensure continued United States leadership in engineering biology, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Neil Jacobs, of North Carolina, to be Under 
Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, Finch Fulton, of 
Alabama, and Diana Furchtgott-Roth, of Maryland, both to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Transportation, John Chase Johnson, of Oklahoma, 
to be Inspector General, Federal Communications Commission, Joseph Ryan 
Gruters, of Florida, Leon A. Westmoreland, of Georgia, and Rick A. 
Dearborn, of Oklahoma, each to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of 
Directors, and routine lists in the Coast Guard.

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NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nomination of Mark Wesley Menezes, of Virginia, 
to be Deputy Secretary of Energy, after the nominee, who was introduced 
by Senator Cassidy, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
EPA OVERSIGHT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine the Environmental Protection Agency, after 
receiving testimony from Andrew R. Wheeler, Administrator, 
Environmental Protection Agency.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
approved the issuance of a subpoena pursuant to Blue Star Strategies as 
described in Schedule A.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Cory T. Wilson, of Mississippi, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by Senators Wicker and Hyde-Smith, testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.