[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 21, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D627-D629]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             JULY 22, 2020

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Economic Policy, to hold hearings to examine the United States and 
China, focusing on winning the economic competition, 9:30 a.m., 
WEBEX.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business 
meeting to consider S. 933, to improve data collection and 
monitoring of the Great Lakes, oceans, bays, estuaries, and coasts, 
S. 1730, to direct the Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration to make grants to State and local 
governments and nongovernmental organizations for purposes of 
carrying out climate-resilient living shoreline projects that 
protect coastal communities by supporting ecosystem functions and 
habitats with the use of natural materials and systems, S. 3152, to 
require the Federal Communications Commission to incorporate data on 
maternal health outcomes into its broadband health maps, S. 3771, to 
require the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Federal Advisory 
Committee on the Development and Implementation of Artificial 
Intelligence, S. 3891, to require the Director of the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology to advance the development of 
technical standards for artificial intelligence, to establish the 
National Program to Advance Artificial Intelligence Research, to 
promote research on artificial intelligence at the National Science 
Foundation, S. 3958, to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
permit the use of incentive payments to expedite certain federally 
financed airport development projects, S. 4144, to amend the 
Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act with respect to sport 
fish restoration and recreational boating safety, S. 4162, to 
provide certainty for airport funding, and the nominations of Joel 
Szabat, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Transportation for 
Policy, Michael P. O'Rielly, of New York, to be a Member of the 
Federal Communications Commission, Michael J. Walsh, Jr., of 
Virginia, to be General Counsel, and Mary A. Toman, of California, 
to be Under Secretary Economic Affairs, both of the Department of 
Commerce, and routine lists in the Coast Guard, 9:45 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water 
and Power, to hold hearings to examine S. 2718, to provide for the 
conduct of certain water security measures in the State of New 
Mexico, S. 3811, to provide financial assistance for projects to 
address certain subsidence impacts in the State of California, S. 
4188, to provide for drought preparedness and improved water supply 
reliability, S. 4189, to provide for drought preparedness

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and improved water supply reliability, and an original bill 
entitled, ``Water-Energy Technology Demonstration and Deployment 
Act'', 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine the increased risk of zoonotic disease from illegal wildlife 
trafficking, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
advancing effective United States competition with China, focusing 
on objectives, priorities, and next steps, 2 p.m., SR-325.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to consider S. 4204, to establish an Interagency Task Force 
to analyze preparedness for national pandemics, S. 4210, to amend 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the transfer of 
certain equipment during a public health emergency, S. 4153, to 
require the Federal Emergency Management Agency to evaluate the 
National Response Framework based on lessons learned from the COVID-
19 pandemic, S. 4157, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
expand the authority of the National Infrastructure Simulation and 
Analysis Center, S. 4158, to examine the extent of the reliance of 
the United States on foreign producers for personal protective 
equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic and produce recommendations 
to secure the supply chain of personal protective equipment, S. 
4133, to modernize the REAL ID Act of 2005, S. 4165, to repeal 
section 692 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 
2006, S. 3997, to strengthen the security and integrity of the 
United States scientific and research enterprise, S. 4200, to 
establish a program to facilitate the adoption of modern technology 
by executive agencies, S. 4077, to amend the Unfunded Mandates 
Reform Act of 1995 to provide for regulatory impact analyses for 
certain rules, S. 92, to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States 
Code, to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have 
no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted 
into law, S. 4138, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make 
permanent the authority of the United States Patent and Trademark 
Office to conduct a telework travel expenses program, S. 3287, to 
modify the governmentwide financial management plan, S. 3455, to 
prohibit certain individuals from downloading or using TikTok on any 
device issued by the United States or a government corporation, S. 
4024, to establish in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 
Agency of the Department of Homeland Security a Cybersecurity 
Advisory Committee, S. 2967, to establish the Commission on 
Intergovernmental Relations of the United States to facilitate the 
fullest cooperation, coordination, and mutual accountability among 
all levels of government, S. 3658, to establish an Office of Equal 
Rights and Community Inclusion at the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, S. 4169, to establish a National Commission on United States 
Counterterrorism Policy, S. 3038, to promote innovative acquisition 
techniques and procurement strategies, S. 3896, to amend title 5, 
United States Code, to require the Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management to establish and maintain a public directory of 
the individuals occupying Government policy and supporting 
positions, S. 3461, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 2600 Wesley Street in Greenville, Texas, 
as the ``Audie Murphy Post Office Building'', S. 3462, to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 909 West 
Holiday Drive in Fate, Texas, as the ``Ralph Hall Post Office'', S. 
3839, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 2719 South Webster Street in Kokomo, Indiana, as the 
``Opha May Johnson Post Office'', S. 4126, to designate the facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 104 East Main Street 
in Port Washington, Wisconsin, as the ``Joseph G. Demler Post 
Office'', H.R. 1313, to amend the Implementing Recommendations of 
the 9 11 Commission Act of 2007 to clarify certain allowable uses of 
funds for public transportation security assistance grants and 
establish periods of performance for such grants, H.R. 4727, to 
amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a mentor-
prot,g, program, H.R. 542, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 to establish the National Urban Security Technology Laboratory, 
an original bill entitled, ``GAO Database Modernization Act'', an 
original bill entitled, ``Southwest Border Security Technology 
Improvement Act of 2020'', and the nominations of Derek Kan, of 
California, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, and Mark A. Robbins, Carl Ezekiel Ross, and Elizabeth J. 
Shapiro, each to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the 
District of Columbia, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine protecting 
the integrity of college athletics, 2:30 p.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: to hold hearings to examine 
2020 general election preparations, 10:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Christopher C. Miller, of Virginia, to be Director of 
the National Counterterrorism Center, and Patrick Hovakimian, of 
California, to be General Counsel, both of the Office of the 
Director of National Intelligence, 10 a.m., SR-325.


                                 House

  Committee on Homeland Security, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Examining the National Response to the Worsening Coronavirus 
Pandemic: Part II'', 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee for Indigenous 
Peoples of the United States, hearing on H.R. 958, the ``Native 
Youth and Tribal Officer Protection Act''; H.R. 6237, the ``PRC for 
Native Veterans Act''; H.R. 6535, the ``Coverage for Urban Indian 
Health Providers Act''; and H.R. 7119, the ``Alaska Native Tribal 
Health Consortium Land Transfer Act of 2020'', 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth and Webex.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Ensuring Safety and 
Accountability in the Government's Trillion Dollar Investment'', 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 7608, the 
``Department of State, Foreign Operations, and

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Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2021'' [State, Foreign 
Operations, Agriculture, Rural Development, Interior, Environment, 
Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 
2021], 2 p.m., Webex.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Investigations, 
Oversight, and Regulations, hearing entitled ``21st Century SBA: An 
Analysis of SBA's Technology Systems'', 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn and 
Webex.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations; and Women Veterans Task Force, joint hearing 
entitled ``Safety for All: Ending Sexual Harassment in the 
Department of Veterans Affairs'', 2 p.m., HVC-210 and Webex.