[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 22, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D636-D638]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
EXAMINING THE NATIONAL RESPONSE TO THE WORSENING CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: 
PART II
Committee on Homeland Security: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``Examining the National Response to the Worsening Coronavirus 
Pandemic: Part II''. Testimony was heard from Peter T. Gaynor, 
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of 
the United States held a hearing on H.R. 958, the ``Native Youth and 
Tribal Officer Protection Act''; H.R. 6237, the ``PRC for Native

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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''. Testimony was heard from Jason 
O'Neal, Assistant Deputy Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs--Office of 
Justice Services, Department of the Interior; Rear Admiral Michael D. 
Weahkee, Director, Indian Health Service, Department of Health and 
Human Services; and public witnesses.
F-35 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER: ENSURING SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE 
GOVERNMENT'S TRILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT
Committee on Oversight and Reform: Full Committee held a hearing 
entitled ``F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Ensuring Safety and 
Accountability in the Government's Trillion Dollar Investment''. 
Testimony was heard from Lieutenant General Eric T. Fick, Program 
Executive Officer, F-35 Joint Program Office, Department of Defense; 
Theresa Hull, Assistant Inspector General, Department of Defense; Ellen 
Lord, Under Secretary for Acquisitions and Sustainment, Department of 
Defense; Diana Maurer, Director, Defense Capabilities and Management, 
Government Accountability Office; and a public witness.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 7608, the 
``Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2021'' [State, Foreign Operations, Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, and 
Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2021]. The Committee granted, by 
record vote of 8-4, a structured rule providing for consideration of 
H.R. 7608, the ``State, Foreign Operations, Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, and Veterans 
Affairs Appropriations Act, 2021''. The rule provides one hour of 
general debate on the bill equally divided and controlled by the chair 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. The 
rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The 
rule provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-59 shall be 
considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as 
read. The rule waives all points of order against provisions in the 
bill, as amended. The rule provides that clause 2(e) of Rule XXI shall 
not apply during consideration of the bill. Section 2 of the rule 
provides that following debate, each further amendment printed in the 
Rules Committee report not earlier considered as part of amendments en 
bloc pursuant to section 3 shall be considered only in the order 
printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in 
the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the 
time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the 
proponent and an opponent, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any 
time before the question is put thereon, shall not be subject to 
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question. Section 3 of the rule provides that at any time after debate 
the chair of the Committee on Appropriations or her designee may offer 
amendments en bloc consisting of further amendments printed in the 
Rules Committee report not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc 
shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 30 minutes equally 
divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Appropriations or their designees, shall not be subject to 
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question. The rule waives all points of order against the amendments 
printed in the Rules Committee report and amendments en bloc described 
in section 3. The rule provides that during consideration of the 
amendments described in sections 2 and 3, it shall not be in order to 
use a decrease in Overseas Contingency Operations funds to offset an 
amendment that increases an appropriation not designated as Overseas 
Contingency Operations funds or vice versa. The rule provides one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard 
from Chairman Lowey, and Representatives Rogers of Kentucky, Bishop of 
Georgia, Fortenberry, McCollum, Joyce of Ohio, Wasserman Schultz, 
Carter of Texas, Jackson Lee, Titus, Burgess, Crawford, Gianforte, 
Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico, Graves of Louisiana, Grothman, and 
Stauber.
21ST CENTURY SBA: AN ANALYSIS OF SBA'S TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Investigations, Oversight, 
and Regulations held a hearing entitled ``21st Century SBA: An Analysis 
of SBA's Technology Systems''. Testimony was heard from Guy Cavallo, 
Deputy Chief Information Officer, Small Business Administration.
SAFETY FOR ALL: ENDING SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations; and Women Veterans Task Force held a joint hearing 
entitled ``Safety for All: Ending Sexual Harassment in the Department 
of Veterans Affairs''. Testimony was heard from Pamela Powers, Acting 
Deputy Secretary, Department of

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Veterans Affairs; Cindy Brown Barnes, Director, Education, Workforce, 
and Income Security, Government Accountability Office; and a public 
witness.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.