[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 132 (Monday, July 27, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D660-D663]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 28 through July 31, 2020

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of the nomination of 
David Cleveland Joseph, to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of Louisiana.
  At 11:30 a.m., Senate will vote on the motions to invoke cloture on 
the nominations of David Cleveland Joseph, and Dana T. Wade, of the 
District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development. If cloture is invoked on the nominations, Senate will vote 
on confirmation thereon at 2:30 p.m.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Armed Services: July 28, to hold hearings to examine 
the nominations of Lieutenant General D. VanHerck, USAF, to be 
general and Commander, United States Northern Command/Commander, 
North American Aerospace Defense Command, and General James H. 
Dickinson, USA, to be general and Commander, United States Space 
Command, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.
  July 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Anthony J. Tata, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of 
Defense for Policy, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 29, to hold 
hearings to examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's semi-
annual report to Congress, 10 a.m., WEBEX.
  July 30, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Hester Maria Peirce, of Ohio, and Caroline A. 
Crenshaw, of the District of Columbia, both to be a Member of the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, and Kyle Hauptman, of Maine, to 
be a Member of the National Credit Union Administration Board, 2 
p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 28, 
Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the 
Internet, to hold hearings to examine the PACT Act and Section 230, 
focusing on the impact

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of the law that helped create the internet and an examination of 
proposed reforms for today's online world, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  July 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine building a 
stronger and more resilient seafood sector, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  July 30, Subcommittee on Security, to hold hearings to examine the 
China challenge, focusing on realignment of United States economic 
policies to build resiliency and competitiveness, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 28, to hold 
hearings to examine the development and deployment of large-scale 
carbon dioxide management technologies in the United States, 
including technological and natural carbon removal, carbon 
utilization, and carbon storage, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: July 29, to hold 
hearings to examine lessons learned from remote working during 
COVID-19, focusing on if the government can maximize use of leased 
space, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Finance: July 28, to hold hearings to examine 
protecting the reliability of the United States medical supply chain 
during the COVID-19 pandemic, 10:15 a.m., SD-215.
  July 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine WTO reform, 
focusing on making global rules work for global challenges, 10:15 
a.m., SD-215.
  July 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine protecting 
the reliability of the United States medical supply chain during the 
COVID-19 pandemic, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 29, business meeting to 
consider the nominations of Natalie E. Brown, of Nebraska, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Uganda, Sandra E. Clark, of Maryland, 
to be Ambassador to Burkina Faso, William Ellison Grayson, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia, Joseph 
Manso, of New York, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of 
service as United States Representative to the Organization for the 
Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Richard M. Mills, Jr., of Texas, to 
be the Deputy Representative of the United States of America to the 
United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador and the 
Deputy Representative of the United States of America in the 
Security Council of the United Nations, and to be Representative of 
the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly 
of the United Nations, during his tenure of service as Deputy 
Representative of the United States of America to the United 
Nations, and Henry T. Wooster, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, all of the Department of State, Jason 
Myung-lk Chung, of Virginia, to be United States Director of the 
Asian Development Bank, with the rank of Ambassador, J. Steven Dowd, 
of Florida, to be United States Director of the European Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development, and Ramsey Coats Day, of Virginia, 
to be an Assistant Administrator, and Jenny A. McGee, of Texas, to 
be an Associate Administrator, both of the United States Agency for 
International Development, 9 a.m., SR-325.
  July 30, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 8:30 a.m., SD-106.
  July 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2021 for the 
Department of State, 8:45 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: July 28, 
to hold an oversight hearing to examine COVID-19 financial relief 
packages, 10 a.m., VTC.
  July 28, Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal 
Management, to hold hearings to examine modernizing telework, 
focusing on a review of private sector telework policies during the 
COVID-19 pandemic, 2:30 p.m., VTC.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 29, business meeting to consider 
S. 1161, to support the education of Indian children, S. 2165, to 
enhance protections of Native American tangible cultural heritage, 
S. 2610, to reauthorize certain programs under the Office of Indian 
Energy Policy and Programs of the Department of Energy, S. 2716, to 
amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act, S. 2891, to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to establish Tribal Wildlife Corridors, S. 
2912, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to take certain land 
located in Pinal County, Arizona, into trust for the benefit of the 
Gila River Indian Community, S. 3019, to protect access to water for 
all Montanans, S. 3044, to amend the American's Water Infrastructure 
Act of 2018 to expand the Indian reservation drinking water program, 
S. 3099, to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the 
Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium located in Sitka, 
Alaska, S. 3100, to convey land in Anchorage, Alaska, to the Alaska 
Native Tribal Health Consortium, S. 3650, to amend the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Act to deem employees of urban Indian organizations 
as part of the Public Health Service for certain purposes, and S. 
3948, to amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission 
on Native Children Act to extend the deadline for a report by the 
Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native 
Children; to be immediately followed by an oversight hearing to 
examine how to safely reopen Bureau of Indian Education schools, 
focusing on preparing to head back to class, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Judiciary: July 28, Subcommittee on Intellectual 
Property, to hold hearings to examine how the DMCA contemplates 
limitations and exceptions like fair use, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  July 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of J. Philip Calabrese, and James Ray Knepp II, both to 
be a United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, 
Aileen Mercedes Cannon, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Florida, Toby Crouse, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Kansas, and Michael Jay Newman, 
to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of 
Ohio, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  July 30, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 4212, to 
amend title 28, United States Code, to strip foreign sovereign 
immunity of certain foreign states to secure justice for victims of 
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States, and the nominations of David W. Dugan, and Stephen P. 
McGlynn, both to be a United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of Illinois, Hala Y. Jarbou, to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of Michigan, Iain D. Johnston, and 
Franklin Ulyses Valderrama, both to be a United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, and Roderick C. Young, 
to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
Virginia, 10 a.m., SD-325.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: July 29, to hold hearings to 
examine VA telehealth during and beyond COVID-19, focusing on 
challenges and opportunities in rural America, 2:30 p.m., SD-G50.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 28, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.
  July 29, Full Committee, closed business meeting to consider 
pending intelligence matters; to be immediately followed by a closed 
hearing to examine certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SVC-217.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Armed Services, July 29, Subcommittee on Military 
Personnel, hearing entitled ``An Epidemic of Fear: Sexual Harassment 
and Retaliation in the Military. Is it a crisis at Fort Hood?'', 10 
a.m., 2118 Rayburn and Webex.
  July 30, Subcommittee on Intelligence and Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities, hearing entitled ``Review of the Recommendations of 
the Cyberspace Solarium Commission'', 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn and 
Webex.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, July 29, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing entitled ``Improving Access to Care: Legislation to 
Reauthorize Key Public Health Programs'', 10 a.m., Webex.
  Committee on Financial Services, July 30, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Protecting Consumers During the Pandemic? An Examination 
of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau'', 12:30 p.m., 2128 
Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, July 29, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 7682, the ``Sudan Democratic Transition, Accountability, and 
Fiscal Transparency Act of 2020''; H.R. 7276, the ``East Africa 
Locust Eradication Act''; H.R. 6334, the ``Securing America From 
Epidemics Act''; H.R. 4644, the ``Libya Stabilization Act''; H.R. 
5517, the ``Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act''; H.R. 
5586, the ``Haiti Development, Accountability, and Institutional 
Transparency Initiative Act''; H. Res. 1062, affirming the nature 
and importance of the United States-Iraq bilateral relationship, 
including security and economic components of the relationship; H.R. 
3331, the ``Countering Hizballah in Lebanon's Military Act of 
2019''; H.R. 7703, the ``Caribbean Basin Security Initiative 
Authorization Act''; H. Res. 1033, condemning acts by the People's 
Republic of China and the Government of the Hong Kong Special 
Administrative Region that violate fundamental rights and freedoms 
of Hong Kong residents as well as acts that undermine Hong Kong's 
high degree of autonomy; legislation on STOP Organ Trafficking; and 
H.R. 7623, the ``Passport Backlog Elimination Act'', 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn and Webex.
  July 29, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Diversity and Diplomacy: Assessing the State Department's 
Record in Promoting Diversity and Inclusion'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn 
and Webex.
  July 30, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations, hearing entitled ``Update 
on the COVID-19 Pandemic Response in Africa'', 1 p.m., 2172 Rayburn 
and Webex.
  Committee on Homeland Security, July 31, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Homeland Insecurity: DHS Police Actions Endanger Our 
Democracy'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 29, Subcommittee on Immigration 
and Citizenship, business meeting on Request for a Department of 
Homeland Security Departmental Report on the Beneficiaries of H.R. 
7572, 9:20 a.m., 2141 Rayburn and Webex.
  July 29, Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship, hearing 
entitled ``Oversight of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services'', 
9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn and Webex.
  July 29, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative 
Law, hearing entitled ``Online Platforms and Market Power, Part 6: 
Examining the Dominance of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google'', 12 
p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, July 29, Full Committee, markup on 
S. 294, the ``Native American Business Incubators Program Act''; 
H.R. 1031, the ``Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 
2019''; H.R. 1267, the ``B-47 Ridge Designation Act''; H.R. 3682, 
the ``Land Grant and Acequia Traditional Use Recognition and 
Consultation Act''; H.R. 3879, the ``SOAR Act''; H.R. 4299, the 
``Data Preservation Act of 2019''; H.R. 4888, to amend the Grand 
Ronde Reservation Act, and for other purposes; H.R. 5040, the 
``Aerial Incursion Repercussion Safety Act of 2019''; H.R. 6237, the 
``Proper and Reimbursed Care for Native Veterans Act''; H.R. 6535, 
to deem an urban Indian organization and employees thereof to be a 
part of the Public Health Service for the purposes of certain claims 
for personal injury, and for other purposes; H.R. 6636, the 
``National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sexual Harassment 
and Assault Prevention Improvements Act of 2020''; H.R. 7045, to 
require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study on lands 
that could be included in a National Forest in Hawai'i, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 7119, the ``Alaska Native Tribal Health 
Consortium Land Transfer Act of 2020''; and H.R. 7489, the ``Long 
Bridge Act of 2020'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, July 29, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Counting Every Person: Safeguarding the 2020 
Census Against the Trump Administration's Unconstitutional 
Attacks'', 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn and Webex.
  July 31, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, hearing 
entitled ``The Urgent Need for a National Plan to Contain the 
Coronavirus'', 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn and Webex.

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  Committee on Small Business, July 29, Subcommittee on Rural 
Development, Agriculture, Trade, and Entrepreneurship, hearing 
entitled ``Kick Starting Entrepreneurship and Main Street Economic 
Recovery'', 2360 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, July 29, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing entitled ``Who's in Charge? Examining Oversight of State 
Veterans Homes During the COVID-19 Pandemic'', 10 a.m., HVC-210 and 
Webex.
  July 30, Full Committee, markup on pending legislation, 10 a.m., 
HVC-210 and Webex.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, July 31, Full 
Committee, markup on the FY 2021 Intelligence Authorization Act, 
Time TBD, HVC-304 (Hearing Room).


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: July 29, to hold 
hearings to examine human rights at home, focusing on values made 
visible, 10 a.m., WEBCAST.