[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 28, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D669-D671]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             JULY 29, 2020

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's semi-annual 
report to Congress, 10 a.m., WEBEX.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine building a stronger and more resilient seafood 
sector, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: 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: to hold hearings to examine WTO reform, 
focusing on making global rules work for global challenges, 10:15 
a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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, Henry T. Wooster, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, William W. Popp, of Missouri, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Guatemala, Aldona Z. Wos, of North 
Carolina, to be Ambassador to Canada, C.J. Mahoney, of Kansas, to be 
Legal Adviser, Leora Rosenberg Levy, of Connecticut, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Chile, Carlos Trujillo, of Florida, to 
be an Assistant Secretary (Western Hemisphere Affairs), Lisa S. 
Kenna, of Vermont, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Peru, 
Marshall Billingslea, of Virginia, to be Under

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Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, and promotion 
lists in the Foreign Service, 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 of the United States 
Agency for International Development, 9 a.m., SR-325.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: 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 the Judiciary: 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.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine VA 
telehealth during and beyond COVID-19, focusing on challenges and 
opportunities in rural America, 2 p.m., SD-G50.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: 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

  Committee on Armed Services, 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.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Improving Access to Care: Legislation to Reauthorize Key 
Public Health Programs'', 10 a.m., Webex.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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; 
H.R. 7805, the ``Stop Predatory Organ Trafficking Act of 2020''; and 
H.R. 7623, the ``Passport Backlog Elimination Act'', 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn and Webex.
  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.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
  Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship, hearing entitled 
``Oversight of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services'', 9:30 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn and Webex.
  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 and Webex.
  Committee on Natural Resources, 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

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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, 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.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Committee, 
business meeting on Authorizing Member Access Requests to review 
classified documents, 11 a.m., HVC-304 (Hearing Room).


                             Joint Meetings

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