[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 137 (Monday, August 3, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D706-D709]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of August 4 through August 7, 2020

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Mark Wesley Menezes, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy, 
post-cloture, and vote on confirmation thereon at 11:30 a.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: August 4, to hold hearings to examine 
the nominations of John E. Whitley, of Virginia, to be Director of 
Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, Shon J. Manasco, of Texas, 
to be Under Secretary of the Air Force, and Michele A. Pearce, of 
Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Army, all 
of the Department of Defense, and Liam P. Hardy, of Virginia, to be 
a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 
9 a.m., SD-G50.
  August 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the findings 
and recommendations of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, 2:30 
p.m., SD-106.
  August 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Jason Abend, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, 
Bradley D. Hansell, of Virginia, to be a Deputy Under Secretary, 
Lucas N. Polakowski, of Virginia, and Louis W. Bremer, of 
Connecticut, both to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the 
Department of Defense, 9 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: August 5, 
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-G50.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: August 5, to 
hold an oversight hearing to examine the Federal Trade Commission, 
10 a.m., SR-253.
  August 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine pending 
nominations, 10 a.m., SR-253.

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  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: August 5, to hold 
hearings to examine Federal and industry efforts to improve 
cybersecurity for the energy sector, focusing on how to improve 
collaboration on various cybersecurity and critical infrastructure 
protection initiatives, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: August 5, to hold 
hearings to examine an original bill entitled, ``American Nuclear 
Infrastructure Act of 2020'', 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: August 4, to hold hearings to 
examine Venezuela, focusing on security and humanitarian situation, 
10 a.m., SD-106.
  August 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Jennifer Yue Barber, of Kentucky, to be the 
Representative of the United States of America on the Economic and 
Social Council of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, 
and to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of 
America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United 
Nations, during her tenure of service as Representative of the 
United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the 
United Nations, Keith W. Dayton, of Washington, to be Ambassador to 
Ukraine, Julie D. Fisher, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Belarus, and Alex Nelson Wong, of New Jersey, to be an 
Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the 
Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during his 
tenure of service as Alternate Representative of the United States 
of America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, all 
of the Department of State, Edward A. Burrier, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the United States 
International Development Finance Corporation, and other pending 
nominations, 9 a.m., VTC.
  August 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Erik Paul Bethel, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Panama, Jonathan Pratt, of California, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Djibouti, Barbera Hale Thornhill, of California, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore, Thomas Laszlo Vajda, 
of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the Union of Burma, and Kenneth R. 
Weinstein, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to Japan, 
all of the Department of State, and other pending nominations, 11:15 
a.m., VTC.
  August 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of William A. Douglass, of Florida, to be Ambassador to 
the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Melanie Harris Higgins, of Georgia, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Burundi, Jeanne Marie Maloney, 
of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Eswatini, Michael A. 
McCarthy, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Liberia, 
Manisha Singh, of Florida, to be Representative of the United States 
of America to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and 
Development, with the rank of Ambassador, and James Broward Story, 
of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Bolivarian Republic of 
Venezuela, 10:30 a.m., VTC.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: August 6, 
to hold an oversight hearing to examine Department of Homeland 
Security personnel deployments to recent protests, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: August 4, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, to hold hearings to examine the right of the people 
peaceably to assemble, focusing on protecting speech by stopping 
violence, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.
  August 5, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to examine 
the Crossfire Hurricane investigation, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: August 5, business meeting to 
consider S. 3282, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve 
the oversight of contracts awarded by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans, 
S. 2558, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make certain grants to assist 
nursing homes for veterans located on tribal lands, S. 3643, to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize certain 
postgraduate health care employees and health professions trainees 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide treatment via 
telemedicine, S. 2950, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
concede exposure to airborne hazards and toxins from burn pits under 
certain circumstances, S. 4384, to require the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to address exposure by members of the Armed Forces to toxic 
substances at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan, S. 4393, to 
improve the provision of health care and other benefits from the 
Department of Veterans Affairs for veterans who were exposed to 
toxic substances, S. 711, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
expand eligibility for mental health services from the Department of 
Veterans Affairs to include members of the reserve components of the 
Armed Forces, S. 332, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
remove the manifestation period required for the presumptions of 
service connection for chloracne, porphyria cutanea tarda, and acute 
and subacute peripheral neuropathy associated with exposure to 
certain herbicide agents, S. 805, to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to improve the processing of veterans benefits by the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, to limit the authority of the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to recover overpayments made by the 
Department and other amounts owed by veterans to the United States, 
to improve the due process accorded veterans with respect to such 
recovery, S. 514, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve 
the benefits and services provided by the Department of Veterans 
Affairs to women veterans, S. 629, to require the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to review the processes and requirements of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs for scheduling appointments for 
health care and conducting consultations under the laws administered 
by the Secretary, S. 2216, to require the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to formally recognize caregivers of veterans, notify 
veterans and caregivers of clinical determinations relating to 
eligibility for caregiver programs, and temporarily extend benefits 
for veterans who are determined ineligible for the family caregiver 
program, S. 3235, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
conduct a pilot program on posttraumatic growth, and an original 
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entitled, ``Veterans Benefit Improvement Act of 2020'', 3 p.m., SR-
325.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: August 4, 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 Oversight and Reform, August 5, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``The Devastating Health Impacts of Climate 
Change'', 11 a.m., 2154 Rayburn and Webex.
  August 6, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, hearing 
entitled ``Challenges to Safely Reopening K-12 Schools'', 2 p.m., 
Webex.


* These figures include all measures reported, even if there was 
no accompanying report. A total of 56 written reports have been 
filed in the Senate, 100 reports have been filed in the House.

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