[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 138 (Tuesday, August 4, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D712-D713]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             AUGUST 5, 2020

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting 
to consider the nominations of Hester Maria Peirce, of Ohio, and 
Caroline A. Crenshaw, of the District

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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: to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the Federal Trade Commission, 10 a.m., 
SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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: to hold hearings to 
examine an original bill entitled, ``American Nuclear Infrastructure 
Act of 2020'', 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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 
Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special 
Political Affairs in 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 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.
  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.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Crossfire Hurricane investigation, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: 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 
bill entitled, ``Veterans Benefit Improvement Act of 2020'', 3 p.m., 
SR-325.


                                 House

  Committee on Oversight and Reform, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Devastating Health Impacts of Climate Change'', 11 
a.m., Webex.