[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 154 (Tuesday, September 8, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D764-D767]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of September 9 through September 11, 2020

                             Senate Chamber

  On Wednesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Brett H. Ludwig, of Wisconsin, to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of Wisconsin, post-cloture.

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  At 11:15 a.m., Senate will vote on confirmation of the nomination of 
Brett H. Ludwig, and on the motions to invoke cloture on the 
nominations of Christy Criswell Wiegand, of Pennsylvania, to be United 
States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and 
Hala Y. Jarbou, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of Michigan.
  At 2:15 p.m., Senate will vote on confirmation of the nomination of 
Christy Criswell Wiegand, and on the motions to invoke cloture on the 
nominations of Thomas T. Cullen, of Virginia, to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, and Diane 
Gujarati, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of New York.
  On Thursday, Senate expects to vote on the motion to invoke cloture 
on the motion to concur in the amendment of the House of 
Representatives to S. 178, Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act, with 
McConnell Amendment No. 2652, in the nature of a substitute.
  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 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 9, to 
hold hearings to examine the status of the Federal Reserve emergency 
lending facilities, 10 a.m., WEBEX.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: September 9, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 614, to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
to reissue a final rule relating to removing the Greater Yellowstone 
Ecosystem population of grizzly bears from the Federal list of 
endangered and threatened wildlife, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 9, to receive a closed 
briefing on Eastern Europe, 11 a.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: September 9, 
to hold hearings to examine vaccines, focusing on saving lives, 
ensuring confidence, and protecting public health, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: September 
9, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of John Gibbs, of 
Michigan, to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management, and 
John M. Barger, of California, Christopher Bancroft Burnham, of 
Connecticut, and Frank Dunlevy, of California, each to be a Member 
of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, 3:30 p.m., SD-
342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 9, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Benjamin J. Beaton, to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, Kristi Haskins 
Johnson, and Taylor B. McNeel, both to be a United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi, Kathryn Kimball 
Mizelle, to be a United States District Judge for the Middle 
District of Florida, and Thompson M. Dietz, to be a Judge of the 
United States Court of Federal Claims, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  September 10, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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, 
of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of Ohio, 10 a.m., SR-325.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: September 9, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 785, to improve mental health care provided by the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, 3:30 p.m., SD-106.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 9, to hold hearings to 
examine declassification policy and prospects for reform, 3 p.m., 
SD-G50.


                            House Committees

  Committee on the Budget, September 10, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Machines, Artificial Intelligence, and the Workforce: 
Recovering and Readying Our Economy for the Future'', 1 p.m., Webex.
  Committee on Education and Labor, September 10, Full Committee, 
business meeting to approve new subcommittee assignments and a 
subcommittee Ranking Member, 11:30 a.m., Webex.
  September 10, Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services, 
hearing entitled ``On the Basis of Sex: Examining the 
Administration's Attacks on Gender-Based Protections'', 12:30 p.m., 
Webex.
  Committee on Financial Services, September 10, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``The Need for Financial Aid to America's States 
and Territories During the Pandemic: Supporting First Responders, 
Assisting Schools in Their Efforts to Safely Educate, and Preventing 
Mass Layoffs'', 12 p.m., Webex.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, September 10, Subcommittee on 
Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment, hearing entitled 
``Protecting Democracy During COVID-19 in Europe and Eurasia and the 
Democratic Awakening in Belarus'', 11 a.m., Webex.
  Committee on Natural Resources, September 10, Subcommittee for 
Indigenous Peoples of the United States, hearing entitled 
``Examining the Bureau of Indian Education's School Reopening 
Guidance During the COVID-19 Pandemic'', 3 p.m., Webex.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, September 10, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Providing the Census Bureau with the Time to 
Produce a Complete and Accurate Census'', 11 a.m., 2154 Rayburn and 
Webex.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, September 11, 
Subcommittee on Energy, hearing entitled ``Biological Research at 
the Department of Energy: Leveraging DOE's Unique Capabilities to 
Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic'', 1:30 p.m., Webex.
  Committee on Small Business, September 10, Subcommittee on Rural 
Development, Agriculture, Trade, and Entrepreneurship, hearing 
entitled ``Kick Starting

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Entrepreneurship and Main Street Economic Recovery'', 1 p.m., Webex.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, September 10, Full Committee, 
business meeting to Reauthorize the Women Veterans' Task Force, 10 
a.m., HVC-210 and Webex.
  September 10, Full Committee, hearing on hearing on H.R. 7541, the 
``VA Zero Suicide Demonstration Project''; H.R. 7504, the ``VA 
Clinical TEAM Culture Act of 2020''; H.R. 7784, the ``VA Police 
Improvement and Accountability Act''; H.R. 7879, the ``VA Telehealth 
Expansion Act''; H.R. 7747, the ``VA Solid Start Reporting Act''; 
H.R. 7888, the ``REACH VET Reporting Act''; H.R. 7964, the ``Peer 
Support for Veteran Families Act''; H.R. 3450, to prohibit the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs from transmitting certain information 
to the Department of Justice for use by the national instant 
criminal background check system; H.R. 3788, the ``VA Child Care 
Protection Act of 2019''; H.R. 3826, the ``Veterans 2nd Amendment 
Protection Act''; H.R. 6092, the ``Veteran's Prostate Cancer 
Treatment and Research Act''; H.R. 7469, the ``Modernizing Veterans' 
Healthcare Eligibility Act''; H.R. 8005, the ``Veterans Access to 
Online Treatment Act''; H.R. 8033, the ``Access to Suicide 
Prevention Coordinators Act''; H.R. 8084, the ``Lethal Means Safety 
Training Act''; H.R. 8068, the ``American Indian and Alaska Native 
Veterans Mental Health Act''; H.R. 8149, the ``VA Precision Medicine 
Act''; H.R. 8148, the ``VA Data Analytics and Technology Assistance 
Act''; H.R. 8108, the ``VA Serious Mental Illness Act''; H.R. 8144, 
the ``VA Mental Health Staffing Improvement Act''; H.R. 8145, the 
``VA Mental Health Counseling Act''; H.R. 8130, the ``VA Peer 
Specialists Act''; H.R. 8107, the ``VA Emergency Department Safety 
Planning Act''; H.R. 8147, the ``TREAT Act''; legislation on the 
Veterans' ACCESS Act; legislation on the Veterans Comprehensive 
Prevention, Access to Care, and Treatment Act of 2020; legislation 
on the Ensuring Veterans' Smooth Transition Act; legislation on the 
VA Research Technology Act; legislation on the VA High Altitude and 
Suicide Research Act; legislation on the VA Expanded Care Hours Act; 
and legislation on the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act 
of 2020, 10:05 a.m., HVC-210 and Webex.
  Committee on Ways and Means, September 10, Subcommittee on Trade, 
hearing entitled ``The Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act: 
Considerations for Renewal'', 2 p.m., Webex.
  September 11, Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, hearing 
entitled ``Consequences of Inaction on COVID Tax Legislation'', 12 
p.m., Webex.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, September 11, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Assessing the U.S.-Saudi Security and 
Intelligence Relationship'', 12 p.m., Webex.


* These figures include all measures reported, even if there was 
no accompanying report. A total of 71 written reports have been 
filed in the Senate, 115 reports have been filed in the House.

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