[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 159 (Tuesday, September 15, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D797-D799]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





          COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies, to 
hold hearings to examine the Department of Health and Human 
Services' Coronavirus response, focusing on a review of efforts to 
date and next steps, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine Federal 
housing assistance programs, 2:30 p.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business 
meeting to consider S. 804, to amend the Marine Mammal Protection 
Act of 1972 to protect the cultural practices and livelihoods of 
producers of Alaska Native handicrafts and fossilized ivory 
products, S. 1626, to require the National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration to estimate the value of electromagnetic

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spectrum assigned or otherwise allocated to Federal entities, S. 
3831, to authorize the position of Assistant Secretary of Commerce 
for Travel and Tourism, to statutorily establish the United States 
Travel and Tourism Advisory Board, S. 3969, to amend title 49, 
United States Code, to reform the Federal Aviation Administration's 
aircraft certification process, S. 4159, to amend the Electronic 
Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act to accommodate 
emerging technologies, S. 4286, to authorize appropriations for 
offsetting the costs related to reductions in research productivity 
resulting from the coronavirus pandemic, S. 4462, to establish a 
national integrated flood information system within the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, an original bill entitled, 
``Forensic Science Research and Standards Act'', and the nominations 
of Eric J. Soskin, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department 
of Transportation, Robert E. Primus, of New Jersey, to be a Member 
of the Surface Transportation Board, and Theodore Rokita, of 
Indiana, Sarah E. Feinberg, of West Virginia, and Chris Koos, of 
Illinois, each to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors, 
9:45 a.m., SR-325.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Allison Clements, of Ohio, and Mark C. 
Christie, of Virginia, both to be a Member of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 180, to streamline the oil and gas permitting 
process and to recognize fee ownership for certain oil and gas 
drilling or spacing units, S. 1295, to require the Secretary of the 
Interior to develop and maintain a cadastre of Federal real 
property, S. 1765, to sustain economic development and recreational 
use of National Forest System land in the State of Montana, to add 
certain land to the National Wilderness Preservation System, to 
designate new areas for recreation, S. 1870 and H.R. 722, bills to 
designate a mountain in the State of Utah as ``Miracle Mountain'', 
S. 2533, to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to exclude 
certain payments to Alaska Native elders for determining eligibility 
for certain programs, S. 2828, to require the Secretary of the 
Interior to prepare a programmatic environmental impact statement 
allowing for adaptive management of certain Federal land in Malheur 
County, Oregon, S. 2890, to promote conservation, improve public 
land, and provide for sensible development in Douglas County, 
Nevada, S. 3241, to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, 
Management, and Recreation Act to establish the Cerro de la Olla 
Wilderness in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, New 
Mexico, S. 3366, to amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement 
Act to make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass 
available at no cost to members of Gold Star Families, S. 3427, to 
require the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, 
and the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works to digitize 
and make publicly available geographic information system mapping 
data relating to public access to Federal land and waters for 
outdoor recreation, S. 3485, to expand the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act to expand revenue sharing for offshore wind, to 
reauthorize the National Oceans and Coastal Security Act, S. 3670, 
to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain 
segments of the Gila River System in the State of New Mexico as 
components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, to provide 
for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal 
land in the State of New Mexico, S. 4431, to increase wildfire 
preparedness and response throughout the United States, S. 4475, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to La 
Paz County, Arizona, and H.R. 255, to provide for an exchange of 
lands with San Bernardino County, California, to enhance management 
of lands within the San Bernardino National Forest, 2:30 p.m., SD-
366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine the Navigable Waters Protection Rule under the Clean Water 
Act, focusing on the stakeholder reaction, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to consider a motion to authorize the Chairman to issue 
notices for taking depositions, subpoenas for records, and subpoenas 
for testimony, to individuals relating to the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation's Crossfire Hurricane Investigation; the DOJ Inspector 
General's review of that investigation; and the ``unmasking'' of 
U.S. persons affiliated with the Trump campaign, transition team, 
and Trump administration, as described in Schedule A (Items 1-3), 
and 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, 10:15 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Judiciary: Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, to 
hold hearings to examine whether the reforms to Section 1201 are 
needed and warranted, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 1:30 p.m., SVC-217.


                                 House

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Environment and 
Climate Change, hearing entitled ``Building a 100 Percent Clean 
Economy: Opportunities for an Equitable, Low-Carbon Recovery'', 10 
a.m., Webex.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Prioritizing Fannie's and Freddie's Capital over America's 
Homeowners and Renters? A Review of the Federal Housing Finance 
Agency's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic'', 12 p.m., Webex.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Why did the Trump Administration Fire the State Department 
Inspector General?'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
4774, the ``Internet of Things Cybersecurity Training for Federal 
Employees Act''; H.R. 5901, the ``Technology Modernization Centers 
of Excellence Program''; H.R. 7496, the ``COVID PREPARE Act''; H.R. 
4382, the ``Integrity Committee Transparency Act'';

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H.R. 7107, the ``Plum Act''; H.R. 7340, the ``Chai Suthammanont 
Remembrance Act''; H.R. 7548, the ``PPE Buy America Act''; H.R. 
7936, the ``Federal Employee Access to Information Act''; H.R. 8109, 
the ``Nonpartisan Postmaster General Act''; legislation on the GAO 
Report Elimination Act; H.R. 2277, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 1715 Linnerud Drive in Sun 
Prairie, Wisconsin, as the ``Fire Captain Cory Barr Post Office 
Building''; H.R. 5562, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 4650 East Rosedale Street in Fort 
Worth, Texas, as the ``Dionne Phillips Bagsby Post Office 
Building''; H.R. 5972, the ``Mary Ann Shadd Cary Post Office 
Dedication Act''; H.R. 5983, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 4150 Chicago Avenue in Riverside, 
California, as the ``Woodie Rucker-Hughes Post Office Building''; 
H.R. 7502, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 101 South 16th Street in Clarinda, Iowa, as the 
``Jessie Field Shambaugh Post Office Building''; H.R. 5451, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 599 East Genesse Street in Fayetteville, New York, as the 
``George H. Bacel Post Office Building''; H.R. 6016, to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14955 
West Bell Road in Surprise, Arizona, as the ``Marc Lee Memorial Post 
Office Building''; H.R. 6418, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 509 Fairhope Avenue in 
Fairhope, Alabama, as the ``William `Jack' Jackson Edwards III Post 
Office Building''; H.R. 7088, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 111 James Street in 
Reidsville, Georgia, as the ``Senator Jack Hill Post Office 
Building''; and H.R. 7810, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 3519 East Walnut Street in 
Pearland, Texas, as the ``Tom Reid Post Office Building'', 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Small Business, September 16, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 7903, to amend the Small Business Act to establish the 
Community Advantage Loan Program; H.R. 8211, the ``504 Modernization 
and Small Manufacturer Enhancement Act of 2020''; H.R. 8199, the 
``504 Credit Risk Management Improvement Act of 2020''; and H.R. 
8229, the ``Parity for HUBZone Appeals Act of 2020'', 10:30 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Technology 
Modernization; and Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, joint 
hearing entitled ``Moving Beyond Patchwork Systems: The Future of 
Education Services IT'', 10 a.m., HVC-210 and Webex.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Modernizing VA's Medical Supply Chain: Lessons Learned from the 
Pandemic'', 2 p.m., HVC-210 and Webex.