[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 160 (Wednesday, September 16, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D802-D803]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
HHS' CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine the Department of Health and Human 
Services' Coronavirus response, focusing on a review of efforts to date 
and next steps, after receiving testimony from Brett Giroir, Assistant 
Secretary for Health, Bob Kadlec, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness 
and Response, and Robert Redfield, Director, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, all of the Department of Health and Human 
Services.
FEDERAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
Federal housing assistance programs, after receiving testimony from 
Daniel Garcia-Diaz, Managing Director, Financial Markets and Community 
Investment Team, Government Accountability Office; Ed Olsen, University 
of Virginia, Charlottesville; and Diane Yentel, National Low Income 
Housing Coalition, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  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 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, with an amendment;
  S. 4159, to amend the Electronic Signatures in Global and National 
Commerce Act to accommodate emerging technologies, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute;
  S. 4286, to authorize appropriations for offsetting the costs related 
to reductions in research productivity resulting from the coronavirus 
pandemic, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 4462, to establish a national integrated flood information system 
within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 4568, to facilitate the development and distribution of forensic 
science standards by establishing in the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology the Organization of Scientific Area Committees 
for Forensic Science, with an amendment; 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.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing 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, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
PUBLIC LANDS AND WILDFIRES LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands, Forests, and Mining concluded a hearing to examine S. 180, to 
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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, after receiving testimony 
from Senators Feinstein, Whitehouse, and Udall; Chris French, Deputy 
Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Amanda Kaster, Acting 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Department of 
the Interior; Mark Dunn, Owyhee Basin Stewardship Coalition, Arlington, 
Virginia; and Haydn Forward, Heritage Waters Coalition, and Jamie 
Crockett, Gila Backcountry Services, both of Silver City, New Mexico.
NAVIGABLE WATERS PROTECTION RULE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Navigable Waters Protection Rule under the Clean 
Water Act, focusing on the stakeholder reaction, after receiving 
testimony from Rebecca Roose, New Mexico Environment Department Water 
Protection Division, Santa Fe; Ray Gaesser, Gaesser Farms, Corning, 
Iowa; and Douglas Davis, Jr., Fletcher Davis Company, St. Augustine, 
Florida.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the following business items:
  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 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.
SECTION 1201 REFORMS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Intellectual Property 
concluded a hearing to examine whether the reforms to Section 1201 are 
needed and warranted, after receiving testimony from Regan A. Smith, 
General Counsel and Associate Register of Copyrights, Copyright Office, 
Library of Congress; Vanessa P. Bailey, Intel Corporation, J. Matthew 
Williams, Mitchell Silberberg and Knupp LLP, Seth D. Greenstein, 
Constantine Cannon LLP, Morgan Reed, ACT The App Association, and Aaron 
Lowe, Auto Care Association, all of Washington, D.C.; and Blake E. 
Reid, University of Colorado Law School Samuelson-Glushko Technology 
Law and Policy Clinic, Boulder.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.