[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 194 (Monday, November 16, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D985-D987]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                      Week of November 17 through

                           November 20, 2020

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Kristi Haskins Johnson, of Mississippi, to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi, post-cloture, and vote 
on confirmation thereon at 11 a.m.
   Following disposition of the nomination of Kristi Haskins Johnson, 
Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of 
Benjamin Joel Beaton, of Kentucky, to be United States District Judge 
for the Western District of Kentucky, and if cloture is invoked, Senate 
will vote on confirmation thereon at 2:15 p.m.
   Following disposition of the nomination of Benjamin Joel Beaton, 
Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of 
Judy Shelton, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Governors 
of the Federal Reserve System.
  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: November 17, to 
hold an oversight hearing to examine the Securities and Exchange 
Commission, 10 a.m., WEBEX.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: November 17, 
Subcommittee on Manufacturing, Trade, and Consumer Protection, to 
hold hearings to examine the American manufacturing industry's 
response to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  November 18, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 1031, 
to implement recommendations related to the safety of amphibious 
passenger vessels, S. 1166, to direct the Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for Communications and Information to make grants for the 
establishment or expansion of internet exchange facilities, S. 3730, 
to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize and modernize 
the registered traveler program of the Transportation Security 
Administration, S. 3824, to require the Federal Trade Commission to 
submit a report

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to Congress on scams targeting seniors, S. 3969, to amend title 49, 
United States Code, to reform the Federal Aviation Administration's 
aircraft certification process, S. 4472, to amend the Secure and 
Trusted Communications Network Reimbursement Program to include 
eligible telecommunications carriers and providers of educational 
broadband service, S. 4577, to require online enrollment for the 
PreCheck Program of the Transportation Security Administration, S. 
4613, to amend the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act to prevent 
certain automated calls and to require notice of the availability of 
contact lens prescriptions to patients, S. 4719, to provide, 
temporarily, authority for the Secretary of Commerce to waive cost 
sharing requirements for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension 
Partnership, S. 4803, to make the 3450-3550 MHz spectrum band 
available for non-Federal use, S. 4827, to authorize the Assistant 
Secretary of Space Commerce to provide space situational awareness 
data, information, and services to non-United States Government 
entities, S. 4847, to direct the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a 
study and submit to Congress a report on the effects of the COVID-19 
pandemic on the travel and tourism industry in the United States, S. 
4884, to require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to study the 
effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on injuries and deaths associated 
with consumer products, and routine lists in the Coast Guard, 9:30 
a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: November 18, business 
meeting to consider 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.
  November 18, Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining, to 
hold hearings to examine H.R. 823, and S. 241, bills to provide for 
the designation of certain wilderness areas, recreation management 
areas, and conservation areas in the State of Colorado, S. 1695, to 
amend the Wilderness Act to allow local Federal officials to 
determine the manner in which nonmotorized uses may be permitted in 
wilderness areas, S. 2804, to promote conservation, improve public 
land management, and provide for sensible development in Pershing 
County, Nevada, S. 2875, to amend the Smith River National 
Recreation Area Act to include certain additions to the Smith River 
National Recreation Area, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
designate certain wild rivers in the State of Oregon, S. 3492, to 
transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain Bureau of Land 
Management land from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs for use as a national cemetery, S. 4215, to 
designate and adjust certain lands in the State of Utah as 
components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, S. 4569, 
to modify the boundary of the Sunset Crater Volcano National 
Monument in the State of Arizona, S. 4599, to withdraw certain 
Federal land in the Pecos Watershed area of the State of New Mexico 
from mineral entry, S. 4603, to promote the use of forest 
restoration residue harvested on National Forest System land for 
renewable energy, S. 4616, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to 
transfer certain National Forest System land to the State of South 
Dakota, S. 4625, to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and expand the use of 
prescribed fire on land managed by the Department of the Interior or 
the Forest Service, with an emphasis on units of the National Forest 
System in the western United States, S. 4696, to provide for the 
continuation of higher education through the conveyance to the 
University of Alaska of certain public land in the State of Alaska, 
and S. 4889, to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to 
increase the dividend exclusion, to exclude certain payments to 
Alaska Native elders for determining eligibility for certain 
programs, to provide that Village Corporations shall not be required 
to convey land in trust to the State of Alaska for the establishment 
of Municipal Corporations, and to provide for the recognition of 
certain Alaska Native communities and the settlement of certain 
claims under that Act, to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey certain interests in land in the State of Alaska, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-366.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: November 
18, Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management, to 
hold hearings to examine modernizing Federal telework, focusing on 
moving forward using the lessons learned during the COVID-19 
pandemic, 3 p.m., SD-342/WEBEX.
  November 19, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine an 
essential part of a COVID-19 solution, focusing on an early at home 
treatment, 10 a.m., SD-342/WEBEX.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: November 18, business meeting to 
consider S. 790, to clarify certain provisions of Public Law 103-
116, the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims 
Settlement Act of 1993, S. 3264, to expedite and streamline the 
deployment of affordable broadband service on Tribal land, S. 4079, 
to authorize the Seminole Tribe of Florida to lease or transfer 
certain land, and S. 4556, to authorize the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, acting through the Director of the Indian Health 
Service, to acquire private land to facilitate access to the Desert 
Sage Youth Wellness Center in Hemet, California, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: November 17, to hold hearings to 
examine breaking the news, focusing on censorship, suppression, and 
the 2020 election, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  November 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine pending 
nominations, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  November 19, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 4632, 
to amend title 17, United States Code, to establish an alternative 
dispute resolution program for copyright small claims, to amend the 
Communications Act of 1934 to modify the scope of protection from 
civil liability for ``good Samaritan'' blocking and screening of 
offensive material, 10 a.m., SR-325.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: November 17, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 959, to establish in the Smithsonian 
Institution a comprehensive women's history museum, and S. 1267, to 
establish within the Smithsonian Institution the National Museum of 
the American Latino, 10 a.m., SR-301.

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  November 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Shana M. Broussard, of Louisiana, Sean J. Cooksey, of 
Missouri, and Allen Dickerson, of the District of Columbia, each to 
be a Member of the Federal Election Commission, 10 a.m., SR-301.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: November 17, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SVC-
217.
  November 18, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SVC-217.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Armed Services, November 20, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The U.S. Military Mission in Afghanistan and Implications 
of the Peace Process on U.S. Involvement'', 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn and 
Webex.
  Committee on Financial Services, November 19, Subcommittee on 
Housing, Community Development, and Insurance, hearing entitled 
``Insuring Against a Pandemic: Challenges and Solutions for 
Policyholders and Insurers'', 10 a.m., Webex.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, November 18, Subcommittee on 
National Security, hearing entitled ``Karshi-Khanabad: Honoring the 
Heroes of Camp Stronghold Freedom'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn and 
Webex.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, November 18, 
Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, 
hearing entitled ``Examining the Surface Transportation Board's Role 
in Ensuring a Robust Passenger Rail System'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn 
and Webex.
  Committee on Ways and Means, November 20, Subcommittee on 
Oversight, hearing entitled ``Oversight Subcommittee Hearing with 
the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service'', 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth and Webex.


                             Joint Meetings

  November 18, Senate Committee on Armed Services, closed pass-the-
gavel/general provisions panel meeting of conferees on H.R. 6395, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, 
and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 10:30 a.m., 2212, 
Rayburn Building.