[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 195 (Tuesday, November 17, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D994-D995]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           NOVEMBER 18, 2020

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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 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: business meeting to 
consider the nominations of Allison Clements,

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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 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: 
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.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: 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: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Thomas L. Kirsch II, of Indiana, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, Charles Edward Atchley, Jr., 
and Katherine A. Crytzer, both to be a United States District Judge 
for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Joseph Dawson III, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, and 
Zachary N. Somers, of the District of Columbia, to be a Judge of the 
United States Court of Federal Claims, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: 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: to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SVC-217.


                                 House

  Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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, 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.


                             Joint Meetings

  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., 2118, Rayburn 
Building.