[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 196 (Wednesday, November 18, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D999-D1001]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 1031, to implement recommendations related to the safety of 
amphibious passenger vessels, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  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, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 3730, to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize and 
modernize the registered traveler program of the Transportation 
Security Administration, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  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, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 4472, to amend the Secure and Trusted Communications Network 
Reimbursement Program to include eligible telecommunications carriers 
and providers of educational broadband service, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute;
  S. 4719, to provide, temporarily, authority for the Secretary of 
Commerce to waive cost sharing requirements for the Hollings 
Manufacturing Extension Partnership, with an amendment;
  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, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute;
  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;

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  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, with amendments; and
  Routine lists in the Coast Guard.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nominations of Allison Clements, of Ohio, and Mark C. 
Christie, of Virginia, both to be a Member of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission.
PUBLIC LANDS, FORESTS, AND MINING LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands, Forests, and Mining concluded a hearing 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, after receiving testimony from Chris 
French, Deputy Chief, Forest System, National Forest Service, 
Department of Agriculture; Michael Nedd, Deputy Director, Operations, 
Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; Art Babbott, 
Coconino County, Flagstaff, Arizona; and Susan Jane M. Brown, Western 
Environmental Law Center, Eugene, Oregon.
MODERNIZING FEDERAL TELEWORK
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management concluded a hearing to 
examine modernizing Federal telework, focusing on moving forward using 
the lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, after receiving 
testimony from Michelle B. Rosenberg, Acting Director, Strategic 
Issues, Government Accountability Office; Keith Washington, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Administration; Sydney T. 
Rose, Chief Human Capital Officer, Office of the Assistant Secretary of 
Labor for Administration and Management; and Jim Borland, Assistant 
Deputy Commissioner for Systems, and Deputy Chief Information Officer 
for IT Operations, Social Security Administration.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 790, to clarify certain provisions of Public Law 103-116, the 
Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 
1993, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
   S. 3264, to expedite and streamline the deployment of affordable 
broadband service on Tribal land, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  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.

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NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Thomas L. Kirsch II, of Indiana, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, who was introduced by Senators 
Young and Braun, Charles Edward Atchley, Jr., and Katherine A. Crytzer, 
both to be a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
Tennessee, both introduced by Senator Alexander, Joseph Dawson III, to 
be United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, who 
was introduced by Senator Scott (SC), and Zachary N. Somers, of the 
District of Columbia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of 
Federal Claims, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Shana M. Broussard, of Louisiana, Sean J. 
Cooksey, of Missouri, who was introduced by Senator Cruz, and Allen 
Dickerson, of the District of Columbia, each to be a Member of the 
Federal Election Commission, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.