[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 17, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D262-D263]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             MARCH 18, 2021

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to receive a closed briefing on the 
planning, programming, budget, and execution process of the 
Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the 21st century economy, focusing on protecting the 
financial system from risks associated with climate change, 10 a.m., 
WEBEX.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine fighting forced 
labor, focusing on closing loopholes and improving customs 
enforcement to mandate clean supply chains and protect workers, 10 
a.m., WEBEX.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine the COVID-19 response, focusing on an update 
from Federal officials, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the SolarWinds supply chain attack, focusing on 
the Federal perspective, 10:15 a.m., SD-342/WEBEX.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 632, 
to amend chapter 11 of title 35, United States Code, to require the 
voluntary collection of demographic information for patent 
inventors, S. 169, to amend title 17, United States Code, to require 
the Register of Copyrights to waive fees for filing an application 
for registration of a copyright claim in certain circumstances, and 
the nominations of Lisa O. Monaco, of the District of Columbia, to 
be Deputy Attorney General, and Vanita Gupta, of Virginia, to be 
Associate Attorney General, both of the Department of Justice, 10 
a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to resume joint hearings with the 
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative 
presentation of veterans services organizations, 10 a.m., WEBEX.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine COVID-19 
one year later, focusing on addressing health care needs for at-risk 
Americans, 9:30 a.m., VTC.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, 
budget hearing on the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, 10 
a.m., Webex.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, 
hearing entitled ``Efforts to Address Marine Plastic Pollution 
Through Recycling'', 11 a.m., Webex.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, 
hearing entitled ``COVID Outbreaks and Management Challenges: 
Evaluating the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Pandemic Response and the 
Way Forward'', 2 p.m., Webex.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Seapower and 
Projection Forces, hearing entitled ``Unmanned Systems of the 
Department of the Navy'', 11 a.m., 2118 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Civil Rights and 
Human Services; and Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, joint 
hearing entitled ``Fighting for Fairness: Examining Legislation to 
Confront Workplace Discrimination'', 10:15 a.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Environment and 
Climate Change, hearing entitled ``The CLEAN Future Act: Industrial 
Climate Policies to Create Jobs and Support Working Communities'', 
11 a.m., Webex.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Diversity and 
Inclusion, hearing entitled ``By the Numbers, How Diversity Data Can 
Measure Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion'', 10 a.m., 
Webex.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Middle East, 
North Africa, and Global Counterterrorism, hearing entitled 
``Assessing the Human Rights Situation in Saudi Arabia'', 10 a.m., 
Webex.
  Full Committee, hearing entitled ``A Year Out: Addressing 
International Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic'', 2:30 p.m., Webex.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
1833, the ``DHS Industrial Control Systems Capabilities Enhancement 
Act of 2021''; H.R. 1850, the ``Supporting Research and Development 
for First Responders Act''; H.R. 1870, the ``Strengthening Local 
Transportation Security Capabilities Act of 2021''; H.R. 1871, the 
``Transportation Security Transparency Improvement Act''; H.R. 1877, 
the ``Security Screening During COVID-19 Act''; H.R. 1893, the 
``Transportation Security Preparedness Act of 2021''; and 
legislation on the Transportation Security Public Health Threat 
Preparedness Act of 2021, 10 a.m., Webex.

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  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, hearing entitled ``Discrimination 
and Violence Against Asian Americans'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn and 
Webex.
  Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law, 
hearing entitled ``Reviving Competition, Part 3: Strengthening the 
Laws to Address Monopoly Power'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, hearing entitled ``Restoring Abandoned Mine Lands, Local 
Economies, and the Environment'', 12 p.m., Webex.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Lessons Learned from the Texas Blackouts: 
Research Needs for a Secure and Resilient Grid'', 10 a.m., Webex.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Underserved, 
Agricultural, and Rural Business Development, hearing entitled ``The 
Role of Community Navigators in Reaching Underserved Businesses'', 
10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, 
hearing entitled ``Building Smarter: The Benefits of Investing in 
Resilience and Mitigation'', 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Beyond Deborah Sampson: Improving Healthcare for 
America's Women Veterans in the 117th Congress'', 2:30 p.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing 
entitled ``Hearing with the IRS Commissioner on the 2021 Filing 
Season'', 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth and Webex.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to resume 
joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to 
examine the legislative presentation of veterans services 
organizations, 10 a.m., WEBEX.