[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 71 (Monday, April 26, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D425-D429]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of April 27 through April 30, 2021

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Jason Scott Miller, of Maryland, to be Deputy Director for Management, 
Office of Management and Budget, post-cloture, and vote on confirmation 
of thereon at 11:30 a.m.
  Following disposition of the nomination of Jason Scott Miller, Senate 
will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Janet 
Garvin McCabe, of Indiana, to be Deputy Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency. If cloture is invoked on the 
nomination, Senate will vote on confirmation thereon at 2:30 p.m.
   Following disposition of the nomination of Janet Garvin McCabe, 
Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of 
Colin Hackett Kahl, of California, to be Under Secretary of Defense for 
Policy.
  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 Appropriations: April 27, Subcommittee on Defense, to 
hold closed hearings to examine the Missile Defense Agency, focusing 
on a program update, 10 a.m., SVC-217.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2022 for the Office of the U.S. Trade 
Representative, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings to examine health disparities in Indian 
Country, focusing on a review of the Indian Health Service's COVID 
response and future needs, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2022 for the Library of Congress, the Congressional Budget Office, 
and the Government Accountability Office, 2 p.m., SD-192.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine the VA 
telehealth program, focusing on leveraging recent investments to 
build future capacity, 3 p.m., SD-138.
  April 29, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to 
examine diversifying on-farm income, focusing on opportunities to 
strengthen rural America, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: April 27, to hold hearings to examine 
Department of Defense's management challenges and opportunities, 
9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, to 
hold hearings to examine United States Special Operations Command's 
efforts to sustain the readiness of special operations forces and 
transform the force for future security challenges, 2:30 p.m., SR-
232A.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to 
hold hearings to examine defense acquisition programs and 
acquisition reform, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to 
examine United States nuclear deterrence policy and strategy, 4:30 
p.m., SD-562.
  April 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine worldwide 
threats; to be immediately followed by a closed hearing in SVC-217, 
9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: April 28, to 
hold hearings to examine the reemergence of rent-a-bank, 10 a.m., 
WEBEX.
  April 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the dignity 
of work, 10 a.m., WEBEX.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: April 27, 
Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data 
Security, to hold hearings to examine curbing COVID cons, focusing 
on warning consumers about pandemic frauds, scams, and swindles, 10 
a.m., SR-253.

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  April 27, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Maritime, 
Freight, and Ports, to hold hearings to examine the future of 
automotive mobility, safety, and technology, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  April 28, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 15, to 
require the Federal Trade Commission to submit a report to Congress 
on scams targeting seniors, S. 115, 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. 120, to prevent and respond to the misuse 
of communications services that facilitates domestic violence and 
other crimes, S. 163, to address the workforce needs of the 
telecommunications industry, S. 198, to require the Federal 
Communications Commission to incorporate data on maternal health 
outcomes into its broadband health maps, S. 316, to establish a 
temperature checks pilot program for air transportation, S. 326, to 
require the Secretary of Commerce to conduct an assessment and 
analysis of the effects of broadband deployment and adoption on the 
economy of the United States, S. 381, to establish the National 
Ocean Mapping, Exploration, and Characterization Council, S. 558, to 
establish a national integrated flood information system within the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, S. 576, to amend 
title 14, United States Code, to require the Coast Guard to conduct 
icebreaking operations in the Great Lakes to minimize commercial 
disruption in the winter months, S. 593, to restrict the imposition 
by the Secretary of Homeland Security of fines, penalties, duties, 
or tariffs applicable only to coastwise voyages, or prohibit 
otherwise qualified non-United States citizens from serving as crew, 
on specified vessels transporting passengers between the State of 
Washington and the State of Alaska, to address a Canadian cruise 
ship ban and the extraordinary impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on 
Alaskan communities, S. 735, to amend the Scientific and Advanced-
Technology Act of 1992 to further support advanced technological 
manufacturing, S. 1106, to prohibit the sale of shark fins, S. 1259, 
to provide that crib bumpers shall be considered banned hazardous 
products under section 8 of the Consumer Product Safety Act, S. 
1260, to establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation 
in the National Science Foundation, to establish a regional 
technology hub program, to require a strategy and report on economic 
security, science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job 
creation, to establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, 
an original bill relating to marine mammals, and the nominations of 
Donet Dominic Graves, Jr., of Ohio, to be Deputy Secretary of 
Commerce, and Bill Nelson, of Florida, to be Administrator of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  April 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Eric S. Lander, of Massachusetts, to be Director of 
the Office of Science and Technology Policy, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: April 27, to hold 
hearings to examine energy development on federal lands, focusing on 
the current status of the Department of the Interior's onshore oil 
and gas leasing program, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  April 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Tommy P. Beaudreau, of Alaska, to be Deputy Secretary 
of the Interior, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: April 27, Subcommittee 
on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 283, to establish a National Climate Bank, 2:30 p.m., SD-
406.
  April 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2022 for the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 10 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Finance: April 27, to hold hearings to examine 
climate challenges, focusing on the tax code's role in creating 
American jobs, achieving energy independence, and providing 
consumers with affordable, clean energy, 10 a.m., WEBEX.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic 
Growth, to hold hearings to examine creating opportunity through a 
fairer tax system, 2:30 p.m., SD-215.
  April 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Social 
Security during COVID, focusing on how the pandemic hampered access 
to benefits and strategies for improving service delivery, 10 a.m., 
WEBEX.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: April 27, to hold hearings to 
examine U.S. Policy on Afghanistan, 2:30 p.m., SD-G50.
  April 28, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Bonnie D. Jenkins, of New York, to be Under Secretary 
of State for Arms Control and International Security, and other 
pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD-106/VTC.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: April 27, to 
hold hearings to examine supporting children, workers and families 
by strengthening America's child care sector, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  April 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the response 
to COVID-19, focusing on using lessons learned to address mental 
health and substance use disorders, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  April 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Jennifer Ann Abruzzo, of New York, to be General 
Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, and Seema Nanda, of 
Virginia, to be Solicitor for the Department of Labor, 10 a.m., SD-
106.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: April 27, 
Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight, to hold hearings to examine 
controlling Federal legacy IT costs and crafting 21st century IT 
management solutions, 10 a.m., SD-342/VTC.
  April 28, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Kiran Arjandas Ahuja, of Massachusetts, to be 
Director of the Office of Personnel Management, and Anton George 
Hajjar, of Maryland, Amber Faye McReynolds, of Colorado, and Ronald 
Stroman, of the District of Columbia, each to be a Governor of the 
United States Postal Service, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  April 28, Government Operations and Border Management, to hold 
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organization perspective on the southwest border, 2:30 p.m., VTC.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: April 28, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine the COVID-19 response in Native communities, 
focusing on Native education systems one year later, 2:30 p.m., SD-
628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: April 27, Subcommittee on Privacy, 
Technology, and the Law, to hold hearings to examine how social 
media platforms' design choices shape our discourse and our minds, 
focusing on algorithms and amplification, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency 
Action, and Federal Rights, to hold hearings to examine Supreme 
Court fact-finding and the distortion of American democracy, 3 p.m., 
SD-226.
  April 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Ketanji Brown Jackson, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, Candace Jackson-Akiwumi, 
of Illinois, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh 
Circuit, Julien Xavier Neals, and Zahid N. Quraishi, each to be a 
United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, and 
Regina M. Rodriguez, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Colorado, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  April 28, Subcommittee on the Constitution, to hold hearings to 
examine stopping gun violence, focusing on extreme risk order/``red 
flag'' laws, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  April 29, Full Committee, 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, S. 
228, to promote antitrust enforcement and protect competition 
through adjusting premerger filing fees, and increasing antitrust 
enforcement resources, and the nominations of Kristen M. Clarke, and 
Todd Sunhwae Kim, both of the District of Columbia, both to be an 
Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: April 28, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 89, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
secure medical opinions for veterans with service-connected 
disabilities who die from COVID-19 to determine whether their 
service-connected disabilities were the principal or contributory 
causes of death, S. 189, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
provide for annual cost-of-living adjustments to be made 
automatically by law each year in the rates of disability 
compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and 
the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of 
certain service-connected disabled veterans, S. 219, to require the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the amount of certain 
payments during the emergency period resulting from the COVID-19 
pandemic, S. 437, to amend title 38, United States Code, to concede 
exposure to airborne hazards and toxins from burn pits under certain 
circumstances, S. 444, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide or assist in 
providing an additional vehicle adapted for operation by disabled 
individuals to certain eligible persons, S. 454, to provide health 
care and benefits to veterans who were exposed to toxic substances 
while serving as members of the Armed Forces at Karshi Khanabad Air 
Base, Uzbekistan, S. 458, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide the 
representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits 
administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed 
determination regarding that claim, S. 565, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to provide for the treatment of veterans who 
participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation-exposed 
veterans for purposes of the presumption of service-connection of 
certain disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, S. 657, 
to modify the presumption of service connection for veterans who 
were exposed to herbicide agents while serving in the Armed Forces 
in Thailand during the Vietnam era, S. 731, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to improve the management of information 
technology projects and investments of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, S. 810, to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand 
the list of diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicide 
agents for which there is a presumption of service connection for 
veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam to include 
hypertension, S. 894, to identify and refer members of the Armed 
Forces with a health care occupation who are separating from the 
Armed Forces for potential employment with the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, S. 927, to improve the provision of health care 
and other benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
veterans who were exposed to toxic substances, S. 952, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to provide for a presumption of 
service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to 
toxins, S. 976, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve 
and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation 
paid to certain survivors of certain veterans, S. 1031, to require 
the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on 
disparities associated with race and ethnicity with respect to 
certain benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 
S. 1039, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve 
compensation for disabilities occurring in Persian Gulf War 
veterans, S. 1071, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
carry out a pilot program to provide pension claim enhancement 
assistance to individuals submitting claims for pension from the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 1093, to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to establish in the Department the Veterans Economic 
Opportunity and Transition Administration, S. 1095, to amend title 
38, United States Code, to provide for the disapproval by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs of courses of education offered by 
public institutions of higher learning that do not charge veterans 
the in-State tuition rate for purposes of Survivors' and Dependents' 
Educational Assistance Program, S. 1096, to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to expand eligibility for the Marine Gunnery Sergeant 
John David Fry Scholarship to include spouses and children of 
individuals who die from a service-connected disability within 120 
days of serving in the Armed Forces,

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and S. 1188, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to notify 
Congress regularly of reported cases of burn pit exposure by 
veterans, 3 p.m., SH-216.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: April 28, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 1 p.m., SVC-217.
  Special Committee on Aging: April 29, to hold hearings to examine 
supporting older workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, 9:30 
a.m., VTC.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, April 28, Subcommittee on Homeland 
Security, hearing entitled ``Coast Guard Readiness'', 10 a.m., 
Webex.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education, and Related Agencies, budget hearing on the Department of 
Labor, 10 a.m., Webex.
  April 29, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, hearing entitled ``Violent Extremism and Domestic 
Terrorism in America: The Role and Response of DOJ'', 10 a.m., 
Webex.
  April 29, Subcommittee on Defense, budget hearing on the U.S. Navy 
and U.S. Marine Corps, 11 a.m., Webex.
  Committee on Armed Services, April 28, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Department of Defense's Financial Improvement and 
Audit Readiness Plan: Fiscal Year 2020 Audit Results and the Path 
Forward'', 11 a.m., 2118 Rayburn and Webex.
  April 29, Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces; and 
Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and 
Nonproliferation of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, joint 
hearing entitled ``Maritime Security in the Indo-Pacific and the UN 
Convention on the Law of the Sea'', 11 a.m., Webex.
  April 30, Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and 
Information Systems, hearing entitled ``Technology and Information 
Warfare: The Competition for Influence and the Department of 
Defense'', 3 p.m., Webex.
  Committee on the Budget, April 29, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Protecting our Democracy: Reasserting Congress' Power of 
the Purse'', 1 p.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Education and Labor, April 28, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Building Back Better: Investing in Improving 
Schools, Creating Jobs, and Strengthening Families and our 
Economy'', 12 p.m., Zoom.
  April 30, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing entitled 
``Protecting Workers from COVID-19: Monitoring the Status of OSHA's 
Emergency Temporary Standard'', 2 p.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, April 28, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearing entitled ``The Long Haul: Forging a Path through the 
Lingering Effects of COVID-19'', 11 a.m., Webex.
  April 29, Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change, hearing 
entitled ``The Fiscal Year 2022 EPA Budget'', 11 a.m., Webex.
  Committee on Financial Services, April 28, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Examining the Role 
of Municipal Bond Markets in Advancing--and Undermining--Economic, 
Racial and Social Justice'', 12 p.m., Webex.
  April 29, Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion, hearing 
entitled ``Closing the Racial and Gender Wealth Gap Through 
Compensation Equity'', 12 p.m., Webex.
  Committee on Homeland Security, April 28, Subcommittee on 
Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery, hearing entitled 
``State and Local Perspectives on DHS Preparedness Grant Programs'', 
12 p.m., Webex.
  April 29, Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism, 
hearing entitled ``Racially and Ethnically Motivated Violent 
Extremism: The Transnational Threat'', 10:30 a.m., Webex.
  Committee on House Administration, April 28, Full Committee, 
business meeting on Disposition of Contested elections, and for 
other purposes, 12 p.m., Webex.
  Committee on the Judiciary, April 28, Subcommittee on Immigration 
and Citizenship, hearing on Request for a DHS Departmental Report on 
the Beneficiary of H.R. 681, 2 p.m., Webex.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship, hearing 
entitled `` `Why Don't They Just Get in Line?' Barriers to Legal 
Immigration'', 2:15 p.m., Webex.
  April 29, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and 
Administrative Law, hearing entitled ``Treating the Problem: 
Addressing Anticompetitive Conduct and Consolidation in Health Care 
Markets'', 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Natural Resources, April 28, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 443, the ``Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land 
Transfer Act''; H.R. 1029, the ``Free Veterans from Fees Act''; H.R. 
1492, the ``Methane Waste Prevention Act of 2021''; H.R. 1503, the 
``Restoring Community Input and Public Protections in Oil and Gas 
Leasing Act of 2021''; H.R. 1505, the ``Bonding Reform and Taxpayer 
Protection Act of 2021''; H.R. 1506, the ``Transparency in Energy 
Production Act of 2021''; H.R. 1517, the ``Ending Taxpayer Welfare 
for Oil and Gas Companies Act of 2021''; H.R. 1884, the ``Save Oak 
Flat Act''; and H.R. 2348, the ``Advancing Conservation and 
Education Act'', 11 a.m., Webex.
  April 29, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public 
Lands, hearing entitled ``Wildfire in a Warming World: Opportunities 
to Improve Community Collaboration, Climate Resilience, and 
Workforce Capacity'', 1 p.m., Webex.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, April 29, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``The Capitol Insurrection: Unexplained Delays and 
Unanswered Questions'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Rules, April 28, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Ending Hunger in America: Challenges, Opportunities, and Building 
the Political Will to Succeed'' [Original Jurisdiction Hearing], 12 
p.m., Webex.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, April 28, 
Subcommittee on Research and Technology, hearing entitled ``National 
Science Foundation: Advancing Research for the Future of U.S. 
Innovation'', 10 a.m., Zoom.
  April 29, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing entitled 
``What Do Scientists Hope to Learn with NASA's Mars Perseverance 
Rover?'', 11 a.m., Zoom.

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  Committee on Small Business, April 28, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Harnessing the Power of Immigrant-owned Businesses to 
Build Back Better'', 12:15 p.m., Zoom.
  April 29, Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital 
Access, hearing entitled ``Supply Chain Resiliency and the Role of 
Small Manufacturers'', 1 p.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, April 28, 
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and 
Emergency Management, hearing entitled ``Investing in America: 
Reauthorization of the Economic Development Administration'', 2 
p.m., 2167 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Ways and Means, April 28, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing entitled ``Charting the Path Forward for Telehealth'', 2 
p.m., Webex.
  April 29, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing entitled ``Advancing U.S. 
Economic Competitiveness, Equity, and Sustainability Through 
Infrastructure Investments'', 1:30 p.m., Webex.
  Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, April 29, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Professionalizing and Enriching the 
Congressional Internship and Fellowship Experience'', 2 p.m., Zoom.