[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 71 (Monday, April 26, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E456-E457]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate of February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place and 
purpose of the meetings, when scheduled and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, April 27, 2021 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                APRIL 28

     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Appropriations
       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.
                                                            SD-192
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         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.
                                                            SD-342
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Appropriations
       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.
                                                            SD-138
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the reemergence of rent-a-
           bank.
                                                             WEBEX
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         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.
                                                            SH-216
       Committee on Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2022 for the 
           Environmental Protection Agency.
                                                            SR-301
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         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.
                                                        SD-106/VTC
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine the response to COVID-19, 
           focusing on using lessons learned to address mental 
           health and substance use disorders.
                                                            SD-430
       Committee on the Judiciary
         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.
                                                            SD-G50
     1 p.m.
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                           SVC-217
     2 p.m.
       Committee on Appropriations
       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.
                                                            SD-192
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
       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.
                                                           SR-232A
       Committee on Armed Services
       Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
         To hold hearings to examine defense acquisition programs 
           and acquisition reform.
                                                            SR-222
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Government Operations and Border Management
         To hold hearings to examine the non-governmental 
           organization perspective on the southwest border.
                                                               VTC
       Committee on Indian Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the COVID-19 
           response in Native communities, focusing on Native 
           education systems one year later.
                                                            SD-628
       Committee on the Judiciary
       Subcommittee on the Constitution
         To hold hearings to examine stopping gun violence, 
           focusing on extreme risk order/``red flag'' laws.
                                                            SD-226
     3 p.m.
       Committee on Appropriations
       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.
                                                            SD-138
       Committee on Veterans' Affairs
         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

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           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, and S. 
           1188, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
           notify Congress regularly of reported cases of burn pit 
           exposure by veterans.
                                                            SH-216
     4:30 p.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
       Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
         To hold hearings to examine United States nuclear 
           deterrence policy and strategy.
                                                            SD-562
                                APRIL 29
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine worldwide threats; to be 
           immediately followed by a closed hearing in SVC-217.
                                                            SD-G50
       Special Committee on Aging
         To hold hearings to examine supporting older workers amid 
           the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
                                                               VTC
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Appropriations
       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.
                                                            SD-192
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the dignity of work.
                                                             WEBEX
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Eric S. 
           Lander, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Office 
           of Science and Technology Policy.
                                                            SR-253
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Tommy P. 
           Beaudreau, of Alaska, to be Deputy Secretary of the 
           Interior.
                                                            SD-366
       Committee on Finance
         To hold hearings to examine Social Security during COVID, 
           focusing on how the pandemic hampered access to 
           benefits and strategies for improving service delivery.
                                                             WEBEX
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         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.
                                                            SD-106
       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, 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.
                                                            SH-216
                                 MAY 12
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Appropriations
         To hold hearings to examine domestic violent extremism in 
           America.
                                                            SH-216