[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 72 (Tuesday, April 27, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D436-D439]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             APRIL 28, 2021

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  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, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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, 2:30 p.m., SR-232A.

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  Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to hold hearings 
to examine defense acquisition programs and acquisition reform, 2:30 
p.m., SR-222.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to examine 
United States nuclear deterrence policy and strategy, 4:30 p.m., SD-
562.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the reemergence of rent-a-bank, 10 a.m., 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, 10 a.m., 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, 10 a.m., 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, 10 a.m., 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, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  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, 9:30 a.m., SD-
342.
  Government Operations and Border Management, to hold hearings to 
examine the non-governmental organization perspective on the 
southwest border, 2:30 p.m., 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, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  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, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  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.
  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 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

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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, 3 
p.m., SH-216.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 1:30 p.m., SVC-217.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, 
hearing entitled ``Coast Guard Readiness'', 10 a.m., Webex.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and 
Related Agencies, budget hearing on the Department of Labor, 10 
a.m., Webex.
  Committee on Armed Services, 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.
  Committee on Education and Labor, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Building Back Better: Investing in Improving Schools, Creating 
Jobs, and Strengthening Families and our Economy'', 12 p.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``The Long Haul: Forging a Path through the Lingering 
Effects of COVID-19'', 11 a.m., Webex.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emergency 
Preparedness, Response, and Recovery, hearing entitled ``State and 
Local Perspectives on DHS Preparedness Grant Programs'', 12 p.m., 
Webex.
  Committee on House Administration, Full Committee, business 
meeting on Disposition of Contested elections, and for other 
purposes, 12 p.m., Webex.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration and 
Citizenship, hearing on Request for a DHS Departmental Report on the 
Beneficiary of H.R. 681, 2 p.m., Webex.
  Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship, hearing entitled `` 
`Why Don't They Just Get in Line?' Barriers to Legal Immigration'', 
2:15 p.m., Webex.
  Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
  Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Ending 
Hunger in America: Challenges, Opportunities, and Building the 
Political Will to Succeed'' [Original Jurisdiction Hearing], 12 
p.m., Webex.

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  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Research and Technology, hearing entitled ``National Science 
Foundation: Advancing Research for the Future of U.S. Innovation'', 
10 a.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Harnessing the Power of Immigrant-owned Businesses to Build Back 
Better'', 12:15 p.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Charting the Path Forward for Telehealth'', 2 p.m., 
Webex.