[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 73 (Wednesday, April 28, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D448-D449]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             APRIL 29, 2021

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  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, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: 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: to hold hearings 
to examine the dignity of work, 10 a.m., 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, 10 a.m., 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, 10 a.m., 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, 10 a.m., 
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, 10 a.m., 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, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine supporting 
older workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, 9:30 a.m., VTC.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, 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.
  Subcommittee on Defense, budget hearing on the U.S. Navy and U.S. 
Marine Corps, 11 a.m., Webex.
  Committee on Armed Services, 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.
  Committee on the Budget, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Protecting our Democracy: Reasserting Congress' Power of the 
Purse'', 1 p.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Environment and 
Climate Change, hearing entitled ``The Fiscal Year 2022 EPA 
Budget'', 11 a.m., Webex.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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, Subcommittee on Intelligence and 
Counterterrorism, hearing entitled ``Racially and Ethnically 
Motivated Violent Extremism: The Transnational Threat'', 10:30 a.m., 
Webex.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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, 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 Science, Space, and Technology, 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, 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 Ways and Means, 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, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Professionalizing and Enriching the Congressional 
Internship and Fellowship Experience'', 2 p.m., Zoom.