[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 90 (Monday, May 24, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D560-D563]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of May 25 through May 28, 2021

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Centers 
for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human 
Services, post-cloture.
   At 11:45 a.m., Senate will vote on confirmation of the nomination of 
Chiquita Brooks-LaSure and on the motion to invoke cloture on the 
nomination of Kristen M. Clarke, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice.
   If cloture is invoked on the nomination of Kristen M. Clarke, Senate 
will vote on confirmation thereon at 2:30 p.m.
  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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: May 27, to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Janie Simms Hipp, of Arkansas, 
to be General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-366.
  Committee on Appropriations: May 26, Subcommittee on Defense, to 
hold closed hearings to examine the intelligence community, 10 a.m., 
SVC-217.
  May 26, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2022 for 
the National Institutes of Health, and the state of medical 
research, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  May 26, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings to examine budgeting for the future of 
forest management, focusing on rethinking resiliency, 10:15 a.m., 
SD-138.
  May 26, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2022 for the Department of Homeland Security, 2 p.m., SD-138.
  May 26, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2022 for the Department of Commerce, 2 
p.m., SD-124.
  May 26, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2022 for the United States Agency for 
International Development, 2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: May 25, to hold hearings to examine 
the nominations of Frank Kendall III, of Massachusetts, to be 
Secretary of the Air Force, Heidi Shyu, of Virginia, to be Under 
Secretary for Research and Engineering, and Susanna V. Blume, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Director of Cost Assessment and Program 
Evaluation, all of the Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  May 26, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to 
examine space force, military space operations, policy and programs, 
4:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  May 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Jill Hruby, of New Mexico, to be Under Secretary for 
Nuclear Security, and Frank A. Rose, of Massachusetts, to be 
Principal Deputy Administrator, National Nuclear Security 
Administration, both of the Department of Energy, and Deborah G. 
Rosenblum, of the District of Columbia, and Christopher Paul Maier, 
of California, both to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, 9:30 
a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: May 25, to hold 
hearings to examine the semiannual testimony on the Federal 
Reserve's supervision and regulation of the financial system, 10 
a.m., WEBEX.
  May 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine annual 
oversight of Wall Street firms, 10 a.m., WEBEX.
  May 27, Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community 
Development, to hold hearings to examine housing for Native 
Americans, focusing on a review of Federal programs, barriers, and 
opportunities, 10 a.m., WEBEX.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 25, 
Subcommittee on Tourism, Trade, and Export Promotion, to hold 
hearings to examine investing in America's tourism and hospitality 
workforce and small businesses, 3 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 26, Subcommittee on 
National Parks, to hold hearings to examine the current state of the 
National Park System, focusing on the impacts of COVID-19 on 
National Park Service operations, staff, visitation and facilities, 
10 a.m., SD-366.
  May 27, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Robert T. Anderson, of Washington, to be Solicitor, 
Shannon Aneal Estenoz, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Fish and Wildlife, and Tanya Marie Trujillo, of New Mexico, to be an 
Assistant Secretary, all of the Department of the Interior, 10 a.m., 
SD-419.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: May 26, business 
meeting to consider an original bill entitled, ``Surface 
Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021'', the nominations of 
Shannon Aneal Estenoz, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Fish and Wildlife, Department of the Interior, Radhika Fox, of 
California, to be an Assistant Administrator, and Michal Ilana 
Freedhoff, of Maryland, to be Assistant Administrator for Toxic 
Substances, both of the Environmental Protection Agency, and 10 
General Services Administration resolutions, 9:45 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Finance: May 25, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Lily Lawrence Batchelder, of Massachusetts, and 
Benjamin Harris, of Virginia, both to be an Assistant Secretary, J. 
Nellie Liang, of Maryland, to be an Under Secretary, and Jonathan 
Davidson, of Maryland, to be Deputy Under Secretary, all of the 
Department of the Treasury, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.

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  May 26, Full Committee, business meeting to consider an original 
bill entitled, ``Clean Energy for America Act'', 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: May 25, business meeting to 
consider the nominations of Bonnie D. Jenkins, of New York, to be 
Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International 
Security, Jose W. Fernandez, of New York, to be an Under Secretary 
of State (Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment), to be 
United States Alternate Governor of the European Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development, to be United States Alternate 
Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development, and to be United States Alternate Governor of the 
Inter-American Development Bank, routine lists in the Foreign 
Service, and other pending nominations, 2:15 p.m., SH-216.
  May 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the crisis in 
Ethiopia, focusing on U.S. strategy and policy response, 11 a.m., 
SR-301/VTC.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: May 25, 
business meeting to consider S. 1675, to improve maternal health, S. 
1491, to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve obstetric 
care in rural areas, S. 1662, to increase funding for the Reagan-
Udall Foundation for the Food and Drug Administration and for the 
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, S. 1301, to 
provide for the publication by the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services of physical activity recommendations for Americans, S. 610, 
to address behavioral health and well-being among health care 
professionals, S. 1658, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 to expand access to breastfeeding accommodations in the 
workplace, and other pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  May 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Rajesh D. Nayak, of Maryland, Taryn Mackenzie 
Williams, of the District of Columbia, and Douglas L. Parker, of 
West Virginia, each to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, 10 a.m., 
SD-106.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: May 27, 
to hold hearings to examine the nominations of John K. Tien, of 
Georgia, to be Deputy Secretary, Robert Peter Silvers, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, 
and Plans, and Jonathan Eugene Meyer, of Ohio, to be General 
Counsel, all of the Department of Homeland Security, 10:15 a.m., SD-
342/VTC.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: May 26, business meeting to consider 
S. 1471, to enhance protections of Native American tangible cultural 
heritage; to be immediately followed by an oversight hearing to 
examine the COVID-19 response in Native communities, focusing on 
Native languages one year later, including S. 989, to establish a 
Native American language resource center in furtherance of the 
policy set forth in the Native American Languages Act, and S. 1402, 
to amend the Native American Languages Act to ensure the survival 
and continuing vitality of Native American languages, 2:30 p.m., SD-
628.
  Committee on Judiciary: May 25, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
to hold hearings to examine stopping gun violence, focusing on safe 
storage, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  May 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Tiffany P. Cunningham, of Illinois, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, Margaret Irene 
Strickland, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
New Mexico, Ur Mendoza Jaddou, of California, to be Director of the 
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of 
Homeland Security, and David H. Chipman, of Virginia, to be 
Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Anne 
Milgram, of New Jersey, to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement, and 
Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr., of Louisiana, to be an Assistant Attorney 
General, all of the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  May 27, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 312, to 
expand eligibility for and provide judicial review for the Elderly 
Home Detention Pilot Program, provide for compassionate release 
based on COVID-19 vulnerability, shorten the waiting period for 
judicial review during the COVID-19 pandemic, and make other 
technical corrections, S. 601, to amend section 3661 of title 18, 
United States Code, to prohibit the consideration of acquitted 
conduct at sentencing, S. 1014, to reform sentencing laws and 
correctional institutions, and the nominations of Deborah L. 
Boardman, and Lydia Kay Griggsby, both to be a United States 
District Judge for the District of Maryland, and Ronald L. Davis, of 
California, to be Director of the United States Marshals Service, 
Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: May 26, to hold 
hearings to examine the pandemic response and the small business 
economy, focusing on an update from the Small Business 
Administration, 1:30 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: May 26, business meeting to 
consider 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. 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. 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. 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, an 
original bill entitled, ``The COST of War Act of 2021'', and the 
nominations of Donald Michael Remy, of Louisiana, to be Deputy 
Secretary, Matthew T. Quinn, of Montana, to be Under Secretary for 
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Maryanne T. Donaghy, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary 
(Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection), and 
Patricia L. Ross, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Secretary 
(Congressional and Legislative Affairs), all of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, 3 p.m., SR-301.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: May 25, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  May 26, Full Committee, closed business meeting to consider 
pending intelligence matters; to be immediately followed by a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, May 26, Subcommittee on Nutrition, 
Oversight, and Department Operations, hearing entitled ``The Future 
of SNAP: Moving Past the Pandemic'', 12 p.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Appropriations, May 26, Subcommittee on Labor, Health 
and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, budget hearing 
on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 10 a.m., Webex.
  May 26, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, hearing entitled 
``Department of Homeland Security Resource Management and 
Operational Priorities'', 10 a.m., Webex.
  May 26, Subcommittee on Defense, hearing entitled ``Defense 
Environmental Restoration'', 1 p.m., Webex.
  May 26, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, 
oversight hearing on the Securities and Exchange Commission, 2 p.m., 
Webex.
  May 27, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs, budget hearing on the U.S. Agency for International 
Development, 11 a.m., Webex.
  May 27, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, 
oversight hearing on the Department of the Treasury, 11 a.m., Webex.
  May 27, Subcommittee on Defense, budget hearing on the Department 
of Defense, 1 p.m., Webex.
  May 28, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, 
oversight hearing on the Small Business Administration, 10 a.m., 
Webex.
  Committee on Armed Services, May 27, Subcommittee on Seapower and 
Projection Forces, hearing entitled ``Department of the Navy Fiscal 
Year 2022 Budget Request for Seapower and Projection Forces'', 11 
a.m., Webex.
  May 27, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, hearing 
entitled ``Army Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Program Update and Review 
of Electrification'', 3 p.m., Webex.
  Committee on Education and Labor, May 26, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 3110, the ``Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for 
Nursing Mothers Act''; and H.R. 2062, the ``Protecting Older Workers 
Against Discrimination Act'', 12 p.m., Zoom.
  May 27, Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment, 
hearing entitled ``Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
Reauthorization: Creating Employment Pathways for Dislocated 
Workers'', 12 p.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, May 26, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``A Shot at Normalcy: 
Building COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence'', 11 a.m., Webex.
  Committee on Financial Services, May 26, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Consumer Credit Reporting: 
Assessing Accuracy and Compliance'', 12 p.m., Webex.
  May 27, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Holding Megabanks 
Accountable: An Update in Banking Practices, Programs and 
Policies'', 12 p.m., Webex.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, May 27, Subcommittee on Europe, 
Energy, the Environment, and Cyber, hearing entitled ``Understanding 
Authoritarianism and Kleptocracy in Russia'', 1 p.m., Webex.
  Committee on the Judiciary, May 27, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, hearing entitled 
``Oversight of the Voting Rights Act: A Continuing Record of 
Discrimination'', 10 a.m., Zoom.
  May 27, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the 
Internet, hearing entitled ``The SHOP SAFE Act: Stemming the Rising 
Tide of Unsafe Counterfeit Products Online'', 2 p.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Natural Resources, May 26, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 164, to authorize the Seminole Tribe of Florida to lease or 
transfer certain land, and for other purposes; H.R. 438, to amend 
the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native 
Children Act to extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce 
Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 1146, the ``Community Reclamation 
Partnerships Act''; H.R. 1619, the ``Catawba Indian Nation Lands 
Act''; H.R. 1733, the ``RECLAIM Act of 2021''; H.R. 1734, the 
``Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Amendments of 2021''; 
H.R. 2415, the ``Orphaned Well Clean-up and Jobs Act of 2021''; and 
H.R. 2641, the ``Pacific Northwest Pumped Storage Hydropower 
Development Act of 2021'', 11 a.m., Webex.
  May 27, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, 
hearing on H.R. 1664, to authorize the National Medal of Honor 
Museum Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District 
of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes; H.R. 1931, the 
``Japanese American Confinement Education Act''; H.R. 2278, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to designate the September 
11th National Memorial Trail, and for other purposes; and H.R. 2444, 
the ``Fort San Geronimo Preservation Act'', 1 p.m., Webex.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, May 26, Subcommittee on Civil 
Rights and Civil Liberties, hearing entitled ``Confronting Violent 
White Supremacy (Part V): Examining the Rise of Militia Extremism'', 
2 p.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Science, Space, And Technology, May 27, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Overview of the Science and Energy 
Research Enterprise of the U.S. Department of Energy'', 1 p.m., 
Zoom.
  Committee on Small Business, May 26, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``An Examination of the SBA's Covid-19 Programs'', 10 a.m., 
Zoom.

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  May 27, Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and 
Regulations, hearing entitled ``A Review of the SBA's Grant 
Programs'', 1 p.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 1May 26, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Full Committee Member Day Hearing'', 9:30 a.m., Zoom.
  May 26, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity and Oversight, 
hearing entitled ``Veteran Employment Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic'', 
1 p.m. Zoom.
  May 27, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Investing in a Better 
VA: Examining the Role of Infrastructure in Veterans' Access to Care 
and Benefits'', 2:30 p.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Ways and Means, May 27, Subcommittee on Worker and 
Family Support, hearing entitled ``Legislative Hearing on Universal 
Paid Leave and Guaranteed Access to Child Care'', 10 a.m., Webex.
  Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, May 27, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Making the House More Accessible to 
the Disability Community'', 11 a.m., Zoom.