[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 25, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D570-D571]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                              MAY 26, 2021

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense, to hold 
closed hearings to examine the intelligence community, 10 a.m., SVC-
217.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to 
hold hearings to examine space force, military space operations, 
policy and programs, 4:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine annual oversight of Wall Street firms, 10 a.m., WEBEX.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: 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: business meeting to consider an original 
bill entitled, ``Clean Energy for America Act'', 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: 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 the Judiciary: 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.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: 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: 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

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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 Memorial Affairs, 
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.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, 
and Department Operations, hearing entitled ``The Future of SNAP: 
Moving Past the Pandemic'', 12 p.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Appropriations, 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.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``Department 
of Homeland Security Resource Management and Operational 
Priorities'', 10 a.m., Webex.
  Subcommittee on Defense, hearing entitled ``Defense Environmental 
Restoration'', 1 p.m., Webex.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, 
oversight hearing on the Securities and Exchange Commission, 2 p.m., 
Webex.
  Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``A Shot at Normalcy: Building 
COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence'', 11 a.m., Webex.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Consumer Credit Reporting: 
Assessing Accuracy and Compliance'', 12 p.m., Webex.
  Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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 Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``An 
Examination of the SBA's Covid-19 Programs'', 10 a.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Full Committee Member Day Hearing'', 9:30 a.m., Zoom.
  Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity and Oversight, hearing 
entitled ``Veteran Employment Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic'', 1 p.m. 
Zoom.