[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 15, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D650-D651]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2021

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates 
and justification for fiscal year 2022 for the Department of the 
Interior, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  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 Department of Education, 
10 a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2022 for military construction and family 
housing, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and 
Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates 
and justification for fiscal year 2022 for the Department of 
Transportation, 2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Caroline Diane Krass, of the District of Columbia, to be 
General Counsel, Gina Maria Ortiz Jones, of Texas, to be Under Secretary 
of the Air Force, Ely Stefansky Ratner, of Massachusetts, and Shawn 
Graham Skelly, of Virginia, both to be an Assistant Secretary, and 
Meredith Berger, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 
all of the Department of Defense, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to examine United 
States nuclear deterrence policy and strategy, 4:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business meeting to 
consider S. 66, to require the Inter-Agency Task Force on Harmful Algal 
Blooms and Hypoxia to develop a plan for reducing, mitigating, and 
controlling harmful algal blooms and hypoxia in South Florida, S. 1747, 
to provide for an equitable management of summer flounder based on 
geographic, scientific, and economic data, S. 1890, to require the 
Federal Trade Commission to conduct a study on scams that target 
travelers during the COVID-19 pandemic, S. 1995, to amend the Dingell-
Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act with respect to sport fish restoration 
and recreational boating safety, S. 1894, to designate Regional Ocean 
Partnerships of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, S. 
2016, to authorize elements of the Department of Transportation, the 
nominations of Pamela A. Melroy, of New York, to be Deputy Administrator 
of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Carlos Alberto 
Monje, Jr., of Louisiana, to be Under Secretary of Transportation for 
Policy, and Richard W. Spinrad, of Oregon, to be Under Secretary of 
Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, and routine lists in the Coast Guard, 
10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands, Forests, and Mining, to hold hearings to examine S. 173, to 
provide for the designation of certain wilderness areas, recreation 
management areas, and conservation areas in the State of Colorado, S. 
177, to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and 
Recreation Act to establish the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness in the Rio 
Grande del Norte National Monument and to modify the boundary of the Rio 
Grande del Norte National Monument, S. 182, to withdraw certain Federal 
land in the Pecos Watershed area of the State of New Mexico from mineral 
entry, S. 455, to designate and expand wilderness areas in Olympic 
National Forest in the State of Washington, and to designate certain 
rivers in Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park as wild and 
scenic rivers, S. 554, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct 
a study on the establishment of, and the potential land that could be 
included in, a unit of the National Forest System in the State of Hawaii, 
S. 567, to provide for conservation and economic development in the State 
of Nevada, S. 569, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer 
certain National Forest System land to the State of South Dakota, S. 609, 
to withdraw the National Forest System land in the Ruby Mountains 
subdistrict of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and the National 
Wildlife Refuge System land in Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Elko 
and White Pine Counties, Nevada, from operation under the mineral leasing 
laws, S. 904, to require the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of 
Agriculture, and the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works to 
digitize and make publicly available geographic information system 
mapping data relating to public access to Federal land and waters for 
outdoor recreation, S. 1008, to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
develop a modeling tool, conduct a study, and issue reports relating to 
the tax equivalent amount of payments under the payment in lieu of taxes 
program, S. 1076, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to plug, remediate, and 
reclaim orphaned oil and gas wells and surrounding land, to provide funds 
to State and Tribal government to plug, remediate, and reclaim orphaned 
oil and gas wells and surrounding land, S. 1128, to provide for the 
continuation of higher education through the conveyance to the University 
of Alaska of certain public land in the State of Alaska, S. 1222, to 
designate and adjust certain lands in the State of Utah as components of 
the National Wilderness Preservation System, and S. 1686, to amend the

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Wilderness Act to allow local Federal officials to determine the manner 
in which nonmotorized uses may be permitted in wilderness areas, 3 p.m., 
SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to examine 
the nominations of Jeffrey M. Prieto, of California, and Jane Toshiko 
Nishida, of Maryland, both to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, and Alejandra Y. Castillo, of New York, 
to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, 10 a.m., 
SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the President's 
fiscal year 2022 budget, 10 a.m., WEBEX.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business meeting 
to consider the nominations of Gwen Graham, of Florida, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs, Department of 
Education, 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, and Dawn Myers O'Connell, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and 
Response, and Miriam E. Delphin-Rittmon, of Connecticut, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, both of the Department of 
Health and Human Services, Time to be announced, Room to be announced.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Robin Carnahan, of Missouri, to be 
Administrator of General Services, Jen Easterly, of New York, to be 
Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, 
Department of Homeland Security, and Chris Inglis, of Maryland, to be 
National Cyber Director, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Government Operations and Border Management, to hold hearings to 
examine improving security, trade, and travel at land ports of entry at 
the southwest border, 2:30 p.m., VTC.
  Committee on Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution, to hold 
hearings to examine the Women's Health Protection Act, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the U.S. Capitol Police following the January 6th attack on the 
Capitol, 2:15 p.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: business meeting to 
consider the nomination of Dilawar Syed, of California, to be Deputy 
Administrator of the Small Business Administration, 3:30 p.m., S-216, 
Capitol.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2022 and 2023 advance 
appropriations requests for the Department of Veterans Affairs, 3 p.m., 
SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: 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

  Committee on Agriculture, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 
a committee print to provide for the availability of amounts for customer 
education initiatives and non-awards expenses of the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission Whistleblower Program, and for other purposes, 9:30 
a.m., 1300 Longworth and Zoom.
  Committee on Agriculture, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``1890 Land 
Grant Institutions: Investing for Agricultural Resiliency, Equity, and 
Global Impact'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth and Zoom.
  Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Department of the Air Force Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request'', 11 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Education and Labor, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Examining the Policies and Priorities of the U.S. Department of Health 
and Human Services'', 9 a.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Environment and 
Climate Change, markup on H.R. 3291, the ``Assistance, Quality, and 
Affordability Act of 2021''; H.R. 3293, the ``Low-Income Water Customer 
Assistance Programs Act of 2021''; and H.R. 2467, the ``PFAS Action Act 
of 2021'', 10:30 a.m., Webex.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing, Community 
Development and Insurance, hearing entitled ``Flexible Federal Funding: 
Examining the Community Development Block Grant Program and Its Impact on 
Addressing Local Challenges'', 10 a.m., Webex.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on National Security, 
International Development and Monetary Policy, hearing entitled ``Schemes 
and Subversion: How Bad Actors and Foreign Governments Undermine and 
Evade Sanctions Regimes'', 2 p.m., Webex.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The 
Biden Administration's Priorities for Engagement with the United 
Nations'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Office of Insular Affairs Full 
Committee, hearing on H.R. 2070, the ``Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act 
of 2021''; and H.R. 1522, the ``Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act'', 1 
p.m., Webex.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, Subcommittee on Environment, hearing 
entitled ``Jumpstarting Main Street: Bringing Jobs and Wealth Back to 
Forgotten America'', 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Underserved, Agricultural, 
and Rural Development, hearing entitled ``Supporting Small Entities 
through Investments in the National Infrastructure: Broadband'', 10 a.m., 
2360 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing entitled ``Starships and Stripes Forever--An 
Examination of the FAA's Role in the Future of Spaceflight'', 2 p.m., 
2167 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, 
hearing entitled ``Veteran Homelessness in the Wake of COVID-19'', 10 
a.m., Zoom.