[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 16, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D654-D656]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DOI
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates and justification for fiscal year 2022 for the Department of 
the Interior, after receiving testimony from Deb Haaland, Secretary of 
the Interior.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2022 for the Department of Education, after receiving testimony from 
Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education.
APPROPRIATIONS: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND FAMILY HOUSING
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine 
proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2022 for 
military construction and family housing, after receiving testimony 
from Paul Cramer, performing the duties of Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Sustainment, Lieutenant General Jason Evans, Deputy Chief 
of Staff, G-9, Vice Admiral Ricky Williamson, Deputy Chief of Naval 
Operations for Fleet Readiness and Logistics, Lieutenant General 
Charles Chiarotti, Deputy Commandant, Installations and Logistics, and 
Lieutenant General Warren Berry, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, 
Engineering, and Force Protection, all of the Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: DOT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2022 for the Department of Transportation, after receiving testimony 
from Peter Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Caroline Diane Krass, of the District of Columbia, 
to be General Counsel, who was introduced by Senator Bennet, Gina Maria 
Ortiz Jones, of Texas, to be Under Secretary of the Air Force, who was 
introduced by Senator Duckworth, 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, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
NUCLEAR DETERRENCE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
a hearing to examine United States nuclear deterrence policy and 
strategy, after receiving testimony from Tom Z. Collina, Ploughshares 
Fund, Madelyn R. Creedon, George Washington University Elliott School 
of International Affairs, Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty, former Administrator, 
National Nuclear Security Administration, Matthew Kroenig, Georgetown 
University Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, and Sharon K. 
Weiner, American University School of International Service, all of 
Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  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, with an amendment;
  S. 1890, to require the Federal Trade Commission to conduct a study 
on scams that target travelers during the COVID-19 pandemic, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1894, to designate Regional Ocean Partnerships of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute;
  S. 1995, to amend the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act with 
respect to sport fish restoration and recreational boating safety;
  S. 2016, to authorize elements of the Department of Transportation, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  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.

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LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands, Forests, and Mining concluded a hearing 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 Wilderness 
Act to allow local Federal officials to determine the manner in which 
nonmotorized uses may be permitted in wilderness areas, after receiving 
testimony from Senators Murray, Cramer, Bennet, and Romney; Nada Wolff 
Culver, Deputy Director, Policy and Programs, Bureau of Land 
Management, Department of the Interior; Chris French, Deputy Chief, 
National Forest System, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Utah 
Representative Keven Stratton, Salt Lake City; Marci Henson, Clark 
County Department of Environment and Sustainability, Las Vegas, Nevada; 
Pat Pitney, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; and Jocelyn Torres, 
Conservation Lands Foundation, North Las Vegas, Nevada.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Jeffrey M. Prieto, of California, 
who was introduced by Senator Padilla, and Jane Toshiko Nishida, of 
Maryland, who was introduced by Senator Cardin, 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, who was introduced by Representative Espaillat, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
BUDGET
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2022, after 
receiving testimony from Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported 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.
SOUTHWEST BORDER SECURITY
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Government Operations and Border Management concluded a hearing to 
examine improving security, trade, and travel at land ports of entry at 
the southwest border, after receiving testimony from Kevin K. 
McAleenan, former acting Secretary of Homeland Security, McLean, 
Virginia; Anthony M. Reardon, National Treasury Employees Union, 
Washington, D.C.; Sam F. Vale, Starr-Camargo Bridge Company, Rio Grande 
City, Texas, on behalf of the Border Trade Alliance; and Guillermo 
Valencia, Valencia International, Inc.,

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Nogales, Arizona, on behalf of the Greater Nogales Santa Cruz County 
Port Authority.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported 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.
WOMEN'S HEALTH PROTECTION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution concluded 
a hearing to examine the Women's Health Protection Act, after receiving 
testimony from Michele Bratcher Goodwin, University of California, 
Irvine; Jamila Perritt, Physicians for Reproductive Health, and 
Catherine Glenn Foster, Americans United for Life, both of Washington, 
D.C.; Melissa Ohden, The Abortion Survivors Network, Kansas City, 
Missouri; and Tohan, Texas.
USCP OVERSIGHT FOLLOWING JANUARY 6 ATTACK
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded an oversight 
hearing to examine the United States Capitol Police following the 
January 6th attack on the Capitol, after receiving testimony from 
Michael A. Bolton, Inspector General, United States Capitol Police.
VA BUDGET
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2022 
and 2023 advance appropriations requests for the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, after receiving testimony from Denis McDonough, Secretary, and 
Jon Rychalski, Assistant Secretary for Management and Chief Financial 
Officer, both of the Department of Veterans Affairs; and Shane 
Liermann, Disabled American Veterans, Patrick Murray, Veterans of 
Foreign Wars, and Roscoe Butler, Paralyzed Veterans of America, all of 
Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nomination of Robin C. Ashton, of Maryland, to be Inspector 
General, Central Intelligence Agency.