[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 107 (Monday, June 21, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D668-D669]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             JUNE 22, 2021

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on 
Rural Development and Energy, to hold hearings to examine renewable 
energy, focusing on growth and opportunities for rural economies, 
9:30 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for 
fiscal year 2022 for the Army, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
posture of the Department of the Navy in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2022 and the Future Years 
Defense Program; to be immediately followed by a closed session in 
SVC-217, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Subcommittee on Airland, to hold hearings to examine modernization 
efforts of the Department of the Air Force in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2022 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the nominations of Brian Eddie Nelson, of California, to 
be Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes, and Elizabeth 
Rosenberg, of Vermont, to be Assistant Secretary for Terrorist 
Financing, both of the Department of the Treasury, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Communication, Media, and Broadband, to hold hearings to examine 
building resilient networks, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on International Trade, 
Customs, and Global Competitiveness, to hold hearings to examine the 
strategic benefits of a multilateral approach to trade policy in the 
Asia-Pacific region, 2:30 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider S.J. 
Res. 10, to repeal the authorizations for use of military force 
against Iraq, S. 1041, to advance the strategic alignment of United 
States diplomatic tools toward

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the realization of free, fair, and transparent elections in 
Nicaragua and to reaffirm the commitment of the United States to 
protect the fundamental freedoms and human rights of the people of 
Nicaragua, S. 65, to ensure that goods made with forced labor in the 
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China 
do not enter the United States market, S. 2000, to promote the 
United States-Greece defense partnership, S. 93, to amend the Global 
Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act to modify the foreign 
persons subject to sanctions and to remove the sunset for the 
imposition of sanctions, S. 1061, to encourage the normalization of 
relations with Israel, S. 14, to identify and combat corruption in 
countries, to establish a tiered system of countries with respect to 
levels of corruption by their governments and their efforts to 
combat such corruption, and to evaluate foreign persons engaged in 
grand corruption for inclusion as specially designated nationals 
under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, S. Res. 
67, calling for the immediate release of Trevor Reed, a United 
States citizen who was unjustly found guilty and sentenced to 9 
years in a Russian prison, S. Res. 165, calling on the Government of 
the Russian Federation to provide evidence or to release United 
States citizen Paul Whelan, S. Res. 107, expressing the sense of the 
Senate relating to the 10th anniversary of the March 11, 2011, 
earthquake and tsunami in Japan, S. Res. 154, congratulating the 
people of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on the centennial of the 
founding of the Jordanian state, S. Res. 176, urging all parties in 
Georgia to seek prompt implementation of the agreement signed on 
April 19, 2021, and reaffirming the support of the Senate for 
Georgia, the territorial integrity of Georgia, and the aspirations 
of Georgians to join the Euro-Atlantic community, the nominations of 
Michele Jeanne Sison, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary 
(International Organization Affairs), Larry Edward Andre, Jr., of 
Texas, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Somalia, Maria E. 
Brewer, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Lesotho, 
Tulinabo S. Mushingi, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Angola, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome 
and Principe, Elizabeth Moore Aubin, of Virginia, to be Ambassador 
to the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, Eugene S. Young, of 
New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo, and 
Christopher John Lamora, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Cameroon, all of the Department of State, routine lists 
in the Foreign Service, and other pending calendar business, 2:15 
p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine vaccines, focusing on America's shot at ending 
the COVID-19 pandemic, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine D.C. statehood, 10 a.m., SD-342/VTC.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine Federal 
sentencing for crack and powder cocaine, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, to hold hearings to examine 
protecting real innovations by improving patent quality, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to 
consider pending intelligence matters; be immediately followed by a 
closed hearing to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., 
SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
H.R. 660, the ``Shovel-Ready Restoration Grants for Coastlines and 
Fisheries Act of 2021''; H.R. 1415, the ``Tribal Coastal Resiliency 
Act''; H.R. 1689, the ``Offshore Wind for Territories Act''; H.R. 
2750, the ``Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act''; H.R. 3160, the ``Keep 
America's Waterfronts Working Act''; H.R. 3228, the ``National 
Coastal Resilience Data and Services Act''; H.R. 3692, the ``Marine 
Mammal Climate Change Protection Act''; H.R. 3748, the ``BLUE GLOBE 
ACT''; H.R. 3764, the ``Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act of 2021''; 
H.R. 3817, the ``Regional Ocean Partnership Act''; H.R. 3864, the 
``Chesapeake Bay Oyster Research Act''; H.R. 3906, the ``Blue Carbon 
Protection Act''; and H.R. 3892, the ``National Oceans and Coastal 
Security Improvements Act'', 3 p.m., Webex.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, Select Subcommittee on the 
Coronavirus Crisis, hearing entitled ``Lessons Learned: The Federal 
Reserve's Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic'', 2154 Rayburn and 
Zoom.
  Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 2062, the 
``Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act''; S.J. Res. 
13, the ``Update of Commission's Conciliation Procedures''; S.J. 
Res. 14, the ``Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for 
New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources Review''; S.J. Res. 15, the 
``National Banks and Federal Savings Associations as Lenders''; H.R. 
239, the ``Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act''; and 
H.R. 1443, the ``LGBTQ Business Equal Credit Enforcement and 
Investment Act'', 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol and Webex.