[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 121 (Monday, July 12, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D753-D757]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 13 through July 16, 2021

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Uzra Zeya, of Virginia, to be an Under Secretary of State (Civilian 
Security, Democracy, and Human Rights), post-cloture, and vote on 
confirmation thereon on 11:30 a.m.
  Following disposition of the nomination of Uzra Zeya, Senate will 
vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Julie A. Su, 
of California, to be Deputy Secretary of Labor. If cloture is invoked 
on the nomination, 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: July 15, to 
hold hearings to examine the nomination of Jennifer Lester Moffitt, 
of California, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing 
and Regulatory Programs, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Appropriations: July 13, Subcommittee on Financial 
Services and General Government, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2022 for 
the USPS Office of Inspector General and USPS service issues, 2 
p.m., SD-138.
  July 14, 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 Labor, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: July 13, to hold hearings to examine 
the nominations of Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr., of California, to be 
Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness, Carlos Del Toro, of 
Virginia, to be Secretary of the Navy, Kathleen S. Miller, of 
Virginia, to be a Deputy Under Secretary, Mara Elizabeth Karlin, of 
Wisconsin, to be an Assistant Secretary, and Michael Lee Connor, of 
Colorado, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army, all of the 
Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 13, to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Arun Venkataraman, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and 
Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial 
Service, and Damon Y. Smith, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  July 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress, 9:30 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 15, to 
hold hearings to examine implementing supply chain resiliency, 10:30 
a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 14, business 
meeting to consider an original bill to invest in the energy and 
outdoor infrastructure of the United States to deploy new and 
innovative technologies, update existing infrastructure to be 
reliable and resilient, and secure energy infrastructure against 
physical and cyber threats, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: July 14, business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Alejandra Y. Castillo, of New 
York, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic 
Development, and Jane Toshiko Nishida, of Maryland, and Jeffrey M. 
Prieto, of California, both to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency; to be immediately followed by a 
hearing to examine the nomination of Michael Lee Connor, of 
Colorado, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army, Department of 
Defense, 9:45 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: July 13, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Sarah Bianchi, of Virginia, to be Deputy United 
States Trade Representative (Asia, Africa, Investment, Services, 
Textiles, and Industrial Competitiveness), with the rank of 
Ambassador, Jayme Ray White, of Washington, to be a Deputy United 
States Trade Representative (Western Hemisphere, Europe, the Middle 
East, Labor, and Environment), with the rank of Ambassador, and 
Melanie Anne Egorin, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, 9:45 a.m., SD-215.
  July 14, Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic 
Growth, to hold hearings to examine defending and investing in U.S. 
competitiveness, 2 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 13, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Gentry O. Smith, of Virginia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary (Diplomatic Security), Rena Bitter, of the 
District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary (Consular 
Affairs), Monica P. Medina, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary 
for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, 
and Marc Evans Knapper, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam, all of the Department of State, 10 
a.m., SD-G50/VTC.
  July 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year

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2022 for the United States Agency for International Development, 
10:30 a.m., SH-216/VTC.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: July 13, to 
hold hearings to examine the nominations of Catherine Elizabeth 
Lhamon, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 
Elizabeth Merrill Brown, of Maryland, to be General Counsel, and 
Roberto Josue Rodriguez, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation, and Policy 
Development, all of the Department of Education, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  July 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of David Weil, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of 
the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor, and Gwynne A. 
Wilcox, of New York, and David M. Prouty, of Maryland, both to be a 
Member of the National Labor Relations Board, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: July 14, 
business meeting to consider S. 2123, to establish the Federal 
Clearinghouse on Safety and Security Best Practices for Faith-Based 
Organizations and Houses of Worship, S. 1917, to establish a K-12 
education cybersecurity initiative, S. 2201, to manage supply chain 
risk through counterintelligence training, S. 2293, to amend the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to 
provide certain employment rights to reservists of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, S. 1941, to direct the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget to standardize the use of core-based 
statistical area designations across Federal programs, to allow 
between 120 and 180 days for public comment on any proposed change 
to such designations, and to report on the scientific basis and 
estimated impact to Federal programs for any proposed change to such 
designations, S. 1324, to establish a Civilian Cyber Security 
Reserve as a pilot project to address the cyber security needs for 
the United States with respect to national security, S. 533, to 
require a guidance clarity statement on certain agency guidance, S. 
629, to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to require 
Federal agencies to submit to the Comptroller General of the United 
States a report on rules that are revoked, suspended, replaced, 
amended, or otherwise made ineffective, S. 2150, to prevent 
catastrophic wildland fires by establishing a commission to study 
and recommend wildland fire prevention, mitigation, suppression, 
management, and rehabilitation policies for the Federal Government, 
S. 1009, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 regarding the 
procurement of certain items related to national security interests 
for Department of Homeland Security frontline operational 
components, H.R. 367, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
establish an acquisition professional career program, H.R. 408, to 
amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a mentor-
protege, program, H.R. 473, to require a review of Department of 
Homeland Security trusted traveler programs, H.R. 539, to amend the 
Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 to require the Administrator of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency to waive certain debts owed 
to the United States related to covered assistance provided to an 
individual or household, and H.R. 772, to designate the facility of 
the United States Postal Service located at 229 Minnetonka Avenue 
South in Wayzata, Minnesota, as the ``Jim Ramstad Post Office'', 
9:15 a.m., SD-342.
  July 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Robert Luis Santos, of Texas, to be Director of the 
Census, Department of Commerce, and Ed Gonzalez, of Texas, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, 10:15 a.m., SD-342/VTC.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 14, business meeting to consider 
the nomination of Bryan Todd Newland, of Michigan, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of the Interior; to be immediately followed by a 
hearing to examine S. 1797, to amend the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act to expand the funding authority for renovating, 
constructing, and expanding certain facilities, S. 1895, to require 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award additional 
funding through the Sanitation Facilities Construction Program of 
the Indian Health Service, and H.R. 1688, to amend the Indian Child 
Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Judiciary: July 13, Subcommittee on Competition 
Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights, to hold hearings to examine 
anticompetitive conduct in prescription drug markets, 2:30 p.m., SD-
226.
  July 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Myrna Perez, of New York, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Second Circuit, Jia M. Cobb, of Virginia, and Florence 
Y. Pan, both to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Columbia, Sarah A.L. Merriam, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Connecticut, Karen McGlashan Williams, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, and Matthew G. 
Olsen, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department 
of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  July 14, Subcommittee on the Constitution, to hold hearings to 
examine restoring the Voting Rights Act after Brnovich and Shelby 
County., 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  July 15, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Eunice C. Lee, of New York, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, Veronica S. Rossman, of 
Colorado, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, 
and David G. Estudillo, Lauren J. King, and Tana Lin, each to be a 
United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington, 
Gustavo A. Gelpi, of Puerto Rico, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the First Circuit, Angel Kelley, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Massachusetts, Christine P. O'Hearn, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, and 
Helaine Ann Greenfeld, of Maryland, and Christopher H. Schroeder, of 
North Carolina, both to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department 
of Justice, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: July 13, 
business meeting to consider the nomination of Dilawar Syed, of 
California, to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration, 11:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: July 14, to hold hearings to 
examine VA electronic health records, focusing on modernization and 
the path ahead, 3:30 p.m., SR-418.

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  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 13, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.
  Special Committee on Aging: July 15, to hold hearings to examine 
building wealth and fostering independence, focusing on creating 
opportunities to save, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, July 14, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
4374, the ``Broadband Internet Connections for Rural America Act'', 
12 p.m., 1300 Longworth and Zoom.
  Committee on Appropriations, July 15, Full Committee, markup on 
the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2022; and the Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2022, 10 a.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, July 14, Subcommittee on Readiness, 
hearing entitled ``Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request for Military 
Construction, Energy, and Environmental Programs'', 4 p.m., Webex.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, July 14, Subcommittee on Energy; 
and Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change, joint hearing 
entitled ``Keeping Us Safe and Secure: Oversight of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission'', 11:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Financial Services, July 14, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy'', 12 p.m., 
Webex.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``America on CDBG Disaster Recovery: States, Cities, and 
Denials of Funding'', 12 p.m., Webex.
  July 16, Task Force on Artificial Intelligence, hearing entitled 
``I Am Who I Say I Am: Verifying Identity while Preserving Privacy 
in the Digital Age'', 12 p.m., Webex.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, July 14, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Biden Administration's Foreign Assistance Priorities 
and USAID's FY22 Budget Request'', 2 p.m., Webex.
  July 15, Full Committee, continue markup on H.R. 3524, the 
``Ensuring American Global Leadership and Engagement Act'', 12 p.m., 
Webex.
  Committee on Homeland Security, July 15, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Securing the Homeland: Reforming DHS to Meet Today's 
Threats'', 12 p.m., Webex.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and 
Recovery, hearing entitled ``Examining the U.S. Department of 
Homeland Security Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office'', 
10 a.m., Webex.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 16, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, hearing entitled 
``The Implications of Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee and 
Potential Legislative Responses'', 1 p.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Natural Resources, July 14, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 820 the ``New Philadelphia National Historical Park Act''; H.R. 
972, the ``Wildlife Refuge Conservation and Recreation for the 
Community Act''; H.R. 1154, the ``Great Dismal Swamp National 
Heritage Area Act''; 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. 
1908, the ``Ka`ena Point National Heritage Area Act''; H.R. 2278, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to designate the September 
11th National Memorial Trail, and for other purposes; H.R. 2444, the 
``Fort San Geronimo Preservation Act''; H.R. 2497, the ``Amache 
National Historic Site Act''; H.R. 2780, the ``Insular Area Climate 
Change Act''; H.R. 2899, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of 
designating areas within the island of Guam as a National Heritage 
Area, and for other purposes; H.R. 3113, the ``MAPLand Act''; H.R. 
3616, the ``Bear River National Heritage Area Study Act''; H.R. 
3764, the ``Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act of 2021''; and H.R. 
4300, the ``Veterans in Parks Act'', 11 a.m., Webex.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Are Toxic Chemicals from Tires and Playground Surfaces 
Killing Endangered Salmon?'', 1 p.m., Webex.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, July 14, Subcommittee 
on Investigations and Oversight, hearing entitled ``Principles for 
Outbreak Investigation: COVID-19 and Future Infectious Diseases'', 
12 p.m., Zoom.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing entitled ``Fostering 
Equity in Energy Innovation'', 10 a.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Small Business, July 14, Subcommittee on Economic 
Growth, Tax, and Capital Access, hearing entitled ``Innovation as a 
Catalyst for New Jobs: SBA's Innovation Initiatives'', 1 p.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 14, 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing entitled 
``President Biden's Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request: Agency Policies 
and Perspectives (Part II)'', 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, July 14, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on H.R. 913, the ``Build a Better VA Act''; H.R. 2587, the 
``SERVE Act''; H.R. 2775, the ``VA Quality Health Care 
Accountability and Transparency Act''; H.R. 2797, the ``National 
Green Alert Act of 2021''; H.R. 3027, the ``Veterans Improved Access 
to Care Act of 2021''; H.R. 3452, the ``Veterans Preventative Health 
Coverage Fairness Act''; H.R. 3674, the ``Vet Center Support Act''; 
H.R. 3693, the ``VIPER Act''; legislation to clarify and improve the 
program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers; 
legislation to require an independent assessment of health care 
delivery systems and management processes of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs be conducted once every 10 years; and H.R. 4233, 
the ``Student Veterans Counseling Centers Eligibility Act'', 2 p.m., 
Zoom.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 14, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
hearing entitled ``Expanding Housing Access to All Americans'', 2 
p.m., Webex.

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  Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, July 15, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Advancing Environmental Action Through Climate 
Action'', 2:30 p.m., Zoom.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: July 14, to hold hearings to examine how 
concentrated corporate power undermines shared prosperity, 2:30 
p.m., VTC.


* These figures include all measures reported, even if there was 
no accompanying report. A total of 27 written reports have been 
filed in the Senate, 77 reports have been filed in the House.

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