[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 126 (Monday, July 19, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D791-D793]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 20 through July 23, 2021

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of the nomination of 
Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr., of Louisiana, to be an Assistant Attorney 
General, Department of Justice. Senate will vote on the motions to 
invoke cloture on the nominations of Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr., and 
Jennifer Ann Abruzzo, of New York, to be General Counsel of the 
National Labor Relations Board, at 11:30 a.m. If cloture is invoked on 
the nomination of Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr., 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 Appropriations: July 21, Subcommittee on Defense, to 
hold hearings to examine Navy and Air Force weapons systems 
divestments, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: July 20, Subcommittee on Readiness 
and Management Support, business meeting to markup those provisions 
which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed 
National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2022, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-106.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Personnel, business meeting to markup 
those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of 
the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 
2022, 11 a.m., SD-106.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Airland, closed business meeting to 
markup those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's 
jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for 
fiscal year 2022, 2:15 p.m., SR-232A.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, closed 
business meeting to markup those provisions which fall under the 
subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2022, 3:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Seapower, closed business meeting to 
markup those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's 
jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for 
fiscal year 2022, 5 p.m., SR-232A.
  July 21, Full Committee, closed business meeting to markup the 
proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2022, 
10:30 a.m., SD-106.
  July 22, Full Committee, closed business meeting to continue to 
markup the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
year 2022, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 20, to hold 
hearings to examine 21st century communities, focusing on climate 
change, resilience, and reinsurance, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community 
Development, to hold hearings to examine preserving and improving 
Federally assisted housing, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  July 22, Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment, to 
hold hearings to examine frameworks to address future pandemic risk, 
10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 22, 
Subcommittee on Space and Science, to hold hearings to examine space 
situational awareness, space traffic management, and orbital debris, 
focusing on solutions for emerging threats, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 22, business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Robert T. Anderson, of 
Washington, to be Solicitor, and Tracy Stone-Manning, of Montana, to 
be Director of the Bureau of Land Management, both of the Department 
of the Interior, and Shalanda H. Baker, of Texas, to be Director of 
the Office of Minority Economic Impact, Samuel T. Walsh, of New 
York, to be General Counsel, and Andrew Eilperin Light, of Georgia, 
to be an Assistant Secretary (International Affairs), all of the 
Department of Energy, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: July 21, to hold 
hearings to examine cybersecurity vulnerabilities facing our 
nation's physical infrastructure, 9:45 a.m., SD-406.
  July 22, Subcommittee on Chemical Safety, Waste Management, 
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Oversight, to hold hearings to examine current issues adversely 
affecting environmental justice populations, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 20, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Karen Erika Donfried, of the District of 
Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary (European Affairs and 
Eurasian Affairs), Mary Catherine Phee, of Illinois, to be an 
Assistant Secretary (African Affairs), and to be a Member of the 
Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation, and Anne 
A. Witkowsky, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary (Conflict 
and Stabilization Operations), and to be Coordinator for 
Reconstruction and Stabilization, all of the Department of State, 
and Paloma Adams-Allen, of the District of Columbia, to be a Deputy 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, 10 a.m., SD-G50/VTC.
  July 20, Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, 
International Operations, and Bilateral International Development, 
to hold hearings to examine modernizing the State Department for the 
21st century, 2:30 p.m., SD-419/VTC.
  July 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine U.S. Policy 
on Turkey, 11:15 a.m., SD-G50/VTC.
  July 21, Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International 
Cybersecurity Policy, to hold hearings to examine combatting climate 
change in East Asia and the Pacific, 2 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: July 20, to 
hold hearings to examine a Federal perspective on the COVID-19 
response, focusing on the path forward, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  July 21, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 1275, to 
amend the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to make 
improvements, and 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, David Weil, of Massachusetts, to be 
Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor, 
Gwynne A. Wilcox, of New York, and David M. Prouty, of Maryland, 
both to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, and other 
pending calendar business, Time to be announced, Room to be 
announced.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, 
to hold hearings to examine disparities in life expectancy, 10 a.m., 
SD-430.
  July 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine American 
workers in a 21st century economy, focusing on the right to 
organize, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 21, to hold hearings 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 the Judiciary: July 21, to hold hearings to examine 
immigrant farmworkers and feeding America, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  July 22, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 1425, to 
enable the Federal Trade Commission to deter filing of sham citizen 
petitions to cover an attempt to interfere with approval of a 
competing generic drug or biosimilar, to foster competition, and 
facilitate the efficient review of petitions filed in good faith to 
raise legitimate public health concerns, S. 1428, to prohibit brand 
name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to 
delay the entry of a generic drug into the market, and to prohibit 
biological product manufacturers from compensating biosimilar and 
interchangeable companies to delay the entry of biosimilar 
biological products and interchangeable biological products, S. 
1388, to require the Federal Trade Commission to study the role of 
intermediaries in the pharmaceutical supply chain and provide 
Congress with appropriate policy recommendations, S. 1435, to amend 
the Federal Trade Commission Act to prohibit product hopping, and 
the nominations of 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., SR-325.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 20, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Stacey A. Dixon, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, 
Matthew G. Olsen, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General, 
Department of Justice, and Thomas Andrew Monheim, of Virginia, to be 
Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, Office of the 
Director of National Intelligence, 2:45 p.m., SH-216.
  July 21, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 3 p.m., SH-219.
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: 
July 20, to hold hearings to examine the Federal response to the 
drug overdose epidemic, 2:30 p.m., SD-608.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, July 21, Subcommittee on Conservation 
and Forestry, hearing entitled ``The U.S. Wood Products Industry: 
Facilitating the Post COVID-19 Recovery'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth 
and Zoom.
  Committee on Armed Services, July 21, Subcommittee on Intelligence 
and Special Operations, hearing entitled ``Review of the Fiscal Year 
2022 Budget Request for U.S. Special Operations Forces and 
Command'', 3 p.m., 2118 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Financial Services, July 21, Subcommittee on Consumer 
Protection and Financial Institutions, hearing entitled ``Banking 
the Unbanked: Exploring Private

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and Public Efforts to Expand Access to the Financial System'', 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, 
and Capital Markets, hearing entitled ``Bond Rating Agencies: 
Examining the `Nationally Recognized' Statistical Rating 
Organizations'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, July 21, Subcommittee on the Middle 
East, North Africa, and Global Counterterrorism, hearing entitled 
``People to People: Examining Grassroots Peacebuilding Efforts 
Between Israelis and Palestinians'', 10 a.m., Webex.
  Committee on Homeland Security, July 22, Subcommittee on 
Intelligence and Counterterrorism, hearing entitled ``Terrorism and 
Digital Financing: How Technology is Changing the Threat'', 10 a.m., 
310 Cannon and Webex.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 21, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 1693, the ``EQUAL Act''; H.R. 4035, the ``Real Justice for Our 
Veterans Act of 2021''; H.R. 3372, the ``The One Stop Shop Community 
Reentry Program Act of 2021''; and H.R. 4435, the ``Fight Notario 
Fraud Act of 2021'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Natural Resources, July 21, Subcommittee on Water, 
Oceans, and Wildlife, hearing entitled ``Examining the President's 
Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Proposal for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 
U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth 
and Webex.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, July 21, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Building Back with Justice: Environmental Justice 
Is Central to the American Jobs Plan'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn and 
Zoom.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, July 21, Subcommittee 
on Environment, hearing entitled ``Silent Killer: The Rising Problem 
of Extreme Heat in the U.S.'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, July 21, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
Investigations, and Regulations, hearing entitled ``SBA's Role in 
Climate Solutions'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 21, 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing 
entitled ``Review of Fiscal Year 2022 Budget for the Coast Guard and 
Maritime Transportation Programs'', 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, July 21, Subcommittee on 
Technology Modernization, hearing entitled ``Moving Forward: 
Evaluating Next Steps for the Department of Veterans Affairs 
Electronic Health Record Modernization Program'', 2 p.m., HVC-210 
and Zoom.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 21, Subcommittee on Trade, 
hearing entitled ``The Global Challenge of Forced Labor in Supply 
Chains: Strengthening Enforcement and Protecting Workers'', 10 a.m., 
Webex.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, July 21, Subcommittee 
on Defense Intelligence and Warfighter Support, hearing entitled 
``Military Intelligence Program Budget Overview Hearing'', 9:30 
a.m., HVC-304 Hearing Room. This hearing is closed.
  July 22, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Defense Intelligence 
Agency Budget Hearing'', 9:30 a.m., HVC-304 Hearing Room. This 
hearing is closed.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: July 21, to hold 
hearings to examine Rodchenkov Act enforcement at the Tokyo 2021 
Olympics, 2:30 p.m., SR-428A.