[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 27, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D845-D847]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             JULY 28, 2021

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Alexander Hoehn-Saric, of 
Maryland, Mary T. Boyle, of Maryland, and Richard Trumka, Jr., of 
Maryland, each to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, and Grant T. Harris, of California, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on 
National Parks, to hold hearings to examine the impacts of 
overcrowding in our national parks on park resources and visitor 
experiences, focusing on strategic approaches to visitor use 
management, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine the benefits of investing in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
water infrastructure projects, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine building on 
bipartisan retirement legislation, focusing on how Congress can 
help, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider S. 
2297, to improve global health, S. 812, to direct the Secretary of 
State to develop a strategy to regain observer status for Taiwan in 
the World Health Organization, S. Res. 310, expressing solidarity 
with Cuban citizens demonstrating peacefully for fundamental 
freedoms, condemning the Cuban regime's acts of repression, and 
calling for the immediate release of arbitrarily detained Cuban 
citizens, the nominations of Gentry O. Smith, of Virginia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary (Diplomatic Security), Monica P. Medina, of 
Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International 
Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Rena Bitter, of the District 
of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary (Consular Affairs), Marc 
Evans Knapper, of California, to be Ambassador to the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam, Brian A. Nichols, of Rhode Island, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of State (Western Hemisphere Affairs), 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, routine lists in the Foreign Service, and other 
pending calendar business; to be immediately followed by a hearing 
to examine the nominations of Kenneth Lee Salazar, of Colorado, to 
be Ambassador to the United Mexican States, Jessica Lewis, of Ohio, 
to be an Assistant Secretary (Political-Military Affairs), and 
Donald Lu, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for South Asian 
Affairs, all of the Department of State, and Marcela Escobari, of 
Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development, 9 a.m., SD-G50.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Kenneth Lee Salazar, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to the United 
Mexican States, Jessica Lewis, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Secretary 
(Political-Military Affairs), and Donald Lu, of California, to be 
Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs, all of the Department 
of State, and Marcela Escobari, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, 10 a.m., SD-G50/VTC.
  Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, to hold hearings 
to examine U.S. trade and investment in Africa, 2:30 p.m., SH-216/
VTC.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to consider 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, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Toby J. Heytens, of Virginia, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, Patricia Tolliver Giles, and 
Michael S. Nachmanoff, both to be a United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of Virginia, Sarala Vidya Nagala, and Omar 
Antonio Williams, both to be a United States District Judge for the 
District of Connecticut, and Hampton Y. Dellinger,

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of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department 
of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine America's food supply 
chain, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: business meeting to consider S. 
372, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into a 
contract or other agreement with a third party to review appointees 
in the Veterans Health Administration who had a license terminated 
for cause by a State licensing board for care or services rendered 
at a non-Veterans Health Administration facility and to provide 
individuals treated by such an appointee with notice if it is 
determined that an episode of care or services that they received 
was below the standard of care, S. 612, to require the Under 
Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs to 
provide certain information to medical center staff and homelessness 
service providers of the Department regarding the coordinated entry 
processes for housing and services operated under the Continuum of 
Care Program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, S. 
887, make certain improvements relating to the supply chain of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 1040, to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to expand eligibility for hospital care, medical 
services, and nursing home care from the Department of Veterans 
Affairs to include veterans of World War II, S. 1198, to amend title 
38, United States Code, to improve and expand the Solid Start 
program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 1220, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to recognize and honor the service of 
individuals who served in the United States Cadet Nurse Corps during 
World War II, S. 1319, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
to make certain information publicly available on one internet 
website of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 1863, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to improve access to health care for 
veterans, S. 1875, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide 
a deadline of 180 days for the filing of claims for payment for 
emergency treatment furnished to veterans, S. 1965, to direct the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve long-term care provided to 
veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 2041, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to enforce the licensure requirement for medical providers 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 2102, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to direct the Under Secretary for Health of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs to provide mammography screening for 
veterans who served in locations associated with toxic exposure, and 
S. 2172, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve grants, 
payments, and technical assistance provided by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to serve homeless veterans, Time to be announced, 
S-216, Capitol.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to 
consider pending intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign 
Agriculture, hearing entitled ``State of the Beef Supply Chain: 
Shocks, Recovery, and Rebuilding'', 10 a.m., 1300 and Zoom.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative 
Technologies, and Information Systems, markup on H.R. 4350, the 
``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022'', 10 
a.m., 2118 Rayburn and Webex.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, markup on H.R. 4350, the 
``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022'', 12 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn and Webex.
  Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, markup on H.R. 
4350, the ``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2022'', 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn and Webex.
  Subcommittee on Military Personnel, markup on H.R. 4350, the 
``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022'', 3:30 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Civil Rights and 
Human Services, hearing entitled ``Food for Thought: Examining 
Federal Nutrition Programs for Young Children and Infants'', 10:15 
a.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Consumer 
Protection, hearing entitled ``Transforming the FTC: Legislation to 
Modernize Consumer Protection'', 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
4590, the ``Promoting New and Diverse Depository Institutions Act''; 
H.R. 3332, the ``Manufactured Housing Community Preservation Act of 
2021''; H.R. 4616, the ``Adjustable Interest Rate Act of 2021''; 
H.R. 4618, the ``Short Sale Transparency and Market Fairness Act''; 
H.R. 4685, to require the Government Accountability Office to carry 
out a study on the impact of the gamification, psychological nudges, 
and other design techniques used by online trading platforms, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 4617, to amend the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934 to prohibit payment for order flow; H.R. 935, the ``Small 
Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification 
Act of 2021''; H.R. 4620, to amend the Investment Advisers Act of 
1940 to limit the exemption provided for family offices from the 
definition of an investment adviser to those family offices with 
less than $750,000,000 in assets under management and for other 
purposes; H.R. 4619, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to 
prohibit trading ahead by market makers, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 3555, the ``Voters on the Move Registration Act''; and H.R. 
2265, the ``Financial Exploitation Prevention Act of 2021'', 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 4589, 
the ``Diversity and Inclusion at the State Department Act''; H.R. 
4693, the ``Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act of 
2021''; H.R. 1199, the ``STEM Diplomacy Act''; H. Res. 496, 
supporting the continued work of the United States African 
Development Foundation as it creates pathways to prosperity for 
underserved communities on the African Continent through community-
led development; H.R. 2946, the ``Reinforcing Nicaragua's Adherence 
to Conditions for Electoral Reform Act of 2021''; H.R. 4250, the 
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Crimes Rewards Expansion Act''; H. Res. 497, condemning the murder 
of Alireza Fazeli Monfared and the practice of so-called ``honor 
killings'' in Iran, and for other purposes; H.R. 4526, the ``City 
and State Diplomacy Act''; H. Res. 549, condemning the assassination 
of the Haitian President, and urging United States and global 
support of Haitian-led solutions; H. Res. 547, calling for the 
continued support of Afghan women and girls after the drawdown of 
American troops; H. Res. 376, condemning Turkey for its illegal 
occupation of Cyprus; and H.R. 4686, the ``Cambodia Democracy Act of 
2021'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
903, the ``Rights for the TSA Workforce Act of 2021''; H.R. 2915, 
the ``Homeland Procurement Reform Act''; H.R. 4089, the ``Darren 
Drake Act''; H.R. 4094, the ``One-Stop Pilot Program Act of 2021''; 
H.R. 4209, the ``DHS Illicit Cross-Border Tunnel Defense Act''; H.R. 
4363, the ``DHS Contract Reporting Act of 2021''; H.R. 4426, the 
``Homeland Security for Children Act''; H.R. 4611, the ``DHS 
Software Supply Chain Risk Management Act of 2021''; legislation on 
K-12 Cybersecurity Act; and legislation on Unmanned Aerial Security 
Act, 9 a.m., 310 Cannon and Webex.
  Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability, hearing 
entitled ``DHS's Efforts to Disrupt Transnational Criminal 
Organizations in Central America'', 2 p.m., 310 Cannon and Webex.
  Committee on House Administration, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Election Subversion: A Growing Threat to Electoral 
Integrity'', 12 p.m., 1310 Longworth and Webex.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, 
and Administrative Law, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the 
Bankruptcy Code, Part 1: Confronting Abuses of the Chapter 11 
System'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Office of Insular Affairs Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``The President's FY22 Budget Priority 
for the Territories: Medicaid, SSI, and SNAP Parity'', 1 p.m., 
Webex.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, Subcommittee on Government 
Operations, hearing entitled ``FITARA 12.0'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn 
and Zoom.
  Committee on Rules, Full Committee, continue hearing on H.R. 4346, 
the ``Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2022''; H.R. 4373, the 
``Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2022''; and H.R. 4505, the ``Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022'', 9 a.m., H-
313 Capitol and Webex.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Full Committee, 
markup on H.R. 3095, the ``Fair and Open Skies Act''; H.R. 1339, the 
``Advanced Air Mobility Coordination and Leadership Act''; H.R. 
3193, the ``E-RIDGE Act''; H.R. 3037, the ``Housing Survivors of 
Major Disasters Act of 2021''; H.R. 3709, the ``Preliminary Damage 
Assessment Improvement Act of 2021''; legislation to designate the 
Federal building located at 1200 New Jersey Ave Southeast in 
Washington, DC, as the ``Norman Yoshio Mineta Federal Building''; 
H.R. 4660, to designate the Federal building and United States 
Courthouse located at 1125 Chapline Street in Wheeling, WV, as the 
``Frederick P. Stamp, Jr. Federal Building and United States 
Courthouse''; H.R. 2220, to amend title 40, United States Code, to 
modify the treatment of certain bargain-price options to purchase at 
less than fair market value, and for other purposes; H. Con. Res. 
41, authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National 
Peace Officers Memorial Service and the National Honor Guard and 
Pipe Band Exhibition; and General Services Administration's Capital 
Investment and Leasing Program Resolutions, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn 
and Zoom.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
4657, the ``Veteran Home Energy Savings Act''; H.R. 912, the 
``American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Act''; H.R. 3856, 
to require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a 
study on disparities associated with race and ethnicity with respect 
to certain benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs; H.R. 3944, the ``Burial Equity for Guards and Reserves Act 
of 2021''; H.R. 147, the ``Bringing Registered Apprenticeships to 
Veterans Education Act''; H.R. 4673, the ``Ensuring Veterans' Smooth 
Transition Act''; H.R. 4626, the ``VA Assessment by Independent 
Measures Act''; H.R. 4625, the ``VA Caregiver Transparency Act''; 
and H.R. 4233, the ``Student Veterans Counseling Centers Eligibility 
Act'', 2 p.m., Zoom.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation, 
hearing entitled ``The Department of Homeland Security I and A 
Budget Request'', 9:30 a.m., HVC-304 Hearing Room. This hearing is 
closed.