[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 134 (Friday, July 30, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D877-D879]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of August 2 through August 6, 2021

                             Senate Chamber

  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: August 5, to 
hold hearings to examine the nomination of Homer L. Wilkes, of 
Mississippi, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural 
Resources and Environment, 10 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Appropriations: August 2, Subcommittee on Military 
Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, business 
meeting to markup an original bill making appropriations for 
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, 5:30 p.m., S-115, 
Capitol.
  August 2, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, business meeting to 
markup an original bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, 5:45 p.m., S-128, 
Capitol.
  August 4, Full Committee, business meeting to markup an original 
bill making appropriations for Energy and Water Development and 
Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, an 
original bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and an original bill 
making appropriations for Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, 
9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: August 3, to hold hearings to examine 
the nomination of Lieutenant General Laura J. Richardson, USA, to be 
general and Commander, United States Southern Command, Department of 
Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: August 3, 
business meeting to consider the nomination of Damon Y. Smith, of 
Maryland, to be General Counsel of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development; to be immediately followed by an oversight 
hearing to examine regulators and our financial system, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
  August 3, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Protection, to hold hearings to examine protecting consumers from 
financial fraud and scams in the pandemic recovery economy, 2:30 
p.m., SD-538.
  August 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Julia Ruth Gordon, of Maryland, David Uejio, of 
California, and Solomon Jeffrey Greene, of the District of Columbia, 
each to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 
10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: August 3, 
Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data 
Security, to hold hearings to examine toxic marketing claims and 
their dangers, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  August 4, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 451, to 
require the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Director of 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology, to help 
facilitate the adoption of composite technology in infrastructure in 
the United States, S. 1790, to ensure that the Federal 
Communications Commission does not approve radio frequency devices 
that pose a national security risk, S. 1880, to direct the Federal 
Trade Commission to submit to Congress a report on unfair or 
deceptive acts or practices targeted at Indian Tribes or members of 
Indian Tribes, S. 2068, to require the Minority Business Development 
Agency of the Department of Commerce to promote and administer 
programs in the public and private sectors to assist the development 
of minority business enterprises, to ensure that such Agency has the 
necessary supporting resources, particularly during economic 
downturns, S. 2299, to modify the age requirement for the Student 
Incentive Payment Program of the State maritime academies, S. 2333, 
to amend chapter 2205 of title 36, United States Code, to ensure 
equal treatment of athletes, and the nominations of Jennifer L. 
Homendy, of Virginia, to be Chairman of the National Transportation 
Safety Board, Karen Jean Hedlund, of Colorado, to be a Member of the 
Surface Transportation Board, and Robert Cornelius Hampshire, of 
Michigan, and Carol Annette Petsonk, of the District of Columbia, 
both to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation, 10 a.m., SR-
253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: August 3, to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Geraldine Richmond, of 
Oregon, to be Under Secretary for Science, and Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, 
of California, to be Director of the Office of Science, both of the 
Department of Energy, and Cynthia Weiner Stachelberg, of New York, 
to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  August 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the role of 
and programs within the Department of Energy's Office of Science, 10 
a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: August 4, business 
meeting to consider S. 2205, to designate the United States 
courthouse located at 201 South Evans Street in Greenville, North 
Carolina, as the ``Malcolm J. Howard United States Courthouse'', S. 
2126, to designate the Federal Office Building located at 308 W. 
21st Street in Cheyenne, Wyoming, as the ``Louisa Swain Federal 
Office Building'', S. 1226, to designate the United States 
courthouse located at 1501 North 6th Street in Harrisburg, 
Pennsylvania, as the ``Sylvia H. Rambo United States Courthouse'', 
S. 233, to designate the Rocksprings Station of the U.S. Border 
Patrol located on West Main Street in Rocksprings, Texas, as the 
``Donna M. Doss Border Patrol Station'', and the nominations of 
Jeffrey M. Prieto, of California, to be an Assistant Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Michael Lee Connor, of 
Colorado, to be an Assistant Secretary of the

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Army, Department of Defense; to be immediately followed by a hearing 
to examine the nominations of Amanda Howe, of Virginia, and David M. 
Uhlmann, of Michigan, both to be an Assistant Administrator, and 
Carlton Waterhouse, of Virginia, to be Assistant Administrator, 
Office of Solid Waste, all of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: August 3, to hold hearings to 
examine authorizations of use of force, focusing on administration 
perspectives, 10 a.m., SD-106/VTC.
  August 4, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S.J. Res. 
10, to repeal the authorizations for use of military force against 
Iraq, and 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 (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 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, 10 
a.m., SH-216.
  August 4, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 2 p.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: August 3, 
business meeting to consider S. 1486, to eliminate discrimination 
and promote women's health and economic security by ensuring 
reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to 
perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, 
or a related medical condition, S. 1543, to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to provide best practices on student suicide awareness 
and prevention training and condition State educational agencies, 
local educational agencies, and tribal educational agencies 
receiving funds under section 520A of such Act to establish and 
implement a school-based student suicide awareness and prevention 
training policy, S. 2425, to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
ensure the provision of high-quality service through the Suicide 
Prevention Lifeline, S. 2401, to reauthorize the Assistive 
Technology Act of 1998, the nominations of David Weil, of 
Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, 
Department of Labor, Catherine Elizabeth Lhamon, of California, to 
be Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Department of Education, 
Javier Ramirez, of Illinois, to be Federal Mediation and 
Conciliation Director, and other pending calendar business, Time to 
be announced, Room to be announced.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: August 3, 
to hold hearings to examine domestic terrorism and violent 
extremism, focusing on the threat of racially, ethnically, 
religiously, and politically motivated attacks, 10 a.m., SD-342/VTC.
  August 4, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2559, to 
establish the National Deepfake and Digital Provenance Task Force, 
S. 2551, to require the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget to establish or otherwise provide an artificial intelligence 
training program for the acquisition workforce, S. 2520, to amend 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for engagements with 
State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, S. 2541, to 
authorize the reclassification of the tactical enforcement officers 
(commonly known as the ``Shadow Wolves'') in the Homeland Security 
Investigations tactical patrol unit operating on the lands of the 
Tohono O'odham Nation as special agents, S. 1514, to expedite 
detainee transport to border patrol processing facilities, S. 2305, 
to enhance cybersecurity education, S. 2439, to amend the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 to provide for the responsibility of the 
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to maintain 
capabilities to identify threats to industrial control systems, S. 
2540, to make technical corrections to title XXII of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002, S. 2525, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 to require research and development to identify and evaluate 
the extent to which critical domain risks within the United States 
supply chain pose a substantial threat to homeland security, and 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, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  August 5, Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine domestic 
terrorism and violent extremism, focusing on the threat of racially, 
ethnically, religiously, and politically motivated attacks, 10:15 
a.m., SD-342/VTC.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: August 4, business meeting to 
consider S. 989, to establish a Native American language resource 
center in furtherance of the policy set forth in the Native American 
Languages Act, and S. 1402, to amend the Native American Languages 
Act to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native 
American languages, 3 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: August 3, to hold hearings to examine 
student loan bankruptcy reform, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  August 3, Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency 
Action, and Federal Rights, to hold hearings to examine principles 
and practice of congressional oversight and executive privilege, 3 
p.m., SD-226.
  August 5, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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 a 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, 9 a.m., SD-G50.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: August 3, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.

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  August 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine threats to 
U.S. national security, focusing on Beijing's long arm, 2:45 p.m., 
SH-216.


                            House Committees

  Committee on House Administration, August 5, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Oversight of the Renovations to the Cannon House 
Office Building: Lessons Learned'', 1:30 p.m., Webex.