[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 138 (Tuesday, August 3, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D894-D895]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             AUGUST 4, 2021

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: 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 Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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 Foreign Relations: 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 to be 
a Member of the Board of Directors of the African Development 
Foundation, Anne A. Witkowsky, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
Secretary (Conflict and Stabilization Operations), and to be 
Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, 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), Donald Lu, of California, to be Assistant 
Secretary for South Asian Affairs, Rufus Gifford, of Massachusetts, 
to be Chief of Protocol, and to have the rank of Ambassador during 
his tenure of service, and Lee Satterfield, of South Carolina, to be 
an Assistant Secretary (Educational and Cultural Affairs), all of 
the Department of State, Isobel Coleman, of New York, and Paloma 
Adams-Allen, of the District of Columbia, both to be a Deputy 
Administrator, and Marcela Escobari, of Massachusetts, to be an 
Assistant Administrator, all of the United States Agency for 
International Development, routine lists in the Foreign Service, and 
other pending calendar business, 10:15 a.m., SH-216.

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  Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending calendar 
business, 2 p.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 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.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: 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.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold hearings to examine 
threats to U.S. national security, focusing on Beijing's long arm, 
2:45 p.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  No hearings are scheduled.