[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 139 (Wednesday, August 4, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D899-D901]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  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.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  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, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  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, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  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, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 2299, to modify the age requirement for the Student Incentive Payment 
Program of the State maritime academies;
  S. 2424, to make available $250,000,000 from the Travel Promotion Fund for 
the Corporation for Travel Promotion, with an amendment; 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 Carol Annette Petsonk, of 
the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  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, all of the Department of State, and routine 
lists in the Foreign Service.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nominations of 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, Jessica Lewis, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Secretary 
(Political-Military Affairs), Lee Satterfield, of South Carolina, to be 
an Assistant Secretary (Educational and Cultural Affairs), and 
Christopher P. Lu, of Virginia, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, 
with the rank of Ambassador, and to be an Alternate Representative of 
the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of 
the United Nations, during his tenure of service as Representative of 
the United States of America to the United Nations for U.N. Management 
and Reform, all of the Department of State, and 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.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the following business items:
  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, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2305, to enhance cybersecurity education, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  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;

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  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.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 989, to establish a Native American language resource center in 
furtherance of the policy set forth in the Native American Languages 
Act, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  S. 1402, to amend the Native American Languages Act to ensure the 
survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages.
NATIONAL SECURITY THREATS
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine threats to U.S. national security, focusing on Beijing's long 
arm, after receiving testimony from William R. Evanina, The Evanina 
Group, former Director for the National Counterintelligence and 
Security Center, Alexandria, Virginia; Anna B. Puglisi, Georgetown 
University Center for Security and Emerging Technology, Washington, 
D.C.; and Matt Pottinger, The Hoover Institute, former Deputy National 
Advisor for the White House, Stanford, California.