[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 162 (Monday, September 20, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D988-D989]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to receive a closed briefing on 
Department of Defense support of Afghan Nationals who have recently 
left Afghanistan, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the nominations of Alan F. Estevez, of Maryland, to be 
Under Secretary for Industry and Security, and Thea D. Rozman 
Kendler, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the 
Department of Commerce, and Alexia Marie Gabrielle Latortue, of the 
District of Columbia, and Graham Scott Steele, of California, both 
to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Tourism, Trade, and Export Promotion, to hold hearings to examine 
legislative solutions to revive travel and tourism and create jobs, 
3 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Laura Daniel-Davis, of Virginia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary, and M. Camille Calimlim Touton, of Nevada, to 
be Commissioner of Reclamation, both of the Department of the 
Interior, and Sara C. Bronin, of Connecticut, to be Chairman of the 
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, 
and Family Policy, to hold hearings to examine policy options for 
improving Supplemental Security Income, 2:45 p.m., WEBEX.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the landscape 20 years after 9/11, focusing on 
threats to the homeland, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Judiciary: Subcommittee on Competition Policy, 
Antitrust, and Consumer Rights, to hold hearings to examine big 
data, focusing on implications for competition and consumers, 2:30 
p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: business meeting 
to consider the nomination of Dilawar Syed, of California, to be 
Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration, and other 
pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Full Committee, markup on H. Res. 271, 
recognizing the importance of the blueberry industry to the United 
States and supporting the designation of July 2021 as National 
Blueberry Month; and H.R. 2424, the ``Agricultural Fairs Rescue 
Act'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth and Zoom.
  Committee on Financial Services, Task Force on Financial 
Technology, hearing entitled ``Preserving the Right of Consumers to 
Access Personal Financial Data'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Western 
Hemisphere, Civilian Security, Migration and International Economic 
Policy, hearing entitled ``An International Response to Ortega's 
Destruction of Democracy in Nicaragua'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn and 
Webex.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on Space 
and Aeronautics, hearing entitled ``NASA's Future in Low Earth 
Orbit: Considerations for International Space Station Extension and 
Transition'', 11 a.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, hearing on legislation to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to eliminate the Freddie Mac conforming loan limitation; 
legislation to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay to certain veterans, who 
receive certain educational assistance furnished by the Secretary, a 
weekly stipend for child care services; legislation to amend title 
38, United States Code, to increase and extend the authorization of 
appropriations for homeless veterans reintegration programs; 
legislation to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to 
establish protections under that Act for a member of the Armed 
Forces who

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leaves a course of education, paid for with certain educational 
assistance, to perform certain service; legislation to direct the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report on the Warrior Training 
Advancement Course of the Veterans Benefit Administration; 
legislation to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend 
eligibility for a certain work-study allowance paid by the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs to certain individuals who pursue programs of 
rehabilitation, education, or training on at least a half-time 
basis; legislation on Homeless Grant; legislation to direct the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on grants 
for care for elderly homeless veterans, and for other purposes; 
legislation to extend the delimiting period for certain individuals 
to use educational assistance benefits administered by the 
Department of Veterans Affairs; legislation to direct the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on substance use 
and alcohol use disorder recovery for homeless veterans, and for 
other purposes; legislation to amend title 38, United States Code, 
to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide technical 
assistance to recipients of grants for supportive services for very 
low-income families in permanent housing and comprehensive service 
programs, and for other purposes; legislation to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to adjust the rate of per diem payments provided 
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to grantees that provide 
services to homeless veterans; legislation to direct the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a report on the shallow 
subsidy program under the supportive services for veteran families 
program, and for other purposes; legislation to direct the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to improve public 
transportation services for veterans; legislation to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to ensure that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
repays members of the Armed Forces for certain contributions made by 
such members towards Post-9/11 Educational Assistance; H.R. 4874, to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements to 
the use of educational assistance provided by the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for flight training programs; legislation to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the use of entitlement to 
educational assistance under the Survivors' and Dependents' 
Educational Assistance Program for secondary school education; 
legislation on Fry Scholarship Enhancement Act of 2021; legislation 
on Col. James Floyd Turner IV U.S.M.C. GI Bill Transfer Act of 2021, 
9:30 a.m., Zoom.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine Belarus, focusing on updates on the current situation and 
U.S. policy responses and options, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.