[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 162 (Monday, September 20, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D989-D991]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                     Week of September 21 through 
                           September 24, 2021

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Margaret Irene Strickland, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of New Mexico, and vote on the motion to invoke cloture 
thereon at 11:30 a.m. If cloture is invoked on the nomination, Senate 
will vote on confirmation thereon at 2:30 p.m.
  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 Armed Services: September 21, to receive a closed 
briefing on Department of Defense support of Afghan Nationals who 
have recently left Afghanistan, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  September 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Gen. Jacqueline D. Van Ovost, USAF for reappointment 
to the grade of general and to be Commander, United States 
Transportation Command, Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 21, 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: September 21, 
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.
  September 22, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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; to 
be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the nominations of 
Victoria Marie Baecher Wassmer, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Chief Financial Officer, Mohsin Raza Syed, of Virginia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary, and Amitabha Bose, of New Jersey, to be 
Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, all of the 
Department of Transportation, and Meera Joshi, of Pennsylvania, to 
be Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 
10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 21, to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Laura Daniel-Davis, of 
Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary,

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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 Environment and Public Works: September 22, 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'', the nominations of Jeffrey 
M. Prieto, of California, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, Michael Lee Connor, of Colorado, to 
be an Assistant Secretary of the Army, Department of Defense, 
Stephen A. Owens, of Arizona, Jennifer Beth Sass, of Maryland, and 
Sylvia E. Johnson, of North Carolina, each to be a Member of the 
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, and 9 General 
Services Administration resolutions; to be immediately followed by a 
hearing to examine the circular economy as a concept for creating a 
more sustainable future, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: September 21, 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.
  September 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Christi A. Grimm, of Colorado, to be Inspector 
General, Department of Health and Human Services, and Neil Harvey 
MacBride, of Virginia, to be General Counsel for the Department of 
the Treasury, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 22, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Thomas R. Nides, of Minnesota, to be 
Ambassador to the State of Israel, David L. Cohen, of Pennsylvania, 
to be Ambassador to Canada, Cynthia Ann Telles, of California, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica, Sarah Margon, of New York, 
to be Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, 
and Tom Udall, of New Mexico, to be Ambassador to New Zealand, and 
to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as 
Ambassador to the Independent State of Samoa, all of the Department 
of State, 10:15 a.m., SD-G50/VTC.
  September 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Atul Atmaram Gawande, of Massachusetts, to be an 
Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, and Claire D. Cronin, of Massachusetts, 
to be Ambassador to Ireland, Virginia E. Palmer, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana, and Howard A. Van Vranken, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Botswana, all of the 
Department of State, 2:30 p.m., VTC.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: September 22, 
Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety, to hold hearings to 
examine successful on the job, apprenticeship training programs to 
help workers and business get ready to work, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: September 
21, to hold hearings to examine the landscape 20 years after 9/11, 
focusing on threats to the homeland, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  September 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Cathy Ann Harris, of Maryland, to be Chairman and a 
Member, and Tristan Lynn Leavitt, of Idaho, and Raymond A. Limon, of 
Nevada, both to be a Member, all of the Merit Systems Protection 
Board, 10:30 a.m., SD-342/VTC.
  September 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine national 
cybersecurity strategy, focusing on protection of Federal and 
critical infrastructure systems, 10:15 a.m., SD-342/VTC.
  Committee on Judiciary: September 21, 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.
  September 22, Subcommittee on the Constitution, to hold hearings 
to examine restoring the Voting Rights Act, focusing on combating 
discriminatory abuses, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  September 23, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 
1787, to amend title 28 of the United States Code to prevent the 
transfer of actions arising under the antitrust laws in which a 
State is a complainant, S. 2502, to provide first-time, low-level, 
nonviolent simple possession offenders an opportunity to expunge 
that conviction after successful completion of court-imposed 
probation, and 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, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Attorney General, 
Erek L. Barron, to be United States Attorney for the District of 
Maryland, Nicholas W. Brown, to be United States Attorney for the 
Western District of Washington, Matthew M. Graves, to be United 
States Attorney for the District of Columbia, Clifford D. Johnson, 
to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, 
Zachary A. Myers, of Maryland, to be United States Attorney for the 
Southern District of Indiana, Rachael S. Rollins, to be United 
States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Trini E. Ross, to 
be United States Attorney for the Western District of New York, and 
Vanessa Waldref, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern 
District of Washington, all of the Department of Justice, 9 a.m., 
SH-216.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: September 21, 
business meeting to consider the nomination

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of Dilawar Syed, of California, to be Deputy Administrator of the 
Small Business Administration, and other pending calendar business, 
10 a.m., SR-428A.
  September 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine a review 
of the Small Business Innovation Research-Small Business Technology 
Transfer Program, 2:30 p.m., SR-301.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 21, to receive a 
closed briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  September 22, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 3 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: September 23, to hold hearings to 
examine fraud, scams, and COVID-19, focusing on how older Americans 
have been targeted during the pandemic, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, September 23, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Voluntary Carbon Markets in Agriculture and Forestry'', 
10 a.m., 1300 Longworth and Zoom.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, September 22, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Putting Kids First: 
Addressing COVID-19's Impacts on Children'', 10:30 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Financial Services, September 23, Subcommittee on 
National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy, 
hearing entitled ``Lending in a Crisis: Reviewing the Federal 
Reserve's Emergency Lending Powers during the Pandemic and Examining 
Proposals to Address Future Economic Crises'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn 
and Webex.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, September 23, Subcommittee on 
International Development, International Organizations, and Global 
Corporate Social Impact, hearing entitled ``Shifting the Power: 
Advancing Locally-led Development and Partner Diversification in 
U.S. Development Programs'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn and Webex.
  September 23, Subcommittee on Europe, Energy, the Environment, and 
Cyber; and Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and Global 
Counterterrorism, joint hearing entitled ``Transatlantic Cooperation 
on Countering Global Terrorism and Violent Extremism'', 2 p.m., 
Webex.
  Committee on Homeland Security, September 22, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Worldwide Threats to the Homeland: 20 Years After 
9/11'', 9 a.m., Webex.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 23, Subcommittee on 
Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law, hearing entitled 
``Reviving Competition, Part 4: 21st Century Antitrust Reforms and 
the American Worker'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, September 22, Select 
Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, hearing entitled 
``Recognizing and Building on the Success of Pandemic Relief 
Programs'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, September 23, 
Subcommittee on Environment, hearing entitled ``Advancing Earth 
System Science and Stewardship at NOAA'', 10 a.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 23, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing entitled ``Disruption in the 
Skies: The Surge in Air Rage and its Effects on Workers, Airlines, 
and Airports'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, September 22, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Veteran Suicide Prevention: Innovative Research 
and Expanded Public Health Efforts'', 10 a.m., Zoom.
  September 22, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing entitled ``Creating a Welcoming VA and Building Equity for 
Veterans through Legislation'', 2 p.m., Zoom.
  Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, September 23, 
Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Pathways to Success: How 
Practicing Civility, Collaboration, and Leadership Can Empower 
Members'', 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn and Zoom.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: September 22, to hold hearings to 
examine the economic benefits of electrifying America's homes and 
buildings, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: September 21, 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.