[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 168 (Monday, September 27, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1057-D1059]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of September 28 through October 1, 2021

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of the nomination of 
Karen Erika Donfried, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of State (European Affairs and Eurasian Affairs), post-
cloture, and vote on confirmation thereon at 11:30 a.m.
  Following disposition of the nomination of Karen Erika Donfried, 
Senate will resume consideration of the nomination of Monica P. Medina, 
of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and 
International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, post-cloture.
  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 28, to hold hearings to 
examine the conclusion of military operations in Afghanistan and 
plans for future counterterrorism operations; to be immediately 
followed by a closed session in SVC-217, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  September 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
Afghanistan, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 28, to 
hold hearings to examine CARES Act oversight of the Treasury and 
Federal Reserve, focusing on

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supporting an equitable pandemic recovery, 10 a.m., SH-216/VTC.
  September 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Todd M. Harper, of Virginia, to be a Member of the 
National Credit Union Administration Board, and Judith DelZoppo 
Pryor, of Ohio, to be First Vice President, and Owen Edward 
Herrnstadt, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Directors, 
both of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, 10 a.m., SD-
106.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 29, 
to hold hearings to examine protecting consumer privacy, 10 a.m., 
SR-253.
  September 30, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, 
and Data Security, to hold hearings to examine protecting kids 
online, focusing on Facebook, Instagram, and mental health harms, 
10:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 28, to hold 
hearings to examine the administration of laws under the 
jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 10 a.m., 
SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 28, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Jack A. Markell, of Delaware, to be 
Representative of the United States of America to the Organization 
for Economic Cooperation and Development, with the rank of 
Ambassador, Mark Gitenstein, of Washington, to be Representative of 
the United States of America to the European Union, with the rank 
and status of Ambassador, Jeffry Lane Flake, of Arizona, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey, and Cindy Hensley McCain, of 
Arizona, for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service as 
U.S. Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and 
Agriculture, all of the Department of State, and other pending 
nominations, 10 a.m., SD-106/VTC.
  September 29, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on 
Administration efforts regarding energy security, including Nord 
Stream 2, 9:30 a.m., SVC-217.
  September 29, 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 C.B. Sullenberger III, of Texas, for 
the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as 
Representative of the United States of America on the Council of the 
International Civil Aviation Organization, Claire D. Cronin, of 
Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to Ireland, Kent Doyle Logsdon, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova, Sharon L. 
Cromer, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of The Gambia, 
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, and other 
pending nominations, 2 p.m., VTC.
  September 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Laura S. H. Holgate, of Virginia, to be 
Representative of the United States of America to the International 
Atomic Energy Agency, with the rank of Ambassador, and to be 
Representative of the United States of America to the Vienna Office 
of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, Department of 
State, and other pending nominations, 10 a.m., VTC.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: September 30, 
to hold hearings to examine school reopening during COVID-19, 
focusing on supporting students, educators, and families, 10 a.m., 
SH-216.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: September 
28, Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight, to hold hearings to 
examine existing resources and innovations needed to replace legacy 
IT and save taxpayer dollars, 2:30 p.m., SD-342/VTC.
  September 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
threat of worsening natural disasters, 10 a.m., SD-342/VTC.
  Committee on Judiciary: September 28, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, to hold hearings to examine toxic conservatorships, 
focusing on the need for reform, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  September 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Texas's 
abortion law, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  September 30, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Beth Robinson, of Vermont, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, Jennifer Sung, of Oregon, to 
be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Rahul Gupta, 
of West Virginia, to be Director of National Drug Control Policy, 
and Elizabeth Prelogar, of Idaho, to be Solicitor General of the 
United States, Jessica D. Aber, to be United States Attorney for the 
Eastern District of Virginia, Carla B. Freedman, to be United States 
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, William J. Ihlenfeld 
II, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of West 
Virginia, Christopher R. Kavanaugh, to be United States Attorney for 
the Western District of Virginia, Darcie N. McElwee, to be United 
States Attorney for the District of Maine, Breon S. Peace, of New 
Jersey, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New 
York, Rachael S. Rollins, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Massachusetts, William S. Thompson, to be United States 
Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, and Damian 
Williams, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of 
New York, all of the Department of Justice, 9 a.m., SR-301.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 28, to receive a 
closed briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  September 29, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, September 29, Subcommittee on 
Conservation and Forestry, hearing entitled ``The 2021 Wildland Fire 
Year: Responding to and Mitigating Threats to Communities'', 10 
a.m., 1300 Longworth and Zoom.
  Committee on Armed Services, September 29, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Ending the U.S. Military Mission in Afghanistan'', 9:30 
a.m., 2118 Rayburn and Webex.

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  Committee on Education and Labor, September 29, Subcommittee on 
Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, hearing 
entitled ``Back to School: Highlighting Best Practices for Safely 
Reopening School'', 10:15 a.m., Zoom.
  September 30, Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce 
Investment, hearing entitled ``Protecting Students and Taxpayers: 
Improving the Closed School Discharge Process'', 10:15 a.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, September 29, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Protecting 
Communities from Industrial Accidents: Revitalizing the Chemical 
Safety Board'', 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn and Zoom.
  September 30, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, 
hearing entitled ``A Level Playing Field: College Athletes' Rights 
to Their Name, Image, and Likeness'', 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn and 
Webex.
  Committee on Financial Services, September 29, Subcommittee on 
Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions, hearing entitled 
``The Future of Banking: How Consolidation, Nonbank Competition, and 
Technology are Reshaping the Banking System'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn 
and Webex.
  September 30, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the 
Treasury Department's and Federal Reserve's Pandemic Response'', 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, September 30, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 1456, the ``Peace Corps Reauthorization Act of 2021''; H.R. 
4133, the ``Caribbean Basin Security Initiative Authorization Act''; 
H.R. 1311, the ``Energy Diplomacy Act''; H.R. 3485, the ``Global 
Respect Act''; H.R. 3344, the ``Transatlantic Telecommunications 
Security Act''; H. Con. Res. 45, expressing the sense of Congress 
regarding the execution-style murders of United States citizens Ylli 
Agron and Mehmet Bytyqi in the Republic of Serbia in July 1999; H.R. 
2748, the ``Israel Relations Normalization Act of 2021''; H.R. 4785, 
the ``Uyghur Policy Act of 2021''; and H. Res. 336, calling on the 
Government of the Russian Federation to provide evidence or to 
release United States citizen Paul Whelan, 1 p.m., 2172 Rayburn and 
Webex.
  Committee on Homeland Security, September 29, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``20 Years After 9/11: The State of the 
Transportation Security Administration'', 9:30 a.m., Webex.
  September 30, Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and 
Accountability, hearing entitled ``20 Years After 9/11: Transforming 
DHS to Meet the Homeland Security Mission'', 2 p.m., Webex.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 29, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 5374, the ``SHOP SAFE Act''; H.R. 2883, the ``Stop Stalling 
Access to Affordable Medications''; H.R. 2891, the ``Preserve Access 
to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act''; H.R. 2873, the 
``Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting 
Competition Act of 2021''; H.R. 2884, the ``Affordable Prescriptions 
for Patients Through Improvements to Patent Litigation Act''; H.R. 
3617, the ``MORE Act of 2021''; H.R. 2116, the ``CROWN Act of 
2021''; H.R. 187, for the relief of Victoria Galindo Lopez; H.R. 
680, for the relief of Arpita Kurdekar, Girish Kurdekar, and Vandana 
Kurdekar; H.R. 681, for the relief of Rebecca Trimble; H.R. 739, for 
the relief of Median El-Moustrah; H.R. 785, for the relief of Maria 
Isabel Bueso Barrera, Alberto Bueso Mendoza, and Karla Maria Barrera 
De Bueso, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, September 29, Subcommittee on 
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, hearing entitled ``Confronting 
Violent White Supremacy (Part VI): Examining the Biden 
Administration's Counterterrorism Strategy'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn 
and Zoom.
  September 29, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, 
hearing entitled ``Upgrading Public Health Infrastructure: The Need 
to Protect, Rebuild, and Strengthen State and Local Public Health 
Departments'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn and Zoom.
  September 30, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``A State of 
Crisis: Examining the Urgent Need to Protect and Expand Abortion 
Rights and Access'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, September 29, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Members' Day Hearing: House Committee 
on Science, Space, and Technology'', 10 a.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Small Business, September 29, Subcommittee on 
Underserved, Agricultural, and Rural Development, hearing entitled 
``Sustainable Forestry's Role in Climate Solutions'', 10 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn and Zoom.
  September 30, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Empowering 
Employee Owned Businesses and Cooperatives Through Access to 
Capital'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 30, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Assessing the Federal Government's 
COVID-19 Relief and Response Efforts and its Impact--Part II'', 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, September 30, Subcommittee on 
Technology Modernization, hearing entitled ``Modernizing and 
Securing VA's IT Infrastructure'', 2 p.m., Zoom.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, September 30, Full 
Committee, markup on the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2022; and Authorizing all Members of the House of 
Representatives to review, at a time to be determined by the 
Committee, the Classified Annex to the Intelligence Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2022, 10 a.m., HVC-304. This meeting is closed.