[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 29, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1072-D1073]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine 
Afghanistan, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: 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: 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 Foreign Relations: 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, Caryn R. 
McClelland, of California, to be Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam, 
David John Young, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Malawi, and Claire A. Pierangelo, of California, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Madagascar, and to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to the Union of the Comoros, 
all of the Department of State, 10 a.m., VTC.

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  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine school reopening during COVID-19, focusing on 
supporting students, educators, and families, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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.


                                 House

  Committee on Education and Labor, 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, 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, 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, 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. 5, 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, 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, Full Committee, continue 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; and 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, 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 Small Business, 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, 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, Subcommittee on Technology 
Modernization, hearing entitled ``Modernizing and Securing VA's IT 
Infrastructure'', 2 p.m., Zoom.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 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 hearing is closed.