[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 176 (Wednesday, October 6, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1105-D1107]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
ENHANCING DATA SECURITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine enhancing data security, after receiving testimony 
from Jessica L. Rich, former Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, 
and Edward W. Felten, former Chief

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Technologist, both of the Federal Trade Commission; James E. Lee, 
Identity Theft Resource Center, Richmond, Virginia; and Kate 
Tummarello, Engine, Washington, D.C.
NATIONAL PARKS LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded a hearing to examine S. 336, to amend the Omnibus Parks 
and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to reauthorize the Ohio & Erie 
National Heritage Canalway, S. 378, to reauthorize the Rivers of Steel 
National Heritage Area, the Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area, 
the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, the Schuylkill 
River Valley National Heritage Area, and the Oil Region National 
Heritage Area, S. 511, to establish the Bronzeville-Black Metropolis 
National Heritage Area in the State of Illinois, S. 635, to reauthorize 
The Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor and the Upper 
Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area, S. 654, to reauthorize the 
Blue Ridge National Heritage Area, S. 787, to amend the Atchafalaya 
National Heritage Area Act to extend the authority of the Secretary of 
the Interior to provide assistance to the local coordinating entity for 
the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area under that Act, S. 825, to 
establish the Southern Maryland National Heritage Area, S. 972, to 
reauthorize the Essex National Heritage Area, S. 990, to reauthorize 
the Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area, S. 1004, to extend the 
authorization of the Mormon Pioneer National Heritage Area, to 
designate the Great Basin National Heritage Route in the State of 
Nevada as the ``Great Basin National Heritage Area'', to designate the 
Great Basin Heritage Route Partnership as the ``Great Basin Heritage 
Area Partnership'', to extend the authorization of the Great Basin 
National Heritage Area, S. 1112, to amend the National Trails System 
Act to designate the Chisholm National Historic Trail and the Western 
National Historic Trail, S. 1224, to reauthorize, and increase the 
total funding cap for, the America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership, 
to redesignate the America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership as the 
``Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area'', S. 1258, to extend the 
authorization of each of the National Coal Heritage Area and the 
Wheeling National Heritage Area in the State of West Virginia, S. 1284 
and H.R. 2497, bills to establish the Amache National Historic Site in 
the State of Colorado as a Unit of the National Park System, S. 1318, 
to reauthorize the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area, S. 1329, to 
amend the National Aviation Heritage Area Act to reauthorize the 
National Aviation Heritage Area, S. 1620, to direct the Secretary of 
the Interior to convey to the city of Eunice, Louisiana, certain 
Federal land in the State of Louisiana, S. 1643, to establish the 
Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area, S. 1942, to standardize the 
designation of National Heritage Areas, S. 1954, to reauthorize the 
John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, S. 
2158, to extend the authorization for the Cape Cod National Seashore 
Advisory Commission, S. 2296, establish the Northern Neck National 
Heritage Area, S. 2438, to modify the boundary of the Cane River Creole 
National Historical Park in the State of Louisiana, S. 2441, to 
establish in the States of North Carolina and South Carolina the 
Southern Campaign of the Revolution National Heritage Corridor, S. 
2482, to amend the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership Act 
of 2006 to reauthorize the Champlain Valley National Heritage 
Partnership, S. 2490, to establish the Blackwell School National 
Historic Site in Marfa, Texas, S. 2580, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to make free National Parks 
and Federal Recreational Lands Passes available to members of the Armed 
Forces, S. 2648, to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 
2009 to reauthorize the Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage 
Area in the State of Alaska, and S. 2763, to extend the authorization 
for the MotorCities National Heritage Area in the State of Michigan, 
after receiving testimony from Joy Beasley, Associate Director of 
Cultural Resources, Partnerships and Science, National Park Service, 
Department of the Interior; and Sara Capen, Niagara Falls National 
Heritage Area, Niagara University, New York, on behalf of the Alliance 
of National Heritage Areas.
DROUGHT IN WESTERN U.S.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and 
Power concluded a hearing to examine the status and management of 
drought in the western United States, after receiving testimony from 
Tanya Trujillo, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department 
of the Interior; Thomas Buschatzke, Arizona Department of Water 
Resources, and Jennifer Pitt, National Audubon Society Colorado River 
Program, both of Phoenix, Arizona; and Julie Ellingson, North Dakota 
Stockmen's Association, Bismark.
USACE RESPONSE TO HURRICANE IDA
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine the Army Corps of Engineers emergency 
response to Hurricane Ida, after receiving testimony from Major General 
William H. Graham, Deputy Commanding General, Civil and Emergency 
Operations, Brigadier

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General Thomas J. Tickner, Commander, North Atlantic Division, and 
Colonel Stephen Murphy, Commander, New Orleans District, all of the 
Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 2875, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the 
Cyber Incident Review Office in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
Security Agency of the Department of Homeland Security, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2902, to modernize Federal information security management, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Cathy Ann Harris, of Maryland, to be a Member, and 
to be Chairman, and Tristan Lynn Leavitt, of Idaho, and Raymond A. 
Limon, of Nevada, both to be a Member, all of the Merit Systems 
Protection Board, Tovah R. Calderon, to be an Associate Judge of the 
District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and Kenia Seoane Lopez, Rupa 
Ranga Puttagunta, and Sean C. Staples, each to be an Associate Judge of 
the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
WATER RIGHTS LEGISLATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
S. 648, to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make 
a technical correction to the water rights settlement for Shoshone-
Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, and S. 1911, to provide 
for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Fort Belknap 
Indian Community, after receiving testimony from Bryan Newland, 
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; Brian Thomas, 
Shoshone-Paiute of the Duck Valley Reservation, Owyhee, Nevada; and 
Andrew Werk, Jr., Fort Belknap Indian Community, Harlem, Montana.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Lucy Haeran Koh, of California, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, who was introduced by Senators 
Feinstein and Padilla, Jane M. Beckering, to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of Michigan, and Shalina D. Kumar, to be 
United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, who 
were both introduced by Senators Stabenow and Peters, and Armando O. 
Bonilla, of Virginia, and Carolyn N. Lerner, of Maryland, both to be a 
Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, and Jonathan 
Kanter, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of 
Justice, who were all introduced by Senator Durbin, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
THE JOHN R. LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, after receiving 
testimony from Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General, Department 
of Justice; Todd Rokita, Attorney General of Indiana, Indianapolis; Jon 
Greenbaum, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, 
D.C.; Wendy Weiser, Brennan Center for Justice, New York, New York; and 
Ken Cuccinelli, Election Transparency Initiative, Nokesville, Virginia.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Guy T. Kiyokawa, of Hawaii, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Enterprise Integration), who 
was introduced by Senator Hirono, and James D. Rodriguez, of Texas, to 
be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.