[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 182 (Monday, October 18, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1137-D1139]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                            OCTOBER 19, 2021

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Nickolas Guertin, of Virginia, to be Director of 
Operational Test and Evaluation, Alexandra Baker, of New Jersey, to 
be a Deputy Under Secretary, John Patrick Coffey, of New York, to be 
General Counsel of the Department of the Navy, and Douglas R. Bush, 
of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army, all of the 
Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine an international policy update, focusing on the 
Department of the Treasury's sanctions policy review and other 
issues, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Oceans, Fisheries, Climate Change, and Manufacturing, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the Coast Guard, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Willie L. Phillips, Jr., of the District 
of Columbia, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, Brad John Crabtree, of North Dakota, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Energy (Fossil Energy and Carbon Management), and 
Charles F. Sams III, of Oregon, to be Director of the National Park 
Service, Department of the Interior, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 180, to withdraw certain Bureau of Land 
Management land from mineral development, S. 528, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to La Paz County, 
Arizona, S. 607, to discourage speculative oil and gas leasing and 
to promote enhanced multiple use management of public land and 
National Forest System land, S. 1214, to amend the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into cooperative 
agreements with States to provide for State administration of 
allotment management plans, S. 1411, to provide for the conveyance 
of certain Federal land to Lander County, Nevada, to designate 
certain wilderness areas in Lander County,

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Nevada, S. 1459, to provide for the protection of and investment in 
certain Federal land in the State of California, S. 1493, to sustain 
economic development and recreational use of National Forest System 
land in the State of Montana, to add certain land to the National 
Wilderness Preservation System, to designate new areas for 
recreation, S. 1538, to amend the Smith River National Recreation 
Area Act to include certain additions to the Smith River National 
Recreation Area, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
designate certain wild rivers in the State of Oregon, S. 1583, to 
reauthorize the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act, S. 1589, to designate 
certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the 
Forest Service in the State of Oregon as wilderness and national 
recreation areas, to withdraw certain land located in Curry County 
and Josephine County, Oregon, from all forms of entry, 
appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, location, 
entry, and patent under the mining laws, and operation under the 
mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, S. 1631, to authorize 
the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain National Forest 
System land in the State of Arizona to the Arizona Board of Regents, 
S. 2130, to modify the disposition of certain outer Continental 
Shelf revenues and to open Federal financial sharing to heighten 
opportunities for renewable energy, S. 2433, to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to develop and maintain a cadastre of 
Federal real property, and S. 2524, to amend the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act to exclude certain payments to aged, blind, or 
disabled Alaska Natives or descendants of Alaska Natives from being 
used to determine eligibility or certain programs, 2:30 p.m., SD-
366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the nomination 
of Chris Magnus, of Arizona, to be Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, 9:30 a.m., SD-
215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider H.R. 
965, to establish a comprehensive United States Government 
initiative to build the capacity of young leaders and entrepreneurs 
in Africa, S. 1104, to measure the progress of post-disaster 
recovery and efforts to address corruption, governance, rule of law, 
and media freedoms in Haiti, S. 2129, to promote freedom of 
information and counter censorship and surveillance in North Korea, 
S. 1657, to impose sanctions with respect to the People's Republic 
of China in relation to activities in the South China Sea and the 
East China Sea, S. Res. 345, expressing the sense of the Senate on 
the political situation in Belarus, S. Res. 380, reiterating United 
States support for the people of the Republic of South Sudan in 
their quest for lasting peace, stability, and democracy after 10 
years of independence and calling for a review of United States 
policy toward South Sudan, and the nominations of David L. Cohen, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to Canada, Julieta Valls Noyes, of 
Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary (Population, Refugees, and 
Migration), Denise Campbell Bauer, of California, to be Ambassador 
to the French Republic, and to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of Monaco, 
Barbara A. Leaf, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary (Near 
Eastern Affairs), Julianne Smith, of Michigan, to be United States 
Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador, C.S. Eliot 
Kang, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary (International 
Security and Non-Proliferation), Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat, of 
New Jersey, to be Director General of the Foreign Service, Adam 
Scheinman, of Virginia, to be Special Representative of the 
President for Nuclear Nonproliferation, with the rank of Ambassador, 
Bathsheba Nell Crocker, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Representative of the United States of America to the Office of the 
United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, with 
the rank of Ambassador, Michael Carpenter, of the District of 
Columbia, to be U.S. Representative to the Organization for Security 
and Cooperation in Europe, with the rank of Ambassador, Troy Damian 
Fitrell, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea, 
Michael Raynor, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Senegal, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Marc 
Ostfield, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Paraguay, Claire D. Cronin, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to 
Ireland, Sharon L. Cromer, of New York, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of The Gambia, Mark Gitenstein, of Washington, to be 
Representative of the United States of America to the European 
Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador, Kent Doyle Logsdon, 
of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova, 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, 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, Jeffry Lane Flake, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Turkey, Virginia E. Palmer, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana, Caryn R. McClelland, of 
California, to be Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam, 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, 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, 
Cynthia Ann Telles, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Costa Rica, 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, Howard 
A. Van Vranken, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Botswana, David John Young, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Malawi, Thomas R. Nides, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador 
to the State of Israel, 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

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rank of Ambassador, Steven C. Bondy, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador 
to the Kingdom of Bahrain, Jeffrey M. Hovenier, of Washington, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Kosovo, Victoria Reggie Kennedy, of 
Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Austria, and 
Michael J. Murphy, of New York, to be Ambassador to Bosnia and 
Herzegovina, all of the Department of State, Atul Atmaram Gawande, 
of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, routine lists in the 
Foreign Service, and other pending calendar business, 2:15 p.m., SD-
G50.
  Committee on Judiciary: Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, to 
hold hearings to examine pride in patent ownership, focusing on the 
value of knowing who owns a patent, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the 
United States Capitol, Full Committee, business meeting on a Report 
Recommending that the House of Representatives Cite Stephen K. 
Bannon for Criminal Contempt of Congress, 7:30 p.m., 390 Cannon.