[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 184 (Wednesday, October 20, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1162-D1163]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            OCTOBER 21, 2021

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine how private equity landlords are changing the housing 
market, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Space and Science, to hold hearings to examine international 
collaboration and competition in space, focusing on oversight of 
NASA's role and programs, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine S. 1734, to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and expand the use of 
prescribed fire on land managed by the Department of the Interior or 
the Forest Service, with an emphasis on units of the National Forest 
System in the western United States, S. 1964, to amend the Omnibus 
Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to provide for the 
establishment of a Ski Area Fee Retention Account, S. 2404, to 
improve Federal activities relating to wildfires, S. 2436, to amend 
the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to establish emergency 
fireshed management areas, S. 2561, to amend the Forest and 
Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide that a land 
resource management plan or land use plan approved, amended, or 
revised under those Acts shall not be considered to be a continuing 
Federal agency action or constitute a discretionary Federal 
involvement or control for a distinct Federal purpose, S. 2564, to 
establish a pilot program under which the Chief of the Forest 
Service may use alternative dispute resolution in lieu of judicial 
review for certain projects, S.

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2650, to provide mandatory funding for hazardous fuels reduction 
projects on certain Federal land, S. 2806, to direct the Secretary 
of Agriculture to select and implement landscape-scale forest 
restoration projects, to assist communities in increasing their 
resilience to wildfire, and S. 2836, to improve revegetation and 
carbon sequestration activities in the United States, 10 a.m., SD-
366.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine safeguarding inspector general independence and 
integrity, 10:15 a.m., SD-342/VTC.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 2428, 
to amend title 31, United States Code, to modify False Claims Act 
procedures, S. 2429, to amend chapter 38 of title 31, United States 
Code, relating to civil remedies, S. 998, to provide grants to 
States that do not suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a driver's 
license of a person or refuse to renew a registration of a motor 
vehicle for failure to pay a civil or criminal fine or fee, and 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, Lucy Haeran 
Koh, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth 
Circuit, Jane M. Beckering, to be United States District Judge for 
the Western District of Michigan, Shalina D. Kumar, to be United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, Armando 
O. Bonilla, of the District of Columbia, 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, 9 a.m., SD-106.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 4252, to 
provide additional funding for scholarships for students at 1890's 
institutions; H.R. 2361, the ``Rebuild Rural America Act of 2021''; 
legislation on Chronic Wasting Disease Research and Management Act; 
H.R. 3532, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a 
periodic wildfire assessment, and for other purposes; H.R. 4489, the 
``National Forest Restoration and Remediation Act''; legislation on 
Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021; and H.R. 5589, the ``Pyrolysis 
Innovation Grants Act'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth and Zoom.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Military 
Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, hearing 
entitled ``Update on VA's Electronic Health Record Modernization 
Implementation'', 10 a.m., Webex.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing 
entitled ``Offshore Wind, Onshore Benefits: Growing the Domestic 
Wind Energy Industry'', 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``A Strong Foundation: How Housing Is the Key To Building Back a 
Better America'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on International 
Development, International Organizations, and Global Corporate 
Social Impact; and Subcommittee on Europe, Energy, the Environment, 
and Cyber, joint hearing entitled ``Preparing for COP26: United 
States Strategy To Combat Climate Change Through International 
Development'', 10 a.m., Webex.
  Full Committee, markup on H.R. 5497, the ``BURMA Act of 2021''; H. 
Res. 569, expressing continued solidarity with the Lebanese people 
after the devastating explosions at the Port of Beirut on August 4, 
2020, and the continued efforts to form a secure, independent, and 
democratic Lebanon; H. Res. 445, condemning all violence and human 
rights abuses in Ethiopia, and calling on the Government of Ethiopia 
and the Government of the State of Eritrea to remove all Eritrean 
troops from Ethiopia, and for all belligerents in the conflict, 
including the Ethiopian National Defense Forces, the Tigray People's 
Liberation Front, and Amhara regional forces, and other armed groups 
to cease all hostilities, protect human rights, allow unfettered 
humanitarian access, and cooperate with independent investigations 
of credible atrocity allegations; H. Res. 720, calling for 
stability, the cessation of violence, condemning ISIS-affiliated 
terrorist activity in northern Mozambique, including the Cabo 
Delgado Province, and for other purposes; H.R. 4914, the ``Havana 
Syndrome Attacks Response Act''; and legislation on the Intellectual 
Property Violators Accountability and Transparency Act, 1 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
Management, and Accountability; and Subcommittee on Border Security, 
Facilitation, and Operations, joint hearing entitled ``Operation 
Allies Welcome: Examining DHS's Efforts To Resettle Vulnerable 
Afghans'', 2 p.m., 310 Cannon and Webex.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Oversight of the United States Department of Justice'', 10 a.m., 
CVC-200 and Zoom.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Runit Dome and the U.S. Nuclear 
Legacy in the Marshall Islands'', 10 a.m., Webex.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Equal Rights Amendment: Achieving Constitutional 
Equality for All'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Investigations and Oversight; and Subcommittee on Energy, joint 
hearing entitled ``Judicious Spending To Enable Success at the 
Office of Nuclear Energy'', 10 a.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing entitled ``Three Years After Lion Air 610: FAA 
Implementation of the 2020 Aircraft Certification, Safety, and 
Accountability Act'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Covert Action's Role in Foreign Policy'', 10 
a.m., HVC-304 Hearing Room.
  Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Modernizing the Congressional Support Agencies To 
Meet the Needs of an Evolving Congress'', 9 a.m., 2175 Rayburn and 
Zoom.