[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 191 (Monday, November 1, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1211-D1215]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of November 2 through November 5, 2021

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Jonathan Davidson, of Maryland, to be Deputy Under Secretary of the 
Treasury, and vote on the motions to invoke cloture on the nominations 
of Jonathan Davidson, of Maryland, to be Deputy Under Secretary of the 
Treasury, Benjamin Harris, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
the Treasury, and Isobel Coleman, of New York, to be a Deputy 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, at 11:00 a.m.
   At 2:20 p.m., Senate will vote on the motions to invoke cloture on 
the nominations of Jeffrey M. Prieto, of California, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Rajesh D. 
Nayak, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor.
   At 5:15 p.m., Senate will vote on confirmation of the nomination of 
Jonathan Davidson, of Maryland, to be Deputy Under Secretary of the 
Treasury, if cloture has been invoked on the nomination.
  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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: November 2, 
Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and 
Research, to hold hearings to examine the state of nutrition in 
America 2021, 10 a.m., SH-216.

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  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: November 2, to 
hold hearings to examine the Libor transition, focusing on 
protecting consumers and investors, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  November 3, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Judith DelZoppo Pryor, of Ohio, to be First Vice 
President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, Owen 
Edward Herrnstadt, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and 
Matthew S. Axelrod, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce, 9:30 a.m., SD-534.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: November 3, to 
hold hearings to examine implementation of aviation safety reform, 
10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: November 2, business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Geraldine Richmond, of 
Oregon, to be Under Secretary for Science, Brad John Crabtree, of 
North Dakota, to be an Assistant Secretary (Fossil Energy and Carbon 
Management), and Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, of California, to be Director 
of the Office of Science, all of the Department of Energy, M. 
Camille Calimlim Touton, of Nevada, to be Commissioner of 
Reclamation, Laura Daniel-Davis, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary, and Charles F. Sams III, of Oregon, to be Director of the 
National Park Service, all of the Department of the Interior, Willie 
L. Phillips, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and Sara C. Bronin, of 
Connecticut, to be Chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  November 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
potential non-electric applications of civilian nuclear energy, 10 
a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: November 3, to hold 
hearings to examine programs at the Economic Development 
Administration, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: November 3, business meeting to consider 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: November 2, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Thomas Barrett, of Wisconsin, to be 
Ambassador to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Jamie L. Harpootlian, 
of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia, 
Scott Miller, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to the Swiss 
Confederation, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of Liechtenstein, and 
Erik D. Ramanathan, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the 
Kingdom of Sweden, all of the Department of State, and other pending 
nominations, 10 a.m., VTC.
  November 2, Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, 
International Operations, and Bilateral International Development, 
to hold hearings to examine training the Department of State's 
workforce for the 21st century diplomacy, 2:30 p.m., SD-G50/VTC.
  November 3, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Lisa A. Carty, of Maryland, to be Representative of 
the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of 
the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and to be an 
Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the 
Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, during her 
tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America 
on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, Barbara A. 
Leaf, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary (Near Eastern 
Affairs), Elizabeth Anne Noseworthy Fitzsimmons, of Delaware, to be 
Ambassador to the Togolese Republic, David R. Gilmour, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial 
Guinea, Patricia Mahoney, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Central African Republic, Peter Hendrick Vrooman, of New York, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Mozambique, Peter D. Haas, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the People's Republic of Bangladesh, 
and Julie Chung, of California, to be Ambassador to the Democratic 
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, all of the Department of State, and 
Atul Atmaram Gawande, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  November 3, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on U.S. 
cybersecurity policy, 10 a.m., SVC-217.
  November 4, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 11 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: November 4, 
to hold hearings to examine the road ahead for the COVID-19 
response, focusing on next steps, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: November 
3, business meeting to consider S. 587, to amend the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 to provide that the President or certain agency 
heads may remove the Inspector General, or place an Inspector 
General on non-duty status, only if certain conditions are 
satisfied, S. 1794, to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to 
provide testimonial subpoena authority, S. 2273, to authorize 
Inspectors General to continue operations during a lapse in 
appropriations, S. 2991, to establish a Department of Homeland 
Security Center for Countering Human Trafficking, S. 3035, to 
establish the Artificial Intelligence Hygiene Working Group, S. 
2993, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish in the 
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency the National Cyber 
Exercise Program, S. 2491, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 to establish the National Cyber Resilience Assistance Fund, to 
improve the ability of the Federal Government to assist in enhancing 
critical infrastructure cyber resilience, to improve security in the 
national cyber ecosystem, to address Systemically Important Critical 
Infrastructure, S. 3099, to amend title 44, United States Code, to 
establish the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program 
within the General Services Administration, S. 2540, to make 
technical corrections to title XXII of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002, S. 2274, to authorize the Director of the Cybersecurity and 
Infrastructure Security Agency to establish an apprenticeship 
program and to establish a pilot program on cybersecurity training 
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Armed Forces transitioning to civilian life, S. 2322, to require a 
pilot program on the participation of non-asset-based third-party 
logistics providers in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against 
Terrorism, S. 2793, to authorize the Administrator of General 
Services to establish an enhanced use lease pilot program, S. 2541, 
to authorize the reclassification of the tactical enforcement 
officers (commonly known as the ``Shadow Wolves'') in the Homeland 
Security Investigations tactical patrol unit operating on the lands 
of the Tohono O'odham Nation as special agents, S. 1941, to direct 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to standardize 
the use of core-based statistical area designations across Federal 
programs, to allow between 120 and 180 days for public comment on 
any proposed change to such designations, and to report on the 
scientific basis and estimated impact to Federal programs for any 
proposed change to such designations, S. 2838, to require the 
Director of the Government Publishing Office to establish and 
maintain an online portal accessible to the public that allows the 
public to obtain electronic copies of all congressionally mandated 
reports in one place, S. 419, to amend title 5, United States Code, 
to provide for a full annuity supplement for certain air traffic 
controllers, S. 442, to amend title 40, United States Code, to 
require the Administrator of General Services to procure the most 
life-cycle cost effective and energy efficient lighting products and 
to issue guidance on the efficiency, effectiveness, and economy of 
those products, S. 2483, to require the Director of the 
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to establish 
cybersecurity guidance for small organizations, S. 2989, to amend 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance the Blue Campaign of 
the Department of Homeland Security, S. 138, to waive certain pay 
limitations for Department of Agriculture and Department of the 
Interior employees engaged in emergency wildland fire suppression 
activities, H.R. 2662, to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
H.R. 4426, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to ensure that 
the needs of children are considered in homeland security planning, 
H.R. 3263, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 
in the Department of Homeland Security a medical countermeasures 
program, H.R. 2617, to amend section 1115 of title 31, United States 
Code, to amend the description of how performance goals are 
achieved, H.R. 4363, to establish a daily public reporting 
requirement for covered contract awards of the Department of 
Homeland Security, H.R. 3419, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 66 Meserole Avenue in 
Brooklyn, New York, as the ``Joseph R. Lentol Post Office'', H.R. 
2044, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 17 East Main Street in Herington, Kansas, as the 
``Captain Emil J. Kapaun Post Office Building'', and the nominations 
of Ernest W. DuBester, of Virginia, and Susan Tsui Grundmann, of 
Virginia, both to be Member, and Kurt Thomas Rumsfeld, of Maryland, 
to be General Counsel, all of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, 
10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: November 2, to hold hearings to 
examine cleaning up online marketplaces, focusing on protecting 
against stolen, counterfeit, and unsafe goods, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  November 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Gabriel P. Sanchez, of California, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Samantha D. Elliott, to 
be United States District Judge for the District of New Hampshire, 
Linda Lopez, and Jinsook Ohta, both to be a United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of California, Katherine Marie 
Menendez, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Minnesota, and David Herrera Urias, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of New Mexico, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  November 4, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2342, 
to amend title 9 of the United States Code with respect to 
arbitration of disputes involving sexual assault and sexual 
harassment, S. 2629, to establish cybercrime reporting mechanisms, 
and the nominations of Holly A. Thomas, of California, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Mary Katherine Dimke, to 
be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
Washington, Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, to be United States 
District Judge for the Central District of California, Charlotte N. 
Sweeney, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Colorado, Jennifer L. Thurston, to be United States District Judge 
for the Eastern District of California, Hernan D. Vera, to be United 
States District Judge for the Central District of California, and 
Clare E. Connors, to be United States Attorney for the District of 
Hawaii, Zachary A. Cunha, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Rhode Island, Nikolas P. Kerest, to be United States 
Attorney for the District of Vermont, Cole Finegan, to be United 
States Attorney for the District of Colorado, and Kenneth L. Parker, 
to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, all 
of the Department of Justice, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: November 4, 
business meeting to consider S. 1617, to modify the requirements for 
the Administrator of the Small Business Administration relating to 
declaring a disaster in a rural area, S. 1621, to reauthorize and 
limit the pre-disaster mitigation program of the Small Business 
Administration, the nomination of Dilawar Syed, of California, to be 
Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration, and other 
pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: November 3, to hold hearings to 
examine Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense 
collaboration, focusing on improving outcomes for servicemembers and 
veterans, 3 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: November 2, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, November 3, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Immediate Challenges to our Nation's Food Supply 
Chain'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth and Zoom.

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  Committee on Education and Labor, November 3, Subcommittee on 
Civil Rights and Human Services, hearing entitled ``A Call to 
Action: Modernizing the Community Services Block Grant'', 10:15 
a.m., Zoom.
  November 4, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and 
Pensions, hearing entitled ``Closing the Courthouse Doors: The 
Injustice of Forced Arbitration Agreements'', 10:15 a.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, November 3, Subcommittee on 
Communications and Technology, markup on H.R. 1218, the ``Data 
Mapping to Save Moms' Lives Act''; and H.R. 2501, the ``Spectrum 
Coordination Act'', 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Financial Services, November 3, Subcommittee on 
Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions, hearing entitled 
``Cyber Threats: Keeping Consumer Data and the Financial System 
Secure'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn and Webex.
  November 4, Subcommittee on National Security, International 
Development and Monetary Policy, hearing entitled ``From Timber to 
Tungsten: How the Exploitation of Natural Resources Funds Rogue 
Organizations and Regimes'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, November 3, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Assessing Progress and Challenges in State Department 
Management, Operations, and Reforms'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn and 
Webex.
  Committee on Homeland Security, November 3, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Evolving the U.S. Approach to Cybersecurity: 
Raising the Bar Today to Meet the Threats of Tomorrow'', 10 a.m., 
310 Cannon and Webex.
  Committee on the Judiciary, November 3, Full Committee, continue 
markup on H.R. 4777, the ``Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 
2021''; H.R. 963, the ``FAIR Act''; H.R. 5677, to make technical 
amendments to titles 2, 50, and 52, United States Code; H.R. 5679, 
to make technical amendments to titles 7, 20, and 43, United States 
Code; H.R. 5695, to make technical amendments to title 25, United 
States Code; and H.R. 5705, to make technical amendments to title 
34, United States Code, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn and Zoom.
  November 4, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Texas Abortion 
Ban and its Devastating Impact on Communities and Families'', 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Natural Resources, November 4, Subcommittee on Water, 
Oceans, and Wildlife, hearing on H. Res. 320, recognizing the 
critical importance of access to reliable, clean drinking water for 
Native Americans and Alaska Natives and confirming the 
responsibility of the Federal Government to ensure such water 
access; H.R. 4832, the ``Open Access Evapotranspiration Data Act''; 
H.R. 5001, the ``Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Recovery 
Act''; and H.R. 5345, the ``Saline Lake Ecosystems in the Great 
Basin States Program Act of 2021'', 10 a.m., Webex.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, November 4, Full Committee, 
markup on H.R. 5477, the ``Federal Agency Climate Planning, 
Resilience, and Enhanced Preparedness Act''; H.R. 4688, the 
``Federal Agency Customer Experience Act''; legislation on the State 
and Local Digital Services Act; H.R. 4778, the ``District of 
Columbia Courts Vacancy Reduction Act''; and several postal naming 
measures, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Small Business, November 3, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Entrepreneurship in the New Economy'', 10 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn and Zoom.
  November 4, Subcommittee on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and 
Workforce Development, hearing entitled ``The Community College 
Pipeline to Small Businesses'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, November 4, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``The Evolving Cybersecurity Landscape: 
Industry Perspectives on Securing the Nation's Infrastructure'', 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, November 3, 
Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and 
Counterproliferation, hearing entitled ``Countering Domestic 
Terrorism'', 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, November 4, 
Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Article One: Strengthening 
Congressional Oversight Capacity'', 9 a.m., 210 Cannon and Zoom.
  Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth, 
November 3, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Our Changing Economy: 
The Economic Effects of Technological Innovation, Automation and the 
Future of Work'', 10 a.m., CVC-200.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: November 3, to 
hold hearings to examine upholding Organization for Security and Co-
operation in Europe commitments in Hungary and Poland, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-419.


* These figures include all measures reported, even if there was 
no accompanying report. A total of 44 written reports have been 
filed in the Senate, 156 reports have been filed in the House.

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