[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 192 (Tuesday, November 2, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1221-D1223]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                            NOVEMBER 3, 2021

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: 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, Matthew S. 
Axelrod, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, and 
Reta Jo Lewis, of Georgia, to be President of the Export-Import Bank 
of the United States, 9:30 a.m., SD-534.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine implementation of aviation safety reform, 10 
a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine programs at the Economic Development Administration, 10 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: 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: 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, Brian Wesley Shukan, of Virginia, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Benin, Jonathan Eric Kaplan, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore, R. 
Nicholas Burns, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the People's 
Republic of China, Rahm Emanuel, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to 
Japan, Julissa Reynoso Pantaleon, of New York, to be Ambassador to 
the Kingdom of Spain, and to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of 
Andorra, 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 nominations; to be immediately

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followed by a closed briefing on U.S. cybersecurity policy in SVC-
217, 9:45 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 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 
for veterans and members of the 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: 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.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: 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.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The 
Immediate Challenges to our Nation's Food Supply Chain'', 10 a.m., 
1300 Longworth and Zoom.
  Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Civil Rights and 
Human Services, hearing entitled ``A Call to Action: Modernizing the 
Community Services Block Grant'', 10:15 a.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.

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  Committee on Financial Services, 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.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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, 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, 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.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Entrepreneurship in the New Economy'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn and 
Zoom.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation, 
hearing entitled ``Countering Domestic Terrorism'', 9:30 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth, 
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: 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.