[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 193 (Wednesday, November 3, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1227-D1229]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported 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.
AVIATION SAFETY REFORM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine implementation of aviation safety reform, after 
receiving testimony from Stephen M. Dickson, Administrator, Federal 
Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine programs at the Economic Development Administration, 
after receiving testimony from Alejandra Castillo, Assistant Secretary 
of Commerce for Economic Development, Economic Development 
Administration; James Leiman, North Dakota Department of Commerce 
Commissioner, Bismarck; Amy Liu, The Brookings Institution, Washington, 
D.C.; J. Michael Bowman, University of Delaware, Newark; and Shane 
Whitehair, Region VII Planning and Development Council, Buckhannon, 
West Virginia.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Chris Magnus, of Arizona, to be Commissioner of U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
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, and routine lists in the Foreign 
Service.
U.S. CYBERSECURITY POLICY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on 
U.S. cybersecurity policy from Brett Holmgren, Assistant Secretary for 
Intelligence and Research, Christopher Robinson, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Gharun Lacy, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary and Assistant Director, Directorate of Cyber and 
Technology Security, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, and Donna S. 
Bennett, Enterprise Chief Information Security Officer, Bureau of 
Information Resource Management, all of the Department of State.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the following business items:
  H.R. 2662, to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2991, to establish a Department of Homeland Security Center for 
Countering Human Trafficking, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 3035, to establish the Artificial Intelligence Hygiene Working 
Group, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2993, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish in 
the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency the National Cyber 
Exercise Program, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  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, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2540, to make technical corrections to title XXII of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  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, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  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, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 2793, to authorize the Administrator of General Services to 
establish an enhanced use lease pilot program, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  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, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;

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  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, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  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. 2989, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance the 
Blue Campaign of the Department of Homeland Security, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 138, to waive certain pay limitations for Department of 
Agriculture and Department of the Interior employees engaged in 
emergency wildland fire suppression activities, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute;
  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. 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, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  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 a Member, and Kurt Thomas Rumsfeld, 
of Maryland, to be General Counsel, all of the Federal Labor Relations 
Authority.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Gabriel P. Sanchez, of California, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, and Linda Lopez, and 
Jinsook Ohta, both to be a United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of California, who were all introduced by Senators 
Feinstein and Padilla, Samantha D. Elliott, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of New Hampshire, who was introduced by 
Senators Shaheen and Hassan, Katherine Marie Menendez, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Minnesota, who was introduced 
by Senator Klobuchar, and David Herrera Urias, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of New Mexico, who was introduced by 
Senators Heinrich and Lujan, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
VA AND DOD COLLABORATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense 
collaboration, focusing on improving outcomes for servicemembers and 
veterans, after receiving testimony from Donald M. Remy, Deputy 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs; Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr., Under 
Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness); Nicholas J. Armstrong, 
Syracuse University Institute for Veterans and Military Families, 
Syracuse, New York; Mike Hutchings, Combined Arms, Tiverton, Rhode 
Island; and Thomas R. Winkel, Arizona Coalition for Military Families, 
Phoenix.