[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 193 (Wednesday, November 3, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1232-D1233]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            NOVEMBER 4, 2021

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Rostin Behnam, of Maryland, 
to be Chairman, and to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission, Time to be announced, Room to be announced.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the potential non-electric applications of civilian nuclear 
energy, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider 
pending calendar business, 11 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine the road ahead for the COVID-19 response, 
focusing on next steps, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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: 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.

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                                 House

  Committee on Education and Labor, 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, Subcommittee on Health, markup 
on H.R. 1193, the ``CAROL Act''; H.R. 1667, the ``Dr. Lorna Breen 
Health Care Provider Protection Act''; H.R. 3297, the ``Public 
Health Workforce Loan Repayment Act of 2021''; H.R. 3320, the 
``Allied Health Workforce Diversity Act of 2021''; H.R. 3537, the 
``Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act''; H.R. 
4555, the ``Oral Health Literacy and Awareness Act of 2021''; H.R. 
5487, the ``SHINE for Autumn Act of 2021''; H.R. 5551, the 
``Improving the Health of Children Act'', and H.R. 5561, the ``Early 
Hearing Detection and Intervention Reauthorization Act'', 10:30 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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 the Judiciary, 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, 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, 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, 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, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``The Evolving Cybersecurity Landscape: Industry 
Perspectives on Securing the Nation's Infrastructure'', 10 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
1836, the ``Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act of 2021''; H.R. 
3944, the ``Burial Equity for Guards and Reserves Act of 2021''; 
H.R. 5603, the ``Protections for Student Veterans Act''; H.R. 4591, 
the ``VA Electronic Health Record Transparency Act of 2021''; H.R. 
2250, the ``VA IT Reform Act of 2021''; H.R. 5721, the ``VIPER 
Act''; H.R. 2916, the ``VA Medical Cannabis Research Act of 2021''; 
H.R. 5029, the ``Expanding the Families of Veterans Access to Mental 
Health Services Act''; H.R. 5516, the ``VITAL Assessment Act''; H.R. 
5529, the ``Veterans Justice Outreach Improvement Act''; H.R. 5761, 
to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish seasonal 
influenza vaccines to certain individuals, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 2385, the ``Justice for Women Veterans Act''; H.R. 5562, to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for 
hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care from the 
Department of Veterans Affairs to include veterans of World War II; 
H.R. 1596, the ``Commission to Study the Stigmatization, 
Criminalization, and Ongoing Exclusion and Inequity for LGBTQ 
Servicemembers and Veterans Act''; H.R. 4845, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to establish the Advisory Committee on Lesbian, 
Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Veterans; H.R. 3730, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of 
Veterans Affairs an Advisory Committee on United States Outlying 
Areas and Freely Associated States, and for other purposes; H.R. 
5607, the ``Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2021''; and H.R. 5151, 
the ``Col. James Floyd Turner IV USMC GI Bill Transfer Act of 
2021'', 2:30 p.m., Zoom.
  Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Article One: Strengthening Congressional 
Oversight Capacity'', 9 a.m., 210 Cannon and Zoom.