[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1240-D1241]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
CLOSING THE COURTHOUSE DOORS: THE INJUSTICE OF FORCED ARBITRATION 
AGREEMENTS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health, Employment, 
Labor, and Pensions held a hearing entitled ``Closing the Courthouse 
Doors: The Injustice of Forced Arbitration Agreements''. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a 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''. H.R. 1193, H.R. 1667, H.R. 3297, H.R. 3320, H.R. 
3537, H.R. 5487, H.R. 5551 were forwarded to the full Committee, as 
amended. H.R. 4555 and H.R. 5561 were forwarded to the full Committee, 
without amendment.
FROM TIMBER TO TUNGSTEN: HOW THE EXPLOITATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES 
FUNDS ROGUE ORGANIZATIONS AND REGIMES
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on National Security, 
International Development and Monetary Policy held a hearing entitled 
``From Timber to Tungsten: How the Exploitation of Natural Resources 
Funds Rogue Organizations and Regimes''. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
THE TEXAS ABORTION BAN AND ITS DEVASTATING IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES AND 
FAMILIES
Committee on the Judiciary: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``The Texas Abortion Ban and its Devastating Impact on Communities and 
Families''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and 
Wildlife held a 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''. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Neguse, Lee of Nevada, and 
Moore of Utah; Tanya Trujillo, Assistant Secretary for Water and 
Science, Department of the Interior; Rebecca Mitchell, Director, 
Colorado Water Conservation Board; Joel Ferry, State Representative, 
District 1, Utah House of Representatives; and public witnesses.
BUILD BACK BETTER ACT
Committee on Rules: Full Committee concluded a hearing on H.R. 5376, 
the ``Build Back Better Act''. The Committee granted, by record vote of 
9-4, a closed rule providing for consideration of H.R. 5376, the 
``Build Back Better Act''. The rule provides two hours of debate 
equally divided among and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on the Budget or their respective designees and 
the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and 
Means or their respective designees. The rule waives all points of 
order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules 
Committee Print 117-18, modified by the amendment printed in the Rules 
Committee report, shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as 
amended, shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of 
order against provisions in the bill, as amended. The rule provides one 
motion to recommit. The rule provides that House Resolution 188 is 
amended by striking ``November 18, 2021'' and inserting ``December 3, 
2021''.

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THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE PIPELINE TO SMALL BUSINESSES
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Innovation, 
Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development held a hearing entitled 
``The Community College Pipeline to Small Businesses''. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
THE EVOLVING CYBERSECURITY LANDSCAPE: INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES ON SECURING 
THE NATION'S INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Full Committee held a 
hearing entitled ``The Evolving Cybersecurity Landscape: Industry 
Perspectives on Securing the Nation's Infrastructure''. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Full Committee held a 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''. H.R. 1836, 
H.R. 3944, H.R. 5603, H.R. 4591, H.R. 2250, H.R. 5516, H.R. 5529, H.R. 
5671, H.R. 2385, H.R. 1596, and H.R. 5151 were ordered reported, as 
amended. H.R. 5721, H.R. 2916, H.R. 5029, H.R. 5562, H.R. 4845, H.R. 
3730, and H.R. 5607 were ordered reported, without amendment.
ARTICLE ONE: STRENGTHENING CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT CAPACITY
Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress: Full Committee held 
a hearing entitled ``Article One: Strengthening Congressional Oversight 
Capacity''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.