[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 198 (Monday, November 15, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1259-D1263]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of November 16 through November 19, 2021

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Graham Scott Steele, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury, post-cloture, and vote on confirmation thereon at 11:30 a.m.
  Following disposition of the nomination of Graham Scott Steele, 
Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of 
Robert Farrell Bonnie, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of 
Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation. If cloture is invoked 
on the nomination, Senate will vote on confirmation thereon at 2:30 
p.m.
  Following disposition of the nomination of Robert Farrell Bonnie, 
Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of 
Brian Eddie Nelson, of California, to be Under Secretary of the 
Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Crimes.
  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 17, to 
hold hearings to examine the nominations of Chavonda J. Jacobs-
Young, of Georgia, to be Under Secretary for Research, Education, 
and Economics, and Margo Schlanger, of Michigan, to be an Assistant 
Secretary, both of the Department of Agriculture, 10:30 a.m., SR-
301.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: November 17, 
business meeting to consider the nominations of Alanna McCargo, of 
Virginia, to be President, Government National Mortgage Association, 
and James Arthur Jemison II, of Michigan, and Elizabeth de Leon 
Bhargava, of New York, both to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Arun Venkataraman, 
of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce 
and Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial 
Service, Time to be announced, S-207, Capitol.
  November 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Saule T. Omarova, of New York, to be Comptroller of 
the Currency, 9:30 a.m., SD-538/VTC.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: November 17, 
business meeting to consider S. 594, to double the existing 
penalties for the provision of misleading or inaccurate caller 
identification information, S. 1127, to require the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration to make certain operational models 
available to the public, S. 46, to reauthorize the Coral Reef 
Conservation Act of 2000 and to establish the United States Coral 
Reef Task Force, S. 2699, to establish a cybersecurity literacy 
campaign, the nominations of Laurie E. Locascio, of Maryland, to be 
Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology, Max 
Vekich, of Washington, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner, 
Christopher A. Coes, of Georgia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Transportation, and routine lists in the Coast Guard; to be 
immediately followed by a hearing to examine the nominations of 
Jessica Rosenworcel, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the Federal 
Communications Commission, Alvaro M. Bedoya, of Maryland, to be a 
Federal Trade Commissioner, and Jainey Kumar Bavishi, of New York, 
to be Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, and Arun 
Venkataraman, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary 
and Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial 
Service, both of the Department of Commerce, 10 a.m., SR-253.

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  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: November 16, business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Laura Daniel-Davis, of 
Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior, and Sara C. 
Bronin, of Connecticut, to be Chairman of the Advisory Council on 
Historic Preservation; to be immediately followed by a hearing to 
examine the causes, outlook, and implications of domestic and 
international energy price trends, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  November 18, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 172 
and H.R. 1664, bills to authorize the National Medal of Honor Museum 
Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of 
Columbia and its environs, S. 180, to withdraw certain Bureau of 
Land Management land from mineral development, S. 270, to amend the 
Act entitled ``Act to provide for the establishment of the Brown v. 
Board of Education National Historic Site in the State of Kansas'' 
to provide for inclusion of additional related sites in the National 
Park System, S. 491, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
designate certain river segments in the York River watershed in the 
State of Maine as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 
System, S. 535, to authorize the location of a memorial on the 
National Mall to commemorate and honor the members of the Armed 
Forces that served on active duty in support of the Global War on 
Terrorism, S. 554 and H.R. 297, bills to require the Secretary of 
Agriculture to conduct a study on the establishment of, and the 
potential land that could be included in, a unit of the National 
Forest System in the State of Hawaii, S. 569, to direct the 
Secretary of Agriculture to transfer certain National Forest System 
land to the State of South Dakota, S. 609, to withdraw the National 
Forest System land in the Ruby Mountains subdistrict of the 
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and the National Wildlife Refuge 
System land in Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Elko and White 
Pine Counties, Nevada, from operation under the mineral leasing 
laws, S. 753, to reauthorize the Highlands Conservation Act, to 
authorize States to use funds from that Act for administrative 
purposes, S. 904, to require the Secretary of the Interior, the 
Secretary of Agriculture, and the Assistant Secretary of the Army 
for Civil Works to digitize and make publicly available geographic 
information system mapping data relating to public access to Federal 
land and waters for outdoor recreation, S. 990, to reauthorize the 
Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area, S. 1317, to modify the 
boundary of the Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument in the State 
of Arizona, S. 1318, to reauthorize the Yuma Crossing National 
Heritage Area, S. 1320, to establish the Chiricahua National Park in 
the State of Arizona as a unit of the National Park System, S. 1321, 
to modify the boundary of the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, 
S. 1354, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the 
Chilkoot National Historic Trail and to provide for a study of the 
Alaska Long Trail, S. 1583, to reauthorize the Lake Tahoe 
Restoration Act, S. 1589, to designate certain land administered by 
the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service in the State of 
Oregon as wilderness and national recreation areas, to withdraw 
certain land located in Curry County and Josephine County, Oregon, 
from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public 
land laws, location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and 
operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, S. 
1620, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the city 
of Eunice, Louisiana, certain Federal land in the State of 
Louisiana, S. 1631, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to 
convey certain National Forest System land in the State of Arizona 
to the Arizona Board of Regents, S. 1771, to authorize reference to 
the museum located at Blytheville/Eaker Air Force Base in 
Blytheville, Arkansas, as the ``National Cold War Center'', S. 1964, 
to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 
to provide for the establishment of a Ski Area Fee Retention 
Account, S. 2158, to extend the authorization for the Cape Cod 
National Seashore Advisory Commission, S. 2433, to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to develop and maintain a cadastre of 
Federal real property, S. 2490, to establish the Blackwell School 
National Historic Site in Marfa, Texas, S. 2524, to amend the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act to exclude certain payments to aged, 
blind, or disabled Alaska Natives or descendants of Alaska Natives 
from being used to determine eligibility or certain programs, H.R. 
1192, to impose requirements on the payment of compensation to 
professional persons employed in voluntary cases commenced under 
title III of the Puerto Rico Oversight Management and Economic 
Stability Act (commonly known as ``PROMESA''), H.R. 2497, to 
establish the Amache National Historic Site in the State of Colorado 
as a Unit of the National Park System, H.R. 4300, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to make 
free National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Passes available 
to members of the Armed Forces, and an original bill to reauthorize 
funding for certain National Heritage Areas, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: November 17, to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Martha Williams, of Montana, 
to be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 
Department of the Interior, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: November 16, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Lisa W. Wang, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary, and Maria Louise Lago, of New York, to be Under 
Secretary for International Trade, both of the Department of 
Commerce, 10:15 a.m., SD-215.
  November 17, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Maria L. Pagan, of Puerto Rico, to be a Deputy United 
States Trade Representative (Geneva Office), with the rank of 
Ambassador, Brent Neiman, of Illinois, to be a Deputy Under 
Secretary, and Joshua Frost, of New York, to be an Assistant 
Secretary, both of the Department of the Treasury, Samuel R. 
Bagenstos, of Michigan, to be General Counsel, and Christi A. Grimm, 
of Colorado, to be Inspector General, both of the Department of 
Health and Human Services, and Christopher S. Wilson, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Chief Innovation and Intellectual 
Property Negotiator, Office of the United States Trade 
Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.

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  Committee on Foreign Relations: November 17, to hold hearings to 
examine Afghanistan, focusing on U.S. policy lessons learned, 10 
a.m., SD-G50/VTC.
  November 18, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational 
Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global 
Women's Issues, to hold hearings to examine vaccine diplomacy in 
Latin America and the Caribbean, focusing on the importance of U.S. 
engagement, 10 a.m., SD-419/VTC.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: November 
17, Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management, to 
hold hearings to examine security, trade, and travel flows at the 
Southwest border ports of entry, focusing on the Federal government 
perspective, 2:30 p.m., SD-342/VTC.
  November 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Erik Adrian Hooks, of North Carolina, to be Deputy 
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of 
Homeland Security, Michael Kubayanda, of Ohio, to be a Commissioner 
of the Postal Regulatory Commission, Laurel A. Blatchford, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Controller, Office of Federal Financial 
Management, Office of Management and Budget, and Ebony M. Scott, to 
be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of 
Columbia, 10:15 a.m., SD-342/VTC.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: November 17, business meeting to 
consider S. 648, to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 
2009 to make a technical correction to the water rights settlement 
for Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation; to be 
immediately followed by a hearing to examine S. 1364, to provide for 
the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, H.R. 1975, to 
take certain land located in San Diego County, California, into 
trust for the benefit of the Pala Band of Mission Indians, H.R. 
2088, to take certain Federal lands in Tennessee into trust for the 
benefit of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and H.R. 4881, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust for the 
Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona certain land in Pima County, Arizona, 
2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: November 16, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine the Department of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-
106.
  November 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Bridget Meehan Brennan, Charles Esque Fleming, and 
David Augustin Ruiz, each to be a United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Ohio, and John H. Chun, to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Washington, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  November 18, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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, 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, and Hernan D. Vera, and 
Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, both to be a United States District 
Judge for the Central District of California, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: November 17, 
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, 2:30 p.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: November 17, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 1296, to require a pilot program on activities under the 
Transition Assistance Program for a reduction in suicide among 
veterans, S. 1564, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
provide support to university law school programs that are designed 
to provide legal assistance to veterans, S. 1607, to require the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve how the Department of 
Veterans Affairs discloses to individuals entitled to educational 
assistance from the Department risks associated with using such 
assistance at particular educational institutions and to restore 
entitlement of students to such assistance who are pursuing programs 
of education at educational institutions that are subject to Federal 
or State civil enforcement action, S. 1664, to require the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs to take certain actions to improve the 
processing by the Department of Veterans Affairs of claims for 
disability compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder, S. 1838, 
to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot 
program on using alternative credit scoring information for veterans 
and members of the Armed Forces, S. 1850, to preserve the memorials 
to chaplains at Arlington National Cemetery, S. 1881, to reauthorize 
and improve a grant program to assist institutions of higher 
education in establishing, maintaining, improving, and operating 
Student Veteran Centers, S. 1936, to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to provide for extensions of the time limitations for use of 
entitlement under Department of Veterans Affairs educational 
assistance programs by reason of school closures due to emergency 
and other situations, S. 2089, to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to ensure that grants provided by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs for State veterans' cemeteries do not restrict States from 
authorizing the interment of certain deceased members of the reserve 
components of the Armed Forces in such cemeteries, S. 2329, to 
ensure that only licensed health care professionals furnish 
disability examinations under a certain Department of Veterans 
Affairs pilot program for use of contract physicians for disability 
examinations, S. 2405, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award grants to 
States to improve outreach to veterans, S. 2431, to require the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to require the employees of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs to receive training developed by the 
Inspector General of the Department on reporting wrongdoing to, 
responding to requests from, and cooperating with the Office of 
Inspector General, S.

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2513, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the 
application and review process of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
for clothing allowance claims submitted by veterans, S. 2644, to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for Post-
9/11 Educational Assistance to members of the National Guard who 
perform certain full-time duty, S. 2687, to provide the Inspector 
General of the Department of Veterans Affairs testimonial subpoena 
authority, S. 2761, to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to maintain demographic 
information regarding veterans and publish such information on a 
website of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 2794, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to increase automatic maximum coverage 
under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program and the 
Veterans' Group Life Insurance program, S. 3047, to establish a 
pilot program to support medical residency and fellowship programs 
that assist veterans, S. 3094, to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to improve homeless veterans reintegration programs, S. 3163, 
to improve access to medical examinations required by veterans to 
obtain disability compensation or pension under laws administered by 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and an original bill entitled, 
``Veterans Benefits Improvement Act'', 3 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: November 16, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  November 17, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: November 18, to hold hearings to 
examine inclusive disaster management, focusing on improving 
preparedness, response, and recovery, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: 
November 17, to hold hearings to examine the nexus between the 
illicit drug trade and corruption, 1 p.m., SD-608.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, November 17, Subcommittee on Livestock 
and Foreign Agriculture, hearing entitled ``Trade Policy and 
Priorities'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth and Zoom.
  Committee on Appropriations, November 17, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, hearing 
entitled ``U.S. Role in Global COVID-19 Vaccine Equity'', 10:30 
a.m., Webex.
  Committee on Education and Labor, November 17, Subcommittee on 
Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education; and 
Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment, joint 
hearing entitled ``Examining the Implementation of COVID-19 
Education Funds'', 10:15 a.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, November 17, Subcommittee on the 
Middle East, North Africa, and Global Counterterrorism, hearing 
entitled ``The FY22 Budget: State Department Counterterrorism 
Bureau'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn and Webex.
  November 18, Subcommittee on International Development, 
International Organizations and Global Corporate Social Impact, 
hearing entitled ``Personnel is Policy: UN Elections and US 
Leadership in International Organizations'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn 
and Webex.
  Committee on Homeland Security, November 17, Subcommittee on 
Intelligence and Counterterrorism; and Subcommittee on 
Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation, joint 
hearing entitled ``A Whole-of-Government Approach to Combatting 
Ransomware: Examining DHS's Role'', 10 a.m., 310 Cannon and Webex.
  Committee on the Judiciary, November 17, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 4445, the ``Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and 
Sexual Harassment Act of 2021''; H.R. 612, the ``Downwinders Parity 
Act of 2021''; H.R. 1621, the ``Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted 
Conduct Act of 2021''; H.R. 5720, the ``Courthouse Ethics and 
Transparency Act of 2021''; H.R. 5961, to make revisions in title 5, 
United States Code, as necessary to keep the title current, and to 
make technical amendments to improve the United States Code; and 
legislation to make revisions in title 51, United States Code, as 
necessary to keep the title current, and to make technical 
amendments to improve the United States Code, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn 
and Zoom.
  Committee on Natural Resources, November 17, Full Committee, 
markup on H.R. 404, the ``Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch 
Reduction Act of 2021''; H.R. 667, the ``Desert Sage Youth Wellness 
Center Access Improvement Act''; H.R. 1931, the ``Japanese American 
Confinement Education Act''; H.R. 2026, the ``Global Amphibian 
Protection Act of 2021''; H.R. 2793, the ``Highlands Conservation 
Reauthorization Act of 2021''; H.R. 3128, the ``American Fisheries 
Advisory Committee Act of 2021''; H.R. 3197, the ``Save the Liberty 
Theatre Act of 2021''; H.R. 3326, the ``Public Land Renewable Energy 
Development Act of 2021''; H.R. 3531, the ``Women Who Worked on the 
Home Front World War II Memorial Act''; H.R. 3600, the ``Route 66 
National Historic Trail Designation Act''; H.R. 4494, the 
``Frederick Jobs and Historic Preservation Training Center Land 
Acquisition Act''; H.R. 4648, the ``Cane River Creole National 
Historical Park Boundary Modification Act''; H.R. 4706, the 
``Blackwell School National Historic Site Act''; H.R. 5001, the 
``Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Recovery Act''; H.R. 
5345, the ``Saline Lake Ecosystems in the Great Basin States Program 
Act of 2021''; and S. 2923, the ``Fishery Resource Disasters 
Improvement Act, 10 a.m., Webex.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, November 17, Subcommittee on 
National Security, hearing entitled ``Invisible Wounds: Preventing 
Suicide in Our Nation's Military and Veteran Communities'', 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn and Zoom.
  November 17, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, 
hearing entitled ``Combating Coronavirus Cons and the Monetization 
of Misinformation'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, November 17, 
Subcommittee on Energy, hearing entitled ``Fostering a

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New Era of Fusion Energy Research and Technology Development'', 10 
a.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, November 17, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Industry and Labor Perspectives: A 
Further Look at North American Supply Chain Challenges'', 10:30 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, November 17, Subcommittee on 
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs; and Subcommittee on 
Health, joint hearing entitled ``Supporting Survivors: Assessing 
VA's Military Sexual Trauma Programs'', 10 a.m., HVC-210 and Zoom.
  November 18, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations; and 
Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, joint hearing entitled 
``Modernizing VA's Medical Supply Chain: Progress Made?'', 10 a.m., 
Zoom.
  Committee on Ways and Means, November 17, Subcommittee on Trade, 
hearing entitled ``Strengthening the U.S.-Africa Trade and 
Investment Relationship'', 11 a.m., Webex.
  Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, November 18, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Tribal Voices, Tribal Wisdom: 
Strategies for the Climate Crisis'', 9:30 a.m., 210 Cannon and Zoom.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: November 17, to hold hearings to examine 
cryptocurrency, focusing on digital assets and the role of 
government, 2:30 p.m., 210, Cannon Building.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: November 18, to 
hold hearings to examine confronting the Kremlin and Communist 
corruption, 10:30 a.m., SD-G50.