[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 198 (Monday, November 15, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1238-E1240]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate of February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place and 
purpose of the meetings, when scheduled and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, November 16, 2021 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                              NOVEMBER 17
     Time to be announced
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         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.
                                                             S-207
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Finance
         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.
                                                            SD-215
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to consider S. 594, to double the 
           existing penalties for the provision of misleading or 
           inaccurate caller identification information, S.

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           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.
                                                            SR-253
       Committee on Environment and Public Works
         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.
                                                            SD-406
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine Afghanistan, focusing on U.S. 
           policy lessons learned.
                                                        SD-G50/VTC
       Committee on the Judiciary
         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.
                                                            SD-226
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         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.
                                                            SR-301
     1 p.m.
       United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics 
           Control
         To hold hearings to examine the nexus between the illicit 
           drug trade and corruption.
                                                            SD-608
     2 p.m.
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       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.
                                                        SD-342/VTC
       Committee on Indian Affairs
         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.
                                                            SD-628
       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.
                                                           SR-428A
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine cryptocurrency, focusing on 
           digital assets and the role of government.
                                                          CHOB-210
     3 p.m.
       Committee on Veterans' Affairs
         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. 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''.
                                                            SR-418
                              NOVEMBER 18
     9 a.m.
       Committee on the Judiciary
         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.
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     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Saule T. 
           Omarova, of New York, to be Comptroller of the 
           Currency.
                                                        SD-538/VTC
       Special Committee on Aging
         To hold hearings to examine inclusive disaster 
           management, focusing on improving preparedness, 
           response, and recovery.
                                                            SD-562
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         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.
                                                            SD-366
       Committee on Foreign Relations
       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.
                                                        SD-419/VTC
     10:15 a.m.
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         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.
                                                        SD-342/VTC
     10:30 a.m.
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine confronting the Kremlin and 
           Communist corruption.
                                                            SD-G50