[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 199 (Tuesday, November 16, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1269-D1271]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





          COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2021

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  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, 10:15 a.m., SR-
301.
  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, Time to be announced, S-207, Capitol.
  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. 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.
  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

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Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  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, 
9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
Afghanistan, focusing on U.S. policy lessons learned, 10 a.m., SD-
G50/VTC.
  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, 2:30 p.m., 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, 
2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  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, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  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, 2:30 p.m., SR-428A.
  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

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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: to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: to 
hold hearings to examine the nexus between the illicit drug trade 
and corruption, 1 p.m., SD-608.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign 
Agriculture, hearing entitled ``Trade Policy and Priorities'', 10 
a.m., 1300 Longworth and Zoom.
  Committee on Appropriations, 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, 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 Energy and Commerce, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
5561, the ``Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Reauthorization 
Act''; H.R. 5487, the ``SHINE for Autumn Act of 2021''; H.R. 1193, 
the ``CAROL Act''; H.R. 1667, the ``Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care 
Provider Protection Act''; H.R. 3320, the ``Allied Health Workforce 
Diversity Act of 2021''; H.R. 4555, the ``Oral Health Literacy and 
Awareness Act of 2021''; H.R. 5551, the ``Improving the Health of 
Children Act''; H.R. 3537, the ``Accelerating Access to Critical 
Therapies for ALS Act''; H.R. 1218, the ``Data Mapping to Save Moms' 
Lives Act''; H.R. 2501, the ``Spectrum Coordination Act''; H.R. 
5502, the ``Integrity, Notification, and Fairness in Online Retail 
Marketplaces for Consumers Act''; and H.R. 4594, the ``Restoring 
Brand USA Act'', 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.
  Committee on Homeland Security, 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, 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 H.R. 
5962, 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, 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, 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.
  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, Subcommittee on 
Energy, hearing entitled ``Fostering a New Era of Fusion Energy 
Research and Technology Development'', 10 a.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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, 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.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing 
entitled ``Strengthening the U.S.-Africa Trade and Investment 
Relationship'', 11 a.m., Webex.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine 
cryptocurrency, focusing on digital assets and the role of 
government, 2:30 p.m., 210, Cannon Building.