[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 200 (Wednesday, November 17, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1279-D1281]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           NOVEMBER 18, 2021

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  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, 9:30 a.m., SD-538/VTC.
  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

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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 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, 10 a.m., SD-419/VTC.
  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, 10:15 a.m., SD-342/VTC.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 2629, 
to establish cybercrime reporting mechanisms, S. 2340, to improve 
the safety and security of the Federal judiciary, S. 2614, to 
provide for the modernization of electronic case management systems, 
and for other purposes, 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, Hernan D. Vera, and Maame Ewusi-Mensah 
Frimpong, both to be a United States District Judge for the Central 
District of California, Linda Lopez, and Jinsook Ohta, both to be a 
United States District Judge for the Southern District of 
California, Katherine Marie Menendez, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Minnesota, David Herrera Urias, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of New Mexico, and 
Cindy K. Chung, to be United States Attorney for the Western 
District of Pennsylvania, Gregory K. Harris, to be United States 
Attorney for the Central District of Illinois, Gary M. Restaino, to 
be United States Attorney for the District of Arizona, and Philip R. 
Sellinger, to be

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United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, all of the 
Department of Justice, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine inclusive 
disaster management, focusing on improving preparedness, response, 
and recovery, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.


                                 House

  Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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 Veterans' Affairs, 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.
  Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Tribal Voices, Tribal Wisdom: Strategies for the Climate 
Crisis'', 9:30 a.m., 210 Cannon and Zoom.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine confronting the Kremlin and Communist corruption, 10:30 
a.m., SD-G50.