[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 204 (Friday, November 26, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1301-D1303]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of November 29 through December 3, 2021

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 4350, National 
Defense Authorization Act, and vote on the motion to invoke cloture on 
Reed/Inhofe Modified Amendment No. 3867, at 5:30 p.m.
  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 Armed Services: December 2, to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of Admiral Christopher W. Grady, USN for 
reappointment to the grade of admiral and to be Vice Chairman of the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: November 30, to 
hold hearings to examine CARES Act oversight of Treasury and the 
Federal Reserve, focusing on building a resilient economy, 10 a.m., 
SD-G50.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: November 30, 
Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data 
Security, to hold hearings to examine hidden holiday hazards, 
focusing on product safety during the holiday season, 10 a.m., SR-
253.
  December 1, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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, Jainey Kumar Bavishi, 
of New York, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for

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Oceans and Atmosphere, Arun Venkataraman, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General 
of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, and routine 
lists in the Coast Guard; to be immediately followed by hearings to 
examine the nominations of Gigi B. Sohn, of the District of 
Columbia, to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission, 
and Alan Davidson, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Communications and Information, Jed David Kolko, of California, to 
be Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, and Viquar Ahmad, of Texas, 
to be an Assistant Secretary, and to be Chief Financial Officer, all 
of the Department of Commerce, 10:15 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: December 2, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 1229, to modify the procedures for issuing 
special recreation permits for certain public land units, S. 1269, 
to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Agriculture to complete an interagency report on the effects of 
special recreation permits on environmental justice communities, S. 
1616, to provide exceptions from permitting and fee requirements for 
content creation, regardless of distribution platform, including 
digital or analog video and digital or analog audio recording 
activities, conducted on land under the jurisdiction of the 
Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, S. 1874, 
to promote innovative approaches to outdoor recreation on Federal 
land and to increase opportunities for collaboration with non-
Federal partners, S. 2258, to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
to establish a Parks, Jobs, and Equity Program to support job 
creation, economic revitalization and park development for 
communities impacted by COVD-19, S. 2886, to amend title 54, United 
States Code, to authorize the donation and distribution of capes, 
horns, and antlers from wildlife management activities carried out 
on National Park System land, S. 2887, to codify the existing 
Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program of the National Park 
Service, S. 3264, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Agriculture to develop long-distance bike trails on 
Federal land, S. 3266, to improve recreation opportunities on, and 
facilitate greater access to, Federal public land, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: December 1, business 
meeting to consider H.R. 4660, to designate the Federal Building and 
United States Courthouse located at 1125 Chapline Street in 
Wheeling, West Virginia, as the ``Frederick P. Stamp, Jr. Federal 
Building and United States Courthouse'', H.R. 390, to redesignate 
the Federal building located at 167 North Main Street in Memphis, 
Tennessee as the ``Odell Horton Federal Building'', and the 
nominations of Carlton Waterhouse, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Administrator, Office of Solid Waste, Environmental Protection 
Agency, Amanda Howe, of Virginia, David M. Uhlmann, of Michigan, and 
Henry Christopher Frey, of North Carolina, each to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Jennifer 
Clyburn Reed, of South Carolina, to be Federal Cochairperson of the 
Southeast Crescent Regional Commission (New Position); to be 
immediately followed by an oversight hearing to examine the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, 9:45 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: November 30, to hold hearings to 
examine United States policy on democracy in Latin America and the 
Caribbean, 10 a.m., SD-106 VTC.
  December 1, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Scott A. Nathan, of Massachusetts, to be Chief 
Executive Officer of the United States International Development 
Finance Corporation, and John R. Bass, of New York, to be an Under 
Secretary (Management), Mark Brzezinski, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Poland, and Michael M. Adler, of 
Florida, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium, all of the 
Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-G50/VTC.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: November 30, 
business meeting to consider the nominations of Lisa M. Gomez, of 
New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, James D. 
Rodriguez, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for 
Veterans' Employment and Training, Maria Rosario Jackson, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Chairperson of the National Endowment 
for the Arts, Shelly C. Lowe, of Arizona, to be Chairperson of the 
National Endowment for the Humanities, and Susan Harthill, of 
Maryland, to be a Member of the Occupational Safety and Health 
Review Commission, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: November 
30, to hold hearings to examine FedRAMP reform, focusing on 
recommendations to reduce burden, enhance security, and address 
inefficiencies in the government cloud authorization process, 2:30 
p.m., SD-342.
  December 1, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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, to be 
Controller, Office of Federal Financial Management, Office of 
Management and Budget, Ebony M. Scott, of the District of Columbia, 
to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of 
Columbia, and Donald Walker Tunnage, of the District of Columbia, to 
be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of 
Columbia, 11 a.m., SD-342.
  December 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Loren L. AliKhan, to be an Associate Judge of the 
District of Columbia Court of Appeals, John P. Howard III, to be an 
Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and 
Adrienne Jennings Noti, 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: December 1, to hold hearings to 
examine pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  December 2, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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 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, Maame Ewusi-

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Mensah Frimpong, to be United States District Judge for the Central 
District of California, 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, to be United States District Judge for 
the Central District of California, Gabriel P. Sanchez, of 
California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, 
Samantha D. Elliott, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of New Hampshire, Linda Lopez, to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of California, Katherine Marie 
Menendez, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Minnesota, Jinsook Ohta, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of California, David Herrera Urias, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of New Mexico, Gregory K. 
Harris, to be United States Attorney for the Central District of 
Illinois, Philip R. Sellinger, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of New Jersey, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: December 1, to hold hearings to 
examine an end-of-year look at the state of VA, 3 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: November 30, to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of Shannon Corless, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, 
Department of the Treasury, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  December 1, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SVC-217.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Armed Services, December 2, Subcommittee on 
Readiness, hearing entitled ``Minding the Gap: How Operational 
Energy Can Help Us Address Logistics Challenges'', 11 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Education and Labor, December 1, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Examining the Policies and Priorities of the 
Corporation for National and Community Service'', 10:15 a.m., Zoom.
  December 2, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing 
entitled ``Strengthening the Safety Net for Injured Workers'', 2 
p.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, December 1, Subcommittee on 
Communications and Technology, hearing entitled ``Holding Big Tech 
Accountable: Targeted Reforms to Tech's Legal Immunity'', 10:30 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn and Webex.
  December 2, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``The 
Overdose Crisis: Interagency Proposal to Combat Illicit Fentanyl-
Related Substances'', 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Financial Services, December 1, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Oversight of the Treasury Department's and 
Federal Reserve's Pandemic Response'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn and 
Webex.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, December 1, Subcommittee on Africa, 
Global Health, and Global Human Rights, hearing entitled ``FY 2022 
Budget and U.S.--Africa Relations'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn and 
Webex.
  December 2, Subcommittee on Europe, Energy, the Environment, and 
Cyber, hearing entitled ``Innovative Municipal Leadership in Central 
Europe: Founding Members of the Pact of Free Cities'', 10 a.m., 
Webex.
  Committee on the Judiciary, December 1, Subcommittee on Antitrust, 
Commercial, and Administrative Law, hearing entitled ``The 
Administrative Procedure Act at 75: Ensuring the Rulemaking Process 
is Transparent, Accountable, and Effective'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn 
and Zoom.
  Committee on Natural Resources, December 2, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Mineral Resources, hearing entitled ``What More Public Lands 
Leasing Means for Achieving U.S. Climate Targets'', 10 a.m., Webex.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, December 1, Subcommittee on 
Government Operations, hearing entitled ``The Future of Federal 
Work'', 10:15 a.m., 2154 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, December 1, 
Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics; and Subcommittee on Research 
and Technology, joint hearing entitled ``A Review of the Decadal 
Survey for Astronomy and Astrophysics in the 2020s'', 11 a.m., Zoom.
  December 2, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Ensuring American 
Leadership in Microelectronics'', 10 a.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, December 2, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``The Evolving Cybersecurity Landscape: 
Federal Perspectives on Securing the Nation's Infrastructure'', 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Ways and Means, December 2, Subcommittee on Trade, 
hearing entitled ``Supporting U.S. Workers, Businesses, and the 
Environment in the Face of Unfair Chinese Trade Practices'', 10 
a.m., Webex.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, December 2, 
Subcommittee on Strategic Technologies and Advanced Research, 
hearing entitled ``How the IC is Using and Defending Against AI'', 
9:30 a.m., HVC-304.