[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 208 (Thursday, December 2, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1327-D1328]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Alanna McCargo, of Virginia, to 
be President, Government National Mortgage Association, and Elizabeth 
de Leon Bhargava, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary, both 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.
LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing 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, and S. 3266, to improve recreation 
opportunities on, and facilitate greater access to, Federal public 
land, after receiving testimony from Senator Lujan; Chris French, 
Deputy Chief, National Forest System, Forest Service, Department of 
Agriculture; Mark Lambrecht, Assistant Director, National Conservation 
Lands and Community Partnerships, Bureau of Land Management, and 
Reginald Chapple, Acting Assistant Director for Partnerships and Civic 
Engagement, National Park Service, both of the Department of the 
Interior; Fred Ferguson, Vista Outdoor, Anoka, Minnesota; and Jessica 
Turner, Outdoor Recreation Roundtable, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Loren L. AliKhan, and 
John P. Howard III, both 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, 
after the nominees, who were introduced by Representative Holmes 
Norton, testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported 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.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 2340, to improve the safety and security of the Federal judiciary, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Mary Katherine Dimke, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, Maame Ewusi-Mensah 
Frimpong, to be United States District Judge for the Central District 
of California, Jennifer L. Thurston, to be United States District Judge 
for the Eastern 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, and 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, Brandon B. Brown, of Louisiana, to be United 
States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, and Ronald C. 
Gathe, Jr., of Louisiana, to be United States Attorney for the Middle 
District of Louisiana, all of the Department of Justice.