[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 214 (Monday, December 13, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1369-D1371]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of December 13 through December 17, 2021

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Samantha D. Elliott, of New Hampshire, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of New Hampshire, and vote on the motion to 
invoke cloture thereon at 11 a.m., to be followed by a vote on the 
motion to invoke cloture on the motion to concur in the amendment of 
the House of Representatives to S. 1605, National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2022.
  Following the vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to 
concur in the amendment of the House of Representatives to S. 1605, 
Senate is expected to vote on the motion to proceed to consideration of 
a joint resolution to raise the debt limit.
  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 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: December 14, to 
hold hearings to examine stablecoins, focusing on how they work, how 
they are used, and their risks, 10:15 a.m., SD-538.
  December 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine disaster 
recovery assistance, focusing on authorization of the Community 
Development Block Grant--Disaster Recovery Program, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: December 15, 
business meeting to consider S. 46, to reauthorize the Coral Reef 
Conservation Act of 2000 and to establish the United States Coral 
Reef Task Force, S. 3196, to enhance the policies, procedures, and 
training for midshipmen at the United States Merchant Marine 
Academy, an original bill entitled, ``Omnibus Tourism Act'', S. 
3309, to require SelectUSA to coordinate with State-level economic 
development organizations to increase foreign direct investment in 
semiconductor-related manufacturing and production, the nominations 
of Alan

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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, and Mary T. Boyle, of Maryland, to be a 
Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, 10 a.m., SR-
253.
  December 15, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the U.S. airline industry, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  December 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Ann Claire Phillips, of Virginia, to be Administrator 
of the Maritime Administration, Steven Scott Cliff, of California, 
to be Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, and John Edward Putnam, of Colorado, to be General 
Counsel, all of the Department of Transportation, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: December 14, to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of Donald Armin Blome, of Illinois, to be 
Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Eric M. Garcetti, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of India, and Amy 
Gutmann, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic 
of Germany, all of the Department of State, and other pending 
nominations, 10 a.m., SD-106/VTC.
  December 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Christopher R. Hill, of Rhode Island, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia, and Michele Taylor, of 
Georgia, for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service as 
United States Representative to the UN Human Rights Council, both of 
the Department of State, Alice P. Albright, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge 
Corporation, Oren E. Whyche-Shaw, of Maryland, to be United States 
Director of the African Development Bank, Enoh T. Ebong, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Director of the Trade and Development 
Agency, Leopoldo Martinez Nucete, of Virginia, to be United States 
Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank, Maria 
Fabiana Jorge, of the District of Columbia, to be United States 
Alternate Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank, 
and other pending nominations, 2:30 p.m., SD-G50/VTC.
  December 15, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Marc R. Stanley, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the 
Argentine Republic, Rashad Hussain, of Virginia, to be Ambassador at 
Large for International Religious Freedom, Ramin Toloui, of Iowa, to 
be an Assistant Secretary (Economic and Business Affairs), Thomas 
Barrett, of Wisconsin, to be Ambassador to the Grand Duchy of 
Luxembourg, Erik D. Ramanathan, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador 
to the Kingdom of Sweden, Scott Miller, of Colorado, to be 
Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation, and to serve concurrently and 
without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of 
Liechtenstein, and Jamie L. Harpootlian, of South Carolina, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia, all of the Department of 
State, Adriana Debora Kugler, of Maryland, to be United States 
Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development, and other pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  December 15, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 3:30 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: December 14, 
to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Robert McKinnon 
Califf, of North Carolina, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 
Department of Health and Human Services, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: December 
15, business meeting to consider S. 3099, to amend title 44, United 
States Code, to establish the Federal Risk and Authorization 
Management Program within the General Services Administration, S. 
2932, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 430 South Knowles Avenue in New Richmond, Wisconsin, as 
the ``Captain Robert C. Harmon and Private John R. Peirson Post 
Office Building'', H.R. 767, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 40 Fulton Street in Middletown, New 
York, as the ``Benjamin A. Gilman Post Office Building'', H.R. 1170, 
to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 1 League in Irvine, California, as the ``Tuskegee Airman 
Lieutenant Colonel Robert J. Friend Memorial Post Office Building'', 
H.R. 1444, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 132 North Loudoun Street, Suite 1 in Winchester, 
Virginia, as the ``Patsy Cline Post Office'', H.R. 3210, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 1905 15th Street in Boulder, Colorado, as the ``Officer Eric H. 
Talley Post Office Building'', and 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, 11:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: December 15, to hold hearings to 
examine pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  December 15, Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and 
Consumer Rights, to hold hearings to examine the impact of 
consolidation and monopoly power on American innovation, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-226.
  December 16, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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, John H. Chun, to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Washington, and Katherine 
Vidal, of California, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: December 15, business meeting to 
consider S. 731, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve 
the management of information technology projects and investments of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, 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

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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. 1850, 
to preserve the memorials to chaplains at Arlington National 
Cemetery, 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. 
1944, to improve Vet Centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
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. 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. 2514, to rename the Provo Veterans Center in Orem, 
Utah, as the ``Col. Gail S. Halvorsen `Candy Bomber' Veterans 
Center'', S. 2533, to improve mammography services furnished by the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 2624, to authorize major medical 
facility projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal 
year 2022, S. 2627, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
improve assistance for veterans with travel necessary for 
counseling, mental health services, health care, and others services 
furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs, 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. 2720, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a 
national clinical pathway for prostate cancer, 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. 2787, to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify 
the role of doctors of podiatric medicine in 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. 2852, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts 
and agreements for the payment of care in non-Department of Veterans 
Affairs medical foster homes for certain veterans who are unable to 
live independently, S. 3025, to amend title 38, United States Code, 
to expand health care and benefits from the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for military sexual trauma, 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, S. 
3293, to expand access of veterans to mental health care from the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, an orignal bill entitled, ``Veterans 
Benefits Improvement Act'', and the nomination of Kurt D. DelBene, 
of Washington, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
(Information and Technology), 3 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: December 15, closed business 
meeting to consider pending intelligence matters; to be immediately 
followed by a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2 
p.m., SVC-217.


                            HOUSE COMMITTEES

  Committee on House Administration, December 16, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Oversight of the Smithsonian Institution: 
Protecting Smithsonian Facilities and Collections Against Climate 
Change'', 12:30 p.m., Webex.
  December 17, Subcommittee on Elections, hearing entitled ``Member 
Day'', 9 a.m., Webex.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: December 16, to 
receive a briefing on defending Ukraine and deterring Putin, 10 
a.m., VTC.