[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 214 (Monday, December 13, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1359-E1360]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate of February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place and 
purpose of the meetings, when scheduled and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, December 14, 2021 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                              DECEMBER 15
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine disaster recovery assistance, 
           focusing on authorization of the Community Development 
           Block Grant--Disaster Recovery Program.
                                                            SD-538
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         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 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.
                                                            SR-253
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         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.
                                                            SD-106
       Committee on the Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine pending nominations.
                                                            SD-226
     11:30 a.m.
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting to consider S. 3099, to amend title 44, 
           United States Code, to

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           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.
                                                            SD-342
     2 p.m.
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         Closed business meeting to consider pending intelligence 
           matters; to be immediately followed by a closed 
           briefing on certain intelligence matters.
                                                           SVC-217
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the U.S. airline 
           industry.
                                                            SR-253
       Committee on the Judiciary
       Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer 
           Rights
         To hold hearings to examine the impact of consolidation 
           and monopoly power on American innovation.
                                                            SD-226
     3 p.m.
       Committee on Veterans' Affairs
         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 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).
                                                            SR-418
     3:30 p.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-106

                              DECEMBER 16
     9 a.m.
       Committee on the Judiciary
         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.
                                                            SH-216
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         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.
                                                            SR-253
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To receive a briefing on defending Ukraine and deterring 
           Putin.
                                                               VTC