[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 215 (Tuesday, December 14, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1378-D1379]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           DECEMBER 15, 2021

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  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, 
10 a.m., 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, 10 a.m., 
SR-253.
  Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to examine the U.S. 
airline industry, 2:30 p.m., 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, Jamie L. Harpootlian, of South Carolina, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia, 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, Adriana Debora Kugler, of Maryland, to be 
United States Executive Director of the International Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development, Scott A. Nathan, of Massachusetts, 
to be Chief Executive Officer of the United States International 
Development Finance Corporation, Chantale Yokmin Wong, of the 
District of Columbia, to be United States Director of the Asian 
Development Bank, with the rank of Ambassador, and other pending 
calendar business, 10:45 a.m., SD-106.
  Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending calendar 
business, 3:30 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 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

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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: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Alison J. Nathan, of New York, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, Georgette Castner, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, Ruth 
Bermudez Montenegro, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of California, Julie Rebecca Rubin, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Maryland, and Cristina D. 
Silva, and Anne Rachel Traum, both to be a United States District 
Judge for the District of Nevada, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  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.
  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 original 
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: 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

  No hearings are scheduled.