[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 54 (Monday, March 28, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D319-D321]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of March 29 through April 1, 2022

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of the nomination of 
Nani A. Coloretti, of California, to be Deputy Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget.
   At 11:45 a.m., Senate will vote on the motion to discharge the 
nomination of Lisa DeNell Cook, of Michigan, to be a Member of the 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, from the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, to be followed by a vote on the 
motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Nani A. Coloretti, of 
California, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget.
   At 2:15 p.m., Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on 
the nomination of C.S. Eliot Kang, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of State (International Security and Non-Proliferation).
   If cloture is invoked on the nominations of Nani A. Coloretti, and 
C.S. Eliot Kang, Senate will vote on confirmation of the nominations 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 Appropriations: March 29, Subcommittee on Defense, to 
hold hearings to examine the Defense Health Program, 10 a.m., SD-
192.
  Committee on Armed Services: March 29, to hold closed hearings to 
examine the posture of United States European Command and United 
States Transportation Command; to be followed by an open session in 
SD-G50 at 9:30 a.m, 8 a.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: March 29, to 
hold hearings to examine the economic impact of the growing burden 
of medical debt, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  March 31, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine addressing 
the housing needs of America's seniors, focusing on affordability 
and accessibility, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: March 30, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2023, 11 a.m., 
SD-608.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: March 29, to hold 
hearings to examine the strategic importance of the Freely 
Associated States to the United States and our allies in the Indo-
Pacific region, including the Compacts of Free Association with the 
Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall 
Islands, and the Republic of Palau, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  March 31, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
opportunities and challenges facing domestic critical mineral 
mining, processing, refining, and reprocessing, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: March 30, to hold hearings to examine 
behavioral health care when Americans need it, focusing on ensuring 
parity and care integration, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  March 31, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's 2022 trade policy agenda, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: March 29, business meeting to 
consider S.J. Res. 17, requiring the advice and consent of the 
Senate or an Act of Congress to suspend, terminate, or withdraw the 
United States from the North Atlantic Treaty and authorizing related 
litigation, S. 3199, to promote peace and democracy in Ethiopia, the 
Convention between the Government of the United States of America 
and the Government of the Republic of Chile for the Avoidance of 
Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to 
Taxes on Income and Capital, signed in Washington on February 4, 
2010, with a Protocol signed the same day, as corrected by exchanges 
of notes effected February 25, 2011, and February 10 and 21, 2012, 
and a related agreement effected by exchange of notes (the ``related 
Agreement'') on February 4, 2010 (Treaty Doc. 112-08), and the 
nominations of Maria Fabiana Jorge, of the District of Columbia, to 
be United States Alternate Executive Director, and Leopoldo Martinez 
Nucete, of Virginia, to be United States Executive Director, both of 
the Inter-American Development Bank, and Deborah E. Lipstadt, of 
Georgia, to be Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, 
with the rank of Ambassador, and Barbara A. Leaf, of Virginia, to be 
an Assistant Secretary (Near Eastern Affairs), both of the 
Department of State, 10:15 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  March 30, Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and 
International Cybersecurity Policy, to hold hearings to examine the 
assault on freedom of expression in Asia, 2 p.m., SD-106/VTC.
  March 31, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, 
Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's 
Issues, to hold hearings to examine China's role in Latin America 
and the Caribbean, 10 a.m., SD-106/VTC.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: March 29, to 
hold hearings to examine improving retirement and enhancing savings, 
10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: March 30, 
business meeting to consider S. 3677, to amend the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize 
the President to provide professional counseling services to victims 
of emergencies declared under such Act, S. 3875, to require the 
President to develop and maintain products that show the risk of 
natural hazards across the United States, S. 3868, to correct the 
inequitable denial of enhanced retirement and annuity benefits to 
certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers, an original 
bill entitled, ``Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in 
Federal Acquisition Act'', S. 3890, to improve intergovernmental 
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and reduce duplicative spending, S. 3511, to require a report on 
Federal support to the cybersecurity of commercial satellite 
systems, S. 3903, to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance 
projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations 
conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities, S. 3655, 
to amend the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018 
to extend the termination date of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records 
Review Board, S. 3904, to enhance the cybersecurity of the 
Healthcare and Public Health Sector, S. 3897, to require the 
reduction of the reliance and expenditures of the Federal Government 
on legacy information technology systems, S. 3884, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 404 U.S. 
Highway 41 North in Baraga, Michigan, as the ``Cora Reynolds 
Anderson Post Office'', S. 3825, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 3903 Melear Drive in 
Arlington, Texas, as the ``Ron Wright Post Office Building'', S. 
3826, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 1304 4th Avenue in Canyon, Texas, as the ``Gary James 
Fletcher Post Office Building'', S. 3905, to prevent organizational 
conflicts of interest in Federal acquisition, S. 3650, to require 
the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to establish and 
maintain a public directory of the individuals occupying Government 
policy and supporting positions, H.R. 735, to designate the facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 502 East Cotati 
Avenue in Cotati, California, as the `Arturo L. Ibleto Post Office 
Building', H.R. 1298, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 1233 North Cedar Street in Owasso, 
Oklahoma, as the ``Technical Sergeant Marshal Roberts Post Office 
Building'', H.R. 2324, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 2800 South Adams Street in 
Tallahassee, Florida, as the ``D. Edwina Stephens Post Office'', 
H.R. 3539, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 223 West Chalan Santo Papa in Hagatna, Guam, as 
the ``Atanasio Taitano Perez Post Office'', H.R. 3579, to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 East 
Main Street in Maroa, Illinois, as the ``Jeremy L. Ridlen Post 
Office'', H.R. 3613, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 202 Trumbull Street in Saint Clair, 
Michigan, as the ``Corporal Jeffrey Robert Standfest Post Office 
Building'', H.R. 4168, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 6223 Maple Street, in Omaha, 
Nebraska, as the ``Petty Officer 1st Class Charles Jackson French 
Post Office'', H.R. 5577, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 3900 Crown Road Southwest in 
Atlanta, Georgia, as the ``John R. Lewis Post Office Building'', and 
the nominations of Ernest W. DuBester, of Virginia, to be a Member, 
and Kurt Thomas Rumsfeld, of Maryland, to be General Counsel, both 
of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, Krista Anne Boyd, of 
Florida, to be Inspector General, Office of Personnel Management, 
and Dana Katherine Bilyeu, of Nevada, Javier E. Saade, of the 
District of Columbia, Leona M. Bridges, of California, Michael F. 
Gerber, of Pennsylvania, and Stacie Olivares, of California, each to 
be a Member of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, 11 
a.m., SD-342.
  March 31, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Derek Kan, of California, and Daniel Mark 
Tangherlini, of the District of Columbia, both to be a Governor of 
the United States Postal Service, 10:15 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: March 29, to hold hearings to examine 
the Freedom of Information Act, focusing on improving transparency 
and the American public's right to know for the 21st century, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: March 30, to hold oversight 
hearings to examine the Smithsonian Institution, 11 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: March 30, to 
hold hearings to examine the supply chain crisis and the 
implications for small businesses, 1:45 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: March 29, to hold hearings to 
examine the Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act 
of 2021, 3:30 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: March 29, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: March 31, to hold hearings to examine 
preventing tragedies and promoting safe, accessible, and affordable 
homes, 10 a.m., SD-562.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, March 31, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``State of the CFTC'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth and Zoom.
  Committee on Appropriations, March 30, Subcommittee on Legislative 
Branch, budget hearing on the U.S. Capitol Police, 10 a.m., 2362-B 
Rayburn and Zoom.
  March 31, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education, and Related Agencies, budget hearing on the Department of 
Health and Human Services, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn and Zoom.
  March 31, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies, oversight hearing on Military Privatized 
Family Housing, 10:30 a.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Armed Services, March 30, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``National Security Challenges in Europe'', 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn and Webex.
  March 30, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing entitled 
``Patient Safety and Quality of Care in the Military Health 
System'', 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn and Webex.
  March 31, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, hearing 
entitled ``Updates on Modernization of Conventional Ammunition 
Production'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn and Webex.
  March 31, Subcommittees on Seapower and Projection Forces; and 
Subcommittee on Readiness, joint hearing entitled ``Posture and 
Readiness of the Mobility Enterprise'', 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn and 
Webex.

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  April 1, Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations, 
hearing entitled ``FY23 Hearing to Review Department of Defense 
Strategy, Policy, and Programs for Countering Weapons of Mass 
Destruction'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, March 30, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearing entitled ``FDA User Fee Reauthorization: Ensuring 
Safe and Effective Medical Devices'', 9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn and 
Webex.
  March 31, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hearing 
entitled ``Connecting America: Oversight of the FCC'', 10:30 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Financial Services, March 30, Subcommittee on 
Investor Protection and Capital Markets, hearing entitled 
``Oversight of America's Stock Exchanges: Examining Their Role in 
Our Economy'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn and Webex.
  March 31, Subcommittee on Consumer Protections and Financial 
Institutions, hearing entitled ``The End of Overdraft Fees? 
Examining the Movement to Eliminate the Fees Costing Consumers 
Billions'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, March 30, Subcommittee on Asia, the 
Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, hearing entitled ``The 
Ukraine Crisis: Implications for U.S. Policy in the Indo-Pacific'', 
2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn and Webex.
  March 31, Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and 
Global Counterterrorism; and Subcommittee on Europe, Energy, the 
Environment, and Cyber, joint hearing entitled ``Opportunities and 
Challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean: Examining U.S. Interests 
and Regional Cooperation'', 10 a.m., Webex.
  March 31, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Global Human 
Rights, hearing entitled ``Progress and Present Challenges on COVID-
19 in Africa'', 2 p.m., Webex.
  Committee on Homeland Security, March 30, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Mobilizing our Cyber Defenses: Securing Critical 
Infrastructure Against Russian Cyber Threats'', 2 p.m., 310 Cannon 
and Webex.
  March 31, Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and 
Accountability; and Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime 
Security, joint hearing entitled ``Assessing the Department of 
Homeland Security's Efforts to Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems'', 
10 a.m., 310 Cannon and Webex.
  Committee on the Judiciary, March 31, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, hearing entitled 
``Examining Civil Rights Litigation Reform, Part 1: Qualified 
Immunity'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Natural Resources, March 31, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Mineral Resources, hearing entitled ``Benefits of the Legacy 
Pollution Clean-Up Programs in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law'', 
10 a.m., Webex.
  March 31, Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United 
States, hearing on H.R. 4715, the ``Quapaw Tribal Landowner 
Settlement Act of 2021''; H.R. 5715, to reauthorize the Morris K. 
Udall and Stewart L. Udall Trust Fund, and for other purposes; and 
H.R. 6707, the ``Advancing Equality for Wabanaki Nations Act'', 1 
p.m., Webex.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, March 30, Select Subcommittee 
on the Coronavirus Crisis, hearing entitled ``The Biden 
Administration's Progress in Combating the Pandemic and a Plan for 
the Next Phase'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn and Zoom.
  March 31, Subcommittee on Government Operations, hearing entitled 
``Follow the Money: Tackling Improper Payments'', 9:30 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Rules, March 30, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 
3617, the ``MORE Act''; and H.R. 6833, the ``Affordable Insulin Now 
Act'', 1 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, March 31, 
Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, hearing entitled ``The 
New Normal: Preparing for and Adapting to the Next Phase of COVID-
19'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Small Business, March 31, Subcommittee on Innovation, 
Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development, hearing entitled 
``Skill, Upskill, and Reskill: Analyzing New Investments in 
Workforce Development'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, March 30, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing on H.R. 6052, the ``VA OIG 
Training Act''; legislation on the Faster Payments to Veterans' 
Survivors Act; legislation on the Improving Oversight of the 
Veterans Community Care Providers Act; legislation on the VA 
Preventing Duplicate Payments Act; legislation on the Improving VA 
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access Act; legislation on the 
Improving VA Workforce Diversity Through Minority-Serving 
Institutions Act; legislation on the VA Inclusion, Diversity, 
Equity, and Access (IDEA) Data Improvement Act; H.R. 5776, the 
``Serving Our LGBTQ Veterans Act''; H.R. 6638, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to make certain improvements to the Office of 
Accountability and Whistleblower Protection of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; and legislation to 
authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out an 
information technology system to manage supply chains for medical 
facilities of Department of Veterans Affairs, 2 p.m., HVC-210 and 
Zoom.
  March 31, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Helping Veterans 
Thrive: The Importance of Peer Support in Preventing Domestic 
Violent Extremism'', 10 a.m., HVC-210 and Zoom.
  Committee on Ways and Means, March 30, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Biden Administration's 2022 Trade Policy Agenda'', 10 
a.m., 1100 Longworth and Webex.
  Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, April 1, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``America's Natural Solutions: The Climate Benefits 
of Investing in Healthy Ecosystems'', 9:30 a.m., HVC-210 and Zoom.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: March 29, to 
hold hearings to examine propaganda and censorship in Russia, 2 
p.m., 2172, Rayburn Building.