[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 59 (Monday, April 4, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D355-D359]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of April 5 through April 8, 2022

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the motion to 
discharge the nomination of Julia Ruth Gordon, of Maryland, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and vote on the 
motion to discharge thereon at 10:30 a.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: April 6, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Water Development, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget 
estimate and justification for fiscal year 2023 for the Army Corps 
of Engineers, and the Bureau of Reclamation, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: April 5, to hold hearings to examine 
the posture of United States Special Operations Command and United 
States Cyber Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request 
for fiscal year 2023 and the Future Years Defense Program; to be 
immediately followed by a closed session in SVC-217, 9:30 a.m., SD-
G50.
  April 5, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, to hold closed hearings to 
examine training the next generation of cyber operators, 2:30 p.m., 
SVC-217.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold hearings to examine 
suicide prevention and related behavioral health interventions in 
the Department of Defense, 10 a.m., SR-222.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, to 
hold hearings to examine the Department of Defense's posture for 
supporting and fostering innovation, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  April 7, Full Committee, to hold open and closed hearings to 
examine the Department of Defense budget posture in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2023 and the Future 
Years Defense Program, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: April 5, to hold 
hearings to examine insider trading legislation, focusing on fair 
markets, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  April 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Ventris C. Gibson, of Virginia, to be Director of the 
Mint for a term of five years, and Paul M. Rosen, of California, to 
be Assistant Secretary for Investment Security, both of the 
Department of the Treasury, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community 
Development, to hold hearings to examine advancing public 
transportation in small cities and rural places under the bipartisan 
infrastructure law, 2:30 p.m., SD-538/VTC.
  Committee on the Budget: April 5, to hold hearings to examine 
corporate profits and rising prices, 11 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: April 5, to 
hold hearings to examine ensuring transparency in the petroleum 
markets, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: April 7, to hold 
hearings to examine the scope and scale of critical mineral demand 
and recycling of critical minerals, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: April 5, Subcommittee 
on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water, to hold hearings to examine 
implementation of the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 
Act, focusing on stakeholders' needs and experiences, 10 a.m., SD-
406.
  April 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2023 for the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, 
to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Beth Pritchard Geer, 
Robert P. Klein, both of Tennessee, and L. Michelle Moore, of 
Georgia, all to be a Member of the Board of Directors, and Benny R. 
Wagner, of Tennessee, to be Inspector General, all of the Tennessee 
Valley Authority, 2:30 p.m., SD-406.
  April 7, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2372, to 
amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to make 
supplemental funds available for management of fish and wildlife 
species of greatest conservation need as determined by State fish 
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agencies, S. 3742, to establish a pilot grant program to improve 
recycling accessibility, S. 3743, to require the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out certain activities 
to improve recycling and composting programs in the United States, 
the nominations of David M. Uhlmann, of Michigan, to be an Assistant 
Administrator, and Carlton Waterhouse, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Administrator, Office of Solid Waste, both of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, and 11 GSA resolutions, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: April 5, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2023 for the 
Department of Health and Human Services, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  April 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the IRS, the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2023, and the 
2022 filing season, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: April 6, to hold hearings to 
examine amendments to the Treaty on Fisheries between the 
Governments of Certain Pacific Island States and the Government of 
the United States of America (Treaty Doc.115-03), agreement between 
the Government of the United States of America and the Government of 
the Republic of Croatia comprising the instrument as contemplated by 
Article 3(2) of the Agreement on Extradition between the United 
States of America and the European Union, signed June 25, 2003, as 
to the Application of the Treaty on Extradition signed on October 
25, 1901 (the ``U.S.-Croatia Extradition Agreement''), and the 
Agreement between the Government of the United States and the 
Government of the Republic of Croatia comprising the Instrument as 
contemplated by Article 3(3) of the Agreement on Mutual Legal 
Assistance between the United States of America and the European 
Union signed at Washington on June 25, 2003 (the ``U.S.-Croatia 
Mutual Legal Assistance Agreement''), both signed at Washington on 
December 10, 2019 (Treaty Doc.116-02), and amendment to the Montreal 
Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (the ``Montreal 
Protocol''), adopted at Kigali on October 15, 2016, by the Twenty-
Eighth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (the ``Kigali 
Amendment'') (Treaty Doc.117-01), 2:30 p.m., SD-106/VTC.
  April 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Caroline Kennedy, of New York, to be Ambassador to 
the Commonwealth of Australia, Philip S. Goldberg, of the District 
of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, MaryKay Loss 
Carlson, of Arkansas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the 
Philippines, and Marc B. Nathanson, of California, to be Ambassador 
to the Kingdom of Norway, all of the Department of State, and other 
pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: April 5, to 
hold hearings to examine FDA user fee agreements, focusing on 
advancing medical product regulation and innovation for the benefit 
of patients, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: April 6, 
business meeting to consider 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, 
11:15 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: April 6, business meeting to consider 
S. 3123, to amend the Siletz Reservation Act to address the hunting, 
fishing, trapping, and animal gathering rights of the Confederated 
Tribes of Siletz Indians, S. 3126, to amend the Grand Ronde 
Reservation Act to address the hunting, fishing, trapping, and 
animal gathering rights of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand 
Ronde Community, S. 3273, to take certain land in the State of 
California into trust for the benefit of the Agua Caliente Band of 
Cahuilla Indians, H.R. 1975, to take certain land located in San 
Diego County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Pala 
Band of Mission Indians, and H.R. 4881, to direct the Secretary of 
the Interior to take into trust for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of 
Arizona certain land in Pima County, Arizona, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: April 6, to hold hearings 
to examine the nomination of Dara Lindenbaum, of Virginia, to be a 
Member of the Federal Election Commission, 3:15 p.m., SR-301.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: April 5, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  April 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Kate Elizabeth Heinzelman, of New York, to be General 
Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  April 6, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on certain 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, April 6, Subcommittee on Livestock and 
Foreign Agriculture, hearing entitled ``A 2022 Review of the Farm 
Bill: International Trade and Food Assistance Programs'', 10 a.m., 
1300 Longworth and Zoom.
  Committee on Appropriations, April 6, Subcommittee on Defense, 
hearing entitled ``United States Africa Command'', 9:30 a.m., H-140. 
This hearing is closed.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, budget hearing on U.S. 
Citizenship and Immigration Services, 10 a.m., Zoom.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education, and Related Agencies, hearing entitled ``Social and 
Emotional Learning and Whole Child Approaches in K-12 Education'', 
10 a.m., Zoom.
  April 6, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs, hearing entitled ``U.S. International Assistance to Combat 
Narcotics Trafficking'', 10 a.m., Zoom.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies, budget hearing on the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 10:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn and Zoom.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, hearing entitled ``Regional Tribal Organizations Public 
Witness Hearing for FY23'', 1 p.m., Zoom.

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  April 6, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, budget hearing on the 
Office of Inspector General, Department of Homeland Security, 1:30 
p.m., Zoom.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, budget hearing on the 
House of Representatives, 2 p.m., 2362-B Rayburn and Zoom.
  April 7, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, hearing entitled ``FY2023 Member Day Hearing'', 9:30 a.m., 
Zoom.
  April 7, Subcommittee on Defense, hearing entitled ``United States 
Special Operations Command'', 10 a.m., H-405. This hearing is 
closed.
  Committee on Armed Services, April 6, Subcommittee on Strategic 
Forces, hearing entitled ``Fiscal Year 2023 Strategic Forces 
National Security Space Programs'', 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on the Budget, April 6, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Department of Health and Human Services FY 2023 Budget'', 2:30 
p.m., 210 Cannon and Zoom.
  Committee on Education and Labor, April 6, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Examining the Policies and Priorities of the U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services'', 9 a.m., 2175 Rayburn and 
Zoom.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, April 6, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Gouged at the Gas 
Station: Big Oil and America's Pain at the Pump'', 10:30 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Financial Services, April 6, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Annual Testimony of the Secretary of the Treasury on 
the State of the International Financial System'', 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, April 6, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Restoring American Leadership in the Indo-Pacific'', 10 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Homeland Security, April 6, Subcommittee on Border 
Security, Facilitation, and Operations, hearing entitled, 
``Examining Title 42 and the Need to Restore Asylum at the Border'', 
2 p.m., 310 Cannon and Webex.
  Committee on House Administration, April 7, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Examining Stock Trading Reforms for Congress'', 9 
a.m., 1310 Longworth and Zoom.
  Committee on Natural Resources, April 6, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 920, the ``Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site 
Expansion Act''; H.R. 1638, the ``Gilt Edge Mine Conveyance''; H.R. 
2626, the ``Pullman National Historical Park Act''; H.R. 5093, the 
``Wind River Administrative Site Conveyance Act''; and H.R. 6651, 
the ``Alaska Salmon Research Task Force Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  April 7, Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife, hearing 
entitled ``Russian Seafood Ban Implementation and Seafood 
Traceability'', 1 p.m., 1324 Longworth and Webex.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, April 6, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 1756, the ``Measuring Real Income Growth Act''; H.R. 6531, 
the ``Targeting Resources to Communities in Need Act of 2022''; H.R. 
6967, the ``Chance to Compete Act''; legislation on the Honoring 
Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act; H.R. 5815, the 
``Honest Census Communications Act''; H.R. 7185, the ``Federal 
Contracting for Peace and Security Act''; H.R. 3544, the ``Computers 
for Veterans and Students Act''; H.R. 7337, the ``Access for 
Veterans to Records Act''; and postal naming measures, 10:30 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn and Zoom.
  April 7, Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, hearing 
entitled ``Free Speech Under Attack: Book Bans and Academic 
Censorship'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, April 6, Subcommittee 
on Research and Technology, hearing entitled ``SBIR Turns 40: 
Evaluating Support for Small Business Innovation'', 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Small Business, April 6, Subcommittee on Underserved, 
Agricultural, and Rural Business Development, hearing entitled ``SBA 
Management Review: Office of Advocacy'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, April 6, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``National Transportation Safety Board 
Reauthorization'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, April 6, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 5738, the ``Lactation Spaces for Veteran Moms Act''; H.R. 6961, 
the ``Dignity for MST Survivors Act''; H.R. 2724, the ``VA Peer 
Support Enhancement for MST Survivors Act''; H.R. 7335, the 
``Improving Military Sexual Trauma Claims Coordination Act''; H.R. 
6052, the ``VA OIG Training Act''; H.R. 7277, the ``Improving 
Oversight of VA Community Care Providers Act of 2022''; legislation 
on Improving VA Workforce through Minority Serving Institutions; 
H.R. 2428, the ``Strengthening Oversight for Veterans Act of 2021''; 
H.R. 7369, the ``VENTURE Act''; H.R. 6376, the ``Student Veteran 
Work Study Modernization Act''; legislation on VA Foreign School 
Payments; H.R. 2326, the ``Veterans Cyber Risk Awareness Act''; H.R. 
7158, the ``Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act''; H.R. 5754, the 
``Patient Advocate Tracker Act''; H.R. 6064, to direct the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with the 
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for a 
review of examinations, furnished by the Secretary, to individuals 
who submit claims to the Secretary for compensation under chapter 11 
of title 38, United States Code, for mental and physical conditions 
linked to military sexual trauma; H.R. 7153, the ``Department of 
Veterans Affairs Principles of Benefits Automation Act''; and H.R. 
6604, the ``VETS Credit Act'', 10:30 a.m., HVC-210 and Zoom.
  Committee on Ways and Means, April 6, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Overcoming Racism to Advance Economic Opportunity'', 10 
a.m., 1100 Longworth and Webex.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, April 6, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Compartmented Hearing'', 10 a.m., HVC-
304 Hearing Room. This hearing is closed.
  Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, April 7, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Cost-Saving Climate Solutions: Investing in 
Energy Efficiency to Promote Energy Security and Cut Energy Bills'', 
9 a.m., 1334 Longworth and Zoom.

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  Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, April 6, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Congressional Continuity: Ensuring the 
First Branch is Prepared in Times of Crisis'', 9 a.m., 1334 
Longworth and Zoom.
  Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth, 
April 6, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``(Im)Balance of Power: 
How Market Concentration Affects Worker Compensation and Consumer 
Prices'', 12 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn and Zoom.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: April 6, to hold 
hearings to examine ways to counter tactics oligarchs use to launder 
their money and reputations and stifle dissent, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.
  April 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine protecting 
Ukrainian refugees from human trafficking, 10:30 a.m., SD-562.


* These figures include all measures reported, even if there was 
no accompanying report. A total of 41 written reports have been 
filed in the Senate, 66 reports have been filed in the House.

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