[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 17, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D542-D545]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Agriculture: Full Committee began a markup on the Budget 
Views and Estimates Letter of the Committee on Agriculture for the 
agencies and programs under the jurisdiction of the Committee for 
Fiscal Year 2023; H.R. 7764, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to 
provide additional payments under the environmental quality incentives 
program for implementation of a nutrient management practice, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 2518, the ``Producing Responsible Energy and 
Conservation Incentives and Solutions for the Environment Act''; H.R. 
2606, the ``Sponsoring USDA Sustainability Targets in Agriculture to 
Incentivize Natural Solutions Act of 2021''; H.R. 4140, the ``Butcher 
Block Act''; H.R. 7675, to amend the Department of Agriculture 
Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish an Agricultural and Food System 
Supply Chain Resilience and Crisis Response Task Force, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 7606, the ``Meat and Poultry Special Investigator Act of 
2022''; H.R. 7763, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to support 
and incentivize domestic activities to address fertilizer shortages and 
deficiencies, diversity fertilizer sources, and reduce depending on 
foreign sources for fertilizer, and other purposes; and H.R. 7765, the 
``American Food Supply Chain Resiliency Act of 2022''.
APPROPRIATIONS--NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies held a budget hearing on the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration. Testimony was heard from Bill 
Nelson, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
APPROPRIATIONS--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education, and Related Agencies held a budget hearing on the 
Department of Labor. Testimony was heard from Marty Walsh, Secretary, 
Department of Labor.
APPROPRIATIONS--U.S. ARMY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a budget 
hearing on the U.S. Army. Testimony was heard from General James C. 
McConville, Chief of Staff of the Army; and Christine Wormuth, 
Secretary of the Army.
APPROPRIATIONS--U.S. INDO-PACIFIC COMMAND
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a budget 
hearing on the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. Testimony was heard from 
Admiral John C. Aquilino, Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command; and 
General Paul J. LaCamera, Commander, U.S. Forces Korea, United Nations 
Command, Combined Forces Command. This hearing was closed.
FISCAL YEAR 2023 MEMBER DAY HEARING
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs held a hearing entitled ``Fiscal Year 2023 Member 
Day Hearing''. Testimony was heard from Chairman McGovern, and 
Representatives Case, Escobar, Garcia of Texas, Malinowski, and 
Radewagen.
APPROPRIATIONS--U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Homeland Security held a 
budget hearing on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 
Testimony was heard from Tae Johnson, Acting Director, U.S. Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security.

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APPROPRIATIONS--OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government held a budget hearing on the Office of Management 
and Budget. Testimony was heard from Shalanda Young, Director, U.S. 
Office of Management and Budget.
FISCAL YEAR 2023 ARMY MODERNIZATION PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land 
Forces held a hearing entitled ``Fiscal Year 2023 Army Modernization 
Programs''. Testimony was heard from Douglas R. Bush, Assistant 
Secretary of the Army for Acquisitions, Logistics, and Technology, 
Department of the Army; Lieutenant General James M. Richardson, U.S. 
Army, Acting Commanding General, U.S. Army Futures Command; and 
Lieutenant General Erik C. Peterson, U.S. Army, Deputy Chief of Staff, 
G-8, U.S. Army.
FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGET FOR NUCLEAR FORCES AND ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE 
ACTIVITIES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held a 
hearing entitled ``Fiscal Year 2023 Budget for Nuclear Forces and 
Atomic Energy Defense Activities''. Testimony was heard from Jill 
Hruby, Under Secretary for Nuclear Security, Department of Energy; 
Deborah Rosenblum, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, 
Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs, Department of Defense; John 
Plumb, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy, Department of 
Defense; Vice Admiral Johnny Wolfe, Director, Strategic Systems 
Programs, U.S. Navy; and Lieutenant General James Dawkins, Deputy Chief 
of Staff for Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration, U.S. Air 
Force.
FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGET PRIORITIES: MEMBERS' DAY
Committee on the Budget: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Priorities: Members' Day''. Testimony was 
heard from Representatives Case, Cloud, Garcia of Texas, Moore of Utah, 
Porter, and Wittman.
EXAMINING WAYS TO IMPROVE THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND SUPPORT 
AMERICA'S YOUNG PEOPLE
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Civil Rights and 
Human Services held a hearing entitled ``Examining Ways to Improve the 
Juvenile Justice System and Support America's Young People''. Testimony 
was heard from public witnesses.
THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 EPA BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Environment and 
Climate Change held a hearing entitled ``The Fiscal Year 2023 EPA 
Budget''. Testimony was heard from Michael S. Regan, Administrator, 
Environmental Protection Agency.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Financial Services: Full Committee began a markup on H.R. 
4395, the ``Payment Choice Act of 2022''; H.R. 5912, the ``Close the 
ILC Loophole Act''; H.R. 7003, the ``Expanding Financial Access for 
Underserved Communities Act''; H.R. 7022, the ``Strengthening Cyber-
Security for the Financial Sector Act of 2022''; H.R. 7196, the 
``Flexibility in Addressing Rural Homelessness Act''; H.R. 7716, the 
``Coordinating Substance Use and Homelessness Care Act of 2022''; H.R. 
7732, the ``Strengthening the Office of the Investor Advocate''; H.R. 
7733, the ``CDFI Bond Guarantee Program Improvement Act''; and H.R. 
7734, the ``Timely Delivery of Bank Secrecy Acts Reports Act''.
THE FY23 BUDGET REQUEST: USAID'S FOREIGN POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``The FY23 Budget Request: USAID's Foreign Policy and International 
Development Priorities''. Testimony was heard from Samantha Power, 
Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development.
CREATING A MORE RESILIENT NATION: STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVES
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, 
Response, and Recovery held a hearing entitled ``Creating a More 
Resilient Nation: Stakeholder Perspectives''. Testimony was heard from 
Chris Currie, Director, Homeland Security and Justice Team, Government 
Accountability Office; and public witnesses.
SECURING THE DOTGOV: EXAMINING EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN FEDERAL NETWORK 
CYBERSECURITY
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, 
Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation held a hearing entitled 
``Securing the DotGov: Examining Efforts to Strengthen Federal Network 
Cybersecurity''. Testimony was heard from Christopher DeRusha, Deputy 
National Cyber Director for Federal Cybersecurity, Office of the 
National Cyber Director and Federal Chief Information Security Officer, 
Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President of 
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Goldstein, Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity, 
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of 
Homeland Security; Charles H. Romine, Director of the Information 
Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
Department of Commerce; and David Shive, Chief Information Officer, 
General Services Administration.
EXAMINING POTENTIAL REFORMS OF EMERGENCY POWERS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil 
Rights, and Civil Liberties held a hearing entitled ``Examining 
Potential Reforms of Emergency Powers''. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
REVIVING COMPETITION, PART 6: REBUILDING AMERICA'S ECONOMIC LEADERSHIP 
AND COMBATTING CORPORATE PROFITEERING
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and 
Administrative Law held a hearing entitled ``Reviving Competition, Part 
6: Rebuilding America's Economic Leadership and Combatting Corporate 
Profiteering''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
UNDERPAID, OVERWORKED, AND UNDERAPPRECIATED: HOW THE PANDEMIC ECONOMY 
DISPROPORTIONATELY HARMED LOW-WAGE WOMEN WORKERS
Committee on Oversight and Reform: Select Subcommittee on the 
Coronavirus Crisis held a hearing entitled ``Underpaid, Overworked, and 
Underappreciated: How the Pandemic Economy Disproportionately Harmed 
Low-Wage Women Workers''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
CONSUMER FUEL PRICE GOUGING PREVENTION ACT; DOMESTIC TERRORISM 
PREVENTION ACT OF 2022; INFANT FORMULA SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
2022
Committee on rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 350, the 
``Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2022''; H.R. 7790, the ``Infant 
Formula Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022''; and continued a 
hearing on H.R. 7688, the ``Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention 
Act'' [Rule Markup Only]. The Committee granted, by record vote of 8-4, 
a rule providing for consideration of H.R. 350, the ``Domestic 
Terrorism Prevention Act of 2022'', H.R. 7688, the ``Consumer Fuel 
Price Gouging Prevention Act'', and H.R. 7790, the ``Infant Formula 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022''. The rule provides for 
consideration of H.R. 350, the ``Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 
2022'' under a closed rule. The rule provides one hour of general 
debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their designees. The rule 
waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule 
provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended 
by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill, modified by 
the amendment printed in part A of the Rules Committee report, shall be 
considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as 
read. The rule waives all points of order against provisions in the 
bill, as amended. The rule provides one motion to recommit. The rule 
provides further for consideration of H.R. 7688, the ``Consumer Fuel 
Price Gouging Prevention Act'', under a structured rule. The rule 
provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by 
the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce or their designees. The rule waives all points of order 
against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the amendment 
printed in part B of the Rules Committee report shall be considered as 
adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The rule 
waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. 
The rule makes in order only those further amendments to H.R. 7688 
printed in part C of the Rules Committee report. Each such amendment 
may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered 
only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, 
shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided 
and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject 
to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question. The rule waives all points of order against the amendments 
printed in part C of the report. The rule provides one motion to 
recommit. The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 7790, the 
``Infant Formula Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022'', under a 
closed rule. The rule provides one hour of general debate equally 
divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Appropriations or their designees. The rule waives all 
points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides 
that the bill shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points 
of order against provisions in the bill. The rule provides one motion 
to recommit. The rule provides that at any time through the legislative 
day of May 19, 2022, the Speaker may entertain motions offered by the 
Majority Leader or a designee that the House suspend the rules with 
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the object of motions to suspend the rules on May 16th, 17th, 18th, or 
19th, 2022, and on which the yeas and nays were ordered and further 
proceedings postponed. The Chair shall put the question on any such 
motion without debate or intervening motion, and the ordering of the 
yeas and nays on postponed motions to suspend the rules with respect to 
such measures is vacated. Testimony was heard from Chairman Nadler, 
Chairman DeLauro, and Representatives Issa and Granger.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Full Committee held a 
markup on H.R. 7569, the ``Energy Cybersecurity University Leadership 
Act of 2022''; H.R. 7361, the ``National Weather Service Communications 
Improvement Act''; H.R. 7289, the ``Federal PFAS Research Evaluation 
Act''; and H.R. 7180, the ``Brycen Gray and Ben Price COVID-19 
Cognitive Research Act''. H.R. 7569, H.R. 7361, and H.R. 7180 were 
ordered reported, without amendment. H.R. 7289 was ordered reported, as 
amended.
PREPARING FOR TAKE-OFF: EXAMINING EFFORTS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE AT 
U.S. AIRPORTS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation held a hearing entitled ``Preparing for Take-Off: Examining 
Efforts to Address Climate Change at U.S. Airports''. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
STRENGTHENING SOCIAL SECURITY'S CUSTOMER SERVICE
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security held a 
hearing entitled ``Strengthening Social Security's Customer Service''. 
Testimony was heard from Grace Kim, Deputy Commissioner for Operations, 
Social Security Administration; and public witnesses.
UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on 
Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation held a 
hearing entitled ``Unidentified Aerial Phenomena''. Testimony was heard 
from Ronald S. Moultrie, Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence 
and Security, Department of Defense; and Scott W. Bray, Deputy Director 
of Naval Intelligence, Office of Naval Intelligence. A portion of this 
hearing was closed.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.