[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 17, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D545-D547]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                              MAY 18, 2022

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates 
and justification for fiscal year 2023 for the National Nuclear 
Security Administration, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, to 
hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification 
for fiscal year 2023 for the Environmental Protection Agency, 10 
a.m., SD-124.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget 
estimates and justification for fiscal year 2023 for military 
construction and family housing, 3:30 p.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to 
hold hearings to examine missile defense strategy, policies, and 
programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal 
year 2023 and the Future Years Defense Program, 4:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine addressing climate change with energy-efficient and 
resilient housing, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2023 
for the Fish and Wildlife Service, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Elizabeth Frawley Bagley, of Florida, to be 
Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil, Mari Carmen Aponte, 
of Puerto Rico, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, 
Francisco O. Mora, of Florida, to be Permanent Representative of the 
United States of America to the Organization of American States, 
with the rank of Ambassador, and Michelle Kwan, of California, to be 
Ambassador to Belize, all of the Department of State, and other 
pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD-419/VTC.
  Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. Res. 341, 
commemorating the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Security 
Treaty among Australia, New Zealand,

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and the United States of America, S. Res. 529, supporting a 
democratic, pluralistic, and prosperous Bosnia and Herzegovina on 
the 30th Anniversary of its declaration of independence, S. Res. 
499, celebrating 100 years of diplomatic relations between the 
United States and the Baltic States, S. Res. 615, expressing 
appreciation for the efforts of the Republic of Poland to assist 
Ukrainian refugees and support the sovereignty of Ukraine following 
the Russian invasion of Ukraine, S. Res. 538, expressing support for 
a second United States-Africa Leaders Summit as an important 
opportunity to strengthen ties between the United States and African 
partners and build on areas of mutual interest, S. Res. 390, 
expressing appreciation for the State of Qatar's efforts to assist 
the United States during Operation Allies Refuge, S. Res. 632, 
calling for the immediate release of Russian opposition leader 
Vladimir Kara-Murza, who was unjustly detained on April 11, 2022, 
the nominations of Bernadette M. Meehan, of New York, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Chile, Jane Hartley, of New York, to 
be Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern 
Ireland, Constance J. Milstein, of New York, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Malta, Bruce I. Turner, of Colorado, for the rank of 
Ambassador during his tenure of service as U.S. Representative to 
the Conference on Disarmament, Alexander Mark Laskaris, of the 
District of Columbia, to be an Ambassador to the Republic of Chad, 
Bridget A. Brink, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to Ukraine, and Alan 
M. Leventhal, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Denmark, all of the Department of State, and other pending calendar 
business, 2 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine cybersecurity in the health and education 
sectors, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider S. 3381, 
to require the Bureau of Indian Affairs to process and complete all 
mortgage packages associated with residential and business mortgages 
on Indian land by certain deadlines, S. 3773, to authorize the 
leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for the Confederated 
Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, and S. 3789, to amend the Native 
American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act to authorize 
grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian 
organizations; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine 
public safety in Native communities, 3 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution, to hold 
hearings to examine stopping gun violence, focusing on the Jackson-
Elias Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: business meeting 
to consider S. 1687, to amend section 21 of the Small Business Act 
to require cyber certification for small business development center 
counselors, S. 2162, to require the Small Business Administration to 
publish loan default rates by franchise brand, S. 3564, to amend the 
Small Business Act to codify the Boots to Business Program, S. 3595, 
to amend the Small Business Act to require the Small Business and 
Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman to create a centralized 
website for compliance guides, and S. 3906, to improve certain 
programs of the Small Business Administration to better assist small 
business customers in accessing broadband technology, 2:30 p.m., SR-
428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Full Committee, continue 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'', 11 
a.m., 1300 Longworth and Zoom.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, budget 
hearing on the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn and Zoom.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, budget 
hearing on the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and 
Exchange Commission, 10 a.m., 2358-C Rayburn and Zoom.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, budget hearing on the 
Transportation Security Administration, 10 a.m., Zoom.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agencies, hearing entitled ``Navy and Marine Corps 
Installations and Quality of Life'', 10:30 a.m., 2358-A Rayburn and 
Zoom.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, budget 
hearing on the Internal Revenue Service, 1 p.m., 2358 Rayburn and 
Zoom.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, 
hearing entitled ``Fiscal Year 2023 Member Day'', 2 p.m., Zoom.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, 
budget hearing on the National Park Service, 2 p.m., Zoom.
  Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, hearing entitled ``Fiscal Year 
2023 Member Day Hearing'', 2 p.m., Zoom.
  Subcommittee on Defense, hearing entitled ``Fiscal Year 2023 
Member Day Hearing'', 3 p.m., H-140 Capitol. This hearing is closed.

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  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Seapower and 
Projection Forces, hearing entitled ``Department of the Navy Fiscal 
Year 2023 Budget Request for Seapower and Projection Forces'', 8 
a.m., 2118 Rayburn and Webex.
  Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Information 
Systems, hearing entitled ``Department of Defense Information 
Technology, Digital Developments, and Artificial Intelligence for 
Fiscal Year 2023'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn and Webex.
  Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing entitled 
``Professional Military Education and the National Defense 
Strategy'', 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Education and Labor, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
604, the ``Reopen and Rebuild America's Schools Act''; H.R. 7701, 
the ``Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act''; H.R. 5407, the 
``Enhancing Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Through Campus 
Planning Act''; H.R. 6493, the ``Campus Prevention and Recovery 
Services for Students Act of 2022''; and legislation on Mental 
Health Matters Act, or legislation to direct the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services to identify, review, and implement effective 
interventions in Head Start programs, and for other purposes, 10:15 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
7667, the ``Food and Drug Amendments of 2022''; H.R. 7666, the 
``Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022''; 
H.R. 7233, the ``Keeping Incarceration Discharges Streamlined for 
Child and Accommodating Resources in Education Act''; H.R. 623, the 
``Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0''; H.R. 3771, the 
``South Asian Heart Health Awareness Act of 2021''; and H.R. 5585, 
the ``Advanced Research Project Agency-Health Act'', 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, continue 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'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn 
and Webex.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Middle East, 
North Africa, and Global Counterterrorism, hearing entitled ``The 
Impact of Russia's Invasion of Ukraine in the Middle East and North 
Africa'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border Security, 
Facilitation, and Operations, hearing entitled ``Examining DHS's 
Efforts to Combat the Opioid Epidemic'', 2 p.m., 310 Cannon and 
Webex.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Revoking 
Your Rights: The Ongoing Crisis in Abortion Care Access'', 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn and Zoom.
  Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship, hearing entitled 
``Oversight of Immigrant Military Members and Veterans'', 3 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Office of Insular Affairs Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request of the 
Department of Interior's Office of Insular Affairs'', 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth and Webex.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``SBA 
Management Review: Office of Capital Access'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn and 
Zoom.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 7776, the ``Water Resources Development Act of 2022'', 10 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, 
hearing on H.R. 3950, the ``Veterans Medical Legal Partnerships Act of 
2021''; H.R. 6124, the ``Veterans Affairs Home Loan Guaranty Resiliency 
and Concurrency Enhancement Act of 2021''; legislation on the Tiny Homes 
for Homeless Veterans Act; legislation to amend Title 38, United States 
Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs an Office of 
Food Insecurity, and for other purposes; legislation to amend Title 38, 
United States Code, to extend certain Department of Veterans Affairs 
programs for homeless veterans; legislation to amend Title 38, United 
States Code, to expand eligibility for, and extend authorization of, 
certain programs for homeless veterans; legislation to amend Title 38, 
United States Code, to extend authority for supportive services for very 
low-income veteran families in permanent housing; legislation to amend 
Title 38, United States Code, to extend Department of Veterans Affairs 
assistance for individuals residing temporarily in housing owned by a 
family member; legislation on the Emergency Relief for Servicemembers 
Act; legislation on the Building Credit Access for Veterans Act of 2022; 
legislation to expand and improve the Department of Veterans Affairs 
COVID-19 veteran rapid retraining assistance programs and high technology 
pilot programs, and for other purposes; legislation on the Empowering 
Veterans Against Cyberthreats Act of 2022; H.R. 2650, the ``Military 
Spouse Licensing Relief Act of 2021''; H.R. 4702, the ``Military Spouse 
Tax Act''; legislation on the Improving the VA Home Loan Benefit Act of 
2022; legislation to amend Title 38, United States Code, to provide for 
the eligibility of educational assistance under the Department of 
Veterans Affairs Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of certain 
individuals who receive sole survivorship discharges, and for other 
purposes; legislation to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek 
to enter into an agreement with an entity to carry out a pilot program 
under which such entity shall connect homeless veterans to a network of 
supportive services, and for other purposes; and legislation to amend 
Title 38, United States Code, to provide for the approval of certain 
study-abroad programs for purposes of the educational assistance programs 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes, 10 a.m., 
HVC-210 and Zoom.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing 
entitled ``Taxpayer Fairness Across the IRS'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth 
and Webex.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``FY23 National Intelligence Program Budget Hearing'', 10 a.m., 
HVC-304 Hearing Room.