[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 18, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D553-D555]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: NNSA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates 
and justification for fiscal year 2023 for the National Nuclear 
Security Administration, after receiving testimony from Jill Hruby, 
Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and Administrator, Marvin L. 
Adams, Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, Corey Hinderstein, 
Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, and Admiral 
James F. Caldwell, Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors, all of the 
National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy.
APPROPRIATIONS: EPA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2023 for the Environmental Protection Agency, after receiving testimony 
from Michael S. Regan, Administrator, and David Bloom, Chief Financial 
Officer, both of the Environmental Protection Agency.
APPROPRIATIONS: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND FAMILY HOUSING
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine 
proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2023 for 
military construction and family housing,

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after receiving testimony from Paul Cramer, performing the duties of 
Assistant Secretary (Energy, Installations, and Environment), Vice 
Admiral Rick Lee Williamson, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Fleet 
Readiness and Logistics, Navy, Lieutenant General Edward D. Banta, 
Deputy Commandant, Installations and Logistics, Lieutenant General 
Jason T. Evans, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-9, Installations, Army, 
Lieutenant General Warren D. Berry, Deputy Chief of Staff for 
Logistics, Engineering, and Force Protection, Air Force, and Bruce 
Hollywood, Associate Chief Operations Officer, Space Force, all of the 
Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
a hearing 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, after receiving testimony from David 
A. Honey, Deputy Under Secretary for Research and Engineering, John F. 
Plumb, Assistant Secretary for Space Policy, General Glen D. VanHerck, 
USAF, Commander, United States Northern Command and North American 
Aerospace Defense Command, Vice Admiral Jon A. Hill, USN, Director, 
Missile Defense Agency, and Lieutenant General Daniel L. Karbler, USA, 
Commanding General, United States Army Space and Missile Defense 
Command, all of the Department of Defense.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine addressing climate change with energy-efficient and 
resilient housing, including S. 2361, to reauthorize the budget-neutral 
demonstration program for energy and water conservation at multifamily 
residential units, to establish a green retrofit program, S. 3140, to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the credit for 
residential energy efficient property refundable, S. 2370, to require 
the Secretary of Energy to provide rebates for the installation of 
zero-emission technologies in single-family homes and multifamily 
buildings, S. 1768, to make grants to support online training of 
residential contractors and rebates for the energy efficiency upgrades 
of homes and multifamily buildings, and S. 2616, to create livable 
communities through coordinated public investment and streamlined 
requirements, after receiving testimony from Ruth Ann Norton, Green and 
Healthy Homes Initiative, Baltimore, Maryland; and Katie Tubb, The 
Heritage Foundation, and Krista Egger, Enterprise Community Partners, 
both of Washington, D.C.
FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE BUDGET
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 2023 for the Fish and Wildlife Service, after receiving testimony 
from Martha Williams, Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department 
of the Interior.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing 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, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. Res. 341, commemorating the 70th anniversary of the signing of the 
Security Treaty among Australia, New Zealand, 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, with amendments;
  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; and
  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

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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.
HEALTH AND EDUCATION SECTORS CYBERSECURITY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine cybersecurity in the health and 
education sectors, after receiving testimony from Denise Anderson, The 
Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Health-ISAC), Oakton, 
Virginia; Joshua Corman, I Am the Cavalry, Dover, New Hampshire; Amy 
McLaughlin, Consortium of School Networking (CoSN), Corvallis, Oregon; 
and Helen Norris, Chapman University, Orange, California.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  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, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute.
PUBLIC SAFETY IN NATIVE COMMUNITIES
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
public safety in Native communities, after receiving testimony from 
Tracy Canard Goodluck, Senior Advisor, Office of the Assistant 
Secretary-Indian Affairs, and Jason O'Neal, Director, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs' Office of Justice Services, both of the Department of the 
Interior; Robert E. Chapman, Acting Director, Community Oriented 
Policing Services, Department of Justice; Mark Patterson, Hawaii 
Correctional System Oversight Commission, Honolulu; Eugenia Charles-
Newton, Navajo Nation, Window Rock, Arizona; Michael B. Ford, Reno-
Sparks Indian Colony Chief of Police, Reno, Nevada; Lucy Rain Simpson, 
National Indigenous Women's Resource Center, Lame Deer, Montana; A. 
Nikki Borchardt Campbell, National American Indian Court Judges 
Association, Boulder, Colorado; and Alex Cleghorn, Alaska Native 
Justice Center, Anchorage.
STOPPING GUN VIOLENCE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution concluded 
a hearing to examine stopping gun violence, focusing on the Jackson-
Elias Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act, after receiving 
testimony from Roberta Valente, National Coalition Against Domestic 
Violence, Washington, D.C.; Holly Sullivan, Connecticut Citizens 
Defense League, Southbury, Connecticut; and Kacey Mason.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 1687, to amend section 21 of the Small Business Act to require 
cyber certification for small business development center counselors, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 3564, to amend the Small Business Act to codify the Boots to 
Business Program, with amendments;
  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, with an amendment.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.