[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 25, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D587-D589]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: FBI
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed 
budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2023 for the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, after receiving testimony from Christopher A. 
Wray, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.
APPROPRIATIONS: USAID
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates and justification for fiscal year 2023 for the United States 
Agency for International Development, after receiving testimony from 
Samantha Power, Administrator, United States Agency for International 
Development.
RURAL HOUSING SERVICE
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing, Transportation, and Community Development concluded a hearing 
to examine the Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service, 
including S. 2092, to permanently authorize the Native Community 
Development Financial Institutions lending program of the Department of 
Agriculture, after receiving testimony from Xochitl Torres Small, Under 
Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
   S. 4101, to require the Secretary of Commerce to provide training 
and guidance relating to human rights abuses, including such abuses 
perpetrated against the Uyghur population by the Government of the 
People's Republic of China;
  S. 4109, to authorize the development of a national strategy for the 
research and development of distributed ledger technologies and their 
applications, to authorize awards to support research on distributed 
ledger technologies and their applications, and to authorize an applied 
research project on distributed ledger technologies in commerce, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 4217, to ensure transparent and competitive transportation fuel 
markets in order to protect consumers from unwarranted price increases, 
with amendments;
  S. 4237, to establish and maintain a coordinated program within the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that improves wildfire, 
fire weather, fire risk, and smoke related forecasting, detection, 
modeling, observations, and service delivery, and to address growing 
needs in the wildland-urban interface, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute; and
  S. 4246, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a 
pilot program to provide grants related to advance air mobility 
infrastructure, with amendments.
WATER AND POWER LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and 
Power concluded a hearing to examine S. 737, to establish a Federal 
cost share percentage for the Milk River Project in the State of 
Montana, S. 953, to provide for drought preparedness and improved water 
supply reliability, S. 1179, to provide financial assistance for 
projects to address certain subsidence impacts in the State of 
California, S. 1554, to make certain irrigation districts eligible for 
Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program pumping power, S. 2334, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to establish a grant program to provide 
grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities for large-scale 
water recycling and reuse projects, to amend the Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act of 2009 to make certain modifications to the Cooperative 
Watershed Management Program, to provide emergency drought funding, S. 
2693, to amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment 
Act of 1992 to authorize additional projects related to the Salton Sea, 
S. 3450, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, 
operate, and maintain facilities in the Sun River project, Montana, for 
the purpose of hydroelectric power generation, S. 3539, to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to carry out watershed pilots, S. 3693 
and H.R. 5001, bills to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
continue to implement endangered fish recovery programs for the Upper 
Colorado and San Juan River Basins, S. 3971, to amend the America's 
Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 to modify a provision relating to 
cost-sharing requirements applicable to certain Bureau of Reclamation 
dams and dikes, S. 4175, to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management 
Act of 2009 to authorize certain extraordinary operation and 
maintenance work for urban canals of concern, S. 4176, to amend the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to modify the eligibility 
requirements for certain small water storage and groundwater storage 
projects and to authorize the use of funds for certain additional Carey 
Act projects, S. 4231, to support water infrastructure in Reclamation 
States, and other purposes,

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S. 4232, to address the recovery of certain costs with respect to 
certain Reclamation facilities in the Colorado River Basin, S. 4233, to 
amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to provide for 
critical maintenance and repair of certain Bureau of Reclamation 
reserved or transferred works, and S. 4236, to provide for a national 
water data framework, to provide for the water security of the Rio 
Grande Basin, to reauthorize irrigation infrastructure grants, after 
receiving testimony from Senators Tester, Feinstein, and Padilla; and 
Camille Calimlim Touton, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, 
Department of the Interior.
NOMINATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nomination of Joseph Goffman, of Pennsylvania, 
to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Casey, 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
JCPOA NEGOTIATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the JCPOA negotiations and United States' policy on Iran moving 
forward, after receiving testimony from Robert Malley, Special Envoy 
for Iran, Department of State; and Karim Sadjadpour, Carnegie Endowment 
for International Peace, and Mark Dubowitz, Foundation for Defense of 
Democracies, both of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the following bills:
  S. 4000, to require the establishment of cybersecurity information 
sharing agreements between the Department of Homeland Security and 
Congress, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 4128, to require the Comptroller General of the United States to 
provide certain information with respect to unimplemented priority 
recommendations as part of the Comptroller General's annual reporting 
to Congress, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 4166, to authorize preparedness programs to support communities 
containing technological hazards and emerging threats, with an 
amendment;
  S. 471, to allow Members of Congress to opt out of the Federal 
Employees Retirement System, and allow Members who opt out of the 
Federal Employees Retirement System to continue to participate in the 
Thrift Savings Plan;
  S. 4057, to develop a comprehensive, strategic plan for Federal 
electric vehicle fleet battery management, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 3905, to prevent organizational conflicts of interest in Federal 
acquisition, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 4167, to improve performance and accountability in the Federal 
Government;
  S. 3552, to provide an increased allocation of funding under certain 
programs for assistance in areas of persistent poverty, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1116, to amend chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to 
create a presumption that a disability or death of a Federal employee 
in fire protection activities caused by any of certain diseases is the 
result of the performance of such employees duty, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute;
  S. 4205, to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency to establish a working group relating to best 
practices and Federal guidance for animals in emergencies and 
disasters, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 4243, to establish the Department of Homeland Security Trade and 
Economic Security Council and the position of Assistant Secretary for 
Trade and Economic Security within the Department of Homeland Security, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 4254, to amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to clarify a 
provision relating to certain contents of registrations under that Act;
  H.R. 5343, to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to 
submit a report to Congress on case management personnel turnover of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute; and
  H.R. 2142, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 170 Manhattan Avenue in Buffalo, New York, as the 
``Indiana Hunt-Martin Post Office Building''.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of LaWanda Amaker Toney, of 
Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for Communications and Outreach, 
and Nasser H. Paydar, of Indiana, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Postsecondary Education, both of the Department of Education, and Rita 
M. Landgraf, of Delaware, to be Assistant Secretary for Aging, 
Department of Health and Human Services.
NOMINATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Roselyn Tso, of Oregon, to be Director of the Indian 
Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, after

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the nominee testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Sarah A.L. Merriam, of Connecticut, to be United 
States Circuit Court Judge for the Second Circuit, who was introduced 
by Senators Murphy and Blumenthal, Lara E. Montecalvo, of Rhode Island, 
to be United States Circuit Court Judge for the First Circuit, who was 
introduced by Senator Whitehouse, Tiffany M. Cartwright, to be United 
States District Judge for the Western District of Washington, who was 
introduced by Senator Murray, Nina Nin-Yuen Wang, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Colorado, who was introduced by 
Senator Bennet, and Steven M. Dettelbach, of Ohio, to be Director, 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, who was 
introduced by Senator Brown, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
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.