[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 96 (Monday, June 6, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D610-D613]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of June 7 through June 10, 2022

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Alex Wagner, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of the Air Force, post-cloture, and vote on confirmation thereon at 
11:30 a.m.
   Following disposition of the nomination of Alex Wagner, Senate will 
vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of H.R. 3967, Honoring our PACT Act.
  At 4 p.m., Senate will vote on confirmation of the nominations of 
Chavonda J. Jacobs-Young, of Georgia, to be Under Secretary of 
Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics, Kenneth L. 
Wainstein, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Intelligence and 
Analysis, Department of Homeland Security, and Shalanda H. Baker, of 
Texas, to be Director of the Office of Minority Economic Impact, 
Department of Energy.
  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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: June 7, 
Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural 
Resources, to hold hearings to examine the western water crisis, 
focusing on confronting persistent drought and building resilience 
on our forests and farmland, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  June 9, Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade, 
to hold hearings to examine agricultural trade, focusing on 
priorities and issues facing America's farmers, 11 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Appropriations: June 7, Subcommittee on Defense, to 
hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification 
for fiscal year 2023 for the National Guard and Reserve, 10 a.m., 
SD-192.
  June 7, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2023 for the Department of 
Education, 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 8, business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Michael S. Barr, of Michigan, 
to be a Member, and to be Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Board 
of Governors, and Jaime E. Lizarraga, of Virginia, and Mark Toshiro 
Uyeda, of California, both to be a Member, all of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: June 9, to hold hearings to examine 
saving Social Security, 11 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 7, 
Subcommittee on Tourism, Trade, and Export Promotion, to hold 
hearings to examine reviving conventions and tourism through 
international travel, 3 p.m., SR-253.
  June 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Robin Meredith Cohn Hutcheson, of Utah, to be 
Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 
Department of Transportation, Michael Cottman Morgan, of Wisconsin, 
to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, and Sean Burton, of 
California, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  June 9, Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, to 
hold an oversight hearing to examine the National Telecommunications 
and Information Administration, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 7, Subcommittee on 
Public Lands, Forests, and Mining, to hold hearings to examine S. 
387, to protect, for current and

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future generations, the watershed, ecosystem, and cultural heritage 
of the Grand Canyon region in the State of Arizona, to provide for a 
study relating to the uranium stockpile in the United States, S. 
1264, to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to 
improve the management of grazing permits and leases, S. 1412, to 
provide for the conveyance of certain Federal land in Carson City, 
Nevada, S. 1750, to redesignate land within certain wilderness study 
areas in the State of Wyoming, S. 2254, to amend the Wild and Scenic 
Rivers Act to designate certain streams in the greater Yellowstone 
ecosystem and Smith River system in the State of Montana as 
components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S. 2568, to 
establish the Open Access Evapotranspiration (OpenET) Data Program, 
S. 2708, to provide for greater consultation between the Federal 
Government and the governing bodies and community users of land 
grant-mercedes in New Mexico, to provide for a process for 
recognition of the historic-traditional uses of land grant-mercedes, 
S. 2980, to authorize the voluntary donation of grazing permits and 
leases in the State of New Mexico, S. 2996, to provide for the 
distribution of certain outer Continental Shelf revenues to the 
State of Alaska, S. 3046, to codify the authority of the Secretary 
of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain 
landscape-scale forest restoration projects, S. 3129, to amend the 
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Gila 
River system in the State of New Mexico as components of the 
National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, to provide for the transfer 
of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the 
State of New Mexico, S. 3144, to establish the Sutton Mountain 
National Monument, to authorize certain land exchanges in the State 
of Oregon, to convey certain Bureau of Land Management land in the 
State of Oregon to the city of Mitchell, Oregon, and Wheeler County, 
Oregon, for conservation, economic, and community development 
purposes, S. 3269, to provide for the recognition of certain Alaska 
Native communities and the settlement of certain claims under the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, S. 3370, to release the 
reversionary interest of the United States in certain non-Federal 
land in Salt Lake City, Utah, S. 3404, to provide the consent of 
Congress to an amendment to the Constitution of the State of New 
Mexico, S. 3644, to require the collection of certain data relating 
to Bureau of Land Management land acquisitions, S. 3709, to require 
the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out vegetation management 
projects and timber production projects on certain National Forest 
System land in the States of Montana, South Dakota, and Wyoming, S. 
3997, to amend the Land Between the Lakes Protection Act of 1998 to 
clarify the administration of the Land Between the Lakes National 
Recreation Area, S. 4062, to amend the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 to authorize the sale of certain Federal land 
to States and units of local government to address housing 
shortages, S. 4080, to modify the boundary of the Berryessa Snow 
Mountain National Monument to include certain Federal land in Lake 
County, California, and S. 4227, to streamline the oil and gas 
permitting process and to recognize fee ownership for certain oil 
and gas drilling or spacing units, 3 p.m., SD-366.
  June 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2023 for the 
Forest Service, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 8, to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Annie Caputo, of Virginia, 
and Bradley R. Crowell, of Nevada, both to be a Member of the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  June 9, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 4244, to amend the Toxic Substances Control 
Act to prohibit the manufacture, processing, use, and distribution 
in commerce of commercial asbestos and mixtures and articles 
containing commercial asbestos, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: June 7, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2023, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 7, to receive a closed 
briefing on around the world threat assessment, 10 a.m., SVC-217.
  June 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Elizabeth Shortino, of the District of Columbia, to 
be United States Executive Director of the International Monetary 
Fund, Amanda Bennett, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief 
Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media, and 
other pending nominations, 3 p.m., SD-419.
  June 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the path 
forward on U.S.-Syria policy, focusing on strategy and 
accountability, 10 a.m., SD-419/VTC.
  June 9, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 4171, to 
reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, S. 1160, 
to prioritize efforts of the Department of State to combat 
international trafficking in covered synthetic drugs and new 
psychoactive substances, S. 3211, to continue the whole-of-
government approach to ending global wildlife poaching and 
trafficking by permanently reauthorizing the activities of the 
Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking, S. 3861, to require 
the Secretary of State to submit annual reports to Congress on the 
assistance provided to Somaliland and to conduct a feasibility 
study, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, on 
establishing a security partnership with Somaliland, without 
recognizing Somaliland as an independent state, S. 3895, to extend 
and authorize annual appropriations for the United States Commission 
on International Religious Freedom through fiscal year 2024, S. Con. 
Res. 40, welcoming the Prime Minister of Greece to the United States 
for an address to a joint meeting of Congress, S. Res. 124, 
celebrating the heritage of Romani Americans, S. Res. 394, 
recognizing the 25th anniversary of Radio Free Asia and its mission 
to provide an independent source of news to closed societies in 
Asia, S. Res. 458, recognizing the 75th anniversary of the 
establishment of the United Nations Children's Fund, S. Res. 540, 
supporting the goals of International Women's Day, S. Res. 568, 
supporting the goals and ideals of ``Countering International 
Parental Child Abduction Month'' and expressing the sense of the 
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should raise awareness of the harm caused by international parental 
child abduction, S. Res. 589, recognizing, honoring, and commending 
the women of Ukraine who have contributed to the fight for freedom 
and the defense of Ukraine, S. Res. 638, commending the Government 
and people of the Republic of Moldova for their heroic efforts to 
support Ukrainian refugees fleeing President Putin's illegal war 
against Ukraine, S. Res. 646, expressing the Senate's support for 
Finland and Sweden's accession into the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization (NATO) and the expedited ratification of accession 
protocols, H.R. 4250, to amend the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956 to provide for rewards for the arrest or 
conviction of certain foreign nationals who have committed genocide 
or war crimes, H.R. 6089, to clarify that section 107 of the 
Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act applies 
sanctions with respect to unmanned combat aerial vehicles following 
a 2019 change by the United Nations providing additional clarity to 
the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, H.R. 7276, to 
direct the President to submit to Congress a report on United States 
Government efforts to collect, analyze, and preserve evidence and 
information related to war crimes and other atrocities committed 
during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine since February 24, 
2022, the nominations of Mari Carmen Aponte, of Puerto Rico, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, Michelle Kwan, of California, 
to be Ambassador to Belize, and Elizabeth H. Richard, of Virginia, 
to be Coordinator for Counterterrorism, with the rank and status of 
Ambassador at Large, all of the Department of State, and other 
pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  June 9, Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, 
to hold hearings to examine European energy security, focusing on 
America's role in supporting Europe's energy diversification agenda, 
10:30 a.m., SD-419/VTC.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: June 8, 
business meeting to consider S. 4348, to amend the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the user-fee programs 
for prescription drugs, medical devices, generic drugs, and 
biosimilar biological products, S. 958, to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to expand the allowable use criteria for new access 
points grants for community health centers, and other pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: June 7, 
to hold hearings to examine ransomware attacks and ransom payments 
enabled by cryptocurrency, focusing on rising threats, 10 a.m., SD-
342.
  June 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine domestic 
extremism in America, focusing on white supremacist violence in the 
wake of recent attacks, 10:15 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 7, to hold hearings to examine 
domestic terrorism threat after the Buffalo attack, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  June 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Carlton W. Reeves, of Mississippi, to be a Member, 
and to be Chair, and Laura E. Mate, of Iowa, Claire McCusker Murray, 
of Maryland, Luis Felipe Restrepo, of Pennsylvania, Claria Horn 
Boom, of Kentucky, John Gleeson, of New York, and Candice C. Wong, 
of the District of Columbia, each to be a Member, all of the United 
States Sentencing Commission, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  June 9, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of John Z. Lee, of Illinois, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Seventh Circuit, Salvador Mendoza, Jr., of Washington, 
to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Stephen 
Henley Locher, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of Iowa, Nancy L. Maldonado, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, Gregory Brian Williams, 
to be United States District Judge for the District of Delaware, 
Sarah A. L. Merriam, of Connecticut, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Second Circuit, Lara E. Montecalvo, of Rhode Island, 
to be United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit, Tiffany M. 
Cartwright, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of Washington, Nina Nin-Yuen Wang, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Colorado, and Steven M. 
Dettelbach, of Ohio, to be Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 
Firearms, and Explosives, Gerard M. Karam, to be United States 
Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Jacqueline C. 
Romero, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, and Joshua D. Hurwit, of Idaho, to be United States 
Attorney for the District of Idaho, all of the Department of 
Justice, 9 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: June 8, to hold 
hearings to examine the small business workforce challenge, focusing 
on causes, impacts, and solutions, 2:30 p.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 8, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 8, Subcommittee on Nutrition, 
Oversight, and Department Operations, hearing entitled ``A 2022 
Review of the Farm Bill: Stakeholder Perspectives on SNAP'', 10:15 
a.m., 1300 Longworth and Zoom.
  June 9, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk 
Management, hearing entitled ``A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: 
Economic Perspectives on Title I Commodities and Title XI Crop 
Insurance'', 9 a.m., 1300 Longworth and Zoom.
  Committee on Appropriations, June 8, Subcommittee on Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies, budget hearing on the Arts and 
Humanities, 9:30 a.m., Zoom.
  June 8, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs, budget hearing on the United Nations, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Armed Services, June 8, Subcommittee on Cyber, 
Innovative Technologies, and Information Systems, markup on H.R. 
7900, the ``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2023'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn and Webex.

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  June 8, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, markup on H.R. 7900, the 
``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023'', 12 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn and Webex.
  June 8, Seapower and Projection Forces, markup on H.R. 7900, the 
``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023'', 2 p.m., 
2118 Rayburn and Webex.
  June 8, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, markup on H.R. 7900, 
the ``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023'', 
3:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn and Webex.
  June 9, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, markup on 
H.R. 7900, the ``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2023'', 8:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn and Webex.
  June 9, Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations, 
markup on H.R. 7900, the ``National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2023'', 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn and Webex.
  June 9, Subcommittee on Readiness, markup on H.R. 7900, the 
``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023'', 10:30 
a.m., 2118 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 8, Subcommittee on Asia, the 
Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, hearing entitled 
``Resourcing U.S. Priorities in the Indo-Pacific FY23 Budget 
Hearing'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn and Webex.
  June 8, Subcommittee on International Development, International 
Organizations, and Global Corporate Social Impact, hearing entitled 
``The FY23 Budget Request: United Nations and International 
Organizations'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Homeland Security, June 9, Subcommittee on 
Intelligence and Counterterrorism, hearing entitled ``Terrorism and 
Cryptocurrency: Industry Perspectives'', 9 a.m., 310 Cannon and 
Webex.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 9, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, hearing entitled 
``Examining Civil Rights Litigation Reform, Part 2: State and Local 
Government Employer Liability'', 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Natural Resources, June 9, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Mineral Resources, hearing entitled ``Coal Community Protection and 
Revitalization'', 9:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth and Webex.
  June 9, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 263, the ``Big Cat Public 
Safety Act''; H.R. 3081, to make certain irrigation districts 
eligible for Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program pumping power, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 5444, the ``Truth and Healing Commission on 
Indian Boarding School Policies Act''; H.R. 6063, to provide for the 
equitable settlement of certain Indian land disputes regarding land 
in Illinois, and for other purposes; H.R. 6181, the ``Samish Indian 
Nation Land Reaffirmation Act''; H.R. 6337, the ``Biking on Long-
Distance Trails Act''; H.R. 6707, the ``Advancing Equality for 
Wabanaki Nations Act''; H.R. 6734, the ``Keep America's Refuges 
Operational Act of 2022''; H.R. 7002, the ``Gateway Solidarity 
Act''; H.R. 7025, the ``Advancing Human Rights-Centered 
International Conservation Act of 2022''; H.R. 7075, the ``Ukrainian 
Independence Park Act of 2022''; H.R. 7612, the ``Desalination 
Research Advancement Act''; S. 314, the ``Klamath Tribe Judgment 
Fund Repeal Act''; S. 559, to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act, 
and for other purposes; and S. 789, the ``RESPECT Act'', 10 a.m., 
1324 Longworth and Webex.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, June 8, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Urgent Need to Address the Gun Violence Epidemic'', 
10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn and Zoom.
  June 10, Subcommittee on National Security, hearing entitled ``The 
U.S. and International Humanitarian Response to Russia's Invasion of 
Ukraine'', 9 a.m., Zoom.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, June 8, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Detecting and Quantifying Methane 
Emissions from the Oil and Gas Sector'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn and 
Zoom.
  Committee on Small Business, June 8, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Military to Main Street: Serving Veteran 
Entrepreneurship'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 8, 
Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing entitled ``Addressing 
the Roadway Safety Crisis: Building Safer Roads for All'', 10 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 8, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The President's Proposed Fiscal Year 2023 Budget with 
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth and 
Webex.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, June 8, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Compartmented Posture Hearing'', 10 
a.m., HVC-304.
  June 9, Subcommittee on Defense Intelligence and Warfighter 
Support, hearing entitled ``Compartmented Budget Hearing'', 10 a.m., 
HVC-304. This hearing is closed.
  Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, June 9, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Turning the Tide for Ocean Climate Action: 
Unleashing the Climate Benefits of Our Blue Planet'', 9 a.m., 210 
Cannon and Zoom.
  Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, June 8, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Pathways to Congressional Service'', 
10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the 
United States Capitol, June 9, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Hearing on the January 6th Investigation'', 8 p.m., 390 Cannon and 
Webex.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: June 7, to hold 
hearings to examine European energy post-Russia, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.