[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 97 (Tuesday, June 7, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D617-D619]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
WESTERN WATER CRISIS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on 
Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources concluded a 
hearing to examine the western water crisis, focusing on confronting 
persistent drought and building resilience on our forests and farmland, 
after receiving testimony from Earl Lewis, Kansas Department of 
Agriculture Division of Water Resources, Manhattan, on behalf of the 
Western States Water Council; Andrew Mueller, Colorado River Water 
Conservation District, Glenwood Springs; Courtney Schultz, Colorado 
State University Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Fort 
Collins; Tom Willis, T and O Farms, Liberal, Kansas; and Ellen Herbert, 
Ducks Unlimited, Inc., Memphis, Tennessee.
APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a 
hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for 
fiscal year 2023 for the National Guard and Reserve, after receiving 
testimony from General Daniel R. Hokanson, Chief of the National Guard 
Bureau, Lieutenant General Jody J. Daniels, Chief of Army Reserve, Vice 
Admiral John B. Mustin, Chief of Navy Reserve, Lieutenant General David 
G. Bellon, Commander, Marine Forces Reserve, and Lieutenant General 
Richard W. Scobee, Chief of Air Force Reserve, all of the Department of 
Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2023 for the 
Department of Education, after receiving testimony from Miguel Cardona, 
Secretary of Education.
REVIVING CONVENTIONS AND TOURISM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Tourism, Trade, and Export Promotion concluded a hearing to examine 
reviving conventions and tourism through international travel, after 
receiving testimony from Suzanne Neufang, Global Business Travel 
Association, Alexandria, Virginia; Tori Emerson Barnes, U.S. Travel 
Association, Washington, D.C.; and Ralph Cutie, Miami International 
Airport, Miami, Florida.

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ENERGY AND PUBLIC LANDS LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands, Forests, and Mining concluded a hearing to examine S. 387, to 
protect, for current and 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, after 
receiving testimony from Nada Wolff Culver, Deputy Director, Policy and 
Programs, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; 
Christopher French, Deputy Chief, National Forest System, Department of 
Agriculture, Forest Service; Jake Garfield, Utah Public Lands Policy 
Coordinating Office, Millcreek; Sean McKenna, Desert Research 
Institute, Reno, Nevada; and Jerimiah Rieman, Wyoming County 
Commissioners Association, Cheyenne.
PRESIDENT'S BUDGET
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2023, after 
receiving testimony from Janet L. Yellen, Secretary the Treasury.
WORLD THREAT ASSESSMENT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on 
around the world threat assessment from Brett M. Holmgren, Assistant 
Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Amanda Bennett, of the District of Columbia, 
to be Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global 
Media, after the nominee testified and answered questions in her own 
behalf.
RANSOMWARE ATTACKS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine ransomware attacks and ransom payments 
enabled by cryptocurrency, focusing on rising threats, after receiving 
testimony from Megan H. Stifel, Institute for Security and Technology, 
Issaquah, Washington; Bill Siegel, Coveware Inc., Westport, 
Connecticut; and Jacqueline Koven, Chainalysis Inc., New York, New 
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DOMESTIC TERRORISM THREAT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
domestic terrorism threat after the Buffalo attack, after receiving 
testimony from Justin E. Herdman, former United States Attorney for the 
Northern District of Ohio, Cleveland; Robert A. Pape, University of 
Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Michael German, New York University Law 
School Brennan Center for Justice, and Jonathan Turley, The George 
Washington University Law School, both of Washington, D.C.; and Garnell 
Whitfield, Jr., Buffalo, New York.