[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 8, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D630-D631]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              JUNE 9, 2022

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: 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 the Budget: to hold hearings to examine saving Social 
Security, 11 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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: 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: 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 Foreign Relations: 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 
Senate that Congress 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

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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.
  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 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 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: 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.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, 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 Armed Services, Subcommittee on Readiness, markup on 
H.R. 7900, the ``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2023'', 8 a.m., 2118 Rayburn and Webex.
  Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, markup on H.R. 7900, 
the ``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023'', 9 
a.m., 2118 Rayburn and Webex.
  Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations, markup on 
H.R. 7900, the ``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2023'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Intelligence and 
Counterterrorism, hearing entitled ``Terrorism and Cryptocurrency: 
Industry Perspectives'', 9 a.m., 310 Cannon and Webex.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, hearing entitled ``Coal Community Protection and 
Revitalization'', 9:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth and Webex.
  Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, 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 to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the 
United States Capitol, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Hearing on 
the January 6th Investigation'', 8 p.m., 390 Cannon and Webex.