[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 22, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D691-D693]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 3870, to establish the Office of the Special Investigator for 
Competition Matters within the Department of Agriculture, with an 
amendment; and
  S. 4030, to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to establish 
a cattle contract library, with an amendment.
APPROPRIATIONS: U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
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 Office 
of the United State Trade Representative, after receiving testimony 
from Katherine Tai, Ambassador, United States Trade Representative.
APPROPRIATIONS: LOC AND GAO
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2023 for the Library of Congress, and the 
Government Accountability Office, after receiving testimony from Carla 
Hayden, Librarian of Congress, Library of Congress; and Gene L. Dodaro, 
Comptroller General of the United States, Government Accountability 
Office.
SEMIANNUAL MONETARY POLICY REPORT TO CONGRESS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress, 
including S. 3208, to establish the Office of Supply Chain Resiliency 
within the Department of Commerce to provide expansion support to 
companies and supply chains in the United States that are vulnerable to 
shortages and price increases, S. 420, to amend the National Labor 
Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-
Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, S. 4217, to ensure 
transparent and competitive transportation fuel markets in order to 
protect consumers from unwarranted price increases, and S. 2920, to 
provide downpayment assistance to first-generation homebuyers to 
address multigenerational inequities in access to homeownership and to 
narrow and ultimately close the racial homeownership gap in the United 
States, after receiving testimony from Jerome H. Powell, Chair, Board 
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 2333, to amend chapter 2205 of title 36, United States Code, to 
ensure equal treatment of athletes, with an amendment in the nature of 
a substitute;
  S. 2510, to reduce the health risks of heat by establishing the 
National Integrated Heat Health Information System Program within the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National 
Integrated Heat Health Information System Interagency Committee to 
improve extreme heat preparedness, planning, and response, requiring a 
study, and establishing financial assistance programs to address heat 
effects, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 4293, to prevent unfair and deceptive acts or practices and the 
dissemination of false information related to pharmacy benefit 
management services for prescription drugs, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 4321, to amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to improve the 
administration of the Marine Debris

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Foundation, to amend the Marine Debris Act to improve the 
administration of the Marine Debris Program of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, with an amendment;
  S. 4357, to reauthorize the Maritime Administration, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Robin Meredith Cohn Hutcheson, of Utah, to be 
Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Sean 
Burton, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Michael Cottman Morgan, of 
Wisconsin, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, and routine lists 
in the Coast Guard.
TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine Toxic Substances Control Act amendments 
implementation, after receiving testimony from Michal Ilana Freedhoff, 
Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 
Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported an original 
bill entitled, ``Enhancing American Retirement Now Act''.
NATO ENLARGEMENT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine NATO enlargement, focusing on the proposed accession of Sweden 
and Finland, after receiving testimony from Karen E. Donfried, 
Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasisan Affairs; and 
Celeste Wallander, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International 
Security Affairs.
FEMA PRIORITIES AND PREPAREDNESS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine FEMA's strategic priorities and disaster 
preparedness, after receiving testimony from Deanne Criswell, 
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of 
Homeland Security.
SUPPORTING STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine supporting students and schools, 
focusing on promising practices to get back on track, after receiving 
testimony from Charlene Russell-Tucker, Connecticut State Board of 
Education, Hartford; Dan Goldhaber, National Center for Analysis of 
Longitudinal Data in Education Research at the American Institutes for 
Research, and University of Washington Center for Education Data and 
Research, Seattle; Kurt Russell, Oberlin High School, Oberlin, Ohio; 
and Erin Wall, Cary, North Carolina.
TRUTH AND HEALING COMMISSION ON INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOL POLICIES
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine Volume 1 of the Department of the Interior's Federal Indian 
Boarding School Initiative investigative report, including S. 2907, to 
establish the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School 
Policies in the United States, after receiving testimony from Deb 
Haaland, Secretary, and Bryan Newland, Assistant Secretary, Indian 
Affairs, both of the Department of the Interior; Kirk E. Francis, 
Penobscot Nation, Indian Island, Maine; Sandra White Hawk, National 
Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition, Minneapolis, 
Minnesota; La quen naay Medicine Crow, First Alaskans Institute, 
Anchorage; and Norma Ryuko Kaweloku Wong Roshi, Honolulu, Hawaii.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Rachel Bloomekatz, of Ohio, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, who was introduced by Senator 
Brown, Florence Y. Pan, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
District of Columbia Circuit, who was introduced by Senator Hirono, 
Elizabeth Wilson Hanes, to be United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of Virginia, who was introduced by Senators Warner and 
Kaine, Ana C. Reyes, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Columbia, and Carlos Felipe Uriarte, of California, to be 
an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, who was 
introduced by Senator Padilla, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Intellectual Property 
concluded a hearing to examine the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, 
focusing on proposals to address predictability, certainty, and 
fairness, after receiving testimony from David A. Cain, 
GlobalFoundries, Inc., Burlington, Vermont; Timothy K. Wilson, SAS 
Institute Inc., Cary, North Carolina; Robert Giles, Qualcomm 
Incorporated, San Diego, California, on behalf of the Innovation 
Alliance; and Jonas Anderson, American University Washington College of 
Law, Washington, D.C.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported 
an original bill entitled ``Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2023''.