[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 27, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D864-D865]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





             COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY, JULY 28, 2022

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Milancy Danielle Harris, of Virginia, and Radha 
Iyengar Plumb, of New York, both to be a Deputy Under Secretary, and 
Brendan Owens, of Virginia, and Laura Taylor-Kale, of California, 
both to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the Department of Defense, 
9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine protecting investors and savers, focusing on 
understanding scams and risks in crypto and securities markets, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine S. 3145, to amend the Natural Gas Act to expedite approval 
of exports of small volumes of natural gas, S. 3543, to support 
research, development, and other activities to develop innovative 
vehicle technologies, S. 3719, to establish the Southwestern Power 
Administration Fund, S. 3740, to provide for a comprehensive and 
integrative program to accelerate microelectronics research and 
development at the Department of Energy, S. 3769, to amend the 
Energy Conservation and Production Act to improve the weatherization 
assistance program, S. 3856, to prohibit the importation of uranium 
from the Russian Federation, S. 4038, to increase the production and 
use of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, S. 4061, to 
amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to modify the 
definition of water heater under energy conservation standards, S. 
4066, to amend the Energy Act of 2020 to require the Secretary of 
Energy to establish a program to accelerate the availability of 
commercially produced high-assay, low-enriched uranium in the United 
States and to make high-assay, low-enriched uranium produced from 
Department of Energy inventories available for use in advanced 
nuclear reactors, S. 4280, to require the Secretary of Energy to 
remove carbon dioxide directly from ambient air or seawater, and an 
original bill entitled, ``to establish a new organization to manage 
nuclear waste, provide a consensual process for siting nuclear waste 
facilities, ensure adequate funding for managing nuclear waste'', 10 
a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider the nominations 
of Jay Curtis Shambaugh, of Maryland, to be an Under Secretary of 
the Treasury, and Rebecca Lee Haffajee, of Massachusetts, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services; to be immediately 
followed by a hearing to examine the nomination of Douglas J. 
McKalip, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief Agricultural 
Negotiator, Office of the United States Trade Representative, with 
the rank of Ambassador, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of William H. Duncan, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of El Salvador, Hugo F. Rodriguez, Jr., of Pennsylvania, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Nicaragua, Candace A. Bond, of 
Missouri, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, 
Heide B. Fulton, of West Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Oriental 
Republic of Uruguay, and Robert J. Faucher, of Arizona, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Suriname, all of the Department of 
State, and other pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Shefali Razdan Duggal, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Kingdom of the Netherlands, Carrin F. Patman, of Texas, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Iceland, Gautam A. Rana, of New 
Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Slovak Republic, Angela Price 
Aggeler, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of North Macedonia, and Randy W. Berry, of Colorado, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Namibia, all of the Department of 
State, and other pending nominations, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 4430, 
to amend title 35, United States Code, to establish an interagency 
task force between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and 
the Food and Drug Administration for purposes of sharing information 
and providing technical assistance with respect to patents, S. 4524, 
to limit the judicial enforceability of predispute nondisclosure and 
nondisparagement contract clauses relating to disputes involving 
sexual assault and sexual harassment, and the nominations of Rachel 
Bloomekatz, of Ohio, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth 
Circuit, Roopali H. Desai, of Arizona, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Doris L. Pryor, of Indiana, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, Maria del R. 
Antongiorgi-Jordan, Gina R. Mendez-Miro, and Camille L. Velez-Rive, 
each to be a United States District Judge for the District of Puerto 
Rico, Ana C. Reyes, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Columbia, and E. Martin Estrada, to be United States 
Attorney for the Central District of California, and Gregory J. 
Haanstad, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of 
Wisconsin, both of the Department of Justice, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine accessible 
Federal technology for people with disabilities, older americans, 
and veterans, 10 a.m., SD-562.

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                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Biotechnology, 
Horticulture, and Research, hearing entitled ``An Examination of the 
USDA Hemp Production Program'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth and Zoom.
  Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Workforce 
Protections, hearing entitled ``Essential but Undervalued: Examining 
Workplace Protections for Domestic Workers'', 10:15 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, continue markup 
on H.R. 1728, the ``Strategy and Investment in Rural Housing 
Preservation Act of 2021''; H.R. 2965, the ``Naomi Schwartz Safe 
Parking Act of 2022''; H.R. 4277, the ``Overdraft Protection Act of 
2021''; H.R. 4865, the ``Registration for Index-Linked Annuities 
Act''; H.R. 6889, the ``Credit Union Board Modernization Act''; H.R. 
7123, the ``Studying Barriers to Housing Act''; H.R. 8484, the 
``Aligning SEC Regulations for the World Bank's International 
Development Association Act''; H.R. 8476, the ``Housing Inspections 
Accountability Act of 2022''; H.R. 8485, the ``Expanding Access to 
Credit through Consumer-Permissioned Data Act''; H.R. 8478, the 
``Credit Reporting Accuracy After a Legal Name Change Act''; 
Resolution to Reauthorize the Artificial Intelligence Task Force; 
and Resolution to Reauthorize the Financial Technology Task Force, 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, 
Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, hearing entitled ``Countering 
Gray Zone Coercion in the Indo-Pacific'', 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn 
and Webex.
  Full Committee, markup on H. Res. 922, condemning the use of 
hunger as a weapon of war and recognizing the effect of conflict on 
global food security and famine; H.R. 6498, the ``PEACE through 
Music Diplomacy Act''; H.R. 7240, the ``Reinforcing Education 
Accountability in Development Act''; H.R. 4134, the ``Keeping Girls 
in School Act''; H.R. 8463, the ``Millennium Challenge Corporation 
Eligibility Expansion Act''; H.R. 6455, the ``Prosper Africa Act''; 
H.R. 8520, the ``Countering Untrusted Telecommunications Act''; H.R. 
8503, the ``Securing Global Telecommunications Act''; H.R. 8259, the 
``Arms Exports Delivery Solutions Act''; H. Res. 558, urging the 
European Union to designate Hizballah in its entirety as a terrorist 
organization; H.R. 6265, the ``CAPTAGON Act''; H. Res. 744, 
condemning the Government of Iran's state-sponsored persecution of 
its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the Universal 
Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil 
and Political Rights; H.R. 1259, condemning the assassination of 
former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and honoring his life and 
legacy; and H.R. 8453, the ``Upholding the Dayton Peace Agreement 
Through Sanctions Act'', 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn and Webex.
  Committee on House Administration, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Independent State Legislature Theory and its 
Potential to Disrupt our Democracy'', 12 p.m., 1310 Longworth and 
Zoom.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Oversight of the Department of Justice National Security 
Division'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Preventing Polluters from Getting 
Government Contracts: Bureau of Land Management's Corporate 
Exclusions Lists'', 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth and Webex.
  Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States, hearing 
on H.R. 5449, the ``Indian Health Service Advance Appropriations 
Act'', 1 p.m., 1324 Longworth and Webex.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, Subcommittee on Government 
Operations, hearing entitled ``FITARA 14.0'', 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn 
and Zoom.
  Subcommittee on Environment, hearing entitled ``Toxic Air: How 
Leaded Aviation Fuel Is Poisoning America's Children'', 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on Space 
and Aeronautics, hearing entitled ``Exploring Cyber Space: 
Cybersecurity Issues for Civil and Commercial Space Systems'', 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Progress Made? Ending Sexual 
Harassment at the Department of Veterans Affairs'', 10 a.m., HVC-210 
and Zoom.
  Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``What's the Big Idea? Innovative Approaches to 
Fixing Congress'', 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn and Zoom.
  Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth, 
Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Building a Modern Economic 
Foundation: Economic Security and Income Support for 21st Century 
America'', 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.