[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 128 (Monday, August 1, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D882-D885]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of August 2 through August 5, 2022

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Elizabeth Wilson Hanes, of Virginia, to be United States District Judge 
for the Eastern District of Virginia, post-cloture, and vote on 
confirmation thereon at 2:15 p.m.
  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 Armed Services: August 2, to receive a closed 
briefing on global nuclear threats and U.S. nuclear deterrence 
strategy and policies, 9:30 a.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: August 2, to 
hold hearings to examine how renters and communities are impacted by 
today's housing market, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  August 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the economic 
costs of climate change, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: August 2, 
Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, to hold 
hearings to examine the future of spectrum, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Finance: August 3, to hold hearings to examine 
organizational failures of the U.S.'s organ procurement and 
transplantation network, 2:30 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: August 3, to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of Nathaniel Fick, of Maine, to be Ambassador 
at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy, Department of State, and 
other pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  August 3, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 4428, to 
support the security of Taiwan and its right of self-determination, 
and an original bill entitled, ``Department of State Authorization 
Act'', 2:30 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  August 4, Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and 
Counterterrorism, to hold hearings to examine China's role in the 
Middle East, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: August 3, 
business meeting to consider S. 4488, to establish an interagency 
committee on global catastrophic risk, S. 4337, to amend title 5, 
United States Code, to authorize the appointment of spouses of 
members of the Armed Forces who are on active duty, disabled, or 
deceased to positions in which the spouses will work remotely, S. 
4516, to require the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to develop 
governmentwide procurement policy and guidance to mitigate 
organizational conflict of interests relating to national security 
and foreign policy, S. 4465, to

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establish a Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office and an 
Office of Health Security in the Department of Homeland Security, S. 
4572, to require U.S. Customs and Border Protection to expand the 
use of non-intrusive inspection systems at land ports of entry, S. 
4611, to improve services for trafficking victims by establishing, 
in Homeland Security Investigations, the Investigators Maintain 
Purposeful Awareness to Combat Trafficking Trauma Program and the 
Victim Assistance Program, S. 4623, to advance Government innovation 
through leading-edge procurement capability, S. 4552, to extend the 
program for authority to acquire innovative commercial items using 
general solicitation procedures, S. 4553, to extend other 
transaction authority for the Department of Homeland Security, S. 
4477, to amend title 31, United States Code, to require agencies to 
include a list of outdated or duplicative reporting requirements in 
annual budget justifications, S. 1877, to modify eligibility 
requirements for certain hazard mitigation assistance programs, S. 
4592, to encourage the migration of Federal Government information 
technology systems to quantum-resistant cryptography, S. 4599, to 
streamline the sharing of information among Federal disaster 
assistance agencies, to expedite the delivery of life-saving 
assistance to disaster survivors, to speed the recovery of 
communities from disasters, to protect the security and privacy of 
information provided by disaster survivors, S. 4326, to authorize 
the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to pay 
stipends to members of Transnational Criminal Investigative Units 
who have been properly vetted, S. 4460, to require the Commissioner 
of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to regularly review and update 
policies and manuals related to inspections at ports of entry, S. 
4577, to improve plain writing and public experience, H.R. 3544, to 
require the Administrator of General Services to transfer certain 
surplus computers and technology equipment to nonprofit computer 
refurbishers for repair, distribution, and return, H.R. 5641, to 
amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act to increase the threshold for eligibility for 
assistance under sections 403, 406, 407, and 502 of such Act, H.R. 
3709, to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency to submit to Congress a report on preliminary 
damage assessments and make necessary improvements to processes in 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency, H.R. 6825, to amend the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance the funding and 
administration of the Nonprofit Security Grant Program of the 
Department of Homeland Security, H.R. 5615, to direct the Secretary 
of Homeland Security to submit a plan to make Federal assistance 
available to certain urban areas that previously received Urban Area 
Security Initiative funding to preserve homeland security 
capabilities, H.R. 7077, to require the United States Fire 
Administration to conduct on-site investigations of major fires, 
H.R. 370, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make 
technical corrections to the requirement that the Secretary of 
Homeland Security submit quadrennial homeland security reviews, H.R. 
521, to permit disabled law enforcement officers, customs and border 
protection officers, firefighters, air traffic controllers, nuclear 
materials couriers, members of the Capitol Police, members of the 
Supreme Court Police, employees of the Central Intelligence Agency 
performing intelligence activities abroad or having specialized 
security requirements, and diplomatic security special agents of the 
Department of State to receive retirement benefits in the same 
manner as if they had not been disabled, H.R. 91, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 810 South 
Pendleton Street in Easley, South Carolina, as the ``Private First 
Class Barrett Lyle Austin Post Office Building'', H.R. 92, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 110 Johnson Street in Pickens, South Carolina, as the 
``Specialist Four Charles Johnson Post Office'', H.R. 700, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 303 East Mississippi Avenue in Elwood, Illinois, as the 
``Lawrence M. `Larry' Walsh Sr. Post Office'', H.R. 3508, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 39 West Main Street, in Honeoye Falls, New York, as the ``CW4 
Christian J. Koch Memorial Post Office'', H.R. 5271, to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2245 
Rosa L Parks Boulevard in Nashville, Tennessee, as the ``Thelma 
Harper Post Office Building'', H.R. 5900, to designate the facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 2016 East 1st Street 
in Los Angeles, California, as the ``Marine Corps Reserve PVT Jacob 
Cruz Post Office'', H.R. 6386, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 450 West Schaumburg Road in 
Schaumburg, Illinois, as the ``Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan 
Memorial Post Office Building'', H.R. 6614, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4744 Grand 
River Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, as the ``Rosa Louise McCauley 
Parks Post Office Building'', H.R. 5809, to designate the facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 1801 Town and Country 
Drive in Norco, California, as the ``Lance Corporal Kareem Nikoui 
Memorial Post Office Building'', an original bill entitled, 
``Safeguarding the Homeland from the Threats Posed by Unmanned 
Aircraft Systems Act'', an original bill entitled, ``DHS Joint Task 
Force Reauthorization Act'', an original bill entitled, ``Disaster 
Management Costs Modernization Act'', an original bill entitled, 
``Federal Data Center Enhancement Act'', an original bill entitled, 
``Enhancing DHS Drug Seizures Act'', an original bill entitled, 
``Federal Contracting for Peace and Security Act'', and the 
nominations of Errol Rajesh Arthur, Kendra Davis Briggs, and Carl 
Ezekiel Ross, each to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of 
the District of Columbia, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  August 3, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight, 
to hold hearings to examine gain of function research, focusing on 
what the pandemic taught us and where to go from here, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: August 3, to hold hearings to examine 
protecting our democracy's frontline workers, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  August 4, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 4524, to 
limit the judicial enforceability of predispute nondisclosure and 
nondisparagement contract clauses relating to disputes involving 
sexual assault and

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sexual harassment, S. 673, to provide a temporary safe harbor for 
publishers of online content to collectively negotiate with dominant 
online platforms regarding the terms on which content may be 
distributed, and the nominations of Rachel Bloomekatz, of Ohio, to 
be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth 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 Natalie K. Wight, 
to be United States Attorney for the District of Oregon, Department 
of Justice, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  August 4, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to examine 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: August 3, to hold hearings 
to examine the Electoral Count Act, focusing on the need for reform, 
10:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: August 2, to 
hold an oversight hearing to examine the Small Business 
Administration's COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan program, 10 
a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: August 3, business meeting to 
consider the nominations of Anjali Chaturvedi, of Maryland, to be 
General Counsel, and Jaime Areizaga-Soto, of Virginia, to be 
Chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals, both of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, Time to be announced, S-216, Capitol.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: August 2, to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of Terrence Edwards, of Maryland, to be 
Inspector General of the National Reconnaissance Office, Department 
of Defense, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  August 3, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on certain 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.


                            House Committees

  No hearings are scheduled.


*These figures include all measures reported, even if there was no 
accompanying report. A total of 81 reports have been filed in the 
Senate, a total of 229 reports have been filed in the House.

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