[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1037-D1038]
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 Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Radha Iyengar Plumb, of New York, to be a Deputy Under 
Secretary of Defense, and 8 nominations in the Army, Navy and Space 
Force.
FAA REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations, and 
Innovation concluded a hearing to examine FAA reauthorization, focusing 
on integrating new entrants into the National Airspace System, after 
receiving testimony from Lisa Ellman, Commercial Drone Alliance, and Ed 
Bolen, National Business Aviation Association, both of Washington, 
D.C.; Gregory Davis, Eviation Aircraft, Arlington, Washington; Colonel 
Stephen Luxion (Ret.), FAA Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft 
Systems, Mississippi State, Mississippi; and Stephane Fymat, Honeywell 
Aerospace Aerial Systems, Phoenix, Arizona.
BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine stakeholder views on the Brownfields Program 
reauthorization, after receiving testimony from Michael Goldstein, The 
Goldstein Environmental Law Firm, Coral Gables, Florida; Brad Buschur, 
Groundwork Lawrence, Lawrence, Massachusetts; George Carico, Marshall 
University West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center, Huntington; and 
Gerald Pouncey, Morris, Manning, and Martin, LLP, Atlanta, Georgia.
U.S. SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine keeping the pressure on Russia and its enablers, focusing on 
the reach of and next steps for U.S. sanctions, after receiving 
testimony from James C. O'Brien, Coordinator for Sanctions Policy, 
Department of State; and Elizabeth Rosenberg, Assistant Secretary of 
the Treasury for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 4930, to prohibit Federal procurement from companies operating in 
the Russian Federation, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;

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  S. 4828, to provide consistent leadership, purpose, and 
administrative support for the primary governmentwide executive 
councils, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 4894, to provide for the perpetuation, administration, and funding 
of Federal Executive Boards;
  S. 4893, to amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require 
certain disclosures by registrants regarding exemptions under the 
Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended;
  S. 4908, to improve the visibility, accountability, and oversight of 
agency software asset management practices, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 4913, to establish the duties of the Director of the Cybersecurity 
and Infrastructure Security Agency regarding open source software 
security;
  S. 4882, to amend the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 
to authorize appropriations for the United States Fire Administration 
and firefighter assistance grant programs, with an amendment;
  S. 4528, to establish a Government-wide approach to improving digital 
identity, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 4816, to require the Archivist of the United States to submit to 
Congress a comprehensive plan for reducing the backlog of requests for 
records from the National Personnel Records Center, with an amendment;
  S. 4328, to modify the fire management assistance cost share, with an 
amendment;
  S. 4399, to require the purchase of domestically made flags of the 
United States of America for use by the Federal Government;
  S. 4902, to address the preference for United States industry with 
respect to patent rights in inventions made with Department of Homeland 
Security research assistance;
  S. 4919, to require an interagency strategy for creating a unified 
posture on counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) capabilities and 
protections at international borders of the United States, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 3531, to require the Federal Government to produce a national 
climate adaptation and resilience strategy, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 4668, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 400 North Main Street in Belen, New Mexico, as the 
``U.S. Senator Dennis Chavez Post Office'';
  H.R. 7777, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize 
the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to establish an 
industrial control systems cybersecurity training initiative, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 6824, to authorize the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 
Agency of the Department of Homeland Security to hold an annual 
cybersecurity competition relating to offensive and defensive 
cybersecurity disciplines, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  H.R. 7211, to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act, review a final rule of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency;
  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, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 4209, to support remediation of illicit cross-border tunnels;
  H.R. 228, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 2141 Ferry Street in Anderson, California, as the 
``Norma Comnick Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 1095, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 101 South Willowbrook Avenue in Compton, California, 
as the ``PFC James Anderson, Jr., Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 5659, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1961 North C Street in Oxnard, California, as the 
``John R. Hatcher III Post Office Building''; and
  The nominations of Vijay Shanker, to be an Associate Judge of the 
District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and Laura E. Crane, Leslie A. 
Meek, Veronica M. Sanchez, 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.
WAR CRIMES AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY ACCOUNTABILITY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
accountability for war crimes and crimes against humanity from 
Nuremberg to Ukraine, after receiving testimony from Eli M. Rosenbaum, 
Director of Human Rights Enforcement Strategy and Policy, Human Rights 
and Special Prosecutions Section and Counselor for War Crimes 
Accountability, Department of Justice; and Andre R. Watson, Assistant 
Director, Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.