[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1049-D1050]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
OUTBOUND INVESTMENT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine outbound investment, including S. 1854, to require 
reviews of United States investment in foreign countries that may 
threaten national critical capabilities, and S. Res. 715, expressing 
the sense of the Senate on the value of a tax agreement with Taiwan, 
after receiving testimony from Senators Cornyn and Casey; Sarah Bauerle 
Danzman, Indiana University Hamilton Lugar School of Global and 
International Studies, Bloomington; and Richard Ashooh, former 
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration, Department of Commerce, 
Thomas P. Feddo, former Assistant Secretary for Investment Security, 
Department of the Treasury, and Rob Strayer, Information Technology 
Industry Council, all of Washington, D.C.
EMERGING COMPUTE TECHNOLOGIES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine securing U.S. leadership in emerging compute 
technologies, after receiving testimony from Nancy Allbritton, 
University of Washington College of Engineering, Seattle; Jack Clark, 
Anthropic, Oakland, California; William Breckenridge, Mississippi State 
University, Starkville; Bob Sutor, ColdQuanta, Inc., Boulder, Colorado; 
Henry L. Jones, II, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg; 
and Steven C. Lupien, University of Wyoming Center for Blockchain and 
Digital Innovation, Laramie.
FIRE AND FOREST MANAGEMENT LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 4729, to amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 
1978 to waive the cost share requirement under the emergency forest 
restoration program for land damaged by the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon 
Fire, S. 4833, to improve the

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health and resiliency of giant sequoias, S. 4835, to provide for the 
removal of small-diameter trees in fire hazard areas, S. 4837, to amend 
the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to establish within the 
Mount Hood National Forest in the State of Oregon Indian Treaty 
Resources Emphasis Zones, S. 4877, to amend Public Law 91-378 to 
authorize activities relating to Civilian Conservation Centers, S. 
4884, to require the Secretary of the Interior, in coordination with 
the Secretary of Agriculture, to establish a joint natural 
infrastructure science program, S. 4891, to amend the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 to authorize certain construction 
activities on public lands, S. 4904, to address the forest health 
crisis on the National Forest System and public lands, S. 4935, to 
require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
to implement measures to better prepare for and more quickly respond to 
wildfires on certain public land and in certain National Forests, S. 
4942, to amend the Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act 
of 2004 to require the establishment of an additional Institute under 
that Act, S. 4944, to provide for the operation and establishment of, 
and procurement of supplies for, firewood banks, and S. 4945, to 
require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a pilot program for 
the establishment and use of a pre-fire suppression stand density 
index, after receiving testimony from John Crockett, Associate Deputy 
Chief, State and Private Forestry, Forest Service, Department of 
Agriculture; Jeffery Rupert, Director, Office of Wildland Fire, 
Department of the Interior; James W. Hourdequin, The Lyme Timber 
Company, Hanover, New Hampshire; and Patrick O'Toole, Family Farm 
Alliance, Savery, Wyoming.
GOOD SAMARITAN REMEDIATION OF ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Chemical 
Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory 
Oversight, with the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water, 
concluded a joint hearing to examine S. 3571, to promote remediation of 
abandoned hardrock mines, after receiving testimony from Senators Risch 
and Heinrich; Misael Cabrera, Arizona Department of Environmental 
Quality, Phoenix; Chris Wood, Trout Unlimited, Arlington, Virginia; 
Lauren Pagel, Earthworks, Washington, D.C.; and James D. Ogsbury, 
Western Governors' Association, Denver, Colorado.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  5 GSA resolutions; and
  The nominations of L. Michelle Moore, of Georgia, Robert P. Klein, of 
Tennessee, William J. Renick, of Mississippi, Adam Wade White, of 
Kentucky, and Joe H. Ritch, of Alabama, each to be a Member of the 
Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on 
the Russian Invasion of Ukraine from Victoria Nuland, Under Secretary 
for Political Affairs, Jessica Lewis, Assistant Secretary for 
Political-Military Affairs, and Brett Holmgren, Assistant Secretary for 
Intelligence and Research, all of the Department of State; and Erin 
McKee, Assistant Administrator for Europe and Eurasia, U.S. Agency for 
International Development.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Robert Harley Shriver 
III, of Virginia, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management, and Richard L. Revesz, of New York, to be Administrator of 
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management 
and Budget, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Cindy K. Chung, of Pennsylvania, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, Tamika R. Montgomery-Reeves, of 
Delaware, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, 
Kelley Brisbon Hodge, John Frank Murphy, Mia Roberts Perez, and Kai N. 
Scott, each to be a United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Pennsylvania, and Chrissie C. Latimore, to be United States 
Marshal for the District of South Carolina, Department of Justice.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the Federal Bureau of Prisons, after receiving testimony from 
Colette S. Peters, Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Department of 
Justice; Shane Fausey, Council of Prison Locals, Forrest City, 
Arkansas; John Wetzel, Phronema Justice Strategies, Harrisburg, 
Pennsylvania; and Cecilia Cardenas, Davenport, Iowa.