[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 182 (Monday, November 28, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1141-D1143]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of November 29 through December 2, 2022

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of H.R. 8404, Respect 
for Marriage Act, with votes on or in relation to amendments to Schumer 
(for Baldwin) Amendment No. 6487, and on passage of the bill at 3:45 
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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: December 1, to 
hold hearings to examine lessons learned from the FTX collapse, 
focusing on why Congress needs to act, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Armed Services: November 30, Subcommittee on 
Strategic Forces, to receive a closed briefing on electronic 
warfare, 9 a.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: November 30, to 
hold hearings to examine the nominations of Martin J. Gruenberg, of 
Maryland, to be Chairperson, Travis Hill, of Maryland, to be a 
Member, and to be Vice Chairperson, and Jonathan McKernan, of 
Tennessee, to be a Member, all of the Board of Directors of the 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Kimberly Ann McClain, of 
Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  December 1, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine fairness 
in financial services, focusing on racism and discrimination in 
banking, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: December 1, 
Subcommittee on Space and Science, to hold hearings to examine 
Landsat at 50 and the future of U.S. satellite-based earth 
observation, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: December 1, business 
meeting to consider the nominations of David Crane, of New Jersey, 
to be Under Secretary, Jeffrey Matthew Marootian, of the District of 
Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary (Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy), and Gene Rodrigues, of California, to be an 
Assistant Secretary (Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability), 
all of the Department of Energy; to be immediately followed by a 
hearing to examine S. 3112, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
to establish a Hydrogen Technologies for Heavy Industry Grant 
Program, S. 3152, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to 
disqualify certain borrowers from receiving a guarantee for a 
project, S. 3915, to require the Secretary of Energy to provide 
technology grants to strengthen domestic mining

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education, S. 3957, to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 
Act to make certain activities eligible for grants from the 
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund, S. 3978, to require the Secretary 
of Energy to carry out a program to operate a uranium reserve 
consisting of uranium produced and converted in the United States 
and a program to ensure the availability of uranium produced, 
converted, and enriched in the United States, S. 4420, to provide 
for advancements in carbon removal research, quantification, and 
commercialization, including by harnessing natural processes, S. 
4424, to amend the Recreation and Public Purposes Act to authorize 
sales and leases of certain Federal land to federally recognized 
Indian Tribes, S. 4515, to require the Secretary of Energy to 
stipulate, as a condition on the sale at auction of any crude oil 
from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, that the crude oil not be 
exported to certain countries, S. 4542, to establish the Dolores 
River National Conservation Area and the Dolores River Special 
Management Area in the State of Colorado, to protect private water 
rights in the State, S. 4579, to amend the Energy and Water 
Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, to extend 
certain deadlines applicable to pilot projects to increase Colorado 
River System water to address effects of historic drought 
conditions, S. 4651, to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
to require the Secretary of Energy to stipulate, as a condition on 
the sale at auction of any petroleum products from the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve, that the petroleum products not be exported to 
certain countries, to prohibit such sales to certain state-owned 
entities, S. 4732, to authorize the Georgetown African American 
Historic Landmark Project and Tour to establish a commemorative work 
in the District of Columbia and its environs, S. 4860, to provide 
for the establishment of a grazing management program on Federal 
land in Malheur County, Oregon, S. 4995, to require the Secretary of 
Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to prioritize the 
completion of the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail, S. 5129, 
to modify the boundary of the Mammoth Cave National Park in the 
State of Kentucky, S.J. Res. 62, approving the location of a 
memorial to commemorate the commitment of the United States to a 
free press by honoring journalists who sacrificed their lives in 
service to that cause, and an original bill to establish a new 
organization to manage nuclear waste, provide a consensual process 
for siting nuclear waste facilities, ensure adequate funding for 
managing nuclear water, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: November 29, business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Beth Pritchard Geer, of 
Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee 
Valley Authority, Joseph Goffman, of Pennsylvania, to be an 
Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
Shailen P. Bhatt, of Michigan, to be Administrator of the Federal 
Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, Juan Eduardo 
Sanchez, of Texas, to be Federal Cochairperson of the Southwest 
Border Regional Commission, and 18 GSA resolutions, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  November 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine putting 
the Bipartisan Infrastructure law to work, focusing on the private 
sector perspective, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: November 30, Subcommittee on International 
Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness, to hold hearings to 
examine opportunities and challenges for trade policy in the digital 
economy, 3 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: November 29, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Christopher T. Robinson, of Maryland, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia, George P. Kent, of 
Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia, Kenneth 
Merten, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria, 
Bijan Sabet, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Czech 
Republic, Stephanie Sanders Sullivan, of Maryland, to be 
Representative of the United States of America to the African Union, 
with the rank and status of Ambassador, Henry V. Jardine, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Mauritius, and to 
serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador 
to the Republic of Seychelles, Kathleen Ann Kavalec, of California, 
to be Ambassador to Romania, and Manuel P. Micaller, Jr., of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan, all of 
the Department of State, L. Felice Gorordo, of Florida, to be United 
States Alternate Executive Director of the International Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development, Richard L.A. Weiner, of the District 
of Columbia, to be United States Director of the European Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development, and other pending nominations, 2:45 
p.m., SD-419.
  November 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Lynne M. Tracy, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the 
Russian Federation, Julie D. Fisher, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Cyprus, Kristina A. Kvien, of California, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia, and Cynthia Dyer, of 
Virginia, to be Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat 
Trafficking, with the rank of Ambassador at Large, all of the 
Department of State, and Carol Spahn, of Maryland, to be Director of 
the Peace Corps, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: November 29, 
business meeting to consider the nominations of Karla Ann Gilbride, 
of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission, Jessica Looman, of Minnesota, to be 
Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor, 
Moshe Z. Marvit, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Federal Mine 
Safety and Health Review Commission, and other pending calendar 
business, 10:30 a.m., SD-430.
  November 30, Subcommittee on Children and Families, to hold 
hearings to examine caring for our kids, focusing on supporting 
mental health in the transition from high school to college, 10 
a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Judiciary: November 29, Subcommittee on Competition 
Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights, to hold hearings to examine 
the competitive impact of the proposed Kroger-Albertsons 
transaction, 3 p.m., SD-226.
  November 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine pending 
nominations, 10:30 a.m., SD-226.

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  December 1, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2773, 
to amend the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to address satellite 
offices of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and the 
nominations of DeAndrea Gist Benjamin, of South Carolina, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, Anthony Devos 
Johnstone, of Montana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Ninth Circuit, Maria Araujo Kahn, of Connecticut, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, Julie Rikelman, of 
Massachusetts, to be United States Circuit Judge for the First 
Circuit, Robert Stewart Ballou, to be United States District Judge 
for the Western District of Virginia, Daniel J. Calabretta, to be 
United States District Judge for the Eastern District of California, 
Todd E. Edelman, to be United States District Judge for the District 
of Columbia, Kymberly Kathryn Evanson, and Jamal N. Whitehead, both 
to be a United States District Judge for the Western District of 
Washington, Matthew L. Garcia, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of New Mexico, Margaret R. Guzman, and Myong J. 
Joun, both to be a United States District Judge for the District of 
Massachusetts, Jeffery Paul Hopkins, to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, Lindsay C. Jenkins, to be 
United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 
Colleen R. Lawless, to be United States District Judge for the 
Central District of Illinois, Araceli Martinez-Olguin, to be United 
States District Judge for the Northern District of California, 
Adrienne C. Nelson, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Oregon, Jamar K. Walker, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Jaime E. Esparza, to 
be United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas, Alamdar 
S. Hamdani, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District 
of Texas, Roger B. Handberg, to be United States Attorney for the 
Middle District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, to be United States 
Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Terry J. Burgin, to 
be United States Marshal for the Western District of North Carolina, 
and Glenn M. McNeill, Jr., to be United States Marshal for the 
Eastern District of North Carolina, all of the Department of 
Justice, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: November 30, to hold hearings to 
examine Native American veterans, focusing on ensuring access to VA 
health care and benefits, 3 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: November 29, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  November 30, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Financial Services, December 1, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Boom and Bust: The Need for Bold Investments in 
Fair and Affordable Housing to Combat Inflation'', 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn and Webex.