[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 37 (Monday, February 27, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D158-D160]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                           FEBRUARY 28, 2023

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
conflict in Ukraine, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine advancing national security and foreign policy through 
sanctions, export controls, and other economic tools, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Stephanie Sanders Sullivan, of Maryland, to be 
Representative to the African Union, with the rank and status of 
Ambassador, Michael Alan Ratney, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador 
to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Geeta Rao Gupta, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador at Large for Global Women's Issues, Eric M. Garcetti, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of India, and Richard 
R. Verma, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary for Management and 
Resources, all of the Department of State, L. Felice Gorordo, of 
Florida, to be Alternate Executive Director of the International 
Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Richard L.A. Weiner, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Director of the European Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development, Leopoldo Martinez Nucete, of 
Virginia, to be Executive Director of the Inter-American Development 
Bank, and other pending calendar business, Time to be announced, S-
116, Capitol.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Colleen Joy Shogan, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Archivist of the United States, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the Equal 
Rights Amendment, focusing on how Congress can recognize 
ratification and enshrine equality in our Constitution, 10 a.m., SD-
106.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold a joint hearing with the 
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative 
presentation of Disabled American Veterans, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to 
consider pending intelligence matters; to be immediately followed by 
a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-
219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Uncertainty, Inflation, Regulations: Challenges for American 
Agriculture'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Military 
Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, oversight 
hearing entitled ``Quality of Life in the Military'', 10:30 a.m., 
2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, oversight hearing on Ukraine, 2 p.m., H-
140 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Oversight of U.S. Military Support to Ukraine'', 10 a.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing entitled ``COVID-19's 
Impact on DoD and its Servicemembers'', 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing entitled ``Energy, 
Installations, and Environment Program Update'', 2:30 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, 
and Grid Security, markup on H.R. 1068, the ``Securing America's 
Critical Minerals Supply Act''; H.R. 1121, the ``Protecting American 
Energy Production Act''; H.R. 1085, the ``Researching Efficient 
Federal Improvements for Necessary Energy Refining Act''; H.R. 1058, 
the ``Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act''; H. Con. 
Res. 14, a resolution expressing disapproval of the revocation by 
President Biden of the Presidential permit for the Keystone XL 
pipeline; H. Con. Res. 17, a resolution expressing the sense of 
Congress that the Federal Government should not impose any 
restrictions on the export of crude oil or other petroleum products; 
H.R. 1130, the ``Unlocking Our Domestic LNG Potential Act''; H.R. 
1115, the ``Promoting Interagency Coordination for Review of Natural 
Gas Pipelines Act''; and H.R. 1160, the ``Critical Electric 
Infrastructure Cybersecurity Incident Reporting Act'', 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical 
Materials, markup on H.R. 1070, a bill to amend the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act (SWDA) to treat the owner or operator of a critical 
energy resource facility as having been issued an interim permit for 
the treatment, storage, and disposal, of hazardous waste, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 1131, a bill to require the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency to authorize the use of flexible 
air permitting with respect to certain critical energy resource 
facilities, and for other purposes; H.R. 1140, a bill to authorize 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to waive 
application of certain requirements with respect to processing and 
refining of a critical energy resource at a critical energy resource 
facility, and for other purposes; H.R. 1158, the ``Elimination of 
Future Technology Delays Act''; H.R. 1141, the

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``Natural Gas Tax Repeal Act''; H.R. 1023, a bill to repeal section 
134 of the Clean Air Act, relating to the greenhouse gas reduction 
fund; and H.R. 1155, the ``Keeping America's Refineries Act'', 1 
p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
554, the ``Taiwan Conflict Deterrence Act of 2023''; H.R. 555, the 
``Securing America's Vaccines for Emergencies (SAVE) Act of 2023''; 
H.R. 1166, the ``Public Health Emergency Medical Supplies 
Enhancement Act of 2023''; H.R. 1076, the ``Preventing the Financing 
of Illegal Synthetic Drugs Act''; H.R. 510, the ``Chinese Currency 
Accountability Act of 2023''; H.R. 839, the ``China Exchange Rate 
Transparency Act of 2023''; H.R. 1156, the ``China Financial Threat 
Mitigation Act of 2023''; H.R. 803, the ``PROTECT Taiwan Act''; H.R. 
1137, the ``Neutralizing Unfair Chinese Export Subsidies Act of 
2023''; H.R. 540, the ``Taiwan Non-Discrimination Act of 2023''; 
H.R. 1109, the ``Bank Service Company Examination Coordination Act 
of 2023''; H.R. 1165, the ``Data Privacy Act of 2023''; H.R. 1164, 
the ``OFAC Outreach and Engagement Capabilities Enhancement Act''; 
and H.R. 1161, the ``Aligning SEC Regulations for the World Bank's 
International Development Association Act'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Combatting the Generational Challenge of CCP Aggression'', 10 
a.m., HVC-210.
  Full Committee, markup on H.R. 1093, to direct the Secretary of 
State to submit to Congress a report on implementation of the 
advanced capabilities pillar of the trilateral security partnership 
between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States; 
legislation to amend the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 to require 
periodic reviews and updated reports relating to the Department of 
State's Taiwan Guidelines; legislation to require the development of 
a strategy to eliminate the availability to foreign adversaries of 
goods and technologies capable of supporting undersea cables, and 
for other purposes; legislation to provide for the authorization of 
appropriations for the Countering the People's Republic of China 
Malign Influence Fund, and for other purposes; H.R. 1107, to direct 
the Secretary of State to take certain actions with respect to the 
labeling of the People's Republic of China as a developing country; 
legislation to combat forced organ harvesting and trafficking in 
persons for purposes of the removal of organs, and for other 
purposes; H. Res. 90, demanding that the Government of the People's 
Republic of China and the Communist Party of China immediately 
release Mark Swidan; H.R. 1151, to hold the People's Republic of 
China accountable for the violation of United States airspace and 
sovereignty with its high-altitude surveillance balloon; H.R. 406, 
to provide for the treatment of the Association of Southeast Asian 
Nations as an international organization for purposes of the 
International Organizations Immunities Act, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 1149, to establish certain reporting and other requirements 
relating to telecommunications equipment and services produced or 
provided by certain entities, and for other purposes; and H.R. 1153, 
to provide a clarification of non-applicability for regulation and 
prohibition relating to sensitive personal data under International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act, and for other purposes, 2 p.m., HVC-
210.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Every State is a Border State: Examining Secretary Mayorkas' 
Border Crisis'', 10 a.m., 310 Cannon.
  Full Committee, business meeting on the Committee's Authorization 
and Oversight Plan for the 118th Congress, 12 p.m., 310 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, Full Committee, business 
meeting on the Committee's Authorization and Oversight Plan for the 
118th Congress, Staff Appointment, Committee Memo, and Technical 
Corrections to the Committee Rules, 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Part 1: Committee Funding for 
the 118th Congress'', 10:10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, markup on the 
Committee's Authorization and Oversight Plan for the 118th Congress, 
10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, hearing on 
legislation on Building United States Infrastructure through Limited 
Delays and Efficient Reviews Act of 2023, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing on 
legislation on the Transparency and Production of American Energy 
Act of 2023; and H.R. 209, the ``Permitting for Mining Needs Act of 
2023'', 10:15 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Full Committee, markup 
on the Committee's Authorization and Oversight Plan for the 118th 
Congress; H.R. 140, the ``Protecting Speech from Government 
Interference Act''; and H.R. 1162, the ``Accountability for 
Government Censorship Act''; 11 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``The United States, China and the Fight for Global 
Leadership: Building a U.S. National Science and Technology 
Strategy'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``From Nothing to Something: The Story of the American Dream'', 10 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Full Committee, business meeting on the Committee's Budget Views 
and Estimates, 9:45 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Full Committee, 
markup on the Committee's Authorization and Oversight Plan for the 
118th Congress; the Fiscal Year 2024 Views and Estimates; H. Res. 
152, supporting the goals and ideals of ``move over'' laws; H. Con. 
Res. 15, authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National 
Peace Officers Memorial Service and the National Honor Guard and 
Pipe Band Exhibition; H.R. 783, to designate the Department of 
Energy Integrated Engineering Research Center Federal Building 
located at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, 
Illinois, as the ``Helen Edwards Engineering Research Center''; 
General Services Administration Capital Investment and Leasing 
Program Resolutions; H.J. Res. 27, providing for congressional 
disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5,

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United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the 
Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense and the 
Environmental Protection Agency relating to ``Revised Definition of 
'Waters of the United States' ''; and H.R. 1152, the ``Water Quality 
Certification and Energy Projects Improvement Act of 2023'', 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Full Committee, business meeting 
on the Committee's Authorization and Oversight Plan for the 118th 
Congress, 2 p.m., 390 Cannon.
  Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Building an Accountable VA: 
Applying Lessons Learned to Drive Future Success'', 2 p.m., 390 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, business meeting on 
the Committee's Authorization and Oversight Plan for the 118th 
Congress, Views and Estimates, and H.R. 1163, to provide incentives 
for States to recover fraudulently paid Federal and State 
unemployment compensation, and for other purposes, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United 
States and the Chinese Communist Party, Full Committee, 
organizational meeting, 9 a.m., 390 Cannon.
  Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Chinese Communist Party's 
Threat to America'', 7 p.m., 390 Cannon.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to hold a 
joint hearing with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to 
examine the legislative presentation of Disabled American Veterans, 
10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine North Macedonia's leadership of the Organization for 
Security and Cooperation in Europe in a time of war, 1 p.m., S-120, 
Capitol.