[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 25, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D366-D368]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             APRIL 26, 2023

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military 
Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for 
fiscal year 2024 and advance appropriations requests for fiscal year 
2025 for the Department of Veterans Affairs, 10:30 a.m., SD-124.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2024 for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of 
Reclamation, 2 p.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, 
to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2024 for the Department of Commerce, 
2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold open and closed hearings to 
examine on the Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security 
Administration atomic energy defense activities in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2024 and the Future 
Years Defense Program, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Subcommittee on Airland, to hold hearings to examine Air Force 
modernization in review of the Defense Authorization Request for 
Fiscal Year 2024 and the Future Years Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., 
SR-232A.
  Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold hearings to examine public 
integrity and anti-corruption laws at the Department of Defense, 3 
p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine building consensus to address housing challenges, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine the health 
costs of climate change, 10:15 a.m., SD-608/VTC.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to 
consider S. 1189, to establish a pilot grant program to improve 
recycling accessibility, S. 1194, to require the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out certain activities 
to improve recycling and composting programs in the United States, 
and the nominations of David M. Uhlmann, of Michigan, and Joseph 
Goffman, of Pennsylvania, both to be an Assistant Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency; to be immediately followed by a 
hearing to examine opportunities to improve project reviews for a 
cleaner and stronger economy, 9:45 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2024 for the 
United States Agency for International Development, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and 
Counterterrorism, to hold hearings to examine U.S. policy on 
Tunisia, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider the nomination of Julie A. Su, of California, to 
be Secretary of Labor, and other pending calendar business, 10 a.m., 
SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight, to hold 
hearings to examine 10 years since the Boston Marathon bombings, 
focusing on lessons learned, 10:30 a.m., SD-562.
  Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management, to 
hold hearings to examine the effects of increased migration on 
communities along the southern border, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine a post-
Dobbs America, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the SBA's implementation of final rules 
to expand access to capital, 3:30 p.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine S. 
280, to ensure that only licensed health care professionals furnish 
disability examinations under a certain Department of Veterans 
Affairs pilot program for use of contract physicians for disability 
examinations, S. 291, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs the Veterans 
Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration, S. 350, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the Marine 
Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship to include spouses and 
children of individuals who die from a service-connected disability 
within 120 days of serving in the Armed Forces, S. 414, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to improve and to expand eligibility 
for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors 
of certain veterans, S. 498, to reauthorize and improve a grant 
program to assist institutions of higher education in establishing 
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and operating Student Veteran Centers, S. 572, to require the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide answers to questions 
submitted for the record to the Secretary by members of the 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives within 45 business 
days, S. 656, to amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the 
rules for approval by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of 
commercial driver education programs for purposes of veterans 
education assistance, S. 740, to amend title 38, United States Code, 
to reinstate criminal penalties for persons charging veterans 
unauthorized fees relating to claims for benefits under the laws 
administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, S. 774, to direct 
the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a pilot program to 
hire transitioning servicemembers to be Border Patrol agents, S. 
897, to amend title 38, United States Code, to make a permanent 
increase in the number of judges presiding over the United States 
Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, S. 1090, to direct the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update the payment system of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs to allow for electronic fund transfer 
of educational assistance, administered by the Secretary, to a 
foreign institution of higher education, an original bill entitled, 
``Student Veterans Transparency and Protection Act'', an original 
bill entitled, ``Love Lives On Act'', and an original bill entitled, 
``Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act'', 3 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm 
Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit, hearing entitled 
``Producer Perspectives on the 2023 Farm Bill'', 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, hearing entitled 
``Provider Relief Fund and Healthcare Workforce Shortages'', 10 
a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, 
oversight hearing and budget hearing on the Federal Aviation 
Administration, 10 a.m., 2358-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, 
budget hearing on the Department of Justice Grantmaking Components, 
1:30 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``U.S. Military Posture and National Security Challenges in 
Europe'', 10:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing entitled ``FY24 National 
Security Space Programs Hearing'', 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, hearing entitled 
``Fiscal Year 2024 Army Modernization Programs'', 2:30 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Workforce, Subcommittee on Health, 
Employment, Labor, and Pensions, hearing entitled ``Reducing Health 
Care Costs for Working Americans and Their Families'', 10:15 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Lowering Unaffordable Costs: Legislative Solutions to 
Increase Transparency and Competition in Health Care'', 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical 
Materials, hearing entitled ``Exposing the Environmental, Human 
Rights, and National Security Risks of the Biden Administration's 
Rush to Green Policies'', 10:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
835, the ``Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts 
Act''; H.R. 1579, the ``Accredited Investor Definition Review Act''; 
H.R. 1548, the ``Improving Access to Small Business Information 
Act''; H.R. 2792, the ``Small Entity Update Act''; H.R. 2797, the 
``Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act''; H.R. 2793, the 
``Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2023''; H.R. 2610, a bill to 
amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify certain 
registration statement contents for emerging growth companies, to 
permit issuers to file draft registration statements with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission for confidential review, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 2608, a bill to amend the Federal securities 
laws to specify the periods for which financial statements are 
required to be provided by an emerging growth company, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 2795, the ``Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures 
Act''; H.R. 2593, the ``Senior Security Act''; legislation on the 
Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act; H.R. 2796, the ``Promoting 
Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act''; H.R. 
2799, the ``Expanding Access to Capital Act''; H.R. 2798, the ``CFPB 
Transparency and Accountability Reform Act''; and H.R. 1807, the 
``Improving Disclosure for Investors Act of 2023'', 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 1690, 
to authorize Secretary of State to negotiate regional immigration 
agreements, and for other purposes; and H.R. 589, to impose 
sanctions on the Supreme Leader of Iran and the President of Iran 
and their respective offices for human rights abuses and support for 
terrorism, 10:30 a.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
2794, the ``Border Reinforcement Act of 2023'', 10 a.m., 310 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, Subcommittee on Modernization, 
hearing entitled ``The Path Toward a More Modern and Effective 
Congressional Research Service'', 3 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on The Judiciary, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Oversight of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and 
Explosives'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, 
hearing entitled ``The Biden Border Crisis: Exploitation of 
Unaccompanied Alien Children'', 3 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Federal Lands, 
hearing entitled ``Examining the President's FY

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2024 Budget Request for the U.S. Forest Service'', 10:15 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing entitled 
``Examining the President's FY 2024 Budget Request for the Bureau of 
Ocean Energy Management, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental 
Enforcement, and the U.S. Geological Survey'', 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Government Accountability Office's 2023 High Risk 
List'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, hearing entitled 
``The Consequences of School Closures, Part 2: The President of the 
American Federation of Teachers, Ms. Randi Weingarten'', 2 p.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, hearing 
entitled ``China in Our Backyard: How Chinese Money Laundering 
Organizations Enrich the Cartels'', 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``An Overview of the National Science Foundation 
Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2024'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Innovation, 
Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development, hearing entitled ``Help 
Wanted: Exploring How Alternative Paths to Student Debt Can Help to 
Strengthen Small Business'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Committee, markup 
on H.R. 2741, the ``Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2023'', 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Social Security, 
hearing entitled ``Hearing on Social Security Fundamentals: A Fact-
Based Foundation'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing entitled ``Hearing on Tax-
Exempt Hospitals and the Community Benefit Standard'', 2 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.