[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 25, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D368-D371]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of April 26 through April 28, 2023

                             Senate Chamber

  On Wednesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Joshua David Jacobs, of Washington, to be Under Secretary for Benefits 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs, post-cloture, and vote on 
confirmation of the nomination at 12 noon.
  At 2:15 p.m., Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the 
motion to proceed to consideration of S. 326, VA Medicinal Cannabis 
Research Act (the legislative vehicle for the Veterans legislation 
package).
  At 4 p.m., Senate will vote on the motion to proceed to consideration 
of S.J. Res. 11, providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 
8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the 
Environmental Protection Agency relating to ``Control of Air Pollution 
From New Motor Vehicles: Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards''. If 
the motion to proceed is agreed to, Senate will immediately vote on 
passage of the joint resolution.
  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 Appropriations: April 26, 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.
  April 26, 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.
  April 26, 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: April 26, 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.
  April 26, 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.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold hearings to examine 
public integrity and anti-corruption laws at the Department of 
Defense, 3 p.m., SR-222.
  April 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the posture 
of United States European Command and United States Transportation 
Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal 
Year 2024 and the Future Years Defense Program; to be followed by a 
closed session at 12:30 p.m. in SVC-217, 8 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: April 26, to 
hold hearings to examine building consensus to address housing 
challenges, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  April 27, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to examine 
the Credit Reporting Agencies, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: April 26, to hold hearings to examine the 
health costs of climate change, 10:15 a.m., SD-608/VTC.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: April 26, 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,

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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: April 26, 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.
  April 26, 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.
  April 27, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Elizabeth H. Richard, of Virginia, to be Coordinator 
for Counterterrorism, with the rank and status of Ambassador at 
Large, Eric W. Kneedler, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Rwanda, Kathleen A. FitzGibbon, of New York, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Niger, Karen Sasahara, of 
Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the State of Kuwait, Elizabeth 
Rood, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to Turkmenistan, Martina 
Anna Tkadlec Strong, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the United Arab 
Emirates, Hugo Yue-Ho Yon, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Maldives, Ann Marie Yastishock, of Pennsylvania, to be 
Ambassador to the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, and to 
serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador 
to the Solomon Islands and Ambassador to the Republic of Vanuatu, 
Robin Dunnigan, of California, to be Ambassador to Georgia, and 
David J. Kostelancik, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Albania, all of the Department of State, and other pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: April 26, 
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: April 26, 
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.
  April 26, 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: April 26, to hold hearings to examine 
a post-Dobbs America, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  April 27, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 1207, to 
establish a National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation 
Prevention, S. 1199, to combat the sexual exploitation of children 
by supporting victims and promoting accountability and transparency 
by the tech industry, S. 1080, to amend the Controlled Substances 
Act to require electronic communication service providers and remote 
computing services to report to the Attorney General certain 
controlled substances violations, and the nominations of Michael 
Arthur Delaney, of New Hampshire, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the First Circuit, Charnelle Bjelkengren, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, Amanda K. 
Brailsford, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Idaho, S. Kato Crews, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Colorado, Marian F. Gaston, to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of California, Molly R. Silfen, of 
the District of Columbia, to be a Judge of the United States Court 
of Federal Claims, and Eric G. Olshan, to be United States Attorney 
for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Department of Justice, 10 
a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: April 26, 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: April 26, 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 maintaining, improving, 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.

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  Select Committee on Intelligence: April 26, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, April 27, Subcommittee on Commodity 
Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development, hearing entitled 
``The Future of Digital Assets: Identifying the Regulatory Gaps in 
Spot Market Regulation'', 2 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, April 27, Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, budget hearing on the Drug 
Enforcement Administration, 9 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, budget hearing on the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
1:30 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, budget hearing on the Federal Trade Commission, 2 p.m., 
2362-A Rayburn.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, hearing entitled ``Tribal 
Perspectives on Housing and Transportation'', 10 a.m., 2358-A 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, April 27, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Department of the Air Force Fiscal Year 2024 Budget 
Request'', 12:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations, 
hearing entitled ``A Review of the Defense Intelligence Enterprise's 
posture and capabilities in strategic competition and in 
synchronizing intelligence efforts to counter the People's Republic 
of China'', 4 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  April 28, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Department of the 
Navy Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request'', 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, April 27, Subcommittee on 
Innovation, Data, and Commerce, hearing entitled ``Addressing 
America's Data Privacy Shortfalls: How a National Standard Fills 
Gaps to Protect Americans' Personal Information'', 2 p.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``The Biosafety of Risky Research: Examining if Science is 
Outpacing Policy and Safety'', 2:30 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Antimicrobial Resistance: Taking on the next Emerging 
Public Health Threat'', 9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, April 27, Subcommittee on Digital 
Assets, Financial Technology, and Inclusion, hearing entitled ``The 
Future of Digital Assets: Identifying the Regulatory Gaps in Digital 
Asset Market Structure'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  April 27, Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and 
International Financial Institutions, hearing entitled ``Oversight 
of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the Office 
of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI)'', 2 p.m., 2200 
Rayburn.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, hearing entitled 
``The Reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program: 
FEMA's Perspective'', 9 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, April 27, Subcommittee on 
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection, hearing entitled ``CISA 
2025: The State of American Cybersecurity from CISA's Perspective'', 
2 p.m., 310 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, April 27, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``American Confidence in Elections: State Tools to 
Promote Voter Confidence'', 2:30 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, April 27, Subcommittee on Crime and 
Federal Government Surveillance, hearing entitled ``Fixing FISA: How 
a Law Designed to Protect Americans Has Been Weaponized Against 
Them'', 9 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the 
Internet, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the U.S. Patent and 
Trademark Office'', 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, April 27, Full Committee, markup 
on the H.J. Res. 29, providing for congressional disapproval under 
chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by 
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to ``Endangered 
and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Lesser Prairie-Chicken; 
Threatened Status With Section 4(d) Rule for the Northern Distinct 
Population Segment and Endangered Status for the Southern Distinct 
Population Segment''; H.J. Res. 46, providing for congressional 
disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the 
rule submitted by the National Marine Fisheries Service relating to 
``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for 
Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and Designating Critical 
Habitat''; H.J. Res. 49, providing for congressional disapproval 
under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule 
submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to 
``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species 
Status for Northern Long-Eared Bat''; H.R. 215, the ``WATER for 
California Act''; H.R. 764, the ``Trust the Science Act''; H.R. 
1245, the ``Grizzly Bear State Management Act of 2023''; H.R. 1319, 
the ``Biking on Long-Distance Trails Act''; H.R. 1419, the 
``Comprehensive Grizzly Bear Management Act of 2023''; and H.R. 
1567, the ``ACRES Act'', 9:45 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, April 27, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``An Overview of the Fiscal Year 2024 
Proposed Budget Request for the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration'', 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, April 28, Full Committee markup on 
pending legislation, 10 a.m., 390 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, April 27, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Hearing on Accountability and Transparency at the 
Internal Revenue Service with IRS Commissioner Werfel'', 1 p.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, April 27, Subcommittee 
on Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture, hearing entitled 
``Defense Intelligence Agency

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Budget Hearing'', 9 a.m., HVC-304. This hearing is closed.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Central Intelligence Agency, hearing 
entitled ``People's Republic of China Counterintelligence 
Capabilities'', 9 a.m., HVC-304. This hearing is closed.


                             Joint Meeting

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: April 27, to 
hold hearings to examine church, state, and Russia's war on Ukraine, 
1 p.m., 2020, Rayburn Building.