[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 26, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D381-D383]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             APRIL 27, 2023

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: 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

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closed session at 12:30 p.m. in SVC-217, 8 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the Credit Reporting Agencies, 10 a.m., 
SD-538.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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 the Judiciary: 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.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, 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, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies, budget hearing on the Drug 
Enforcement Administration, 9 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, 
budget hearing on the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1:30 p.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, budget 
hearing on the Federal Trade Commission, 2 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Department of the Air Force Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request'', 
12:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
  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.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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.
  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.
  Committee on Homeland Security, 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, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``American Confidence in Elections: State Tools to Promote 
Voter Confidence'', 2:30 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
  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, 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

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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, 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 Ways and Means, 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, Subcommittee on 
Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture, hearing entitled 
``Defense Intelligence Agency Budget Hearing'', 9 a.m., HVC-304. 
This hearing is closed.


                             Joint Meeting

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