[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 82 (Tuesday, May 16, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D464-D467]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                              MAY 17, 2023

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: business 
meeting to consider the nomination of Xochitl Torres Small, of New 
Mexico, to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, Time to be announced, 
S-216, Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, to hold hearings to 
examine rural broadband, focusing on connecting our communities to 
the digital economy, 3 p.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities, to hold hearings to examine the role of Special 
Operations Forces in supporting the National Defense Strategy, 
including activities that contribute to long-term strategic 
competition with China and Russia, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Economic Policy, to hold hearings to examine strengthening 
accountability at the Federal Reserve, focusing on lessons and 
opportunities for reform, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine how tax cuts 
for the wealthy and corporations drive the national debt, 10 a.m., 
SD-608.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider S. 92, to designate the outdoor amphitheater at the Blue 
Ridge Music Center in Galax, Virginia, as the ``Rick Boucher 
Amphitheater'', S. 162, to amend the Smith River National Recreation 
Area Act to

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include certain additions to the Smith River National Recreation 
Area, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain 
wild rivers in the State of Oregon, S. 199, to codify the authority 
of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to 
conduct certain landscape-scale forest restoration projects, S. 440, 
to designate certain land administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management and the Forest Service in the State of Oregon as 
wilderness and national recreation areas, to withdraw certain land 
located in Curry County and Josephine County, Oregon, from all forms 
of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, 
location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and operation 
under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, S. 452, to 
require the Secretary of Energy to establish a Nuclear Fuel Security 
Program, expand the American Assured Fuel Supply Program, and submit 
a report on a civil nuclear credit program, S. 461, to make certain 
irrigation districts eligible for Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program 
pumping power, S. 534, to withdraw certain Bureau of Land Management 
land from mineral development, S. 535, to streamline the oil and gas 
permitting process and to recognize fee ownership for certain oil 
and gas drilling or spacing units, S. 593, to amend the John D. 
Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to 
establish the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness in the Rio Grande del 
Norte National Monument and to modify the boundary of the Rio Grande 
del Norte National Monument, S. 612, to reauthorize the Lake Tahoe 
Restoration Act, S. 623, to amend the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act to exclude certain payments to aged, blind, or 
disabled Alaska Natives or descendants of Alaska Natives from being 
used to determine eligibility for certain programs, S. 683, to 
modify the boundary of the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument 
to include certain Federal land in Lake County, California, S. 706, 
to withdraw the National Forest System land in the Ruby Mountains 
subdistrict of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and the National 
Wildlife Refuge System land in Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge, 
Elko and White Pine Counties, Nevada, from operation under the 
mineral leasing laws, S. 736, to establish the Chiricahua National 
Park in the State of Arizona as a unit of the National Park System, 
S. 776, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain 
segments of the Gila River system in the State of New Mexico as 
components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, to provide 
for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal 
land in the State of New Mexico, S. 843, to amend the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act to authorize the use of funds for certain 
additional Carey Act projects, S. 873, to improve recreation 
opportunities on, and facilitate greater access to, Federal public 
land, S. 1260, to release the reversionary interest of the United 
States in certain non-Federal land in Salt Lake City, Utah, S. 1466, 
to adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National 
Recreation Area to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, S. 1540, 
to amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act 
of 1974 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to 
provide for circumstances under which reinitiation of consultation 
is not required under a land and resource management plan or land 
use plan under those Acts, and the nominations of David Crane, of 
New Jersey, to be Under Secretary, and Jeffrey Matthew Marootian, of 
the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary (Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy), both of the Department of Energy, 
10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine Federal actions to improve project reviews for a cleaner and 
stronger economy, 10:15 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Health Care, to hold 
hearings to examine improving health care access in rural 
communities, focusing on obstacles and opportunities, 2:30 p.m., SD-
215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Jennifer M. Adams, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Cabo Verde, Heather Roach Variava, of Iowa, to be 
Ambassador to the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Julie Turner, of 
Maryland, to be Special Envoy on North Korean Human Rights Issues, 
with the rank of Ambassador, Matthew D. Murray, of Maryland, for the 
rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as United States 
Senior Official for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), 
and Jennifer L. Johnson, of New York, to be Ambassador to the 
Federated States of Micronesia, all of the Department of State, and 
other pending nominations, 2:45 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee 
on Primary Health and Retirement Security, to hold hearings to 
examine a crisis in mental health and substance use disorder care, 
focusing on closing gaps in access by bringing care and prevention 
to communities, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to consider S. 285, to provide for the perpetuation, 
administration, and funding of Federal Executive Boards, S. 311, to 
correct the inequitable denial of enhanced retirement and annuity 
benefits to certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers, S. 
1137, to establish the Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness 
Program, S. 931, to improve the visibility, accountability, and 
oversight of agency software asset management practices, S. 1524, to 
ensure that whistleblowers, including contractors, are protected 
from retaliation when a Federal employee orders a reprisal, S. 1528, 
to streamline the sharing of information among Federal disaster 
assistance agencies, to expedite the delivery of life-saving 
assistance to disaster survivors, to speed the recovery of 
communities from disasters, to protect the security and privacy of 
information provided by disaster survivors, S. 1549, to provide the 
Congressional Budget Office with necessary authorities to expedite 
the sharing of data from executive branch agencies, S. 885, to 
establish a Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve in the Department of 
Homeland Security as a pilot project to address the cybersecurity 
needs of the United States with respect to national security, S. 
1425, to require a report on Federal support to the cybersecurity of 
commercial satellite systems, S. 1464, to restrict the flow of 
illicit drugs into the United States,

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S. 1564, to require the Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management to establish, or otherwise ensure the provision of, a 
training program on artificial intelligence for Federal management 
officials and supervisors, S. 1443, to require an interagency 
strategy for creating a unified posture on counter-unmanned aircraft 
systems (C-UAS) capabilities and protections at international 
borders of the United States, S. 1510, to amend provisions relating 
to the Office of the Inspector General of the Government 
Accountability Office, S. 473, to provide for drone security, and S. 
1560, to require the development of a comprehensive rural hospital 
cybersecurity workforce development strategy, 10:30 a.m., SD-562.
  Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to 
examine health care denials and delays in Medicare Advantage, 2 
p.m., SD-562.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Ana de Alba, of California, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, and Irma Carrillo Ramirez, of 
Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and 
Federal Rights, to hold hearings to examine Federal judicial ethics 
processes at the Judicial Conference of the United States, 2 p.m., 
SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2024 and 2025 
advance appropriations requests for the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 3 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and 
Poultry, hearing entitled ``A Review of Animal Agriculture 
Stakeholder Priorities'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, 
markup on the Subcommittee on Legislative Branch FY 2024 
Appropriations Bill, 11 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agencies, markup on the Subcommittee on Military 
Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies FY 2024 
Appropriations Bill, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, markup 
on H.R. 1418, the ``Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2023''; H.R. 
2544, the ``Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation 
Network Act''; H.R. 3281, the ``Transparent PRICE Act''; H.R. 2666, 
the ``Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act''; H.R. 3285, the 
``Fairness for Patient Medications Act''; H.R. 3284, the ``Providers 
and Payers COMPETE Act''; H.R. 3290, to amend title III of the 
Public Health Service Act to ensure transparency and oversight of 
the 340B drug discount program; H.R. 2559, the ``Strengthening 
Community Care Act of 2023''; H.R. 2547, the ``Special Diabetes 
Program for Indians Reauthorization Act of 2023''; H.R. 2550, the 
``Special Diabetes Program Reauthorization Act of 2023''; H.R. 1613, 
the ``Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act of 2023''; H.R. 2665, 
the ``Supporting Safety Net Hospitals Act''; H.R. 2679, the ``PBM 
Accountability Act''; H.R. 3248, the ``Diagnostic Lab Testing 
Transparency Act''; H.R. 3262, to amend title XI of the Social 
Security Act to increase transparency of certain health-related 
ownership information; H.R. 3282, the ``Promoting Transparency and 
Healthy Competition in Medicare Act''; H.R. 3237, to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to require each outpatient 
department of a provider to include a unique identification number 
on claims for services, and to require hospitals with an outpatient 
department of a provider to submit to the Centers for Medicare and 
Medicaid Services an attestation with respect to each outpatient 
department, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, markup on H.R. 3279 
the ``WIRELESS Leadership Act''; H.R. 3295, the ``BROADBAND 
Leadership Act''; H.R. 3287, the ``CABLE Leadership Act''; 
legislation on the CABLE Expansion Act; legislation on the CABLE 
Competition Act; legislation on the Cable Transparency Act; H.R. 
3298, the ``BEAD FEES Act''; legislation on the GRANTED Act; H.R. 
3300, the ``5G UPGRADE Act of 2023''; legislation on the SPEED for 
Broadband Infrastructure Act of 2023; H.R. 3289, the ``Wireless 
Broadband Competition and Efficient Deployment Act''; H.R. 3288, the 
``Broadband Competition and Efficient Deployment Act''; legislation 
on the Wireless Resiliency and Flexible Investment Act of 2023; 
legislation on the Broadband Resiliency and Flexible Investment Act; 
H.R. 3291, the ``Proportional Reviews for Broadband Deployment 
Act''; legislation on the RAPID Act; legislation on the Coastal 
Broadband Deployment Act; H.R. 3292, the ``Brownfields Broadband 
Deployment Act''; H.R. 3280, the ``TRUSTED Broadband Networks Act''; 
H.R. 3301, the ``Connecting Communities Post Disaster Act of 2023''; 
H.R. 3296, the ``Wildfire Communications Resiliency Act''; H.R. 
3297, the ``Reducing Barriers for Broadband on Federal Lands Act''; 
legislation on the Standard FEES Act; H.R. 3293, the ``Expediting 
Federal Broadband Deployment Act''; H.R. 3299, the ``DIGITAL 
Applications Act''; H.R. 3283, the ``Facilitating DIGITAL 
Applications Act''; legislation on the Federal Broadband Deployment 
Tracking Act; and legislation to amend the Communications Act of 
1934 to extend the authority of the Federal Communications 
Commission to grant a license or construction permit through a 
system of competitive bidding, 1 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Monetary Policy; and Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, joint hearing entitled ``Continued Oversight Over 
Regional Bank Failures'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, hearing entitled ``The 
Current Mortgage Market: Undermining Housing Affordability with 
Politics'', 2 p.m., 2220 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The State of American Influence in 2023: Great Power Competition 
and Persistent Crises in an Era of Budget Constraints'', 2 p.m., 
HVC-210.

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  Committee on Homeland Security, Full Committee, markup on 
legislation on the Securing Open-Source Software Act of 2023; H.R. 
1501, the ``Unmanned Aerial Security Act''; H.R. 3224, the 
``Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Extension Act of 2023''; 
H.R. 3208, the ``DHS Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training Program 
Act''; and H.R. 3254, the ``First Responder Access to Innovative 
Technologies Act'', 9:30 a.m., 310 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual 
Property and the Internet, hearing entitled ``Artificial 
Intelligence and Intellectual Property: Part I--Interoperability of 
AI and Copyright Law'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, markup on H. Con. 
Res. 34, expressing disapproval of the withdrawal by the Secretary 
of the Interior of approximately 225,504 acres of National Forest 
System lands in Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, Minnesota, 
from disposition under the United States mineral and geothermal 
leasing laws; H.R. 200, the ``Forest Information Reform Act''; H.R. 
359, the ``Fort San Geronimo Preservation Act''; H.R. 663, the 
``Native American Child Protection Act''; H.R. 886, the ``Save Our 
Seas 2.0 Amendments Act''; H.R. 1586, the ``Forest Protection and 
Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2023''; H.R. 2989, ``Save Our 
Sequoias Act''; and H.R. 3195, the ``Superior National Forest 
Restoration Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Subcommittee on 
Government Operations and the Federal Workforce, hearing entitled 
``Tracking the Postal Service: An Update on the Delivering for 
America Plan'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, hearing entitled 
``Like Fire Through Dry Grass: Nursing Home Mortality and COVID-19 
Policies'', 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory 
Affairs, hearing entitled ``Driving Bad Policy: Examining EPA's 
Tailpipe Emissions Rules and the Realities of a Rapid Electric 
Vehicle Transition'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Taking on More Risk: Examining the SBA's Changes to the 7(a) 
Lending Program Part II'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, 
hearing entitled ``The Impacts of FEMA's Strategic Plan on Disaster 
Preparedness and Response'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Health; and 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, joint hearing entitled 
``VHA Recruitment and Retention: Is Bureaucracy Holding Back a 
Quality Workforce'', 10:30 a.m., 360 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing entitled ``The 
Transition Assistance Program: Steps to Ensure Success for 
Servicemembers as they Enter Civilian Life'', 3 p.m., 360 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Why Health Care is Unaffordable: Anticompetitive and 
Consolidated Markets'', 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
National Intelligence Enterprise, hearing entitled ``Roles and 
Functions of the National Counterintelligence Center (NCTC)'', 10 
a.m., HVC-304 Hearing Room. This hearing is closed.
  Full Committee, business meeting on publicly releasing an 
unclassified transcript of a recent Committee event, 2 p.m., HVC-301 
Hearing Room.
  Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United 
States and the Chinese Communist Party, Full Committee, business 
meeting on two committee reports outlining policy recommendations 
based on the committee's March 23, 2023, hearing regarding the CCP's 
genocide targeting the Uyghurs and on the committee's April 2023 
activities--including a tabletop exercise and roundtable--focused on 
enhancing deterrence against CCP aggression aimed at Taiwan, 10 
a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Leveling the Playing Field: How 
to Counter the CCP's Economic Aggression'', 7 p.m., 1310 Longworth.


                             Joint Meeting

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine how a U.S. 
default crisis harms American families and businesses, 2:30 p.m., 
SH-216.