[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 84 (Thursday, May 18, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D480]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FINANCIAL REGULATORS OVERSIGHT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine financial regulators, focusing on 
financial stability, supervision, and consumer protection in the wake 
of recent bank failures, after receiving testimony from Michael S. 
Barr, Vice Chair for Supervision, Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System; Martin J. Gruenberg, Chairman, Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation; Todd M. Harper, Chairman, National Credit Union 
Administration; Michael J. Hsu, Acting Comptroller of the Currency, 
Department of the Treasury; Adrienne A. Harris, New York State 
Department of Financial Services Superintendent, New York; and 
Clothilde V. Hewlett, California Department of Financial Protection and 
Innovation Commissioner, Sacramento.
TAX INCENTIVES
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine tax 
incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act, focusing on jobs and 
investment in energy communities, after receiving testimony from Katie 
Harris, BlueGreen Alliance, and Philip Rossetti, R Street Institute, 
both of Washington, D.C.; Daniel R. Simmons, Simmons Energy and 
Environmental Strategies, Falls Church, Virginia; and Patty Horvatich, 
Pittsburgh Regional Alliance, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
WESTERN BALKANS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine United States policy towards the Western Balkans, after 
receiving testimony from Derek H. Chollet, Counselor, and Gabriel 
Escobar, Deputy Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of State.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  S. 546, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 to authorize law enforcement agencies to use COPS grants for 
recruitment activities;
  S. 1387, to reauthorize the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program 
Authorization Act of 2018, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 1530, to permit COPS grants to be used for the purpose of 
increasing the compensation and hiring of law enforcement officers; and
  S. 994, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 to provide that COPS grant funds may be used for local law 
enforcement recruits to attend schools or academies if the recruits 
agree to serve in precincts of law enforcement agencies in their 
communities.
NURSING HOME INSPECTION SYSTEM
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the strained nursing home inspection system and the need to improve 
oversight, transparency, and accountability, after receiving testimony 
from Erin Bliss, Assistant Inspector General, Office of Evaluation and 
Inspections, Office of Inspector General, Department of Health and 
Human Services; Shelly Williamson, Missouri Department of Health and 
Senior Services, Jefferson City, on behalf of the Association of Health 
Facility Survey Agencies; Leah McMahon, Colorado State Long-Term Care 
Ombudsman Program, Denver; and Susan Feng Lu, Purdue University 
Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business and Regenstrief Center for 
Healthcare Engineering, West Lafayette, Indiana.