[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 117 (Monday, July 10, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D579-D583]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 11 through July 14, 2023

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Xochitl Torres Small, of New Mexico, to be Deputy Secretary of 
Agriculture, post-cloture, and vote on confirmation thereon at 11:30 
a.m.
  Following disposition of the nomination of Xochitl Torres Small, 
Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of 
Rosemarie Hidalgo, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the 
Violence Against Women Office, Department of Justice.
  At 2:15 p.m., Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the 
nomination of Kymberly Kathryn Evanson, of Washington, to be United 
States District Judge for the Western District of Washington.
  At 4:30 p.m., Senate will vote on confirmation of the nominations of 
Rosemarie Hidalgo, and Kymberly Kathryn Evanson, if cloture was invoked 
on either of the nominations.
  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: July 11, to hold hearings to examine 
how the Special Diabetes Program is creating hope for those living 
with type 1 diabetes, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  July 13, Full Committee, business meeting to markup an original 
bill entitled, ``Legislative Branch Appropriations Act'', an 
original bill entitled, ``Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act'', and an original bill entitled, 
``Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act'', 11 
a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: July 11, to hold hearings to examine 
the nomination of General Charles Q. Brown, USAF, for reappointment 
to the grade of general and to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  July 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of General Randy A. George, USA, for reappointment to the 
grade of general and to be Chief of Staff of the Army, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 11, 
Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development, 
to hold hearings to examine exploiting the American Dream, focusing 
on land contracts and homebuyers, 2:15 p.m., SD-538.
  July 12, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Philip Nathan Jefferson, of North Carolina, to be 
Vice Chairman, and Lisa DeNell Cook, of Michigan, and Adriana Debora 
Kugler, of Maryland, both to be a Member, each of the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2 p.m., S-216, Capitol.
  July 12, Subcommittee on Economic Policy, to hold hearings to 
examine bank mergers and the economic impacts of consolidation, 2:30 
p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: July 12, to hold hearings to examine 
protecting Social Security for all, focusing on making the wealthy 
pay their fair share, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 12, 
business meeting to consider the nominations of Anna M. Gomez, of 
Virginia, Geoffrey Adam Starks, of Kansas, and Brendan Carr, of 
Virginia, each to be a Member, and Fara Damelin, of Virginia, to be 
Inspector General, all of the Federal Communications Commission, 
Alvin Brown, of Florida, to be a Member of the National 
Transportation Safety Board, and routine lists in the Coast Guard, 
10 a.m., SR-253.
  July 13, Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries, Climate Change, and 
Manufacturing, to hold an oversight hearing to examine the budget of 
the United States Coast Guard, 10 a.m., SR-253.

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  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 12, Subcommittee 
on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining, to hold hearings to examine S. 
636, to establish the Dolores River National Conservation Area and 
the Dolores River Special Management Area in the State of Colorado, 
to protect private water rights in the State, S. 912, to require the 
Secretary of Energy to provide technology grants to strengthen 
domestic mining education, S. 1015, to require the Secretary of 
Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District 
Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona, S. 1088, to authorize 
the relinquishment and in lieu selection of land and minerals in the 
State of North Dakota, to restore land and minerals to Indian Tribes 
within the State of North Dakota, S. 1254, to designate and expand 
wilderness areas in Olympic National Forest in the State of 
Washington, and to designate certain rivers in Olympic National 
Forest and Olympic National Park as wild and scenic rivers, S. 1405, 
to provide for the exchange of certain Federal land and State land 
in the State of Utah, S. 1622, to discourage speculative oil and gas 
leasing and to promote enhanced multiple use management of public 
land and National Forest System land, S. 1634, to provide for the 
designation of certain wilderness areas, recreation management 
areas, and conservation areas in the State of Colorado, S. 1657, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to La 
Paz County, Arizona, S. 1760, to amend the Apex Project, Nevada Land 
Transfer and Authorization Act of 1989 to include the city of North 
Las Vegas, Nevada, and the Apex Industrial Park Owners Association, 
S. 1776, to provide for the protection of and investment in certain 
Federal land in the State of California, S. 1890, to provide for the 
establishment of a grazing management program on Federal land in 
Malheur County, Oregon, S. 2020, to amend the Oregon Resource 
Conservation Act of 1996 to reauthorize the Deschutes River 
Conservancy Working Group, S. 2042, to amend the Sloan Canyon 
National Conservation Area Act to adjust the boundary of the Sloan 
Canyon National Conservation Area, S. 2136, to require the Secretary 
of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain 
Federal land to the State of Utah for inclusion in certain State 
parks, S. 2149, to sustain economic
development and recreational use of National Forest System land in the 
    State of Montana, to add certain land to the National Wilderness 
    Preservation System, to designate new areas for recreation, and an 
    original bill to release from wilderness study area designation 
    certain land in the State of Montana, to improve the management of 
    that land, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  July 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Compact 
of Free Association Amendments Act of 2023, a joint resolution 
proposed by the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the 
Interior, to approve agreements concluded with the Federated States 
of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau (and an agreement with the 
Republic of the Marshall Islands upon its conclusion) to amend the 
Compacts of Free Association with the Freely Associated States, 10 
a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: July 13, Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS 
Oversight, to hold hearings to examine 25 years of the Child Tax 
Credit (1997-2022), 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 13, business meeting to 
consider S. 2043, to provide for certain authorities of the 
Department of State, S. 1457, to authorize negotiation and 
conclusion and to provide for congressional consideration of a tax 
agreement between the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and the 
Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO), S. 1203, 
to amend the Peace Corps Act by reauthorizing the Peace Corps, 
providing better support for current, returning, and former 
volunteers, S. 847, to establish the International Children with 
Disabilities Protection Program within the Department of State, S. 
2006, to foster Tunisia's democratic institutions, to limit funds 
until Tunisia restores checks and balances, and to authorize the 
creation of a fund to support democratic reforms, S. 416, to 
designate the Russian-based mercenary Wagner Group as a foreign 
terrorist organization, S. 490, to require the President to remove 
the extension of certain privileges, exemptions, and immunities to 
the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices if Hong Kong no longer 
enjoys a high degree of autonomy from the People's Republic of 
China, S. Con. Res. 2, commending the bravery, courage, and resolve 
of the women and men of Iran demonstrating in more than 133 cities 
and risking their safety to speak out against the Iranian regime's 
human rights abuses, S. Res. 20, condemning the coup that took place 
on February 1, 2021, in Burma and the Burmese military's detention 
of civilian leaders, calling for an immediate and unconditional 
release of all those detained, promoting accountability and justice 
for those killed by the Burmese military, and calling for those 
elected to serve in parliament to resume their duties without 
impediment, S. Res. 75, reaffirming the state of Arunachal Pradesh 
as Indian territory and condemning the People's Republic of China's 
provocations in South Asia, and the nominations of Richard Mills, 
Jr., of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of 
Nigeria, Department of State, Nisha Desai Biswal, of Virginia, to be 
Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the United States International 
Development Finance Corporation, and Gerald H. Acker, of Michigan, 
to be a Commissioner on the part of the United States on the 
International Joint Commission, United States and Canada, 10:30 
a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: July 11, 
Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, to hold 
hearings to examine superbugs, focusing on the impact of 
antimicrobial resistance on modern medicine, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  July 12, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Gwynne A. Wilcox, of New York, to be a Member of the 
National Labor Relations Board, Loren E. Sweatt, of Virginia, to be 
a Member of the National Mediation Board, and other pending calendar 
business, Time to be announced, S-216, Capitol.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: July 11, 
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to 
examine the PGA-LIV deal, focusing on

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implications for the future of golf and Saudi Arabia's influence in 
the United States, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 12, to hold hearings to examine 
S. 616, to amend the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation 
Restoration Act to provide for the transfer of additional Federal 
land to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, S. 1898, to amend the 
Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act to make 
improvements to that Act, and S. 1987, to provide for the settlement 
of the water rights claims of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, 
2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 12, to hold hearings to examine 
certain pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  July 12, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, to hold hearings 
to examine Artificial Intelligence and intellectual property, 
focusing on copyright, 3 p.m., SD-226.
  July 13, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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, S. 359, to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
provide for a code of conduct for justices of the Supreme Court of 
the United States, and the nominations of Loren L. AliKhan, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, Susan Kim 
DeClercq, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Michigan, Julia Kathleen Munley, to be United States 
District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Vernon D. 
Oliver, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Connecticut, and Tara K. McGrath, to be United States Attorney for 
the Southern District of California, Department of Justice, 10 a.m., 
SH-216.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: July 12, 
business meeting to consider S. 38, to amend the Small Business Act 
to codify the Boots to Business Program, S. 77, to reauthorize the 
State Trade Expansion Program of the Small Business Administration, 
S. 609, to establish a pilot program awarding competitive grants to 
organizations administering entrepreneurial development programming 
to formerly incarcerated individuals, and other purposes, S. 673, to 
allow nonprofit child care providers to participate in certain loan 
programs of the Small Business Administration, S. 936, to amend the 
Small Business Act to include requirements relating to graduates of 
career and technical education programs or programs of study for 
small business development centers and women's business centers, S. 
943, to increase the minimum disaster loan amount for which the 
Small Business Administration may require collateral, S. 1156, to 
establish an Office of Native American Affairs within the Small 
Business Administration, S. 1345, to amend the Small Business Act to 
enhance the Office of Credit Risk
  Management, to require the Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration to issue rules relating to environmental obligations 
of certified development companies, S. 1352, to amend the Small 
Business Investment Act of 1958 to improve the loan guaranty 
program, enhance the ability of small manufacturers to access 
affordable capital, S. 1370, to reauthorize and limit the pre-
disaster mitigation program of the Small Business Administration, S. 
1396, to improve commercialization activities in the SBIR and STTR 
programs, S. 1402, to require the Administrator of the Small 
Business Administration, in consultation with the Under Secretary of 
Commerce for Minority Business Development, to establish a grant 
program to create or expand programs at minority-serving 
institutions and historically Black colleges and universities that 
promote minority business ownership and entrepreneurship, S. 1458, 
to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
establish a program to assist small business concerns with 
purchasing cybersecurity products and services, S. 1739, to require 
the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish 
an Innovation Voucher Grant Program, S. 1763, to include smoke in 
the definition of disaster in the Small Business Act, S. 2094, to 
reauthorize the Interagency Committee on Women's Business 
Enterprise, S. 2099, to establish an Office of Community Financial 
Institutions within the Small Business Administration that will 
strengthen the ability of Community Financial Institutions to 
support the development of small business concerns in underserved 
communities, S. 2100, to amend the Small Business Investment Act of 
1958 to modify fees and funding for certain small business 
refinancing loans and loans to qualified State or local development 
companies, S. 2146, to amend the Small Business Act to increase the 
Governmentwide goal for participation in Federal contracts by small 
business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, 
S. 2184, to amend the Small Business Act to improve the Women's 
Business Center Program, S. 2185, to amend the Small Business Act to 
require an annual report on entrepreneurial development programs, S. 
2206, to increase the guarantee amount under the Surety Bond Program 
of the Small Business Administration, S. 2209, to establish a 
veteran Federal procurement entrepreneurship training program, S. 
2212, to require the Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration to establish an SBIC Advisory Committee, and an 
original bill entitled, ``Community Advantage Loan Program Act'', 
2:30 p.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: July 12, to hold hearings to 
examine pending legislation, 3 p.m., SR-418.
  July 13, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Tanya J. Bradsher, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs, Time to be announced, Room to be announced.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 11, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 1:30 p.m., SH-219.
  July 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Lieutenant General Timothy D. Haugh, USAF, to be the 
Director of the National Security Agency, and Michael Colin Casey, 
of Kentucky, to be Director of the National Counterintelligence and 
Security Center, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Education and Workforce, July 12, Full Committee, 
markup on legislation on the Transparency in Billing Act; 
legislation on the Transparency in Coverage

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Act; legislation on the Health DATA Act; and legislation on the 
Hidden Fee Disclosure Act, 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  July 13, Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce 
Development, hearing entitled ``Exposing the Dangers of the 
Influence of Foreign Adversaries on College Campuses'', 10:15 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, July 12, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Protecting Investor Interests: Examining Environmental 
and Social Policy in Financial Regulation'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 13, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, hearing entitled 
``Reforming the Proxy Process to Safeguard Investor Interests'', 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 13, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Oversight of the Proxy Advisory Industry'', 2 p.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  July 14, Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, hearing entitled 
``How Mandates Like ESG Distort Markets and Drive Up Costs for 
Insurance and Housing'', 9 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs,, July 13, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Accountability, hearing entitled ``The State Department's 
Climate Agenda: A Budget Overview by the Special Presidential Envoy 
for Climate'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  July 13, Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and 
Central Asia; and Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific, joint hearing 
entitled ``Examining Fiscal Year 2024 Budget for South and Central 
Asian Affairs'', 2 p.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on Homeland Security, July 12, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 4470, the ``Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from 
Terrorist Attacks Act of 2023''; H.R. 4467, the ``DHS Border 
Services Contracts Review Act''; and H.R. 2577, the ``DHS Suicide 
Prevention and Resiliency for Law Enforcement Act'', 10 a.m., 310 
Cannon.
  July 12, Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement, hearing 
entitled ``Protecting the U.S. Homeland: Fighting the Flow of 
Fentanyl from the Southwest Border'', 2 p.m., 310 Cannon.
  July 13, Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology, 
hearing entitled ``Future of FEMA: Agency Perspectives with 
Administrator Criswell'', 10 a.m., 310 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 12, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation'', 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 13, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the 
Federal Trade Commission'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 13, Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and 
Enforcement, hearing entitled ``The Consequences of Criminal Aliens 
on U.S. Communities'', 3 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 14, Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government 
Surveillance, hearing entitled ``Fixing FISA, Part II'', 9:15 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, July 12, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Mineral Resources, hearing entitled ``Examining the Biden 
Administration's Record on Federal Coal Leasing'', 10:15 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  July 12, Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs, hearing on 
H.R. 929, the ``Puyallup Tribe of Indians Land Into Trust 
Confirmation Act of 2023''; H.R. 2882, the ``Udall Foundation 
Reauthorization Act of 2023''; and H.R. 3579, the ``Tribal Trust 
Land Homeownership Act of 2023'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 13, Subcommittee on Federal Lands, hearing on H.R. 386, the 
``Mount Rushmore Protection Act''; H.R. 1318, the ``Women's Suffrage 
National Monument Location Act''; H.R. 2717, the ``Hershel Woody 
Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act''; H.R. 3448, 
the ``American Battlefield Protection Program Enhancement Act''; and 
H.R. 4377, to amend the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 with 
respect to extensions, additions, and revisions to the Barry M. 
Goldwater Range in Arizona, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 13, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing on 
H.R. 4374, the ``Energy Opportunities for All Act'', 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Accountability, July 12, Full 
Committee, markup on H.R. 4435, the ``Unauthorized Spending 
Accountability Act''; H.R. 1209, the ``Fair and Open Competition 
Act''; H.R. 3358, the ``Mission Not Emissions Act''; H.R. 3230, the 
``Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act''; H.R. 890, 
the ``Guidance Out Of Darkness Act''; H.R. 4428, the ``Guidance 
Clarity Act''; H.R. 192, to prohibit individuals who are not 
citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the 
District of Columbia; legislation on the Modernizing the Acquisition 
of Cybersecurity Experts Act; legislation on the AI Training 
Expansion Act; H.R. 1695, the ``Strengthening Agency Management and 
Oversight of Software Assets Act''; and Several postal naming 
measures, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 13, Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and 
Foreign Affairs; and Subcommittee on Government Operations and the 
Federal Workforce, joint hearing entitled ``Beyond the Budget: 
Addressing Financial Accountability in the Department of Defense'', 
10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, July 12, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Enhancing Fire Weather Prediction and 
Coordination'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  July 13, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Continuing U.S. 
Leadership in Commercial Space at Home and Abroad'', 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, July 13, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Stolen Taxpayer Funds: Reviewing the SBA and OIG Reports 
of Fraud in Pandemic Lending Programs'', 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 13, 
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and 
Emergency Management, hearing entitled ``When the Lights Are On But 
No One's Home: An Examination of Federal Office Space Utilization'', 
10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  July 13, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing 
entitled ``Review of Fiscal Year 2024

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Budget Request: Agency Perspectives (Part II)'', 2 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, July 12, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations, hearing on H.R. 4278, the ``Restore Department 
of Veterans Affairs Accountability Act''; H.R. 196, the ``Expediting 
Temporary Ratings for Veterans Act''; legislation on the Modernizing 
Department of Veteran Affairs Disability Benefit Questionnaires Act; 
H.R. 3504, the ``VA Medical Center Security Report Act''; H.R. 2733, 
the ``Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General 
Training Act''; and H.R. 4225, the ``VA Acquisition Review Board 
Act'', 2 p.m., 360 Cannon.
  July 13, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity; and Subcommittee on 
Technology Modernization, joint hearing entitled ``Reviewing the 
Digital G.I. Bill Program'', 1 p.m., 360 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 12, Subcommittee on Work and 
Welfare, hearing entitled ``Where is all the Welfare Money Going? 
Reclaiming TANF Non-Assistance Dollars to Lift Americans Out of 
Poverty'', 2 p.m., 2020 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, July 13, Full 
Committee, markup on legislation on the FY 2024 Intelligence 
Authorization Act, 10 a.m., HVC-304 Hearing Room. This markup is 
closed.
  July 13, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Member Day'', 2 p.m., 
HVC-304 Hearing Room.
  Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United 
States and the Chinese Communist Party, July 13, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Risky Business: Growing Peril for American 
Companies in China'', 7 p.m., 390 Cannon.


                             Joint Meeting

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: July 12, to hold 
hearings to examine supporting a democratic and secure Moldova, 2 
p.m., 210, Cannon Building.