[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 117 (Monday, July 10, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E643-E645]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate of February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place and 
purpose of the meetings, when scheduled and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, July 11, 2023 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                JULY 12
     Time to be announced
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         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.
                                                             S-216
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         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.
                                                            SD-G50
     10 a.m.
       Committee on the Budget
         To hold hearings to examine protecting Social Security 
           for all, focusing on making the wealthy pay their fair 
           share.
                                                            SD-608
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         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.
                                                            SR-253
       Committee on the Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine certain pending nominations.
                                                            SD-226
     2 p.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         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.
                                                             S-216
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine supporting a democratic and 
           secure Moldova.
                                                          CHOB-210
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Subcommittee on Economic Policy
         To hold hearings to examine bank mergers and the economic 
           impacts of consolidation.
                                                            SD-538
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
       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.
                                                            SD-366
       Committee on Indian Affairs
         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.
                                                            SD-628
       Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         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

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           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''.
                                                           SR-428A
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         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.
                                                            SH-216
     3 p.m.
       Committee on the Judiciary
       Subcommittee on Intellectual Property
         To hold hearings to examine Artificial Intelligence and 
           intellectual property, focusing on copyright.
                                                            SD-226
       Committee on Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine pending legislation.
                                                            SR-418

                                JULY 13
     Time to be announced
       Committee on Veterans' Affairs
         Business meeting to consider the nomination of Tanya J. 
           Bradsher, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of 
           Veterans Affairs.
                                                               TBA
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries, Climate Change, and 
           Manufacturing
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the budget of the 
           United States Coast Guard.
                                                            SR-253
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         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.
                                                            SD-366
       Committee on Finance
       Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight
         To hold hearings to examine 25 years of the Child Tax 
           Credit (1997-2022).
                                                            SD-215
       Committee on the Judiciary
         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.
                                                            SH-216
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         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.
                                                             S-116
     11 a.m.
       Committee on Appropriations
         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''.
                                                            SD-106

                                JULY 19
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
       Subcommittee on Water and Power
         To hold hearings to examine S. 461, to make certain 
           irrigation districts eligible for Pick-Sloan Missouri 
           Basin Program pumping power, S. 482, to amend the 
           Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 to 
           provide the Secretary of the Interior with certain 
           authorities with respect to projects affecting the 
           Klamath Basin watershed, S. 739, to clarify 
           jurisdiction with respect to certain Bureau of 
           Reclamation pumped storage development, S. 1118, to 
           establish the Open Access Evapotranspiration (OpenET) 
           Data Program, S. 1215, to require assessments of 
           opportunities to install and maintain floating 
           photovoltaic solar panels at Bureau of Reclamation and 
           Corps of Engineers projects, S. 1521, to amend the 
           Federal Power Act to modernize and improve the 
           licensing of non-Federal hydropower projects, S. 1662, 
           to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to 
           the Midvale Irrigation District the Pilot Butte Power 
           Plant in the State of Wyoming, S. 1955, to amend the 
           Central Utah Project Completion Act to authorize 
           expenditures for the conduct of certain water 
           conservation measures in the Great Salt Lake basin, S. 
           2102, to provide for drought preparedness and improved 
           water supply reliability, S. 2160, to amend the Omnibus 
           Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize certain 
           extraordinary operation and maintenance work for urban 
           canals of concern, S. 2161, to provide financial 
           assistance for projects to address certain subsidence 
           impacts in the State of California, S. 2162, to support 
           water infrastructure in Reclamation States, S. 2166, to 
           amend the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief 
           Act of 1991 and the Omnibus Public Land Management Act 
           of 2009 to provide grants to States and Indian Tribes 
           for programs to voluntarily repurpose agricultural land 
           to reduce consumptive water use, S. 2169, to authorize 
           the Secretary of the Interior to carry out watershed 
           pilots, S. 2202, to amend the Omnibus Public Land 
           Management Act of 2009 to authorize the modification of 
           transferred works to increase public benefits and other 
           project benefits as part of extraordinary operation and 
           maintenance

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           work, and an original bill to authorize the Secretary 
           of the Interior to continue to implement endangered 
           fish recovery programs from the Upper Colorado and San 
           Juan River Basins.
                                                            SD-366