[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 119 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E667-E668]
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 Thursday, July 13, 2023 may be found in the
Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
JULY 18
1 p.m.
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
To hold hearings to examine Russia's alpine assets,
focusing on money laundering and sanctions evasion in
Switzerland.
SD-G50
JULY 19
9:30 a.m.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Business meeting to consider S. 1253, to increase the
number of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Customs
and Border Protection officers and support staff and to
require reports that identify staffing, infrastructure,
and equipment needed to enhance security at ports of
entry, S. 1444, to increase the pay and enhance the
training of United States Border Patrol agents, S.
2251, to improve the cybersecurity of the Federal
Government, S. 2248, to require a pilot program on the
use of big data analytics to identify vessels evading
sanctions and export controls and to require a report
on the availability in the United States of emerging
and foundational technologies subject to export
controls, S. 1332, to require the Office of Management
and Budget to revise the Standard Occupational
Classification system to establish a separate code for
direct support professionals, S. 1524, to ensure that
whistleblowers, including contractors, are protected
from retaliation when a Federal employee orders a
reprisal, S. 2032, to require the reduction of the
reliance and expenditures of the Federal Government on
legacy information technology systems, S. 1973, to
require the purchase of domestically made flags of the
United States of America for use by the Federal
Government, an original bill entitled, ``Northern
Border Coordination Act'', an original bill entitled,
``Mitigating Foreign Influence in Classified Government
Contracts Act'', an original bill entitled, ``Border
Enforcement, Security, and Trade Facilitation Act'', an
original bill entitled, ``Wildland Firefighter Paycheck
Protection Act'', an original bill entitled, ``PUMP
Technical Corrections Act'', an original bill entitled,
``Purchased Data Inventory Act'', an original bill
entitled, ``Streamlining Federal Grants Act'', an
original bill entitled, ``PFAS-Free Procurement Act'',
an original bill entitled, ``Government Ethics
Transparency Act'', an original bill entitled, ``AI
Leadership To Enable Accountable Deployment Act'', an
original bill entitled, ``Eliminate Useless Reports
Act'', an original bill entitled, ``Federal
Cybersecurity Workforce Expansion Act'', an original
bill entitled, ``Grant Transparency Act'', and the
nomination of Fara Damelin, of Virginia, to be
Inspector General, Federal Communications Commission.
SD-562
2 p.m.
Joint Economic Committee
To hold hearings to examine the economic impact of
diabetes.
CHOB-210
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.
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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 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
Committee on Indian Affairs
To hold hearings to examine S. 2088, to direct the
Secretary of the Interior to complete all actions
necessary for certain land to be held in restricted fee
status by the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Cheyenne River
Sioux Tribe.
SD-628
2:45 p.m.
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
To hold hearings to examine the FY 2024 budget for the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
SD-124
Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer
Rights
To hold hearings to examine trends in vertical merger
enforcement.
SD-226
3 p.m.
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy
To hold hearings to examine rural water, focusing on
modernizing our community water systems.
SR-328A
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 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
JULY 20
9:30 a.m.
Committee on Environment and Public Works
To hold hearings to examine the Water Resources
Development Act, focusing on non-Federal stakeholder
views.
SD-406
10 a.m.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To hold hearings to examine America's supply chain
security, focusing on understanding and mitigating
threats.
SD-562
JULY 26
10 a.m.
Committee on Environment and Public Works
To hold hearings to examine improving capacity for
critical mineral recovery through electronic waste
recycling and reuse.
SD-406
2:30 p.m.
Committee on Environment and Public Works
Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety
To hold hearings to examine cleaner trains, focusing on
opportunities for reducing emissions from America's
rail network.
SD-406