[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D716-D718]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  An original bill (S. 2302) entitled, ``Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act'';
  An original bill (S. 2321) entitled, ``Commerce, Justice, Science, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act''; and
  An original bill (S. 2309) entitled, ``Financial Services and General 
Government Appropriations Act''.
COAST GUARD OVERSIGHT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Oceans, Fisheries, Climate Change, and Manufacturing concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine the budget of the United States Coast 
Guard, after receiving testimony from Admiral Linda L. Fagan, 
Commandant, and Master Chief Heath B. Jones, Master Chief Petty 
Officer, both of the Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION AMENDMENTS ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing 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, after receiving testimony from Joseph Yun, Special 
Presidential Envoy for Compact Negotiations; Carmen G. Cantor, 
Assistant

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Secretary of the Interior for Insular and International Affairs; 
Siddharth Mohandas, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense; Palau 
President Surangel S. Whipps, Jr., Palau; Leo Falcam, Jr., Chief 
Negotiator, Federated States of Micronesia, Pohnpei State; and Jack 
Ading, Republic of the Marshall Islands Minister of Foreign Affairs and 
Trade, Majuro.
CHILD TAX CREDIT 25 YEARS
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight 
concluded a hearing to examine 25 years of the Child Tax Credit (1997-
2022), after receiving testimony from Katherine Michelmore, University 
of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Ann Arbor; Indivar 
Dutta-Gupta, Center for Law and Social Policy, and Kevin Corinth, and 
Angela Radichi, both of American Enterprise Institute, all of 
Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 2043, to provide for certain authorities of the Department of 
State, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  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), with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  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; with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute;
  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, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute;
  S. 416, to designate the Russian-based mercenary Wagner Group as a 
foreign terrorist organization, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  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, with an amendment in the nature of 
a substitute;
  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, with an amendment;
  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, with amendments;
  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, with amendments; 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, 
and Kara C. McDonald, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Lithuania, Jack A. Markell, of Delaware, to be Ambassador to the 
Italian Republic, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of San Marino, Dorothy 
Camille Shea, of North Carolina, to be the Deputy Representative of the 
United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and 
status of Ambassador and the Deputy Representative of the United States 
of America in the Security Council of the United Nations, and to be 
Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the 
General Assembly of the United Nations, during her tenure of service as 
Deputy Representative of the United States of America to the United 
Nations, Vernelle Trim FitzPatrick, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to 
the Gabonese Republic, Lisa Peterson, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Burundi, Joel Ehrendreich, of New York, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Palau, Cynthia Kierscht, of Minnesota, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Djibouti, Edgard D. Kagan, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to Malaysia, and promotion lists in the 
Foreign Service, all of the Department of State.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  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, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and

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  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, 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.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nomination of Tanya J. Bradsher, of Virginia, to be Deputy 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
consider pending intelligence matters, and ordered favorably reported 
the nomination of Lieutenant General Timothy D. Haugh, USA, to be the 
Director of the National Security Agency.