[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 123 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D746-D748]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             JULY 19, 2023

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  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, 3 p.m., 
SR-328A.
  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, 2:45 p.m., SD-
124.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water 
and Power, to hold an oversight hearing to examine of the Bureau of 
Reclamation, including 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 work, and S. 2247, to reauthorize the 
Bureau of Reclamation to provide cost-shared funding to implement 
the endangered and threatened fish recovery programs for the Upper 
Colorado and San Juan River Basins, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  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. 2291, to establish the 
Northern Border Coordination Center, S. 2289, to direct the Director 
of the Information Security Oversight Office to assess foreign 
influence in the National Industrial Security Program and to develop 
a single, integrated strategy to better identify and mitigate such 
foreign influence, S. 2278, to establish Image Adjudicator and 
Supervisory Image Adjudicator positions in the U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection Office of Field Operations, 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. 2272, to amend title 5, 
United States Code, to provide for special base rates of pay for 
wildland firefighters, 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. 
2219, to amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to 
expand access to breastfeeding accommodations in the workplace, S. 
2292, to improve the transparency of purchases by the Federal 
Government of data or information that can be used to identify an 
individual, S. 2286, to improve the effectiveness and performance of 
certain Federal financial assistance programs, S. 1524, to ensure 
that whistleblowers, including contractors, are protected from 
retaliation when a Federal employee orders a reprisal, S. 2283, to 
prohibit the procurement of certain items containing perfluorooctane 
sulfonate (PFOS) or perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and prioritize the 
procurement of products not containing PFAS, S. 2270, to establish 
and maintain a database within each agency for executive branch 
ethics records of noncareer appointees, S. 2293, to establish the 
Chief Artificial Intelligence Officers Council, Chief Artificial 
Intelligence Officers, and Artificial Intelligence Governance 
Boards, S. 2073, to amend title 31, United States Code, to require 
agencies to include a list of outdated or duplicative reporting 
requirements in annual budget justifications, 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, S. 2256, to authorize 
the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 
to establish an apprenticeship program and to establish a pilot 
program on cybersecurity training for veterans and members of the 
Armed Forces transitioning to civilian life, S. 2260, to require 
transparency in notices of funding opportunity, and the nomination 
of Fara Damelin, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Federal 
Communications Commission, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider S. 195, 
to provide compensation to the Keweenaw

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Bay Indian Community for the taking without just compensation of 
land by the United States inside the exterior boundaries of the 
L'Anse Indian Reservation that were guaranteed to the Community 
under a treaty signed in 1854, S. 382, to take certain land in the 
State of Washington into trust for the benefit of the Puyallup Tribe 
of the Puyallup Reservation, S. 910, to amend the Grand Ronde 
Reservation Act, S. 1286, to amend the Siletz Reservation Act to 
address the hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering 
activities of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, S. 1322, to 
amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to modify the authorized purposes 
and term period of tribal leases, S. 1987, to provide for the 
settlement of the water rights claims of the Fort Belknap Indian 
Community, S. 2273, to amend the Indian Child Protection and Family 
Violence Prevention Act, S. 2285, to reauthorize the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996; to be 
immediately followed by a hearing 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, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Competition Policy, 
Antitrust, and Consumer Rights, to hold hearings to examine trends 
in vertical merger enforcement, 2:45 p.m., SD-226.
  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'', 3 p.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Full Committee, markup on the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies FY 2024 Appropriations 
Bill, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, 
hearing entitled ``Admissions, Curriculum, and Diversity of Thought 
at the Military Service Academies'', 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
824, the ``Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023''; 
H.R. 3226, the ``Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for 
Mothers who deliver Infants Early (PREEMIE) Reauthorization Act of 
2023''; H.R. 3838, the ``Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization 
Act of 2023''; H.R. 3843, the ``Action for Dental Health Act of 
2023''; H.R. 3884, the ``Sickle Cell Disease and Other Heritable 
Blood Disorders Research, Registry Reauthorization Act of 2023''; 
H.R. 3391, the ``Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0''; 
H.R. 3836, the ``Medicaid Primary Care Improvement Act''; H.R. 4531, 
the ``Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act''; 
H.R. 4529, the ``Public Health Guidance Transparency and 
Accountability Act of 2023''; H.R. 4381, the ``Public Health 
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Review Act''; H.R. 3813, the ``CDC Leadership Accountability Act of 
2023''; H.R. 4421, the ``Preparing for All Hazards and Pathogens 
Reauthorization Act''; H.R. 4420, the ``Preparedness and Response 
Reauthorization Act''; and H.R. 3887, the ``Children's Hospital GME 
Support Reauthorization Act of 2023'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Biden and Mayorkas' Open Border: Advancing Cartel Crime in 
America'', 2 p.m., 310 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
hearing entitled ``Oversight of the U.S. Capitol Police Office of 
Inspector General'', 2 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 1631, 
the ``Protecting and Enhancing Public Access to Codes Act''; H.R. 
4250, the ``Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying (PRESS) 
Act''; and H.R 4639, the ``Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act'', 9 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
1607, to clarify jurisdiction with respect to certain Bureau of 
Reclamation pumped storage development, and for other purposes; H.R. 
2839, to amend the Siletz Reservation Act to address the hunting, 
fishing, trapping, and animal gathering rights of the Confederated 
Tribes of Siletz Indians, and for other purposes; and H.R. 4374, the 
``Energy Opportunities for All Act'', 9:15 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Hearing with IRS Whistleblowers About the Biden Criminal 
Investigation'', 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Members' Day Hearing: House Committee on Science, 
Space, and Technology'', 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
Investigations, and Regulations, hearing entitled ``Burdensome Red 
Tape: Overregulation in Health Care and the Impact on Small 
Businesses'', 9:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, markup on H.R. 3848, the ``HOME Act of 2023''; H.R. 
3874, the ``Veterans Education Assistance Improvement Act''; H.R. 
3898, the ``Transcript Assurance for Heroes Act''; H.R. 3900, to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to establish certain rights for 
spouses of members of the uniformed services; H.R. 3933, the ``TAP 
Promotion Act''; H.R. 3943, the ``Servicemember Employment 
Protection Act of 2023''; and H.R. 3981, the ``Veterans Education 
Oversight Expansion Act'', 9 a.m., 360 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, markup on H.R. 592, 
the ``Department of Veterans Affairs Electronic Health Record 
Modernization Improvement Act''; H.R. 608, to terminate the 
Electronic Health Record Modernization Program of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs; H.R. 1659, the ``Department of Veterans Affairs IT 
Modernization Improvement Act''; H.R. 2499, the ``VA Supply Chain 
Management System Authorization Act''; H.R. 4278, the ``Restore 
Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability Act''; H.R. 196, the 
``Expediting Temporary Ratings for Veterans Act''; H.R. 4461, 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.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Tax, hearing entitled 
``Biden's Global Tax Surrender Harms American Workers and Our 
Economy'', 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.