[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 123 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D748-D751]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 19 through July 21, 2023

                             Senate Chamber

  On Wednesday, Senate will continue consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of S. 2226, National Defense Authorization 
Act, post-cloture.
  At 11 a.m., His Excellency Isaac Herzog, President of Israel, will 
address a Joint Meeting of Congress in the Hall of the House of 
Representatives. Senators should gather in the Senate Chamber at 10:20 
a.m. and will proceed as a body to the House Chamber at 10:30 a.m.
  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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: July 19, 
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: July 19, 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.
  July 20, Full Committee, business meeting to markup an original 
bill entitled, ``Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act'', 
an original bill entitled, ``State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act'', and an original bill entitled, 
``Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act'', 10:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: July 20, to hold hearings to examine 
the nomination of Lieutenant General Timothy D. Haugh, USAF, to be 
general and Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central 
Security Service Commander, United States Cyber Command, 9 a.m., SD-
G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 20, to hold 
hearings to examine perspectives on deposit insurance reform after 
recent bank failures, 10 a.m., SD-538.

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  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 20, 
Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries, Climate Change, and 
Manufacturing, to hold an oversight hearing to examine the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration budget, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 19, 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 Environment and Public Works: July 20, to hold 
hearings to examine the Water Resources Development Act, focusing on 
non-Federal stakeholder views, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: July 20, Subcommittee on Health Care, to 
hold hearings to examine the urgent need to reform the U.S. 
transplant system, focusing on the cost of inaction, 10 a.m., SD-
215.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: July 20, 
business meeting to consider S. 2333, to reauthorize certain 
programs under the Public Health Service Act with respect to public 
health security and all-hazards preparedness and response, and other 
pending calendar business, 10:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: July 19, 
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 
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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: July 19, business meeting to consider 
S. 195, to provide compensation to the Keweenaw 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: July 19, Subcommittee on Competition 
Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights, to hold hearings to examine 
trends in vertical merger enforcement, 2:45 p.m., SD-226.
  July 20, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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 
nomination of Julia Kathleen Munley, to be United States District 
Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: July 19, 
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: July 19, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: July 20, to hold hearings to examine 
housing accessibility and affordability for older adults and people 
with disabilities, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.


                            House Committees

  Committee on the Judiciary, July 20, Select Subcommittee on the 
Weaponization of the Federal Government, hearing entitled ``Hearing 
on the Weaponization of the Federal Government'', 9 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, July 20, Subcommittee on Federal 
Lands, hearing on legislation on Military and

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Veterans in Parks (MVP) Act; H.R. 1786, the ``GROW Act''; H.R. 1829, 
to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant 
Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona; 
and H.R. 2468, the ``Mountain View Corridor Completion Act'', 9 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, July 20, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations; and Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, 
joint hearing entitled ``VA Contracting: Challenges in Competition 
and Conflicts of Interest'', 9:30 a.m., 360 Cannon.
  Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United 
States and the Chinese Communist Party, July 20, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``The Biden Administration's PRC Strategy'', 8 
a.m., 390 Cannon.