[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 124 (Wednesday, July 19, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D755-D757]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
RURAL WATER
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on 
Rural Development and Energy concluded a hearing to examine rural 
water, focusing on modernizing our community water systems, after 
receiving testimony from Jennifer Day, RCAP Solutions, Inc., Worcester, 
Massachusetts; Joseph Duncan, Champlain Water District, South 
Burlington, Vermont, on behalf of the Green Mountain Water Environment 
Association; Catherine Coleman Flowers, Center for Rural Enterprise and 
Environmental Justice, Huntsville, Alabama; Pauli Undesser, Water 
Quality Association and Water Quality Research Foundation, Lisle, 
Illinois; and Robert White, IV, Alabama Rural Water Association, 
Montgomery, on behalf of the National Rural Water Association.
APPROPRIATIONS: SEC
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates and justification for fiscal year 2024 for the Securities and 
Exchange Commission, after receiving testimony

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from Gary Gensler, Chair, Securities and Exchange Commission.
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and 
Power concluded 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, after receiving testimony from Senator Padilla; and 
Camille Calimlim Touton, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, 
Department of the Interior.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the following business items:
  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, with an amendment in the nature of 
a substitute;
  S. 1444, to increase the pay and enhance the training of United 
States Border Patrol agents, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 2272, to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for special 
base rates of pay for wildland firefighters, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute; and
  The nomination of Fara Damelin, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, 
Federal Communications Commission.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  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, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 1987, to provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of 
the Fort Belknap Indian Community, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 2273, to amend the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence 
Prevention Act; and
  S. 2285, to reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and 
Self-Determination Act of 1996, with an amendment.

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LEGISLATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded 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, after 
receiving testimony from Wizipan Garriott, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; Ryman LeBeau, Cheyenne 
River Sioux Tribe, Eagle Butte, South Dakota; and Frank Star Comes Out, 
Oglala Sioux Tribe, Pine Ridge, South Dakota.
VERTICAL MERGER ENFORCEMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Competition Policy, 
Antitrust, and Consumer Rights concluded a hearing to examine trends in 
vertical merger enforcement, after receiving testimony from Makan 
Delrahim, former Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, 
Department of Justice, and Charlotte Slaiman, Public Knowledge, both of 
Washington, D.C.; and Nancy L. Rose, Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology, Cambridge.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee ordered 
favorably the following business items:
  S. 38, to amend the Small Business Act to codify the Boots to 
Business Program, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  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, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1156, to establish an Office of Native American Affairs within the 
Small Business Administration, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  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, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute;
  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, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 1396, to improve commercialization activities in the SBIR and STTR 
programs, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  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, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  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''.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.