[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 171 (Wednesday, October 18, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1052-D1053]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            OCTOBER 19, 2023

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
findings of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of 
the United States; to be immediately followed by a closed session in 
SVC-217, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the nominations of Tanya F. Otsuka, of Virginia, to be a 
Member of the National Credit Union Administration Board, Mark 
Toshiro Uyeda, of California, to be a Member of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission, Spencer Bachus III, of Alabama, to be a Member 
of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United 
States, Jennifer L. Fain, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Claudia Slacik, of New 
York, and William Brodsky, of Illinois, both to be a Director of the 
Securities Investor Protection Corporation, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the Department of Energy's due diligence process for 
awarding competitive grants and loans funded through the Inflation 
Reduction Act and the bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the 
Department's overall innovation investment strategy, 10 a.m., SD-
366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Richard H. Riley IV, of California, to be Ambassador 
to the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mark Toner, of Pennsylvania, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Liberia, and Herro Mustafa Garg, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt, all of 
the Department of State, David E. White, Jr., of New York, to be 
Deputy Director of the Peace Corps, Paul K. Martin, of Maryland, to 
be Inspector General,

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United States Agency for International Development, and other 
pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD-419.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Cyber, Information 
Technologies, and Innovation, hearing entitled ``Can it work? 
Outside Perspectives on DOD's Replicator Program'', 9 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Sounding the Alarm: Examining the Need for a Fiscal Commission'', 
10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Workforce, Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, hearing entitled 
``Protecting Kids: Combating Graphic, Explicit Content in School 
Libraries'', 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, 
and Grid Security, hearing entitled ``The Role of Artificial 
Intelligence in Powering America's Energy Future'', 10:30 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``What's the Prognosis?: 
Examining Medicare Proposals to Improve Patient Access to Care and 
Minimize Red Tape for Doctors'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, markup on H. Res. 
559, declaring it is the policy of the United States that a nuclear 
Islamic Republic of Iran is not acceptable; H.R. 340, to impose 
sanctions with respect to foreign support for terrorist 
organizations, including Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad; 
H.R. 3266, to require the Secretary of State to submit annual 
reports reviewing the curriculum used by the Palestinian Authority, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 3774, to impose additional sanctions 
with respect to the importation or facilitation of the importation 
of petroleum products from Iran, and for other purposes; H.R. 5826, 
to require a report on sanctions under the Robert Levinson Hostage 
Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 2973, to require the Secretary of Defense to develop, 
in cooperation with allies and partners in the Middle East, an 
integrated maritime domain awareness and interdiction capability, 
and for other purposes; H. Res. 599, urging the European Union to 
designate Hizballah in its entirety as a terrorist organization; and 
H.R. 1809, to require the development of strategies and options to 
prevent the export to Iran of certain technologies related to 
unmanned aircraft systems, and for other purposes, 10:20 a.m., 210-
HVC.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Transportation and 
Maritime Security, hearing entitled ``The Role of Technology in 
Aviation Security'', 10 a.m., 310 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability, 
hearing entitled ``Exploitation and Enforcement: Evaluating the 
Department of Homeland Security's Efforts to Counter Uyghur Forced 
Labor'', 2 p.m., 310 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual 
Property, and the Internet, hearing entitled ``IP and Strategic 
Competition with China: Part III--IP Theft, Cybersecurity, and AI'', 
10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Federal Lands, 
hearing on H.R. 1727, the ``Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National 
Historical Park Commission Extension Act''; H.R. 5283, the 
``Protecting our Communities from Failure to Secure the Border Act 
of 2023''; legislation on the Trash Reduction And Suppressing Harm 
from Environmental Degradation at the Border Act; and legislation on 
the Ensuring Border Access and Protection on Federal Land Act, 10 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs, hearing on legislation 
on the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2023, 3 p.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Oversight of the U.S. General Services Administration'', 
10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Burdensome Regulations: Examining the Effects of DOL Rulemaking on 
America's Job Creators'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, 
hearing entitled ``Regional Commissions: A Review of Federal 
Economic Development Program Effectiveness'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing 
entitled ``Investigating Pandemic Fraud: Preventing History from 
Repeating Itself'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meeting

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine Israel and Ukraine against terror, 2 p.m., 2247-RHOB.