[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 175 (Tuesday, October 24, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1073-D1075]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                            OCTOBER 25, 2023

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine how climate 
change threatens supply chains, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands, Forests, and Mining, to hold hearings to examine S. 175, to 
codify certain public land orders relating to the revocation of 
certain withdrawals of public land in the State of Alaska, S. 297, 
to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to 
authorize certain construction activities on public lands, S. 1348, 
to redesignate land within certain wilderness study areas in the 
State of Wyoming, S. 1719, to amend the Healthy Forests Restoration 
Act of 2003 to establish emergency fireshed management areas, S. 
1764, to improve Federal activities relating to wildfires, S. 1889, 
to provide for the recognition of certain Alaska Native communities 
and the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act, S. 2132, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to 
establish a pilot program for the establishment and use of a pre-
fire-suppression stand density index, S. 2151, to amend the 
Southwest Forest Health and Wildlife Prevention Act of 2004 to 
require the establishment of an additional Institute under that Act, 
S. 2581, to extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act of 2000, S. 2615, to amend the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act to provide that Village Corporations shall not 
be required to convey land in trust to the State of Alaska for the 
establishment of Municipal Corporations, S. 2855, to modernize and 
streamline the permitting process for broadband infrastructure on 
Federal land, S. 2867, to address the forest health crisis on the 
National Forest System and public lands, S. 2991, to improve 
revegetation and carbon sequestration activities in the United 
States, S. 3033, to withdraw certain Federal land in the Pecos 
Watershed area of the State of New Mexico from mineral entry, S. 
3036, to require the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the 
State of Utah certain Federal land under the administrative 
jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management within the boundaries 
of Camp Williams, Utah, S. 3044, to redesignate the Mount Evans 
Wilderness as the ``Mount Blue Sky Wilderness'', S. 3045, to provide 
for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal 
land in the State of California, S. 3046, to make permanent the 
authority to collect Shasta-Trinity National Forest marina fees, 
H.R. 3324, to extend the authority to collect Shasta-Trinity Marina 
fees through fiscal year 2029, S. 3062, to provide for the removal 
of small-diameter trees in fire hazard areas, and S. 3079, to 
establish a policy regarding appraisal and valuation services for

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real property for a transaction over which the Secretary of the 
Interior has jurisdiction, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine paid leave, 
focusing on policy, practice, and impact on the workforce, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Jacob J. Lew, of New York, to be Ambassador to the 
State of Israel, Department of State, and other pending nominations, 
10 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, to hold 
hearings to examine the Department of State's strategy for security 
in the Black Sea region, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Monica M. Bertagnolli, of 
Massachusetts, to be Director of the National Institutes of Health, 
Department of Health and Human Services, Charlotte A. Burrows, of 
the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission, Erika L. McEntarfer, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Commissioner of Labor Statistics, Department of 
Labor, Amanda Wood Laihow, of Maine, to be a Member of Occupational 
Safety and Health Review Commission, and other pending calendar 
business, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to consider S. 2685, to make data and internal guidance on 
excess personal property publicly available, S. 2866, to improve the 
customer experience of the Federal Government, ensure that Federal 
services are simple, seamless, and secure, S. 3029, to amend title 
5, United States Code, to increase death gratuities and funeral 
allowances for Federal employees, S. 2150, to establish an 
Interagency Council on Service to promote and strengthen 
opportunities for military service, national service, and public 
service for all people of the United States, S. 2087, to reauthorize 
the Congressional Award Act, S. 2414, to require agencies with 
working dog programs to implement the recommendations of the 
Government Accountability Office relating to the health and welfare 
of working dogs, S. 1258, to require the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget to submit to Congress an annual report on 
projects that are over budget and behind schedule, S. 3071, to amend 
section 324 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act to incentivize States, Indian Tribes, and Territories 
to close disaster recovery projects by authorizing the use of excess 
funds for management costs for other disaster recovery projects, and 
S. 3067, to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency to conduct an evaluation and submit to Congress a 
report on ways to reduce the complexity of the cost effectiveness 
requirements for hazard mitigation assistance, 10:30 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to examine 
implementing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation 
Reduction Act in native communities, 2 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine ensuring 
the safety and well-being of unaccompanied children, 10 a.m., SD-
G50.
  Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, to hold hearings to 
examine the human rights of foster children, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine VA 
accountability and transparency, focusing on quality care and 
benefits for veterans, 3:30 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Seapower and 
Projection Forces, hearing entitled ``The Submarine Industrial Base 
and its Ability to Support the AUKUS Framework'', 2:30 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, 
and Grid Security, continue markup on legislation on the Advanced 
Reactor Fee Reduction Act; legislation on the Advanced Nuclear 
Reactor Prize Act; legislation on the Nuclear for Brownfields Site 
Preparation Act; legislation on the Strengthening American Nuclear 
Competitiveness Act; legislation on the NRC Mission Alignment Act; 
legislation on the Nuclear Licensing Efficiency Act; legislation on 
the Advanced Nuclear Deployment Act; legislation on the Modernize 
Nuclear Reactor Environmental Reviews Act; legislation on the 
Advancing Nuclear Regulatory Oversight Act; H.R. 995, the ``Global 
Nuclear Energy Assessment and Cooperation Act''; H.R. 5718, the 
``Nuclear Fuel Security Act of 2023''; H.R. 4528, the 
``Strengthening the NRC Workforce Act of 2023''; H.R. 4167, the 
``Protecting America's Distribution Transformer Supply Chain Act''; 
legislation on the Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act; legislation on 
the GRID Act; legislation on the Affordable HOMES Act; and H.R. 
4045, the ``Hydropower Clean Energy Future Act'', 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Supporting Access to 
Long-Term Services and Supports: An Examination of the Impacts of 
Proposed Regulations on Workforce and Access to Care'', 2 p.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Digital Assets, 
Financial Technology and Inclusion, hearing entitled ``Modernizing 
Financial Services Through Innovation and Competition'', 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and 
International Financial Institutions, hearing entitled ``How America 
and Its Allies Can Stop Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran from Evading 
Sanctions and Financing Terror'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, 
hearing entitled ``The U.S.- Honduras Bilateral Relationship: 
Analyzing the Socialist Government of President Xiomara Castro de 
Zelaya'', 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability, hearing entitled 
``The Global Engagement Center: Helping or Hurting U.S. Foreign 
Policy'', 2 p.m., HVC-210.

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  Committee on Homeland Security, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``An Examination of the Iranian Regime's Threats to Homeland 
Security'', 9 a.m., 310 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection, 
hearing entitled ``Evaluating Federal Cybersecurity Governance'', 2 
p.m., 310 Cannon.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
1792, the ``South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act of 2023''; H.R. 2560, the 
``Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Act of 2023''; H.R. 3415, the ``Pilot 
Butte Power Plant Conveyance Act''; H.R. 4587, the ``Red Snapper 
Act''; H.R. 4770, the ``Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and 
Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2023''; H.R. 5009, the ``WILD Act''; 
H.R. 5283, the ``Protecting our Communities from Failure to Secure 
the Border Act of 2023''; and H.R. 5616, the ``BRIDGE Production Act 
of 2023'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing on H.R. 
1449, the ``CLEAN Act''; H.R. 2855, the ``Sinkhole Mapping Act of 
2023''; legislation on the Right of Way Application Transparency and 
Accountability Act; and legislation on the Restoring American Energy 
Dominance Act, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries, hearing on H.R. 
520, to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that 
artificially propagated animals shall be treated the same under that 
Act as naturally propagated animals; H.R. 2990, the ``National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sexual Harassment and Assault 
Prevention Improvements Act of 2023''; H.R. 5103, the ``FISHES 
Act''; H.R. 5504, to require the Director of the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service and the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries 
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to withdraw 
proposed rules relating to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 5509, the ``Electronic Permitting 
Modernization Act''; H.R. 5874, the ``TAAP Act''; and legislation to 
prohibit the implementation of certain documents until the Assistant 
Administrator for Fisheries of the National Marine Fisheries Service 
issues documents relating to the Rice's whale, 2:15 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Subcommittee on 
National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs, hearing entitled 
``Faith Under Fire: An Examination of Global Religious 
Persecution'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory 
Affairs, hearing entitled ``The Power of Apprenticeships: Faster, 
Better Paths to Prosperous Jobs and Less Waste in Higher 
Education'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Educational Freedom and Opportunity for American Families, 
Students, and Workers'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meeting

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine Hamas' hostages, Putin's prisoners, and freeing 
international captives, 10 a.m., 1334, Longworth Building.