[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 176 (Wednesday, October 25, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1081-D1083]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee announced 
the following subcommittee assignments for the 118th Congress:
  Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment: Senators 
Menendez (Chair), Reed, Tester, Warner, Warren, Warnock, Butler, 
Rounds, Crapo, Tillis, Kennedy, Hagerty, and Vance.
  Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and 
Finance: Senators Warner (Chair), Tester, Van Hollen, Cortez Masto, 
Butler, Hagerty, Britt, Cramer, and Daines.
  Subcommittee on Economic Policy: Senators Warren (Chair), Reed, 
Menendez, Van Hollen, Smith, Fetterman, Kennedy, Rounds, Tillis, 
Lummis, and Daines.
  Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development: 
Senators Smith (Chair), Reed, Menendez, Tester, Cortez Masto, Warnock, 
Fetterman, Butler, Lummis, Crapo, Rounds, Kennedy, Hagerty, Vance, and 
Britt.
  Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection: 
Senators Warnock (Chair), Warner, Warren, Van Hollen, Cortez Masto, 
Smith, Fetterman, Tillis, Crapo, Lummis, Vance, Britt, and Cramer.
  Senators Brown and Scott (SC) are ex officio members of each 
subcommittee.
CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUPPLY CHAINS
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine how 
climate change threatens supply chains, after receiving testimony from 
Scott Kelly, Risilience, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Adam Rose, 
University of Southern California, Los Angeles; Kathy Fulton, American 
Logistics Aid Network, Auburndale, Florida; David Barker, Barker 
Companies, Iowa City, Iowa; and Robert McNally, Rapidan Energy Group, 
Washington, D.C.
PENDING LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands, Forests, and Mining concluded a hearing 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

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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 real property for a 
transaction over which the Secretary of the Interior has jurisdiction, 
after receiving testimony from Nada Wolff Culver, Principal Deputy 
Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; 
Jacqueline Emanuel, Associate Deputy Chief, Forest Service, Department 
of Agriculture; and Mark Boshell, Utah Public Lands Policy Coordinating 
Office, Salt Lake City.
PAID LEAVE
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine paid 
leave, focusing on policy, practice, and impact on the workforce, after 
receiving testimony from Ben Verhoeven, Peoria Gardens, Inc., Albany, 
Oregon; and Jocelyn Frye, National Partnership for Women and Families, 
Rachel U. Greszler, The Heritage Foundation Grover M. Hermann Center 
for the Federal Budget, and Elizabeth Milito, National Federation of 
Independent Business, all of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nominations of Jacob J. Lew, of New York, to be Ambassador to the 
State of Israel, 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, Paul K. Martin, of Maryland, to be Inspector 
General, United States Agency for International Development, David E. 
White, Jr., of New York, to be Deputy Director of the Peace Corps, and 
routine lists in the Foreign Service.
BLACK SEA REGION SECURITY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Europe and Regional 
Security Cooperation concluded a hearing to examine the Department of 
State's strategy for security in the Black Sea region, after receiving 
testimony from James C. O'Brien, Assistant Secretary of State for 
European and Eurasian Affairs.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the following bills:
  S. 2685, to make data and internal guidance on excess personal 
property publicly available, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 2866, to improve the customer experience of the Federal 
Government, ensure that Federal services are simple, seamless, and 
secure, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 3029, to amend title 5, United States Code, to increase death 
gratuities and funeral allowances for Federal employees, with an 
amendment;
  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, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2087, to reauthorize the Congressional Award Act, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  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, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute;
  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, with amendments; 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, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported 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, 
and Amanda Wood Laihow, of Maine, to be a Member of Occupational Safety 
and Health Review Commission.
BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW AND THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
implementing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation 
Reduction Act in native communities, after receiving testimony from 
Jarred-Michael Erickson, Confederated Tribes of the Colville 
Reservation, Nespelem, Washington; Jacob Keyes, Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, 
Perkins; Timothy Nuvangyaoma, Hopi Tribe, Kykotsmovi, Arizona; Sherry 
Parker, Hualapai Tribe, Peach Springs, Arizona; Shawn Malia 
Kana'iaupuni, Partners in Development Foundation, Honolulu, Hawaii; 
Jasmine Boyle, Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc., Anchorage; 
and Susan Masten, Native American Finance Officers Association, 
Washington, D.C.
UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
ensuring the safety and well-being of unaccompanied children, after 
receiving testimony from Joseph Salazar, Office Director, Office of 
Central American Affairs, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, 
Department of State; Robin Dunn Marcos, Director, Office of Refugee 
Resettlement, Administration for Children and Families, Department of 
Health and Human Services; Seema Nanda, Solicitor of Labor, Office of 
the Solicitor, Department of Labor; and Cardell T. Morant, Assistant 
Director, Homeland Security Investigations, Center for Countering Human 
Trafficking, Department of Homeland Security.
FOSTER CHILDREN
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law 
concluded a hearing to examine the human rights of foster children, 
after receiving testimony from Melissa D. Carter, Emory Law School, 
Decatur, Georgia; Emma M. Hetherington, University of Georgia School of 
Law Wilbanks Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation Clinic, Athens; 
Rachel Aldridge, Wray, Georgia; and Mon'a Houston, Savannah, Georgia.
ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine VA accountability and transparency, focusing on quality care 
and benefits for veterans, after receiving testimony from Tracey 
Therit, Chief Human Capital Officer, Office of Human Resources and 
Administration/Operations, Security and Preparedness, David Perry, 
Chief Officer, Workforce Management and Consulting, Veterans Health 
Administration, Aaron Robison, Senior Attorney-Advisor, Accountability, 
Office of General Counsel, and Ted Radway, Executive Director, 
Investigations, and Acting Executive Director, Compliance and 
Oversight, Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection, all 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.