[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 203 (Monday, December 11, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1285-D1287]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                      Week of December 12 through 
                           December 15, 2023

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Harry Coker, Jr., of Kansas, to be National Cyber Director, and vote on 
the motion to invoke cloture thereon at 11:45 a.m.
  If cloture is invoked on the nomination, Senate will vote on 
confirmation thereon at 2:15 p.m. Following disposition of the 
nomination, there will be up to 15 minutes for debate prior to a vote 
on the motion to invoke cloture on the conference report to accompany 
H.R. 2670, National Defense Authorization Act.

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  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 Appropriations: December 12, Subcommittee on 
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, 
to hold hearings to examine communities in crisis, focusing on what 
happens when disaster recovery funds are delayed, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: December 13, 
Subcommittee on Space and Science, to hold hearings to examine 
government promotion of safety and innovation in the new space 
economy, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: December 12, 
Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining, to hold hearings 
to examine S. 1281, to amend the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act 
of 1993 to provide for security of tenure for use of mining claims 
for ancillary activities, and S. 1742, to modify the requirements 
applicable to locatable minerals on public domain land, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-366.
  December 14, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 
subcommittee assignments for the 118th Congress, S. 461, to make 
certain irrigation districts eligible for Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin 
Program pumping power, S. 594, to require the Secretary of 
Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to prioritize the 
completion of the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail, S. 636, 
to establish the Dolores River National Conservation Area and the 
Dolores River Special Management Area in the State of Colorado, to 
protect private water rights in the State, S. 1118, to establish the 
Open Access Evapotranspiration (OpenET) Data Program, S. 1254, to 
designate and expand wilderness areas in Olympic National Forest in 
the State of Washington, and to designate certain rivers in Olympic 
National Forest and Olympic National Park as wild and scenic rivers, 
S. 1348, to redesignate land within certain wilderness study areas 
in the State of Wyoming, S. 1521, to amend the Federal Power Act to 
modernize and improve the licensing of non-Federal hydropower 
projects, S. 1634, to provide for the designation of certain 
wilderness areas, recreation management areas, and conservation 
areas in the State of Colorado, 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. 1776, to provide for 
the protection of and investment in certain Federal land in the 
State of California, 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. 1890, to 
provide for the establishment of a grazing management program on 
Federal land in Malheur County, Oregon, 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. 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. 2169, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to carry out watershed pilots, 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, 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. 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, and S. 3046, to make permanent the 
authority to collect Shasta-Trinity National Forest marina fees, 9 
a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: December 12, to receive a closed 
briefing on Iran and its proxy threat to U.S. policy and personnel 
post-October 7, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: December 12, 
business meeting to consider S. 1840, to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to reauthorize and improve the National Breast and 
Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program for fiscal years 2024 
through 2028, S. 3392, to reauthorize the Education Sciences Reform 
Act of 2002, the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, and 
the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act, 
S. 3393, to reauthorize the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities 
Act, S. 644, to expand the take-home prescribing of methadone 
through pharmacies, and other pending calendar business, 10 a.m., 
SD-430.
  December 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
diabetes epidemic, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: December 
12, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to 
examine Coast Guard Academy whistleblowers, focusing on stories of 
sexual assault and harassment, 10:15 a.m., SD-562.
  December 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Cyber 
Safety Review Board, focusing on expectations, outcomes, and 
enduring questions, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on the Judiciary: December 12, to hold hearings to 
examine cleaning up the C-Suite, focusing on ensuring accountability 
for corporate criminals, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  December 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine pending 
nominations, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  December 13, Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and 
Consumer Rights, to hold hearings to examine the impact of 
algorithms on competition and consumer rights, 3 p.m., SD-226.

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  December 14, Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, to hold 
hearings to examine protecting the human rights of foster children, 
1 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: December 12, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the Government Publishing Office, 3 
p.m., SR-301.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: December 12, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  December 13, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: December 14, to hold hearings to 
examine substance use trends among older adults, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Armed Services, December 13, Subcommittee on Military 
Personnel, hearing entitled ``Recruiting Shortfalls and Growing 
Mistrust: Perceptions of the US Military'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Workforce,, December 13, Subcommittee 
on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, hearing entitled 
``Protecting Workers and Small Businesses from Biden's Attack on 
Worker Free Choice and Economic Growth'', 10:15 a.m., 2174 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, December 13, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Leveraging Agency Expertise to Foster American AI 
Leadership and Innovation'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, December 13, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Moving the Money 
Part 2: Getting Answers from the Biden Administration on the Iranian 
Regime's Support of Terrorism'', 9 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, December 13, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 6602, to amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 
relating to the review of the interagency dispute resolution 
process; H.R. 6606, to amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 
relating to the statement of policy; H.R. 5613, to require a review 
of whether individuals or entities subject to the imposition of 
certain sanctions through inclusion on certain sanctions lists 
should also be subject to the imposition of other sanctions and 
included on other sanctions lists; H.R. 6614, to amend the Export 
Control Reform Act of 2018 relating to licensing transparency; H.R. 
1135, to grant certain authorities to the President to combat 
economic coercion by foreign adversaries, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 5917, to amend the Sanctioning the Use of Civilians as 
Defenseless Shields Act to modify and extend that Act, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 3016, to amend the Anti-Boycott Act of 2018 to apply 
the provisions of that Act to international governmental 
organizations; H.R. 3569, to provide for the expansion of the Starr-
Camargo Bridge near Rio Grande City, Texas, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 6586, to require a strategy to oppose financial or material 
support by foreign countries to the Taliban, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 6306, to amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
1956 to prohibit the acquisition or lease of a consular or 
diplomatic post built or owned by an entity beneficially owned by 
the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes; H.R. 6610, 
to provide for the modernization of the passport issuance process, 
and for other purposes; and H.R. 6416, to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to impose certain tax penalties in connection with the 
invasion of Ukraine, 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on Homeland Security, December 13, Subcommittee on 
Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability, hearing entitled 
``Censorship Laundering Part II: Preventing the Department of 
Homeland Security's Silencing of Dissent'', 2 p.m., 310 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, December 13, Subcommittee on Courts, 
Intellectual Property, and the Internet, hearing entitled ``Digital 
Copyright Piracy: Protecting American Consumers, Workers, and 
Creators'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  December 13, Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government 
Surveillance, hearing entitled ``Second Amendment Rights Empower 
Women's Rights'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Accountability, December 13, Select 
Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, hearing entitled 
``Reforming the WHO: Ensuring Global Health Security and 
Accountability'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, December 13, 
Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing entitled ``Oversight 
of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Modal Perspectives'', 
10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  December 13, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, 
hearing entitled ``Proposals for a Water Resources Development Act 
of 2024: Stakeholder Priorities'', 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, December 13, Subcommittee on 
Oversight, hearing entitled ``Growth of the Tax-Exempt Sector and 
the Impact on the American Political Landscape'', 2 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United 
States and the Chinese Communist Party, December 13, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``CCP Transnational Repression: The Party's Effort 
to Silence and Coerce Critics Overseas'', 7 p.m., 390 Cannon.