[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 11 (Monday, January 22, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D62-D63]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of January 23 through January 26, 2024

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Christopher Koos, of Illinois, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of 
Directors, post-cloture, and vote on confirmation thereon at 11:30 a.m. 
Following disposition of the nomination, Senate will vote on the motion 
to invoke cloture on the nomination of Anthony Rosario Coscia, of New 
Jersey, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors.
  If cloture is invoked on the nomination of Anthony Rosario Coscia, 
Senate will vote on confirmation thereon at 2:15 p.m. Following 
disposition of the nomination, Senate will vote on the motion to invoke 
cloture on the nomination of Joel Matthew Szabat, of Maryland, to be a 
Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors. If cloture is invoked on the 
nomination, Senate will vote on confirmation thereon at 6 p.m.
  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 Armed Services: January 23, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Melissa Griffin Dalton, of Virginia, to 
be Under Secretary of the Air Force, Douglas Craig Schmidt, of 
Tennessee, to be Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, and 
Aprille Joy Ericsson, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary, all 
of the Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: January 25, to 
hold hearings to examine reauthorization of the National Flood 
Insurance Program, focusing on local perspectives on challenges and 
solutions, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: January 24, to hold hearings to examine 
how the climate crisis threatens ocean industries, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: January 24, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the Toxic Substances Control Act 
amendments implementation, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: January 24, business meeting to 
consider S. 2003, to authorize the Secretary of State to provide 
additional assistance to Ukraine using assets confiscated from the 
Central Bank of the Russian Federation and other sovereign assets of 
the Russian Federation, and the nominations of Kurt Campbell, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Deputy Secretary, Cardell Kenneth 
Richardson, Sr., of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Nicole 
Shampaine, of California, for the rank of Ambassador during her 
tenure of service as United States Representative to the 
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Sean Patrick 
Maloney, of New York, to be Representative of the United States of 
America to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and 
Development, with the rank of Ambassador, Jeffrey Prescott, of the 
District of Columbia, to be U.S. Representative to the United 
Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, with the rank of 
Ambassador, Charlie Crist, of Florida, to be Representative of the 
United States of America on the Council of the International Civil 
Aviation Organization, with the rank of Ambassador, and Joann M. 
Lockard, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Burkina Faso, all of the 
Department of State, and Robert David Gioia, of New York, to be a 
Commissioner on the part of the United States on the International 
Joint Commission, United States and Canada, 10 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  January 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir, of Connecticut, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia, and Courtney Diesel 
O'Donnell, of California, to be United States Permanent 
Representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and 
Cultural Organization, with the rank of Ambassador, Laura Stone, of 
Utah, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the Marshall Islands, all 
of the Department of State, Andrew William Plitt, of Maryland, to be 
an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, and other pending nominations, 10 a.m., 
SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: January 
23, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight, to hold 
hearings to examine improving export controls enforcement, 2:45 
p.m., SD-562.
  Committee on the Judiciary: January 23, Subcommittee on 
Intellectual Property, to hold hearings to examine the Patent 
Eligibility Restoration Act, focusing on restoring clarity, 
certainty, and predictability to the U.S. patent system, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-226.
  January 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine pending 
nominations, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  January 24, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism, 
to hold hearings to examine AI in

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criminal investigations and prosecutions, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: January 24, to hold 
hearings to examine the use of Artificial Intelligence at the 
Library of Congress, Government Publishing Office, and Smithsonian 
Institution, 2:15 p.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: January 24, to 
hold hearings to examine succession planning, focusing on 
opportunities to build wealth and keep jobs in local communities, 
2:15 p.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: January 23, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SVC-
217.
  January 24, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: January 25, to hold hearings to 
examine assisted living facilities, focusing on understanding long-
term care options for older adults, 10 a.m., SD-106.


                            House Committees

  No hearings are scheduled.