[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 5, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D200-D201]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             MARCH 6, 2024

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on the Budget: business meeting to consider S. 1274, to 
permanently exempt payments made from the Railroad Unemployment 
Insurance Account from sequestration under the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985; to be immediately followed by 
a hearing to examine how primary care improves health care 
efficiency, 9:30 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the National Transportation Safety Board 
Investigations Report, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine extended producer responsibility policies for consumer 
packaging, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider the nomination 
of Corey Anne Tellez, of Illinois, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of 
the Treasury, Time to be announced, Room to be announced.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine global 
food security, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to resume consideration of S. 3664, to require executive 
branch employees to report certain royalties, S. 3626, to clarify 
task and delivery order solicitation and contract requirements, S. 
3635, to improve the President's Cup Cybersecurity Competitions, S. 
3613, to require Facility Security Committees to respond to security 
recommendations issued by the Federal Protective Service relating to 
facility security, S. 3558, to prohibit contracting with certain 
biotechnology providers, S. 1524, to ensure that whistleblowers, 
including contractors, are protected from retaliation when a Federal 
employee orders a reprisal, S. 3654, to amend the Presidential 
Transition Act of 1963 to require the timely appointment of agency 
transition officials, to ensure adequate performance and oversight 
of required transition-related preparation, to require new guidance 
for agencies and possible transition teams, S. 3648, to amend the 
Post-Katrina Management Reform Act of 2006 to repeal certain 
obsolete requirements, S. 3139, to ensure that Federal contractors 
comply with child labor laws, S. 2367, to improve border security 
through regular assessments and evaluations of the Checkpoint 
Program Management Office and effective training of U.S. Border 
Patrol agents regarding drug seizures, S. 3594, to require 
Governmentwide source code sharing, S. 3015, to amend title 5, 
United States Code, to address telework for Federal employees, S. 
2143, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 320 South 2nd Avenue in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, as the 
``Staff Sergeant Robb Lura Rolfing Post Office Building'', S. 2274, 
to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 112 Wyoming Street in Shoshoni, Wyoming, as the ``Dessie 
A. Bebout Post Office'', S. 2717, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 231 North Franklin Street in 
Greensburg, Indiana, as the ``Brigadier General John T. Wilder Post 
Office'', S. 3267, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 410 Dakota Avenue South in Huron, South 
Dakota, as the ``First Lieutenant Thomas Michael Martin Post Office 
Building'', S. 3357, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 5120 Derry Street in Harrisburg, 
Pennsylvania, as the ``Hettie Simmons Love Post Office Building'', 
S. 3419, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1765 Camp Hill Bypass in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, 
as the ``John Charles Traub Post Office'', S. 3639, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2075 West 
Stadium Boulevard in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as the ``Robert Hayden 
Post Office'', S. 3640, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 155 South Main Street in Mount 
Clemens, Michigan, as the ``Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Jefferson 
Post Office'', H.R. 292, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 24355 Creekside Road in Santa 
Clarita, California, as the ``William L. Reynolds Post Office 
Building'', H.R. 996, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 3901 MacArthur Blvd., in New Orleans, 
Louisiana, as the ``Dr. Rudy Lombard Post Office'', H.R. 2379, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 616 East Main Street in St. Charles, Illinois, as the ``Veterans 
of the Vietnam War Memorial Post Office'', H.R. 3944, to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 West 
Church Street in Mount Vernon, Georgia, as the ``Second Lieutenant 
Patrick Palmer Calhoun Post Office'', and the nominations of 
Adrienne Jennings Noti, Tanya Monique Jones Bosier, Danny Lam Hoan 
Nguyen, Kenechukwu Onyemaechi Okocha, Katherine E. Oler, Judith E. 
Pipe, and Charles J. Willoughby, Jr., each to be an Associate Judge 
of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 9:30 a.m., SD-
342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine pending 
nominations, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold a joint hearing with the 
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative 
presentation of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and 
multiple veterans service organizations: PVA, WWP, NASDVA, MRC, BSF, 
IAVA, BVA, SWAN, SVA, and AMVETS, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.

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                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``For 
the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from The Honorable Rostin Behnam, 
Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission'', 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land 
Forces, hearing entitled ``Army Aviation Rebalancing and the Path 
Ahead'', 3:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Workforce, Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, hearing entitled 
``Proven Results: Highlighting the Benefits of Charter Schools for 
Students and Families'', 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, 
and Grid Security, markup on legislation on the Pipeline Safety, 
Modernization, and Expansion Act; legislation to prohibit the 
Secretary of Energy from prescribing or enforcing energy 
conservation standards for clothes washers that are not cost-
effective or technologically feasible, and for other purposes; 
legislation to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from prescribing or 
enforcing energy conservation standards for clothes dryers that are 
not cost-effective or technologically feasible, and for other 
purposes; legislation to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from 
prescribing or enforcing energy conservation standards for 
dishwashers that are not cost-effective or technologically feasible, 
and for other purposes; legislation to prohibit the Secretary of 
Energy from prescribing or enforcing energy conservation standards 
for refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers that are not 
cost-effective or technologically feasible, and for other purposes; 
legislation to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from prescribing or 
enforcing energy conservation standards for room air conditioners 
that are not cost-effective or technologically feasible, and for 
other purposes, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical 
Materials, markup on legislation on the Air Quality Standards 
Implementation Act of 2024, 2:30 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The Federal Reserve's Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report'', 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime and Federal 
Government Surveillance, hearing entitled ``A Voice for the 
Voiceless--CSAM Identification'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Full Committee, markup on H.R. 7343, the ``Detain and Deport 
Illegal Aliens Who Assault Cops Act''; H.R. 7334, the ``Detain and 
Deport Illegal Aliens Who Commit Robbery Act''; and H.R. 661, 
``Sarah's Law'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife 
and Fisheries, hearing on H.R. 7408, the ``America's Wildlife 
Habitat Conservation Act'', 10:15 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing entitled 
H.R. 6482, the ``Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands 
Act''; H.R. 7370, the ``Geothermal Energy Opportunity Act''; H.R. 
7375, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to improve the assessment of 
expression of interest fees, and for other purposes; H.R. 7377, the 
``Royalty Resiliency Act''; H.R. 7409, the ``Harnessing Energy At 
Thermal Sources Act''; and H.R. 7422, the ``Geothermal Cost-Recovery 
Authority Act of 2024'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs, hearing entitled 
``Advancing Tribal Self-Determination: Examining Bureau of Indian 
Affairs' 638 Contracting'', 2:15 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Select Subcommittee on 
the Coronavirus Pandemic, hearing entitled ``Examining the White 
House's Role in Pandemic Preparedness and Response'', 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Environment, hearing entitled ``Winning in Weather: U.S. 
Competitiveness in Forecasting and Modeling'', 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Reducing Mismanagement: GAO Recommendations for Improving the 
SBA'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing entitled 
``Implementation of the Recommendations of the Accountability and 
Transparency Review and Efforts to Ease Coast Guard Manpower 
Shortages'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 7513, 
the ``Protecting America's Seniors' Access to Care Act''; H.R. 5074, 
the ``Kidney PATIENT Act of 2023''; H.R. 7512, the ``Real-Time 
Benefit Tool Implementation Act''; and the Views and Estimates 
Letter to the Committee on the Budget, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meeting

  Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to hold a 
joint hearing with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to 
examine the legislative presentation of Veterans of Foreign Wars of 
the United States and multiple veterans service organizations: PVA, 
WWP, NASDVA, MRC, BSF, IAVA, BVA, SWAN, SVA, and AMVETS, 10 a.m., 
SD-G50.