[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 5, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D201-D205]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of March 6 through March 8, 2024

                             Senate Chamber

  On Wednesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Ronald T. Keohane, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Defense, post-cloture, and vote on confirmation thereon at 11:30 a.m.
  Following disposition of the nomination of Ronald T. Keohane, Senate 
will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Moshe Z. 
Marvit, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Federal Mine Safety and 
Health Review Commission. If cloture is

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invoked on the nomination, Senate will vote on confirmation thereon at 
2:15 p.m.
  Following disposition of the nomination of Moshe Z. Marvit, Senate 
will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Cathy 
Ann Harris, of Maryland, to be Chairman of the Merit Systems Protection 
Board. If cloture is invoked on the nomination, Senate will vote on 
confirmation thereon at 5:45 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: March 7, to hold hearings to examine 
the posture of United States Central Command and United States 
Africa Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for 
Fiscal Year 2025 and the Future Years Defense Program; to be 
immediately followed by a closed session in SVC-217, 10 a.m., SH-
216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: March 7, 
business meeting to consider the nomination of Ron Borzekowski, of 
Maryland, to be Director, Office of Financial Research, Department 
of the Treasury; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine 
the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress, 9:40 a.m., 
SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: March 6, 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: March 6, to 
hold hearings to examine the National Transportation Safety Board 
Investigations Report, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: March 6, to hold 
hearings to examine extended producer responsibility policies for 
consumer packaging, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: March 6, 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: March 6, to hold hearings to 
examine global food security, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  March 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Margaret L. Taylor, of Maryland, to be Legal Adviser, 
Erik John Woodhouse, of Virginia, to be Head of the Office of 
Sanctions Coordination, with the rank of Ambassador, Robert William 
Forden, of California, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia, 
and B. Bix Aliu, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Montenegro, all of 
the Department of State, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: March 7, to 
hold hearings to examine the Older Americans Act, focusing on 
supporting efforts to meet the needs of seniors, 11 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: March 6, 
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

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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: March 6, to hold hearings to examine 
pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  March 7, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 1306, to 
reauthorize the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program, and the nominations 
of Amir H. Ali, to be United States District Judge for the District 
of Columbia, Melissa R. DuBose, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Rhode Island, Sunil R. Harjani, to be United 
States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, Robert 
J. White, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Michigan, Jasmine Hyejung Yoon, to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, Almo J. Carter, 
of the District of Columbia, to be a Commissioner of the United 
States Parole Commission, and Joshua S. Levy, to be United States 
Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Rebecca C. Lutzko, to be 
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, David O. 
Barnett, Jr., to be United States Marshal for the District of New 
Mexico, and Roy W. Minter, Jr., to be United States Marshal for the 
Southern District of Georgia, all of the Department of Justice, 10 
a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: March 6, 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.
  March 7, Full Committee, to hold a joint hearing with the House 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative 
presentation of Disabled American Veterans, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: March 6, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Armed Services, March 7, Subcommittee on Military 
Personnel, hearing entitled ``Department of Defense Monitoring of 
COVID-19'', 2:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, March 7, Full Committee, markup on 
legislation on the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal 
Year 2025, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Workforce, March 7, Subcommittee on 
Higher Education and Workforce Development, hearing entitled 
``Divisive, Excessive, Ineffective: The Real Impact of DEI on 
College Campuses'', 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, March 7, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Legislation to Protect Americans from the National 
Security Threats Posed by Foreign Adversary Controlled 
Applications'', 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn. Part of this hearing is 
closed.
  March 7, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 7521, the ``Prohibition of 
Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act''; H.R. 7520, the 
``Protecting Americans' Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024'', 
2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, March 7, Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy, hearing entitled 
``Politicized Financial Regulation and its Impact on Consumer Credit 
and Community Development'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, March 7, Full Committee, markup on 
legislation on recommending that the House of Representatives find 
Antony Blinken, Secretary, U.S. Department of State, in contempt of 
Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing entitled 
``The Agents of Antisemitism in Latin America'', 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, March 7, Subcommittee on 
Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence, markup on H.R. 
7443, to authorize a dedicated transnational repression office 
within the Department of Homeland Security's Homeland Security 
Investigations to analyze and monitor transnational repression and 
related terrorism threats and require Homeland Security 
Investigations to take actions to prevent transnational repression; 
H.R. 7433, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a 
transnational repression hotline and conduct a transnational 
repression public service announcement campaign, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 7439, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
require the Secretary of Homeland Security to prioritize 
strengthening of State and local law enforcement capabilities to 
combat transnational repression and related terrorism threats, and 
for other purposes, 3 p.m., 310 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, March 7, Select Subcommittee on the 
Weaponization of the Federal Government, hearing entitled ``Hearing 
on the Weaponization of the Federal Government'', 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Immigration, Integrity, Security, and 
Enforcement, hearing entitled ``Presidential Power to Secure the 
Border'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, March 7, Subcommittee on Federal 
Lands, hearing on H.R. 1584, the ``Plum Island National Monument 
Act''; H.R. 1647, the ``Salem Maritime National Historical Park 
Redesignation and Boundary Study Act''; H.R. 3047, the ``Apache 
County and Navajo County Conveyance Act of 2023''; H.R. 3173, the 
``Northern Nevada Economic Development and

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Conservation Act of 2023''; H.R. 6852, the ``Holcombe Rucker Park 
Landmark Act''; and H.R. 7332, the ``Utah State Parks Adjustment 
Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Monetizing Nature and Locking up Public Land: The 
Implications of Biden's Strategy for Natural Capital Accounting'', 
10:15 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Accountability, March 7, Full 
Committee, markup on H.R. 4552, the ``Federal Information Security 
Modernization Act of 2023''; legislation on the Governmentwide 
Executive Councils Reform Act; legislation on the GSA Technology 
Accountability Act; legislation on the Federal AI Governance and 
Transparency Act; legislation on the Comment Integrity and 
Management Act of 2024; legislation on the Modernizing Retrospective 
Regulatory Review Act; legislation on the Special District Grant 
Accessibility Act; legislation on the D.C. Criminal Reform to 
Immediately Make Everyone Safer Act; legislation on the D.C. 
Consumer Vehicle Choice Protection Act; legislation on the Mail 
Traffic Deaths Reporting Act; H.R. 5301, the ``Eliminate Useless 
Reports Act of 2023''; and postal naming measures, 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, March 7, Subcommittee on Tax, hearing 
entitled ``OECD Pillar 1: Ensuring the Biden Administration Puts 
Americans First'', 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United 
States and the Chinese Communist Party, March 7, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Growing Stakes: The Bioeconomy and American 
National Security'', 9 a.m., HVC-210.


                             Joint Meeting

  Joint Hearing: March 6, 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.
  March 7, Full Committee, to hold a joint hearing with the House 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative 
presentation of Disabled American Veterans, 10 a.m., SD-G50.


* These figures include all measures reported, even if there was 
no accompanying report. A total of 9 written reports have been 
filed in the Senate, 65 reports have been filed in the House.

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