[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 30, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D423-D425]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                   Week of May 1 through May 3, 2024

                             Senate Chamber

  On Wednesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Georgia N. Alexakis, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Illinois, post-cloture, and vote on 
confirmation of the nomination at 11:45 a.m.
  Following disposition of the nomination, Senate will resume 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 3935, 
Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act, and 
vote on the motion to invoke cloture thereon at 3 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 Appropriations: May 1, Subcommittee on Military 
Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for 
fiscal year 2025 for military construction and family housing, 10:30 
a.m., SD-124.

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  May 1, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2025 for the Environmental Protection 
Agency, 2 p.m., SD-192.
  May 2, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2025 for 
the Department of Transportation, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  May 2, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget 
estimates and justification for fiscal year 2025, and fiscal year 
2026 advance appropriations requests, for the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 10:30 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: May 1, Subcommittee on Readiness and 
Management Support, to hold hearings to examine the current 
readiness of the Joint Force, 2 p.m., SR-232A.
  May 1, Subcommittee on Seapower, to hold hearings to examine Navy 
and Marine Corps investment programs in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2025 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, 4:30 p.m., SR-222.
  May 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine worldwide 
threats; to be immediately followed by a closed session in SVC-217, 
9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: May 2, to hold 
hearings to examine how shrinkflation and technology impact 
consumers' finances, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: May 1, to hold hearings to examine Big 
Oil's evolving efforts to avoid accountability for climate change, 9 
a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 1, 
business meeting to consider S. 275, to require the Federal 
Communications Commission to establish a vetting process for 
prospective applicants for high-cost universal service program 
funding, S. 690, to direct the Federal Communications Commission to 
evaluate and consider the impact of the telecommunications network 
equipment supply chain on the deployment of universal service, S. 
1291, to require that social media platforms verify the age of their 
users, prohibit the use of algorithmic recommendation systems on 
individuals under age 18, require parental or guardian consent for 
social media users under age 18, and prohibit users who are under 
age 13 from accessing social media platforms, S. 1570, to amend the 
Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Act to require 
hygienic handling of breast milk and baby formula by security 
screening personnel of the Transportation Security Administration 
and personnel of private security companies providing security 
screening, S. 2086, to require the Secretary of Commerce to 
establish the Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Grant Program, S. 2233, 
to ban the sale of products with a high concentration of sodium 
nitrite to individuals, S. 2714, to establish the National 
Artificial Intelligence Research Resource, S. 3277, to amend the 
Marine Debris Act to reauthorize the Marine Debris Program of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, S. 3475, to amend 
title 49, United States Code, to allow the Secretary of 
Transportation to designate an authorized operator of the commercial 
driver's license information system, S. 3788, to reauthorize the 
National Landslide Preparedness Act, S. 3879, to require the Under 
Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and the 
Administrator of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to 
develop a standard methodology for identifying the country of origin 
of red snapper imported into the United States, S. 4178, to 
establish artificial intelligence standards, metrics, and evaluation 
tools, to support artificial intelligence research, development, and 
capacity building activities, to promote innovation in the 
artificial intelligence industry by ensuring companies of all sizes 
can succeed and thrive, an original bill entitled, ``Spectrum and 
National Security Act'', and the nominations of Daniel B. Maffei, of 
New York, and Rebecca F. Dye, of North Carolina, both to be a 
Federal Maritime Commissioner, Jennifer L. Homendy, of Virginia, to 
be Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, and to be a 
Member of the National Transportation Safety Board, Patrick John 
Fuchs, of Wisconsin, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation 
Board, Samuel H. Slater, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the 
Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports 
Authority, and routine lists in the Coast Guard, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  May 2, Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, to 
hold hearings to examine the future of broadband affordability, 10 
a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 2, to hold hearings 
to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 
2025 for the Department of the Interior, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: May 1, business meeting 
to consider S. 3738, to reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration 
Initiative, a Committee Resolution to rescind approval of lease 
prospectus by the General Services Administration identified as POH-
01-CL22, and the nomination of Christopher T. Hanson, of Michigan, 
to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 9:45 a.m., SD-
406.
  Committee on Finance: May 1, to hold hearings to examine hacking 
America's health care, focusing on assessing the Change Healthcare 
cyber attack and what's next, 9 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: May 1, to hold hearings to examine 
conflict and humanitarian emergency in Sudan; focusing on an urgent 
call to action, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: May 2, to 
hold hearings to examine what Congress can do to address the severe 
shortage of minority health care professionals and the maternal 
health crisis, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: May 1, 
business meeting to consider the nominations of Colleen Duffy Kiko, 
of North Dakota, and Anne Marie Wagner, of Virginia, both to be a 
Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, and David Huitema, 
of Maryland, to be Director of the Office of Government Ethics, 
11:45 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: May 1, business meeting to consider 
S. 616, to amend the Leech Lake Band of

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Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act to provide for the transfer of 
additional Federal land to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, S. 2796, 
to provide for the equitable settlement of certain Indian land 
disputes regarding land in Illinois, S. 2868, to accept the request 
to revoke the charter of incorporation of the Lower Sioux Indian 
Community in the State of Minnesota at the request of that 
Community, S. 3022, to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act 
to allow Indian Health Service scholarship and loan recipients to 
fulfill service obligations through half-time clinical practice, 
H.R. 1240, to transfer administrative jurisdiction of certain 
Federal lands from the Army Corps of Engineers to the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs, to take such lands into trust for the Winnebago 
Tribe of Nebraska; to be immediately followed by a hearing to 
examine S. 465, to require Federal law enforcement agencies to 
report on cases of missing or murdered Indians, and S. 2695, to 
amend the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act to provide for 
advancements in public safety services to Indian communities, 2:30 
p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 2, business meeting to consider S. 
1306, to reauthorize the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program, S. 1979, to 
amend title 9 of the United States Code with respect to arbitration 
of disputes involving age discrimination, and the nominations of 
Kevin Gafford Ritz, of Tennessee, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Sixth Circuit, Brian Edward Murphy, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Massachusetts, Rebecca L. 
Pennell, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Washington, and Jeannette A. Vargas, to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of New York, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: May 1, business meeting to 
consider the Major Medical Lease Committee Resolution; to be 
immediately followed by a hearing the President's proposed budget 
request for fiscal year 2025, and 2026 advance appropriations 
requests, for the Department of Veterans Affairs, 3:30 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: May 1, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.


                            House Committees

  No hearings are scheduled.