[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 75 (Wednesday, May 1, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D429-D430]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND FAMILY HOUSING
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction, 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine 
proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2025 for 
military construction and family housing, after receiving testimony 
from Brendan Owens, Assistant Secretary for Energy, Installations, and 
Environment, Office of the Secretary, Vice Admiral Jeffrey T. Jablon, 
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Installations and Logistics, 
United States Navy, Lieutenant General Edward Banta, Deputy Commandant, 
Installations and Logistics, United States Marine Corps, Lieutenant 
General Kevin Vereen, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-9, United States Army, 
Lieutenant General Tom Miller, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, 
Engineering, and Force Protection, United States Air Force, and Bruce 
Hollywood, Associate Chief Operations Officer, United States Space 
Force, all of the Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: EPA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates and justification for fiscal year 2025 for the Environmental 
Protection Agency, after receiving testimony from Michael S. Regan, 
Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 743 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space 
Force.
JOINT FORCES READINESS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support concluded a hearing to examine the current readiness of the 
Joint Force, after receiving testimony from General James J. Mingus, 
USA, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, Department of the Army, Admiral 
James W. Kilby, USN, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, and General 
Christopher J. Mahoney, USMC, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, 
both of the Department of the Navy, and General James C. Slife, USAF, 
Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and General Michael A. Guetlein, 
USSF, Vice Chief of Space Operations, both of the Department of the Air 
Force, all of the Department of Defense; and Diana C. Maurer, Director, 
Defense Capabilities and Management, Government Accountability Office.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower concluded a 
hearing 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, after receiving testimony from Nickolas 
H. Guertin, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, 
and Acquisition, Vice Admiral James E. Pitts, USN, Deputy Chief of 
Naval Operations for Warfighting Requirements and Capabilities, and 
Lieutenant General Karsten S. Heckl, USMC, Deputy Commandant for Combat 
Development and Integration, all of the Department of Defense.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine Big 
Oil's evolving efforts to avoid accountability for climate change, 
after receiving testimony from Representative Raskin; Michael Ratner, 
Specialist in Energy Policy, Congressional Research Service, Library of 
Congress; Sharon Y. Eubanks, former Director, Tobacco Litigation Team, 
Department of Justice; Geoffrey Supran, University of Miami Rosenstiel 
School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, Miami, Florida; and 
Ariel Cohen, International Tax and Investment Center, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Daniel B. Maffei, of New York, 
and Rebecca

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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, and routine lists in the 
Coast Guard.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  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.
HACKING AMERICA'S HEALTH CARE
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine hacking 
America's health care, focusing on assessing the Change Healthcare 
cyber attack and what's next, after receiving testimony from Andrew 
Witty, UnitedHealth Group, Minnetonka, Minnesota.
SUDAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine conflict and humanitarian emergency in Sudan, focusing on an 
urgent call to action, after receiving testimony from Tom Perriello, 
Special Envoy for Sudan, Department of State.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported 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.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  S. 616, to amend the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation 
Restoration Act to provide for the transfer of additional Federal land 
to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, with an amendment;
  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, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  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.
INDIAN AFFAIRS LEGISLATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded 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, after receiving testimony from Bryan 
Newland, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; Chief 
Chris Sutter, Tulalip Tribal Police Department, Tulalip, Washington, on 
behalf of the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians; and Mark Macarro, 
National Congress of American Indians, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the Major Medical Lease Committee Resolution.
VA BUDGET
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2025, 
and 2026 advance appropriations requests, for the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, after receiving testimony from Denis McDonough, 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and Roscoe Butler, Paralyzed Veterans of 
America, Shane Liermann, Disabled American Veterans, and Kristina 
Keenan, Veterans of Foreign Wars, all of Washington, D.C.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.