[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 15, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D495-D498]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DOD ACQUISITION PROGRAMS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a 
hearing to examine select Department of Defense acquisition programs, 
after receiving testimony from William A. LaPlante, Under Secretary for 
Acquisition and Sustainment, Douglas R. Bush, Assistant Secretary of 
the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology and Army Acquisition 
Executive, Nickolas H. Guertin, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for 
Research, Development, and Acquisition, and Andrew P. Hunter, Assistant 
Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, 
all of the Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: USACE AND BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates 
and justification for fiscal year 2025 for the Army Corps of Engineers 
and the Bureau of Reclamation, after receiving testimony from Michael 
L. Connor, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, and 
Lieutenant General Scott A. Spellmon, Chief of Engineers, Army Corps of 
Engineers, both of the Department of Defense;

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and Camille Calimlim Touton, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, 
Department of the Interior.
STRENGTHENING AMERICAN COMPETITIVENESS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs concluded a hearing to examine strengthening 
American competitiveness, focusing on the roles of the U.S. 
International Development Finance Corporation, Export-Import Bank, and 
Millennium Challenge Corporation, after receiving testimony from Scott 
A. Nathan, Chief Executive Officer, International Development Finance 
Corporation; Reta Jo Lewis, President and Chair, Export-Import Bank of 
the United States; and Alice Albright, Chief Executive Officer, 
Millennium Challenge Corporation.
APPROPRIATIONS: DOC
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed 
budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2025 for the 
Department of Commerce, after receiving testimony from Gina M. 
Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce.
APPROPRIATIONS: LOC AND AOC
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2025 for the Library of Congress and the 
Architect of the Capitol, after receiving testimony from Carla Hayden, 
Librarian of Congress; and Joseph R. DiPietro, Acting Architect of the 
Capitol.
ARMY MODERNIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland concluded a 
hearing to examine Army modernization in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2025 and the Future Years Defense 
Program, after receiving testimony from Douglas R. Bush, Assistant 
Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology and 
Army Acquisition Executive, General James E. Rainey, USA, Commanding 
General, Army Futures Command, and Lieutenant General Karl H. Gingrich, 
USA, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army, G-8, all of the Department of 
Defense.
CLIMATE CHANGE AND NATIONAL SECURITY
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
climate change and the costs to national security, after receiving 
testimony from Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn, USN (Ret.), former Assistant 
Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations and Environment, 
Lexington Park, Maryland; Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, USN (Ret.), Ocean 
STL Consulting, former Acting Undersecretary and Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Acting Administrator and Deputy 
Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
North Beach, Maryland; Erin Sikorsky, Center for Climate and Security, 
and International Military Council on Climate and Security, and 
Mackenzie Eaglen, American Enterprise Institute, both of Washington, 
D.C.; and Rick Dwyer, Hampton Roads Military and Federal Facilities 
Alliance, Chesapeake, Virginia.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE BUDGET AND LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget 
request for fiscal year 2025 for the National Park Service, including 
S. 2620, to establish the Chesapeake National Recreation Area as a unit 
of the National Park System, S. 2742, to establish the Fort Ontario 
National Monument in the State of New York as a unit of the National 
Park System, S. 2743, to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, 
Management, and Recreation Act to designate as a component of the 
National Heritage Area System the Finger Lakes National Heritage Area 
in the State of New York, S. 2784, to amend the Dayton Aviation 
Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 to adjust the boundary of the Dayton 
Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, S. 3195, to designate the 
General George C. Marshall House, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, as 
an affiliated area of the National Park System, S. 3241, to establish 
the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians and Jefferson College as 
affiliated areas of the Natchez Historical Park, S. 3251, to modify the 
boundary of the Lincoln Home National Historic Site in the State of 
Illinois, S. 3474, to redesignate the Hulls Cove Visitor Center at 
Acadia National Park as the ``George J. Mitchell, Jr., Visitor 
Center'', S. 3534, to authorize the Pines Foundation to establish the 
Fire Island AIDS Memorial, S. 3542, to amend the Atchafalaya National 
Heritage Area Act to modify the boundary of the Atchafalaya National 
Heritage Area, S. 3543, to establish the Historic Greenwood District-
Black Wall Street National Monument in the State of Oklahoma, S. 3568/
H.R. 3448, bills to amend chapter 3081 of title 54, United States Code, 
to enhance the protection and preservation of America's battlefields, 
S. 4129, to contribute funds and artifacts to the Theodore Roosevelt 
Presidential Library in Medora, North Dakota, S. 4209, to provide 
greater regional access to the Katahdin Woods and Waters National 
Monument in the State of Maine, S. 4216, to establish the

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Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Preserve in the State of Georgia, S. 
4218, to designate the visitor center for the First State National 
Historical Park to be located at the Sheriff's House in New Castle, 
Delaware, as the ``Thomas R. Carper Visitor Center'', S. 4222, to 
adjust the boundary of the Mojave National Preserve in the State of 
California to include the land within the Castle Mountains National 
Monument, S. 4227, to amend the California Desert Protection Act of 
1994 to expand the boundary of Joshua Tree National Park, S. 4228, to 
redesignate the Cottonwood Visitor Center at Joshua Tree National Park 
as the ``Senator Dianne Feinstein Visitor Center'', S. 4259, to require 
the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the 
suitability and feasibility of designating certain land as the Lahaina 
National Heritage Area, H.R. 359, to establish Fort San Geronimo del 
Boquern in Puerto Rico as an affiliated area of the National Park 
System, and H.R. 2717, to authorize the National Medal of Honor Museum 
Foundation to establish a commemorative work on the National Mall to 
honor the extraordinary acts of valor, selfless service, and sacrifice 
displayed by Medal of Honor recipients, and H.R. 4984, to amend the 
District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957 to provide for the transfer of 
administrative jurisdiction over the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium 
Campus to the Administrator of General Services and the leasing of the 
Campus to the District of Columbia for purposes which include 
commercial and residential development, after receiving testimony from 
Senators Van Hollen, Lankford, and Ossoff; and Michael A. Caldwell, 
Associate Director, Park Planning, Facilities and Lands, National Park 
Service, Department of the Interior.
ARMS CONTROL AND DETERRENCE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the future of arms control and deterrence, after receiving 
testimony from Bonnie D. Jenkins, Under Secretary of State for Arms 
Control and International Security.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 4066, to improve Federal technology procurement, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 3015, to amend title 5, United States Code, to address telework 
for Federal employees, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 3810, to prohibit conflict of interests among consulting firms 
that simultaneously contract with the Government of the People's 
Republic of China and the United States Government, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2492, to amend title II of the Social Security Act to improve 
coordination between the Do Not Pay working system and Federal and 
State agencies authorized to use the system, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 4181, to require the development of a workforce plan for the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, with an amendment in the nature of 
a substitute;
  H.R. 6249, to provide for a review and report on the assistance and 
resources that the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency provides to individuals with disabilities and the families of 
such individuals that are impacted by major disasters;
  S. 4305, to improve the effectiveness of body armor issued to female 
agents and officers of the Department of Homeland Security, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 4035, to require the Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management to take certain actions with respect to the health insurance 
program carried out under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  H.R. 5528, to require the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget conduct a review to determine the impact of the lowest price 
technically acceptable source selection process on national security.
GAO REPORT ON OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCE FRAGMENTATION, OVERLAP, AND 
DUPLICATION AND ACHIEVE FINANCIAL BENEFITS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight concluded a hearing to 
examine the findings and recommendations of GAO's 2024 Report on 
Opportunities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication and 
Achieve Financial Benefits, after receiving testimony from Gene L. 
Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States, Government 
Accountability Office.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 2770, to prohibit the distribution of materially deceptive AI-
generated audio or visual media relating to candidates for Federal 
office, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 3875, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
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use of content that is substantially generated by artificial 
intelligence in political advertisements by requiring such 
advertisements to include a statement within the contents of the 
advertisements if generative AI was used to generate any image, audio, 
or video footage in the advertisements, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute; and
  S. 3897, to require the Election Assistance Commission to develop 
voluntary guidelines for the administration of elections that address 
the use and risks of artificial intelligence technologies, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
FRONTIER HEALTH CARE
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine frontier health care, focusing on ensuring veterans' access no 
matter where they live, after receiving testimony from Peter Kaboli, 
Office of Rural Health, Ryan Heiman, Deputy Executive Director, Member 
Services, Leonie Heyworth, Deputy Director, Telehealth Services, Office 
of Connected Care, and Wade Vlosich, Health Care System Director, VA 
Oklahoma City Health Care System, all of the Veterans Health 
Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; Alyssa M. Hundrup, 
Director, Health Care, Government Accountability Office; Chauncey L. 
Parker, Great Plains Veterans Services Center, Box Elder, Montana; and 
Jon Retzer, Disabled American Veterans, Washington, D.C.
2024 ELECTIONS
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine an update on foreign threats to the 2024 elections, after 
receiving testimony from Avril Haines, Director of National 
Intelligence, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Jen 
Easterly, Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, 
Department of Homeland Security; and Larissa L. Knapp, Executive 
Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of 
Justice.