[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 89 (Wednesday, May 22, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D540-D541]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DOE AND NNSA
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 Department of Energy, 
including the National Nuclear Security Administration, after receiving 
testimony from Jennifer M. Granholm, Secretary, and Jill Hruby, Under 
Secretary, National Nuclear Security Administration, both of the 
Department of Energy.
APPROPRIATIONS: SAA AND USCP
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, 
concluded hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2025 for the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate and the United States Capitol Police, after 
receiving testimony from Karen H. Gibson, Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate; and J. Thomas Manger, Chief, United States 
Capitol Police.
DOE ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES AND DOD NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
a hearing to examine the Department of Energy's atomic energy defense 
activities and Department of Defense nuclear weapons programs in review 
of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2025 and the 
Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Jill 
Hruby, Under Secretary for Nuclear Security, Admiral William Houston, 
USN, Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors, and Marvin L. Adams, 
Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, all of the National Nuclear 
Security Administration, and William White, Senior Advisor for the 
Office of Environmental Management, all of the Department of Energy; 
and General Thomas A. Bussiere, USAF, Commander, Air Force Global 
Strike Command, and Vice Admiral Johnny Wolfe, USN, Director, Strategic 
Systems Programs, both of the Department of Defense.
PROTECTING CONSUMERS' POCKETBOOKS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Economic Policy concluded a hearing to examine protecting consumers' 
pocketbooks, focusing on lowering food prices and combatting corporate 
price gouging and consolidation, including S.3803, to make price 
gouging unlawful, to expand the ability of the Federal Trade Commission 
to seek permanent injunctions and equitable relief, and S.3819, to 
direct the Federal Trade Commission to issue regulations to establish 
shrinkflation as an unfair or deceptive act or practice, after 
receiving testimony from Lindsay Owens, Groundwork Collaborative, E.J. 
Antoni, The Heritage Foundation, and Norbert J. Michel, Cato Institute 
Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, all of Washington, 
D.C.; Joe Maxwell, Farm Action, Mexico, Missouri; and Alap Vora, 
Concord Market, New York, New York, on behalf of Small Business 
Majority.
WATER SCARCITY
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine water 
scarcity in a changing climate, after receiving testimony from Tanya 
Trujillo, Water Policy Advisor and New Mexico Deputy State Engineer, 
Santa Fe; Adel Hagekhalil, The Metropolitan Water District of Southern 
California, Fullerton; Kevin Richards, RB Ag, Madras, Oregon; Mike 
Castellano, Iowa State University, Ames; and Roger Pielke Jr., 
University of Colorado College of Arts and Sciences, Boulder.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following bills:
  S. 4367, to provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the 
United States, to provide for the conservation and development of water 
and related resources, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 4359, to amend the National Dam Safety Program Act to reauthorize 
that Act;
  S. 3564, to amend title 40, United States Code, to include Indian 
Tribes among entities that may receive Federal surplus real property 
for certain purposes;
  S. 3880, to amend the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 to 
make improvements to that Act, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 4293, to designate the United States courthouse annex located at 
310 South Main Street in London, Kentucky, as the ``Eugene E. Siler, 
Jr. United States Courthouse Annex''; and
  H.R. 4688, to direct the Administrator of General Services to sell 
the property known as the Webster

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School, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
REUSE AND RECYCLING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine Federal programs for the circular economy, focusing 
on state and local perspectives on efforts to improve reuse and 
recycling, after receiving testimony from Elizabeth S. Biser, North 
Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Raleigh; Susan Fife-
Ferris, Seattle Public Utilities, Seattle, Washington; and Cody 
Marshall, The Recycling Partnership, Washington, D.C.
FAMILY FIRST PREVENTION SERVICES ACT
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
Family First Prevention Services Act, focusing on successes, 
roadblocks, and opportunities for improvement, after receiving 
testimony from Rebecca Jones Gaston, Commissioner, Administration on 
Children, Youth and Families, Administration for Children and Families, 
Department of Health and Human Services; David Reed, Indiana Department 
of Child Services, Indianapolis; JooYeun Chang, Doris Duke Foundation, 
New York, New York; and Laurie Tapozada, Cranston, Rhode Island.
EMERGENCY POWERS OVERSIGHT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine restoring Congressional oversight over 
emergency powers, focusing on exploring options to reform the National 
Emergencies Act, after receiving testimony from Elizabeth Goitein, New 
York University School of Law Brennan Center for Justice, Satya 
Thallam, Foundation for American Innovation, and Gene Healy, Cato 
Institute, all of Washington, D.C.
MINING HEALTH AND SAFETY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Employment and Workplace Safety concluded a hearing to examine new 
standards and practices in mining, focusing on health and safety, after 
receiving testimony from Cindy Barnes, Managing Director, Education, 
Workforce, and Income Security, Government Accountability Office; Drew 
Harris, University of Virginia, Charlottesville; Cecil E. Roberts, 
United Mine Workers of America, Triangle, Virginia; and Steven 
Schafrik, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE RESOURCES
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine public safety and justice resources in Native communities, 
after receiving testimony from Bryan Newland, Assistant Secretary of 
the Interior for Indian Affairs; Patrice H. Kunesh, Commissioner of the 
Administration for Native Americans, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
Health and Human Services for Native Affairs, Administration for 
Children and Families; and Allison Randall, Principal Deputy Director, 
Office on Violence Against Women, Department of Justice.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Michelle Williams Court, Anne Hwang, and Cynthia 
Valenzuela Dixon, each to be a United States District Judge for the 
Central District of California, Sarah Netburn, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, and Stacey D. 
Neumann, to be United States District Judge for the District of Maine, 
who was introduced by Senator King, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 3772, to amend the Small Business Act to require that plain 
writing statements regarding the solicitation of subcontractors be 
included in certain subcontracting plans;
  S. 3971, to amend the Small Business Act to require reporting on 
additional information with respect to small business concerns owned 
and controlled by women, qualified HUBZone small business concerns, and 
small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 7987, to require plain language and the inclusion of key words 
in covered notices that are clear, concise, and accessible to small 
business concerns; and
  An original bill entitled, ``The STEP Modernization Act of 2024''.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported 
an original bill entitled, ``Intelligence Authorization Act for 
FY2025''.