[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 23, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D759-D761]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             JULY 24, 2024

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to consider S. 4667, to amend title 31, United States Code, 
to establish the Life Sciences Research Security Board, S. 4373, to 
provide for congressional approval of national emergency 
declarations, S. 1171, to amend chapter 131 of title 5, United 
States Code, to prevent Members of Congress and their spouses and 
dependent children from trading stocks and owning stocks, S. 4495, 
to enable safe, responsible, and agile procurement, development, and 
use of artificial intelligence by the Federal Government, S. 4675, 
to require the United States Postal Service to submit a 
comprehensive proposal to the Postal Regulatory Commission before 
implementing any network changes, S. 4630, to establish an 
interagency committee to harmonize regulatory regimes in the United 
States relating to cybersecurity, S. 4654, to amend the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to allow 
Indian tribal governments to directly request fire management 
assistance declarations and grants, S. 4698, to authorize the Joint 
Task Forces of the Department of Homeland Security, S. 4711, to 
limit the consideration of marijuana use when making an employment 
suitability or security clearance determination, S. 4681, to ensure 
a timely, fair, meaningful, and transparent process for individuals 
to seek redress because they were wrongly identified as a threat 
under the screening and inspection regimes used by the Department of 
Homeland Security, to require a report on the effectiveness of 
enhanced screening programs of the Department of Homeland Security, 
S. 4043, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make executive 
agency telework policies transparent, to track executive agency use 
of telework, S. 4679, to amend title XLI of the FAST Act to improve 
the Federal permitting process, S. 4716, to amend section 7504 of 
title 31, United States Code, to improve the single audit 
requirements, S. 4294, to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security 
to negotiate with the Government of Canada regarding an agreement 
for integrated cross border aerial law enforcement operations, S. 
59, to implement merit-based reforms to the civil service hiring 
system that replace degree-based hiring with skills-and competency-
based hiring, S. 4676, to enhance the effectiveness of the Shadow 
Wolves Program, S. 4672, to require the Commissioner for U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection to assess current efforts to respond 
to hazardous weather and water events at or near United States 
borders and, to the extent such efforts may be improved, to develop 
a hazardous weather and water events preparedness and response 
strategy, S. 4697, to enhance the cybersecurity of the Healthcare 
and Public Health Sector, S. 4715, to require the National Cyber 
Director to submit to Congress a plan to establish an institute 
within the Federal Government to serve as a centralized resource and 
training center for Federal cyber workforce development, S. 4631, to 
amend title 41, United States Code,

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to prohibit minimum education requirements for proposed contractor 
personnel in certain contract solicitations, S. 4700, to modify the 
governmentwide financial management plan, S. 4656, to amend title 5, 
United States Code, concerning restrictions on the participation of 
certain Federal employees in partisan political activity, S. 4651, 
to require agencies to use information and communications technology 
products obtained from original equipment manufacturers or 
authorized resellers, S. 4419, to require the Science and Technology 
Directorate in the Department of Homeland Security to develop 
greater capacity to detect, identify, and disrupt illicit substances 
in very low concentrations, S. 4321, to amend title 5, United States 
Code, to prohibit the payment of annuities and retired pay to 
individuals convicted of certain sex crimes, S. 2546, to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 
North Taylor Lane in Patagonia, Arizona, as the ``Jim Kolbe Memorial 
Post Office'', S. 3946, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 1106 Main Street in Bastrop, Texas, 
as the ``Sergeant Major Billy D. Waugh Post Office'', S. 4077, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 180 Steuart Street in San Francisco, California, as the ``Dianne 
Feinstein Post Office'', H.R. 5527, to amend section 1078 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 to increase 
the effectiveness of the Technology Modernization Fund, H.R. 7219, 
to ensure that Federal agencies rely on the best reasonably 
available scientific, technical, demographic, economic, and 
statistical information and evidence to develop, issue or inform the 
public of the nature and bases of Federal agency rules and guidance, 
H.R. 7524, to amend title 40, United States Code, to require the 
submission of reports on certain information technology services 
funds to Congress before expenditures may be made, H.R. 3254, to 
amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a process to 
review applications for certain grants to purchase equipment or 
systems that do not meet or exceed any applicable national voluntary 
consensus standards, H.R. 6174, to improve the biodetection 
functions of the Department of Homeland Security, H.R. 272, to amend 
title 31, United States Code, to authorize transportation for 
Government astronauts returning from space between their residence 
and various locations, H.R. 4403, to amend the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 to make improvements to the Securing the Cities program, 
H.R. 5887, to amend chapter 3 of title 5, United States Code, to 
improve Government service delivery, and build related capacity for 
the Federal Government, H.R. 7525, to require the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance to agencies 
requiring special districts to be recognized as local government for 
the purpose of Federal financial assistance determinations, H.R. 
4467, to direct the Under Secretary for Management of the Department 
of Homeland Security to assess contracts for covered services 
performed by contractor personnel along the United States land 
border with Mexico, H.R. 599, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 3500 West 6th Street, Suite 
103 in Los Angeles, California, as the ``Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Post 
Office'', H.R. 1060, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 1663 East Date Place in San Bernardino, 
California, as the ``Dr. Margaret B. Hill Post Office Building'', 
H.R. 1098, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 50 East Derry Road in East Derry, New Hampshire, 
as the ``Chief Edward B. Garone Post Office'', H.R. 1555, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 2300 Sylvan Avenue in Modesto, California, as the ``Corporal 
Michael D. Anderson Jr. Post Office Building'', H.R. 3608, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 28081 Marguerite Parkway in Mission Viejo, California, as the 
``Major Megan McClung Post Office Building'', H.R. 3728, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 25 Dorchester Avenue, Room 1, in Boston, Massachusetts, as the 
``Caroline Chang Post Office'', H.R. 5476, to designate the facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 1077 River Road, 
Suite 1, in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania, as the ``Susan C. 
Barnhart Post Office'', H.R. 5640, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 12804 Chillicothe Road in 
Chesterland, Ohio, as the ``Sgt. Wolfgang Kyle Weninger Post Office 
Building'', H.R. 5712, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 220 Fremont Street in Kiel, 
Wisconsin, as the ``Trooper Trevor J. Casper Post Office Building'', 
H.R. 5985, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 517 Seagaze Drive in Oceanside, California, as 
the ``Charlesetta Reece Allen Post Office Building'', H.R. 6073, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 9925 Bustleton Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the 
``Sergeant Christopher David Fitzgerald Post Office Building'', H.R. 
6651, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 603 West 3rd Street in Necedah, Wisconsin, as the 
``Sergeant Kenneth E. Murphy Post Office Building'', H.R. 7192, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 333 West Broadway in Anaheim, California, as the ``Dr. William I. 
'Bill' Kott Post Office Building'', H.R. 7199, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at S74w16860 
Janesville Road, in Muskego, Wisconsin, as the ``Colonel Hans 
Christian Heg Post Office'', H.R. 7423, to designate the facility of 
the United States Postal Service located at 103 Benedette Street in 
Rayville, Louisiana, as the ``Luke Letlow Post Office Building'', 
and the nominations of Sherri Malloy Beatty-Arthur, Rahkel Bouchet, 
Erin Camille Johnston, Ray D. McKenzie, and John Cuong Truong, each 
to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of 
Columbia, Ann C. Fisher, of South Dakota, and Ashley Jay Elizabeth 
Poling, of North Carolina, both to be a Commissioner of the Postal 
Regulatory Commission, and Carmen G. Iguina Gonzalez, and Joseph 
Russell Palmore, both to be an Associate Judge of the District of 
Columbia Court of Appeals, 10 a.m., SD-342.


                                 House

  Committee on Education and Workforce, Subcommittee on Workforce 
Protections, hearing entitled ``Safeguarding

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Workers and Employers from OSHA Overreach and Skewed Priorities'', 9 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, 
and Grid Security, hearing entitled ``The Fiscal Year 2025 Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission Budget'', 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and 
Insurance, hearing entitled ``Housing Solutions: Cutting Through 
Government Red Tape'', 10:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Western 
Hemisphere, hearing entitled ``Latin America Forgotten: A Look at 
President Biden's FY 2025 Budget Priorities'', 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``From Drug Interdictions in the Caribbean to National Security 
Patrols in the Arctic: Examining U.S. Coast Guard's Role in Securing 
the Homeland'', 10 a.m., 310 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation'', 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Federal Lands, 
hearing on legislation on the Apostle Islands National Park and 
Preserve Act; H.R. 2405, the ``North Dakota Trust Lands Completion 
Act of 2023''; H.R. 3293, the ``Expediting Federal Broadband 
Deployment Reviews Act''; H.R. 6210, to designate the General George 
C. Marshall House, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, as an affiliated 
area of the National Park System, and for other purposes; H.R. 8403, 
the ``Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 
2024''; and H.R. 8603, the ``ROAM Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs, hearing on H.R. 6489, 
the ``Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 
2023''; H.R. 8942, the ``Improving Tribal Cultural Training for 
Providers Act of 2024''; H.R. 8955, the ``IHS Provider Integrity 
Act''; and H.R. 8956, the ``Uniform Credentials for IHS Providers 
Act of 2024'', 10:15 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Subcommittee on 
National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs, hearing entitled 
``Wasteful Spending and Inefficiencies: Examining DoD Platform 
Performance and Costs'', 9:45 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
Investigations, and Regulations, hearing entitled ``Executive 
Overreach: Examining the SBA's Electioneering Efforts with Associate 
Administrator of Office of Field Operations, Jennifer Kim'', 10 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit, hearing entitled ``Examining the Department of 
Transportation's Regulatory and Administrative Agenda'', 9 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 7906, 
the ``Strengthening State and Tribal Child Support Enforcement 
Act''; and H.R. 9076, the ``Protecting America's Children by 
Strengthening Families Act'', 9 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meeting

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine Russia's persecution of Ukrainian Christians, 10 a.m., 
210-CHOB.