[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 23, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D761-D763]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 24 through July 26, 2024

                             Senate Chamber

  On Wednesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Kashi Way, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court.
  At 1:20 p.m., Senators will gather in the Senate Chamber. At 1:30 
p.m., Senate will proceed as a body to the Hall of the House of 
Representatives. At 2 p.m., His Excellency Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime 
Minister of Israel, will address a Joint Meeting of Congress.
  At 3:15 p.m., Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the 
nomination of Kashi Way.
  At 5 p.m., Senate will vote on the motions to invoke cloture on the 
nominations of Adam B. Landy, of South Carolina, to be a Judge of the 
United States Tax Court, and Margaret L. Taylor, of Maryland, to be 
Legal Adviser of the Department of State.
  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: July 25, business meeting to markup 
an original bill entitled, ``Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act'', an original bill entitled, 
``Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act'', 
an original bill entitled, ``State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act'', and an original bill entitled, 
``Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act'', 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 25, to hold 
hearings to examine advancing national security through export 
controls, investment security, and the Defense Production Act, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Finance: July 25, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Jeffrey Samuel Arbeit, of the District of Columbia, 
Benjamin A. Guider III, of Louisiana, and Cathy Fung, of California, 
each to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court, 9:30 a.m., SD-
215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 25, to receive a closed 
briefing on international support for Russia's war in Ukraine, 11 
a.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: July 25, 
business meeting to consider an authorization for Investigation into 
the Bankruptcy of Steward Health Care, an authorization for Subpoena 
of Dr. Ralph de la Torre, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 
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Care Systems LLC, for Testimony Relating to the Committee 
Investigation into the Bankruptcy of Steward Health Care, and other 
pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: July 24, 
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, 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 
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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.
  July 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of 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.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 25, business meeting to consider 
S. 2783, to amend the Miccosukee Reserved Area Act to authorize the 
expansion of the Miccosukee Reserved Area and to carry out 
activities to protect structures within the Osceola Camp from 
flooding, S. 3406, to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act 
of 2009 to make a technical correction to the Navajo Nation Water 
Resources Development Trust Fund, to amend the Claims Resolution Act 
of 2010 to make technical corrections to the Taos Pueblo Water 
Development Fund and Aamodt Settlement Pueblos' Fund, S. 4000, to 
reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the 
Lytton Rancheria of California, and S. 4365, to provide public 
health veterinary services to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations 
for rabies prevention; to be immediately followed by a hearing to 
examine S. 4370, to amend the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 
to improve that Act, and S. 4505, to approve the settlement of water 
rights claims of Ohkay Owingeh in the Rio Chama Stream System, to 
restore the Bosque on Pueblo Land in the State of New Mexico, 2:30 
p.m., SD-628.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, July 25, Subcommittee on Commodity 
Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development, hearing entitled 
``Reauthorizing the CFTC: Stakeholder Perspectives'', 8:30 a.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Accountability, July 25, Subcommittee 
on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, 
hearing entitled ``Enhancing Cybersecurity by Eliminating 
Inconsistent Regulations'', 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meeting

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: July 24, to hold 
hearings to examine Russia's persecution of Ukrainian Christians, 10 
a.m., 210-CHOB.