[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 123 (Monday, July 29, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E781-E783]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate of February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place and 
purpose of the meetings, when scheduled and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, July 30, 2024 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                JULY 31
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine long-term economic benefits 
           and impacts from Federal infrastructure and public 
           transportation investment.
                                                            SD-538
       Committee on the Budget
         To hold hearings to examine the future of electric 
           vehicles.
                                                            SD-608
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to consider S. 275, to require the 
           Federal Communications Commission to establish a 
           vetting process for prospective applicants for high-
           cost universal service program funding, S. 690, to 
           direct the Federal Communications Commission to 
           evaluate and consider the impact of the 
           telecommunications network equipment supply chain on 
           the deployment of universal service, S. 1008, to 
           require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to 
           promulgate a consumer product safety standard with 
           respect to rechargeable lithium-ion batteries used in 
           micromobility devices, S. 1570, to amend the Bottles 
           and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Act to require 
           hygienic handling of breast milk and baby formula by 
           security screening personnel of the Transportation 
           Security Administration and personnel of private 
           security companies providing security screening, S. 
           1956, to improve the commercialization of Federal 
           research by domestic manufacturers, S. 2086, to require 
           the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Sea Turtle 
           Rescue Assistance Grant Program, S. 2233, to ban the 
           sale of products with a high concentration of sodium 
           nitrite to individuals, S. 2238, to direct the 
           Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
           Information to develop a National Strategy to Close the 
           Digital Divide, S. 2498, to prohibit unfair and 
           deceptive advertising of prices for hotel rooms and 
           other places of short-term lodging, S. 2645, to reduce 
           the health risks of heat by establishing the National 
           Integrated Heat Health Information System within the 
           National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the 
           National Integrated Heat Health Information System 
           Interagency Committee to improve extreme heat 
           preparedness, planning, and response, requiring a 
           study, and establishing financial assistance programs 
           to address heat effects, S. 2714, to establish the 
           National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource, S. 
           3162, to improve the requirement for the Director of 
           the National Institute of Standards and Technology to 
           establish testbeds to support the development and 
           testing of trustworthy artificial intelligence systems 
           and to improve interagency coordination in development 
           of such testbeds, S. 3277, to amend the Marine Debris 
           Act to reauthorize the Marine Debris Program of the 
           National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, S. 
           3312, to provide a framework for artificial 
           intelligence innovation and accountability, S. 3348, to 
           amend the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and 
           Control Act of 1998 to address harmful algal blooms, S. 
           3475, to amend title 49, United States Code, to allow 
           the Secretary of Transportation to designate an 
           authorized operator of the commercial driver's license 
           information system, S. 3606, to reauthorize the 
           Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, S. 3781, to 
           amend the National Telecommunications and Information 
           Administration Organization Act to codify the Institute 
           for Telecommunication Sciences, to direct the Assistant 
           Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
           Information to establish an initiative to support the 
           development of emergency communication and tracking 
           technologies, S. 3788, to reauthorize the National 
           Landslide Preparedness Act, S. 3849, to promote United 
           States leadership in technical standards by directing 
           the National Institute of Standards and Technology and 
           the Department of State to take certain actions to 
           encourage and enable United States participation in 
           developing standards and specifications for artificial 
           intelligence and other critical and emerging 
           technologies, S. 3879, to require the Under Secretary 
           of Commerce for Standards and Technology and the 
           Administrator of National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
           Administration to develop a standard methodology for 
           identifying the country of origin of red snapper 
           imported into the United States, S. 3943, to require a 
           plan to improve the cybersecurity and 
           telecommunications of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet, 
           S. 3959, to require the Transportation Security 
           Administration to streamline the enrollment processes 
           for individuals applying for a Transportation Security 
           Administration security threat assessment for certain 
           programs, including the Transportation Worker 
           Identification Credential and Hazardous Materials 
           Endorsement Threat Assessment programs of the 
           Administration, S. 4107, to require Amtrak to report to 
           Congress information on Amtrak compliance with the 
           Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 with respect to 
           trains and stations, S. 4178, to establish artificial 
           intelligence standards, metrics, and evaluation tools, 
           to support artificial intelligence research, 
           development, and capacity building activities, to 
           promote innovation in the artificial intelligence 
           industry by ensuring companies of all sizes can succeed 
           and thrive, S. 4212, to amend the Visit America Act to 
           promote music tourism, S. 4343, to establish and 
           maintain a coordinated program within the National 
           Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that improves 
           wildfire, fire weather, fire risk, and smoke related 
           forecasting, detection, modeling, observations, and 
           service delivery, and to address growing needs in the 
           wildland-urban interface, S. 4394, to support National 
           Science Foundation education and professional 
           development relating to artificial intelligence, S. 
           4487, to require the Secretary of Commerce to develop 
           artificial intelligence training resources and toolkits 
           for United States small businesses, S. 4569, to require 
           covered platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate 
           visual depictions, S. 4579, to reauthorize the 
           Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act to 
           promote the protection of the resources of the 
           Northwest Straits, S. 4596, to require the Secretary of 
           Commerce to conduct a public awareness and education 
           campaign to provide information regarding the benefits 
           of, risks relating to, and the prevalence of artificial 
           intelligence in the daily lives of individuals in the 
           United States, an original bill entitled, ``Validation 
           and Evaluation for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence 
           Act'', the nomination of Chad M. Cary, of Alaska, to be 
           Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
           Administration, Department of Commerce, and routine 
           lists in the Coast Guard.
                                                            SR-253
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting to consider S. 4753, to reform leasing, 
           permitting, and judicial review for certain energy and 
           minerals projects, and the nomination of Shannon A. 
           Estenoz, of Florida, to be Deputy Secretary of the 
           Interior.
                                                            SD-366
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider S. 4776, to amend the Older 
           Americans Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for 
           fiscal years 2025 through 2029, S. 4762, to amend the 
           Public Health Service Act to reauthorize programs and 
           research

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           relating to autism, S. 4755, to reauthorize traumatic 
           brain injury programs, and other pending calendar 
           business.
                                                            SD-562
       Committee on the Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine pending nominations.
                                                            SD-226
     11 a.m.
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting to continue 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. 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 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.
                                                            SD-342

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     2 p.m.
       Committee on the Judiciary
       Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law
         To hold hearings to examine birth behind bars.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Environment and Public Works
       Subcommittee on Chemical Safety, Waste Management, 
           Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight
         To hold hearings to examine understanding the potential 
           environmental impacts of the chemical 6PPD.
                                                            SD-406
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                           SVC-217

                                AUGUST 1
     Time to be announced
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider the nominations of Lauren 
           McGarity McFerran, of the District of Columbia, and 
           Joshua L. Ditelberg, of Illinois, both to be a Member 
           of the National Labor Relations Board, Mark G. 
           Eskenazi, of Virginia, to be a Member of the 
           Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, and 
           other pending calendar business.
                                                             S-216
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Appropriations
         Business meeting to markup an original bill entitled, 
           ``Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies 
           Appropriations Act'', an original bill entitled, 
           ``Department of Defense Appropriations Act'', an 
           original bill entitled, ``Departments of Labor, Health 
           and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
           Appropriations Act'', and an original bill entitled, 
           ``Financial Services and General Government 
           Appropriations Act''.
                                                            SD-106
     10 a.m.
       Committee on the Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S. 1306, to reauthorize the 
           COPS ON THE BEAT grant program, and the nominations of 
           Karla M. Campbell, of Tennessee, to be United States 
           Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, Julia M. Lipez, of 
           Maine, to be United States Circuit Judge for the First 
           Circuit, Catherine Henry, to be United States District 
           Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Mary 
           Kay Lanthier, to be United States District Judge for 
           the District of Vermont, Mary Kathleen Costello, to be 
           United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
           of Pennsylvania, Laura Margarete Provinzino, to be 
           United States District Judge for the District of 
           Minnesota, and Noel Wise, to be United States District 
           Judge for the Northern District of California.
                                                            SD-G50
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the United States competing 
           for influence around the globe.
                                                            SD-419

                              SEPTEMBER 24
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine Novo Nordisk's high prices 
           for Ozempic and Wegovy for patients with diabetes and 
           obesity.
                                                            SD-562

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                                AUGUST 1
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine safeguarding the homeland, 
           focusing on conflicts of interest in Federal 
           contracting to protect America's future.
                                                            SD-342