Congressional Record, Volume 170 Issue 124 (Tuesday, July 30, 2024)

[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 124 (Tuesday, July 30, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D793-D795]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

JULY 31, 2024

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

Senate

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, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine the future of
electric vehicles, 10 a.m., 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

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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, 10
a.m., 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, 10 a.m., SD-366.
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, 2:30 p.m., SD-
406.
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 relating to autism, S. 4755, to reauthorize
traumatic brain injury programs, and other pending calendar
business, 10 a.m., SD-562.
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

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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, 11 a.m., SD-342.
Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the
nominations of Ryan Young Park, of North Carolina, to be United
States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, Byron B. Conway, to be
United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin,
Jonathan E. Hawley, to be United States District Judge for the
Central District of Illinois, April M. Perry, to be United States
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, and Gail A.
Weilheimer, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania, 10 a.m., SD-226.
Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, to hold hearings to
examine birth behind bars, 2 p.m., SD-226.
Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.

House

No hearings are scheduled.