[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 31, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D799-D802]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine long-term economic benefits and impacts from Federal 
infrastructure and public transportation investment, including S.4316, 
to authorize urbanized area formula grants for service improvement and 
safety and security enhancement, after receiving testimony from 
Christopher A. Coes, Acting Under Secretary of Transportation for 
Policy; Michael Knisley, Ohio State Building and Construction Trades 
Council, Columbus; and R. Richard Geddes, Cornell University Program in 
Infrastructure Policy, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the American 
Enterprise Institute.
THE FUTURE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
future of electric vehicles, after receiving testimony from Jesse D. 
Jenkins, Princeton University Department of Mechanical and Aerospace 
Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and Environment, 
Princeton, New Jersey; and Britta Gross, EPRI, Maureen Hinman, 
Silverado Policy Accelerator, David Schwietert, Alliance for Automotive 
Innovation, and Jeff Davis, Eno Center for Transportation, all of 
Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 275, to require the Federal Communications Commission to establish 
a vetting process for prospective applicants for high-cost universal 
service program funding, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  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, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
  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, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 2086, to require the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Sea 
Turtle Rescue Assistance Grant Program, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute;
  S. 2233, to ban the sale of products with a high concentration of 
sodium nitrite to individuals, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 2238, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
Communications and Information to develop a National Strategy to Close 
the Digital Divide, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2498, to prohibit unfair and deceptive advertising of prices for 
hotel rooms and other places of short-term lodging, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
  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, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2714, to establish the National Artificial Intelligence Research 
Resource, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  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, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  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, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 3348, to amend the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and 
Control Act of 1998 to address harmful algal blooms, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
  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, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;

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  S. 3788, to reauthorize the National Landslide Preparedness Act, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  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, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  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, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  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, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  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, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  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, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 4212, to amend the Visit America Act to promote music tourism, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  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, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute;
  S. 4394, to support National Science Foundation education and 
professional development relating to artificial intelligence, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 4487, to require the Secretary of Commerce to develop artificial 
intelligence training resources and toolkits for United States small 
businesses, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 4569, to require covered platforms to remove nonconsensual 
intimate visual depictions, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 4579, to reauthorize the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation 
Initiative Act to promote the protection of the resources of the 
Northwest Straits, with an amendment;
  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;
  S.4769, to require the Director of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology to develop voluntary guidelines and 
specifications for internal and external assurances of artificial 
intelligence systems, with amendments;
  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.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 4753, to reform leasing, permitting, and judicial review for 
certain energy and minerals projects, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute; and
  The nomination of Shannon A. Estenoz, of Florida, to be Deputy 
Secretary of the Interior.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE CHEMICAL 6PPD
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Chemical 
Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory 
Oversight concluded a hearing to examine the potential environmental 
impacts of the chemical 6PPD, after receiving testimony from Katrina 
Lassiter, Washington State Department of Ecology Hazardous Waste and 
Toxics Reduction Program, Olympia; and Tracey Norberg, U.S. Tire 
Manufacturers Association, and David B. Fischer, Keller and Heckman, 
LLP, both of Washington, D.C.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 4495, to enable safe, responsible, and agile procurement, 
development, and use of artificial intelligence by the Federal 
Government, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 4630, to establish an interagency committee to harmonize 
regulatory regimes in the United States relating to cybersecurity, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  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, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 4698, to authorize the Joint Task Forces of the Department of 
Homeland Security, with an amendment;
  S. 4716, to amend section 7504 of title 31, United States Code, to 
improve the single audit requirements, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute;
  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, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute;
  S. 59, to implement merit-based reforms to the civil service hiring 
system that replace degree-based hiring with skills-and competency-
based hiring, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  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, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 4697, to enhance the cybersecurity of the Healthcare and Public 
Health Sector, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  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, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 4631, to amend title 41, United States Code, to prohibit minimum 
education requirements for proposed contractor personnel in certain 
contract solicitations, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  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, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  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. 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. 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

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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.
  Committee recessed subject to the call of the Chair.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following bills:
  S. 4776, to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal years 2025 through 2029, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute;
  S. 4762, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize 
programs and research relating to autism, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute; and
  S. 4755, to reauthorize traumatic brain injury programs, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing 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, who 
was introduced by Senators Johnson and Baldwin, 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, who was 
introduced by Senator Casey, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
BIRTH BEHIND BARS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law 
concluded a hearing to examine birth behind bars, after receiving 
testimony from Carolyn Sufrin, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 
Baltimore, Maryland; Karine Laboy, New Britain, Connecticut; and 
Jessica Umberger, Atlanta, Georgia.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.