[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 139 (Monday, September 9, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D849-D853]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

            Week of September 10 through September 13, 2024

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Adam B. Abelson, of Maryland, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Maryland, post-cloture, and vote on confirmation 
thereon at 11:30 a.m.
  Following disposition of the nomination of Adam B. Abelson, Senate 
will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of 
Jeannette A. Vargas, of New York, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of New York. If cloture is invoked, the vote 
on confirmation of the nomination will be at 2:15 p.m.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.

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                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Armed Services: September 12, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Lieutenant General Steven S. Nordhaus, 
USAF, to be general and Chief of the National Guard Bureau, and Vice 
Admiral Alvin Holsey, USN, to be admiral and Commander, United 
States Southern Command, both of the Department of Defense, 9:30 
a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 12, to 
hold hearings to examine protecting Americans' money, focusing on 
combatting scams and frauds against seniors and savers, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on the Budget: September 11, to hold hearings to examine 
Social Security, focusing on delivering benefits and protecting 
retirement security, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 11, 
to hold hearings to examine the nominations of David Michael 
Capozzi, of Maryland, Samuel E. Lathem, of Delaware, Ronald L. 
Batory, of New Mexico, and Elaine Marie Clegg, of Idaho, all to be a 
Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 11, 
Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings to examine S. 
2927, to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to 
increase Tribal access to water conservation and efficiency grants, 
S. 4016, to amend the Boulder Canyon Project Act to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to expend amounts in the Colorado River 
Dam fund, S. 4242 and H.R. 4385, to extend authorization of the 
Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991, S. 4245 and 
H.R. 5770, to reauthorize certain United States Geological Survey 
water data enhancement programs, S. 4347, to provide for the 
conveyance of certain Federal land at Swanson Reservoir and Hugh 
Butler Reservoir in the State of Nebraska, S. 4458, to reauthorize 
the Reclamation Rural Water Supply Act of 2006, S. 4576, to amend 
the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2015, to reauthorize the Colorado River System conservation 
pilot program, an original bill to establish a new Reclamation 
program to support collaborative positions at eligible partner 
organizations to help develop, fund, and implement water projects 
with benefits for water management and the environment, an original 
bill to amend the Aquifer Recharge Flexibility Act to clarify a 
provision relating to conveyances for aquifer recharge purposes, an 
original bill to authorize additional funding for the San Joaquin 
River Restoration Settlement Program, an original bill to establish 
an interest-bearing account for the non-Federal contributions to the 
Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program, an original 
bill to establish the Integrated Water Management Federal Leadership 
Committee and to provide for improved drought resilience and dam 
safety, an original bill to amend Public Law 89-108 to modify the 
authorization of appropriations for State and Tribal, municipal, 
rural, and industrial water supplies, an original bill to make 
certain modifications to the repayment period and payment of 
interest for the Fryingpan-Arkansas project in the State of 
Colorado, an original bill to prohibit the use of amounts from the 
Upper Colorado River Basin Fund to implement a certain record of 
decision, and H.R. 6062, to restore the ability of the people of 
American Samoa to approve amendments to the territorial constitution 
based on majority rule in a democratic act of self-determination, as 
authorized pursuant to an Act of Congress delegating administration 
of Federal territorial law in the territory to the President, and to 
the Secretary of the Interior under Executive Order 10264, dated 
June 29, 1951, under which the Constitution of American Samoa was 
approved and may be amended without requirement for further 
congressional action, subject to the authority of Congress under the 
Territorial Clause in article IV, section 3, clause 2 of the United 
States Constitution, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  September 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Department of Energy's lead role in conducting advanced computing 
research, application, and security, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: September 11, to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Matthew James Marzano, of 
Illinois, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 10 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: September 12, to hold hearings to examine 
the 2025 tax policy debate and tax avoidance strategies, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 11, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Julie Smith, of Michigan, to be an Under 
Secretary (Political Affairs), Stephanie L. Hallett, of Florida, to 
be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain, Douglas D. Jones, of 
Maryland, to be Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Michael G. 
Heath, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Malawi, 
and Mary E. Daschbach, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador to the 
Togolese Republic, all of the Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  September 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine anti-NGO 
laws and other tools of democratic repression, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: September 12, 
to hold hearings to examine the bankruptcy of Steward Health Care, 
focusing on how management decisions have impacted patient care, 10 
a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: September 
10, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to 
examine US companies technology, focusing on the Russian war 
machine, 3:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 12, business meeting to 
consider S. 1306, to reauthorize the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program, 
S. 2220, to amend title 35, United States Code, to invest in 
inventors in the United States, maintain the United States as the 
leading innovation economy in the world, and protect the property 
rights of the inventors that grow the economy of the United States, 
S. 2140, to amend title 35, United States Code, to address matters 
relating to patent subject matter eligibility, S. 4713, to amend 
chapter 11 of title 35, United States Code, to require the voluntary 
collection of demographic information for patent inventors, S. 2082, 
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make technical corrections relating to the Justice Against Sponsors 
of Terrorism Act, and 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, Gail A. Weilheimer, to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and Joseph R. Adams, to be 
United States Marshal for the Northern District of West Virginia, 
and David L. Lemmon II, to be United States Marshal for the Southern 
District of West Virginia, both of the Department of Justice, 10 
a.m., SD-G50.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 10, to receive a 
closed briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.
  September 11, Full Committee, closed business meeting to consider 
pending intelligence matters; to be immediately followed by a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, September 11, Subcommittee on 
Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies; and Subcommittee on Nutrition, 
Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture of the House Committee on 
Agriculture, joint hearing entitled ``Severe Food Distribution 
Shortages in Tribal and Elderly Communities'', 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on the Budget, September 11, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Legislative Hearing: Congress and the Congressional 
Budget Office (CBO): Examining Ways to Improve CBO'', 9 a.m., 210 
Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Workforce, September 11, Full 
Committee, markup on H.R. 5646, the ``Stop Campus Hazing Act''; H.R. 
7233, the ``Jenna Quinn Law of 2024''; H.R. 736, the ``PROTECT Kids 
Act''; H.J. Res. 181, providing for congressional disapproval under 
chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by 
the Department of Labor relating to ``Definition of `Employer'-
Association Health Plans''; H.R. 3120, the ``Healthy Competition for 
Better Care Act''; and H.R. 9457, the ``Transparent Telehealth Bills 
Act of 2024'', 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, September 11, Subcommittee on 
Energy, Climate, and Grid Security, hearing entitled ``From Gas to 
Groceries: Americans Pay the Price of the Biden-Harris Energy 
Agenda'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  September 11, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing entitled ``A Year Removed: Oversight of Securing the U.S. 
Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act Implementation'', 
10:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, September 11, Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy, hearing entitled 
``Transparency in Global Governance'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, September 11, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Great Power Competition in Africa'', 10 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  September 11, Subcommittee on Europe, hearing entitled 
``Countering Malign PRC Influence in Europe'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, September 11, Full Committee, 
markup on H.R. 9460, the ``DHS Joint Task Forces Reauthorization Act 
of 2024''; H.R. 9459, the ``PATHS Act''; and H.R. 9458, the 
``Enhancing Stakeholder Support and Outreach for Preparedness Grants 
Act'', 10 a.m., 310 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, September 11, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``American Confidence in Elections: Looking Ahead 
to the 2024 General Election'', 9:30 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  September 11, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 9488, the ``Secure 
Handling of Internet Electronic Donations Act''; H.R. 7764, the 
``Commission to Study the Potential Transfer of the Weitzman 
National Museum of American Jewish History to the Smithsonian 
Institution Act''; H.R. 6394, the ``Semiquincentennial Congressional 
Time Capsule Act''; H.R. 6969, to direct the Joint Committee on the 
Library to procure a statue of Benjamin Franklin for placement in 
the Capitol; H.R. 9489, to Sunset the Advisory Committee on the 
Records of Congress, and for Other Purposes; H.R. 9487, to amend the 
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 to authorize the Legislative 
Counsel of the House of Representatives to designate more than one 
of the attorneys of the Office of the Legislative Counsel as a 
Deputy Legislative Counsel, and for other purpose; and H.R. 9490, to 
revise certain authorities of the Government Publishing Office, and 
for other Purposes, 11:30 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 11, Subcommittee on Crime 
and Federal Government Surveillance, hearing entitled ``The 
Consequences of Soft-On-Crime-Policies'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  September 11, Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory 
Reform, and Antitrust, hearing entitled ``The Role of Pharmacy 
Benefit Managers'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, September 11, Full Committee, 
hearing on legislation to amend the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969, and for other purposes; H.J. Res. 168, providing for 
congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States 
Code, of the rule submitted by the Council on Environmental Quality 
relating to ``National Environmental Policy Act Implementing 
Regulations Revisions Phase 2''; and H.R. 6129, the ``Studying 
NEPA's Impact on Projects Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, September 11, Full 
Committee, markup on H.R. 9197, the ``Small Business Artificial 
Intelligence Advancement Act''; H.R. 9194, the ``Nucleic Acid 
Screening for Biosecurity Act''; H.R. 9211, the ``LIFT AI Act''; 
H.R. 9215, the ``Workforce for AI Trust Act''; H.R. 9402, the ``NSF 
AI Education Act of 2024''; H.R. 9403, the ``Expanding AI

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Voices Act''; H.R. 5077, the ``CREATE AI Act''; legislation on the 
AI Advancement and Reliability Act; legislation on the AI 
Development Practices Act; and legislation on the TAME Extreme 
Weather Act, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 11, 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing entitled 
``Waters of the United States Implementation Post-Sackett Decision: 
Experiences and Perspectives'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, September 11, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearing on legislation to amend title 38, United States Code 
(U.S.C.), to include a representative of the National Association of 
State Veterans Homes on the Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory 
Committee of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); legislation on 
the Veterans' Mental Health Access Act; legislation to amend title 
38, U.S.C., to require that non-citizen appointees to positions in 
the Veterans Health Administration are subjected to background 
investigations prior to employment; legislation on the Enhancing 
Faith-Based Support for Veterans Act of 2024; legislation on the No 
Wrong Door for Veterans Act; H.R. 9324, the ``Protecting Veteran 
Access to Telemedicine Services Act''; legislation on the 
Safeguarding VA's Healthcare Workforce Act; legislation on the 
Veterans Supporting Prosthetics Opportunities and Recreational 
Therapy Act; legislation on the Service Dogs Assisting Veterans Act; 
H.R. 9146, the ``Ensuring Continuity in Veterans Health Act''; H.R. 
7504, the ``Rural Veterans Transportation to Care Act''; H.R. 6330, 
the ``Veterans Sentinel Act''; H.R. 8562, the ``Parity for Native 
Hawaiian Veterans Act''; H.R. 6291, the ``Have You Served Act''; 
H.R. 9301, to direct the Secretary of VA to include two counties in 
New Mexico in a certain Veterans Integrated Service Network; and 
legislation on the Conflict of Interest Waiver for VA Researchers, 
10 a.m., 360 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, September 11, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 9495, the ``Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on 
American Hostages Act''; H.R. 3269, the ``Law Enforcement Innovate 
to De-Escalate Act''; H.R. 190, the ``Saving Gig Economy Taxpayers 
Act''; H.R. 9461, the ``USA Workforce Investment Act''; and H.R. 
9462, the ``Educational Choice for Children Act of 2024'', 10 a.m., 
1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meeting

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: September 10, to 
hold hearings to examine supporting Armenia's democracy and Western 
future, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.


* These figures include all measures reported, even if there was 
no accompanying report. A total of 60 written reports have been 
filed in the Senate, 296 reports have been filed in the House.

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