[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 143 (Monday, September 16, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E901-E903]
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, September 17, 2024 may be found in 
the Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                              SEPTEMBER 18
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine aviation cybersecurity 
           threats.
                                                            SR-253
       Committee on Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine America's regional 
           commissions, focusing on sharing best practices in 
           regional and economic development.
                                                            SD-406
       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,

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           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
       Committee on Indian Affairs
         Business meeting to consider S. 2695, to amend the Indian 
           Law Enforcement Reform Act to provide for advancements 
           in public safety services to Indian communities, S. 
           3857, to take certain land in the State of California 
           into trust for the benefit of the Jamul Indian Village 
           of California, S. 4442, to amend the Crow Tribe Water 
           Rights Settlement Act of 2010 to make improvements to 
           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; to be immediately followed by 
           a hearing to examine the nomination of Patrice H. 
           Kunesh, of Minnesota, to be Chairman of the National 
           Indian Gaming Commission.
                                                            SD-628
     2 p.m.
       Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
       Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, 
           Organics, and Research
         To hold hearings to examine keeping kids learning in the 
           National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast 
           Program.
                                                            SD-562
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Subcommittee on Economic Policy
         To hold hearings to examine the macroeconomic impacts of 
           potential tax reform in 2025.
                                                            SD-538
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine Russia's imperial identity.
                                                        2358C-RHOB

     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         To hold hearings to examine streamlining and coordinating 
           support for rural small businesses.
                                                           SR-428A
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To hold hearings to examine foreign threats to elections 
           in 2024, focusing on roles and responsibilities of U.S. 
           tech providers.
                                                            SH-216
     3 p.m.
       Committee on Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine current and future VA budget 
           challenges, focusing on providing for veterans.
                                                            SR-418

                              SEPTEMBER 19
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries, Climate Change, and 
           Manufacturing
         To hold hearings to examine Coast Guard drug interdiction 
           and enforcement in the maritime environment.
                                                            SR-253
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine fusion energy technology 
           development and commercialization efforts.
                                                            SD-366
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider an original resolution 
           directing the Senate Legal Counsel to bring a civil 
           action to enforce a subpoena of the Committee on 
           Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, 
           an original resolution authorizing the President of the 
           Senate to certify the report of the Committee on 
           Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate 
           regarding the refusal of Dr. Ralph de la Torre to 
           appear and testify before the Committee, and other 
           pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-562
       Committee on the Judiciary
         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, to 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, David L. Lemmon II, to be United States 
           Marshal for the Southern District of West Virginia, and 
           Bobby Jack Woods, to be United States Marshal for the 
           Eastern District of Kentucky, all of the Department of 
           Justice.
                                                            SD-G50
       Special Committee on Aging
         To hold hearings to examine how scammers are stealing 
           from older adults, focusing on fighting fraud.
                                                            SD-106
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of John W. 
           McIntyre, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
           Eswatini, Jeremey Neitzke, of Illinois, to be 
           Ambassador to the Kingdom of

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           Lesotho, Abigail L. Dressel, of Connecticut, to be 
           Ambassador to the Republic of Angola, and to serve 
           concurrently and without additional compensation as 
           Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and 
           Principe, James Holtsnider, of Iowa, to be Ambassador 
           to the Independent State of Samoa, Brian K. Stimmler, 
           of Nebraska, to be Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic, 
           and Amanda S. Jacobsen, of Washington, to be Ambassador 
           to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, all of the 
           Department of State.
                                                            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

                              SEPTEMBER 25
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         Business meeting to consider S. 4425, to support 
           democracy and the rule of law in Georgia, H.R. 8282, to 
           impose sanctions with respect to the International 
           Criminal Court engaged in any effort to investigate, 
           arrest, detain, or prosecute any protected person of 
           the United States and its allies, and the nominations 
           of Vivek Hallegere Murthy, of Florida, to be 
           Representative of the United States on the Executive 
           Board of the World Health Organization, Kristen Sarri, 
           of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for Oceans and 
           International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, 
           John N. Nkengasong, of Georgia, to be Ambassador-At-
           Large for Global Health Security and Diplomacy, 
           Elizabeth K. Horst, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador to 
           the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Troy 
           Fitrell, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
           of Seychelles, Kelly Adams-Smith, of New Jersey, to be 
           Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova, Juan Carlos 
           Iturregui, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the 
           Dominican Republic, Jennifer D. Gavito, of Colorado, to 
           be Ambassador to the State of Libya, Tracey Ann 
           Jacobson, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
           of Iraq, Joshua M. Harris, of Maryland, to be 
           Ambassador to the People's Democratic Republic of 
           Algeria, and Peter W. Lord, of Florida, to be 
           Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal, and to serve 
           concurrently and without additional compensation as 
           Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, all of the 
           Department of State.
                                                             S-116
     2 p.m.
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
         To hold hearings to examine FAA oversight of Boeing's 
           broken safety culture.
                                                            SD-342