[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 144 (Tuesday, September 17, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D895-D899]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  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, 2 p.m., SD-562.

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  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, 2 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine aviation cybersecurity threats, 10 a.m., 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, 10 a.m., 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, 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

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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, 10 a.m., 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, 10 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: to hold hearings 
to examine streamlining and coordinating support for rural small 
businesses, 2:30 p.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine 
current and future VA budget challenges, focusing on providing for 
veterans, 3 p.m., SR-418.
  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, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Transportation, 
Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, oversight 
hearing on Inspectors General of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, Department of Transportation, and the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), 10 a.m., 2358-A Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The Findings and Recommendations of the Commission on the National 
Defense Strategy'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Workforce, Subcommittee on Workforce 
Protections, hearing entitled ``Examining the Biden-Harris Attacks 
on Tipped Workers'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
670, the ``Think Differently Database Act''; H.R. 8107, the 
``Ensuring Access to Medicaid Buy-in Programs Act of 2024''; H.R. 
8108, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to add a 
Medicaid State plan requirement with respect to the determination of 
residency of certain individuals serving in the Armed Forces; H.R. 
3433, the ``Give Kids a Chance Act of 2024''; H.R. 7188, the 
``Shandra Eisenga Human Cell and Tissue Product Safety Act''; H.R. 
7623, the ``Telehealth Modernization Act of 2024''; H.R. 3227, the 
``Ensuring Seniors' Access to Quality Care Act''; H.R. 9067, the 
``Building America's Health Care Workforce Act''; H.R. 7155, the 
``United States-Abraham Accords Cooperation and Security Act of 
2024''; H.J. Res. 139, providing for congressional disapproval under 
chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by 
the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services relating to 
``Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Minimum Staffing Standards for 
Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment 
Transparency Reporting''; H.R.

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7890, the ``Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act''; 
H.R. 7891, Kids Online Safety Act''; H.R. 8449, the ``AM Radio for 
Every Vehicle Act''; H.J. Res. 163, providing for congressional 
disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the 
rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to 
``New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From 
New, Modified, and Reconstructed Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric 
Generating Units; Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions 
From Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; and 
Repeal of the Affordable Clean Energy Rule''; H.J. Res. 133, 
providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, 
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental 
Protection Agency relating to ``Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards 
for Heavy-Duty Vehicles-Phase 3''; and H.J. Res. 117, providing for 
congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States 
Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency 
relating to ``Reconsideration of the National Ambient Air Quality 
Standards for Particulate Matter'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Digital Assets, 
Financial Technology and Inclusion, hearing entitled ``Dazed and 
Confused: Breaking Down the SEC's Politicized Approach to Digital 
Assets'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and 
International Financial Institutions, hearing entitled ``Protecting 
Americans' Savings: Examining the Economics of the Multi-Billion 
Dollar Romance Confidence Scam Industry'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Great Power Competition in the Indo-Pacific'', 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``A Country Without Borders: How the Biden-Harris Open Borders 
Policies Have Undermined Our Safety and Security'', 10 a.m., 310 
Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, Subcommittee on Modernization, 
hearing entitled ``Continuity of Congress: Preparing for the Future 
by Learning from the Past'', 12 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime and Federal 
Government Surveillance, hearing entitled ``Oversight of Homeland 
Security Investigations'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Federal Lands, 
hearing on H.R. 1479, the ``Chiricahua National Park Act''; H.R. 
1504, the ``Apex Area Technical Corrections Act''; H.R. 8931, to 
redesignate Saratoga National Historical Park as Saratoga National 
Battlefield Park; H.R. 8946, the ``Reversionary Interest Conveyance 
Act''; H.R. 9159, the ``Appalachian Trail Centennial Act''; H.R. 
9492, to amend Public Law 99-338 with respect to Kaweah Project 
permits; HR. 9516, the ``Military Families National Parks Access 
Enhancement Act''; and S. 612, the ``Lake Tahoe Restoration 
Reauthorization Act'', 10:15 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 3642, the ``Executive Branch Accountability and Transparency 
Act of 2023''; legislation on the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy Reauthorization Act of 2024; legislation on the Federal 
Register Modernization Act; H.R. 5300, the ``GAO Inspector General 
Parity Act''; legislation on the Federal Acquisition Security 
Council Improvement Act of 2024; legislation on the Value Over Cost 
Act; legislation on the Federal Improvement in Technology 
Procurement Act; H.R. 9566, the ``Source Code Harmonization And 
Reuse in Information Technology Act''; H.R. 5536, the ``Grant 
Transparency Act of 2023''; legislation on the Protecting Taxpayers 
Wallet Act; legislation on the Manager Attitudes and Notions 
According to Government Employee Responses Act; H.R. 8784, the 
``Full Responsibility and Expedited Enforcement Act''; H.R. 825, the 
``Banning Operations and Leases with the Illegitimate Venezuelan 
Authoritarian Regime Act''; and several postal naming measures, 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Holding the SBA Accountable: Testimony from Small Business 
Administrator Guzman'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Full Committee, 
markup on H.R. 8689, the ``Amtrak Executive Bonus Disclosure Act''; 
H.R. 3149, to designate United States Route 20 in the States of 
Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, 
Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Massachusetts as the ``National 
Medal of Honor Highway'', and for other purposes; H.R. 3988, the 
``Assuring that Robust, Thorough, and Informed Congressional 
Leadership is Exercised Over National Emergencies Act''; H.R. 6435, 
the ``Making Aid for Local Disasters Equal Now Act''; H.R. 2672, the 
``FEMA Loan Interest Payment Relief Act''; H.R. 6997, the ``Disaster 
Contract Improvement Act''; H.R. 8530, the ``Improving Federal 
Building Security Act of 2024''; H.R. 2892, the ``Weather Alert 
Response and Notification Act''; H.R. 6984, to designate the Federal 
building located at 300 E. 3rd Street in North Platte, Nebraska, as 
the ``Virginia Smith Federal Building'', and for other purposes; 
legislation to require the Administrator of General Services to sell 
certain property related to United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 8692, the ``Amtrak Transparency and 
Accountability for Passengers and Taxpayers Act''; H.R. 9135, the 
``Ensuring Airline Resiliency to Reduce Delays and Cancellations 
Act''; H.R. 8995, the ``Baby Changing on Board Act''; H.R. 4043, to 
amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to expand eligibility for certain 
wastewater infrastructure grants, and for other purposes; H.R. 9037, 
the ``Federal Emergency Mobilization Accountability (FEMA) Workforce 
Planning Act''; H.R. 9541, the ``Promoting Opportunities to Widen 
Electrical Resilience Act of 2024''; H.R. 3356, the ``Motor Carrier 
Safety Screening Modernization Act''; H.R. 8505, the ``Household 
Goods Shipping Consumer Protection Act''; H.R. 7779, the ``Good 
Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2024''; 
H.R. 1720, the ``Ocean Pollution Reduction Act II''; H.R. 8728, the 
``State-Managed Disaster Relief Act''; H.R. 1605, the ``Natural 
Disaster Recovery Program Act of 2023''; H.R. 8616, the ``Ensuring

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Quality Investments in Preparedness Act of 2024''; H.R. 9121, the 
``Fire Management Assistance Grants for Tribal Governments Act''; 
H.R. 5623, the ``Addressing Addiction After Disasters Act''; H.R. 
6083, the ``Duplications of Benefits Victims Relief Act''; H.R. 
9313, the ``Think Differently About Building Accessibility Act''; 
H.R. 9024, the ``Extreme Weather and Heat Response Modernization 
Act''; H.R. 8610, the ``Counter-UAS Authority Security, Safety, and 
Reauthorization Act''; and General Services Administration Capital 
Investment and Leasing Program Resolutions, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability 
Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing entitled ``Examining VA's 
Challenges with Ensuring Quality Contracted Disability Compensation 
Examinations'', 10:15 a.m., 360 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Health, markup on H.R. 9496, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, 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; H.R. 9324, the ``Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine 
Services Act of 2024''; H.R. 9478, the ``Veterans Supporting 
Prosthetics Opportunities and Recreational Therapy Act''; H.R. 9525, 
the ``Service Dogs Assisting Veterans Act''; H.R. 7504, the ``Rural 
Veterans Transportation to Care Act''; H.R. 9301, the ``New Mexico 
Rural Veteran Health Care Access Act''; H.R. 9485, the ``Enhancing 
Faith-Based Support for Veterans Act of 2024''; H.R. 9438, the ``No 
Wrong Door for Veterans Act''; H.R. 9146, the ``Ensuring Continuity 
in Veterans Health Act''; and H.R. 8562, the ``Parity for Native 
Hawaiian Veterans Act'', 2:30 p.m., 360 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Dial 988+1: Examining 
the Operations of the Veterans Crisis Line'', 2:30 p.m., 360 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Investing in a Healthier America: Chronic Disease 
Prevention and Treatment'', 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meeting

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine Russia's imperial identity, 2 p.m., 2358C-RHOB.