[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 145 (Wednesday, September 18, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D909-D911]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
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, 10 a.m., SR-253.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to
examine fusion energy technology development and commercialization
efforts, 10 a.m., SD-366.
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 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, Amanda S.
Jacobsen, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Equatorial Guinea, Keith D. Hanigan, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador
to the Solomon Islands, and Kali C. Jones, of Louisiana, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Benin, all of the Department of State,
10:30 a.m., SD-419.
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
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de la Torre to appear and testify before the Committee, and other
pending calendar business, 10 a.m., 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, 10
a.m., SD-G50.
Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine how
scammers are stealing from older adults, focusing on fighting fraud,
10 a.m., SD-106.
House
Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military Personnel,
hearing entitled ``Oversight of Extremism Policies in the Army'', 10
a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Committee on the Budget, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The
Cost of the Biden-Harris Energy Crisis'', 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Environment,
Manufacturing, and Critical Materials, hearing entitled ``Holding
the Biden-Harris EPA Accountable for Radical Rush-to-Green
Spending'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce, hearing entitled
``Federal Trade Commission Practices: A Discussion on Past Versus
Present'', 10:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Middle East,
North Africa, and Central Asia, hearing entitled ``Israel and the
Middle East at a Crossroads: How Tehran's Terror Campaign Threatens
the U.S. and our Allies'', 10 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability, hearing entitled
``Money is Policy, Part II: Analyzing Select State Department Grant
Awards'', 10 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
Committee on Homeland Security, 2024, Subcommittee on
Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence; and
Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement, joint hearing
entitled ``Beyond the Border: Terrorism and Homeland Security
Consequences of Illegal Immigration'', 10 a.m., 310 Cannon.
Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, markup on Ratification
of Subcommittee Assignments; H.J. Res. 144, providing for
congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States
Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms, and Explosives, Department of Justice, relating to
``Definition of `Engaged in the Business' as a Dealer in Firearms'';
H.R. 115, the ``Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2023; H.R. 358, the
``Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act''; H.R.
8205, the ``Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act''; H.R.
8666, to amend title 28, United States Code, to authorize holding
court for the Central Division of Utah in Moab and Monticello; H.R.
7177, to amend title 28, United States Code, to consolidate certain
divisions in the Northern District of Alabama; and H.R. 9605, the
``No Censors on our Shores Act'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, markup on H.R.
3283, the ``Facilitating DIGITAL Applications Act''; H.R. 4235, the
``Wildfire Technology DEMO Act''; H.R. 5103, the ``FISHES Act'';
H.R. 6012, the ``Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2023''; H.R.
6085, to prohibit the implementation of the Draft Resource
Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for the Rock
Springs RMP Revision, Wyoming; H.R. 6107, the ``Urban Canal
Modernization Act''; H.R. 6547, the ``Colorado Energy Prosperity
Act''; H.R. 6826, to designate the visitor and education center at
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine as the Paul S.
Sarbanes Visitor and Education Center; H.R. 6843, to expand the
boundaries of the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area to include
Lafourche Parish, Louisiana; H.R. 7332, the ``Utah State Parks
Adjustment Act''; H.R. 8219, the ``Lahaina National Heritage Area
Act''; H.R. 8413, the ``Swanson and Hugh Butler Reservoirs Land
Conveyances Act''; H.R. 8704, to require the Secretary of Commerce
to establish a grant program to foster enhanced coexistence between
ocean users and North Atlantic right whales and other large cetacean
species; H.R. 8811, the ``America's Conservation Enhancement
Reauthorization Act of 2024''; H.R. 9533, the ``ESA Amendments Act
of 2024''; and S. 612, the ``Lake Tahoe Restoration Reauthorization
Act'', 10:15 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Full Committee, hearing
entitled ``A Legacy of Incompetence: Consequences of the Biden-
Harris Administration's Policy Failures'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Member Day
Hearing on Proposed Rules Changes for the 119th Congress'', 10 a.m.,
H-313 Capitol.
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on
Environment; and Subcommittee on Energy, joint hearing entitled
``Navigating the Blue Frontier: Evaluating the Potential of Marine
Carbon Dioxide Removal Approaches'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
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Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Technology
Modernization, hearing entitled ``VA's Open Cash Register: Fraud,
Waste, Abuse and Revenue Operations'', 9 a.m., 360 Cannon.
Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United
States and the Chinese Communist Party, Full Committee, hearing
entitled ``How the CCP Uses the Law to Silence Critics and Enforce
its Rule'', 9:15 a.m., HVC-210.