[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.