[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 171 (Tuesday, November 19, 2024)] [Daily Digest] [Pages D1042-D1046] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY RESOLUTION OFFICE Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities concluded open and closed hearings to examine the activities of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, after receiving testimony from Jon T. Kosloski, Director, All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, Department of Defense. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 984 nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force. [[Page D1043]] AI FRAUDS AND SCAMS Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security concluded a hearing to examine protecting consumers from artificial intelligence enabled fraud and scams, after receiving testimony from Hany Farid, University of California School of Information, Berkeley; Justin Brookman, Consumer Reports, Yonkers, New York; Mounir Ibrahim, Truepic, New York, New York; and Dorota Mani, Westfield, New Jersey. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: S. 254, to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to provide for the establishment of a Ski Area Fee Retention Account; S. 373, to modify the disposition of certain outer Continental Shelf revenues and to open Federal financial sharing to heighten opportunities for renewable energy; S. 482, to amend the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 to provide the Secretary of the Interior with certain authorities with respect to projects affecting the Klamath Basin watershed, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 620, to provide for the distribution of certain outer Continental Shelf revenues to the State of Alaska; S. 739, to clarify jurisdiction with respect to certain Bureau of Reclamation pumped storage development, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 914, to establish an energy threat analysis center in the Department of Energy, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 1553, to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to improve the management of grazing permits and leases, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 1764, to improve Federal activities relating to wildfires, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 2132, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a pilot program for the establishment and use of a pre-fire-suppression stand density index, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 2151, to amend the Southwest Forest Health and Wildlife Prevention Act of 2004 to require the establishment of an additional Institute under that Act; S. 2156, to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to authorize additional entities to be eligible to complete the maintenance work on Bolts Ditch and the Bolts Ditch Headgate within the Holy Cross Wilderness, Colorado; S. 2160, to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize certain extraordinary operation and maintenance work for urban canals of concern, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 2169, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out watershed pilots, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 2620, to establish the Chesapeake National Recreation Area as a unit of the National Park System, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 2742, to establish the Fort Ontario National Monument in the State of New York as a unit of the National Park System, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 2743, to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to designate as a component of the National Heritage Area System the Finger Lakes National Heritage Area in the State of New York; S. 2784, to amend the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 to adjust the boundary of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, with an amendment; S. 2867, to address the forest health crisis on the National Forest System and public lands, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 2927, to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to increase Tribal access to water conservation and efficiency grants; S. 2991, to improve revegetation and carbon sequestration activities in the United States, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 3123, to provide for the standardization, consolidation, and publication of data relating to public outdoor recreational use of Federal waterways among Federal land and water management agencies, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 3195, to designate the General George C. Marshall House, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, as an affiliated area of the National Park System, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 3241, to establish the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians and Jefferson College as affiliated areas of the Natchez Historical Park, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 3346, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain streams in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem and Smith River system in the State of Montana as components of the Wild and [[Page D1044]] Scenic Rivers System, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 3474, to redesignate the Hulls Cove Visitor Center at Acadia National Park as the ``George J. Mitchell, Jr., Visitor Center'', with amendments; S. 3534, to authorize the Pines Foundation to establish the Fire Island AIDS Memorial, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 3542, to amend the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area Act to modify the boundary of the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area; S. 3543, to establish the Historic Greenwood District-Black Wall Street National Monument in the State of Oklahoma, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 3544, to designate the visitor and education center at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine as the ``Paul S. Sarbanes Visitor and Education Center''; S. 3593, to provide for economic development and conservation in Washoe County, Nevada, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 3596, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to amend references of gilsonite to asphaltite; S. 3617, to provide equitable treatment for the people of the Village Corporation established for the Native Village of Saxman, Alaska, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 3631, to require reports on critical mineral and rare earth element resources around the world and a strategy for the development of advanced mining, refining, separation, and processing technologies, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 3790, to make additional Federal public land available for selection under the Alaska Native Vietnam era veterans land allotment program, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 3985, to amend the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to add certain land to the Sarvis Creek Wilderness; 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, with an amendment; S. 4129, to contribute funds and artifacts to the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, North Dakota, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 4164, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the Cahokia Mounds and surrounding land in the States of Illinois and Missouri, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 4209, to provide greater regional access to the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in the State of Maine; S. 4216, to establish the Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Preserve in the State of Georgia, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 4218, to designate the visitor center for the First State National Historical Park to be located at the Sheriff's House in New Castle, Delaware, as the ``Thomas R. Carper Visitor Center''; S. 4222, to adjust the boundary of the Mojave National Preserve in the State of California to include the land within the Castle Mountains National Monument, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 4227, to amend the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 to expand the boundary of Joshua Tree National Park, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 4228, to redesignate the Cottonwood Visitor Center at Joshua Tree National Park as the ``Senator Dianne Feinstein Visitor Center'', with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 4242, to extend the authorization of the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991; S. 4245, to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to reauthorize certain United States Geological Survey water data enhancement programs, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 4259, to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating certain land as the Lahaina National Heritage Area, with amendments; S. 4347, to provide for the conveyance of certain Federal land at Swanson Reservoir and Hugh Butler Reservoir in the State of Nebraska, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 4424, to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and expand the use of prescribed fire on land managed by the Department of the Interior or the Forest Service, with an emphasis on units of the National Forest System in the western United States, to acknowledge and support the longstanding use of cultural burning by Tribes and Indigenous practitioners, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 4432, to allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 4451, to require the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to carry out a study on reservation systems for Federal land, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; [[Page D1045]] S. 4454, to provide for the establishment of an Operational Flexibility Grazing Management Program on land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 4457, to provide for conservation and economic development in the State of Nevada, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 4576, to amend the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, to reauthorize the Colorado River System conservation pilot program; S. 4607, to designate the America's National Churchill Museum National Historic Landmark; S. 4664, to require the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to promote the use of artificial intelligence to support the missions of the Department of Energy, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 4851, to adjust the boundaries of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area to include the Scarper Ridge property; S. 4932, to amend the National Quantum Initiative Act to provide for a research, development, and demonstration program, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 4936, to require a study relating to the Minidoka National Historic Site; S. 4974, to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to reauthorize the National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System; S. 4994, to modify the boundary of the Vicksburg National Military Park in the State of Mississippi; S. 4996, to amend Public Law 89-108 to modify the authorization of appropriations for State and Tribal, municipal, rural, and industrial water supplies, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 4999, to amend the Aquifer Recharge Flexibility Act to clarify a provision relating to conveyances for aquifer recharge purposes, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 5000, to prohibit the use of amounts from the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund to implement a certain record of decision, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 5005, to authorize additional funding for the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act; S. 5011, to establish the Integrated Water Management Federal Leadership Committee, to provide for improved drought resilience and dam safety; S. 5012, to establish an interest-bearing account for the non-Federal contributions to the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program, with an amendment; S. 5013, to make certain modifications to the repayment for the Arkansas Valley Conduit in the State of Colorado, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 5125, to provide for certain improvements to the housing and workforce programs of Federal land management agencies, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 5136, to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of Plum Island; H.R. 359, to establish Fort San Geronimo del Boqueron in Puerto Rico as an affiliated area of the National Park System, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; H.R. 3448, to amend chapter 3081 of title 54, United States Code, to enhance the protection and preservation of America's battlefields; H.R. 4984, to amend the District of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957 to provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus to the Administrator of General Services and the leasing of the Campus to the District of Columbia for purposes which include commercial and residential development; H.R. 5443, to establish a policy regarding appraisal and valuation services for real property for a transaction over which the Secretary of the Interior has jurisdiction; 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. VISA-MASTERCARD DUOPOLY Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine breaking the Visa-Mastercard duopoly, focusing on bringing competition and lower fees to the credit card system, after receiving testimony from Roger P. Alford, Notre Dame Law School, South Bend, Indiana; Christopher W. Callahan, Battenkill Books, Cambridge, New York; Doug Kantor, National Association of Convenience Stores, Alexandria, Virginia; Linda Kirkpatrick, Mastercard, Purchase, New York; and Bill Sheedy, Visa Inc., San Francisco, California. [[Page D1046]] CHINA'S CYBERSECURITY THREAT Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law concluded a hearing to examine China's cybersecurity threat, focusing on big hacks and big tech, after receiving testimony from Sam Bresnick, Georgetown University Center for Security and Emerging Technology, Washington, D.C.; Isaac Stone Fish, Strategy Risks, New York, New York; Adam Meyers, CrowdStrike, Austin, Texas; and David Stehlin, Telecommunications Industry Association, Arlington, Virginia. INTELLIGENCE Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence community.