[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 5, 2025)] [Daily Digest] [Pages D223-D224] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) USTRANSCOM POSTURE Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support concluded open and closed hearings to examine the posture of the United States Transportation Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2026 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Randall Reed, USAF, Commander, United States Transportation Command, Department of Defense. NOMINATION Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of James Bishop, of North Carolina, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Budd, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee began consideration of an authorization to subpoena the production of memoranda, documents, records, and other materials from the Massachusetts Port Authority, and an authorization to subpoena the production of memoranda, documents, records, and other materials from NewPoint Strategies, LLC, but did not complete action thereon. Committee recessed subject to the call. NOMINATIONS Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of David Fotouhi, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator, who was introduced by Senator Mullin, and Aaron Szabo, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator, who was introduced by Senator Husted, both of the Environmental Protection Agency, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. ADVANCING AMERICAN INTERESTS Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine advancing American interests in the Western Hemisphere, after receiving testimony from Joseph Ledford, Stanford University Hoover Institution, Stanford, California; and Margaret Myers, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, D.C. NOMINATION Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Jayanta Bhattacharya, of California, to be Director of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Ricketts, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: S. 105, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to complete all actions necessary for certain land to be held in restricted fee status by the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe; S. 240, to amend the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 to make improvements to that Act; S. 241, to provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Fort Belknap Indian Community; S. 390, to require Federal law enforcement agencies to report on cases of missing or murdered Indians; S. 546, to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make a technical correction to the water rights settlement for the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation; S. 550, to provide for the equitable settlement of certain Indian land disputes regarding land in Illinois; S. 562, to approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Pueblos of Acoma and Laguna in the Rio San Jose Stream System and the Pueblos of Jemez and Zia in the Rio Jemez Stream System in the State of New Mexico; S. 563, 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; S. 564, to approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Zuni Indian Tribe in the Zuni River Stream System in the State of New Mexico, to protect the Zuni Salt Lake; S. 565, to approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Navajo Nation in the Rio San Jose Stream System in the State of New Mexico; S. 612, to amend the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act to authorize grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations; S. 620, to provide public health veterinary services to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations for rabies prevention; [[Page D224]] S. 621, to accept the request to revoke the charter of incorporation of the Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota at the request of that Community; S. 622, to amend the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act to provide for the transfer of additional Federal land to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe; S. 632, to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to allow Indian Health Service scholarship and loan recipients to fulfill service obligations through half-time clinical practice; S. 637, to amend the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act to make improvements to that Act; S. 640, to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make a technical correction to the Navajo Nation Water Resources Development Trust Fund, to amend the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 to make technical corrections to the Taos Pueblo Water Development Fund and Aamodt Settlement Pueblos' Fund; S. 642, to provide compensation to the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community for the taking without just compensation of land by the United States inside the exterior boundaries of the L'Anse Indian Reservation that were guaranteed to the Community under a treaty signed in 1854; S. 673, to amend the Miccosukee Reserved Area Act to authorize the expansion of the Miccosukee Reserved Area and to carry out activities to protect structures within the Osceola Camp from flooding; S. 689, to approve the settlement of the water right claims of the Tule River Tribe; S. 719, to amend the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 to improve that Act; S. 723, to require the Bureau of Indian Affairs to process and complete all mortgage packages associated with residential and business mortgages on Indian land by certain deadlines; S. 748, to reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Lytton Rancheria of California; S. 761, to establish the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States; and H.R. 165, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to complete all actions necessary for certain land to be held in restricted fee status by the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. ANTISEMITISM Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine stemming the tide of antisemitism in America, after receiving testimony from Adela Cojab, National Jewish Advocacy Center, New York, New York; Kevin Rachlin, The Nexus Project, and Alyza D. Lewin, The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, both of Washington, D.C.; Asra Q. Nomani, Pearl Project, Great Falls, Virginia; and Meirav Batsheva Solomon, Medford, Massachusetts. SBIR-STTR Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a hearing to examine reforming SBIR-STTR for the 21st century, including S. 853, to improve the SBIR and STTR programs under the Small Business Act, after receiving testimony from Austin Strawhacker, America's SBDC Iowa, Ames; Ken Mahmud, Triton Systems Inc., Chelmsford, Massachusetts; Caleb Carr, Vita Inclinata Technologies, Inc., Broomfield, Colorado; and David Rothzeid, Shield Capital, Washington, D.C. INTELLIGENCE Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence community.