[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 129 (Monday, July 28, 2025)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E733-E734]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate of February
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees,
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place and
purpose of the meetings, when scheduled and any cancellations or
changes in the meetings as they occur.
As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, July 29, 2025 may be found in the
Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
JULY 30
9:30 a.m.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Lanny
Erdos, of Ohio, to be Director of the Office of Surface
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, and Audrey
Robertson, of Colorado, to be an Assistant Secretary
(Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy), and Timothy
John Walsh, of Colorado, to be an Assistant Secretary
(Environmental Management), both of the Department of
Energy.
SD-366
10 a.m.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment
To hold hearings to examine guardrails and growth,
focusing on AI's role in capital and insurance markets.
SD-538
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Business meeting to consider S. 1691, to limit the use of
facial recognition technology in airports, S. 2314, to
direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a task
force regarding shark depredation, S. 2318, to amend
the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act
to require the periodic update to the strategic plan to
guide the Manufacturing USA Program to align with the
mandatory updates to the National Strategy for Advanced
Manufacturing, S. 2351, to supplement existing lease
authorities available to the Administrator of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration to
support research, education, and training, and the
nominations of Neil Jacobs, of North Carolina, to be
Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, Taylor
Jordan, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant
Secretary, and Harry Kumar, of New York, to be an
Assistant Secretary, all of the Department of Commerce,
Paul Roberti, of Rhode Island, to be Administrator of
the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration, Jonathan Morrison, of California, to be
Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, Seval Oz, of California, to be an
Assistant Secretary, Michael Rutherford, of Florida, to
be an Assistant Secretary, and Gregory Zerzan, of
Texas, to be General Counsel, all of the Department of
Transportation, and Derek Barrs, of Florida, to be
Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration.
SR-253
Committee on Foreign Relations
Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
S-116
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Business meeting to consider S. 2292, to amend the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and
extend the user fee program for over-the-counter
monograph drugs, S. 1440, to amend title II of the
Public Health Service Act to include as an additional
right or privilege of commissioned officers of the
Public Health Service (and their beneficiaries) certain
leave provided under title 10, United States Code to
commissioned officers of the Army (or their
beneficiaries), S. 2398, to reauthorize the Kay Hagan
Tick Act, S. 2301, to reauthorize certain programs
regarding rural health care, S. 1727, to amend the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to
permit employee stock ownership plan participants to
benefit from the full amount of beneficial ownership
that can be accrued in the plan while also fully
realizing the benefits of saving for retirement in a
defined contribution plan, S. 1728, to amend the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to
expand the membership of the Advisory Council on
Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans to include
representatives of employee ownership organizations,
and S. 2403, to amend the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 to provide a clear definition of
adequate consideration for certain closely held stock.
SD-430
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Business meeting to consider S. 854, to amend title 31,
United States Code, to establish the Life Sciences
Research Security Board, S. 855, to require executive
branch employees to report certain royalties, S. 269,
to improve coordination between Federal and State
agencies and the Do Not Pay working system, S. 81, to
require a guidance clarity statement on certain agency
guidance, S. 861, to streamline the sharing of
information among Federal disaster assistance agencies,
to expedite the delivery of life-saving assistance to
disaster survivors, to speed the recovery of
communities from disasters, to protect the security and
privacy of information provided by disaster survivors,
S. 766, to require an annual report of taxpayer-funded
projects that are over budget and behind schedule, S.
872, to amend the Federal Funding Accountability and
Transparency Act of 2006 to ensure that other
transaction agreements are reported to USAspending.gov,
S. 727, to correct the inequitable denial of enhanced
retirement and annuity benefits to certain U.S. Customs
and Border Protection Officers, S. 874, to ensure that
whistleblowers, including contractors, are protected
from retaliation when a Federal employee orders a
reprisal, S. 594, to amend the Post-Katrina Management
Reform Act of 2006 to repeal certain obsolete
requirements, S. 865, to amend the Lobbying Disclosure
Act of 1995 to require certain disclosures by
registrants regarding exemptions under the Foreign
Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, S. 856, to
amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to clarify a
provision relating to certain contents of registrations
under that Act, S. 850, to amend the Northern Border
Security Review Act to require updates to the northern
border threat analysis and the northern border
strategy, S. 848, to provide for joint reports by
relevant Federal agencies to Congress regarding
incidents of terrorism, and S. 572, to enhance the
effectiveness of the Shadow Wolves Program; to be
immediately followed by a business meeting to consider
S. 1498, to amend chapter 131 of title 5, United States
Code, to prohibit transactions involving certain
financial instruments by Members of Congress, S. 2144,
to improve the safety and security of Members of
Congress, immediate family members of Members of
Congress, and congressional staff, the nominations of
Pedro Allende, of Florida, to be Under Secretary for
Science and Technology, and Sean Plankey, of
Pennsylvania, to be Director of the Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency, both of the Department
of Homeland Security, Christopher Fox, of Virginia, to
be Inspector General of the Intelligence Community,
Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and
Edward Aloysius O'Connell, of the District of Columbia,
to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the
District of Columbia for the term of fifteen years.
SD-342
10:15 a.m.
Committee on the Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine certain nominations.
SH-216
11 a.m.
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
To hold hearings to examine a review of the USDA
reorganization proposal.
SR-328A
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2 p.m.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Subcommittee on Border Management, Federal Workforce, and
Regulatory Affairs
To hold hearings to examine Congress's role in the
regulatory landscape.
SD-342
2:30 p.m.
Committee on Foreign Relations
Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy
To hold hearings to examine finding opportunities for
U.S.-Africa partnerships.
SD-419
Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law
To hold hearings to examine protecting and safeguarding
Americans' online data.
SD-226
3 p.m.
Select Committee on Intelligence
To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence
matters.
SH-219
3:30 p.m.
Special Committee on Aging
To hold hearings to examine awareness to action, focusing
on combating elder abuse and neglect.
SD-106
4 p.m.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Business meeting to consider S. 275, to improve the
provision of care and services under the Veterans
Community Care Program of the Department of Veterans
Affairs, S. 506, to require the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs to carry out a pilot program to coordinate,
navigate, and manage care and benefits for veterans
enrolled in both the Medicare program and the system of
annual patient enrollment of the Department of Veterans
Affairs, S. 607, to require the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs to establish an integrated project team to
improve the process for scheduling appointments for
health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs, S.
610, to expand the VetSuccess on Campus program of the
Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 635, to amend title
38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs to recognize nurse registries for
purposes of the Veterans Community Care Program, S.
654, to amend title 38, United States Code, to
establish an external provider scheduling program to
assist the Department of Veterans Affairs in scheduling
appointments for care and services under the Veterans
Community Care Program, S. 702, to require a study on
the quality of care difference between mental health
and addiction therapy care provided by health care
providers of the Department of Veterans Affairs
compared to non-Department providers, S. 778, to amend
title 38, United States Code, to require a lactation
space in each medical center of the Department of
Veterans Affairs, S. 787, to amend title 38, United
States Code, to establish a commission to review
operations at the Veterans Health Administration and
submit to Congress reports with respect to that review,
and for other programs, S. 800, to modify the Precision
Medicine for Veterans Initiative of the Department of
Veterans Affairs, S. 827, to extend and modify the
transportation grant program of the Department of
Veterans Affairs, S. 831, to amend title 38, United
States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs to improve telephone communication by the
Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 879, to expand
medical, employment, and other benefits for individuals
serving as family caregivers for certain veterans, S.
972, to amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure
that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs repays members
of the Armed Forces for certain contributions made by
such members towards Post-9/11 Educational Assistance,
S. 1139, to amend the Commander John Scott Hannon
Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 to
modify and reauthorize the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon
Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program of the Department
of Veterans Affairs, S. 1245, to amend title 38, United
States Code, to expand health care and benefits from
the Department of Veterans Affairs for military sexual
trauma, S. 1318, to direct the American Battle
Monuments Commission to establish a program to identify
American-Jewish servicemembers buried in United States
military cemeteries overseas under markers that
incorrectly represent their religion and heritage, S.
1320, to direct the Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take certain steps
regarding research related to menopause, perimenopause,
or mid-life women's health, S. 1383, to establish the
Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, S. 1441,
to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award
grants to nonprofit entities to assist such entities in
carrying out programs to provide service dogs to
eligible veterans, S. 1533, to amend title 38, United
States Code, to make permanent and codify the pilot
program for use of contract physicians for disability
examinations, S. 1591, to amend title 38, United States
Code, to reorganize the acquisition structure of the
Department of Veterans Affairs and to establish the
Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation in
the Department, S. 2392, to increase, effective as of
December 1, 2025, the rates of compensation for
veterans with service-connected disabilities and the
rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the
survivors of certain disabled veterans, and S. 2393, to
authorize a major medical facility project for the
Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2026 in
St. Louis, Missouri.
SR-418
JULY 31
9:15 a.m.
Committee on Armed Services
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Michael
Powers, of Virginia, to be Deputy Under Secretary, Amy
Henninger, of Virginia, to be Director of Operational
Test and Evaluation, David Denton, Jr., of Virginia, to
be General Counsel of the Department of the Navy, and
Benjamin Kohlmann, of Texas, to be an Assistant
Secretary of the Navy, all of the Department of
Defense.
SD-G50
9:30 a.m.
Committee on Appropriations
Business meeting to markup an original bill entitled,
``Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026'', and
an original bill entitled, ``Departments of Labor,
Health and Human Services, Education, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026''.
SD-106
9:45 a.m.
Committee on Finance
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Jonathan
McKernan, of Tennessee, to be an Under Secretary of the
Treasury, and Alex Adams, of Idaho, to be Assistant
Secretary for Family Support, Department of Health and
Human Services.
SD-215
10 a.m.
Committee on Finance
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Bryan
Switzer, of Virginia, to be a Deputy United States
Trade Representative (Asia, Textiles, Investment,
Services, and Intellectual Property), with the rank of
Ambassador, and Gustav Chiarello III, of Virginia, to
be an Assistant Secretary, and Michael Stuart, of West
Virginia, to be General Counsel, both of the Department
of Health and Human Services, and Derek Theurer, of
Virginia, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of the
Treasury, vice Jonathan Davidson.
SD-215
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine making health care
affordable, focusing on solutions to lower costs and
empower patients.
SD-430
10:15 a.m.
Committee on the Judiciary
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Leif
Olson, to be United States Attorney for the Northern
District of Iowa for the term of four years, and Adam
Sleeper, to be United States Attorney for the District
of the Virgin Islands for the term of four years, both
of the Department of Justice.
SH-216