[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 174 (Tuesday, October 21, 2025)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1054-D1056]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered
favorably reported the following business items:
S. 1462, to improve forest management activities on National Forest
System land, public land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land
Management, and Tribal land to return resilience to overgrown, fire-
prone forested land, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 277, to release a Federal reversionary interest and convey mineral
interests in Chester County, Tennessee;
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On page D1054, October 21, 2025, the following language appears:
Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) BUSINESS
MEETING Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry:
``Committee ordered favorably reported the following business
items: H.R. 4550, to reauthorize the United States Grain Standards
Act, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 1462, to
improve forest management activities on National Forest System
land, public land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land
Management, and Tribal land to return resilience to overgrown,
fire-prone forested land, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute; S. 277, to release a Federal reversionary interest and
convey mineral interests in Chester County, Tennessee;
The online Record has been corrected to read: Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet) BUSINESS MEETING Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: ``Committee ordered
favorably reported the following business items: S. 1462, to
improve forest management activities on National Forest System
land, public land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land
Management, and Tribal land to return resilience to overgrown,
fire-prone forested land, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute; S. 277, to release a Federal reversionary interest and
convey mineral interests in Chester County, Tennessee;
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S. 1680, to designate additions to the Rough Mountain Wilderness and
the Rich Hole Wilderness of the George Washington National Forest;
S. 2440, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain
National Forest System land located in Franklin County, Mississippi,
with an amendment;
H.R. 197, to provide for a land exchange in the Chippewa National
Forest, Minnesota;
S. 1262, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to release a
reversionary interest in certain land in the Black River State Forest
in Millston, Wisconsin;
S. 2548, to designate the Camp Hutchins Wilderness and establish
Special Management Areas in the Shawnee National Forest in the State of
Illinois, with an amendment;
S. 1681, to establish the Shenandoah Mountain National Scenic Area in
the State of Virginia;
H.R. 1612, to designate the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness in the
Ouachita National Forest;
S. 1350, to modify the boundaries of the Talladega National Forest;
S. 1376, to amend the National Trails System Act to direct the
Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study on the feasibility of
designating the Benton MacKaye Trail as a national scenic trail;
S. 1876, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to relocate a
memorial honoring the 9 Air Force crew members who lost their lives in
an airplane crash in the Cherokee and Nantahala National Forests during
a training mission on August 31, 1982;
S. 638, to amend the Act of June 22, 1948; and
An original bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey a
parcel of property of the Forest Service to Perry County, Arkansas.
JOINT INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE 401
Committee on Armed Services: Committee received a closed briefing on
the Joint Interagency Task Force 401 from Brigadier General Matthew S.
Ross, USA, Director, Joint Interagency Task Force 401, and Alexander
Miller, Chief Technology Officer to the Chief of Staff of the United
States Army, both of the Department of Defense.
U.S. HOUSING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
Housing, Transportation, and Community Development concluded a hearing
to examine innovation in United States housing, focusing on solutions
and policies for America's future, including S.1511, to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand housing investment with
mortgage revenue bonds, after receiving testimony from Lars Powell,
University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Business Center for Risk
and Insurance Research, Tuscaloosa; Mary Tingerthal, Construction
Revolution, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Dennis C. Shea, Bipartisan
Policy Center J. Ronald Terwilliger Center for Housing Policy,
Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered
favorably reported the following business items:
S. 1070, to establish a National STEM Week to promote American
innovation and enhance STEM education pathways for all students,
including those in rural, urban, and underserved communities, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 2126, to reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation
System Act of 2009, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 2245, to amend the Digital Coast Act to improve the acquisition,
integration, and accessibility of data of the Digital Coast program and
to extend the program, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 2357, to reauthorize the Young Fishermen's Development Act, with
an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 2563, to direct the Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with
the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, to
conduct an interagency review of and report to Congress on ways to
increase the global competitiveness of the United States in attracting
foreign direct investment, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute;
S. 2666, to direct the Federal Communications Commission to establish
a taskforce on unlawful robocalls, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute;
S. 2975, to amend title 49, United States Code, to enhance the safety
of pipeline transportation, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute;
S. 2503, to require all aircraft to be equipped with Automatic
Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast In, to improve aviation safety, with
an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
The nominations of Joyce Meyer, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary
for Economic Affairs, and Harry Kumar, of New York, to be an Assistant
Secretary, both of the Department of Commerce, and Seval Oz, of
California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation.
HEZBOLLAH'S DRUG TRAFFICKING OPERATIONS
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: Caucus
concluded a hearing to examine Hezbollah's Latin American drug
trafficking operations, after receiving testimony from Nathan Sales,
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Atlantic Council, Marshall Billingslea, Hudson Institute, and Matthew
Levitt, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, all of Washington,
D.C.; and Robert F. Clifford, Robert Clifford Consulting, Charlotte,
North Carolina.