[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 213 (Wednesday, December 17, 2025)] [Daily Digest] [Pages D1287-D1288] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) NARCO-TRAFFICKERS IN THE CARIBBEAN Committee on Armed Services: Committee received a closed briefing on the September 2, 2025, boat strike on narco-traffickers in the Caribbean from national security briefers. FCC OVERSIGHT Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine the Federal Communications Commission, after receiving testimony from Brendan Carr, Chairman, and Olivia Trusty, and Anna M. Gomez, both a Commissioner, all of the Federal Communications Commission. ATC MODERNIZATION Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation, Space, and Innovation concluded a hearing to examine FAA's plan for ATC modernization, focusing on evaluating progress, ensuring accountability and results, after receiving testimony from Bryan Bedford, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: S. 858, to authorize the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation to establish a commemorative work on the National Mall to honor the extraordinary acts of valor, selfless service, and sacrifice displayed by Medal of Honor recipients, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 1363, to provide for greater cooperation and coordination between the Federal Government and the governing bodies and community users of land grant-mercedes in New Mexico relating to historical or traditional uses of certain land grant-mercedes on Federal public land, with an amendment; S. 1377, to ensure the maintenance of a herd of horses in Theodore Roosevelt National Park; S. 1470, to require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to prioritize the completion of the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail; S. 1787, to establish the Dolores River National Conservation Area and the Dolores River Special Management Area in the State of Colorado, to protect private water rights in the State; S. 1860, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to Brian Head Town, Utah, certain National [[Page D1288]] Forest System land, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 2015, 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 and southeastern United States, to acknowledge and support the long- standing use of cultural burning by Indian Tribes and Indigenous practitioners, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 2016, to exchange non-Federal land held by the Chugach Alaska Corporation for certain Federal Land in the Chugach Region, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 2033, to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on existing programs, rules, and authorities that enable or inhibit wildfire mitigation across land ownership boundaries on Federal and non-Federal land, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 2262, to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to clarify the nature of public investment for purposes of certain rulemaking, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 2273, to amend the Act of July 10, 1890, to modify certain provisions relating to the disposal of public land in the State of Wyoming for educational purposes; S. 2546, to provide for an extension of the legislative authority of the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 3383, to amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to make improvements to that Act. INDIAN TRIBE LAND Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine S. 236, to amend the Act of August 9, 1955 (commonly known as the ``Long-Term Leasing Act''), to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land in the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation and land held in trust for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), S. 1508, to confer jurisdiction on the State of Utah with respect to civil causes of action arising on or within the Indian lands of the Shivwits Band of Paiutes, S. 1513, to take certain Federal land in the State of Washington into trust for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, S. 2735, to take certain Federal land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, after receiving testimony from Trina Locke, Directorate of Environmental and Natural Resources, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; Brian Weeden, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, Mashpee, Massachusetts; Tina Gonzales, Shivwits Band of Paiutes, Ivins, Utah; Frances G. Charles, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, Port Angeles, Washington; and Regina Cuellar, Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Placerville, California. NOMINATIONS Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Daniel E. Burrows, of Colorado, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Megan Blair Benton, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, Brian Charles Lea, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, who was introduced by Senator Hagerty, and Justin R. Olson, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana, who was introduced by Senators Young and Banks, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. INTELLIGENCE Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee received a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters from members of the intelligence community.