[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 10, 2026)] [Daily Digest] [Pages D612-D613] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OVERSIGHT Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine the Department of Agriculture, after receiving testimony from Brooke L. Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture. AUTHORIZATION: DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported an original bill entitled, ``National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2027''. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: S. 140, to address the forest health crisis on the National Forest System and public lands, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 332, to require a study on Holocaust education efforts of States, local educational agencies, and public elementary and secondary schools; S. 789, 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. 1288, 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. 2437 and H.R. 3857, bills to amend the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Authorization Act, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 2753, 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. 3500 and H.R. 3657, bills to amend the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to annually submit to Congress a report on the status of ongoing hydropower relicensing applications; S. 3518, to amend the Federal Power Act to address certain alterations in, and the maintenance and repair of, project works, to provide for the licensing of micro hydrokinetic energy projects, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 3693, to extend the authorization for a large-scale water recycling and reuse grant program, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 3723, to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of constructing a project to supply municipal, rural, and industrial water from the Missouri River to the Western Dakota Regional Water System, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 3736, to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of constructing a project to supply municipal, rural, and industrial water to the Dakota Mainstem Regional Water System service area in the States of South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 3743, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a feasibility study on a selective water withdrawal system at Glen Canyon Dam, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 3792, to provide for the establishment of a Water Project Navigators Program, with an amendment; S. 3878, to establish the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians and Jefferson College as affiliated areas of the National Park System; S. 4040, to amend Public Law 89-108 to modify the authorization of appropriations for State and Tribal, municipal, rural, and industrial water supplies; H.R. 3872, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands to make that Act applicable to hardrock minerals; and H.R. 3937, to provide for the conveyance of certain Federal land in Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. [[Page D613]] COLORADO RIVER BASIN Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine the Colorado river basin, including post- 2026 operations negotiations, after receiving testimony from Andrea Travnicek, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, and David Palumbo, Deputy Commissioner of Operations, Bureau of Reclamation, both of the Department of the Interior; Amy Haas, Colorado River Authority of Utah, Salt Lake City; Mike Vickrey, Green River Valley Cattlemen's Association, Pinedale, Wyoming; Tom Kiernan, American Rivers, Washington, D.C.; and William Hasencamp, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Los Angeles. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE BUDGET Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, after receiving testimony from Brian Nesvik, Director, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior. NOMINATIONS Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Brett Matsumoto, of Maryland, to be Commissioner of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor, James R. Macy, of Wisconsin, who was introduced by Senator Johnson, and David M. Prouty, of Maryland, who was introduced by Senator Van Hollen, both to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. NOMINATIONS Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Daniel Mack Traynor, of North Dakota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, who was introduced by Senators Cramer and Hoeven, Angela Veronica Colmenero, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Michael C. Martin, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, Kasdin Miller Mitchell, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, and Antonio M. Pozos, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, who was introduced by Senator McCormick, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.