[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.

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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.