[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 21, 2026)] [Daily Digest] [Pages D743-D744] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS Committee on Appropriations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding request of June 24, 2026, after receiving testimony from Senators Budd, Padilla, and Rounds; Peter B. Hegseth, Secretary, and General Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, both of the Department of Defense; and Brooke L. Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture. SCIENCE, STANDARDS, AND STRATEGIC COMPETITION Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness concluded a hearing to examine measuring what matters, focusing on science, standards, and strategic competition, after receiving testimony from Walter G. Copan, Colorado School of Mines, Monument; Drew Endy, Hoover Institution, Standford, California; Robert D. Atkinson, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, Chevy Chase, Maryland; and Julia M. Phillips, Oregon State University, Gold Beach. LEGISLATION Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks concluded a hearing to examine S. 1674, to modify the boundary of the Mammoth Cave National Park in the State of Kentucky, S. 2498, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to extend certain leases within units of the National Park System without opening the lease to bidding, S. 2767 and H.R. 5254, bills to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with the Gateway Arch Park Foundation to host private events in Gateway Arch National Park buildings, S. 2801, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating the Canterbury Shaker Village National Heritage Area, S. 2887, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Route 66 National Historic Trail, S. 2933, to redesignate a playground in the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve in the State of West Virginia as the ``Hearts of Gold Playground: In Honor of West Virginia Children and Families Impacted by Childhood Cancer'', S. 2969, to amend title 54, United States Code, to provide that State law shall apply to the use of motor vehicles on roads within a System unit, S. 3131, to provide for the inclusion on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall of the names of the lost crew members of the USS Frank E. Evans killed on June 3, 1969, S. 3194, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating certain land in California as the Monterey Bay National Heritage Area, S. 3313 and H.R. 6365, bills to require the Secretary of the Interior to issue a right- of-way for an emergency exit on certain National Park Service land in the State of Virginia, S. 3371, to designate the Museum of the Blind People's Movement in Baltimore, Maryland, as the ``National Museum of the Blind People's Movement'', S. 3456 and H.R. 183, bills to amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to provide for a free annual National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass for law enforcement officers and firefighters, S. 3501, to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to designate as a component of the National Heritage [[Page D744]] Area System the Calumet National Heritage Area in the States of Indiana and Illinois, S. 3524, to amend title 54, United States Code, to modify certain cost-sharing requirements for grant programs under the American Battlefield Protection Program, S. 3542, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate the Upper Raritan River Watershed in the State of New Jersey for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S. 3720, to amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Bay Area Ridge as a national scenic trail, S. 3785, to authorize direct emergency acquisition flexibilities for the National Park Service and Forest Service for the purpose of retaining, vetting, approving, and expediting contractor approval for the clearing, rebuilding, maintenance, and improvement of areas of the Grand Canyon National Park and Kaibab National Forest damaged by certain wildfires, S. 3925, to establish the Julius Rosenwald and Rosenwald Schools National Historical Park, S. 4238, to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to designate as a component of the National Heritage Area System the Endless Mountains National Heritage Area in the State of Pennsylvania, S. 4399, to provide for certain conveyances under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, S. 4538, to amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating Washington's Trail-1753 as a national historic trail, S. 4595, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate the Mullica River watershed in New Jersey for study for potential designation as a wild and scenic river, S. 4767, to extend the authorization of the African American Civil Rights Network, H.R. 2306, to reauthorize the Adams Memorial Commission, H.R. 5729, to authorize direct emergency acquisition flexibilities for the National Park Service for the purpose of retaining, vetting, approving, and expediting contractor approval for the clearing, rebuilding, maintenance, and improvement of the Grand Canyon grounds that have been impacted by the Dragon Bravo Fire, and H.R. 7618, to amend title 54, United States Code, to modify certain cost-sharing requirements for grant programs under the American Battlefield Protection Program, after receiving testimony from Senator Schiff; and Charles Cuvelier, Associate Director, Visitor and Resource Protection, National Park Service, Department of the Interior. BUSINESS MEETING Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Walter Clayton, of New York, to be Director of National Intelligence. INTELLIGENCE Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence community.