[House Report 117-699]
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                                                      Calendar No. 515
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                               ACTIVITIES

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                   COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND REFORM

                    ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS


                           DECEMBER 31, 2022

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                         LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

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                          House of Representatives,
                         Committee on Oversight and Reform,
                                 Washington, DC, December 30, 2022.
Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
Speaker, House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Madam Speaker: Under rule XI, clause 1(d)(1) of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives, ``[n]ot later than 
January 2, of each odd-numbered year, a committee shall submit 
to the House a report on the activities of that committee.'' 
Pursuant to this rule, I respectfully submit the activities 
report of the Committee on Oversight and Reform for the 117th 
Congress. As required by the rule, a copy of this report ``has 
been available to each member of the [C]ommittee for . . . 
seven calendar days.''
            Sincerely,
                                        Carolyn B. Maloney,
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                            C O N T E N T S

  I. INTRODUCTION.....................................................  1
 II. OVERSIGHT HEARINGS...............................................  5
            A. Full Committee....................................       5
            B. Subcommittee on National Security.................      11
            C. Subcommittee on Government Operations.............      13
            D. Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy......      16
            E. Subcommittee on Environment.......................      16
            F. Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties..      17
            G. Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis.....      20
III. OVERSIGHT BRIEFINGS AND ROUNDTABLES.............................  23
            A. Full Committee and Subcommittees..................      23
            B. Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis.....      25
 IV. LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.....................................  26
            A. Business Meetings (Legislation)...................      26
            B. Legislation Enacted into Law......................      29
            C. Bills Passed by the House.........................      37
            D. Legislation Considered by the Committee...........      41
            E. Postal Naming Measures Enacted into Law...........      48
            F. Postal Naming Measures Passed by the House........      54
            G. Postal Naming Measures Approved by the Committee..      56
  V. SUMMARY OF OVERSIGHT PLAN AND CORRESPONDING ACTIONS.............  56
            A. Full Committee....................................      58
              i. Health Care.....................................      58
              ii. Census.........................................      62
              iii. Information Technology, Cybersecurity, and 
                  Data Privacy...................................      64
              iv. Environment....................................      65
              v. Homeland and National Security..................      70
              vi. Structural Racism and Racial Equity............      71
              vii. Gender Equity.................................      73
              viii. Voting Rights................................      76
              ix. Immigration....................................      78
              x. Gun Violence....................................      79
              xi. Corporate Accountability.......................      80
              xii. Executive Branch Ethics, Transparency, 
                  Accountability, and Procurement................      81
              xiii. Presidential Conflicts of Interest and 
                  Emoluments.....................................      84
            B. Subcommittee on National Security.................      86
              i. U.S. Counterterrorism Operations Against al 
                  Qaeda, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria 
                  (ISIS), and Affiliated Terrorist Organizations.      86
              ii. Military Readiness.............................      86
              iii. Cyber Threats to Critical Infrastructure......      87
            C. Subcommittee on Government Operations.............      87
              i. Federal Information Technology and Cybersecurity 
                  Policy.........................................      87
              ii. Preventing a Patronage System in the Federal 
                  Workforce......................................      88
              iii. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority 
                  (WMATA)........................................      89
              iv. Support for the Federal Workforce..............      89
              v. Restoring the Independence of Inspectors General      91
              vi. Improving the Performance of the Postal Service      92
              vii. Improper Payments by the Federal Government...      94
              viii. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Oversight.....      94
              ix. Peaceful Transitions of Power..................      94
              x. Government Operations, Generally................      95
            D. Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy......      96
              i. Youth E-Cigarette Epidemic and Flavored 
                  Cigarettes.....................................      96
              ii. Toxic Heavy Metals in Baby Foods...............      98
              iii. Organ Procurement Industry Concerns...........      99
              iv. Sale of Utility Customer Information to ICE for 
                  Deportation Purposes...........................      99
              v. Toxic Pet Collars...............................     100
              vi. Online Content.................................     100
              vii. Sex Trafficking Linked to Postsecondary 
                  Education......................................     101
              viii. Spam Text Messages and Fraud.................     101
              ix. Higher Education Transcripts...................     102
              x. Tear Gas........................................     102
              xi. Chemicals in Food Packaging....................     102
              xii. Excess Corporate Price Hikes..................     103
              xiii. Heart Pump Devices...........................     103
              xiv. Baby Formula..................................     104
              xv. Reproductive Health Data Privacy...............     104
              xvi. Gas Stoves....................................     105
              xvii. Cryptocurrency Fraud and Scams...............     105
              xviii. Inclined Infant Products....................     105
            E. Subcommittee on Environment.......................     106
              i. Fossil Fuel Subsidies...........................     106
              ii. Job Creation...................................     106
              iii. Wildfires.....................................     106
              iv. Regenerative Agriculture.......................     107
              v. Leaded Aviation Fuel............................     107
              vi. Environmental Justice..........................     108
            F. Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties..     108
              i. Spread of White Supremacy and Extremist 
                  Ideologies.....................................     108
              ii. Voting Rights..................................     109
              iii. First Amendment Rights and Civil/LGBTQ+ Rights     109
              iv. Equal Protection and Property Rights...........     110
              v. Due Process in the Immigration System...........     110
              vi. Criminal Justice Reform Policies...............     110
            G. Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis.....     111
              i. Role of Political Appointees in Public Health 
                  Response.......................................     111
              ii. Development and Distribution of Coronavirus   
                  Vaccines.......................................     112
              iii. Distribution of Critical Supplies.............     113
              iv. Impact of Pandemic on Nursing Homes............     114
              v. Federal Lending Programs........................     115
              vi. Coronavirus Protections for Meatpacking Workers     117
              vii. Farmers to Families Food Box Program..........     117
              viii. Protecting Homeowners and Renters During the 
                  Pandemic.......................................     118
 VI. SUMMARY OF ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES AND ACTIONS.........  119
            A. Additional Oversight and Investigations of the 
                Full Committee and Standing Subcommittees........     119
              i. War in Ukraine..................................     119
              ii. Monkeypox......................................     119
            B. Additional Oversight Activities of the Select 
                Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis...........     120
              i. Workforce Inequities............................     120
            C. Official Travel/Delegations.......................     121
            D. State and District Level Reports..................     121
VII. HEARINGS HELD PURSUANT TO PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 2(n) OF HOUSE RULE  121
VIII.HEARINGS HELD PURSUANT TO PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (p) OF HOUSE RULE   123





























                                                      Calendar No. 515
117th Congress    }                                      {      Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session       }                                      {     117-699

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          ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND REFORM

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 December 31, 2022.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 
            the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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 Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney, from the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                            I. INTRODUCTION

    During the 117th Congress, the Committee on Oversight and 
Reform and its five subcommittees held 90 hearings. The 
Committee issued 444 state and district level staff reports for 
Members of the House on the expected benefits of the Inflation 
Reduction Act. In addition, 28 bills advanced by the Committee 
were enacted into law. An additional 16 bills, not including 
postal-naming measures, were passed by the House.
    Under the leadership of Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, the 
Committee conducted important investigations and delivered 
meaningful results for the American people:
           The Committee achieved extraordinary results 
        to provide economic relief to families, improve 
        benefits for working families, and protect Americans 
        from gun violence.
                   In February 2021, the Committee 
                passed a $350 billion aid package for states 
                and localities, which was included in the 
                American Rescue Plan--funds that were crucial 
                to our nation's economic recovery and 
                extraordinary job growth.
                   In July 2021, the Committee 
                passed legislation to provide comprehensive 
                paid family and medical leave for federal 
                employees, building on Congress's 2020 passage 
                of Chairwoman Maloney's landmark legislation 
                providing paid parental leave for federal 
                employees.
                   The Committee launched an 
                investigation into the sale and marketing of 
                assault-style weapons used in mass shootings 
                and released new information on the role of gun 
                manufacturers and gun dealers in the gun 
                violence crisis. On June 25, 2022, following 
                the Committee's historic hearing on the need to 
                address the gun violence, President Biden 
                signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act 
                into law, including anti-trafficking provisions 
                long championed by Chairwoman Maloney.
                   In August 2022, President Biden 
                signed the Inflation Reduction Act, which 
                included key Committee priorities to support 
                electric vehicles, equitable climate action, 
                and strong federal oversight of the relevant 
                programs.
                   The Inflation Reduction Act 
                included reforms championed by Chairwoman 
                Maloney to reduce health care costs for 
                families across America by expanding access to 
                affordable health insurance and lowering drug 
                prices. In 2021, the Committee concluded its 
                three-year investigation exposing the practices 
                of pharmaceutical companies that suppress 
                competition and keep prices high, making 
                prescription drugs unaffordable for many 
                Americans. In April 2022, the Chairwoman 
                introduced a bicameral package of legislation 
                to address findings from the Committee's 
                investigation.
           The Committee led the way on crucial 
        legislation to grant D.C. statehood, rescue the Postal 
        Service, protect the census, and improve the federal 
        government.
                   In April 2021, following a 
                committee hearing, the Committee and the House 
                passed H.R. 51, the Washington, D.C. Admission 
                Act, which would make D.C. the 51st state.
                   In April 2022, President Biden 
                signed Chairwoman Maloney's bipartisan Postal 
                Service Reform Act, which will place the Postal 
                Service on sustainable financial footing for 
                years to come.
                   In May 2022, the Committee and 
                the House passed the Targeting Resources to 
                Communities in Need Act to increase 
                transparency and direct increased federal 
                program investments to communities most in 
                need.
                   In June 2022, the Committee 
                passed the LBTQI+ Data Inclusion Act to ensure 
                that lawmakers and federal agencies have the 
                comprehensive data they need to better serve 
                LGBTQI+ people.
                   In July 2022, the House passed 
                the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense 
                Authorization Act, which included provisions 
                championed by the Committee to address the 
                veterans' records backlog and protect 
                Inspectors General.
                   In September 2022, the House 
                passed Chairwoman Maloney's Ensuring a Fair and 
                Accurate Census Act to protect the independence 
                of the Census Bureau and prevent partisan 
                manipulation of the census.
                   In September 2022, the House 
                passed Chairwoman Maloney's bipartisan 
                Whistleblower Protection Improvement Act to 
                protect federal employees from retaliation.
           The Committee conducted investigations that 
        exposed corruption and conflicts of interest in the 
        Trump Administration--which shined a light on former 
        President Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 
        election--and performed critical oversight of the Biden 
        Administration.
                   The Committee investigated the 
                January 6th assault and attacks on the right to 
                vote, uncovering evidence that President Trump 
                pressured the Justice Department to make false 
                claims of election fraud. The Committee also 
                investigated efforts by the Department of 
                Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General (IG) 
                to cover up the erasure of January 6 
                communications by the U.S. Secret Service.
                   The Committee investigated 
                rampant corruption in the Trump Administration. 
                In October 2021, the Committee released new 
                evidence that former President Trump hid 
                millions in personal debts and losses while 
                bidding on the Trump Hotel, creating serious 
                conflicts of interest.
                   In February 2022, the Committee 
                launched an investigation into former President 
                Trump's violations of the Presidential Records 
                Act (PRA) after he illegally removed sensitive 
                government documents from the White House and 
                transported them to his Mar-a-Lago club. 
                Following a joint Committee request, the 
                Director of National Intelligence (DNI) 
                announced a national security damage assessment 
                stemming from this conduct.
                   In June 2022, the Committee 
                launched an investigation into President 
                Trump's apparent failure to account for foreign 
                gifts while in office, in violation of federal 
                law.
                   In July 2022, the Committee won 
                a major court victory in its long-running 
                investigation into former President Trump's 
                conflicts of interest and self-dealing and 
                secured an agreement to obtain documents from 
                Mr. Trump's former accounting firm, Mazars. In 
                November 2022, the Committee released documents 
                showing that foreign governments spent hundreds 
                of thousands of dollars at Trump Hotel.
                   In October 2022, the Committee 
                released new evidence showing that the Trump 
                Organization overcharged the Secret Service to 
                stay at Trump-owned properties while protecting 
                the former President and his family members.
                   After facing years of 
                obstruction from the Trump Administration, the 
                Committee released new documents showing the 
                Trump Administration's politicization of the 
                2020 Census, leading the House to pass 
                Chairwoman Maloney's Ensuring a Fair and 
                Accurate Census Act.
                   The Committee conducted 
                essential oversight of federal agencies, from 
                the toxic culture at Customs and Border 
                Protection (CBP) to the unacceptable backlog of 
                records for veterans at the National Archives.
                   The Committee's joint 
                investigation of Emergent BioSolutions 
                contributed to the Biden Administration's 
                decision to drop a multimillion-dollar vaccine 
                contract after the company failed to perform.
           The Committee achieved important victories 
        in protecting women's right to choose, seeking 
        accountability for the opioid crisis, and protecting 
        public health.
                   The Committee conducted 
                investigations into reproductive health care 
                access, held multiple hearings on the impact of 
                the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn 
                Roe v. Wade, and released an analysis detailing 
                efforts by Republicans at all levels of 
                government to ban abortion or impose 
                restrictions on access to reproductive health 
                care.
                   In December 2021, the Committee 
                won a major victory when the Food and Drug 
                Administration (FDA) removed unnecessary 
                restrictions on medication abortion following 
                the Committee's requests.
                   The Committee released new 
                information on compliance with the Affordable 
                Care Act's (ACA) requirement to fully cover 
                birth control and launched a probe into 
                reproductive health data privacy.
                   The Committee demanded 
                accountability from corporate actors who are 
                responsible for the prevalence of opioid 
                addiction among Americans. Following the 
                Committee's investigation, a federal court 
                rejected an unfair bankruptcy settlement that 
                would have protected one of these actors--the 
                Sackler family--from liability.
                   The Committee released findings 
                from its investigation into McKinsey's 
                consulting work during the opioid epidemic, 
                revealing that McKinsey consultants worked on 
                FDA contracts while also working for opioid 
                manufacturers. The Committee then advanced 
                legislation to end these conflicts of interest.
                   The Committee pressed the 
                Administration to accelerate its response to 
                the rapidly increasing monkeypox virus 
                outbreak, resulting in the Biden Administration 
                declaring a public health emergency.
                   The Committee launched a joint 
                investigation with the Energy and Commerce 
                Committee into FDA's approval of the 
                Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm. Shortly after the 
                Committees launched their investigation, the 
                Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 
                IG announced a review of the approval process. 
                Biogen, the drug's manufacturer, subsequently 
                announced it would reduce the price of Aduhelm 
                by 50 percent.
           The Committee conducted major investigations 
        and held historic hearings on consumer protection 
        issues and other topics directly affecting the American 
        people.
                   The Committee launched an 
                investigation into fossil fuel disinformation, 
                holding a historic hearing with industry chief 
                executive officers (CEOs) and releasing new 
                evidence that the fossil fuel industry is 
                misleading the public about its central role in 
                the climate crisis.
                   Following the Committee's 
                investigation into inclined sleep products that 
                led to the deaths of dozens of infants, the 
                Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) 
                banned these dangerous products, and Congress 
                passed legislation to protect infants.
                   In May 2022, the Committee 
                launched an investigation into infant formula 
                manufacturers' role in the nationwide formula 
                shortage.
                   In August 2022, the Committee 
                released a report revealing how election lies 
                endanger election workers and American 
                democracy.
                   In October 2022, the Committee 
                launched a joint investigation into the 
                Jackson, Mississippi, water crisis.
                   The Committee shined a spotlight 
                on disparities faced by women and communities 
                of color, including through hearings on the 
                Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and the Black 
                maternal health crisis.
           The Committee's five subcommittees conducted 
        crucial oversight of classroom censorship, toxic baby 
        food, tobacco regulation, attacks on the federal 
        workforce, veteran suicides, sexual abuse in JROTC 
        programs, and environmental justice, and other 
        important topics, contributing to the Committee's 
        overall success.
    To carry out its duties as effectively as possible, at the 
beginning of the 116th Congress, the Committee established the 
following five standing subcommittees, which remained 
throughout the 117th Congress: Subcommittee on National 
Security; Subcommittee on Government Operations; Subcommittee 
on Economic and Consumer Policy; Subcommittee on Environment; 
and Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. On April 
23, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the House 
passed H. Res. 935, which established the Select Subcommittee 
on the Coronavirus Crisis as an additional investigative 
subcommittee of the Committee on Oversight and Reform. The 
Select Subcommittee remained in place throughout the 117th 
Congress.
    This report describes the Committee's major oversight and 
legislative accomplishments, provides a summary of Committee 
and Subcommittee proceedings, and summarizes activities of the 
Subcommittees during the 117th Congress.

                         II. OVERSIGHT HEARINGS


                           A. Full Committee

    In the 117th Congress, the full Committee held 37 hearings 
and received testimony from 193 witnesses. Those hearings 
include:
    Hearing on ``Accountability and Lessons Learned from the 
Trump Administration's Child Separation Policy'' (February 4, 
2021). Witness: The Honorable Michael E. Horowitz, Inspector 
General, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
    Hearing on ``Legislative Proposals to Put the Postal 
Service on Sustainable Financial Footing'' (February 24, 2021). 
Witnesses: The Honorable Ron Bloom, Chairman, U.S. Postal 
Service Board of Governors; Mr. Louis DeJoy, Postmaster 
General, U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Ms. Tammy Whitcomb, 
Inspector General, USPS; Mr. Mark Dimondstein, President, 
American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO; Mr. Joel Quadracci, 
Chairman, President, and CEO, Quad/Graphics; Mr. Kevin Kosar, 
Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute.
    Hearing ``Weathering the Storm: The Role of Private Tech in 
the SolarWinds Breach and Ongoing Campaign'' (February 26, 
2021). Witnesses: Mr. Sudhakar Ramakrishna, President and CEO, 
SolarWinds Corporation; Mr. Kevin B. Thompson, Former CEO, 
SolarWinds Corporation; Mr. Kevin Mandia, CEO, FireEye, Inc.; 
Mr. Brad Smith, President and Chief Legal Officer, Microsoft 
Corporation.
    Hearing on ``The 2021 GAO [U.S. Government Accountability 
Office] High-Risk List: Blueprint for a Safer, Stronger, More 
Effective America'' (March 2, 2021). Witness: The Honorable 
Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States, GAO. 
The following GAO executives attended to support the 
Comptroller General: Mr. J. Christopher Mihm, Managing 
Director, Strategic Issues, GAO; Ms. Cathy Berrick, Managing 
Directing, Defense Capabilities and Management, GAO; Ms. A. 
Nikki Clowers, Managing Director, Health Care, GAO; Mr. Mark 
Gaffigan, Managing Director, Natural Resources and Environment, 
GAO; Mr. Dan Garcia-Diaz, Managing Director, Financial Markets 
and Community Investment, GAO; Mr. Nick Marinos, Director, 
Information Technology, and Cybersecurity, GAO; Mr. David 
Trimble, Managing Director, Physical Infrastructure, GAO.
    Hearing on ``H.R. 51: Making D.C. the 51st State'' (March 
22, 2021). Witnesses: The Honorable Muriel Bowser, Mayor, 
District of Columbia; The Honorable Phil Mendelson, Chairman, 
Council of the District of Columbia; Mr. Fitzroy Lee, Interim 
Chief Financial Officer, District of Columbia; Ms. Mainon A. 
Schwartz, Legislative Attorney, Congressional Research Service; 
Mr. Wade Henderson, Interim President and CEO, The Leadership 
Conference on Civil and Human Rights; Mr. Harry Wingo, D.C. 
Veteran; Mr. Zack Smith, Legal Fellow, Meese Center, Heritage 
Foundation.
    Hearing on ``Honoring `Equal Pay Day': Examining the Long-
Term Economic Impacts of Gender Inequality'' (March 24, 2021). 
Witnesses: Ms. Megan Rapinoe, U.S. Women's National Soccer Team 
World Cup Champion and Equal Pay Advocate; Ms. Ai-jen Poo, 
Executive Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance; Khara 
Jabola-Carolus, Executive Director, Hawaii State Commission on 
the Status of Women; Ms. Patrice Onwuka, Director, Center for 
Economic Opportunity, Independent Women's Forum; Dr. C. Nicole 
Mason, President and CEO, Institute for Women's Policy 
Research.
    Hearing on ``Improving Government Accountability and 
Transparency'' (May 3, 2021). Witnesses: Mr. James-Christian 
Blockwood, Executive Vice President, Partnership for Public 
Service; Ms. Elizabeth Hempowicz, Director of Public Policy, 
Project on Government Oversight (POGO); Mr. Rudy Mehrbani, 
Senior Advisor, Democracy Fund; Mr. Zack Smith, Legal Fellow, 
Meese Center, The Heritage Foundation.
    Hearing on ``Birthing While Black: Examining America's 
Black Maternal Health Crisis'' (May 6, 2021). Witnesses: The 
Honorable Ayanna Pressley, Member of Congress, 7th District of 
Massachusetts; The Honorable Cori Bush, Member of Congress, 1st 
District of Missouri; The Honorable Lauren Underwood, Member of 
Congress, 14th District of Illinois, Co-Chair, Black Maternal 
Health Caucus; The Honorable Alma S. Adams, Ph.D., Member of 
Congress, 12th District of North Carolina, Co-Chair, Black 
Maternal Health Caucus; Ms. Tatyana Ali, Actress and Advocate; 
Mr. Charles Johnson, Husband of Kira Johnson and Founder of 
4Kira4Moms; Ms. Veronica Gillispie, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., M.S., 
Medical Director, Louisiana Perinatal Quality Collaborative; 
Ms. Joia Adele Crear-Perry, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., Founder and 
President, National Birth Equity Collaborative; Ms. Jamila 
Taylor, Ph.D., Director of Health Care Reform and Senior 
Fellow, The Century Foundation; Ms. Tamika Auguste, M.D., Chair 
of the Obstetrician and Gynecologist Clinical Practice Council, 
MedStar Health.
    Hearing on ``The Capitol Insurrection: Unexplained Delays 
and Unanswered Questions'' (May 12, 2021). Witnesses: The 
Honorable Christopher C. Miller, Former Acting Secretary, 
Department of Defense (DOD); The Honorable Jeffrey A. Rosen, 
Former Acting Attorney General, DOJ; Mr. Robert J. Contee III, 
Chief, Metropolitan Police Department.
    Hearing on ``Unsustainable Drug Prices (Part III): 
Testimony from AbbVie CEO Richard Gonzalez'' (May 18, 2021). 
Witnesses: Mr. Richard Gonzalez, Chairman of the Board and CEO, 
AbbVie Inc.; Dr. Aaron Kesselheim, Associate Professor of 
Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Mr. Tahir Amin, Co-Founder 
and Co-Executive Director, Initiative for Medicines, Access, 
and Knowledge; Mr. Craig Garthwaite, Herman Smith Research 
Professor in Hospital and Health Services, Kellogg School of 
Management at Northwestern University.
    Hearing on ``Sleeping Danger: The Rock 'n Play and Failures 
in Infant Product Safety'' (June 7, 2021). Witnesses: Mr. Ynon 
Kreiz, CEO, Mattel Inc.; Mr. Chuck Scothon, Senior Vice 
President and General Manager, Fisher-Price, Global Head of 
Infant and Preschool, Mattel Inc.
    Hearing on ``The SACKLER Act and Other Policies to Promote 
Accountability for the Sackler Family's Role in the Opioid 
Epidemic'' (June 8, 2021). Witnesses: Ms. Alexis Pleus, Founder 
and Executive Director, Truth Pharm; The Honorable Maura 
Healey, Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts; The 
Honorable Jim Carroll, Former Director, White House Office of 
National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP); The Honorable Lawrence 
Wasden, Attorney General, State of Idaho; Mr. Patrick Radden 
Keefe, Author of Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the 
Sackler Dynasty.
    Hearing on ``The Capitol Insurrection: Unexplained Delays 
and Unanswered Questions (Part II)'' (June 15, 2021). 
Witnesses: The Honorable Christopher A. Wray, Director, Federal 
Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Lieutenant General Walter E. 
Piatt, Director of the Army Staff, U.S. Army; General Charles 
A. Flynn, Commanding General, U.S. Army Pacific.
    Hearing on ``Leading by Example: The Need for Comprehensive 
Paid Leave for the Federal Workforce and Beyond'' (June 24, 
2021). Witnesses: Mr. Everett Kelley, National President, 
American Federation of Government Employees; Ms. Vicki Shabo, 
Senior Fellow, Paid Leave Policy and Strategy, Better Life Lab, 
New America; Ms. Lelaine Bigelow, Interim Vice President for 
Economic Justice and Congressional Relations, National 
Partnership for Women & Families; Mr. Eric Sorkin, Co-Owner, 
Runamok Maple; Ms. Hadley Heath Manning, Director of Policy, 
Independent Women's Forum.
    Hearing on ``Building Back with Justice: Environmental 
Justice Is Central to the American Jobs Plan'' (July 21, 2021). 
Witnesses: Mr. Richard Moore, Co-Coordinator, Los Jardines 
Institute, National Co-Coordinator, Environmental Justice 
Health Alliance, Co-Chair, White House Environmental Justice 
Advisory Council; Ms. Nicole Lee Ndumele, Vice President, 
Racial Equity and Justice, Center for American Progress; Mr. 
Harold Mitchell, Founder and Executive Director, ReGenesis 
Community Development Corporation, Member, White House 
Environmental Justice Advisory Council; Ms. Raya Salter, Esq., 
Member, New York State Climate Action Council; Mr. Michael Leon 
Guerrero, Executive Director, Labor Network for Sustainability; 
Mr. Shay Hawkins, Chairman and CEO, Opportunity Funds 
Association.
    Hearing on ``A State of Crisis: Examining the Urgent Need 
to Protect and Expand Abortion Rights and Access'' (September 
30, 2021). Witnesses: The Honorable Cori Bush, Member of 
Congress, First District of Missouri; The Honorable Barbara 
Lee, Co-Chair, Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, Member of 
Congress, 13th District of California; The Honorable Kat 
Cammack, Member of Congress, Third District of Florida; The 
Honorable Pramila Jayapal, Member of Congress, Seventh District 
of Washington; The Honorable Judy Chu, Member of Congress, 27th 
District of California; Ms. Gloria Steinem, Feminist and Social 
Activist; Ms. Maleeha Aziz, Community Organizer, Texas Equal 
Access Fund; Ms. Ghazaleh Moayedi, M.D., Texas-based 
Obstetrician-Gynecologist (OB/GYN), Board Member, Physicians 
for Reproductive Health; Ms. Ingrid Skop, M.D., Texas-based OB/
GYN; Ms. Melissa Murray, Professor of Law, New York University; 
Ms. Loretta Ross, Co-Founder of the Reproductive Justice 
Movement, Associate Professor of the Study of Women and Gender, 
Smith College.
    Hearing on ``Hurricane Ida and Beyond: Readiness, Recovery, 
and Resilience'' (October 5, 2021). Witness: The Honorable 
Deanne Criswell, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency.
    Hearing on ``Assessing the Election `Audit' in Arizona and 
Threats to American Democracy'' (October 7, 2021). Witnesses: 
Mr. Jack Sellers, Chairman, Board of Supervisors, Maricopa 
County, Arizona; Mr. Bill Gates, Vice Chairman, Board of 
Supervisors, Maricopa County, Arizona; Mr. David Becker, 
Executive Director and Founder, Center for Election Innovation 
and Research; Ms. Gowri Ramachandran, Senior Counsel, Brennan 
Center for Justice; Mr. Ken Bennett, Senate Audit Liaison, 
Former Secretary of State, Arizona.
    Hearing on ``The Equal Rights Amendment: Achieving 
Constitutional Equality for All'' (October 21, 2021). 
Witnesses: The Honorable Jennifer McClellan, Virginia State 
Senator; Ms. Bamby Salcedo, President, TransLatin@ Coalition, 
Board Member, ERA Coalition; Ms. Victoria Nourse, Professor of 
Law, Georgetown University Law Center; Ms. Carol Jenkins, 
President, ERA Coalition; Ms. Alyssa Milano, Actor, ERA 
Advocate; Ms. Eleanor Smeal, President, Feminist Majority; Ms. 
Inez Feltscher Stepman, Senior Policy Analyst, Independent 
Women's Forum.
    Hearing on ``Fueling the Climate Crisis: Exposing Big Oil's 
Disinformation Campaign to Prevent Climate Action'' (October 
28, 2021). Witnesses: Mr. Darren Woods, CEO, ExxonMobil 
Corporation; Mr. David Lawler, CEO, BP America Inc.; Mr. 
Michael K. Wirth, CEO, Chevron Corporation; Ms. Gretchen 
Watkins, President, Shell Oil Company; Mr. Mike Sommers, 
President, American Petroleum Institute; Ms. Suzanne Clark, 
President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Mr. Neal Crabtree, 
Former Welding Foreman, Keystone XL Pipeline.
    Hearing on ``Cracking Down on Ransomware: Strategies for 
Disrupting Criminal Hackers and Building Resilience Against 
Cyber Threats'' (November 16, 2021). Witnesses: The Honorable 
Chris Inglis, National Cyber Director, Executive Office of the 
President (EOP); Mr. Brandon Wales, Executive Director, 
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA); Mr. 
Bryan Vorndran, Assistant Director, Cyber Division, FBI.
    Hearing on ``Cybersecurity for the New Frontier: Reforming 
the Federal Information Security Modernization Act'' (January 
11, 2022). Witnesses: Mr. Grant Schneider, Senior Director of 
Cybersecurity Services, Venable Federal Chief Information 
Security Officer, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) (2018-
2020), Senior Director for Cybersecurity Policy, National 
Security Council (2017-2020); Ms. Renee Wynn, CEO, RP Wynn 
Consulting LLC, Chief Information Officer (CIO), National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration (2015-2020); Mr. Gordon 
Bitko, Senior Vice President of Policy, Public Sector, 
Information Technology Industry Council, CIO, FBI (2016-2019); 
Ms. Jennifer R. Franks, Director of Information Technology and 
Cybersecurity, GAO; Mr. Ross Nodurft, Executive Director, 
Alliance for Digital Innovation, Chief, OMB Cybersecurity Team 
(2015-2018).
    Hearing on ``Price Gouging in Military Contracts: New 
Inspector General Report Exposes Excess Profit Obtained by 
TransDigm Group'' (January 19, 2022). Witnesses: Ms. Theresa S. 
Hull, Deputy IG, DOD Office of Inspector General (DODIG); Mr. 
Kevin Stein, CEO, TransDigm Group Inc.; Mr. Nicholas Howley, 
Founder and Executive Chairman, TransDigm Group Inc.; Mr. John 
Tenaglia, Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Acquisition and Principal Director, Defense Pricing 
and Contracting, DOD.
    Hearing on ``Fueling the Climate Crisis: Examining Big 
Oil's Climate Pledges'' (February 8, 2022). Witnesses: Dr. 
Michael E. Mann, Professor of Atmospheric Science, Pennsylvania 
State University; Mr. Mark van Baal, Founder, Follow This; Ms. 
Tracey Lewis, Policy Counsel, Public Citizen; Ms. Katie Tubb, 
Senior Policy Analyst, The Heritage Foundation.
    Hearing on ``From Recession to Recovery: Examining the 
Impact of the American Rescue Plan's State and Local Fiscal 
Recovery Funds'' (March 1, 2022). Witnesses: The Honorable JB 
Pritzker, Governor, State of Illinois; The Honorable Fawn 
Sharp, President, National Congress of American Indians; The 
Honorable Victoria Woods, Mayor of the City of Tacoma, First 
Vice President of the National League of Cities; The Honorable 
Gary Moore, Judge-Executive, Boone County, Kentucky, Immediate 
Past President, National Association of Counties; Dr. Michael 
Leachman, Vice President for State Fiscal Policy, Center on 
Budget and Policy Priorities; Mr. Marc Joffe, Senior Policy 
Analyst, Reason Foundation.
    Hearing on ``HBCUs at Risk: Examining Federal Support for 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities'' (March 17, 
2022). Witnesses: Ms. Kylie Burke, President, Student 
Association, Howard University; Mr. Emmanuel Ukot, President, 
Student Government Association, Xavier University of Louisiana; 
Mr. Devan M. Vilfrard, Associate Chief Justice, Student Supreme 
Court, Florida A&M University; Dr. Michelle Asha Cooper, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Higher Education Programs, Acting 
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, Department of 
Education; Mr. Sean Haglund, Associate Director, Office for 
Bombing Prevention, DHS; Mr. Ryan T. Young, Executive Assistant 
Director, Intelligence Branch, FBI.
    Hearing on ``Examining Pathways to Universal Health 
Coverage'' (March 29, 2022). Witnesses: Christopher Willcox, 
MSW, St. Louis, Missouri; Nicole Lyons, New York City, New 
York; Chris Briggs, Woodburn, Virginia; Bishop Walter 
Starghill, Jr., Inkster, Michigan; Leslie Templeton, Boston, 
Massachusetts; Uche Blackstock, M.D., Emergency Physician, 
Founder and CEO, Advancing Health Equity; Sara Collins, Ph.D., 
Vice President of Health Coverage and Access, The Commonwealth 
Fund; Grace-Marie Turner, President, Galen Institute; Jeffrey 
Sachs, Ph.D., Director, Columbia University Center for 
Sustainable Development, President, United Nations Sustainable 
Development Solutions Network; Jamila Michener, Ph.D., 
Associate Professor, Cornell University Department of 
Government, Co-Director, Cornell University Center for Health 
Equity; Ady Barkan, J.D., Founder, Be a Hero.
    Hearing on ``It's Electric: Developing the Postal Service 
Fleet of the Future'' (April 5, 2022). Witnesses: Ms. Tammy L. 
Whitcomb, Inspector General, USPS; Ms. Victoria K. Stephen, 
Executive Director, Next Generation Delivery Vehicle, USPS; Ms. 
Jill M. Naamane, Acting Director, Physical Infrastructure Team, 
GAO; Mr. Joe Britton, Executive Director, Zero Emission 
Transportation Association; Mr. Kenny Stein, Director, Policy, 
Institute for Energy Research.
    Hearing on ``McKinsey & Company's Conduct and Conflicts at 
the Heart of the Opioid Epidemic'' (April 27, 2022). Witnesses: 
Bob Sternfels, Global Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company; The 
Honorable Maura Healey, Attorney General, Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts, in joint testimony with Ms. Gillian Feiner, 
Senior Enforcement Counsel, Massachusetts Attorney General's 
Office; Mr. Uttam Dhillon, Chair, Regulatory Defense, 
Compliance & White Collar Practice Group, Michael Best & 
Friedrich LLP; Professor Jessica Tillipman, Assistant Dean for 
Government Procurement Law Studies, George Washington 
University Law School.
    Hearing on ``The Urgent Need to Address the Gun Violence 
Epidemic'' (June 8, 2022). Witnesses: Ms. Zeneta Everhart, 
Mother of Zaire Goodman, Buffalo, New York; Mr. Roy Guerrero, 
M.D., Pediatrician, Uvalde, Texas; Miah Cerrillo, Fourth Grade 
Student at Robb Elementary School, Uvalde, Texas; Mr. Felix 
Rubio and Ms. Kimberly Rubio, Parents of Lexi Rubio, Uvalde, 
Texas; Ms. Lucretia Hughes, DC Project, Women for Gun Rights; 
The Honorable Eric Adams, Mayor, New York, New York; Mr. Greg 
Jackson, Jr., Executive Director, Community Justice Action 
Fund; Ms. Becky Pringle, President, National Education 
Association; Mr. Joseph Gramaglia, Police Commissioner, 
Buffalo, New York; Nick Suplina, Senior Vice President for Law 
& Policy, Everytown for Gun Safety; Ms. Amy Swearer, Legal 
Fellow, The Heritage Foundation.
    Hearing on ``Tackling Toxic Workplaces: Examining the NFL's 
Handling of Workplace Misconduct at the Washington Commanders'' 
(June 22, 2022). Witnesses: Mr. Roger Goodell, Commissioner, 
National Football League (NFL); Mr. Daniel Snyder (invited), 
Co-Owner and Co-CEO, Washington Commanders.
    Hearing on ``Examining the 2022 National Drug Control 
Strategy and the Federal Response to the Overdose Crisis'' 
(June 27, 2022). Witness: Dr. Rahul Gupta, Director, ONDCP, 
EOP.
    Hearing on ``The Impact of the Supreme Court's Dobbs 
Decision on Abortion Rights and Access Across the United 
States'' (July 13, 2022). Witnesses: The Honorable Mallory 
McMorrow, State Senator, Michigan State Senate; The Honorable 
Renitta Shannon, State Representative, Georgia House of 
Representatives; Ms. Michele Bratcher Goodwin, Chancellor's 
Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine; Ms. Fatima 
Goss Graves, President and CEO, National Women's Law Center; 
Ms. Sarah Lopez, Abortion Storyteller, We Testify, Youth 
Program Manager, Jane's Due Process; Ms. Erin Morrow Hawley, 
Senior Counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom.
    Hearing on ``Examining the Practices and Profits of Gun 
Manufacturers'' (July 27, 2022). Witnesses: Mr. Christopher 
Killoy, President and CEO, Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.; Marty 
Daniel, CEO, Daniel Defense, LLC; Mr. Ryan Busse, Senior 
Advisor, Giffords Law Center; Ms. Kelly Sampson, Senior Counsel 
and Director of Racial Justice, Brady: United Against Gun 
Violence; Ms. Antonia Okafor, National Director of Women's 
Outreach, Gun Owners of America.
    Hearing on ``Fueling the Climate Crisis: Examining Big 
Oil's Prices, Profits and Pledges'' (September 15, 2022). 
Witnesses: Ms. Kara Boyd, Baskerville, Virginia; Mr. Thomas 
Joseph, Hoopa Valley Tribe, California; Ms. Roishetta Ozane, 
Sulphur, Louisiana; Ms. Mary Cromer, Whitesburg, Kentucky; Ms. 
Jasmin Sanchez, Baruch Houses, New York; Ms. Isabella M. Weber, 
Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Economics, University of 
Massachusetts Amherst; Ms. Raya Salter, Esq., Founder and 
Executive Director, Energy Justice Law and Policy Center, 
Member, New York State Climate Action Council; Ms. J. Mijin 
Cha, Ph.D., J.D., Associate Professor of Urban and 
Environmental Policy, Occidental College, Fellow, Cornell 
University Worker Institute; Mr. Michael Shellenberger, Founder 
and President, Environmental Progress.
    Hearing on ``Examining the Harm to Patients from Abortion 
Restrictions and the Threat of a National Abortion Ban'' 
(September 29, 2022). Witnesses: Ms. Jocelyn Frye, President, 
National Partnership for Women & Families; Ms. Kelsey Leigh, 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Mr. Bhavik Kumar, M.D., M.P.H, 
Medical Director for Primary and Trans Care, Planned Parenthood 
Gulf Coast; Ms. Nisha Verma, M.D., M.P.H, FACOG, Fellow, 
Physicians for Reproductive Health; Ms. Monique Wubbenhorst, 
M.D., M.P.H, FACOG, FAHA, Senior Research Associate, Notre 
Dame.
    Hearing on ``The Rise of Anti-LGBTQI+ Extremism and 
Violence in the United States'' (December 14, 2022).Witnesses: 
Mr. Michael Anderson, Survivor of Club Q Shooting; Mr. Matthew 
Haynes, Founding Owner of Club Q; Mr. James Slaugh, Survivor of 
Club Q Shooting; Ms. Kelley Robinson, President; Human Rights 
Campaign; Ms. Olivia Hunt, Policy Director; National Center for 
Transgender Equality; Ms. Ilan Meyer, Ph.D., Distinguished 
Senior Scholar for Public Policy, The Williams Institute; Mr. 
Charles Fain Lehman, Fellow, Manhattan Institute; Ms. Jessie 
Pocock, CEO and Executive Director, Inside Out Youth Services; 
Mr. Brandon Wolf, Survivor of Pulse Nightclub Shooting.

                  B. Subcommittee on National Security

    In the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee on National 
Security held 12 hearings and received testimony from 39 
witnesses. Those hearings include:
    Hearing on ``A Pathway for Peace in Afghanistan: Examining 
the Findings and Recommendations of the Afghanistan Study 
Group'' (February 19, 2021). Witnesses: The Honorable Kelly A. 
Ayotte, Co-Chair, Afghanistan Study Group; General Joseph F. 
Dunford Jr. (ret.), Co-Chair, Afghanistan Study Group; The 
Honorable Nancy Lindborg, Co-Chair, Afghanistan Study Group.
    Hearing on ``Final Recommendations of the National Security 
Commission on Artificial Intelligence'' (March 12, 2021). 
Witnesses: Dr. Eric Schmidt, Chairman, National Security 
Commission on Artificial Intelligence; The Honorable Robert 
Work, Vice Chairman, National Security Commission on Artificial 
Intelligence; The Honorable Mignon Clyburn, Commissioner, 
National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence; Mr. 
Gilman Louie, Commissioner, National Security Commission on 
Artificial Intelligence.
    Hearing on ``The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan 
Reconstruction's 2021 High-Risk List'' (March 16, 2021). 
Witness: The Honorable John F. Sopko, Special Inspector General 
for Afghanistan Reconstruction.
    Hearing on ``Examining Next Steps for U.S. Engagement in 
Afghanistan'' (May 20, 2021). Witness: Ambassador Zalmay 
Khalilzad, Special Representative for Afghanistan 
Reconciliation, Department of State.
    Hearing on ``Defending the U.S. Electric Grid Against Cyber 
Threats'' (July 27, 2021). Witnesses: Puesh M. Kumar, Acting 
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Cybersecurity, 
Energy Security, and Emergency Response, Department of Energy; 
Mr. Eric Goldstein, Executive Assistant Director for 
Cybersecurity, CISA, DHS; Mr. Joseph H. McClelland, Director, 
Office of Energy Infrastructure Security, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission.
    Hearing on ``Invisible Wounds: Preventing Suicide in Our 
Nation's Military and Veteran Communities'' (November 17, 
2021). Witnesses: Ms. Alyssa M. Hundrup, Director, Health Care, 
GAO); Brigadier General (ret.) Jack Hammond, Executive 
Director, Home Base Program; Dr. Carla Stumpf-Patton, Senior 
Director, Postvention Programs, Tragedy Assistance Program for 
Survivors; Staff Sergeant (ret.) Johnny Jones, Board of 
Directors, Boot Campaign.
    Hearing on ``Examining the Worldwide Threat of al Qaeda, 
ISIS, and Other Foreign Terrorist Organizations'' (December 7, 
2021). Witnesses: Ms. Milancy D. Harris, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of Defense, Special Operations and Combating 
Terrorism, DOD; Mr. Christopher A. Landberg, Acting Principal 
Deputy Coordinator, Bureau of Counterterrorism, Department of 
State.
    Hearing on ``Defending U.S. Allies and Interests Against 
Russian Aggression in Eastern Europe'' (February 16, 2022). 
Witnesses: Lieutenant General (ret.) Ben Hodges, Pershing Chair 
in Strategic Studies, Center for European Policy Analysis; 
Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Ph.D., Director, Transatlantic Security 
Program, Center for a New American Security; The Honorable 
Michael McFaul, Director, Freeman Spogli Institute for 
International Studies, Stanford University; The Honorable 
Richard Grenell, Former Acting DNI.
    Hearing on ``The U.S. and International Humanitarian 
Response to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine'' (June 10, 2022). 
Witnesses: Mr. Jose Andres, Founder and Chief Feeding Officer, 
World Central Kitchen; Mr. Christopher Stokes, Emergency 
Coordinator for Ukraine Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors 
Without Borders; Ms. Amanda Catanzano, Acting Vice President, 
Global Policy and Advocacy, International Rescue Committee; Mr. 
Pete Walsh, Country Director for Ukraine, Save the Children; 
Mr. Edward Graham, Vice President of Operations, Samaritan's 
Purse.
    Hearing on ``Protecting Military Servicemembers and 
Veterans from Financial Scams and Fraud'' (July 13, 2022). 
Witnesses: Malini Mithal, Associate Director, Division of 
Financial Practices, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal 
Trade Commission; Jim Rice, Assistant Director, Office of 
Servicemember Affairs, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; 
Brendan Carr, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission; 
Troy Broussard, Senior Advisor, Veterans and Military Families 
Initiative, AARP; Robert Burda, Interim CEO and Chief Strategy 
Officer, Cybercrime Support Network.
    Hearing on ``Putin's Proxies: Examining Russia's Use of 
Private Military Companies'' (September 21, 2022). Witnesses: 
Kimberly Marten, Ph.D., Professor, Political Science 
Department, Barnard College, Columbia University; Catrina 
Doxsee, Associate Director, Transnational Threats Project, 
Center for Strategic and International Studies; Joseph Siegle, 
Ph.D., Director of Research, Africa Center for Strategic 
Studies, National Defense University.
    Hearing on ``JROTC: Protecting Cadets from Sexual Abuse and 
Instructor Misconduct'' (November 16, 2022). Witnesses: Mr. 
Thomas Constable, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Manpower and Reserve Affairs; Ms. Yvette K. Bourcicot, Acting 
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve 
Affairs, Department of the Army; The Honorable Alex Wagner, 
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve 
Affairs, Department of the Air Force; Mr. Robert D. Hogue, 
Acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve 
Affairs, Department of the Navy.

                C. Subcommittee on Government Operations

    In the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee on Government 
Operations held 19 hearings and received testimony from 74 
witnesses. Those hearings include:
    Hearing on ``Revitalizing the Federal Workforce'' (February 
23, 2021). Witnesses: Ms. Janice R. Lachance, Executive Vice 
President, Strategic Leadership and Global Outreach, American 
Geophysical Union; Mr. Everett B. Kelley, National President, 
American Federation of Government Employees; Ms. Anne Joseph 
O'Connell, Ph.D., Adelbert H. Sweet Professor of Law, Stanford 
University; Mr. James Sherk, Former Specialist Assistant to the 
President for Domestic Policy, White House Domestic Policy 
Council.
    Hearing on ``Agency Compliance with the Federal Information 
Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA)'' (April 16, 2021). 
Witnesses: Mr. Gundeep Ahluwalia, CIO, Department of Labor; Mr. 
Jay Mahanand, CIO, U.S. Agency for International Development 
(USAID); Mr. Kevin Walsh, Director of Information Technology 
and Cybersecurity Issues, GAO.
    Hearing on ``Restoring Independence: Rebuilding the Federal 
Offices of Inspectors General'' (April 20, 2021). Witnesses: 
Ms. Allison C. Lerner, Inspector General, National Science 
Foundation Office of Inspector General (OIG), Chair, Council of 
the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE); Ms. 
Kathy A. Buller, Inspector General, Peace Corps OIG, 
Legislative Committee Chair, CIGIE Legislation Committee; Mr. 
Clark K. Ervin, Former Inspector General, DHS OIG and 
Department of State OIG; Ms. Liz Hempowicz, Director of Public 
Policy, POGO; Ms. Mia M. Forgy, Deputy Inspector General, U.S. 
Election Assistance Commission OIG.
    Hearing on ``Catalyst for Change: State and Local IT After 
the Pandemic'' (June 30, 2021). Witnesses: Mr. Doug Robinson, 
Executive Director, National Association of State Chief 
Information Officers; Ms. Amanda Renteria, CEO, Code for 
America; Ms. Teri M. Takai, Vice President, Center for Digital 
Government; Mr. Alan R. Shark, Ph.D., Executive Director, 
Public Technology Institute (a Division of CompTIA).
    Hearing on ``FITARA 12.0'' (July 28, 2021). Witnesses: Ms. 
Clare Martorana, Federal CIO, OMB; Mr. Keith A. Bluestein, CIO, 
Small Business Administration; Mr. Sean Brune, CIO, Social 
Security Administration; Ms. Carol C. Harris, Director, 
Information Technology and Cybersecurity, GAO.
    Hearing on ``Waiting on the Mail: Postal Service Standard 
Drops in Chicago and the Surrounding Area'' (October 15, 2021). 
Witnesses: Ms. Melinda Perez, Deputy Assistant Inspector 
General for Audit, USPS OIG; Mr. Eddie C. Morgan, Jr., Acting 
Chicago Postmaster, USPS; Mr. Mack I. Julion, President, 
National Association of Letter Carriers.
    Hearing on ``The Future of Federal Work'' (December 1, 
2021). Witnesses: Ms. Mika J. Cross, Federal Workplace Expert; 
Mr. Kenneth J. Thomas, National President, National Active and 
Retired Federal Employees Association; Ms. Michelle Amante, 
Vice President, Federal Workforce Programs, Partnership for 
Public Service; Ms. Meredith M. Lozar, Executive Director, 
Programs and Events, Hiring Our Heroes, U.S. Chamber of 
Commerce Foundation; Mr. Andrew G. Biggs, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, 
American Enterprise Institute.
    Hearing on ``FITARA 13.0'' (January 20, 2022). Witnesses: 
Ms. Ann Dunkin, CIO, Department of Energy; Mr. Guy Cavallo, 
CIO, Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Ms. Carol C. Harris, 
Director, Information Technology and Cybersecurity, GAO; Mr. 
David Powner, Executive Director, Center for Data-Driven 
Policy, MITRE, Former Director, Information Technology and 
Cybersecurity, GAO; Ms. Suzette Kent, CEO, Kent Advisory 
Services, Former Federal CIO; Mr. Richard Spires, Principal, 
Richard A. Spires Consulting.
    Hearing on ``Revitalizing WMATA [Washington Metropolitan 
Area Transit Authority]: Getting to a Culture of Excellence'' 
(February 9, 2022). Witnesses: Mr. Paul C. Smedberg, Board 
Chair, Board of Directors, WMATA; Mr. Paul J. Wiedefeld, 
General Manager, WMATA; Mr. David Ditch, Policy Analyst, Grover 
M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget, The Heritage 
Foundation; Mr. Geoffrey Cherrington, Inspector General, WMATA; 
Mr. David L. Mayer, Ph.D., CEO, Washington Metrorail Safety 
Commission.
    Hearing on ``Waiting on the Mail: Postal Service Standard 
Drops in Baltimore and the Surrounding Area'' (February 14, 
2022). Witnesses: Mr. Eric Gilbert, Acting Executive 
Postmaster, Baltimore, USPS; Ms. Melinda Perez, Deputy 
Assistant Inspector General for Audit, USPS OIG; Ms. Rictarsha 
Westmoreland, Mail Processing Clerk and Shop Steward, USPS; Mr. 
Chuck Metzger, Controller, ReBUILD Metro.
    Hearing on ``Follow the Money: Tackling Improper Payments'' 
(March 31, 2022). Witnesses: Ms. Linda Miller, Principal, 
Advisory Services, Grant Thornton, LLP, Former Deputy Executive 
Director, Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, Former 
Assistant Director, GAO; Mr. Scott Jensen, CEO and Vice 
President of External Affairs, Research Improving People's 
Lives, Former Director, Rhode Island Department of Labor & 
Training; Mr. Adrian Haro, CEO, The Workers Lab; Ms. Rachel 
Greszler, Research Fellow, The Heritage Foundation; Ms. Parker 
Gilkesson, Senior Policy Analyst, Income and Work Supports, The 
Center for Law and Social Policy.
    Hearing on ``IRS: Is It Ready?'' (April 22, 2022). 
Witnesses: Mr. Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner, Internal 
Revenue Service; Ms. Erin M. Collins, National Taxpayer 
Advocate, Taxpayer Advocate Service.
    Hearing on ``Technology Modernization Fund: Rewriting Our 
IT Legacy'' (May 25, 2022). Witnesses: Ms. Raylene Yung, 
Technology Modernization Fund Executive Director, General 
Services Administration (GSA); Mr. Gary Washington, CIO, 
Department of Agriculture; Mr. David Hinchman, Acting Director, 
Information Technology and Cybersecurity, GAO.
    Hearing on ``The Future of Federal Work II'' (July 21, 
2022). Witnesses: Ms. Kiran A. Ahuja, Director, OPM; Mr. Jason 
S. Miller, Deputy Director for Management, OMB.
    Hearing on ``FITARA 14.0'' (July 28, 2022). Witnesses: Mr. 
Vaughn Noga, CIO, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Mr. 
John Sherman, CIO, DOD; Mr. David A. Shive, CIO, GSA; Ms. Carol 
C. Harris, Director, Information Technology and Cybersecurity, 
GAO.
    Hearing on ``Delivering for Pennsylvania: Examining Postal 
Service Delivery and Operations from the Cradle of Liberty'' 
(September 7, 2022). Witnesses: Mr. Ivan Butts, President, 
National Association of Postal Supervisors; Mr. Gary 
Vaccarella, DE PA2 District Manager, USPS; Ms. Melinda Perez, 
Assistant Inspector General for Audit, USPS OIG; Mr. Frank 
Albergo, National President, Postal Police Officers 
Association.
    Hearing on ``Project Federal Information Technology: Make 
IT Work'' (September 16, 2022). Witness: Ms. Clare Martorana, 
Federal CIO, OMB.
    Hearing on ``The Holiday Rush: Is the Postal Service 
Ready?'' (November 16, 2022). Witnesses: Ms. Tammy W. Hull, 
Inspector General, USPS OIG; Mr. Gregory T. White, Executive 
Managers of Strategic Initiatives, USPS; Mr. Edmund M. Carley, 
National President, United Postmasters and Managers of America; 
Paul V. Hogrogian, National President, National Postal Mail 
Handlers Union; Mr. Michael Plunkett, President and CEO, 
Association for Postal Commerce.
    Hearing on ``FITARA 15.0'' (December 15, 2022). Witnesses: 
Mr. Chris DeRusha, Federal CIO, OMB; Mr. Jason Gray, CIO, 
USAID; Ms. Carol C. Harris, Director, Information Technology 
and Cybersecurity, GAO; Ms. Jennifer Franks, Director, 
Information Technology and Cybersecurity, GAO.

            D. Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy

    In the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee on Economic and 
Consumer Policy held 4 hearings and received testimony from 20 
witnesses. Those hearings include:
    Hearing on ``The Urgent Need to Reform the Organ 
Transplantation System to Secure More Organs for Waiting, 
Ailing, and Dying Patients'' (May 4, 2021). Witnesses: Tonya 
Ingram, Patient Waiting for a Transplant; Dr. Dara Kass, Living 
Donor and Mother of Transplant Recipient; Ms. LaQuayia 
Goldring, Patient Waiting for a Transplant; Mr. Steve Miller, 
CEO, Association for Organ Procurement Organizations; Mr. Joe 
Ferreira, President, Association for Organ Procurement 
Organizations; Mr. Matt Wadsworth, President and CEO, Life 
Connection of Ohio; Dr. Seth Karp, Director, Vanderbilt 
Transplant Center; Ms. Donna Cryer, President and CEO, Global 
Liver Institute.
    Hearing on ``An Epidemic Continues: Youth Vaping in 
America'' (June 23, 2021). Witnesses: The Honorable Richard J. 
Durbin, United States Senator; Dr. Janet Woodcock, Acting 
Commissioner, FDA.
    Hearing on ``Seresto Flea and Tick Collars: Examining Why a 
Product Linked to More than 2,500 Pet Deaths Remains on the 
Market'' (June 15, 2022). Witnesses: Ms. Faye Hemsley, Pet 
Owner Affected by Seresto Collar; Mr. Omarion Hemsley, Pet 
Owner Affected by Seresto Collar; Mr. Thomas Maiorino, Pet 
Owner Affected by Seresto Collar; Mr. Jeffrey Simmons, 
President and CEO, Elanco Animal Health Incorporated; Mr. 
Nathan Donley, Ph.D., Environmental Health Science Director, 
Center for Biological Diversity; Ms. Karen McCormack, Former 
Scientist, Policy Analyst, and Communications Officer (ret.), 
Office of Pesticide Programs, EPA; Ms. Carrie Sheffield, Senior 
Policy Analyst, Independent Women's Voice.
    Hearing on ``Power and Profiteering: How Certain Industries 
Hike Prices, Fleeced Consumers, and Drove Inflation'' 
(September 22, 2022). Witnesses: Mr. Robert B. Reich, Carmel P. 
Friesen Professor of Public Policy, The Goldman School of 
Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley; Ms. Rakeen 
Mabud, Ph.D., Chief Economist and Managing Director of Policy 
and Research, Groundwork Collaborative; Mr. Mike Konczal, 
Director, Macroeconomic Analysis, Roosevelt Institute; Mr. 
Tyler Goodspeed, Kleinheinz Fellow, Hoover Institution.

                     E. Subcommittee on Environment

    In the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee on Environment held 
6 hearings and received testimony from 35 witnesses. Those 
hearings include:
    Hearing on ``The Role of Fossil Fuel Subsidies in 
Preventing Action on the Climate Crisis'' (April 22, 2021). 
Witnesses: Ms. Greta Thunberg, Founder, Fridays For Future; Ms. 
Tara Houska, Founder, Giniw Collective; Mr. Joseph Aldy, 
Professor, Harvard University; Mr. Peter Erickson, Climate, 
Policy Program Director, Stockholm Environmental Institute; Ms. 
Jill Antares Hunkler, Seventh Generation Ohio Valley Resident; 
Mr. Frank J. Macchiarola, Senior Vice President of Policy, 
Economics and Regulatory Affairs, American Petroleum Institute.
    Hearing on ``Jumpstarting Main Street: Bringing Jobs & 
Wealth Back to Forgotten America'' (June 16, 2021). Witnesses: 
Mr. Rick Bloomingdale, President, Pennsylvania AFL CIO; Ms. 
Catherine Coleman Flowers, Founder, Center for Rural Enterprise 
and Environmental Justice; Dr. Darrick Hamilton, Henry Cohen 
Professor of Economics and Urban Policy, The New School; Mr. 
Brandon Dennison, Founder and CEO, Coalfield Development; Ms. 
Michelle Martinez, Acting Executive Director, Michigan 
Environment Justice Coalition; Mr. Shay Hawkins, President, 
Opportunity Funds Association.
    Hearing on ``Fighting Fire with Fire: Evaluating the Role 
of Forest Management in Reducing Catastrophic Wildfires'' 
(March 15, 2022). Witnesses: Mr. Randy Moore, Chief, Forest 
Service, USDA; Ms. Ali Meders-Knight, Master Traditional 
Ecological Knowledge Practitioner, Mechoopda Indian Tribe of 
Chico Rancheria; Mr. Dominick A. DellaSala, Ph.D., Chief 
Scientist, Wild Heritage, Project of Earth Island Institute; 
Mr. Michael Gollner, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Mechanical 
Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Deb Faculty 
Fellow, Berkeley Fire Research Lab; Ms. Carole King, Celebrated 
Singer-songwriter and Land Conservation Advocate; Mr. James 
Hubbard, Former USDA Undersecretary, Natural Resources and 
Environment.
    Hearing on ``Regenerative Agriculture: How Farmers and 
Ranchers Are Essential to Solving Climate Change and Increasing 
Food Production'' (July 19, 2022). Witnesses: Ms. Bonnie 
Haugen, Owner, Springside Farm; Ms. Kara Boyd, President, 
Association of American Indian Farmers; Mr. Doug Doughty, 
Missouri Grain Farmer and Cattle Producer; Ms. Rachel 
Schattman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sustainable 
Agriculture, University of Maine; Mr. Brian Lacefield, 
Director, Kentucky Office of Agricultural Policy.
    Hearing on ``Toxic Air: How Leaded Aviation Fuel Is 
Poisoning America's Children'' (July 28, 2022). Witnesses: Ms. 
Marciela Lechuga, Resident, Reid-Hillview Airport Buffer Zone; 
Ms. Cindy Chavez, Supervisor, County of Santa Clara 
(California); Mr. Bruce Lanphear, Professor, Health Sciences, 
Mr. Simon Fraser University; Mr. George Braly, CEO, General 
Aviation Modifications, Inc.; Mr. Chris D'Acosta, CEO, Swift 
Fuels.
    Hearing on ``Effective Environmental Enforcement: Tools and 
Strategies to Protect Vulnerable Communities'' (August 25, 
2022). Witnesses: Mr. Robert Shobe, Resident of Detroit, 
Stellantis Pollution Impact Zone; Ms. Pamela McGhee, Resident 
of Detroit, U.S. Ecology Impact Zone; Ms. Daeya Redding, 
Resident of Detroit, U.S. Ecology Impact Zone; Mr. Nicholas 
Leonard, Executive Director, Great Lakes Environmental Law 
Center; Ms. Jamesa Johnson-Greer, Executive Director, Michigan 
Environmental Justice Coalition; Ms. Eden Bloom, Public 
Education and Media Manager, Detroit People's Platform; Mr. 
Stuart Batterman, Ph.D., Professor, Environmental Health 
Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health.

          F. Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

    In the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and 
Civil Liberties held 12 hearings and received testimony from 66 
witnesses. Those hearings include:
    Hearing on ``Pipelines Over People (Part II): Midship 
Pipeline's Disregard for Landowners in Its Pathway'' (May 5, 
2021). Witnesses: Mr. Christopher A. Smith, Senior Vice 
President, Policy, Government and Public Affairs, Cheniere 
Energy, Parent Company of Midship Pipeline Co.; Mr. Rob 
Squires, Landowner Advocate, Squires Consulting, LLC; Mr. Terry 
Luber, Landowner; Mr. Samuel B. Gedge, Attorney, Institute for 
Justice.
    Hearing on ``Confronting Violent White Supremacy (Part V): 
Examining the Rise of Militia Extremism'' (May 26, 2021). 
Witnesses: The Honorable Gurbir Grewal, New Jersey Attorney 
General; Ms. Mary McCord, Legal Director, Institute for 
Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, Georgetown University; 
Mr. Peter Simi, Associate Professor of Sociology, Chapman 
University; Mr. Michael Gonzalez, Senior Fellow, Heritage 
Foundation.
    Hearing on ``Democracy in Danger: The Assault on Voting 
Rights in Texas'' (July 29, 2021). Witnesses: The Honorable 
Senfronia Thompson, Texas State Representative, Member, Select 
Committee on Constitutional Rights and Remedies; The Honorable 
Nicole Collier, Texas State Representative, Chair, Texas 
Legislative Black Caucus; The Honorable Diego Bernal, Texas 
State Representative, Member, Mexican American Legislative 
Conference; Ms. Nina Perales, Vice President of Litigation, 
Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund; The 
Honorable Tracy Clardy, Texas State Representative.
    Hearing on ``Confronting Violent White Supremacy (Part VI): 
Examining the Biden Administration's Counterterrorism 
Strategy'' (September 29, 2021). Witnesses: Mr. John D. Cohen, 
Coordinator for Counterterrorism, DHS; Mr. Brad Wiegmann, 
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division, 
DOJ; Timothy R. Langan, Assistant Director, Counterterrorism 
Division, FBI.
    Hearing on ``Forfeiting our Rights: The Urgent Need for 
Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform'' (December 8, 2021). Witnesses: 
Ms. Aamra Ahmad, Senior Policy Counsel, American Civil 
Liberties Union; Mr. Daniel Alban, Senior Attorney and Co-
Director, National Initiative to End Forfeiture Abuse Institute 
for Justice; Professor Louis F. Rulli, Practice Professor of 
Law, Director of Civil Practice Clinic & Legislative Clinic, 
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School; Ms. Malinda 
Harris, Victim of Civil Asset Forfeiture.
    Hearing on ``The Neglected Epidemic of Missing BIPOC Women 
and Girls'' (March 3, 2022). Witnesses: Ms. Natalie Wilson, Co-
Founder, Black and Missing Foundation; Ms. Angel Charley, 
Executive Director, Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native 
Women; Mr. John E. Bischoff III, Vice President, Missing 
Children Division, National Center for Missing and Exploited 
Children; Ms. Pamela Foster, Mother of Missing Child; Mr. Shawn 
Wilkinson, Father of Missing Child; Ms. Patrice Onwuka, 
Director, Center for Economic Opportunity, Independent Women's 
Forum.
    Hearing on ``Free Speech Under Attack: Book Bans and 
Academic Censorship'' (April 7, 2022). Witnesses: Ms. Shreya 
Mehta, High School Student, Richland, Washington; Ms. Olivia 
Pituch, High School Student, York County, Pennsylvania; Ms. 
Christina Ellis, High School Student, York County, 
Pennsylvania; Ms. Samantha Hull, Librarian, Lancaster County, 
Pennsylvania; Ms. Mindy Freeman, Parent, Bucks County, 
Pennsylvania; Dr. Jonathan W. Pidluzny, Vice President of 
Academic Affairs, American Council of Trustees and Alumni; Ms. 
Jessica Berg, Teacher, Loudon County, Virginia; Ms. Ruby 
Bridges, Civil Rights Activist, Author.
    Hearing on ``Free Speech Under Attack (Part II): Curriculum 
Sabotage and Classroom Censorship'' (May 19, 2022). Witnesses: 
Ms. Elle Caldon, Student, Dallas County, Texas; Ms. Claire 
Mengel, Student, Hamilton County, Ohio; Ms. Krisha Ramani, 
Student, Oakland County, Michigan; Mr. Willie Carver, Teacher, 
Montgomery County High School, Kentucky; Ms. Jennifer Cousins, 
Parent, Orlando, Florida; Ms. Suzanne Nossel, CEO, PEN America; 
Prof. Timothy Snyder, Richard C. Levin Professor of History, 
Yale University; Dr. James Whitfield, Former Principal, 
Colleyville Heritage High School; Ms. Virginia Gentles, 
Director, Education Freedom Center.
    Hearing on ``Free Speech Under Attack (Part III): The Legal 
Assault on Environmental Activists and the First Amendment'' 
(September 14, 2022). Witnesses: Prof. Anita Ramasastry, Henry 
M. Jackson Professor of Law, University of Washington School of 
Law; Elly Page, Senior Legal Advisor, International Center for 
Not-for-Profit Law; Deepa Padmanabha, Deputy General Counsel, 
Greenpeace USA; Anne White Hat, Sicangu Lakota, L'eau Est La 
Vie Camp; Daren Bakst, Senior Research Fellow, Environmental 
Policy and Regulation, The Heritage Foundation.
    Hearing on ``Protecting the People's Voice: The Need for a 
Voting Rights Amendment'' (September 30, 2022). Witnesses: 
Prof. Kate Shaw, Professor of Law and Co-Director of the 
Flosheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy, Cardozo Law; 
Prof. Alexander Keyssar, Matthew W. Sterling Jr. Professor of 
History and Social Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Ms. Leigh M. 
Chapman, Acting Secretary of State, State of Pennsylvania; Mr. 
Tom A. Saenz, President and General Counsel, Mexican American 
Legal Defense Fund; Dr. Rick Hasen, Professor of Law and 
Director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project, UCLA Law.
    Hearing on ``Developments in State Cannabis Laws and 
Bipartisan Cannabis Reforms at the Federal Level'' (November 
12, 2022). Witnesses: Hon. Randall Woodfin, Mayor, City of 
Birmingham, Alabama; Mr. Paul Armentano, Deputy Director, 
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws; Mr. 
Andrew Freedman, Executive Director, Coalition for Cannabis 
Policy, Education, and Regulation; Mr. Eric Goepel, Founder and 
CEO, Veterans Cannabis Coalition; Ms. Keeda Haynes, Senior 
Legal Advisor, Free Hearts; Ms. Amber Littlejohn, Senior Policy 
Advisor, Global Alliance for Cannabis Commerce; Ms. Jillian 
Snider, Policy Director of Criminal Justice and Civil 
Liberties, R Street Institute.
    Hearing on ``Confronting White Supremacy (Part VII): The 
Evolution of Anti-Democratic Extremist Groups and the Ongoing 
Threat to Democracy'' (December 13, 2022). Witnesses: Ms. 
Alejandra Caraballo, Clinical Instructor, Cyberlaw Clinic, 
Harvard Law School; Ms. Mary McCord, Executive Director of 
Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, 
Georgetown Law; Mr. Oren Segal, Vice President, Center on 
Extremism, Anti-Defamation League; Ms. Amanda Tyler, Executive 
Director, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty; Mr. 
Eric Ward, Executive Vice President, Race Forward and Senior 
Advisor, Western States Center; Ms. Asra Nomani, Senior Fellow 
in the Practice of Journalism, Independent Women's Network.

            G. Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis

    In the 117th Congress, the Select Subcommittee on the 
Coronavirus Crisis held 23 hearings, receiving testimony from 
95 witnesses. Those hearings include:
    Hearing on ``From Rescue to Recovery: Building a Thriving 
and Inclusive Post-Pandemic Economy'' (March 17, 2021). 
Witnesses: Joseph E. Stiglitz, University Professor, Columbia 
University, Nobel Laureate in Economics; William E. Spriggs, 
Chief Economist, AFL CIO, Professor, Department of Economics, 
Howard University; Larry Kudlow, Former National Economic 
Council Director (2018 2021).
    Hearing on ``Rooting Out Fraud in Small Business Relief 
Programs'' (March 25, 2021). Witnesses: The Honorable Michael 
E. Horowitz, Chair, Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, 
Inspector General, DOJ; William B. Shear, Ph.D., Director, 
Financial Markets and Community Investment, Government 
Accountability Office (GAO); The Honorable Hannibal ``Mike'' 
Ware, Inspector General, Small Business Administration.
    Hearing on ``Reaching the Light at the End of the Tunnel: A 
Science-Driven Approach to Swiftly and Safely Ending the 
Pandemic'' (April 15, 2021). Witnesses: Rochelle P. Walensky, 
M.D., M.P.H, Director, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention; Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, National 
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National 
Institutes of Health; David Kessler, M.D., Chief Science 
Officer, COVID Response, HHS.
    Hearing on ``Examining Emergent BioSolutions'' Failure to 
Protect Public Health and Public Funds'' (May 19, 2021). 
Witnesses: Robert G. Kramer, President and CEO, Emergent 
BioSolutions, Inc.; Fuad El-Hibri, Executive Chairman of the 
Board of Directors, Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.
    Hearing on ``Lessons Learned: The Federal Reserve's 
Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic'' (June 22, 2021). 
Witness: The Honorable Jerome H. Powell, Chair, Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
    Hearing on ``Building Trust and Battling Barriers: The 
Urgent Need to Overcome Vaccine Hesitancy'' (July 1, 2021). 
Witnesses: Georges Benjamin, M.D., Executive Director, American 
Public Health Association; Joshua Garza, Coronavirus Survivor; 
Katy Milkman, Ph.D., Professor of Operations, Information, and 
Decisions at the Wharton School, Professor, Division of Health 
Policy at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of 
Pennsylvania; Jerome Adams, M.D., M.P.H., Former Surgeon 
General of the United States (2017 2021); Sophia Bush, Actress, 
Activist, Entrepreneur.
    Hearing on ``Oversight of Pandemic Evictions: Assessing 
Abuses by Corporate Landlords and Federal Efforts to Keep 
Americans in Their Homes'' (July 27, 2021). Witnesses: Jim 
Baker, Executive Director, Private Equity Stakeholder Project; 
Katrina Chism, Affected Renter, Georgia; Diane Yentel, 
President & CEO, National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC); 
Rene Solis, Chief Program Officer, BakerRipley, Houston, TX; 
Joel Griffith, Research Fellow, the Heritage Foundation.
    Hearing on ``Recognizing and Building on the Success of 
Pandemic Relief Programs'' (September 22, 2021). Witnesses: 
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, Professor of Human Development and 
Social Policy Director, Institute for Policy Research 
Northwestern University; Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson, President 
Children's Defense Fund; H. Luke Shaefer, Professor of Social 
Justice and Social Policy, Associate Dean for Research and 
Policy Engagement, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, 
University of Michigan; Indivar Dutta-Gupta, Co-Executive 
Director, Georgetown Center on Poverty & Inequality Georgetown, 
University Law Center; Douglas Holtz-Eakin, President, American 
Action Forum.
    Hearing on ``Upgrading Public Health Infrastructure: The 
Need to Protect, Rebuild, and Strengthen State and Local Public 
Health Departments'' (September 29, 2021). Witnesses: Dr. 
Jennifer Bacani McKenney, Health Officer, Wilson County Health 
Department (Kansas); Dr. Beth Resnick, Assistant Dean for 
Practice and Training, Senior Scientist, Bloomberg School of 
Public Health, Johns Hopkins University; Dr. Mysheika Roberts, 
Health Commissioner, Columbus Public Health (Ohio); Dr. Joseph 
Kanter, State Health Officer and Medical Director, Louisiana 
Department of Health.
    Hearing on ``How the Meatpacking Industry Failed the 
Workers Who Feed America'' (October 27, 2021). Witnesses: 
Debbie Berkowitz, Practitioner Fellow, Kalmanovitz Initiative 
for Labor and the Working Poor, Georgetown University; Magaly 
Licolli, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Venceremos; Martin 
Rosas President, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 2; 
Rose Godinez, Interim Legal Director, American Civil Liberties 
Union of Nebraska.
    Hearing on ``Building Vaccine Confidence: Our Shot at 
Curbing the Pandemic in Chicago and Beyond'' (November 10, 
2021). Witnesses: Lori Lightfoot, Mayor, City of Chicago; Ngozi 
Ezike, M.D., Director, Illinois Department of Public Health; 
Helen D. Gayle, M.D., President and CEO, The Chicago Community 
Trust; Omar Khan, M.D., Co-Chair, Muslim Community Center's 
Health & Awareness Committee; Martha Martinez, Manager, 
Pandemic Health Navigator Program (Gail Borden Public Library 
District); Don Abram, Program Manager, Interfaith Youth Core; 
Ben O'Donnell, Coronavirus Survivor.
    Hearing on ``Combating Coronavirus Cons and the 
Monetization of Misinformation'' (November 17, 2021). 
Witnesses: Dr. Jeffrey Aeschlimann, Associate Professor, 
Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy, School of 
Medicine, University of Connecticut (UConn); Dr. Kolina Koltai, 
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for an Informed Public, University 
of Washington Information School; Dr. Jay Kennedy, Assistant 
Professor, School of Criminal Justice, Assistant Director of 
Research, Center for Anti-Counterfeiting and Product 
Protection, Michigan State University; Ms. Maria Teresa Kumar, 
President and CEO, Voto Latino.
    Hearing on ``A Global Crisis Needs a Global Solution: The 
Urgent Need to Accelerate Vaccinations Around the World'' 
(December 14, 2021). Witnesses: Dr. Ali Khan, Dean, College of 
Public Health, Professor, Department of Epidemiology, 
University of Nebraska Medical Center; Dr. Krishna Udayakumar, 
Associate Director for Innovation, Duke Global Health 
Institute, Associate Professor of Global Health and Medicine, 
Duke University School of Medicine, Director, Duke Global 
Health Innovation Center; Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, Ph.D., 
Professor of Economics, University of Maryland; Ms. Kathryn 
Russ, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Economic, University of 
California, Davis; Mr. Martin Makary, M.D., M.P.H., Professor 
of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
    Hearing on ``A View from the States, Territories, and 
District: Governors Respond to the Omicron Variant'' (January 
20, 2022). Witnesses: Governor Jay Inslee, State of Washington; 
Governor Jared Polis, State of Colorado; Governor Pedro 
Pierluisi, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; Mayor Muriel Bowser, 
District of Columbia; Governor Pete Ricketts, State of 
Nebraska.
    Hearing on ``COVID Child Care Challenges: Supporting 
Families and Caregivers'' (March 2, 2022). Witnesses: Lea J.E. 
Austin, Ed.D., Executive Director, Center for the Study of 
Child Care Employment, University of California; Gina Forbes, 
Early Childhood Educator and Parent, Brunswick, Maine; Lynette 
M. Fraga, Ph.D., CEO, Child Care Aware of America; Betsey 
Stevenson, Ph.D., Professor of Public Policy, Professor 
Economics, University of Michigan; Carries Luka, President, 
Independent Women's Forum.
    Hearing on ``Moving Beyond the Coronavirus Crisis: The 
Biden Administration's Progress in Combating the Pandemic and 
Plan for the NextPhase'' (March 30, 2022). Witnesses: The 
Honorable Rochelle Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention; The Honorable Dawn 
O'Connell, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, 
HHS; Vice Admiral Vivek Murthy, M.D., M.P.H., United States 
Surgeon General, HHS.
    Hearing on ``Ensuring Scientific Integrity at Our Nation's 
Public Health Agencies'' (April 29, 2022). Witnesses: The 
Honorable Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United 
States, GAO; Candice Wright, M.P.P., Director, Science, 
Technology Assessment, and Analytics, GAO; Sonja Rasmussen, 
M.D., M.S., Former Editor-in-Chief, Morbidity and Mortality 
Weekly Report (2015-2018), Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention; Anita Desikan, M.S., M.P.H., Senior Analyst, Center 
for Science and Democracy, Union of Concerned Scientists.
    Hearing on ``Underpaid, Overworked, and Underappreciated: 
How the Pandemic Economy Disproportionately Harmed Low-Wage 
Women Workers'' (May 17, 2022). Witnesses: Dr. C. Nicole Mason, 
President and CEO, Institute for Women's Policy Research; Vicki 
Shabo, Senior Fellow, Paid Leave Policy and Strategy, Better 
Life Lab, New America; Cynthia (``Cyndi'') Murray, Fitting 
Department Associate, Walmart; Dr. Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, 
Professor, Labor Studies and Employment Relations, Faculty 
Director, Center for Women and Work, Rutgers University; Mary 
Katherine Ham, CNN Commentator and Author.
    Hearing on ``Examining Federal Efforts to Prevent, Detect, 
and Prosecute Pandemic Relief Fraud to Safeguard Funds for All 
Eligible Americans'' (June 14, 2022). Witnesses: Kevin 
Chambers, Director for COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement, DOJ; Michael 
Horowitz, Chair, Pandemic Response Accountability Committee; 
Hannibal ``Mike'' Ware, Inspector General, Small Business 
Administration; Roy D. Dotson, Jr., Acting Special Agent in 
Charge, National Pandemic Fraud Recovery Coordinator, United 
States Secret Service.
    ``A Hearing with Trump White House Coronavirus Response 
Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx'' (June 23, 2022). Witness: 
Deborah L. Birx, M.D., Former White House Coronavirus Response 
Coordinator (March 2020 to January 2021).
    Hearing on ``Understanding and Addressing Long COVID and 
Its Consequences'' (July 19, 2022). Witnesses: Monica Verduzco-
Gutierrez, M.D., Professor and Distinguished Chair, Department 
of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Texas Health Science 
Center at San Antonio; Katie Bach, Former Managing Director, 
Good Jobs Institute; Hannah Davis, Co-founder, Patient-Led 
Research Collaborative; Cynthia Adinig, Long COVID Patient and 
Advocate.
    Hearing on ``Examining Long-Term Care in America: The 
Impact of the Coronavirus in Nursing Homes'' (September 21, 
2022). Witnesses: Dr. Alice Bonner, RN, Senior Advisor for 
Aging, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Chair, Moving 
Forward Nursing Home Quality Coalition; Dr. David C. Grabowski, 
Professor of Health Care Policy, Department of Health Care 
Policy, Harvard Medical School; Adelina V. Ramos, Certified 
Nursing Assistant, Greenville, Rhode Island; Dr. Jasmine 
Travers, MHS, RN, Assistant Professor of Nursing, New York 
University Rory Meyers College of Nursing; Daniel Arbeeny, Son 
of Nursing Home Resident.
    Hearing on ``Preparing for and Preventing the Next Public 
Health Emergency: Lessons Learned from the Coronavirus Crisis'' 
(December 14, 2022). Witnesses: Dr. Rick Bright, Former 
Director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development 
Authority and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Preparedness 
Response; Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, Assistant Professor of 
Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of 
Public Health, and Former Researcher, Vaccine Research Center, 
National Institutes of Health; Ms. Rebecca Dixon, National 
Employment Law Project, Executive Director; Dr. Ngozi Ezike; 
President and CEO, Sinai Chicago, and Former Director, Illinois 
Department of Public Health; Admiral Brett P. Giroir, M.D., 
Former Assistant Secretary for Health at HHS.

                III. OVERSIGHT BRIEFINGS AND ROUNDTABLES


                  A. Full Committee and Subcommittees

    In the 117th Congress, the Committee on Oversight and 
Reform, including its five subcommittees, held 13 briefings and 
roundtables with 61 participants. The briefings and roundtables 
include:
    On May 26, 2021, the Subcommittee on Government Operations 
held a Roundtable on ``Security Clearance Backlog: Building 
Back Better.'' Briefers: Mr. Brian Mazanec, GAO; Mr. William 
Lietzau, Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency 
(DCSA); Ms. Christy Wilder, DCSA; Ms. Marianna Martineau, DCSA; 
Ms. Heather Green, DCSA; Ms. Stephanie Kostro, Professional 
Services Council; Ms. Mary Rose McCaffrey, Northrop Grumman; 
Ms. Jennie Brackens, Science Applications International 
Corporation; Ms. Heather Sims, General Dynamics; Mr. Greg 
Torres, Booz Allen Hamilton; Mr. Brian Dunbar, CACI 
International Inc.; Mr. Joseph Kraus, ManTech; Ms. Donna 
Rhoads, Leidos; Mr. Kumar Gnanamurthy, iWorks; Keith Sheppard, 
NT Concepts; Mr. Robert Elich, JANUS Research Group.
    On June 4, 2021, the full Committee held a Roundtable on 
``Examining the Long-Term Impacts of the Gender Wage Gap on 
Moms.'' Briefers: Ms. Jessica Ramos, New York State Senator, 
District 13; Ms. Julie Chi-hye Suk, Professor of Sociology, 
Political Science, and Liberal Studies, The Graduate Center of 
the City University of New York (CUNY), Senior Research 
Scholar, Yale Law School; Ms. DeNora Getachew, CEO, 
DoSomething.org, Founding Member, Higher Heights for America; 
Ms. Seher Khawaja, Senior Attorney, Economic Empowerment, Legal 
Momentum, and The Women's Legal Defense and Education Fund.
    On June 30, 2021, the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and 
Civil Liberties held a Roundtable on ``Researching while 
Chinese American: Ethnic Profiling, Chinese American 
``Scientists and a New American Brain Drain.'' Briefers: Ms. 
Sherry Chen, Hydrologist, National Weather Service; The 
Honorable Steven Chu, Former Secretary of Energy, Department of 
Energy; Dr. Randy Katz, Vice Chancellor for Research at the 
University of California, Berkeley; Dr. Xiaoxing Xi, Laura H. 
Carnell Professor of Physics, Temple University.
    On August 26, 2021, the full Committee held a Roundtable on 
``Tackling Peak Pollution: Achieving Environmental Justice for 
Frontline Communities.'' Participants: Ms. Annel Hernandez, 
Associate Director, NYC Environmental Justice Alliance; Mr. 
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright, Director of Environmental 
Justice, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest; Mr. Calvin 
Thompson, Director of Special Initiatives, BlocPower; Ms. Elena 
Krieger, Ph.D., Director of Research, Physicians, Scientists, 
and Engineers for Healthy Energy; Ms. Ilona Duverge, Co-Founder 
and NYC Director, Movement School.
    On August 31, 2021, the full Committee held a Briefing with 
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John 
F. Sopko. Briefer: John F. Sopko, Special Inspector General for 
Afghanistan Reconstruction.
    On September 22, 2021, the full Committee held a Classified 
Briefing on ``Recent Developments and the Way Forward in 
Afghanistan.''
    On October 6, 2021, the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and 
Civil Liberties held a Briefing on ``Discriminatory and 
Wasteful Enforcement Activities by Border Patrol Agents.'' 
Briefers: Kristy Montes, Director, Office of Privacy and 
Diversity, CBP; Katherine Culliton-Gonzalez, Officer for Civil 
Rights and Civil Liberties, DHS; Tony L. Barker, Deputy Chief 
of Law Enforcement Operations, United States Border Patrol; 
Robert B. Simon, Chief Patrol Agent, Detroit Sector, United 
States Border Patrol.
    On February 3, 2022, the full Committee held a Roundtable 
on ``Examining the Washington Football Team's Toxic Workplace 
Culture.'' Participants: Emily Applegate, Former Marketing 
Coordinator, Premium Client Services Coordinator, Ticket Sales 
Representative, Washington Football Team (WFT); Melanie Coburn, 
Former Director of Marketing, Marketing Coordinator, 
Cheerleader, WFT; Rachel Engleson, Former Director of Marketing 
and Client Relations, Director of Client Services, Manager of 
Premium Client Services, Customer Service Representative, 
Intern, WFT; Ana Nunez, Former Coordinator of Business 
Development & Client Service, Account Executive, WFT; Brad 
Baker, Former Video Production Manager, Producer, WFT; Tiffani 
Johnston, Senior Manager, Premium Club, WFT.
    On March 8, 2022, the full Committee held a Briefing on 
``The Conflict in Ukraine and Implications for U.S. and 
International Security.'' Briefers: The Honorable John F. 
Tefft, Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia, Ukraine, and Georgia, 
Senior Fellow, Rand Corporation; The Honorable Michael McFaul, 
Ph.D., Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia, Director, Freeman 
Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford 
University; The Honorable Ivo H. Daalder, Former U.S. 
Ambassador to NATO, President, Chicago Council on Global 
Affairs; Dr. Ulana Suprun, M.D., Former Acting Minister of 
Health, Government of Ukraine.
    On March 11, 2022, the full Committee held a Field Briefing 
with Stakeholders on ``Focusing on Frontlines: Community 
Engagement Is Key to Advancing Environmental Justice.'' 
Panelists: Basil Seggos, Commissioner, New York State 
Department of Environmental Conservation, Co-Chair, New York 
State Climate Action Council; Doreen Harris, President and CEO, 
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, Co-
Chair, New York State Climate Action Council; Elizabeth 
Yeampierre, Executive Director, UPROSE, Member, New York State 
Climate Justice Working Group, Co-Chair, Climate Justice 
Alliance; Eddie Bautista, Executive Director, New York City 
Environmental Justice Alliance, Member, New York State Climate 
Justice Working Group; Sonal Jessel, Director of Policy, WE ACT 
for Environmental Justice, Member, New York State Climate 
Justice Working Group; Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright, Director 
of Environmental Justice New York Lawyers for the Public 
Interest, Member, New York Renews Steering Committee.
    On March 18, 2022, the Subcommittee on National Security 
held a Classified Briefing on ``The Department of Defense's 
2021 Global Posture Review.''
    On May 13, 2022, the Subcommittee on National Security held 
a Classified Briefing on ``Examining the National Security and 
Public Safety Risks from the Malicious or Negligent Use of 
Unmanned Aerial Systems.''
    On May 18, 2022, the full Committee held a Classified 
Briefing on ``U.S. and Allied Response to Russia's Invasion of 
Ukraine.''
    On August 11, 2022, the full Committee held a Roundtable on 
``On the Frontlines: Responding to the Threat of Election 
Misinformation.'' Participants: Mr. Jim Condos, Secretary of 
State, State of Vermont; Ms. Tina Barton, Senior Election 
Expert, The Elections Group, Former Senior Program Advisor, 
Election Assistance Commission, Former City Clerk of Rochester 
Hills, Michigan; Ms. Lisa Marra, Director of Elections, Cochise 
County, Arizona, President, Election Officials of Arizona; Ms. 
Nora Benavidez, Senior Counsel and Director of Digital Justice 
and Civil Rights, Free Press.
    On December 9, 2022, the full Committee held a briefing on 
``The Financial Condition of the United States Postal 
Service.'' Briefers: Joseph Corbett, Chief Financial Officer 
and Executive Vice President, USPS.

            B. Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis

    Member Briefing on ``Ensuring Equity in Coronavirus 
Vaccinations'' (February 19, 2021). Briefers: Dr. Helene D. 
Gayle, President and CEO, The Chicago Community Trust; Ms. 
Abigail Echo-Hawk, Director, Urban Indian Health Institute, 
Chief Research Officer, Seattle Indian Health Board; Mr. 
Frankie Miranda, President and CEO, Hispanic Federation; Ms. 
Lathran Woodard, CEO, South Carolina Primary Health Care 
Association.
    Member Briefing on the spread of the Delta variant in the 
United States (July 29, 2021). Briefers: Dr. Rochelle Walensky, 
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC); Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of 
Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
    Member Briefing on the current vaccine landscape in the 
United States (September 15, 2021). Briefers: Dr. Peter Marks, 
Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, 
FDA.
    Member Briefing on the Federal government's response to the 
omicron variant (January 10, 2021). Briefers: Dr. Rochelle 
Walensky, Director, Centers for Disease Control; Dr. David 
Kessler, Chief Science Officer for the Coronavirus Response; 
Ms. Dawn O'Connell, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and 
Response.
    Member Roundtable on ``Moving Beyond the Coronavirus 
Crisis: Perspectives from Public Health Experts'' (March 14, 
2022). Participants: Dr. Jewel Mullen, Associate Dean for 
Health Equity & Associate Professor, Dell Medical School, 
University of Texas at Austin; Dr. Carlos del Rio, Executive 
Associate Dean, Emory School of Medicine & Grady Health System; 
Dr. Robert Wachter, Chair, University of California San 
Francisco Department of Medicine; Dr. Leana Wen, Research 
Professor of Health Policy and Management, George Washington 
University.
    Member Briefing on the status of Omicron boosters and the 
Biden Administration's preparation for a fall booster campaign 
(August 9, 2022). Briefers: Dr. Peter Marks, Director of the 
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA, and Dr. 
Jason Roos, Chief Operating Officer, Coordination Operations 
and Response Element, HHS.

                    IV. LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS


                   A. Business Meetings (Legislation)

    Organizational meeting to appoint the Chairs and Ranking 
Members of the five subcommittees and adopt the Committee Rules 
(February 1, 2021).
    Business meeting to consider Committee Print Providing for 
reconciliation pursuant to S. Con. Res. 5, the Concurrent 
Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2021, which was 
ordered favorably reported; bills to designate USPS facilities 
were approved by the Committee and ordered favorably reported 
to the House by Unanimous Consent (February 12, 2021).
    Business meeting to consider H.R. 51, Washington, D.C. 
Admission Act, which was ordered favorably reported; bills to 
designate USPS facilities were approved by the Committee and 
ordered favorably reported to the House by Unanimous Consent 
(April 14, 2021).
    Business meeting to consider H.R. 3076, The Postal Service 
Reform Act; H.R. 3077, The Postal Service Improvement Act; H.R. 
1930, The Federal Advisory Committee Transparency Act; H.R. 
2485, The Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act; H.R. 
2681, The Integrity Committee Transparency Act; and H.R. 978, 
The Chai Suthammanont Remembrance Act (May 13, 2021), which 
were ordered favorably reported.
    Business meeting to consider H.R. 2662, The IG Independence 
and Empowerment Act; H.R. 302, The Preventing a Patronage 
System Act; H.R. 2617, The Performance Enhancement Reform Act; 
H.R. 3327, No Congressionally Obligated Recurring Revenue Used 
as Pensions To Incarcerated Officials Now Act; H.R. 1297, The 
Air America Act; and H.R. 3367, The Gold Star Children Act, 
which were ordered favorably reported; bills to designate USPS 
facilities were approved by the Committee and ordered favorably 
reported to the House by Unanimous Consent (May 25, 2021).
    Business meeting to consider H.R. 2988, The Whistleblower 
Protection Improvement Act; H.R. 2043, The Periodically Listing 
Updates to Management Act; H.R. 3787, The District of Columbia 
Local Juror Nondiscrimination Act; H.R. 1204, The District of 
Columbia Chief Financial Officer Salary Home Rule Act; H.R. 
1224, The Merit System Protection Board Empowerment Act; and 
H.R. 3599, The Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program Act, 
which were ordered favorably reported; bills to designate USPS 
facilities were approved by the Committee and ordered favorably 
reported to the House by Unanimous Consent (June 29, 2021).
    Business meeting to consider H.R. 4125, Keep the Watchdogs 
Running Act; H.R. 1508, Guidance Clarity Act; H.R. 4465, 
Federally Funded Research and Technology Development Protection 
Act; H.R. 564, Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees 
Act; H.R. 2994 Accountability For Acting Officials Act; H.R. 
4448, Administrative Law Judge Competitive Service Restoration 
Act; H.R. 3533, To Establish Occupational Series for Federal 
Positions in Software Development, Software Engineering, Data 
Science, and Data Management, and for Other Purposes; H.R. 
4393, To Require the Directors of the Courts Services and 
Offender Supervision Agency of the District of Columbia and the 
District of Columbia Pretrial Services Agency to Reside in the 
District of Columbia; H.R. 4469, The AI in Counterterrorism 
Oversight Enhancement Act; and H.R. 4470, The Made in America 
Pandemic Preparedness Act, which were ordered favorably 
reported; bills to designate USPS facilities were approved by 
the Committee and ordered favorably reported to the House by 
Unanimous Consent (July 20, 2021).
    Business meeting to consider S. Con. Res. 14, the 
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2022, which 
was ordered favorably reported (September 2, 2021).
    Business meeting to consider H.R. 4688, The Federal Agency 
Customer Experience Act; H.R. 5792, The State and Local Digital 
Services Act; H.R. 4778, The District of Columbia Courts 
Vacancy Reduction Act; H.R. 6066, The Strengthening The Office 
of Personnel Management Act; and H.R. 5477, The Federal Agency 
Climate Planning, Resilience, and Enhanced Preparedness Act, 
which were ordered favorably reported; bills to designate USPS 
facilities were approved by the Committee and ordered favorably 
reported to the House by Unanimous Consent (December 2, 2021).
    Business meeting to consider H.R. 6361, District of 
Columbia National Guard Commanding Residency Act; H.R. 6497, 
Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2022; H.R. 
6419, Fair Chance Improvement Act; H.R. 5962, Supply Chain 
Security Training Act; and H.R. 6560, The GAO Audit Mandates 
Revision Act, which were ordered favorably reported; bills to 
designate USPS facilities were approved by the Committee and 
ordered favorably reported to the House by Unanimous Consent 
(February 2, 2022).
    Business meeting to consider H.R. 7185, The Federal 
Contracting for Peace and Security Act; H.R. 6531, The 
Targeting Resources to Communities in Need Act of 2022; H.R. 
1756, The Measuring Real Income Growth Act; H.R. 7376, The 
Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act; H.R. 
6967, The Chance to Compete Act; H.R. 3544, The Computers for 
Veterans and Students Act; H.R. 7337, The Access for Veterans 
to Record Act, which were ordered favorably reported; bills to 
designate USPS facilities were approved by the Committee and 
ordered favorably reported to the House by Unanimous Consent 
(April 6, 2022).
    Business meeting to consider H.R. 7683, The Artificial 
Intelligence Training for the Acquisition Act; H.R. 7331, The 
Improving Government for America's Taxpayers Act; H.R. 7535, 
The Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act; H.R. 521, 
The First Responder Fair Return for Employees on Their Initial 
Retirement Earned Act; H.R. 7674, The Ensuring Oversight Access 
at the Postal Service Act; H.R. 6104, The Building the Next 
Generation of Employees Act; H.R. 7686, The District of 
Columbia Code Returning Citizens Coordination Act; and H.R. 
7682, The Ensuring an Accurate Postal Fleet Electrification 
Act, which were ordered favorably reported; bills to designate 
USPS facilities were approved by the Committee and ordered 
favorably reported to the House by Unanimous Consent (May 11, 
2022).
    Business meeting to consider H.R. 4176, the LGBTQ+ Data 
Inclusion Act; H.R. 7951, The Telework Metrics and Cost Savings 
Act; H.R. 7941, To Amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 
to Permit the Chairman of the Council of the District of 
Columbia to Transmit Acts of the District of Columbia to 
Congress in Electronic Form; and H.R. 5815, the Honest Census 
Communication Act, which were ordered favorably reported; bills 
to designate USPS facilities were approved by the Committee and 
ordered favorably reported to the House by Unanimous Consent 
(June 14, 2022).
    Business meeting to consider H.R. 4258, The Improving 
Digital Identity Act; H.R. 8322, The Strengthening Tools to 
Obstruct and Prevent Fraud Act 2022; H.R. 7602, The Preventing 
Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition 
Act; H.R. 8325, The Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest 
in Federal Acquisition Act; H.R. 6548, The Justice in Power 
Plant Permitting Act; and H.R. 8326, The Ensuring a Fair and 
Accurate Census Act, which were ordered favorably reported; 
bills to designate United States Postal Service facilities were 
approved by the Committee and ordered favorably reported to the 
House by Unanimous Consent (July 14, 2022).
    Business meeting to consider S. 1941, the Metropolitan 
Areas Protection and Standardization (MAPS) Act; S. 3510, 
Disaster Resiliency Planning Act; H.R. 8466, the Chai 
Suthammonont Healthy Federal Workplaces Act of 2022; H.R. 8665, 
the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) 
Modernization Act; H. Res 1243, Of inquiry requesting the 
President transmit certain documents in his possession to the 
House of Representatives relating to the Biden family's 
international business schemes and related information; and 
H.R. 8861, the District of Columbia Home Rule Expansion Act, 
which were ordered favorably reported; bills to designate USPS 
facilities were approved by the Committee and ordered favorably 
reported to the House by Unanimous Consent (September 20, 
2022).
    Business meeting to consider H.R. 1283, The Contract Act of 
2021, and H.R. 1307, The Vote by Mail Tracking Act, which were 
ordered favorably reported; H. Res. 1412, Of inquiry directing 
the Secretary of the Treasury to transmit certain documents to 
the House of Representatives relating to the projected 
inflationary impact of the implementation of the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act, the Build Back Better Act, and the 
Infrastructure and Jobs Act in conjunction with the Build Back 
Better Act was reported unfavorably to the House; bills to 
designate USPS facilities were approved by the Committee and 
ordered favorably reported to the House by Unanimous Consent 
(November 17, 2022).
    Business meeting to consider H. Res. 1479, Of inquiry 
requesting the President transmit certain documents in his 
possession to the House of Representatives relating to the 
surveillance or monitoring of pro-gun, pro-life, or 
conservative groups under the Internet Covert Operations 
Program operated by the United States Postal Inspection 
Service, which was reported unfavorably to the House (December 
6, 2022).

                    B. Legislation Enacted Into Law

    H.R. 22, the Congressional Budget Justification 
Transparency Act. Introduced on January 4, 2021, by Rep. Mike 
Quigley. This legislation requires federal agencies to make 
budget justification materials available to the public on a 
website. The bill also requires the OMB to make certain details 
regarding the materials available to the public, including a 
list of the agencies that submit budget justification materials 
to Congress, the dates that the materials are submitted to 
Congress and posted online, and links to the materials.

History: Introduced on January 4, 2021; House passed January 5, 2021; 
        Senate companion (S. 272) passed June 28, 2021; House passed S. 
        272 August 23, 2021; President signed into law on September 24, 
        2021 (PL 117-40)

    H.R. 26, Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement 
Act. Introduced on January 4, 2021, by Rep. James Comer. This 
legislation prohibits the use of reverse auctions, which allow 
the seller to bid down the price of a project, in awarding 
federal contracts for complex, specialized, or substantial 
design and construction services. The bill also requires the 
Federal Acquisition and Regulatory Council to define ``complex, 
specialized, or substantial design and construction services.'' 
GSA must also report to specified congressional committees on 
the bill's effectiveness.

History: Introduced on January 4, 2021; House passed January 5, 2021; 
        Senate passed July 13, 2021; President signed into law on July 
        26, 2021 (PL 117-28)

    H.R. 521, First Responder Fair RETIRE Act. Introduced on 
January 28, 2021, by Rep. Gerald E. Connolly. The legislation 
preserves the retirement benefits of law enforcement officers 
who became disabled in the line of duty and are reassigned to a 
different position in the civil service that is not covered 
under the same retirement program.

History: Introduced January 28, 2021; Committee passed May 11, 2022; 
        House passed July 12, 2022; Senate passed November 17, 2022; 
        President signed into law on December 9, 2022 (PL 117-225).

    H.R. 1283, the Continuity for Operators with Necessary 
Training Required for ATC Contract Towers (CONTRACT) Act of 
2021. Introduced on February 24, 2021, by Rep. Julia Brownley. 
The legislation amends title 5 to allow retired federal air 
traffic controllers who choose to work at contract towers 
through the Federal Contract Tower Program to continue 
collecting their full federal retirement annuity.

History: Introduced February 24, 2021; Senate Companion (S. 419) 
        introduced February 24, 2021; Senate Committee passed November 
        3, 2021, Committee passed November 17, 2022; President signed 
        into law as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 
        on December 29, 2022

    H.R. 1319, American Rescue Plan Act, Title IX, Subtitle M: 
Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. This 
legislation provided $362 billion in emergency funding for 
state, local, territorial, and tribal governments. Of this 
total, states and the District of Columbia received $195.3 
billion, tribal governments received $20 billion, and U.S. 
territories received $4.5 billion. Cities, counties, and other 
smaller local government units received $130.2 billion. Of this 
total, cities received $45.57 billion, counties received $65.1 
billion, and other smaller local government units received 
$19.53 billion. The funds enable these governments to support 
the COVID-19 public health response and support economic 
recovery, including assistance to households, small businesses, 
and nonprofits; aid to impacted industries; premium pay to 
eligible workers; and funding of water, sewer, and broadband 
infrastructure projects.

History: Committee Print providing for reconciliation pursuant to S. 
        Con. Res. 5 passed Committee on February 12, 2021; H.R. 1319 
        introduced February 24, 2021; House passed February 27, 2021; 
        Senate passed with an amendment March 6, 2021; House agreed to 
        the Senate amendment March 10, 2021; President signed into law 
        on March 11, 2021 (PL 117-2)

    H.R. 2043, Periodically Listing Updates to Management Act. 
Introduced on March 18, 2021, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney. 
This legislation requires OPM to develop and maintain a 
publicly accessible website with data on senior leaders in 
government that meets modern data standards. It also implements 
recommendations made by GAO and the Administrative Conference 
of the United States.

History: Introduced on March 18, 2021; Committee passed June 29, 2021; 
        Senate companion (S. 3650) introduced February 15, 2022; Senate 
        Committee passed March 30, 2022; President signed a modified 
        version into law on December 23, 2022, as part of H.R. 7776, 
        the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (PL 
        117-263)

    H.R. 2485, Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act. 
Introduced on April 13, 2021, by Rep. Mike Quigley. This 
legislation requires the Government Publishing Office (GPO) to 
establish and maintain a publicly available online portal 
containing copies of all congressionally mandated reports. 
Federal agencies are required to submit a congressionally 
mandated report and specified information about the report to 
the GPO between 30 and 45 days after submission of the report 
to either chamber or to any congressional committee or 
subcommittee. OMB must issue guidance to federal agencies on 
these requirements.

History: Introduced on April 13, 2021; House Committee passed May 13, 
        2021; House passed July 26, 2021; Senate companion (S. 2838) 
        introduced September 23, 2021; Senate Committee passed November 
        3, 2021; President signed a modified version into law on 
        December 23, 2022, as part of H.R. 7776, the National Defense 
        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (PL117-263)

    H.R. 2617, Performance Enhancement Reform Act. Introduced 
on April 16, 2021, by Rep. Gerald E. Connolly. This legislation 
revises how agencies must report their performance goals. 
Specifically, agencies are required to include the following 
details when they describe how they will achieve their 
performance goals: (1) the human capital, training, data and 
evidence, information technology, and skill sets required to 
meet such goals; and (2) the technology modernization 
investments, system upgrades, staff technology skills and 
expertise, stakeholder input and feedback, and other resources 
and strategies required to meet such goals. The bill requires 
an agency's chief performance improvement office to provide the 
description (previously, the description was provided by an 
agency's chief human capital office).

History: Introduced April 16, 2021; House Committee passed May 25, 
        2021; House passed September 28, 2021; Senate Committee passed 
        November 3, 2021; Senate passed with an amendment on November 
        15, 2022; President signed a modified version into law on 
        December 23, 2022, as part of H.R. 7776, the National Defense 
        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (PL 117-263)

    H.R. 2662, IG Independence and Empowerment Act. Introduced 
on April 19, 2021, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney. This 
legislation includes provisions that: allow an Inspector 
General (IG) to be removed only for cause, require Congress to 
be notified before an IG is placed on non-duty status, require 
that an acting IG be an existing IG for another agency or 
serving as senior staff in an OIG, and increase accountability 
and transparency for the CIGIE Integrity Committee. The bill 
also: grants IGs the authority to subpoena witnesses who are 
not currently government employees for testimony; provides the 
DOJ IG, along with the DOJ Office of Professional 
Responsibility, the authority to investigate wrongdoing by DOJ 
attorneys; expands whistleblower trainings to OIG employees; 
requires notification to Congress and CIGIE of an IG's ongoing 
investigations when an IG is placed on non-duty status; 
provides a single appropriation for CIGIE; and requires IGs to 
notify Congress if agencies deny access to requested 
information.

History: Introduced on April 19, 2021; House passed June 29, 2021; 
        Senate Committee passed November 3, 2021; President signed a 
        modified version into law on December 23, 2022, as part of H.R. 
        7776, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
        2023 (PL 117-263)

    H.R. 2681, Integrity Committee Transparency Act. Introduced 
on April 20, 2021, by Rep. Gerald E. Connolly. This legislation 
addresses issues regarding inspectors general (IGs) and the 
CIGIE Integrity Committee (the committee). The committee is 
charged with investigating allegations of wrongdoing against 
office of IG officials. The committee is now required to notify 
Congress when an allegation of wrongdoing made by a Member of 
Congress is closed without referral for investigation. The bill 
requires CIGIE to report semiannually to Congress and the 
President on the activities of the committee. The bill also 
requires the appointment of a former IG to the committee.

History: Introduced April 20, 2021; Committee passed May 13, 2021; 
        House passed June 29, 2021; Senate Committee passed November 3, 
        2021; President signed a modified version into law on December 
        23, 2022, as part of H.R. 7776, the National Defense 
        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (PL 117-263)

    H.R. 3076, Postal Service Reform Act. Introduced on May 11, 
2021, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney. The legislation 
provides financial relief to the Postal Service by eliminating 
the requirement that it prefund health benefits for all current 
employees and retirees and by creating a ``Postal Service 
only'' health benefits program. The Act also allows the Postal 
Service to engage in non-postal services to increase revenue, 
requires additional transparency about delivery standards, and 
merges the Inspectors General of the Postal Service and the 
Postal Regulatory Commission.

History: Introduced on May 11, 2021; Committee passed May 13, 2021; 
        House passed February 8, 2022; Senate passed March 8, 2022; 
        President signed into law on April 6, 2022 (PL117-108)

    H.R. 3533, to establish occupational series for Federal 
positions in software development, software engineering, data 
science, and data management, and for other purposes. 
Introduced on May 25, 2021, by Rep. Jay Obernolte. This 
legislation requires OPM to establish or update existing 
occupational series for positions in the federal government in 
the fields of software development, software engineering, data 
science, and data management.

History: Introduced May 25, 2021; Committee passed July 20, 2021; House 
        passed September 30, 2021; President signed into law on 
        December 27, 2021, as part of S. 1605, the National Defense 
        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (PL 117-81)

    H.R. 3544, Computers for Veterans and Students (COVS) Act. 
Introduced on May 25, 2021, by Rep. Abigail Spanberger. This 
legislation requires GSA to transfer surplus computers and 
related technology to nonprofit refurbishers for eventual 
distribution to schools, veterans, and seniors, and to state 
and local agencies for donation to nonprofit and public 
entities.

History: Introduced on May 25, 2021; House Committee passed April 6, 
        2022; House passed July 12, 2022; Senate Committee passed 
        September 28, 2022; President signed into law as part of the 
        Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 on December 29, 2022

    H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act, Title VIII. The 
legislation contains provisions in the Committee's jurisdiction 
that provided $3 billion in funding to USPS for the purchase of 
zero-emission vehicles and the necessary charging 
infrastructure. The law provides $15 million to the Inspector 
General of the Postal Service. It also provides $25 million to 
GAO to evaluate whether the economic, social, and environmental 
impacts of the funds provided in the Act are equitable and $20 
million to OMB to implement the Act and track labor, equity, 
and environmental standards and performance.

History: Committee Print to implement the instructions pursuant to S. 
        Con. Res. 14 passed Committee September 2, 2021; introduced 
        September 27, 2021; House passed November 14, 2021; Senate 
        passed with an amendment August 7, 2022; House agreed to the 
        Senate amendment August 12, 2022; President signed into law on 
        August 16, 2022 (PL 117-169)

    H.R. 7331, Improving Government for America's Taxpayers 
Act. Introduced on March 31, 2022, by Rep. Derek Kilmer. This 
legislation requires GAO to consolidate recommendations to 
Congress in one report. This report must include the estimated 
costs of executing unimplemented priority recommendations 
directed at agencies and anticipated cost-savings and identify 
any additional congressional oversight actions that could help 
agencies implement open priority recommendations.

History: Introduced March 31, 2022; Committee passed May 11, 2022; 
        House passed July 12, 2022; President signed a modified version 
        into law on December 23, 2022, as part of H.R. 7776, the 
        National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (PL 
        117-263)

    H.R. 7337, Access for Veterans to Records Act. Introduced 
on March 31, 2022, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney. This 
legislation helps eliminate the backlog of veteran records 
requests at the National Personnel Records Center, an office 
within NARA. The legislation requires NARA to submit a plan for 
eliminating the backlog within 60 days and authorizes $60 
million for NARA to digitize records and establish effective 
records retrieval infrastructure.

History: Introduced on March 31, 2022; Committee passed April 6, 2022; 
        House passed as part of H.R. 7900, the National Defense 
        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, on July 14, 2022; 
        Senate companion (S. 4866) introduced September 12, 2022; 
        Senate Committee passed September 28, 2022; President signed a 
        modified version into law on December 23, 2022, as part of H.R. 
        7776, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
        2023 (PL 117-263)

    H.R. 7535, Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness 
Act. Introduced on April 18, 2022, by Rep. Ro Khanna. This 
legislation requires OMB to begin to prioritize the migration 
to post-quantum cryptography of agency information technology 
(IT) systems. Post-quantum cryptography is a method of ensuring 
that government computers and IT remain secure against more 
sophisticated hacking methods that use ``post-quantum'' 
computers. OMB is required to conduct an assessment and 
designate and prioritize IT systems for migration using a risk-
based approach. OMB must also submit an annual report to 
Congress on progress toward transitioning federal agencies to 
post-quantum cryptography standards.

History: Introduced on April 18, 2022; Committee passed May 11, 2022; 
        House passed July 12, 2022; Senate Companion (S. 4592) 
        introduced July 21, 2022; Senate Committee passed August 3, 
        2022; Senate passed with an amendment December 8, 2022; House 
        passed amended version December 12, 2022; President signed into 
        law on December 21, 2022 (PL 117-260)

    H.R. 8956, the FedRAMP Authorization Act. Introduced on 
September 22, 2022, by Rep. Gerald E. Connolly. This 
legislation provides statutory authority for FedRAMP within 
GSA. GSA is required to establish a government-wide program 
that provides a standardized approach to security assessment 
and authorization for cloud computing products and services. 
Agencies are required to ensure that their cloud computing 
services meet GSA requirements. The bill establishes a FedRAMP 
Board to conduct security assessments of cloud computing 
services and issue provisional authorizations to operate to 
cloud service providers that meet FedRAMP security guidelines. 
The bill also establishes a Federal Secure Cloud Advisory 
Committee.

History: Introduced September 22, 2022; House passed September 29, 
        2022; President signed into law on December 23, 2022, as part 
        of H.R. 7776, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
        Year 2023 (PL 117-263).

    S. 1097, Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program Act. 
House companion (H.R. 3599) introduced on May 28, 2021, by Rep. 
Ro Khanna. The legislation establishes a personnel rotation 
program for cybersecurity professionals at federal agencies. 
OPM is required to issue an operational plan providing 
policies, processes, and procedures for the program, and GAO 
must report on agency and employee participation in the 
program.

History: S. 1097 introduced April 13, 2021; S. 1097 passed Senate 
        Committee May 12, 2021; House companion (H.R. 3599) introduced 
        May 28, 2021; House passed H.R. 3599 September 29, 2021; Senate 
        passed S. 1097 December 14, 2021; House passed S. 1097 May 10, 
        2022; President signed into law on June 21, 2022 (PL 117-149).

    S. 1143, No TikTok on Government Devices Act. Introduced on 
April 15, 2021, by Senator Josh Hawley. This bill requires the 
social media video application TikTok to be removed from the 
information technology of federal agencies. Specifically, the 
bill requires the Office of Management and Budget to develop 
standards for executive agencies that require TikTok and any 
successor application from the developer to be removed from 
agency information technology (e.g., devices). Such standards 
must include exceptions for law enforcement activities, 
national security interests, and security researchers.

History: Introduced April 15, 2021; Senate Committee passed May 12, 
        2021; Senate passed December 14, 2021; President signed into 
        law as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 on 
        December 29, 2022.

    S. 1941, Metropolitan Areas Protection and Standardization 
(MAPS) Act. Introduced on May 21, 2021, by Senator Gary Peters. 
This legislation directs OMB to provide information about 
changes to the standards for designating a core-based 
statistical area (CBSA). The standards are used to delineate 
metropolitan and micropolitan areas for statistical purposes. 
Any change to the standards of CBSA delineations (1) shall not 
apply automatically for any nonstatistical use by any domestic 
assistance program, and (2) shall apply for such uses only if a 
relevant agency determines that the change supports the 
purposes of the program and is in the public interest and the 
change is adopted through rulemaking procedures.

History: Introduced May 21, 2021; Senate Committee passed November 3, 
        2021; Senate passed May 26, 2022; House passed November 14, 
        2022; President signed into law on December 5, 2022 (PL 117-
        219).

    S. 2201, Supply Chain Security Training Act. House 
companion (H.R. 5962) introduced on November 12, 2021, by Rep. 
Joe Neguse. The legislation requires the Federal Acquisition 
Institute to develop a training program for officials with 
supply chain risk management responsibilities at federal 
agencies. OMB must promulgate guidance to federal agencies that 
requires executive agency adoption and use of the program. OMB 
must make the guidance available to federal agencies of the 
legislative and judicial branches.

History: S. 2201 introduced June 23, 2021; Senate Committee passed July 
        14, 2021; House companion introduced on November 12, 2021; 
        Senate passed January 11, 2022; House Committee passed February 
        2, 2022; House passed May 10, 2022; President signed into law 
        on June 16, 2022 (PL 117-145).

    S. 2551, AI Training Act. House companion (H.R. 7683) 
introduced by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney on May 6, 2022. 
This legislation requires OMB to establish or otherwise provide 
an artificial intelligence (AI) training program for the 
acquisition workforce of executive agencies, with exceptions. 
OMB must update the program at least every two years and ensure 
there is a way to understand and measure the participation of 
the workforce and to receive and consider feedback from program 
participants.

History: S. 2551 introduced July 29, 2021; Senate Committee passed 
        August 4, 2021; Senate passed Senate December 18, 2021; H.R. 
        7683 introduced on May 6, 2022; House Committee passed May 11, 
        2022; House passed September 29, 2021; President signed into 
        law on October 17, 2022.

    S. 3470, the End Human Trafficking in Government Contracts 
Act. Introduced on January 11, 2022, by Senator James Lankford. 
The legislation requires, upon receipt of an office of 
inspector general report substantiating an allegation that the 
recipient of a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement (or 
any subgrantee, subcontractor, or agent of the recipient) is 
engaged in human trafficking, that the agency refer the matter 
to the agency suspension and debarment office. OMB must report 
to Congress on implementation of provisions to end human 
trafficking in government contracting.

History: Introduced January 11, 2022; Senate Committee passed February 
        2, 2022; Senate passed July 14, 2022; House passed September 
        29, 2022; President signed into law on October 17, 2022 (PL 
        117-21).

    S. 3510, Disaster Resiliency Planning Act. House companion 
(H.R. 7863) introduced on May 24, 2022, by Rep. Troy Carter. 
This legislation requires OMB to establish guidance that 
requires federal agencies to incorporate natural disaster 
resilience into real property asset management and investment 
decisions.

History: Introduced January 13, 2022; Senate Committee passed February 
        2, 2022; Senate passed June 22, 2022; House passed November 14, 
        2022; President signed into law on December 5, 2022 (PL 117-
        221).

    S. 3655, Civil Rights Cold Case Investigations Support. 
House companion (H.R. 6818) introduced on February 2, 2022, by 
Rep. Bobby Rush. This legislation extends the Civil Rights Cold 
Case Records Review Board until 2026 (or 2027 if the board opts 
for an additional one-year extension). The board reviews the 
decisions of federal agencies to postpone the disclosure of 
civil rights cold case records (i.e., unsolved civil rights 
cases from 1940-1979).

History: Introduced by Senator Jon Ossoff on February 16, 2022; Senate 
        Committee passed March 30, 2022; Senate passed September 29, 
        2022; House passed November 14, 2022; President signed into law 
        on December 5, 2022 (PL 117-222).

    S. 3905, Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in 
Federal Acquisition Act. House companion (H.R. 7602) introduced 
on April 27, 2022, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney. This 
legislation updates and strengthens the rules governing the 
organizational conflicts of interest (OCIs) of government 
contractors. It also requires regulatory updates to the 
definitions, rules, and contract clauses governing OCIs that 
apply to the procurements of almost all executive agencies 
through the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

History: S. 3905 introduced March 23, 2022; House companion (H.R. 7602) 
        introduced April 27, 2022; House Committee passed H.R. 7602 
        July 20, 2022; Senate Committee passed S. 3905 August 1, 2022; 
        Senate passed S. 3905 August 1, 2022; House passed S. 3905 
        December 14, 2022; President signed into law on December 27, 
        2022 (PL 117-324).

    S. 4057, Strategic EV Management Act. House companion (H.R. 
8969) introduced on September 22, 2022, by Chairwoman Carolyn 
B. Maloney. This legislation requires GSA to coordinate with 
the heads of federal agencies to develop a comprehensive, 
strategic plan for federal electric vehicle fleet battery 
management and to report to and brief Congress regarding the 
plan and its implementation across agencies.

History: S. 4057 introduced April 7, 2022; Senate Committee passed May 
        25, 2022; Senate passed September 14, 2022; House companion 
        (H.R. 8969) introduced September 22, 2022; President signed 
        into law on December 23, 2022, as part of H.R. 7776, the 
        National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (PL 
        117-263).

                      C. Bills Passed by the House

    H.R. 21, FedRAMP Authorization Act. Introduced on January 
4, 2021, by Rep. Gerald E. Connolly. This legislation would 
provide statutory authority for the Federal Risk and 
Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) within GSA. GSA 
would be required to establish a government-wide program that 
provides the authoritative standardized approach to security 
assessment and authorization for cloud computing products and 
services used by agencies to process unclassified information. 
Agencies would be required to ensure that their cloud computing 
services meet GSA requirements. The bill would also establish 
the Joint Authorization Board to conduct security assessments 
of cloud computing services and issue provisional 
authorizations to operate to cloud service providers that meet 
FedRAMP security guidelines. The GSA would be required to (1) 
publish a report that includes an assessment of the cost 
incurred by agencies and cloud service providers related to the 
issuance of FedRAMP authorizations and provisional 
authorizations, (2) determine the requirements for 
certification of independent assessment organizations, and (3) 
establish the Federal Secure Cloud Advisory Committee.

History: Introduced on January 4, 2021; House passed January 5, 2021

    H.R. 23, Inspector General Protection Act. Introduced on 
January 4, 2021, by Rep. Ted Lieu. The legislation would 
require the President to notify Congress each time the 
President places an inspector general on nonduty status. If the 
President fails to make a formal nomination for a vacant 
inspector general position within 210 days after the vacancy 
occurs, the President would be required to communicate to 
Congress within 30 days after the end of such period (1) the 
reasons why the President has not yet made a formal nomination, 
and (2) a target date for making a formal nomination.

History: Introduced January 4, 2021; House passed January 5, 2021

    H.R. 27, Settlement Agreement Information Database Act. 
Introduced on January 4, 2021, by Rep. Gary Palmer. This 
legislation would require executive agencies to submit 
information regarding settlement agreements to a public 
database. Specifically, an agency would be required to submit 
information regarding any settlement agreement (including a 
consent decree) entered into by the agency related to an 
alleged violation of federal law. If an agency determines that 
information regarding an agreement must remain confidential to 
protect the public interest, the agency would be required to 
publish an explanation of why the information is confidential.

History: Introduced January 4, 2021; House passed January 5, 2021

    H.R. 51, Washington, D.C. Admission Act. Introduced on 
January 4, 2021, by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton. This 
legislation would provide for admission into the Union of the 
state of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth, which is composed 
of most of the territory of the District of Columbia. Congress 
would retain plenary authority over a small area around the 
White House, the U.S. Capitol, and the U.S. Supreme Court. The 
state would be admitted to the Union on an equal footing with 
the other states.

History: Introduced January 4, 2021; Committee passed April 14, 2021; 
        House passed April 22, 2021

    H.R. 302, Preventing a Patronage System Act (PPSA). 
Introduced on January 13, 2021, by Rep. Gerald E. Connolly. The 
legislation would limit federal employee reclassifications to 
the five excepted service schedules in use prior to Fiscal Year 
2021.

History: Introduced January 13, 2021; Committee passed May 25, 2021; 
        House passed September 15, 2022

    H.R. 1508, Guidance Clarity Act of 2021. Introduced on 
March 2, 2021, by Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer. This legislation 
would require federal agencies to state on the first page of 
guidance documents that such guidance (1) does not have the 
force and effect of law, and (2) is intended only to provide 
clarity to the public about existing legal requirements or 
agency policies. OMB would be required to issue guidance to 
implement this requirement.

History: Introduced March 2, 2021; Senate companion (S. 533) introduced 
        March 2, 2021; Senate Committee passed July 14, 2021; House 
        Committee passed July 20, 2021; Senate passed September 14, 
        2021; House passed October 20, 2021

    H.R. 2988, Whistleblower Protection Improvement Act. 
Introduced on May 4, 2021, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney. 
This legislation would expand whistleblower protections and 
clarify that no federal official may interfere with a federal 
employee's ability to share information with Congress. The bill 
would also limit disclosure of a whistleblower's identity, 
prohibit retaliatory investigations, and provide access to jury 
trials for whistleblowers.

History: Introduced on May 4, 2021; Committee passed June 29, 2021; 
        House passed September 15, 2022

    H.R. 4176, LGBTQI+ Data Inclusion Act. Introduced on June 
25, 2021, by Rep. Raul Grijalva. This legislation would require 
federal agencies that collect demographic data through a survey 
for statistical purposes to review existing data sets to 
determine which data sets do not include information about 
sexual orientation, gender identity, and variations in sex 
characteristics. Such agencies would be required to assess 
needed changes in survey methods related to asking questions on 
such matters. Agencies that publish reports relying on survey 
demographic data would be required to include information on 
sexual orientation, gender identity, and variations in sex 
characteristics. Agencies could waive this publication 
requirement on a case-by-case basis if the confidentiality of 
the information could not be maintained or if adding such 
information to the survey would impair the agency's ability to 
preserve the utility, accuracy, or objectivity of the survey 
while also generating relevant evidence about the LGBTQI+ 
community.

History: Introduced June 25, 2021; Committee passed June 14, 2022; 
        House passed June 23, 2022

    H.R. 5314, Protecting Our Democracy Act. Introduced on 
September 9, 2021, by Rep. Adam Schiff, Chairwoman Carolyn B. 
Maloney, and others. This legislation would address issues 
involving (1) abuses of presidential power; (2) checks and 
balances, accountability, and transparency; and (3) election 
integrity and security.

History: Introduced on September 9, 2021; House passed on December 9, 
        2021

    H.R. 6419, Fair Chance Improvement Act. Introduced on 
January 18, 2022, by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. This 
legislation would make a technical change to the Fair Chance 
Act (Pub. L. No. 116-92). The Fair Chance Act prohibits, with 
certain exceptions, federal agencies and federal contractors 
from asking job candidates about criminal history before making 
a conditional offer to them. The Fair Chance Improvement Act 
would transfer authority to enforce this prohibition for 
federal contractors from GSA and DOD to the Department of 
Labor.

History: Introduced on January 18, 2022; Committee passed February 2, 
        2022; House passed as part of H.R. 7900, the National Defense 
        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 on July 14, 2022

    H.R. 6531, Targeting Resources to Communities in Need Act. 
Introduced on February 1, 2022, by Rep. James E. Clyburn. This 
legislation would address funding for areas of persistent 
poverty. The bill would require the Bureau of the Census to 
publish a list of all areas of persistent poverty and annually 
update the list and require OMB to (1) implement guidance to 
increase the share of federal investments targeted to areas of 
persistent poverty and (2) report annually to Congress. The 
bill would also require GAO to report on the measures 
implemented by OMB under this bill, including by assessing 
whether those measures have increased federal investments in 
the affected areas.

History: Introduced February 1, 2022; Committee passed April 6, 2022; 
        House passed May 18, 2022

    H.R. 6967, the Chance to Compete Act. Introduced on March 
8, 2022, by Rep. Jody Hice. This legislation would modernize 
the evaluations that federal agencies use to assess job 
candidates. The bill would require that agency subject matter 
experts design assessments that test knowledge specific to the 
position for which the agency is hiring. The legislation would 
require OPM to (1) create an online tool to help agencies share 
and modify these assessments and (2) submit annual reports on 
the use of the assessments.

History: Introduced March 8, 2022; Committee passed April 6, 2022; 
        House passed September 29, 2022

    H.R. 8326, Ensuring a Fair and Accurate Census Act. 
Introduced on July 11, 2022, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney. 
This legislation would vest consequential decision-making 
authority concerning decennial censuses solely with the 
Director of the Census Bureau. The bill would require the 
appointment of a Deputy Director of the Bureau with career 
experience and technical expertise, limit the number of 
political appointees at the Census Bureau, and provide 
transparency into the budgetary and operational planning of the 
Census Bureau by requiring five-year estimated budget needs 
with every budget request submitted to the President. The 
Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) would be required to submit 
the budget of the Census Bureau to the appropriate 
congressional committees when it is transmitted to the 
President. The Secretary would be required to certify that any 
new questions on decennial censuses have been researched, 
studied, and tested according to established statistical 
policies and procedures, and GAO would be required to report to 
Congress on compliance with such procedures. Finally, H.R. 8326 
would codify the Census Bureau's advisory committees--including 
those on statistical and scientific standards.

History: Introduced July 11, 2022; Committee passed July 20, 2022; 
        House passed September 15, 2022

    H.R. 8466, Chai Suthammanont Healthy Federal Workplaces 
Act. Introduced on July 21, 2022, by Rep. Gerald E. Connolly. 
This legislation would require each agency to establish a plan 
containing procedures and policies to protect the safety of 
federal employees, contractors, and subcontractors present at 
any covered worksite during a nationwide public health 
emergency declared for an infectious disease, and to ensure 
continuity of operations. Specifically, each plan would detail 
public health protocols the agency will follow during such a 
declaration, including testing, identification and notification 
of individuals who may have been exposed; cleaning; occupancy 
limits; use of personal protective equipment (PPE); and 
protections for employees whose work requires them to travel 
off-site. The legislation would also require each agency to 
publish its plan on its website and communicate its plan to 
employees, contractors, and subcontractors. The OMB would also 
be required to provide public links to each agency's plan on a 
single web page. The OIG for each agency would be required to 
report to Congress on plan implementation, and GAO would issue 
a report on the lessons learned during the coronavirus pandemic 
on improving health and safety at federal agencies during 
nationwide public health emergencies.

History: Introduced July 21, 2022; Committee passed September 20, 2022; 
        House passed September 29, 2022

    H.R. 8665, National Archives and Records Administration 
Modernization Act. Introduced on August 5, 2022, by Rep. Ro 
Khanna. This legislation would amend the U.S. Code to remove 
pronouns in references to the Archivist of the United States 
and others.

History: Introduced on August 5, 2022; Committee passed September 20, 
        2022; House passed December 14, 2022

               D. Legislation Considered by the Committee

    H.R. 564, Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees 
Act. Introduced on January 28, 2021, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. 
Maloney. This legislation would provide federal employees up to 
12 weeks of paid leave during a 12-month period if the employee 
is dealing with a serious health condition; caring for a 
spouse, child, or parent with a serious health condition; or 
for reasons associated with a military deployment of a spouse, 
child, or parent.

History: Introduced January 28, 2021; Committee passed July 20, 2021

    H.R. 978, Chai Suthammanont Remembrance Act of 2021. 
Introduced on February 11, 2021, by Rep. Gerald E. Connolly. 
This legislation would require each agency to prepare and 
communicate a COVID-19 safety plan for workers returning to 
regular worksites.

History: Introduced February 11, 2021; Committee passed May 13, 2021.

    H.R. 1204, District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer 
Salary Home Rule Act. Introduced on February 22, 2021, by 
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton. This legislation would 
revise the pay of the CFO of D.C. to establish it at the 
greater of either the current rate or a rate to be established 
in law by D.C.

History: Introduced February 22, 2021; Committee passed June 29, 2021; 
        on a motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, failed by 
        the yeas and nays (\2/3\ required)

    H.R. 1224, Merit Systems Protection Board Empowerment Act 
of 2021. Introduced on February 23, 2021, by Rep. Gerald E. 
Connolly. This legislation would reauthorize the Merit Systems 
Protection Board (MSPB) through 2026 and allow MSPB to conduct 
employee surveys to help ensure that agencies are following 
merit system principles for the competitive service and 
identify where improvements may be necessary. The bill would 
also enable MSPB to collect information on applicants for 
federal employment, when not prohibited by existing law, and 
require that MSPB members, administrative judges, and other 
applicable employees complete whistleblower training.

History: Introduced on February 23, 2021; Committee passed June 29, 
        2021

    H.R. 1297, Air America Act of 2021. Introduced on February 
4, 2021, by Rep. Glenn Grothman. This legislation would grant 
federal-employee status to Air America, Inc. employees who flew 
missions as part of Central Intelligence Agency operations in 
military conflicts between 1950 and 1976 and make them or their 
heirs eligible for federal retirement benefits.

History: Introduced February 4, 2021; Committee passed May 25, 2021

    H.R. 1307, Vote by Mail Tracking Act. Introduced on 
December 24, 2021, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney. This bill 
would help the Postal Service more efficiently and effectively 
manage mail-in ballots in federal elections by requiring all 
mail-in ballots to include a Postal Service trackable barcode 
and other stylistic requirements to make ballots easier to sort 
and track.

History: Introduced December 24, 2021; Committee passed November 17, 
        2022

    H.R. 1756, Measuring Real Income Growth Act. Introduced on 
March 10, 2021, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney. This 
legislation would require the Bureau of Economic Analysis of 
the Department of Commerce (Commerce) to include in each of its 
gross domestic product analyses a recent estimate of the total 
amount added to the U.S. economy during the period covered by 
the recent estimate. The estimate would also disaggregate this 
amount by each of the 10 deciles of income and the highest 1% 
of income.

History: Introduced March 10, 2021; Committee passed April 6, 2022

    H.R. 1930, Federal Advisory Committee Transparency Act. 
Introduced on May 13, 2021, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney. 
This legislation would require agencies to inform advisory 
committee members of any applicable ethics requirements, ensure 
the disclosure of detailed minutes from advisory committee 
meetings, and clarify that the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 
as amended, applies to subcommittees and to committees set up 
by a contractor.

History: Introduced on May 13, 2021; Committee passed May 13, 2021

    H.R. 2994, Accountability for Acting Officials Act. 
Introduced on May 4, 2021, by Rep. Katie Porter. This 
legislation would strengthen requirements for the ``first 
assistant'' in an office or agency serving as an acting 
official, limit acting agency heads to serving a maximum of 120 
days from the date of the vacancy, require acting officials to 
testify before Congress at least once every 60 days, and close 
other loopholes that allow the president to appoint acting 
officials without experience in the agencies they lead.

History: Introduced on May 4, 2021; Committee passed July 20, 2021; 
        House passed as part of H.R. 5314, Protecting Our Democracy 
        Act, on December 9, 2021

    H.R. 3077, Postal Service Improvement Act. Introduced on 
May 11, 2021, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney. This 
legislation would require mail-in ballots for federal elections 
to meet certain design and tracking requirements, would provide 
parental leave to Postal Service employees, would expand access 
to the Merit Systems Protection Board, would allow Postal 
Service supervisors and managers to negotiate pay and benefits, 
would set service standards for First-Class Mail to be those in 
place on January 1, 2021, and would require the Postmaster 
General to disclose financial information prior to taking 
office, among other things.

History: Introduced May 11, 2021; Committee passed May 13, 2021

    H.R. 3327, No Corruption Obligated Recurring Revenue Used 
as Pensions to Incarcerated Officials Now (No CORRUPTION) Act. 
Introduced on May 19, 2021, by Rep. Ralph Norman. This 
legislation would prohibit former Members of Congress who have 
been convicted of a crime from receiving pension payments 
during the period between conviction and sentencing.

History: Introduced May 19, 2021; Committee passed May 25, 2021

    H.R. 3367, Gold Star Children Act. Introduced on May 20, 
2021, by Rep. Van Taylor. This legislation would extend 
veterans' preference in federal hiring to the children of 
certain veterans who died during a war or campaign or who are 
totally disabled as a result of their service.

History: Introduced May 20, 2021; Committee passed May 25, 2021

    H.R. 3787, District of Columbia Local Juror Non-
Discrimination Act. Introduced on June 8, 2021, by 
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton. This legislation would 
prohibit the exclusion of individuals from service on D.C. 
juries on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

History: Introduced June 8, 2021; Committee passed June 21, 2021

    H.R. 4125, Keep the Watchdogs Running Act. Introduced on 
June 24, 2021, by Rep. Gerald E. Connolly. This legislation 
would authorize a federal OIG to continue performing its duties 
during a lapse in appropriations (i.e., a government shutdown). 
During a lapse in appropriations, the OIG would be permitted to 
(1) obligate funds at the rate of operations and under the 
terms and conditions provided in the most recently enacted 
appropriations act, and (2)perform its duties with respect to 
any program that continues during the lapse in appropriations.

History: Introduced June 24, 2021; Committee passed July 20, 2021.

    H.R. 4258, Improving Digital Identity Act. Introduced on 
June 30, 2021, by Rep. Bill Foster. This legislation would 
create the Improving Digital Identity Task Force to establish a 
government-wide effort to develop secure methods for 
governmental agencies to validate identity attributes to 
protect the privacy and security of individuals and support 
reliable, interoperable digital identity verification in the 
public and private sectors. The bill would require DHS to award 
grants to states to upgrade systems that provide drivers' 
licenses or other types of identity credentials to support the 
development of highly secure, interoperable state systems that 
enable digital identity verification.

History: Introduced June 30, 2021; Committee passed July 20, 2022; 
        Senate companion (S.4528) introduced June 13, 2022; Senate 
        Committee passed September 28, 2022

    H.R. 4393, To require the Director of the Court Services 
and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia 
and the Director of the District of Columbia Pretrial Services 
Agency to reside in the District of Columbia. Introduced on 
July 9, 2021, by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton. This 
legislation would require the Director of the Court Services 
and Offender Supervision Agency for D.C. and the Director of 
the Pretrial Services Agency for D.C. to reside in D.C.

History: Introduced July 9, 2021; Committee passed July 20, 2021.

    H.R. 4448, Administrative Law Judges Competitive Services 
Restoration Act. Introduced on July 16, 2021, by Rep. Gerald E. 
Connolly. This legislation would make administrative law judge 
(ALJ) positions part of the competitive service and otherwise 
modify the process for the appointment of ALJs, including by 
establishing certain minimum qualifications and conditions of 
employment.

History: Introduced July 16, 2021; Committee passed July 20, 2021

    H.R. 4465, Federally Funded Research and Technology 
Development Protection Act. Introduced on July 16, 2021, by 
Rep. Stephen Lynch. This legislation would address issues of 
transparency and accountability in federal grant-making to 
safeguard federally funded research and technology development. 
OMB would be required to mandate that any agency that makes a 
federal grant must maintain compliance operations to guard 
against malign foreign talent recruitment programs. OMB would 
also be required to prescribe standardized disclosure and 
accountability measures to support such operations.

History: Introduced July 16, 2021; Committee passed July 20, 2021

    H.R. 4469, AI in Counterterrorism Oversight Enhancement 
Act. Introduced on July 16, 2021, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. 
Maloney. This legislation would expand the responsibilities of 
the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to include 
oversight of the use of AI in counterterrorism and addresses 
related issues.

History: Introduced July 16, 2021; Committee passed July 20, 2021; 
        House passed as part of H.R. 7900, the National Defense 
        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, on July 14, 2022

    H.R. 4470, Made in America Pandemic Preparedness Act. 
Introduced on July 16, 2021, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney. 
This legislation would establish a pandemic preparation tax 
credit and require HHS to maintain a specified amount of PPE in 
the Strategic National Stockpile. The bill would require that 
the PPE in the stockpile be produced domestically, with some 
exceptions. OMB would be required to work with HHS to report on 
the inventory in the Strategic National Stockpile and in 
stockpiles of other federal agencies, and the quantities of PPE 
that would be required for an array of possible emergencies, 
including a pandemic or other public health emergency that 
could last at least a year.

History: Introduced on July 16, 2021; Committee passed July 20, 2021

    H.R. 4688, Federal Agency Customer Experience (FACE) Act. 
Introduced on July 26, 2021, by Rep. Gerald E. Connolly. This 
legislation would require certain agencies to collect voluntary 
customer experience feedback on their services and 
transactions. Each agency would publish the feedback on its 
website, report the feedback to OMB, and report on the 
solicitation of the feedback. GAO would publish a report 
assessing the data collected and reported by the agencies.

History: Senate companion (S. 671) introduced on March 10, 2021; Senate 
        Committee passed March 17, 2021; H.R. 4688 introduced on July 
        26, 2021; House Committee passed December 2, 2021; Senate 
        passed June 22, 2022

    H.R. 4778, District of Columbia Courts Vacancy Reduction 
Act. Introduced on July 28, 2021, by Congresswoman Eleanor 
Holmes Norton. This legislation would allow D.C. judicial 
nominees to be appointed after a 30-day congressional review 
period without the advice and consent of the Senate, unless a 
joint resolution of disapproval is enacted into law during that 
period.

History: Introduced on July 28, 2021; Committee passed December 2, 2021

    H.R. 5477, Federal Agency Climate PREP Act. Introduced on 
October 5, 2021, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney. This 
legislation would require each agency to submit to OMB an 
agency climate action plan within one year of enactment; would 
establish an interagency council called the Council on Federal 
Agency Climate Planning, Resilience, and Enhanced Preparedness; 
and would codify the Office of Domestic Climate Policy within 
the EOP.

History: Introduced October 5, 2021; Committee passed December 2, 2021

    H.R. 5792, State and Local Digital Service Act. Introduced 
on November 1, 2021, by Rep. Gerald E. Connolly. This 
legislation would direct GSA to establish a Digital Service 
Agreement Program, under which GSA would award grants to, or 
enter into cooperative agreements or memoranda of understanding 
with, eligible applicants for the purpose of planning, 
establishing, or supporting a digital service team or 
supporting digital services collaboration to improve the 
delivery of government assistance through digital services.

History: Introduced November 1, 2021; Committee passed December 2, 2021

    H.R. 5815, Honest Census Communications Act. Introduced on 
November 2, 2021, by Rep. Anna Eshoo. The bill would prohibit 
communicating census-related information, or producing census-
related information for communication, knowing the information 
to be materially false and with the intent to impede or prevent 
another person from participating in any census.

History: November 2, 2021; Committee passed June 15, 2021

    H.R. 6066, Strengthening the Office of Personnel Management 
Act. Introduced on November 23, 2021, by Rep. Gerald E. 
Connolly. This legislation would provide statutory authority 
for the mission of OPM, establish the Chief Management Officer 
and the OPM Advisory Committee on Human Capital Management, and 
specify additional requirements for the appointment of the OPM 
Director and the removal of the OPM Director or Deputy 
Director.

History: Introduced November 23, 2021; Committee passed December 2, 
        2021

    H.R. 6104, Building the Next Generation of Federal 
Employees Act. Introduced on December 1, 2021, by Rep. Gerald 
E. Connolly. This legislation would establish a Federal 
Internship and Fellowship Center within OPM that would manage a 
publicly accessible website with information about executive 
branch internship opportunities and provide support for federal 
agency managers to improve intern and fellow recruitment, 
engagement, and hiring.

History: Introduced December 1, 2021; Committee passed May 11, 2022

    H.R. 6361, District of Columbia National Guard Commanding 
General Residency Act. Introduced on January 6, 2022, by 
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton. This legislation would 
require the commanding general of the D.C. National Guard to 
reside in D.C.

History: Introduced on January 6, 2022; Committee passed February 2, 
        2022

    H.R. 6497, Federal Information Security Modernization Act. 
Introduced on January 25, 2022, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. 
Maloney. This legislation would address federal information 
security management, notification and remediation of 
cybersecurity incidents, and the roles of OMB and CISA. 
Agencies would be required to evaluate whether additional 
cybersecurity procedures are appropriate at least once every 
three years. Each agency would provide information relating to 
every major cybersecurity incident to CISA, OMB, the Office of 
the National Cyber Director, the agency's OIG, GAO, and 
Congress.

History: Introduced on January 25, 2021; Committee passed February 2, 
        2022

    H.R. 6548, Justice in Power Plant Permitting Act. 
Introduced on February 1, 2022, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. 
Maloney. This legislation would prevent the permitting of 
fossil fuel-fired power plants and other sources of air 
pollution when the cumulative effects of that pollution would 
cause harm to the health and well-being of local communities.

History: Introduced February 1, 2022; Committee passed July 20, 2022

    H.R. 7185, Federal Contracting for Peace and Security Act. 
Introduced on March 21, 2022, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney. 
This legislation would require executive agencies to terminate 
their contracts with companies conducting business operations 
in Russia. The requirement would end when Russia takes steps to 
restore the safety, sovereignty, and condition of Ukraine. The 
bill would not apply to the procurement of products or services 
for the benefit of Ukraine or for humanitarian purposes to meet 
basic human needs, and in other limited circumstances.

History: Introduced on March 21, 2022; Committee passed April 6, 2022; 
        House passed as part of H.R. 7900, the National Defense 
        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, on July 14, 2022

    H.R. 7376, Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of 
Duty. Introduced on April 4, 2022, by Rep. Gerald E. Connolly. 
This legislation would set a required standard death gratuity 
payment at $100,000 plus $8,800 for funeral expenses, with 
adjustments for inflation, for civil service employees who are 
killed in the line of duty or die as a result of an injury 
sustained at work.

History: Introduced April 4, 2022; Committee passed April 6, 2022

    H.R. 7674, Ensuring Oversight Access at the Postal Service 
Act. Introduced on May 6, 2022, by Rep. Gerald E. Connolly. 
This legislation would ensure that Members of Congress have 
access to Postal Service facilities to perform congressional 
oversight, including on or around the date of an election for 
federal office.

History: Introduced on May 6, 2022; Committee passed May 11, 2022

    H.R. 7682, Ensuring an Accurate Postal Fleet 
Electrification Act. Introduced on May 6, 2022, by Chairwoman 
Carolyn B. Maloney. This legislation would require the Postal 
Service to conduct a new environmental impact statement with 
respect to the procurement of its next generation delivery 
vehicle.

History: Introduced on May 6, 2022; Committee passed May 11, 2022

    H.R. 7686, District of Columbia Code Returning Citizens 
Coordination Act. Introduced on May 6, 2022, by Congresswoman 
Eleanor Holmes Norton. This legislation would require the 
Bureau of Prisons to provide information every 90 days to the 
Mayor of D.C. on every D.C. resident sentenced under the D.C. 
Code housed at a Bureau of Prisons facility. Upon request of 
the Mayor, BOP would be required to provide the Mayor the same 
information BOP provides to the Court Services and Offender 
Supervision Agency for D.C. on such individuals.

History: Introduced on May 6, 2022; Committee passed May 11, 2022

    H.R. 7941, District of Columbia Electronic Transmittal of 
Legislation Act. Introduced on June 3, 2022, by Congresswoman 
Eleanor Holmes Norton. This legislation would allow D.C. to 
transmit legislation to Congress for the review period to 
Congress electronically.

History: Introduced on June 3, 2022; Committee passed June 15, 2022

    H.R. 7951, Telework Metrics and Cost Savings Act. 
Introduced on June 7, 2022, by Rep. Gerald E. Connolly. This 
legislation would update current telework law for the federal 
workforce to improve work-life flexibility for employees and 
create reporting requirements that measure the cost savings to 
the federal government associated with telework.

History: Introduced on June 7, 2022; Committee passed June 15, 2022

    H.R. 8322, STOP Fraud Act. Introduced on July 11, 2021, by 
Rep. Gerald E. Connolly. This legislation would address issues 
of fraud and improper payments, including by establishing the 
Federal Real Antifraud Unified Directorate within OMB. The bill 
would require agencies to designate any program exceeding 
certain payments thresholds as a program susceptible to 
significant improper payments and to implement proactive 
analytics for a high-risk area of each designated program. OMB 
would be required to designate any program with outlays in the 
prior fiscal year of $50 billion or more as a high-priority 
program. An agency administering a high-priority program would 
be required to develop a plan to implement anti-fraud controls 
that would include digital identity-proofing solutions, threat 
intelligence, and proactive analytics. The bill would require 
that such plans take into consideration the administrative 
burden of implementing such anti-fraud controls.

History: Introduced July 11, 2022; Committee passed July 20, 2022

    H.R. 8325, Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest in 
Federal Acquisition Act. Introduced on July 11, 2022, by 
Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney. This legislation would expand 
the current rules governing personal conflicts of interest 
(PCIs), which are conflicts that are unique to the individual 
employees of a covered government contractor. Specifically, the 
bill would extend coverage to employees of contractors that 
support the regulatory, policymaking, and adjudicative 
functions of an executive agency, as well as other key 
functions with increased risks of conflicts. It would also 
prohibit contractors from advising an executive agency on 
sensitive matters while concurrently working with entities 
regulated by the agency, require these contractors to disclose 
their recent work for clients regulated by the agency, and set 
civil penalties for certain violations of these rules.

History: Introduced on July 11, 2022; Committee passed July 20, 2022

    H.R. 8861, District of Columbia Home Rule Expansion Act. 
Introduced on September 15, 2022, by Congresswoman Eleanor 
Holmes Norton. This legislation would eliminate the 
congressional review period for D.C. legislation and give D.C. 
the sole power to prosecute and grant clemency for all crimes 
under D.C. law.

History: Introduced on September 15, 2022; Committee passed September 
        20, 2022

               E. Postal Naming Measures Enacted Into Law

    H.R. 91, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 810 South Pendleton Street in Easley, 
South Carolina, as the ``Private First Class Barrett Lyle 
Austin Post Office Building.'' Introduced on January 4, 2021, 
by Rep. Jeff Duncan.
    H.R. 92, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 110 Johnson Street in Pickens, South 
Carolina, as the ``Specialist Four Charles Johnson Post 
Office.'' Introduced on January 4, 2021, by Rep. Jeff Duncan.
    H.R. 203, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 4020 Broadway Street in Houston, 
Texas, as the ``Benny C. Martinez Post Office Building.'' 
Introduced on January 5, 2021, by Rep Sylvia Garcia.
    H.R. 208, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 500 West Main Street, Suite 102, in 
Tupelo, Mississippi, as the ``Colonel Carlyle Smitty Harris 
Post Office.'' Introduced on January 5, 2021, by Rep. Trent 
Kelly.
    H.R. 264, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 1101 Charlotte Street in Georgetown, 
South Carolina, as the ``Joseph Hayne Rainey Memorial Post 
Office Building.'' Introduced on January 11, 2021, by Rep. Tom 
Rice.
    H.R. 735, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 502 East Cotati Avenue in Cotati, 
California, as the ``Arturo L. Ibleto Post Office Building.'' 
Introduced on February 2, 2021, by Rep. Mike Thompson.
    H.R. 767, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 40 Fulton Street in Middletown, New 
York, as the ``Benjamin A. Gilman Post Office Building.'' 
Introduced on February 3, 2021, by Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney.
    H.R. 772, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 229 Minnetonka Avenue South in 
Wayzata, Minnesota, as the ``Jim Ramstad Post Office.'' 
Introduced on February 3, 2021, by Rep. Dean Phillips.
    H.R. 960, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 3493 Burnet Avenue in Cincinnati, 
Ohio, as the ``John H. Leahr and Herbert M. Heilbrun Post 
Office.'' Introduced on February 8, 2021, by Rep. Brad 
Wenstrup.
    H.R. 1095, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 101 South Willowbrook Avenue in 
Compton, California, as the ``PFC James Anderson, Jr., Post 
Office Building.'' Introduced on February 18, 2021, by Rep. 
Nanette Barragan.
    H.R. 1170, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 1 League in Irvine, California, as 
the ``Tuskegee Airman Lieutenant Colonel Robert J. Friend 
Memorial Post Office Building.'' Introduced on February 18, 
2021, by Rep. Katie Porter.
    H.R. 1298, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 1233 North Cedar Street in Owasso, 
Oklahoma, as the ``Technical Sergeant Marshal Roberts Post 
Office Building.'' Introduced on February 24, 2021, by Rep. 
Kevin Hern.
    H.R. 1444, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 132 North Loudoun Street, Suite 1, in 
Winchester, Virginia, as the ``Patsy Cline Post Office.'' 
Introduced on February 26, 2021, by Rep. Jennifer Wexton.
    H.R. 2044, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 17 East Main Street in Herington, 
Kansas, as the ``Captain Emil J. Kapaun Post Office Building.'' 
Introduced on March 18, 2021, by Rep. Tracey Mann.
    H.R. 2142, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located 170 Manhattan Avenue in Buffalo, New 
York, as the ``Indiana Hunt-Martin Post Office Building.'' 
Introduced on March 23, 2021, by Rep. Brian Higgins.
    H.R. 2324, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 2800 South Adams Street in 
Tallahassee, Florida, as the ``D. Edwina Stephens Post 
Office.'' Introduced on April 1, 2021, by Rep. Al Lawson, Jr.
    H.R. 2472, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 82422 Cadiz Jewett Road in Cadiz, 
Ohio, as the ``John Armor Bingham Post Office.'' Introduced on 
April 13, 2021, by Rep. Bill Johnson.
    H.R. 2473, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 275 Penn Avenue in Salem, Ohio, as 
the ``Howard Arthur Tibbs Post Office.'' Introduced on April 
13, 2021, by Rep. Bill Johnson.
    H.R. 3210, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 1905 15th Street in Boulder, 
Colorado, as the ``Officer Eric H. Talley Post Office 
Building.'' Introduced on May 13, 2021, by Rep. Joe Neguse.
    H.R. 3419, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 66 Meserole Avenue in Brooklyn, New 
York, as the ``Joseph R. Lentol Post Office.'' Introduced on 
May 20, 2021, by Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney.
    H.R. 3508, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 39 West Main Street in Honeoye Falls, 
New York, as the ``CW4 Christian J. Koch Memorial Post 
Office.'' Introduced on May 25, 2021, by Rep. Chris Jacobs.
    H.R. 3539, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 223 West Chalan Santo Papa in 
Hagatna, Guam, as the ``Atanasio Taitano Perez Post Office.'' 
Introduced by on May 25, 2021, Rep. Michael San Nicholas.
    H.R. 3579, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 200 East Main Street in Maroa, 
Illinois, as the ``Jeremy L. Ridlen Post Office.'' Introduced 
on May 28, 2021, by Rep. Rodney Davis.
    H.R. 3613, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 202 Trumbull Street in Saint Clair, 
Michigan, as the ``Corporal Jeffrey Robert Standfest Post 
Office Building.'' Introduced on May 28, 2021, by Rep. Lisa 
McClain.
    H.R. 4168, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 6223 Maple Street, in Omaha, 
Nebraska, as the ``Petty Officer 1st Class Charles Jackson 
French Post Office.'' Introduced on June 25, 2021, by Rep. Don 
Bacon.
    H.R. 4622, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 226 North Main Street in Roseville, 
Ohio, as the ``Ronald E. Rosser Post Office.'' Introduced on 
July 22, 2021, by Rep. Troy Balderson.
    H.R. 4899, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 10 Broadway Street West, in Akeley, 
Minnesota, as the ``Neal Kenneth Todd Post Office.'' Introduced 
on July 30, 2021, by Rep. Pete Stauber.
    H.R. 5271, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 2245 Rosa L Parks Boulevard in 
Nashville, Tennessee, as the ``Thelma Harper Post Office 
Building.'' Introduced on September 17, 2021, by Rep. Jim 
Cooper.
    H.R. 5349, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 1550 State Road S 38 211 in 
Orangeburg, South Carolina, as the ``J.I. Washington Post 
Office Building.'' Introduced on September 23, 2021, by Rep. 
James Clyburn.
    H.R. 5577, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 3900 Crown Road Southwest in Atlanta, 
Georgia, as the ``John R. Lewis Post Office Building.'' 
Introduced on October 12, 2021, by Rep. Nikema Williams.
    H.R. 5659, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 1961 North C Street in Oxnard, 
California, as the ``John R. Hatcher III Post Office 
Building.'' Introduced on October 21, 2021, by Rep. Julia 
Brownley.
    H.R. 5650, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 16605 East Avenue of the Fountains in 
Fountain Hills, Arizona, as the ``Dr. C.T. Wright Post Office 
Building.'' Introduced on October 20, 2021, by Rep. David 
Schweikert.
    H.R. 5794, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 850 Walnut Street in McKeesport, 
Pennsylvania, as the ``First Sergeant Leonard A. Funk, Jr. Post 
Office Building.'' Introduced on November 1, 2021, by Rep. 
Michael Doyle.
    H.R. 5809, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 1801 Town and Country Drive in Norco, 
California, as the ``Lance Corporal Kareem Nikoui Memorial Post 
Office Building.'' Introduced on November 2, 2021, by Rep. Ken 
Calvert.
    H.R. 5865, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 4110 Bluebonnet Drive in Stafford, 
Texas, as the ``Leonard Scarcella Post Office Building.'' 
Introduced on November 4, 2021, by Rep. Al Green.
    H.R. 5900, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 2016 East 1st Street in Los Angeles, 
California, as the ``Marine Corps Reserve PVT Jacob Cruz Post 
Office.'' Introduced on November 5, 2021, by Rep. Jimmy Gomez.
    H.R. 5952, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 123 East Main Street, in Vergas, 
Minnesota, as the ``Jon Glade Post Office.'' Introduced on 
November 12, 2021, by Rep. Michelle Fischbach.
    H.R. 5976, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 101 West Walnut Street in Watseka, 
Illinois, as the ``Sgt. Jeremy C. Sherman Post Office 
Building.'' Introduced on November 15, 2021, by Rep. Adam 
Kinzinger.
    H.R. 6039, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 501 Charles Street in Beaufort, South 
Carolina, as the ``Harriet Tubman Post Office Building.'' 
Introduced on November 18, 2021, by Rep. Nancy Mace.
    H.R. 6040, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 11 Robert Smalls Parkway Suite C, in 
Beaufort, South Carolina, as the ``Robert Smalls Post Office.'' 
Introduced on November 18, 2021, by Rep. Nancy Mace.
    H.R. 6041, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 10 Bow Circle in Hilton Head Island, 
South Carolina, as the ``Charles E. Fraser Post Office 
Building.'' Introduced on November 18, 2021, by Rep. Nancy 
Mace.
    H.R. 6042, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 213 William Hilton Parkway in Hilton 
Head Island, South Carolina, as the ``Caesar H. Wright Jr. Post 
Office Building.'' Introduced on November 18, 2021, by Rep. 
Nancy Mace.
    H.R. 6080, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 5420 Kavanaugh Boulevard in Little 
Rock, Arkansas, as the ``Ronald A. Robinson Post Office.'' 
Introduced on November 26, 2021, by Rep. French Hill.
    H.R. 6175, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 135 West Wisconsin Street in Russell, 
Kansas, as the ``Robert J. Dole Memorial Post Office 
Building.'' Introduced on December 8, 2021, by Rep. Tracey 
Mann.
    H.R. 6218, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 317 Blattner Drive in Avon, 
Minnesota, as the ``W.O.C. Kort Miller Plantenberg Post 
Office.'' Introduced on December 9, 2021, by Rep. Tom Emmer.
    H.R. 6220, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 100 3rd Avenue Northwest in Perham, 
Minnesota, as the ``Charles P. Nord Post Office.'' Introduced 
on December 9, 2021, by Rep. Michelle Fischbach.
    H.R. 6221, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 155 Main Avenue West in Winsted, 
Minnesota, as the ``James A. Rogers Jr. Post Office.'' 
Introduced on December 9, 2021, by Rep. Michelle Fischbach.
    H.R. 6267, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 15 Chestnut Street in Suffern, New 
York, as the ``Sergeant Gerald T. `Jerry' Donnellan Post 
Office.'' Introduced on December 14, 2021, by Rep. Mondaire 
Jones.
    H.R. 6386, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 450 West Schaumburg Road in 
Schaumburg, Illinois, as the ``Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan 
Memorial Post Office Building.'' Introduced on January 12, 
2022, by Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi.
    H.R. 6404, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 114 North Magnolia Street in Elmwood, 
Illinois, as the ``Corporal Benjamin Desilets Post Office.'' 
Introduced on January 13, 2022, by Rep. Darin LaHood.
    H.R. 6630, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 1400 N Kraemer Blvd. in Placentia, 
California, as the ``PFC Jang Ho Kim Post Office Building.'' 
Introduced on February 7, 2022, by Rep. Young Kim.
    H.R. 6631, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 4770 Eureka Ave in Yorba Linda, 
California, as the ``Cottle Centanni Post Office Building.'' 
Introduced on February 7, 2022, by Rep. Young Kim. Note: This 
bill failed the unanimous consent request.
    H.R. 6917, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 301 East Congress Parkway in Crystal 
Lake, Illinois, as the ``Ryan J. Cummings Post Office 
Building.'' Introduced on March 3, 2022, by Rep. Sean Casten.
    H.R. 7082, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 2200 North George Mason Drive in 
Arlington, Virginia, as the ``Jesus Antonio Collazos Post 
Office Building.'' Introduced on March 15, 2022, by Rep. Donald 
Beyer, Jr.
    H.R. 7417, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 120 East Oak Avenue in Seminole, 
Oklahoma, as the ``Sergeant Bret D. Isenhower Memorial Post 
Office Building.'' Introduced on April 6, 2022, by Rep. 
Stephanie Bice.
    H.R. 7514, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 345 South Main Street in Butler, 
Pennsylvania, as the ``Andrew Gomer Williams Post Office 
Building.'' Introduced on April 14, 2022, by Rep. Mike Kelly.
    H.R. 7518, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 23200 John R Road in Hazel Park, 
Michigan, as the ``Roy E. Dickens Post Office.'' Introduced on 
April 14, 2022, by Rep. Andy Levin.
    H.R. 7519, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 2050 South Boulevard in Bloomfield 
Township, Michigan, as the ``Dr. Ezra S. Parke Post Office 
Building.'' Introduced on April 14, 2022, by Rep. Andy Levin.
    H.R. 6725, To change the address of the Marilyn Monroe Post 
Office. Introduced on February 15, 2022, by Rep. Tony Cardenas.
    H.R. 7638, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 6000 South Florida Avenue in 
Lakeland, Florida, as the ``U.S. Marine Corporal Ronald R. 
Payne Jr. Post Office.'' Introduced on April 29, 2022, by Rep. 
Scott Franklin.
    H.R. 7832, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 396 South California Avenue in West 
Covina, California, as the ``Esteban E. Torres Post Office 
Building.'' Introduced on May 19, 2022, by Rep. Grace 
Napolitano.
    H.R. 7873, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 400 Southern Avenue Southeast in 
Washington, District of Columbia, as the ``District of Columbia 
Servicemembers and Veterans Post Office.'' Introduced on May 
24, 2022, by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton.
    H.R. 7899, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 75 Commerce Drive in Grayslake, 
Illinois, as the ``Army Specialist Joseph `Joey' W. Dimock II 
Post Office Building.'' Introduced on May 27, 2022, by Rep. 
Bradley Schneider.
    H.R. 7988, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 79125 Corporate Centre Drive in La 
Quinta, California, as the ``Corporal Hunter Lopez Memorial 
Post Office Building.'' Introduced on June 8, 2022, by Rep. 
Raul Ruiz.
    H.R. 8025, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 100 South 1st Street in Minneapolis, 
Minnesota, as the ``Martin Olav Sabo Post Office.'' Introduced 
on June 13, 2022, by Rep. Ilhan Omar.
    H.R. 8026, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 825 West 65th Street in Minneapolis, 
Minnesota, as the ``Charles W. Lindberg Post Office.'' 
Introduced on June 13, 2022, by Rep. Ilhan Omar.
    H.R. 8203, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 651 Business Interstate Highway 35 
North Suite 420 in New Braunfels, Texas, as the ``Bob Krueger 
Post Office.'' Introduced on June 23, 2022, by Rep. Lloyd 
Doggett.
    H.R. 8217, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 430 South Knowles Avenue in New 
Richmond, Wisconsin, as the ``Captain Robert C. Harmon and 
Private John R. Peirson Post Office Building.'' Introduced on 
June 23, 2022, by Rep. Thomas Tiffany.
    H.R. 8218, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 619 Hewett Street in Neillsville, 
Wisconsin, as the ``Corporal Mitchell Red Cloud, Jr. Post 
Office.'' Introduced on June 23, 2022, by Rep. Thomas Tiffany.
    H.R. 8226, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 236 Concord Exchange North in South 
Saint Paul, Minnesota, as the ``Officer Leo Pavlak Post Office 
Building.'' Introduced on June 24, 2022, by Rep. Angie Craig.
    H.R. 8370, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 415 High Street in Freeport, 
Pennsylvania, as the ``Corporal Joseph Rodney Chapman Post 
Office.'' Introduced on July 13, 2022, by Rep. Glenn Thompson.
    H.R. 8622, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 123 South 3rd Street in King City, 
California, as the ``Chief Rudy Banuelos Post Office.'' 
Introduced on July 29, 2022, by Rep. Jimmy Panetta.
    H.R. 8944, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 1 East Main Street in Mount Joy, 
Pennsylvania, as the ``Harold Billow Post Office Building.'' 
Introduced on September 21, 2022, by Rep. Lloyd Smucker.
    H.R. 8959, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at N4805 State Highway 32 in Krakow, 
Wisconsin, as the ``Romuald `Bud' Brzezinski Post Office.'' 
Introduced on September 22, 2022, by Rep. Mike Gallagher.
    H.R. 9074, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 333 North Sunrise Way in Palm 
Springs, California, as the ``Chairman Richard Milanovich Post 
Office.'' Introduced on September 29, 2022, by Rep. Raul Ruiz.
    H.R. 9308, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 6401 El Cajon Boulevard in San Diego, 
California, as the ``Susan A. Davis Post Office.'' Introduced 
on November 16, 2022, by Rep. Sara Jacobs.
    H.R. 9335, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 410 Franklin Street in Appleton, 
Wisconsin, as the ``Mitchell F. Lundgaard Post Office 
Building.'' Introduced on November 17, 2022, by Rep. Mike 
Gallagher.
    S. 566, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 42 Main Street in Slatersville, Rhode 
Island, as the ``Specialist Matthew R. Turcotte Post Office.'' 
Introduced on March 3, 2021, by Senator Jack Reed.
    S. 4411, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 5302 Galveston Road in Houston, 
Texas, as the ``Vanessa Guillen Post Office Building.'' 
Introduced on June 15, 2022, by Senator Ted Cruz.
    S. 4668, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 400 North Main Street in Belen, New 
Mexico, as the ``U.S. Senator Dennis Chavez Post Office.'' 
Introduced on July 28, 2022, by Senator Martin Heinrich.

             F. Postal Naming Measures Passed by the House

    H.R. 91, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 810 South Pendleton Street in Easley, 
South Carolina, as the ``Private First Class Barrett Lyle 
Austin Post Office Building.'' Introduced on January 4, 2021, 
by Rep. Jeff Duncan.
    H.R. 92, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 110 Johnson Street in Pickens, South 
Carolina, as the ``Specialist Four Charles Johnson Post 
Office.'' Introduced on January 4, 2021, by Rep. Jeff Duncan.
    H.R. 207, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 215 1st Avenue in Amory, Mississippi, 
as the ``Command Sergeant Major Lawrence E. Rabbit Kennedy Post 
Office Building.'' Introduced on January 5, 2021, by Rep. Trent 
Kelly.
    H.R. 209, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 305 Highway 15 North in Pontotoc, 
Mississippi, as the ``Lance Corporal Marc Lucas Tucker Post 
Office Building.'' Introduced on January 5, 2021, by Rep. Trent 
Kelly.
    H.R. 224, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 5302 Galveston Road in Houston, 
Texas, as the ``Vanessa Guillten Post Office Building.'' 
Introduced on January 6, 2021, by Rep. Sylvia Garcia.
    H.R. 228, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 2141 Ferry Street in Anderson, 
California, as the ``Norma Comnick Post Office Building.'' 
Introduced on January 6, 2021, by Rep. Doug LaMalfa.
    H.R. 700, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 303 East Mississippi Avenue in 
Elwood, Illinois, as the ``Lawrence M. `Larry' Walsh Sr. Post 
Office.'' Introduced on February 2, 2021, by Rep. Bill Foster.
    H.R. 813, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 1050 Sunset Road Southwest in 
Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the ``Jose Hernandez Post Office 
Building.'' Introduced on February 4, 2021, by Rep. Debra 
Haaland.
    H.R. 2142, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 170 Manhattan Avenue in Buffalo, New 
York, as the ``Indiana Hunt-Martin Post Office Building.'' 
Introduced on March 23, 2021, by Rep. Brian Higgins.
    H.R. 3175, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 135 Main Street in Biloxi, 
Mississippi, as the ``Robert S. McKeithen Post Office 
Building.'' Introduced on May 13, 2021, by Rep. Steven Palazzo.
    H.R. 3508, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 39 West Main Street, in Honeoye 
Falls, New York, as the ``CW4 Christian J. Koch Memorial Post 
Office.'' Introduced on May 25, 2021, by Rep. Chris Jacobs.
    H.R. 5577, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 3900 Crown Road Southwest in Atlanta, 
Georgia, as the ``John R. Lewis Post Office Building.'' 
Introduced on October 12, 2021, by Rep. Nikema Williams.
    H.R. 5949, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 615 North Bush Street, in Santa Ana, 
California, as the ``Judge James Perez Post Office.'' 
Introduced on November 12, 2021, by Rep. Luis Correa.
    H.R. 6614, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 4744 Grand River Avenue in Detroit, 
Michigan, as the ``Rosa Louise McCauley Parks Post Office 
Building.'' Introduced on February 4, 2022, by Rep. Rashida 
Tlaib.

          G. Postal Naming Measures Approved by the Committee

    H.R. 2842, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 120 4th Street in Petaluma, 
California, as the ``Lynn C. Woolsey Post Office Building.'' 
Introduced on April 26, 2021, by Rep. Jared Huffman.
    H.R. 5951, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 202 2nd Avenue in Oklee, Minnesota, 
as the ``Coya Knutson Post Office.'' Introduced on November 12, 
2021, by Rep. Michelle Fischbach.
    H.R. 6661, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 1663 East Date Place in San 
Bernardino, California, as the ``Dr. Margaret B. Hill Post 
Office Building.'' Introduced on February 9, 2022, by Rep. Pete 
Aguilar. Note: This bill failed the unanimous consent request.
    H.R. 7371, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 55 Broadway in Greenlawn, New York, 
as the ``Samuel Ballton Post Office.'' Introduced on April 1, 
2022, by Rep. Thomas Suozzi.
    H.R. 8248, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 609 Portsmouth Avenue in Greenland, 
New Hampshire, as the ``Chief Michael Maloney Post Office 
Building.'' Introduced on June 28, 2022, by Rep. Chris Pappas.
    H.R. 8630, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 400 North Main Street in Belen, New 
Mexico, as the ``U.S. Senator Dennis Chavez Post Office.'' 
Introduced on July 29, 2022, by Rep. Melanie Stansbury. Note: 
This bill failed the unanimous consent request.
    H.R. 9251, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 6444 San Fernando Road in Glendale, 
California, as the ``Paul Ignatius Post Office.'' Introduced on 
October 28, 2022, by Rep. Adam Schiff.

         V. Summary of Oversight Plan and Corresponding Actions

    Pursuant to rule X, Clause 2(d), of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives, the Committee adopted an oversight plan at 
the beginning of the 117th Congress. The plan consisted of 
topics designated for investigation, evaluation, and review by 
Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, in consultation with Ranking 
Member James R. Comer, other Committee Members, and other 
Committees.
    The plan highlighted intended subjects of oversight, 
including:
           Health care, including (1) aggressive drug 
        pricing practices in the U.S., tactics to limit 
        competition, and actions the federal government can 
        take to lower drug prices; (2) barriers to access to 
        comprehensive reproductive health care in the U.S., 
        including (a) restrictions that prevent historically 
        underserved communities from accessing abortion care 
        and (b) barriers to birth control; and (3) the origins 
        of the opioid crisis and the need for robust, sustained 
        federal funding to expand access to treatment and 
        support services for those with opioid and other 
        substance use disorders;
           The U.S. Census, including the Trump 
        Administration's efforts to add a citizenship question 
        to the Census and the undercounting of marginalized 
        communities and communities of color in the 2020 
        Decennial Census;
           Information technology, cybersecurity, and 
        data privacy, including the Federal Information 
        Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA), the increasing 
        number of cyberattacks affecting federal agencies and 
        the private sector, and the collection of sensitive 
        personal digital data by private companies;
           Environmental issues, including government 
        and private sector policies and actions related to the 
        environment, natural resources, climate change, and 
        public health, and the ways in which current policies 
        and actions affect marginalized communities;
           Homeland and national security, including 
        the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol, 
        procedures for granting security clearances and 
        safeguarding classified information, and management at 
        the Transportation Security Administration (TSA);
           Structural racism and racial equity, 
        including systemic discrimination in health care 
        settings, health inequities, and other barriers that 
        prevent Black people, Indigenous people, and people of 
        color from accessing high-quality, nondiscriminatory 
        medical care in the U.S.;
           Gender equity, including structural barriers 
        to gender equity, as well as the need for reforms to 
        promote equity domestically and abroad for people of 
        all sexual orientations, of all gender identities, and 
        with variations in sex characteristics--particularly 
        with a focus on the experiences of those who have 
        historically faced intersecting forms of 
        discrimination;
           Voting Rights, including the development and 
        impact of laws and policies that have hindered eligible 
        individuals from registering to vote and casting their 
        ballots, other efforts to restrict the right to vote, 
        and the Voting Rights Act and other laws aimed at 
        preventing barriers to those seeking to exercise their 
        right to vote;
           Immigration, including the persisting 
        results of the Trump Administration's immigration 
        policies, and oversight of DHS, DOJ, HHS, and other 
        agencies tasked with developing and implementing 
        federal immigration policies;
           Gun violence, including the public health 
        impacts of the gun violence epidemic in the United 
        States and the effectiveness of firearms oversight and 
        tracking by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms 
        and Explosives;
           Corporate accountability, including the role 
        of the private sector in facilitating societal ills;
           Executive branch ethics, transparency, 
        accountability, and procurement, including oversight of 
        compliance with ethics laws such as the Hatch Act, 
        compliance with the Federal Records Act and PRA, 
        implementation of open government laws, and responses 
        to allegations of whistleblower retaliation; oversight 
        of government procurement; and oversight of the broader 
        ``good government'' community, including GAO and agency 
        Inspectors General; and
           Presidential conflicts of interest and 
        emoluments, including former President Trump's business 
        interests, financial disclosures, and failure to divest 
        himself of his myriad businesses while in office; 
        whether current ethics laws and regulations are 
        sufficient to ensure accountability; GSA's management 
        of the lease for the Old Post Office Building; and the 
        Trump Administration's abrupt decision in June 2017 to 
        abandon a long-planned move of the FBI's headquarters.
    The Committee's oversight of these and many other issues in 
the 117th Congress resulted in substantial cost savings for 
American taxpayers and improvement in the effectiveness and 
efficiency of our government. The following highlights the 
major oversight accomplishments of the Committee in the 117th 
Congress.

                           A. Full Committee


                             I. HEALTH CARE

    Drug Pricing. In January 2019, the Committee launched an 
investigation into the pharmaceutical industry's pricing and 
other business practices. The purpose of the investigation was 
to determine why drug companies are increasing prices so 
dramatically, how drug companies are using the proceeds, and 
what steps can be taken to reduce prescription drug prices.
    Continuing this investigation into the 117th Congress, the 
Committee issued four reports, including a 269-page final 
report on December 10, 2021. This report marked the culmination 
of a nearly three-year investigation that included the review 
of nearly 1.5 million pages of internal company materials, five 
hearings, and eight interim staff reports.
    This investigative work also informed Chairwoman Maloney's 
subsequent introduction, during the 117th Congress, of several 
pieces of legislation, including the Discounted Drugs for 
Clinical Trials Act (H.R. 7472), the Generic Substitution Non-
Interference Act (H.R. 7473), and the Pharmaceutical Research 
and Transparency Act (H.R. 7474). All three pieces of 
legislation address conduct uncovered over the course of the 
drug-pricing investigation.
    The Chairwoman also joined a group of bipartisan senators 
and representatives in 2021 to introduce a legislative package 
aimed at lowering prescription drug prices by addressing 
anticompetitive practices used by large pharmaceutical 
companies. The bills include the Preserve Access to Affordable 
Generics and Biosimilars Act (H.R. 2891), the Affordable 
Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act 
(H.R. 2873), and the Stop Stalling Access to Affordable 
Medications Act (H.R. 2883).
    On May 18, 2021, the Committee held a hearing to examine 
the pricing and business practices of Abb Vie, which sells the 
anti-inflammatory drug Humira--the highest grossing drug in the 
U.S. and in the world--and the cancer drug Imbruvica. The 
hearing included the CEO of Abb Vie as well as experts on the 
anticompetitive practices employed by large drug companies. The 
same day as the hearing, the Committee released a staff report 
and new documents showing how Abb Vie repeatedly raised the 
price of these drugs and used a series of anticompetitive 
tactics to maintain monopoly pricing. The Committee also sent a 
letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asking for a 
formal inquiry into Abb Vie's anticompetitive conduct.
    On July 8, 2021, the Committee released a staff report 
analyzing financial data from 14 of the largest drug companies 
in the world. The report showed that, from 2016 to 2020, the 
companies spent $56 billion more on stock buybacks and 
dividends than on research and development. The report 
illustrated the need for structural reform to empower Medicare 
to negotiate directly with drug companies to lower prices, and 
showed that, even if the pharmaceutical industry collected less 
revenue due to drug pricing reforms, drug companies could 
maintain or even increase their research and development 
expenditures if they reduced spending on buybacks and 
dividends.
    On September 23, 2021, the Committee released a staff 
report with new information about the billions of dollars 
taxpayers lost because of the prohibition against Medicare 
negotiating directly with pharmaceutical companies to lower 
drug prices on behalf of Medicare Part D beneficiaries. The 
report provided new evidence about the extent to which drug 
companies target the U.S. market for price increases, while 
maintaining or lowering prices in the rest of the world.
    The investigation's final report, released on December 10, 
2021, presented the findings from the Committee's sweeping 
investigation into pricing and other business practices in the 
pharmaceutical industry and the need for effective reforms to 
make prescription drugs more affordable, such as empowering 
Medicare to negotiate for lower prices, restraining price 
increases, and capping out-of-pocket costs.
    Abortion Rights and Access. Over the course of the 117th 
Congress, the Committee held three hearings addressing 
restrictions on reproductive rights and access to abortion 
care. In addition to these hearings, the Committee issued 
letters, a memorandum, and a report in furtherance of its work 
to protect reproductive rights and access to care.
    On September 30, 2021, the Committee held a hearing to 
examine the impacts of bans like Texas' S.B. 8, which banned 
abortion after six weeks of pregnancy and authorized private 
citizens to bring civil action against anyone who performed an 
abortion or who assisted a pregnant person in obtaining an 
abortion in the state of Texas. This hearing featured the 
historic testimony of sitting Members of Congress, who shared 
their abortion stories to highlight the need to protect and 
expand abortion rights and access.
    Following the U.S. Supreme Court's June 24, 2022, opinion 
in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization overturning Roe 
v. Wade, the Committee convened a hearing on July 13, 2022, to 
examine the landscape of abortion bans and the impact of Dobbs 
on people in states hostile to abortion.
    On September 29, 2022, the Committee held another hearing 
on the impact of Dobbs, focusing on how existing abortion bans 
affect patients in impacted states and the threat of a national 
abortion ban under a potential Republican-led Congress. In 
conjunction with this hearing, the Committee issued a 
memorandum analyzing bills Republican legislators have passed 
or introduced to restrict abortion access at both the state and 
federal level.
    Access to Medication Abortion. During the 117th Congress, 
the Committee specifically focused on promoting access to 
medication abortion. On February 9, 2021, the Committee wrote 
to FDA asking the agency to lift the medically unnecessary in-
person dispensing requirement for mifepristone, the first of 
two drugs used to complete a medication abortion.
    On August 19, 2021, the Chairwoman joined other 
representatives to introduce a resolution supporting equitable, 
science-based access to mifepristone (H. Res. 589). The 
resolution urged FDA to follow its own data on the safety of 
mifepristone and lift unnecessary restrictions to accessing the 
drug.
    On December 16, 2021, FDA announced its decision to 
eliminate the medically unnecessary in-person dispensing 
requirement for mifepristone.
    On March 16, 2022, the Committee wrote to the Secretary of 
HHS to commend the agency for creating the Reproductive Health 
Care Access Task Force and to urge HHS to take immediate action 
to protect and expand access to medication abortion care.
    Access to Birth Control. On October 7, 2021, Chairwoman 
Maloney joined other Committee leaders in urging HHS, the 
Department of Labor, and the Department of the Treasury to 
ensure that health insurance companies' coverage of the full 
range of contraceptives approved by FDA was in accordance with 
ACA requirements.
    On November 17, 2021, Chairwoman Maloney led more than 100 
Democrats in reintroducing the Access to Birth Control Act 
(H.R. 6005), which would guarantee patients' timely access to 
birth control at the pharmacy--including by addressing 
pharmacies' refusals of contraception that prevent patients 
from obtaining their preferred form of birth control 
medication.
    On May 26, 2022, the Committee wrote to the four largest 
pharmacy benefit managers and five largest health insurers 
requesting information regarding zero cost-sharing coverage of 
contraceptives and related services for individuals enrolled in 
private health plans, as required by the ACA.
    On October 25, 2022, the Committee issued a report 
analyzing these entities' compliance with the ACA's ``no cost-
sharing'' provisions by identifying the products most often 
excluded from formularies or requiring cost-sharing, detailing 
deficiencies in the companies' contraceptive exceptions 
processes, examining the impact on certain patient populations, 
and providing recommendations for further guidance from the 
Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury.
    Opioids. On March 4, 2021, the Committee sent letters to 
four companies seeking information about their plans to use the 
CARES Act to receive tax deductions for costs related to opioid 
litigation.
    On March 11, 2021, the Committee released a second set of 
documents obtained in the investigation into Purdue Pharma L.P. 
and the members of the Sackler family regarding their role in 
fueling the opioid crisis. The Committee released a first set 
of documents in this investigation in October of 2020.
    On March 19, 2021, Chairwoman Maloney and senior Committee 
Member Rep. Mark DeSaulnier introduced the Stop Shielding 
Assets from Corporate Known Liability by Eliminating Non-Debtor 
Releases (SACKLER) Act (H.R. 2096) to prevent bad actors from 
using related wrongdoers' bankruptcy proceedings to avoid 
liability. The bill would promote accountability for bad actors 
by prohibiting bankruptcy courts from releasing a non-debtor 
(i.e., an entity that has not filed for bankruptcy) from claims 
brought by a state, municipality, Tribe, or the U.S. 
government.
    On April 20, 2021, the Committee released documents from 
the Sackler family investigation that showed that members of 
the family, who have owned a controlling share of Purdue Pharma 
since 1952, are collectively worth a total of $11 billion.
    On June 8, 2021, the Committee held a second hearing on the 
Sackler family's role in the opioid crisis. The hearing 
examined how the family members enriched themselves at the 
expense of American communities and evaluated the need for 
reforms like the SACKLER Act. A bipartisan group of state 
attorneys general testified in support of the SACKLER Act. This 
hearing followed a hearing held during the 116th Congress (on 
December 17, 2020), during which members of the Sackler family 
testified before the Committee.
    On June 30, 2021, Chairwoman Maloney and Rep. Mark 
DeSaulnier sent a letter to DOJ urging the agency to oppose the 
proposed bankruptcy reorganization plan of Purdue Pharma. This 
plan would allow the company to evade liability that resulted 
from opioid-related lawsuits.
    On July 28, 2021, the Chairwoman joined three Democratic 
senators to introduce the Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 
2021 (H.R. 4777), which expanded on the SACKLER Act to 
virtually eliminate non-debtor releases and further prevent 
individuals who have not filed for bankruptcy from evading 
accountability through bankruptcy proceedings.
    On August 6, 2021, Chairwoman Maloney and Rep. Mark 
DeSaulnier joined Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator Richard 
Blumenthal in urging DOJ to appeal Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy 
on the grounds that it would deny victims and state attorneys 
general the opportunity to litigate their cases against the 
Sacklers.
    On September 16, 2021, following the Committee's letters, 
the U.S. Trustee, a component of DOJ responsible for overseeing 
the administration of bankruptcy cases, announced that it was 
appealing the confirmation of Purdue's bankruptcy plan.
    On December 16, 2021, Chairwoman Maloney led more than 100 
Democrats in reintroducing her Comprehensive Addiction 
Resources Emergency Act (H.R. 6311), which would provide state 
and local governments with $125 billion in federal funding over 
ten years, including nearly $1 billion per year directly to 
tribal governments and organizations.
    On April 12, 2022, Chairwoman Maloney and Senator Tammy 
Baldwin led more than two dozen bicameral, bipartisan 
colleagues in sending letters to seven manufacturers of the 
overdose reversal drug naloxone. The letters called on the 
manufacturers to apply for over-the-counter status for their 
naloxone products to help increase access and save lives.
    On June 27, 2022, the Committee held a hearing to examine 
the federal government's response to the overdose and addiction 
crisis, including the Biden-Harris Administration's 2022 
National Drug Control Strategy. The Committee heard testimony 
from Dr. Rahul Gupta, Director of the ONDCP, regarding the 2022 
National Drug Control Strategy. The Strategy proposes a whole-
of-government approach to reducing the supply and availability 
of dangerous substances and ensuring that addiction is treated 
as a disease.
    Pharmaceutical Industry and Drug Safety. On July 12, 2021, 
the Chairwoman joined Chairman Pallone of the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce in sending a letter to the CEO of Biogen--
maker of the Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm--requesting documents and 
communications concerning the drug's approval process, pricing, 
and other related business strategies. The letter followed 
FDA's controversial approval of Aduhelm in June 2021 via the 
agency's accelerated approval mechanism. On September 2, 2021, 
Chairwoman Maloney and Chairman Pallone sent a letter to FDA 
requesting information regarding the agency's review process 
and accelerated approval of Aduhelm.
    On December 29, 2022, Chairwoman Maloney and Chairman 
Pallone issued a joint final report titled ``The High Price of 
Aduhelm's Approval: An Investigation into FDA's Atypical Review 
Process and Biogen's Aggressive Launch Plans.'' The report 
presented the findings of the Committees' 18-month 
investigation into the regulatory review and approval, pricing, 
and marketing of Aduhelm. The investigation found that FDA's 
review and approval of Aduhelm consisted of atypical procedures 
and deviated from the agency's own guidance. The investigation 
also found that Biogen had aggressive launch plans for 
Aduhelm--including in its label and pricing--despite concerns 
about efficacy, safety, and affordability. The Committees' 
report made several recommendations to FDA intended to help 
restore the American people's trust in the agency's processes 
and assurances of drug safety and efficacy. The report also 
recommended actions that Biogen and other drug sponsors take in 
the future to fulfill their responsibility to the patients and 
families who rely on their treatments.

                               II. CENSUS

    Citizenship Question. In the 117th Congress, the Committee 
continued the work began in the 116th Congress on oversight of 
the decennial census. Over the course of this investigation, 
the Committee faced unprecedented obstruction from the Trump 
Administration, including Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and 
Attorney General Bill Barr, both of whom were held in contempt 
of Congress after they refused to produce documents responsive 
to the Committee's subpoenas.
    After more than two years of litigation and the arrival of 
a new administration, in January 2022, the Committee entered 
into an agreement with Commerce and DOJ to obtain previously 
withheld key documents. The new documents--over which President 
Trump had previously asserted executive privilege--contain 
internal communications and analyses by Trump Administration 
officials regarding the legality and constitutionality of a 
question Administration officials sought to have included on 
the 2020 Census asking whether respondents were U.S. citizens.
    On July 20, 2022, the Committee released a report and new 
documents obtained from Commerce and DOJ. These documents 
include multiple drafts of an August 2017 memorandum about the 
citizenship question prepared by a senior political appointee 
and lawyer at Commerce, James Uthmeier, as well as 
communications among senior political appointees, which were 
all previously withheld by the Trump Administration based on 
various claims of privilege.
    In response to investigative findings stemming from the new 
documents, on July 11, 2022, Chairwoman Maloney introduced H.R. 
8326, the Ensuring a Fair and Accurate Census Act, designed to 
enhance the independence of the Census Bureau and protect it 
from future partisan manipulation. H.R. 8326 would codify 
existing advisory committees aimed at engaging hard-to-count 
communities, provide increased transparency into the projected 
resource needs of the Census Bureau, and ensure that any new 
questions added to the decennial census are vigorously 
researched and tested according to establish protocol.
    H.R. 8326 was marked up and reported favorably out of the 
Oversight Committee on July 20, 2022. It passed the House 220-
208 on September 15, 2022.
    Undercounting of Marginalized Communities. In the 117th 
Congress, the Committee launched inquiries into the 
undercounting of marginalized communities and communities of 
color in the 2020 Census.
    On January 13, 2022, following reports that the residential 
units in the city of Detroit, Michigan, may have been 
undercounted by as much as 8.1%, Chairwoman Maloney, Rep. Jamie 
Raskin, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil 
Liberties, along with Committee Members Rep. Rashida Tlaib and 
Rep. Brenda Lawrence, sent a letter to Census Bureau Director 
Robert Santos requesting information on whether the agency was 
looking into reported 2020 Census undercounting in Detroit and 
other hard-to-count communities.
    The Members requested that the Census Bureau provide a 
staff briefing by January 27, 2022, on the process and timeline 
the agency is using to analyze potential undercounts in the 
2020 Census; the Bureau's analysis of the potential undercount 
in Detroit and any steps being taken to address it; and any 
steps communities can take to challenge and amend their 
population counts when an undercount has occurred.
    Bureau staff later provided a briefing to committee staff 
on the processes and programs that allow local jurisdictions to 
apply for, and receive adjustments to, their population numbers 
via challenge.
    Additional Committee Actions on Census. On November 2, 
2021, Chairwoman Maloney, Rep. Anna Eshoo, and Senator Brian 
Schatz introduced a bicameral bill to ban all forms of 
disinformation about the census. The Honest Census 
Communications Act (H.R. 5815) would outlaw communicating false 
information about the census using written, digital, or 
telephonic communications intended to dissuade others from 
participating in the census. H.R. 5815 was marked up and passed 
favorably out of Committee on June 15, 2022.
    On June 14, 2022, Chairwoman Maloney and Committee Member 
Rep. Rashida Tlaib led Oversight Committee Members in a letter 
to Shalanda Young, Director of OMB, and Robert Santos, Director 
of the U.S. Census Bureau, urging them to update the standards 
for federal data collection on race and ethnicity to include a 
Middle Eastern or North African (MENA) response category. The 
letter urged the Census Bureau to add MENA as a response to the 
race and ethnicity question on the decennial census, and urged 
OMB to increase the funding for federal programs targeted to 
the needs of the MENA community so it is comparable to the 
funding other minority communities receive. The following day, 
the White House released a statement detailing its plans to 
review and update the federal data standards to include a MENA 
category.
    On June 14, 2022, the Committee also marked up and reported 
favorably H.R. 4176, the LGBTQI+ Data Inclusion Act. H.R. 4176 
would expand federal data collection efforts pertaining to 
LGBTQI+ people so that policy solutions could be better 
tailored to the specific challenges LGBTQI+ people face. H.R. 
4176 passed the House 220-201 on June 23, 2022.

      III. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, CYBERSECURITY, AND DATA PRIVACY

    Cybersecurity. The Committee continued to conduct robust 
oversight of federal agency resilience to cyberattacks and 
examine specific cybersecurity incidents affecting the public 
and private sectors. In February 2021, the Committee held a 
joint hearing with the Committee on Homeland Security to 
examine cyberattacks, including the supply chain attack 
targeting SolarWinds' Orion software. The hearing examined the 
role of the private sector in preventing, investigating, and 
remediating these attacks, as well as the need for Congress and 
the Executive Branch to implement a strategy to strengthen 
cybersecurity across federal government networks and improve 
information-sharing with the private sector.
    In June 2021, the Committee launched an investigation into 
ransomware attacks and multi-million dollar payments to 
cybercriminals by U.S. companies and sent letters to private 
companies including Colonial Pipeline, CNA Financial 
Corporation, and JBS Foods requesting documents related to the 
companies' decisions to pay ransom to cybercrime groups. The 
Committee also requested answers from the FBI regarding its 
delay in aiding businesses impacted by the Kaseya ransomware 
attack while it secretly worked behind the scenes to disrupt 
the criminals responsible for the ransomware attack.
    In November 2021, the Committee held a hearing to address 
the complex threat that ransomware poses by urging a whole-of-
government effort to disrupt criminal ransomware networks and 
help organizations better prepare and respond to attacks. At 
the hearing, the Committee heard testimony from Chris Inglis, 
National Cyber Director; Brandon Wales, Executive Director for 
CISA; and Bryan Vorndran, Assistant Director for FBI's Cyber 
Division. The Committee underscored the need to implement a 
``whole-of-government'' ransomware strategy to better share 
information between private and public entities. Ahead of the 
hearing, the Committee also released a staff memo showing 
preliminary findings of the Committee's investigation into the 
ransomware attacks on CNA Financial, Colonial Pipeline, and JBS 
Foods. The memo examined how these ransomware attacks unfolded 
and how legislation and policies may be developed to counter 
the threat of ransomware.
    In January 2022, the Committee held a hearing to examine 
strategies to strengthen FISMA, which establishes the roles and 
responsibilities of federal agencies related to the security of 
federal information systems and data and requires compliance 
with cybersecurity standards. FISMA has not been updated since 
2014, and following the hearing, Chairwoman Maloney introduced 
H.R. 6497, the Federal Information Security Modernization Act 
of 2022, which was informed by the Committee's work on 
cybersecurity.
    Privacy. The Committee built on its data privacy work from 
the previous Congress and launched an investigation into the 
Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) use of facial recognition 
technology to verify identity for accessing crucial government 
services. The Committee requested documents and information 
from the IRS regarding its contract with ID.me, a private 
contractor that provides identity verification using biometric 
information. After the Committee received documents and 
information from the IRS, it sent a joint letter with the 
Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis to ID.me, 
requesting documents and information related to the company's 
contracts with federal, state, and local governments for use of 
its facial recognition technology.
    The Committee also investigated the collection and sale of 
personal reproductive health data following the U.S. Supreme 
Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. In July 2022, the 
Committee launched an investigation into five data broker 
companies and five personal health application companies 
requesting documents and information.

                            IV. ENVIRONMENT

    Fossil Fuel Industry Disinformation. On July 26, 2021, the 
Committee launched an investigation into the fossil fuel 
industry's decades-long disinformation campaign regarding 
climate change and solutions. The fossil fuel industry has had 
scientific evidence about the dangers of climate change for 
years but has sought to block reforms by claiming that the 
science about climate change was unsettled. More recently, some 
companies have taken public stances in support of action on 
global warming, even as they oppose meaningful solutions and 
continue to invest in fossil fuel extraction.
    On May 7, 2021, then-senior lobbyist for ExxonMobil Keith 
McCoy was recorded discussing efforts by ExxonMobil and the 
fossil fuel industry to spread climate disinformation to block 
action needed to address climate change.
    On July 26, 2021, the Committee requested Mr. McCoy's 
appearance at a transcribed interview. On August 6, 2021, the 
Committee wrote to Mr. McCoy's then-employer, ExxonMobil, 
seeking documents and communications to and from Mr. McCoy 
regarding climate change and related matters.
    On August 30, 2021, Chairwoman Maloney, Rep. Khanna, 
Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, and Rep. Omar led 
over 50 Democrats in a letter to House Democratic leadership 
calling to end the $21 billion in tax giveaways to fossil fuel 
companies, which profit by selling oil and gas while heating 
the planet and polluting communities.
    On September 16, 2021, the Committee launched a broader 
investigation with letters to ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP America, 
Shell Oil Company, the American Petroleum Institute, and the 
U.S. Chamber of Commerce. These letters sought documents 
related to the entities' roles in contributing to climate 
change, their marketing and lobbying efforts on climate change, 
and the funding of third parties to spread climate 
disinformation. The letters also requested testimony from the 
top executives at these six entities.
    On October 28, 2021, the Committee, along with the 
Subcommittee on Environment, held a hearing titled ``Fueling 
the Climate Crisis: Exposing Big Oil's Disinformation 
Campaign.'' At this hearing, executives from the six entities 
to which the Committee wrote in September testified. In 
response to questioning from Chairwoman Maloney, witnesses 
admitted that climate change is real, burning fossil fuels is a 
primary contributor to climate change, and climate change is an 
existential threat to the planet.
    On the same day, the Committee released a supplemental 
memorandum detailing the Committee's analysis of fossil fuel 
companies' lobbying efforts related to the Paris Agreement (a 
binding international treaty to hold the rise in average global 
temperature to well below 2 +C, primarily by cutting greenhouse 
gas emissions) and other climate policies. The memo showed that 
these efforts were not consistent with the companies' public 
rhetoric and support for the Paris Agreement.
    At the conclusion of the hearing, Chairwoman Maloney 
announced her intent to issue subpoenas to the entities 
represented at the hearing. On November 2, 2021, the Committee 
issued subpoenas to these six entities.
    On February 8, 2022, the Committee, along with the 
Subcommittee on Environment, held a hearing titled ``Fueling 
the Climate Crisis: Examining Big Oil's Climate Pledges.'' 
Witnesses included a climate scientist, a climate policy expert 
serving the public interest, and the founder of a group of 
shareholder activists engaging with the fossil fuel companies 
in which they own shares. Witnesses emphasized that the fossil 
fuel industry's climate pledges are part of a ``greenwashing'' 
campaign, in which companies claim to support the Paris 
Agreement's goals but invest more in advertising touting this 
support than in clean energy solutions.
    On April 4, 2022, Chairwoman Maloney and Rep. Khanna, 
Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, sent a letter to 
the CEOs of Exxon, Chevron, Shell, and BP America. The letter 
called on the CEOs to redirect their windfall profits--earned 
due to higher gas prices following Russia's attack on Ukraine--
away from enriching investors with dividends and stock buybacks 
and towards lowering the price of gasoline and making real 
investments in clean energy.
    On September 14, 2022, the Committee released a 
supplemental memorandum showing that fossil fuel companies 
knowingly mislead the public about the industry's commitment to 
reduce emissions. The memo found that the fossil fuel companies 
under investigation try to create the impression that they are 
taking ambitious steps to reduce emissions without actually 
doing so. Instead, these companies claim the mantle of climate 
leadership to reduce social and political consequences as they 
continue to profit from being the primary cause of catastrophic 
warming.
    On September 15, 2022, the Committee, along with the 
Subcommittee on Environment, held a hearing titled ``Fueling 
the Climate Crisis: Examining Big Oil's Prices, Profits, and 
Pledges.'' Earlier in the year, the Committee invited board 
members from Exxon, Chevron, Shell, and BP America to testify 
about the companies' climate pledges. They failed to appear. 
The Committee once again invited the board members, but they 
declined to appear on the date requested. The Committee 
received testimony from two panels of witnesses. The first 
panel consisted of witnesses who survived climate events. They 
testified about how heatwaves, wildfires, floods, and other 
extreme weather made worse by climate change constitute an 
ongoing crisis across the United States. The second panel 
consisted of public policy, environmental law, and labor 
experts. They discussed how fossil fuel companies have doubled 
down on the oil and gas driving climate change to make record 
profits while fleecing working families and endangering 
employees.
    On December 9, 2022, the Committee, along with the 
Subcommittee on Environment, released a report with documents 
detailing more evidence of the industry's misdeeds. The report 
detailed Big Oil's more modern greenwashing campaign and 
evidence that tended to show a failure to reduce emissions 
consistent with the Paris Climate Agreement. The report 
explained how the Committee, along with the Subcommittee on 
Environment, uncovered documents that suggest (a) a culture of 
obscuring long-term goals for investments in fossil fuels and 
(b) failure to meaningfully reduce emissions.
    Environmental Justice and Community Investment. In the 
117th Congress, the Committee worked on environmental justice 
issues and emphasized the importance of directing environmental 
investments to communities most impacted by climate change, 
pollution, and the economic impact of a transition away from 
fossil fuels.
    On July 21, 2021, the Committee held a hearing titled 
``Building Back with Justice: Environmental Justice Is Central 
to the American Jobs Plan,'' in which witnesses from the White 
House Environmental Justice Advisory Council and the New York 
Climate Action Council testified alongside labor and racial 
equity experts. At the hearing, Chairwoman Maloney pledged her 
support for ``no harms'' in the Justice40 Initiative 
(Justice40)--a Biden Administration initiative to direct 40% of 
federal climate and infrastructure investments to overburdened 
and underserved communities--so that investments that increased 
pollution or other negative environmental consequences could 
not be considered Justice40 programs. She also announced that 
the Committee would investigate peaker power plants that are 
polluting the communities that she and Rep. Ocasio-Cortez 
represent.
    On July 21, 2021, Chairwoman Maloney and Rep. Bush sent a 
letter to GAO requesting an evaluation of the Army Corps of 
Engineers' Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program. 
Underfunding of the program has left discarded toxic hazards 
that threaten communities across the country, including in 
Coldwater Creek and schools in Rep. Bush's Missouri District. 
GAO accepted the request and began its engagement the following 
summer.
    On August 26, 2021, the Committee held a field roundtable 
at the Variety Boys and Girls Club in Astoria, Queens, titled 
``Tackling Peak Pollution: Achieving Environmental Justice for 
Frontline Communities.'' At the roundtable and press conference 
that day, Chairwoman Maloney unveiled Committee environmental 
justice proposals to curb deadly pollution and direct federal 
resources to frontline communities, including setting a 100% 
renewable energy target for the federal government, supporting 
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal for Public Housing to 
ensure public housing residents have a voice in addressing the 
environmental justices they face, and supporting Natural 
Resources Committee Chairman Grijalva's Environmental Justice 
for All Act (H.R. 2021) so that cumulative effects of multiple 
pollution sources are addressed.
    On August 26, 2021, immediately following the roundtable on 
peaker plant pollution, Chairwoman Maloney testified in Astoria 
at a New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) 
public meeting to oppose a permit for a new peaker plant. On 
October 27, 2021, DEC denied the permit, citing concerns about 
the total impact of many peaker plants in communities in the 
Bronx known as ``Asthma Alley'' for having worse air pollution 
and higher rates of asthma than the national average and other 
parts of New York City. DEC also cited the state's statutory 
obligation to invest in clean energy that does not pollute the 
community.
    On September 2, 2021, the Committee held a markup on The 
Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376) and voted to include 
Chairwoman Maloney's environmental justice priorities in the 
legislation. These priorities include funding to implement 
President Biden's Justice40 Initiative.
    On December 2, 2021, the Committee passed the Federal 
Agency Climate Planning, Resilience, and Enhanced Preparedness 
Act (H.R. 5477) to bolster the federal commitment to address 
climate change in every aspect of government operations, 
including by establishing an interagency council advised by 
environmental justice experts to identify how the federal 
government deploys resources to both prepare for and mitigate 
climate change in frontline communities.
    In a December 15, 2021, letter to GAO, the Committee called 
for robust oversight of Justice40, including assessing whether 
Justice40 delivers the promised 40 percent of benefits of 
federal investments to disadvantaged communities. GAO accepted 
the request for periodic public reports and regular briefings 
with findings and recommendations. Staff briefings began March 
2022.
    In a December 21, 2021, letter to GAO, Reps. Clarke and 
Ocasio-Cortez joined Chairwoman Maloney to request that GAO 
examine the impact of peaker power plant pollution on frontline 
communities and equitable rapid replacement strategies. The 
letter highlighted that New York City has 89 peaker plants, 
including 28 in the vicinity of the Chairwoman's District, 49 
in Rep. Clarke's home borough of Brooklyn, and 16 in Rep. 
Ocasio-Cortez's district. GAO accepted the request. Its 
engagement began in Summer 2022.
    On February 1, 2022, Chairwoman Maloney introduced the 
Justice in Power Plant Permitting Act (H.R. 6548), which would 
(a) combat air pollution from power plants as well as boilers 
and generators by denying permits if the combined impact of all 
pollution in the area, including the newly proposed plant, 
would harm the community, (b) establish a $10 billion Just 
Energy Transition Fund, and (c) ensure the federal government 
is a partner in reducing climate emissions and air pollution by 
transitioning to 100% air pollution-free renewable energy by 
2030.
    On March 11, 2022, the Committee and the Committee on 
Natural Resources jointly held a series of environmental 
justice field events in New York City to create momentum for 
cumulative impacts legislation meant to deny permits based on 
the combined effect of all pollution in the area, and to draw 
attention to pollution from 89 peaker power plants in New York 
City, with a focus on those at and near the Ravenswood 
Generating Station. Programming included:
           A Justice40 Briefing at the Jacob A. Riis 
        Neighborhood Settlement in Queensbridge Houses with 
        environmental justice leaders and New York officials 
        implementing the state's place-based environmental 
        justice investment program, which inspired President 
        Biden's Justice40 Initiative, at which Chairwoman 
        Maloney called for the federal government to adopt New 
        York's place-based investment model so benefits 
        calculated under Justice40 would be tied to verifiable 
        direct investments in environmental justice 
        communities;
           A ``toxic tour'' of the Ravenswood 
        Generating Station--the largest fossil fuel plant in 
        the state, which is located next to Queensbridge 
        Houses, the largest public housing development in the 
        country--to urge the plant to convert to clean power 
        while protecting all jobs;
           A community tour of Sunset Park, Brooklyn, 
        led by the environmental justice group UPROSE, to learn 
        about the neighborhood's success organizing around 
        community-driven plans such as the largest 
        cooperatively owned solar facility in the city and a 
        wind energy manufacturing and transport hub in Sunset 
        Park's deep-water harbor; and
           A press conference at Queensbridge Houses 
        building the case for Congress and the state to advance 
        cumulative impacts policies and strong Justice40 
        implementation.
    By April 27, 2022, both houses of the New York State 
Legislature passed S8830, an environmental justice bill 
addressing the cumulative impacts of pollution that the 
Environmental Justice for All Act and Justice in Power Plant 
Permitting Act would address federally.
    On July 12, 2022, Ravenswood Generating Station, after a 
year of Committee engagement, released a plan to become 
completely renewable. The plan calls for conversion to air 
pollution-free renewable energy, in line with Chairwoman 
Maloney's Justice in Power Plant Permitting Act. The plan also 
confirms that the remaining peaker plants will stop operating 
in 2023.
    On July 20, 2022, the Justice in Power Plant Permitting Act 
was successfully reported out of the Committee. The Act 
included both environmental justice provisions, as well as 
high-road labor standards for federal energy use such as 
prevailing wages and project labor agreements.
    On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act (H.R. 5376) 
became law and funded Committee environmental justice 
priorities. The Act authorized $50 million for OMB and GAO to 
track the labor, equity, and environmental standards in the law 
and oversee the equitable distribution of the economic, social, 
and environmental impacts of the funds it authorizes.
    On September 6, 2022, Chairwoman Maloney, Rep. Khanna 
(Chair of the Subcommittee on Environment), Senator Markey, and 
Reps. Bush and Tlaib led 60 colleagues in a letter to the White 
House calling on the Administration to strengthen Justice40 
commitments. The letter urged the Administration to establish a 
Climate Justice and Equity Office in OMB to centralize its 
responsibilities to oversee a whole-of-government approach to 
Justice40, to consider the 40 percent goal a floor and not a 
ceiling of direct investments, and to ensure programs ``do no 
harm'' by increasing either pollution or greenhouse gas 
emissions.
    On October 17, 2022, the Committee, jointly with the 
Committee on Homeland Security, sent a letter to Mississippi 
Governor Tate Reeves, launching a formal investigation into the 
distribution of federal funds for water system repairs in 
Jackson, Mississippi, given the backdrop of historic 
disinvestment in majority Black cities. On October 20, 2022, 
EPA announced it would investigate alleged discrimination by 
the Mississippi Department of Health and the Mississippi 
Department of Environmental Quality in violation of Title VI of 
the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

                   V. HOMELAND AND NATIONAL SECURITY

    Department of Homeland Security Inspector General. The 
Committee investigated allegations of misconduct by the DHS 
Inspector General Joseph V. Cuffari. In May 2022, the Committee 
sent a joint letter with the Committee on Homeland Security 
requesting documents and information relating to reported 
efforts by the Inspector General's office to delay or conceal 
findings of domestic abuse and sexual harassment by DHS 
employees.
    In July 2022, the Committee sent a joint letter with the 
Committee on Homeland Security to the Inspector General urging 
him to step away from the investigation into erased text 
messages related to the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. 
Capitol, and allow another Inspector General to take over after 
he failed to provide timely notification to Congress of the 
destruction of these communications. In August 2022, the 
Committees wrote to Inspector General Cuffari again, revealing 
new evidence that his office had abandoned efforts to collect 
these text messages for months, and had known about the problem 
far earlier than previously reported. The Committees followed 
up with an additional August 2022 letter demanding that the 
Inspector General's office comply with the requests for 
documents and transcribed interviews in the Committees' 
investigation into potential mismanagement and misconduct in 
the DHS OIG. Inspector General Cuffari has refused to comply 
with the Committees' requests.
    January 6. During the first session of the 117th Congress, 
the Committee investigated the deadly January 6, 2021, attack 
on the U.S. Capitol. These efforts included:
           On January 7, 2021, the Committee led 
        several other Committees in sending a letter to the FBI 
        requesting an immediate briefing on efforts to 
        investigate the January 6 attack and hold perpetrators 
        accountable.
           On January 14, the Commitee sent letters to 
        27 companies, including hotel, bus, and car rental 
        companies, requesting assistance in preventing 
        potential violence associated with Inauguration Day on 
        January 20, 2021.
           On January 16, the Committee sent a letter 
        to the Major Cities Chiefs Association raising concerns 
        about participation by off-duty law enforcement 
        officers in the Capitol assault and requesting 
        information on steps to ensure chiefs of police address 
        threats within their ranks.
           On January 16, the Committee joined several 
        other committees in requesting documents and briefings 
        from the FBI, DHS, NCTC, and ODNI related to threat 
        information and intelligence leading up to the January 
        6 attack.
           On February 3, the Committee requested a 
        bipartisan briefing from the Secret Service on how it 
        is managing its protective security mission to defend 
        the White House Complex, as well as the President, Vice 
        President, former Presidents, former Vice Presidents, 
        and their respective families.
           On March 25, 2021, the Committee led several 
        House Committees in sending joint requests to 16 
        different departments and agencies across the Executive 
        Branch, the Legislative Branch, and the District of 
        Columbia.
    The Committee held two hearings to investigate the January 
6 attack. In May 2021, the Committee held a hearing with former 
Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller and former 
Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, which focused on the 
Trump Administration's preparations in advance of January 6 and 
response to the attacks. In June 2021, the Committee heard 
testimony from FBI Director Christopher A. Wray, U.S. Army 
Pacific Commanding General Charles A. Flynn, and U.S. Army 
Director of Army Staff Walter E. Piatt to address unanswered 
questions about the January 6 insurrection, including the Trump 
Administration's failure to anticipate, prepare for, and 
respond adequately to the attack.
    In July 2021, the Committee released key evidence of former 
President Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election, 
including handwritten notes taken by then-Acting Deputy 
Attorney General Richard P. Donoghue of a December 27, 2020, 
phone call with former President Trump showing attempts by 
former President Trump to pressure the two most senior 
officials at DOJ to overturn the certified results of the 2020 
election.

                VI. STRUCTURAL RACISM AND RACIAL EQUITY

    Health Equity. The Committee continued to focus on 
identifying and investigating systemic racial inequities in the 
nation's healthcare system.
    On May 6, 2021, the Committee held a hearing titled 
``Birthing While Black: Examining America's Black Maternal 
Health Crisis,'' where the Committee examined the historical 
and ongoing racism plaguing the birthing experience of Black 
people. The hearing examined the root cause of the nation's 
Black maternal mortality crisis and evaluated the need for 
comprehensive reforms and investments at the federal level to 
ensure the health and prosperity of Black mothers and Black 
families across the United States.
    The same day, the Committee and leaders of the Black 
Maternal Health Caucus requested three new studies on the state 
of this health crisis from GAO. Specifically, the Committee 
asked GAO for the following three reports: (1) an examination 
of how the coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated America's Black 
maternal health crisis, and how federal and state efforts to 
support the country's recovery from the pandemic are impacting 
maternal health outcomes; (2) an analysis of the state of our 
country's perinatal workforce--including barriers to accessing 
care by midwives and the full spectrum of maternity care 
professionals; and (3) an evaluation of how America's Black 
maternal health crisis disproportionately harms people who are 
incarcerated. On October 19, 2022, the Committee and Black 
Maternal Health Caucus leaders released the first of these 
reports, which showed that COVID-19 contributed to one-quarter 
of maternal deaths during 2020 and 2021.
    On March 29, 2022, the Committee held a hearing to examine 
pathways to universal health care coverage, which explored the 
positive impacts of expanding access to healthcare on 
historically marginalized populations.
    Executive Order 13985. During the 117th Congress, the 
Committee oversaw the implementation of Executive Order 13985 
(E.O. 13985), ``Advancing Racial Equity and Support for 
Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.'' E.O. 
13985 directed OMB and the White House Domestic Policy Council 
to work with federal agencies to identify and remove barriers 
to equal opportunity and programmatic benefits for people of 
color and other historically marginalized and underserved 
groups.
    The Executive Order directed OMB to work with agencies to 
identify the best methods for measuring barriers to equity and 
identify best practices for use of those methods across the 
federal government; to assist agencies with selecting high-
priority, high-impact agency programs and policies to undergo 
racial equity assessments; and to identify opportunities to 
promote equity in the President's budget and study strategies 
for allocating resources to increase investment in underserved 
communities.
    On October 15, 2021, Chairwoman Maloney, along with Rep. 
Pressley, sent a letter to Acting Director of OMB Shalanda 
Young and Ambassador Susan Rice, Assistant to the President for 
Domestic Policy, commending the Administration for the 
implementation of the Executive Order and emphasizing the need 
for robust data, assessment tools, and stakeholder engagement 
to ensure the success of the endeavor.
    Agency Action Plans, as outlined in E.O. 13985, were due in 
January of 2022. In April of 2022, the Committee released a 
statement with Rep. Pressley applauding a White House convening 
with all federal agencies to present historic Equity Action 
Plans.
    On December 16, 2022, Chairwoman Maloney and Rep. Pressley 
introduced two bills to ensure that the federal government 
continues to pursue the goals of E.O. 13985. The Federal 
Government Equity Improvement Act (H.R. 9609) would, among 
other things, establish (1) a long-term Equitable Data Working 
Group within the Chief Data Officer Council and (2) an Equity 
Subcommittee within the Performance Improvement Officer 
Council. This Working Group and Subcommittee would ensure 
agencies confer with each other to develop and implement best 
practices surrounding (1) the equitable collection and use of 
data and (2) equitable provision of federal services, 
respectively. The Equity in Agency Planning Act (H.R. 9610) 
would require, among other things, that at least 20% of 
agencies' performance goals relate to improving the equitable 
provision of services to underserved individuals and 
communities.
    Deteriorating Conditions on Rikers Island. In September 
2021, the Committee, along with the Committee on Civil Rights 
and Civil Liberties and Committee Member Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, 
launched an investigation into deteriorating conditions at 
Rikers Island. On September 27, 2021, the Committee wrote to 
then-New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and then-New York 
Department of Corrections Commissioner Vincent Schiraldi, 
requesting a briefing on the dangerous conditions facing staff 
and incarcerated individuals at the Rikers Island Correctional 
Facility.
    On October 4, 2021, the Committee attended a briefing 
conducted by then-Commissioner Schiraldi. The Commissioner 
reported on the history of Rikers and how the conditions at 
Rikers continued to worsen during the pandemic. The briefing 
laid out the issues of overcrowding, the court delays during 
the pandemic, and the plan to increase staffing.
    On November 22, 2021, the Committee, in conjunction with 
the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and Rep. 
Ocasio-Cortez, wrote to the five New York City District 
Attorneys, requesting briefings on prosecutors' use of 
excessive bail in New York and their plans to reduce the jail 
population and improve the inhuman conditions at Rikers.
    On April 8, 2022, the Committee, in conjunction with the 
Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and Rep. 
Ocasio-Cortez, wrote to the newly elected New York City Mayor, 
Eric Adams, requesting an update on the plans to improve the 
conditions on Rikers Island. The Committee focused on the 
efforts to increase access to mental health treatment and 
consider alternatives to incarceration.
    On June 27, 2022, the Committee, in conjunction with the 
Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and Rep. 
Ocasio-Cortez, wrote to a newly established Rikers Island 
Interagency Task Force, requesting a briefing on how the task 
force is ensuring detained individuals receive the mental and 
physical health services they need. The task force was created 
in response to the deteriorating conditions at Rikers, and the 
Committee is interested in an update on how the task force 
plans to tackle these issues.
    On October 21, 2022, the Committee, in conjunction with the 
Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and Rep. 
Ocasio-Cortez, organized a bipartisan briefing with the Rikers 
Island Interagency Task Force. During this briefing, the 
Committee received information about the agencies within the 
task force, the various efforts they are undertaking to improve 
the deteriorating conditions at Rikers Island, and the action 
plan to remedy these issues.

                           VII. GENDER EQUITY

    LGBTQI+ Equity. On April 1, 2021, Chairwoman Maloney joined 
other representatives in reintroducing a resolution that urges 
nondiscriminatory and equitable blood and blood product 
donation policies in the United States.
    On January 13, 2022, Chairwoman Maloney wrote to Acting 
Commissioner Janet Woodcock to urge FDA to reassess its blood 
donation policy, which has the discriminatory effect of 
preventing gay and bisexual men from safely donating blood.
    On December 14, 2022, Chairwoman Maloney held a hearing 
examining the rise of anti-LGBTQI+ extremism and violence in 
the United States. The hearing featured testimony from 
survivors of the Colorado Springs Club Q and Orlando Pulse 
nightclub mass shootings.
    Pay Equity. On January 28, 2021, Chairwoman Maloney and 
other democratic leaders introduced the Comprehensive Paid 
Leave for Federal Employees Act (H.R. 564). The bill would 
grant all federal employees 12 weeks of unpaid leave relating 
to personal illness, illness of a family member, or military 
deployment. Federal workers currently receive 12 weeks of 
unpaid leave over 12 months. Giving all workers paid leave 
would help ensure that caretaking responsibilities do not 
hinder career responsibilities for anyone.
    On June 24, 2021, the Committee held a hearing on the 
potential impact of the Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal 
Employees Act. The hearing examined how the proposal would 
strengthen the federal workforce and create a national standard 
for paid leave. On July 20, 2021, the Committee reported the 
bill favorably.
    On March 24, 2021, in honor of Equal Pay Day, the Committee 
held a hearing to examine the economic harm cause by gender and 
racial inequalities in pay.
    On June 4, 2021, the Chairwoman hosted a roundtable in 
recognition of Moms' Equal Pay Day. The roundtable addressed 
the negative impact of the gender pay gap on women's economic 
security, especially for women of color. It also explored ways 
that Congress can work with the Biden administration to create 
a family-friendly economy.
    On July 21, 2021, Chairs Carolyn B. Maloney and Rosa 
DeLauro, along with Rep. Doris Matsui, introduced a resolution 
urging the U.S. women's national soccer team to pay its players 
the same amount as their male counterparts (H. Res. 546).
    Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). On October 21, 2021, the 
Committee held a hearing to mark the 50th anniversary of 
Congress passing the ERA. The hearing examined the final steps 
needed to certify and publish the ERA as the 28th Amendment to 
the Constitution. Although the amendment had recently met the 
constitutional requirements for ratification and certification, 
a Trump Administration legal opinion advised the Archivist of 
the United States not to certify the ERA.
    On March 8, 2022, the Chairwoman wrote to both Senate 
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch 
McConnell to urge the Senate to affirm the ERA as the 28th 
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and schedule a vote on the 
Senate floor for S.J. Res. 1, which would eliminate the time 
limit for ratifying the ERA that is in the Amendment's 
preamble.
    On March 22, 2022, the Chairwoman wrote to Archivist of the 
United States David Ferriero to share new legal analyses from 
leading constitutional experts Laurence Tribe and former 
Senator Russ Feingold, and to urge immediate certification and 
publication of the ERA as the 28th Amendment. Both analyses 
found that the ERA is currently a valid part of the United 
States Constitution, and the Archivist was within his authority 
to immediately certify and publish the ERA as the 28th 
Amendment to the Constitution.
    Menstrual Equity. On August 8, 2022, the Chairwoman wrote 
to Comptroller General Dodaro and GAO to request a review of 
menstrual products' accessibility and availability in the 
United States. This review would inform future legislative 
efforts to advance health and economic equity for people with 
menstrual cycles in the United States.
    Gender Equity in Student Athletics. On July 7, 2021, 
following viral tweets showing the disparity between the 
facilities provided to the men's and women's teams 
participating in their respective March Madness tournaments, 
the Chairwoman joined other representatives in sending a letter 
to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 
requesting information about the organization's disparate 
treatment of athletes participating in men's and women's 
sporting events.
    In August 2021, after an internal report from the NCAA 
revealed glaring gender inequities, the Committee requested a 
briefing from the organization and information about prior 
gender equity assessments. Members also asked for documents 
relating to budgets and operations, media contracts, and 
promotional efforts for that year's tournaments. The Committee 
urged the NCAA to take action to address the disparities 
identified in the report.
    On March 14, 2022, the Chairwoman joined other 
representatives in writing to NCAA President Mark Emmert 
regarding the NCAA's inadequate progress in addressing 
historically disparate treatment of men and women student 
athletes. The letter detailed the NCAA's failure to take 
meaningful steps to correct deficiencies identified by the 
Committee and an outside review. In conjunction with this 
letter, the Committee released internal NCAA documents 
illustrating NCAA's response to the gender inequities that came 
to light during the 2021 tournament.
    National Football League (NFL). On October 21, 2021, the 
Committee sent a letter to the NFL, launching an investigation 
into allegations of a decades-long toxic workplace culture at 
the Washington Commanders as well as the NFL's handling of an 
internal investigation into the matter. The purpose of the 
investigation was to understand how the NFL, with one of the 
most prominent platforms in America, handles allegations of 
widespread abuse in the workplace to help inform legislative 
efforts to address toxic work environments and workplace 
investigation processes; strengthen protections for women in 
the workplace; and address the use of nondisclosure agreements 
to prevent the disclosure of unlawful employment practices, 
including sexual harassment.
    During the investigation, the Committee requested documents 
and information from the NFL and conducted five depositions and 
two transcribed interviews with former Commanders employees. 
The Committee also held a roundtable on February 3, 2022, and a 
hearing on June 22, 2022. At the February 3, 2022, roundtable, 
the Committee heard from six former Commanders employees 
regarding the workplace misconduct they experienced while 
employed by the Commanders, and efforts by Dan Snyder, the 
owner of the franchise, to intimidate or silence them after 
they spoke out against him. At the June 22, 2022, hearing, the 
Committee heard from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell regarding 
the League's handling of its investigation into the Commanders 
as well as the use of nondisclosure agreements and other 
tactics in the League to conceal workplace misconduct.
    On April 12, 2022, the Committee sent a referral letter to 
the Federal Trade Commission detailing credible allegations of 
Mr. Snyder's financial malfeasance. On June 22, 2022, the 
Committee released a supplemental memorandum detailing efforts 
by Mr. Snyder to target former employees and journalists who 
spoke out against him during the NFL's internal investigation, 
conduct his own ``shadow investigation'' into his accusers, and 
present his findings to the NFL to deflect blame. On December 
8, 2022, the Committee issued a staff report summarizing the 
findings of its year-long investigation. The Committee's report 
revealed decades-long misconduct by the owner of the Commanders 
and the extent to which the NFL mishandled its internal 
investigation into the team by entering into a secret common 
interest agreement with the Commanders and failing to make 
public the findings of the internal investigation.
    On June 17, 2022, Chairwoman Maloney introduced H.R. 8146, 
the Accountability for Workplace Misconduct Act, to prevent 
employers' abuse of non-disclosure agreements that prevent 
workers from speaking out about workplace misconduct. She also 
introduced H.R. 8145, the Professional Images Protection Act, 
to stop employers from taking, using, and disseminating images 
of employees without their consent.

                          VIII. VOTING RIGHTS

    Cyber Ninjas. On July 14, 2021, the Committee, in 
collaboration with the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil 
Liberties, launched an investigation of the partisan and sham 
post-election ``audit'' of the 2020 election results in 
Maricopa County, Arizona. The Arizona State Senate launched the 
``audit'' in April 2021 despite a clear, bipartisan consensus 
among county officials and outside experts that the election 
results were valid, that no significant fraud occurred, and 
that the additional audit served no legitimate purpose. The 
Arizona State Senate hired a group of unaccredited private 
companies, led by Cyber Ninjas, a Florida-based cybersecurity 
company that is not accredited by the U.S. Election Assistance 
Commission to test voting systems, to perform an additional 
audit.
    On July 14, 2021, the Committee and the Subcommittee on 
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties sent a letter to Cyber Ninjas 
CEO Doug Logan, detailing questions and concerns about Cyber 
Ninjas' role in the highly unusual audit. The letter requested 
nine categories of documents related to Cyber Ninjas' audit 
procedures, funding sources, communications regarding the audit 
with outside parties that may have exerted improper influence 
on the company, and related issues.
    On October 8, 2021, the Committee held a hearing titled 
``Assessing the Election `Audit' in Arizona and Threats to 
American Democracy.'' The hearing examined how, despite failing 
to find any fraud, Cyber Ninjas' audit has already inflicted 
grave damage to our democracy. Two elected Republican officials 
from Maricopa County, Arizona, along with election law experts, 
spoke about the dangers of this partisan audit and how it has 
threatened the integrity of Arizona's elections, inspired 
similar hyper-partisan audits in other states, and been used to 
justify dangerous state election subversion laws.
    Echomail. In March 2022, the Committee, in collaboration 
with the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, 
launched an investigation of a partisan post-election ``audit'' 
of the 2020 election results in Otero County, New Mexico. The 
``audit'' was inspired by unproven conspiracy theories about 
fraud during the 2020 election. On March 16, 2022, the 
Committee wrote to the CEO of Echomail, a company leading the 
audit effort, and sought documents and information relating to 
EchoMail's involvement in an ``audit'' and door-to-door voter 
canvass of the 2020 federal election in Otero County, New 
Mexico, including EchoMail's connection to the conspiracist 
group New Mexico Audit Force (NMAF) that conducted the canvass.
    On the same day, the Committee also sent a letter to 
Assistant Attorney General Kristen M. Clarke of the Civil 
Rights Division at DOJ calling on DOJ to review potential 
ongoing civil rights violations arising from the canvass, 
including the risk of intimidation of minority voters, and to 
take any necessary steps to prevent further violations of 
federal law.
    On March 30, 2022, the Committee released new documents 
obtained by the Committee that contradicted Echomail's claims 
that it was not conducting any canvass or audit in Otero 
County.
    On May 5, 2022, Echomail cancelled its audit contract with 
Otero County. However, inspired by the same conspiracy theories 
that drove the ``audit,'' the Otero County Commission refused 
to certify the results of their June 2022 primary election. 
Only after the State Supreme Court ordered them to do so did 
the Commission certify the election results.
    Election Administration and Misinformation. On April 21, 
2022, the Committee, in collaboration with the House 
Administration Committee, sent letters to state organizations 
of election officials in Arizona, Florida, Ohio, and Texas--
states where election misinformation appeared to be having a 
significant impact--requesting information about the effects of 
misinformation and disinformation on their ability to 
administer elections. The Committees also sought information on 
how federal agencies could best assist local election officials 
in combatting lies about election processes and results. The 
investigation uncovered that coordinated campaigns of election 
disinformation are disrupting the crucial work of local 
election officials, subjecting these Americans to violent 
threats, and overwhelming the limited resources available to 
provide accurate information to voters and protect the 
integrity of our democratic system.
    On August 11, 2022, the Committee released a report 
detailing the findings from the election officials' responses 
and the earlier investigations into fraudulent audits. The 
report detailed threats faced by local election officials and 
indicated that strong federal leadership is needed to support 
the state and local officials responsible for running our 
elections, including the creation of a federal whole-of-
government plan to support state and local officials as they 
counter election rumors and lies.
    On the same day, the Committee held a virtual roundtable 
with state officials and election experts to examine the 
effects of the unprecedented increase in election lies 
following the 2020 presidential election. The bipartisan panel 
discussed how lies about the 2020 election promoted by former 
President Donald Trump and his supporters have undermined 
public confidence in our elections and driven an unprecedented 
wave of threats against election officials.
    On October 26, 2022, the Committee held a staff briefing 
titled ``Voting Rights and Ongoing Threats to Election 
Integrity.'' The briefing featured a panel of election experts 
including Amber McReynolds, a member of the United States 
Postal Service Board of Governors and Chair of its Election 
Mail Committee; Natalie Adona, Assistant Clerk-Recorder for 
Nevada County, CA; and Matt Crane, Executive Director of the 
Colorado County Clerks Association. Staff engaged the panelists 
in a discussion about insider threats to elections offices, 
harassment and intimidation of election officials, and the 
various security measures applicable to both in-person and 
mail-in voting. Chairwoman Maloney also attended.

                            IX. IMMIGRATION

    Customs and Border Protection (CBP). In July 2019, the 
Committee began investigating racist, sexist, and xenophobic 
comments relating to immigrants and Members of Congress made by 
employees of CBP in secret Facebook groups. Despite 
unprecedented obstruction and stonewalling by CBP, the 
Committee has received final disposition documents in 110 
cases. In November 2020, the Committee issued a subpoena to CBP 
for complete and unredacted copies of all documents related to 
these internal investigations. In October 2022, the Committee 
released a report showing that most CBP agents who committed 
misconduct by posting offensive comments on a secret Facebook 
page had their discipline significantly reduced and continue to 
work with migrants. The report also made recommendations to 
improve CBP's policies, training, and disciplinary process to 
address these issues.
    Critical Incident Teams. In January 2022, the Committee, 
along with the Committee on Homeland Security, launched an 
investigation into potential misconduct carried out by 
specialized teams within CBP. On January 24, 2022, the 
Committees wrote to CBP, seeking documents and information 
related to Critical Incident Teams--specialized units within 
CBP tasked with investigating and collecting evidence of 
allegations of excessive and deadly use of force by Border 
Patrol agents.
    On the same day, the Committee, along with four other House 
and Senate committees, wrote to GAO, requesting it conduct a 
review of CBP's use of Critical Incident Teams along the 
southwest border.
    On May 6, 2022, DHS announced that it was disbanding the 
Critical Incident Teams. Following the announcement, the 
Oversight and Homeland Security Committees wrote to DHS and 
requested a briefing on the plan and process for disbanding 
these teams.
    On September 28, 2022, CBP briefed staff of the two 
Committees on the Department's progress in disbanding the 
Critical Incident Teams and moving the function into DHS's 
Office of Professional Responsibility.
    Irwin County Detention Center. The Committee continued the 
work began in the 116th Congress regarding allegations of 
medical neglect, unsanitary conditions, and abuse at the Irwin 
County Detention Center (ICDC) in Georgia. On September 21, 
2020, the Committee, along with the Committee on Homeland 
Security and the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil 
Liberties, sent joint requests for records to ICE and LaSalle 
Corrections--the private contractor that ran the detention 
center--to assess the allegations. After LaSalle refused to 
produce these documents voluntarily, the Committee on Homeland 
Security issued a subpoena to compel production. LaSalle 
eventually produced records to the Committees. In May 2021, 
ICDC was shut down by DHS.
    On December 6, 2021, the Committees wrote to DHS regarding 
health and safety standards at DHS detention facilities and 
requested a briefing on any internal review or referrals DHS 
had made related to Dr. Mahendra Amin, who allegedly provided 
unwanted medical treatment to female detainees at ICDC. The 
Committees also asked to be briefed on the steps DHS was taking 
to ensure that migrants receive appropriate medical care while 
in DHS custody.
    On December 3, 2021, the Committee also wrote to the 
Georgia Composite Medical Board regarding the allegations 
against Dr. Amin, referring the matter for investigation.

                            X. GUN VIOLENCE

    Gun Trafficking and Crime Gun Tracing. In the 116th 
Congress, the Committee launched an investigation into Federal 
Firearm Licensees (FFLS)--also known as gun dealers--that sell 
guns used in crimes. In the 117th Congress, the Committee 
continued working to identify the most problematic FFLs in each 
state and dealers who sold the most guns later used in crimes.
    On April 28, 2022, the Committee released preliminary 
findings from its investigation, showing that a small number of 
gun dealers--particularly those in states with lax gun laws--
have sold thousands of guns used in violent crimes. The 
Committee's findings, and the limitations of the data that the 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms has thus far released, 
highlight the urgent need for more comprehensive and 
transparent data on gun sales.
    Gun Violence and Gun Safety Reform. In the 117th Congress, 
the Committee has examined the root cause and devastating harm 
of the gun violence epidemic and the need to pass commonsense, 
popular gun safety legislation to curb gun violence.
    On May 27, 2022, in the wake of devastating mass shootings 
in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, both carried out with 
AR-15-style rifles, the Committee sent letters to five leading 
manufacturers of AR-15-style rifles for information related to 
the manufacture, marketing, and sales of their weapons, to 
understand how these guns are fueling the gun violence 
epidemic, and to inform gun safety legislation to protect 
Americans.
    On June 8, 2022, the Committee held a hearing titled ``The 
Urgent Need to Address the Gun Violence Epidemic'' with 
survivors and impacted family members from the mass shootings 
in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, as well as law 
enforcement officials and gun violence experts. The hearing 
examined the gun violence epidemic in the United States and 
explored commonsense reforms to prevent further loss of life 
from firearms.
    On July 27, 2022, the Committee held a hearing titled 
``Examining the Practices and Profits of Gun Manufacturers'' 
with chief executives of prominent firearms manufacturers 
Daniel Defense and Sturm, Ruger, as well as gun safety experts 
and advocates. The hearing examined the responsibility that the 
firearm industry bears in the gun violence epidemic in the 
United States and the steps Congress can take to hold 
manufacturers accountable. The CEO of Smith & Wesson was also 
invited to attend the hearing but declined to appear despite a 
Smith & Wesson assault weapon being used in the Highland Park, 
Illinois, shooting only weeks earlier.
    On the same day, the Committee issued a supplemental 
memorandum on the Committee's investigation into gun industry 
practices and profits. The memorandum demonstrated that, based 
on information obtained by the Committee, the five leading gun 
companies investigated by the Committee collected more than $1 
billion over the last decade from the sale of military-style 
assault weapons to civilians, especially as gun violence and 
mass shootings surged across the United States. The Committee 
also found that the companies use disturbing sales tactics--
including marketing deadly weapons as a way for young men to 
prove their masculinity and selling guns to mass shooters on 
credit--while failing to take basic steps to monitor or 
mitigate the violence their products unleash.
    On August 2, 2022, the Committee issued a subpoena to Smith 
& Wesson, demanding documents related to the company's 
manufacture and sale of AR-15-style assault weapons, including 
the company's internal communications around recent mass 
shootings. The subpoena followed the Smith & Wesson CEO's 
refusal to testify at the Committee's July 27, 2022, hearing 
and the company's failure to voluntarily produce key 
information about the company's sale of weapons of war.
    On August 19, 2022, Chairwoman Maloney, informed by the 
Committee's investigation, introduced legislation that seeks to 
hold the firearm industry accountable for its dangerous 
business practices and role in fueling America's gun violence 
epidemic.
    H.R. 8740, the Firearm Industry Crime and Trafficking 
Accountability Act, would require firearm manufacturers to 
create a monitoring system to track crimes committed with guns 
they have sold. The bill would also mandate that those 
manufacturers cease distributing weapons to a retailer when the 
manufacturer has reason to believe that the guns sold by that 
retailer are being trafficked or used for criminal purposes.
    H.R. 8741, the Firearm Industry Fairness Act, would impose 
a 20% tax on the total revenue of gun manufacturers who choose 
to produce assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. Funds 
from this tax would be used to fund programs designed to 
prevent gun violence and support victims of gun violence.
    Health Care Costs of Gun Violence. On July 14, 2021, the 
Chairwoman, Rep. Robin Kelly, and Rep. Cori Bush released a GAO 
report that showed gun violence costs the U.S. health care 
system more than $1 billion a year.

                      XI. CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY

    McKinsey Conflicts of Interest. On November 5, 2021, the 
Committee launched an investigation into McKinsey's business 
practices and conflicts of interest. The Committee's 
investigation found significant, decade-long conflicts of 
interest stemming from McKinsey's simultaneous work for opioid 
manufacturers and the federal government.
    Documents obtained by the Committee showed that Purdue 
Pharma explicitly tasked McKinsey with providing advice on how 
to influence the regulatory decisions of FDA, another McKinsey 
client. At least 22 McKinsey consultants, including senior 
partners, worked for both FDA and opioid manufacturers on 
related topics, including at the same time.
    The Committee's investigation also uncovered significant 
evidence that McKinsey sought to use its government connections 
to solicit private sector business. In other cases, McKinsey 
consultants sought to influence government officials, including 
Trump Administration HHS Secretary Alex Azar, to advance the 
interests of its undisclosed private sector opioid clients.
    Despite these conflicts of interest, McKinsey failed to 
disclose its opioid manufacturer clients and the work it 
performed for them to FDA in apparent violation of federal law.
    On April 13, 2022, the Committee released a 53-page staff 
report detailing the extent of McKinsey's conflicts of 
interests. Two weeks later, on April 27, 2022, the Committee 
held a hearing with McKinsey Global Managing Partner Bob 
Sternfels, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, 
Professor Jessica Tillipman of the George Washington University 
Law School, and Uttam Dhillon of Michael Best & Friedrich, 
examining both these conflicts and McKinsey's unethical 
business practices on behalf of opioid manufacturers.
    Since then, Chairwoman Maloney has sponsored two bills, 
H.R. 7602 and H.R. 8325, to prevent conflicts of interest in 
federal contracts and ensure government contractors serve the 
American taxpayers, and not their own financial interests.
    Inclined Baby Sleepers. In the 117th Congress, the 
Committee continued the investigation it began in 2019 on 
inclined sleepers linked to dozens of infant deaths and 
injuries. In August 2019, the full Committee and the 
Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy requested 
documents from three companies responsible for recalled 
inclined sleepers.
    On June 7, 2021, the Committee held a hearing titled 
``Sleeping Danger: The Rock 'n Play and Failures in Infant 
Product Safety.'' The hearing included testimony from the CEO 
of Mattel and the General Manager of Fisher Price, a subsidiary 
of Mattel. The hearing examined dozens of infant deaths 
associated with the Rock 'n Play Sleeper sold by Fisher-Price 
and flaws in the U.S. consumer product safety system.
    On the same day, the Committee released a report titled 
``Infant Deaths in Inclined Sleepers: Fisher-Price's Rock 'n 
Play Reveals Dangerous Flaws in U.S. Product Safety.'' The 
report highlighted the Committee's investigation and the lack 
of federal oversight that resulted in dozens of infant deaths 
in inclined sleepers.
    On May 16, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Safe 
Sleep for Babies Act of 2021 (SSBA) (H.R. 3182), requiring that 
``inclined sleepers for infants, regardless of the date of 
manufacture, shall be considered a banned hazardous product'' 
under the Consumer Product Safety Act.
    On September 1, 2022, the Committee, in collaboration with 
the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, wrote to the 
Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The 
Committee requested information about CPSC's plans to protect 
babies from all harmful inclined products.

    XII. EXECUTIVE BRANCH ETHICS, TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND 
                              PROCUREMENT

    Hatch Act. In September 2020, the Committee called for the 
Office of Special Counsel (OSC) to investigate potential 
violations of the Hatch Act by the Trump Administration during 
the Republican National Convention. In response to the 
Committee's request, OSC released findings that at least 13 
senior Trump Administration officials broke the law and engaged 
in a pattern of violating the Hatch Act, which is intended to 
protect the government from political interference.
    Federal Records and Transparency. The Committee 
investigated a substantial backlog of veterans' records 
requests at the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC), which 
is part of NARA. The backlog at NPRC increased due to the 
coronavirus pandemic and a reduced onsite workforce. Veterans 
request their records to access crucial services, including 
healthcare and housing. The Committee worked in conjunction 
with NARA to reduce this backlog, including by introducing the 
Access for Veterans to Records Act.
    In May 2021, the Committee and the House Committee on 
Veterans' Affairs sent a joint letter to DOD asking DOD to 
prioritize NARA's request for assistance in organizing and 
digitizing files at the NPRC. In June 2021, the Committee held 
a bipartisan briefing on the backlog of veterans' records 
requests and possible legislative solutions to address 
challenges faced by NPRC. In July 2021, the Committee wrote to 
NARA urging it to apply for funding through the TMF to help 
clear the backlog of veterans' records requests by improving 
its information technology systems. In May 2022, NARA was 
awarded $9.1 million in TMF funding.
    In July 2022, the Committee requested documents and 
information from three veterans' records retrieval companies to 
investigate whether these companies were misusing NPRC 
emergency procedures to expedite requests while charging 
veterans to obtain government records they are entitled to 
receive at no cost. This was part of the Committee's long-
standing advocacy on behalf of veterans suffering from the NPRC 
records request backlog.
    Presidential Records and Transparency. The Committee 
investigated the PRA violations committed by former President 
Trump and White House officials. These violations included the 
destruction of presidential records, removal of records from 
the White House after the Trump Administration ended, and the 
use of personal electronic devices and accounts to create 
presidential records that were not preserved. The Committee 
sent two letters to NARA in February 2022 requesting 
information about the contents of boxes that NARA retrieved 
from former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate and inquiring 
about former President Trump's compliance with the PRA.
    In August 2022, the Committee requested a damage assessment 
from the DNI after the FBI recovered classified information 
from the former President's Mar-a-Lago estate. The Committee 
also wrote to the Acting Archivist in September 2022 urging 
NARA to assess missing presidential records and to seek 
certification from former President Trump that he had 
surrendered all presidential or classified records. NARA 
confirmed in its response to the Committee that some 
Presidential records still remain unaccounted for.
    On November 7, 2022, the Committee introduced H.R. 9278, 
the Presidential Records Certification Act of 2022, which would 
require the President, Vice President, and covered White House 
employees to individually certify compliance with the PRA 
annually and upon leaving office.
    On December 13, 2022, the Committee sent another letter to 
the Acting Archivist urging NARA to conduct a review to 
determine if former President Trump had retained any additional 
presidential records at his storage facility in Florida or his 
other properties.
    Foreign Gifts. After the State Department revealed in April 
2022 that it could not fully account for the foreign gifts 
Trump Administration officials received during the final year 
of the Trump Administration, the Committee opened an 
investigation into former President Trump's failure to account 
for gifts from foreign government officials while in office, as 
required by the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act. The 
Committee received thousands of pages of records from NARA and 
GSA on gifts received by former President Trump and the First 
Family.
    Presidential Libraries. The Committee evaluated a proposal 
by NARA to privatize portions of the George W. Bush 
Presidential Library by reverting ownership and control of the 
Bush Presidential Museum and education spaces from NARA to the 
Bush Foundation. The Committee met with the historical 
community and facilitated multiple meetings between Committee 
staff, the Bush Foundation, and NARA to discuss the NARA 
proposal and how the library would remain historically 
objective if parts of it were controlled by the Bush 
Foundation. The Bush Foundation and NARA developed a revised 
proposal that committed to (1) including NARA and historians in 
decisions about changes to the permanent exhibit gallery and 
(2) incorporating signage in the museum that indicates which 
spaces are overseen by NARA versus the Bush Foundation.
    Federal Advisory Committee Act. The Committee, along with 
the Committee on Veterans Affairs, investigated whether three 
Mar-a-Lago members and associates of former President Trump who 
reportedly advised the President on veterans' issues--Isaac 
Perlmutter, Dr. Bruce Moskowitz, and Marc Sherman--constituted 
an advisory committee under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. 
The Committee reviewed thousands of documents from these three 
individuals and found that the ``Mar-a-Lago Trio'' violated the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act and attempted to exert improper 
influence over government employees and policies involving the 
Department of Veterans Affairs.
    Sole-Source Contractor's Profiteering. In December 2021, in 
response to a report by DODIG, the Committee launched a new 
phase of an investigation into whether TransDigm Group 
Incorporated (TransDigm) and its subsidiaries abused their 
position as a sole-source manufacturer of spare parts to charge 
DOD exorbitant prices for essential components of military 
aircraft. The investigation built off the Committee's previous 
investigation into TransDigm's business practices in the 116th 
Congress.
    On January 19, 2022, the Committee held a hearing with 
witnesses including Kevin Stein, TransDigm's CEO; Nicholas 
Howley, TransDigm's founder and Chairman of the Board; John 
Tenaglia, the Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Acquisition and Principal Director, Defense Pricing 
and Contracting; and Theresa S. Hull, Deputy Inspector General 
of DODIG. On April 14, 2022, Chairwoman Maloney wrote a letter 
with Senator Charles E. Grassley to TransDigm renewing the 
Committee's call for the company to return excess profits to 
the government and requesting additional documentation related 
to TransDigm's government contracts.
    The Committee also held a series of meetings with DOD to 
better understand its acquisition and pricing practices for 
sole-source contracts like TransDigm's. On June 21, 2022, 
Chairwoman Maloney introduced the Fair Pricing with Cost 
Transparency Act (H.R. 8161) to address flaws in DOD's pricing 
of sole-source contracts uncovered in the investigation.

        XIII. PRESIDENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND EMOLUMENTS

    Mazars Subpoena. At the beginning of the 116th Congress, 
the Oversight Committee launched several investigations of 
former President Trump's unprecedented conflicts of interest, 
inadequate financial disclosures, and violations of the 
Emoluments Clause to determine the adequacy of existing laws 
and perform related agency oversight. Documents produced to the 
Committee raised questions about former President Trump's 
representations on his financial statements and other forms, 
including some prepared by his accounting firm Mazars USA LLP. 
The Committee sought key financial documents from Mazars, 
ultimately subpoenaing the firm. Former President Trump and his 
businesses filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent Mazars from 
complying with the Committee's subpoena. On July 9, 2020, the 
U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Trump v. Mazars USA, 
LLP. The Court's opinion reaffirmed the principle that no one--
not even the President--is above the law and announced a new 
standard for evaluating congressional subpoenas for the 
President's personal information. The Supreme Court remanded 
the case to the lower courts to apply the new standard.
    On August 11, 2021, a district court ruling confirmed that 
the Oversight Committee had ``facially valid legislative 
purposes'' in seeking documents in this investigation and 
upheld in part the Committee's subpoena for financial 
information from President Trump and his businesses.
    On July 8, 2022, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit 
ruled that the Committee is authorized to obtain certain 
financial records and communications from former President 
Trump and his business entities covered by the Committee's 
subpoena. The Court held that former ``President Trump's 
financial information would advance the Committee's 
consideration of ethics reform legislation across all three of 
its investigative tracks,'' including presidential ethics and 
conflicts of interest, presidential financial disclosures, and 
presidential adherence to Constitutional safeguards against 
foreign interference and undue influence.
    On September 1, 2022, the Committee reached an agreement to 
settle the litigation. Under the agreement reached by the 
Committee, former President Trump has agreed not to further 
appeal the D.C. Circuit's ruling, and Mazars USA has agreed to 
comply with the court's order and produce responsive documents 
to the Committee as expeditiously as possible.
    On November 14, 2022, the Committee released new documents 
obtained from Mazars that revealed foreign governments--
including the governments of Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the 
United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.), Turkey, and the People's 
Republic of China--spent more money than previously known at 
the Trump Hotel in Washington, D.C., and did so at sensitive 
times for those countries' relations with the United States. 
The Committee requested presidential records from NARA to 
determine whether former President Trump distorted U.S. foreign 
policy to serve his own financial interests at the expense of 
the American people and in violation of his oath of office.
    Old Post Office Building Lease and Trump Hotel. For the 
past six years, the Committee has been investigating conflicts 
of interest related to GSA's management of the hotel's lease. 
Under the Trump Administration, GSA failed to substantially 
comply with the Committee's requests. On July 9, 2021, GSA 
finally produced requested documents.
    On October 8, 2021, Chairwoman Maloney and Rep. Connolly, 
Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, sent a 
letter to GSA detailing new concerns about former President 
Trump's lease for the Trump Hotel in Washington, D.C., after 
documents released by the Committee showed that he failed to 
disclose at least $70 million in net losses, concealed debts 
when bidding on the Old Post Office Building lease, and 
received over $3.7 million in revenue from foreign governments.
    On February 17, 2022, Chairwoman Maloney and Rep. Connolly, 
Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, sent a 
letter to GSA urging the agency to consider terminating the Old 
Post Office Building lease held by President Trump and the 
Trump Organization after Mazars USA LLP--the longtime auditor 
for the Trump Hotel--announced that it severed ties with the 
Trump Organization and admitted that ten years' worth of 
financial statements prepared for former President Trump were 
unreliable. These revelations further corroborated the 
Committee's finding that the financial information former 
President Trump provided to GSA to secure the Old Post Office 
Building lease appeared incomplete and misleading and contained 
possible material misrepresentations.
    On May 6, 2022, Chairwoman Maloney and Rep. Connolly, 
Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, sent a 
letter to CGI Merchant Group requesting information related to 
the planned sale of the Trump Hotel. Although the Trump 
Organization reported losing tens of millions of dollars since 
the hotel opened in 2016, the sale price represented a 
significant premium over market rates, according to some 
experts, and reportedly stood as the most expensive hotel 
transaction ever in Washington, D.C., on a per-room basis. The 
Committee has not yet obtained the identities of all investors 
funding this acquisition. The deal reportedly yielded the Trump 
Organization a profit of $100 million, of which approximately 
three quarters would flow to the former President.
    Other Conflicts. The Committee also investigated Secret 
Service spending at Trump-owned properties during former 
President Trump's presidency. Despite repeated claims that the 
former President would use his businesses to save the federal 
government money, including representations from Eric Trump 
that government employees traveling with former President Trump 
``stay at our properties for free,'' documents obtained by the 
Committee show that the Secret Service was charged rates in 
excess of the government rate at least 40 times from January 
20, 2017, to September 15, 2021. Records obtained by the 
Committee show more than $1.4 million in Secret Service 
spending at Trump-owned properties in the United States, but 
this data does not appear to be complete.
    On October 17, 2022, the Committee sent a letter to the 
Secret Service requesting a full accounting of the Secret 
Service's expenditures at Trump Organization properties.
    The Committee also launched a bicameral investigation with 
the Senate Committee on Finance into whether senior Trump 
Administration officials traded on their government positions 
for financial benefits from Middle Eastern governments. On 
October 27, 2022, the Committee requested documents from the 
Department of the Treasury concerning former Secretary Steven 
T. Mnuchin's investment fund, Liberty, and whether post-
government investments from Middle Eastern sovereign wealth 
funds influenced his actions while in office. On December 6, 
2022, the Committee sent letters to the Departments of State 
and Defense concerning Jared Kushner's conflicts of interest 
relating to the 2017 Qatar blockade through his family's real 
estate interests. The letters released new documents relating 
to the Kushner family's business interests and requested 
documents concerning Mr. Kushner's potential improper influence 
on foreign policy.

                  B. Subcommittee on National Security


I. U.S. COUNTERTERRORISM OPERATIONS AGAINST AL QAEDA, THE ISLAMIC STATE 
    OF IRAQ AND SYRIA (ISIS), AND AFFILIATED TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS

    At the beginning of the 117th Congress and the start of 
President Biden's term, the Biden Administration inherited an 
agreement that the prior Administration had reached with the 
Taliban, which established a May 1, 2021, deadline for the 
withdrawal of all U.S. military forces from Afghanistan. On 
February 19, 2021, the National Security Subcommittee held a 
hearing with the Afghanistan Study Group to examine their 
findings and recommendations. On March 16, 2021, the 
Subcommittee held a hearing with Special Inspector General for 
Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) John F. Sopko, who testified 
about his 2021 ``High-Risk List.''
    On May 20, 2021, after President Biden announced that the 
U.S. would withdraw from Afghanistan by September 2021, the 
Subcommittee held a hearing with Special Representative for 
Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad to examine the 
implications of the withdrawal on U.S. national security and 
future engagement in Afghanistan.
    Following the withdrawal, on August 31, 2021, the Committee 
on Oversight and Reform held a remote briefing with SIGAR 
Sopko, and on September 22, 2021, the Committee received a 
classified briefing from the Departments of State, DOD, and 
Homeland Security, as well as the Office of the Director of 
National Intelligence.
    On December 7, 2021, the Subcommittee on National Security 
held a hearing with representatives from DOD and the Department 
of State to examine the worldwide threat posed by al Qaeda, 
ISIS, and other foreign terrorist organizations. The hearing 
was followed by a classified briefing from representatives of 
the Department of State, DOD, and the National Counterterrorism 
Center.

                         II. MILITARY READINESS

    The Subcommittee on National Security continued its 
oversight work in the 117th Congress to help ensure the health, 
safety, and well-being of U.S. servicemembers, veterans, and 
their families. On November 17, 2021, the Subcommittee held a 
hearing to examine how DOD, the Department of Veterans Affairs 
(VA), and community organizations are working to strengthen 
mental health and curb the alarming rate of suicides among our 
nation's military servicemembers and veterans. On July 13, 
2022, the Subcommittee held a hearing to examine why fraudsters 
and scammers disproportionately target servicemembers and 
veterans compared to their civilian counterparts, and whether 
additional actions are needed to protect the military community 
from exploitation.

             III. CYBER THREATS TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

    On July 27, 2021, the Subcommittee on National Security 
held a hearing to examine U.S. government efforts to secure the 
nation's electrical grid from cyber attacks, as well as whether 
additional regulations and public-private partnerships are 
needed to address vulnerabilities in U.S. electrical systems.

                C. Subcommittee on Government Operations


       I. FEDERAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND CYBERSECURITY POLICY

    Federal Information Technology (IT) Acquisition Reform Act. 
The Subcommittee held five hearings on FITARA on April 16, 
2021; July 28, 2021; January 20, 2022; July 28, 2022; and 
December 15, 2022. These hearings examined the implementation 
of FITARA through the FITARA Scorecard, which the Subcommittee 
uses to grade agencies based on their performance on FITARA-
related activities. The Scorecard is a tool for Congress, CIOs, 
agency heads, and outside stakeholders to understand how 
federal agencies perform in various IT-related categories and 
for Congress to hold agencies accountable. FITARA oversight has 
saved taxpayers $30 billion over roughly seven years.
    The Subcommittee's FITARA hearings during the 117th 
Congress focused on: (1) how federal agencies have developed 
and improved their information technology security and 
management since FITARA's December 2014 enactment; (2) 
implementation of new metrics to ensure the Scorecard evolves 
with technology changes and agency improvements; and (3) 
consideration of additional new metrics for the Scorecard.
    Technology Modernization Fund. In 2017, Congress enacted 
the Modernizing Government Technology (MGT) Act, authorizing 
the TMF. The MGT Act tasked the TMF with using data-driven 
methods to provide agencies with funding to upgrade inefficient 
``legacy information technology systems.'' The goal is to 
provide agencies with funding that can be spent over multiple 
years to incentivize investments in more modern, nimble IT 
systems, therefore enabling quicker, more secure, and more 
efficient service delivery to the American public. These 
investments, if properly planned for and scoped, can help 
agencies better execute their missions and serve stakeholders.
    Since its inception, Congress has provided the TMF a total 
of $1.175 billion, including an unprecedented $1 billion 
Chairman Connolly helped secure in the American Rescue Plan.
    On May 25, 2022, the Subcommittee held a hearing titled 
``Technology Modernization Fund: Rewriting Our IT Legacy.'' 
This hearing highlighted the TMF's success in providing the 
funding agencies need to replace outdated and unsupported IT 
systems. It also explored how the Subcommittee can continue to 
support the effective implementation of the TMF and the most 
effective use of the $1 billion investment.
    Additional IT Work. On June 30, 2021, the Subcommittee held 
a hearing titled ``Catalyst for Change: State and Local IT 
After the Pandemic,'' which focused on how the pandemic exposed 
gaps in state and local government IT functionality. This 
hearing addressed topics including (1) difficulty accessing 
unemployment insurance and other benefits and (2) ransomware 
attacks on state and local governments. The hearing also 
focused on potential bipartisan solutions to state and local IT 
concerns.
    On September 16, 2022, the Subcommittee held a hearing 
titled ``Project Federal Information Technology: Make IT 
Work.'' At this hearing, Federal CIO Clare Martorana offered 
her vision on (1) scaling IT modernization across the federal 
enterprise and (2) how the Administration will work with 
Congress to adopt new cybersecurity oversight metrics that 
further ensure agencies will employ best cyber practices.
    Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program 
(FedRAMP). Chairman Connolly introduced the FedRAMP 
Authorization Act (H.R. 21) on January 4, 2021, and the House 
passed this legislation the next day. FedRAMP provides a 
standardized approach for security assessments of cloud 
technology and aims to accelerate the adoption of modern and 
secure cloud solutions across the federal government.
    The House included FedRAMP in the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 and Fiscal Year 2023. On 
September 29, 2022, the House again passed an updated version 
of FedRAMP on a suspension vote. This version of the bill 
included consensus language negotiated with the Administration 
and the Senate. An identical version of this language passed 
the Senate as part of S. 3600, the Strengthening American 
Cybersecurity Act of 2022. The Subcommittee's September 16, 
2022, hearing, ``Project Federal Information Technology: Make 
IT Work,'' also highlighted these FedRAMP successes.
    Congress enacted FedRAMP as part of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023.

       II. PREVENTING A PATRONAGE SYSTEM IN THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE

    On October 21, 2020, President Trump signed Executive Order 
13957, which attempted to classify a large number of federal 
civil servants as ``Schedule F'' employees, effectively 
removing their civil service protections and allowing a 
President to unilaterally remove individuals from federal 
service if they proved disloyal.
    Although one of President Biden's first actions as 
President was to repeal Trump's ``Schedule F'' executive order, 
any future President could attempt to grant themselves the 
authority envisioned in Executive Order 13957.
    For this reason, on January 13, 2022, Chairman Connolly 
introduced the Preventing a Patronage System Act (H.R. 302). 
The bill would require Congress to approve the creation of any 
new excepted service position. Specifically, it would (1) 
prevent any position in the competitive service from being 
reclassified to an excepted service schedule, (2) limit federal 
employee reclassifications to the five excepted service 
schedules in use prior to fiscal year 2021, and (3) block any 
reclassifications of federal employees to ``Schedule F.''
    H.R. 302 was included as Section XXIII of the Protecting 
Our Democracy Act (H.R. 5314) and was adopted as an amendment 
to the House-passed National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2023 (H.R. 7900). The House passed H.R. 302 on 
September 15, 2022, and the bill was referred to the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs in the Senate on 
September 19, 2022. The provision was also included in the 
House-passed version of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2023.

      III. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY (WMATA)

    On February 9, 2022, the Subcommittee held a hearing on its 
continued oversight of WMATA. This hearing shed light on 
serious funding, operational, and safety concerns plaguing 
WMATA. These concerns included inaccurate track inspection 
reports, the failure to document or investigate more than 3,000 
criminal complaints from riders, and a defect found on 60 
percent of the system's railcar fleet that was allowed to 
languish for four years. To counter these challenges, Chairman 
Connolly sponsored the Metro Accountability and Investment Act 
(H.R. 694), which reauthorized $150 million in annual dedicated 
federal capital funding for Metro through 2030 in exchange for 
improvements to the WMATA OIG. Congress included Chairman 
Connolly's provision in the bipartisan Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58).
    At the February 9, 2022, hearing, the Subcommittee heard 
testimony from the CEO of WMATA, the CEO of the Washington 
Metrorail Safety Commission, the Chair of WMATA's Board of 
Directors, and the WMATA IG. The hearing highlighted the need 
to continue trends of improvement and take additional steps to 
increase ridership and improve safety.
    The Chairman's efforts led to the inclusion of dedicated 
funding for WMATA in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 
Act, providing $150 million annually to WMATA--with funding 
specifically dedicated to the Inspector General for improved 
oversight of the public transit entity's operations and 
performance.

                 IV. SUPPORT FOR THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE

    In addition to its work to preserve merit system principles 
across federal government, the Subcommittee led efforts to 
explore and define the ideal characteristics of post-pandemic 
federal service. The Subcommittee held three hearings, a 
virtual roundtable, and a briefing exploring federal service 
during and after the pandemic. Chairman Connolly also led 
efforts to ensure federal pay rates kept pace with rising 
inflation and comparable private sector jobs with his FAIR Act 
(H.R. 392 for 2021; H.R. 6398 for 2022). In 2021, for example, 
the Chairman championed efforts for a 2.7% pay increase. For 
2022, Chairman Connolly successfully fought for the largest pay 
increase for federal employees in at least 20 years: at least 
4.6% on average for federal employees.
    On February 23, 2021, the Subcommittee held a hearing 
titled ``Revitalizing the Federal Workforce,'' which examined 
the damage done to the federal workforce after four years of 
the Trump Administration's efforts to (1) replace career 
professionals with partisan operators, (2) attack collective 
bargaining rights, and (3) degrade the independence of the 
competitive civil service. The hearing highlighted the success 
of telework in ensuring the federal government performed its 
mission throughout the pandemic and thanked federal employees 
who could not telework and risked their well-being each day 
serving the nation.
    On May 26, 2021, the Subcommittee held a virtual roundtable 
for industry partners to discuss the current state of the 
security clearance process for government employees and 
contractors. Participants discussed (1) the successes that DSCA 
has had in improving its background check process over the last 
two years, (2) the upcoming transition to Workforce 2.0, and 
(3) the remaining difficulties in getting workers and 
contractors through the security clearance process, and how 
those delays affect their business.
    On October 4, 2021, Chairman Connolly hosted a briefing 
with OPM Director Kiran A. Ahuja at George Mason University to 
discuss on how the federal government can attract the next 
generation of public servants.
    The Subcommittee also led two hearings on the ``Future of 
Federal Work.'' The first, on December 1, 2021, examined the 
federal government's recruitment and hiring policies and 
explored strategies to help build the next generation of public 
servants. With just 7% of the federal civilian employees under 
the page of 30 and potentially one-third of employees eligible 
to retire in the next several years, the federal workforce is 
facing a ``Retirement Tsunami.''
    To avoid this fate, Chairman Connolly introduced the 
NextGenFeds Act (H.R. 6014), which would leverage federal 
internships to build a robust cadre of early-career talent that 
reflects this nation. On May 11, 2022, the Committee on 
Oversight and Reform favorably reported the bill.
    On July 21, 2022, the Subcommittee held a hearing titled 
``The Future of Federal Work II.'' This hearing followed more 
than two years of strain on the federal workforce prompted by 
the pandemic. The hearing explored what the government did 
right and what could be improved to ensure that the well-being 
and resilience of our workforce are at the forefront of all 
future policies.
    At the hearing, Chairman Connolly announced his 
introduction of the Chai Suthammanont Healthy Federal 
Workplaces Act of 2022 (H.R. 8466). The bill would require 
agencies to plan for future public health emergencies and 
ensures employees are made aware of their responsibilities and 
rights should a future health emergency occur. The bill passed 
the House on September 29, 2022.
    First Responder Fair RETIRE Act. Chairman Connolly's First 
Responder Fair RETIRE Act, signed into law on December 9, 2022, 
addresses harsh inequities that prevented federal law 
enforcement from securing retirement benefits they earned. 
Federal firefighters and law enforcement officers put their 
lives on the line for their fellow Americans every day. Given 
the hazardous nature of federal first responders' jobs, 
Congress created an accelerated retirement system for these 
positions and established a mandatory retirement age of 57. 
Referred to as ``6c'' for the section of the law in which this 
retirement system was established, federal first responders are 
entitled to an annuity after serving for 20 years and reaching 
age 50. They pay a greater percentage of their salary into 
their retirement system, and their annuity amount is calculated 
at a higher rate than other federal employees who make their 
payments over the course of 30 years.
    Unfortunately, not all federal first responders are able to 
complete their 20 years of service. In cases where federal 
first responders become injured and are no longer able to 
complete the essential functions of their jobs, they may be 
placed in a civil service position that is not eligible for 6c 
benefits. When this happens, the federal first responder is 
transferred to the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) 
and loses the eligibility to retire after 20 years of service. 
Additionally, the employee is not reimbursed for the higher 
contributions he or she made while under the 6c retirement 
system. The years of service are credited as if the federal 
first responder had been in the normal 30-year system and the 
federal government keeps the overpayments.
    The First Responder Fair RETIRE Act allows federal first 
responders to stay in the 6c retirement system if they are 
placed in a position outside of that system after returning to 
work from a duty-related injury. The bill also allows these 
employees to receive a refund of their accelerated 
contributions should they be separated from service before they 
are entitled to an annuity.
    Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act. On 
April 4, 2022, Chairman Connolly introduced the Honoring Civil 
Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act (H.R. 7376), an amended 
version of a Senate companion bill. This legislation would set 
a required standard death gratuity payment at $100,000 plus 
$8,800 for funeral expenses, with adjustments for inflation, 
for civil service employees who are killed in the line of duty 
or die because of an injury sustained at work.

          V. RESTORING THE INDEPENDENCE OF INSPECTORS GENERAL

    During his time in office, former President Trump took 
actions that threatened the independence of agency IGs. He 
removed and replaced IGs who criticized his actions, policies, 
or associates--at times seizing on legal loopholes to dismiss 
them. He also nominated political loyalists and campaign donors 
with no auditing or investigations experience to vacant IG 
positions or assigned them to ``acting'' IG roles when they had 
clear conflicting interests. He left some agencies without a 
permanent IG for years.
    Within the span of a few weeks during the spring and early 
summer of former President Trump's final year in office, and as 
a pandemic swept across the nation, he fired two permanent IGs 
and replaced three acting IGs. Good government groups and 
others claimed these firings were politically motivated.
    In response to these issues, on April 20, 2021, the 
Subcommittee held a hearing titled ``Restoring Independence: 
Rebuilding the Federal Offices of Inspectors General.'' This 
hearing explored how the Trump Administration damaged the 
federal IG community, and how Congress could help restore and 
rebuild it.
    In addition, Chairman Connolly introduced three bills 
related to federal IGs. On February 18, 2022, Chairman Connolly 
introduced the Special Inspector General for Law Enforcement 
Act (H.R. 6762). This bill would establish the Office of the 
Special Inspector General for Law Enforcement to investigate 
``racial profiling, officer misconduct, use of force, use of 
deadly force, or pattern or practice of unconstitutional 
misconduct involving Federal law enforcement.''
    On April 20, 2021, Chairman Connolly introduced the 
Integrity Committee Transparency Act (H.R. 2681). The bill 
passed out of Committee as an amendment to the IG Independence 
and Empowerment Act (H.R. 2662). This bill would (1) create 
more stringent reporting requirements from the Integrity 
Committee (IC) to Congress and Inspectors General (IGs); (2) 
require the IC Chairperson to report immediately to an IG if 
the IC becomes aware of any particularly serious or flagrant 
problems, abuses, or deficiencies in the IG's office; and (3) 
require the affected IG to transmit that report to Congress 
within seven days. The bill would also expand the membership of 
the IC to include a former IG. Congress enacted this bill into 
law as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2023.
    On June 24, 2021, Chairman Connolly introduced the Keep the 
Watchdogs Running Act (H.R. 4125). This bill would grant 
authority to federal Offices of the Inspector General to 
continue operating at the previously appropriated level during 
lapses in appropriations--for instance, during government 
shutdowns. On May 19, 2021, Chairman Connolly introduced the 
Enhanced Whistleblower Engagement Act (H.R. 3338), which would 
amend the IG Act of 1978 to require OIG employees to receive 
whistleblower training and require the designated whistleblower 
coordinator to facilitate communication on whistleblower issues 
with the IG. The bill would also require CIGIE to identify best 
practices to promote timely and appropriate handling of alleged 
reprisals within an office of inspector general.

          VI. IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE POSTAL SERVICE

    Under the leadership of Postmaster General DeJoy, the 
Postal Service made substantial operational changes to mail and 
package delivery without consulting customers, disrupting 
critical delivery services during a pandemic and a presidential 
election with unprecedented mail-in ballots. Among the crowning 
achievements in this space was Chairman Connolly's leadership 
role in enactment of the Postal Service Reform Act.
    During fiscal years 2020 and 2021, mail delivery services 
across the United States plummeted. While on-time delivery 
rates have improved nationwide, some of this improvement is the 
result of new service standards that extend delivery targets, 
making it easier for the Postal Service to meet the standards.
    In addition, mail theft has emerged as a rampant problem in 
the Philadelphia area and nationwide in recent years. The 
Subcommittee is working with the Postal Service and GAO to 
ensure the Postal Police Officer force is equipped and 
authorized to fight postal crimes regardless of where they are 
perpetrated.
    The Subcommittee held three field hearings that focused on 
postal issues in three geographic areas: (1) ``Waiting on the 
Mail: Postal Service Standard Drops in Chicago and the 
Surrounding Area,'' held on October 15, 2021; (2) ``Waiting on 
the Mail: Postal Service Standard Drops in Baltimore and the 
Surrounding Area,'' held on February 14, 2022; and (3) 
``Delivering for Pennsylvania: Examining Postal Service 
Delivery and Operations from the Cradle of Liberty,'' held on 
September 7, 2022.
    On November 16, 2022, the Subcommittee held a fourth Postal 
Service hearing examining whether the Postal Service was 
prepared for peak season, which runs from November through mid-
January of each year. During the past four years, on-time 
delivery performance for both packages and mail dropped during 
the first quarter of the fiscal year (October to December). 
Increases in mail volume and inclement weather events caused 
this drop in on-time delivery rates. In 2021, between 
Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve (a portion of the first quarter 
of fiscal year 2022), the Postal Service processed 13.2 billion 
pieces of mail, packages, and cards. The Postal Service 
processed 12.6% more mail during the first fiscal quarter of 
2022 than in the fourth quarter of 2021. This increase in 
volume places additional strain on the Postal Service's 
workforce and logistics network.
    On September 9, 2022, Chairman Connolly introduced the 
Ensuring Accurate Postal Rates Act (H.R. 8781), which seeks to 
have the Postal Regulatory Commission re-examine whether the 
positive effects of the Postal Service Reform Act, coupled with 
increased package sales during the pandemic, warrant removal of 
current authorities allowing Postal Service leadership to raise 
rates above the Consumer Price Index.
    Chairman Connolly led efforts to electrify the Postal 
Service's vehicle fleet. The Postal Service currently owns and 
operates one of the world's largest civilian vehicle fleets, 
composed of more than 228,000 vehicles. Over 140,000 of these 
vehicles are decades old, average only ten miles per gallon, 
and have reached the end of their 24-year operational lifespan. 
Maintaining these aging vehicles comes at a high environmental 
and financial cost--the Postal Service spends $2 billion and 
over 30,000 hours per year on delivery vehicle maintenance, and 
in Fiscal Year 2019, fuel costs alone for these vehicles 
totaled $491 million. Many of these vehicles also pose risks to 
the frontline workers who drive them. They lack airbags and 
antilock brakes, and there have been numerous accounts of these 
vehicles catching fire.
    In May 2021, Chairman Connolly joined Chairwoman Maloney to 
lead 53 members of Congress in writing to President Biden to 
support his plan to acquire only ``clean and zero-emission 
vehicles'' for the entire federal fleet, including the Postal 
Service Fleet. In February 2022, Chairman Connolly and his 
fellow leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment 
Coalition (SEEC) sent a letter to Postmaster General Louis 
DeJoy to oppose the Postal Service's procurement plan that 
would have moved forward with the purchase of an almost-
exclusively gas-powered fleet. In March 2022, Chairman Connolly 
introduced the Green Postal Service Fleet Act to prohibit the 
Postal Service from carrying out any purchase of a new fleet of 
delivery vehicles unless 75 percent of the new vehicles are 
electric or otherwise emissions-free. Chairman Connolly 
introduced the legislation after the Postal Service finalized a 
contract with Oshkosh Defense for the purchase of a new, almost 
entirely gas-powered fleet of delivery vehicles, despite 
President Biden's clear and stated goal of electrifying the 
federal fleet. In March 2022, Chairman Connolly also joined 
Chairwoman Maloney and Reps. Lynch, Lawrence, and Huffman to 
request that the Postal Service Office of Inspector General 
investigate the Postal Service's compliance with the National 
Environmental Policy Act, particularly the filing of the 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Next Generation 
Delivery Vehicle (NGDV).
    On December 20, 2022, the Postal Service announced it would 
purchase 66,000 electric vehicles, ensuring that 75% of its 
NGDV fleet will be electric vehicles. The Postal Service 
investment--which matches the requirements of the Green Postal 
Service Fleet Act--includes $3 billion in funding from the 
Inflation Reduction Act, which Chairman Connolly helped secure.

            VII. IMPROPER PAYMENTS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

    During the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee conducted 
oversight work to understand and reduce improper payments made 
by the federal government. On March 31, 2022, the Subcommittee 
held a hearing titled ``Follow the Money: Tackling Improper 
Payments.'' This hearing examined the causes of improper 
payments and explored solutions for reducing them. For fiscal 
year 2021, 86 high-risk federal programs paid $281 billion 
dollars, or 7.2% of their total outlays, in improper payments. 
Chairman Connolly later introduced the STOP Fraud Act (H.R. 
8322), which would require agencies to adopt and employ 
analytics to combat fraud before it occurs. The Committee on 
Oversight and Reform reported the bill favorably on July 20, 
2022.

             VIII. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (IRS) OVERSIGHT

    During the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee oversaw the 
IRS's work to ensure that IRS could serve the American public 
despite prior challenges. On April 21, 2022, the Subcommittee 
held a hearing titled ``IRS: Is It Ready?'' This hearing 
examined how the IRS could make it through the 2022 tax season 
despite years of neglect from Congress and a massive backlog 
from the previous season. Chairman Connolly recommended 
supporting an $80 billion investment in the IRS and the 
Streamlining IRS Operations Act (H.R. 7428), which he sponsored 
with Rep. Katie Porter. Andrew Cohen, Congressional Affairs 
Advisor at IRS, said that this hearing was essential in 
securing $80 billion in funding for the IRS in the Inflation 
Reduction Act.
    In addition, shortly after the hearing, the IRS announced 
plans to implement automated scanning technology to expedite 
the manual processing of mailed-in tax forms. Chairman Connolly 
repeatedly called for IRS to implement this scanning technology 
throughout the hearing.

                   IX. PEACEFUL TRANSITIONS OF POWER

    Until the transition of President Trump to President Biden, 
the United States had experienced 36 peaceful transitions 
following presidential elections. The peaceful transfer of 
power is critical to the success of American democracy. To 
promote that, Congress passed the Presidential Transition Act 
of 1963 (PTA).
    The PTA requires GSA to financially support transition 
activities and provide office space and other core support 
services to the president-elect and vice president-elect. For 
purposes of the PTA, ``President-elect'' and ``Vice-President-
elect'' are defined as ``the apparent successful candidates for 
the office of President and Vice-President, respectively, as 
ascertained by the GSA Administrator following the general 
elections.''
    On November 9, 2020, President Trump instructed leaders of 
federal agencies not to recognize Biden's victory and to block 
cooperation with President-elect Biden's transition team.
    At the direction of President Trump, GSA Administrator 
Emily Murphy withheld for 20 days a decision to ``ascertain'' 
that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were ``the apparent successful 
candidates.'' GSA's delay denied the Biden transition team 
access to the PTA's funding and designated office space that 
Congress intended. Murphy's delay also obstructed the 
activities of transition, which include the vetting of 
individuals for the new administration and the receipt of 
briefings from the outgoing administration. These delays could 
pose challenges and prompt unnecessary delays for the incoming 
administration.
    Chairman Connolly led multiple efforts that led 
Administrator Murphy to ascertain that President Biden won the 
election, including drafting multiple letters and holding a 
hearing on the subject in the 116th Congress. In the 117th 
Congress, Chairman Connolly led efforts to draft legislation 
that would permit more than one slate of candidates for 
president and vice president to have access to materials and 
individuals that ensure an effective transition. Provisions 
that support this change to the Administrator's ministerial 
duties were in the omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal year 
2023.

                  X. GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, GENERALLY

    In April 2021, Chairman Connolly introduced the Performance 
Enhancement Reform Act (H.R. 2617) (PERA). Current law requires 
federal agency Chief Human Capital Officers to develop a 
performance plan each year that defines the agency's mission, 
summarizes strategic goals and objectives, and identifies 
strategies to achieve them. Agencies use the plan to align 
resources and guide decision-making to accomplish priorities 
and improve outcomes. These performance plans should support 
planning across organizational operating units and describe how 
agency components are working toward common results and serving 
the public.
    PERA was included in the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2023 and would require agencies to integrate IT 
modernization and evidence metrics more effectively into their 
performance plans, leading to stronger outcomes for American 
taxpayers. The amendment would also remedy a gap in expertise 
by requiring agencies' Performance Improvement Officers to work 
in consultation with the Chief Human Capital Officer, the CIO, 
the Chief Data Officer, and the Chief Financial Officer to 
prepare the annual performance plans. The amendment would also 
require agency performance plans to include descriptions of 
human capital, training, data and evidence, information 
technology, and skill sets needed for the agency to meet the 
agency's performance goals. Finally, the amendment would 
require performance plans to include descriptions of technology 
modernization investments, system upgrades, staff technology 
skills and expertise, stakeholder input and feedback, and other 
resources and strategies needed to meet the agency's 
performance goals.

            D. Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy


         I. YOUTH E-CIGARETTE EPIDEMIC AND FLAVORED CIGARETTES

    During the 116th Congress, the Subcommittee led 
congressional oversight of the youth e-cigarette epidemic and 
the role of JUUL, an e-cigarette manufacturer, in creating it. 
By the end of the 116th Congress, the investigation--then 
lasting 18 months--had drastically altered the e-cigarette 
landscape and forced significant changes to the industry's 
troubling practices. Oversight of the e-cigarette industry, 
FDA's regulatory response, and related tobacco concerns 
continued in the 117th Congress.
    On February 17, 2021, the Subcommittee sent letters to 20 
e-cigarette companies requesting documents and information 
regarding sales of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), 
including e-cigarettes and e-liquids. Between January 15 and 
February 12, 2021, all 20 companies had received warning 
letters from FDA accusing the companies of manufacturing and 
selling ENDS products without the required marketing order.
    On March 3, 2021, the Subcommittee sent a letter to FDA to 
alert the agency that Puff Bar--a leading e-cigarette company--
had resumed its sale of e-cigarettes, claiming to have 
reformulated its products using synthetic nicotine instead of 
tobacco to avoid FDA regulation.
    On April 21, 2021, the Subcommittee sent a letter to FDA 
calling for a ban on menthol-flavored cigarettes to protect 
public health and in light of racial equity concerns. On April 
29, 2021, Chairman Krishnamoorthi issued a statement applauding 
FDA's announcement that it would ban the sale of menthol-
flavored cigarettes.
    On June 17, 2021, the Subcommittee held a hearing titled 
``An Epidemic Continues: Youth Vaping in America,'' during 
which Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock agreed that: (i) 
flavored e-cigarettes are dangerous to the public health 
because they attract kids, and that if any flavors are left on 
the market, kids will flock to them; (ii) menthol makes e-
cigarettes more addictive; (iii) high-nicotine e-cigarettes are 
dangerous because they lead to youth addiction; and (iv) JUUL 
is responsible for the youth vaping epidemic.
    On August 31, 2021, Chairman Krishnamoorthi issued a 
statement applauding FDA's decision to ban the sale of certain 
flavored e-cigarettes but called on FDA to include menthol 
among the banned flavors.
    On September 10, 2021, the Subcommittee sent FDA a letter 
expressing deep concern about its failure to meet the September 
9, 2021, deadline to rule on whether e-cigarette brands could 
stay on the market. Following this failure, FDA agreed to a 
weekly call with Subcommittee staff to explain the steps that 
FDA is taking to regulate e-cigarettes. These weekly calls are 
ongoing.
    On October 12, 2021, Chairman Krishnamoorthi issued a 
statement condemning FDA's decision to allow continued sales of 
R.J. Reynolds' high-nicotine Vuse e-cigarettes.
    On November 18, 2021, the Subcommittee sent letters to both 
Next Generation Labs LLC and Puff Bar--two companies that 
manufacture or sell synthetic nicotine products--requesting 
information about the companies and their sale of the products, 
which were unregulated by FDA. Next Generation Labs had claimed 
to be ``the market leader'' in the production and sale of 
synthetic nicotine, and Puff Bar, which claimed to have 
reformulated its products with synthetic nicotine after it was 
found to be in violation of law, had been called the favorite 
e-cigarette brand among teens and children.
    On December 6, 2021, the Subcommittee sent a letter to FDA 
requesting information about the agency's progress in reviewing 
the premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) from e-
cigarette manufacturers to determine whether the agency was 
exercising its full authority to protect children from harmful 
e-cigarette products after it missed the September 9, 2021, 
court-ordered deadline to rule on all PMTA applications.
    On June 23, 2022, Chairman Krishnamoorthi applauded FDA's 
decision to deny JUUL's PMTAs. In announcing its decision, FDA 
declared that JUUL's devices do not meet the agency's public 
health standards and ``may have played a disproportionate role 
in the rise of youth vaping.'' On July 7, 2022, FDA reversed 
course, allowing JUUL to remain on the market pending its 
review of ``additional information.''
    On July 13, 2022, following a new federal law taking effect 
in April 2022 clarifying FDA's authority to regulate synthetic 
nicotine, FDA issued its first two warning letters to 
manufacturers for unlawfully marketing non-tobacco nicotine e-
liquid products without the required authorization. FDA also 
announced that it had issued 107 warning letters to retailers 
for illegally selling non-tobacco nicotine products, including 
certain e-cigarette or e-liquid products, to underage 
purchasers.
    On October 6, 2022, FDA and Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention released the results of the annual National Youth 
Tobacco Survey, showing that nearly 2.5 million middle and high 
school students report using e-cigarettes. FDA also announced 
that it had issued a warning letter to EVO Brands LLC and PVG2, 
LLC, doing business as Puff Bar, for receiving and delivering 
e-cigarettes in the U.S. without a marketing authorization 
order. The agency also announced that it had issued marketing 
denial orders (MDO) for applications submitted by Magellan 
Technology Inc. for its Hyde e-cigarettes. Following the 
release of the new federal data and the updated enforcement 
actions, Chairman Krishnamoorthi recognized the steps that FDA 
had taken but called on FDA to act more quickly to protect 
American youth from the harms of e-cigarettes.
    On October 14, 2022, as a result of continued oversight 
from the Subcommittee, FDA announced that it had completed the 
initial review of 95% of the synthetic nicotine product 
applications submitted on May 14, 2022, to determine whether 
they meet the minimum requirements to be accepted for further 
review. This review resulted in: (i) the issuance of 889,000 
Refuse to Accept (RTA) decisions on applications that did not 
meet the criteria for acceptance; and (ii) the acceptance of 
1,600 applications, with the vast majority being for e-
cigarette or e-liquid products. On October 18, 2022, FDA 
announced that DOJ, acting on its behalf, had filed complaints 
for permanent injunctions in federal district courts against 
six e-cigarette manufacturers--the first time FDA has initiated 
injunction proceedings to enforce the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act's premarket review requirements for new tobacco 
products.
    On October 26, 2022, FDA announced that it had issued an 
MDO for Logic e-cigarette products containing menthol 
flavoring, following a full scientific review from FDA that 
determined they did not meet requisite public health standards.
    To date, the Subcommittee's work has already forced major 
changes to troubling e-cigarette industry practices and 
fundamentally altered the e-cigarette landscape for the better.

                  II. TOXIC HEAVY METALS IN BABY FOODS

    On November 6, 2019, during the 116th Congress, the 
Subcommittee launched an investigation into reports of high 
levels of toxic heavy metals in baby foods. The Subcommittee 
requested internal documents and test results from seven of the 
largest manufacturers of baby food in the United States, 
including makers of both organic and conventional products. 
Four of the seven companies cooperated with the Subcommittee's 
investigation, providing internal testing policies, test 
results for ingredients and finished products, and 
documentation about what the companies did with ingredients and 
finished products that contained heavy metals in amounts that 
exceeded their internal testing limits.
    On February 4, 2021, at the start of the 117th Congress, 
the Subcommittee released a staff report on the issue titled 
``Baby Foods are Tainted with Dangerous Levels of Arsenic, 
Lead, Cadmium, and Mercury.'' The report found, among other 
things, that (i) according to internal company documents and 
test results obtained by the Subcommittee, commercial baby 
foods are tainted with significant levels of toxic heavy 
metals, including arsenic, lead, cadmium, and mercury; (ii) 
internal company standards permit dangerously high levels of 
toxic heavy metals, and documents revealed that the 
manufacturers have often sold foods that exceeded those levels; 
and (iii) the Trump Administration ignored a secret industry 
presentation to federal regulators revealing increased risks of 
toxic heavy metals in baby foods.
    On March 5, 2021, FDA announced its intention to reduce 
toxic heavy metals in baby food, specifically noting the 
findings of the Subcommittee's staff report. On March 26, 2021, 
Chairman Krishnamoorthi led the introduction in the House of 
the Baby Food Safety Act of 2021 (H.R. 2229), bicameral 
legislation that would dramatically reduce toxic heavy metals 
in baby foods.
    On April 8, 2021, in response to the introduction of the 
legislation, FDA announced its ``Closer to Zero'' Campaign, 
setting timelines for regulating toxic heavy metals in foods 
consumed by babies and young children. The campaign includes 
three phases:
           Phase 1 (scheduled for April 2021 to April 
        2022): FDA provided draft action levels for lead in 
        juice. FDA is still seeking data and other information 
        from stakeholders before finalizing these action 
        levels.
           Phase 2 (scheduled for April 2022 to April 
        2024): FDA is engaging with stakeholders to help 
        develop action levels for cadmium, mercury, and arsenic 
        while also finalizing action levels for lead.
           Phase 3 (scheduled to begin in April 2024; 
        no definite end date): FDA will continue to work on 
        action levels for cadmium and mercury and plans to 
        finalize action levels for arsenic. During Phase 3, FDA 
        will also engage in monitoring that may include 
        enforcement and will reassess whether any action levels 
        should be adjusted downward.
    On September 29, 2021, the Subcommittee released a second 
staff report providing additional information about high levels 
of toxic heavy metals in baby foods and the industry's failure 
to end harmful practices that allow this contamination to 
occur. On October 8, 2021, in response to this second staff 
report, Walmart announced a voluntary recall of certain batches 
of its baby foods.
    In June 2022, Subcommittee Staff participated in a 
teleconference with FDA concerning progress on their Closer to 
Zero Campaign. Staff exchanges between the Subcommittee and FDA 
remain ongoing, and the Subcommittee continues to press FDA to 
increase its pacing for the Closer to Zero plan.

                III. ORGAN PROCUREMENT INDUSTRY CONCERNS

    On December 23, 2020, during the 116th Congress, the 
Subcommittee launched an investigation into the organ donation 
and transplant system in the United States following public 
reports of mismanagement in the organ procurement system. On 
May 4, 2021, the Subcommittee held a bipartisan hearing on 
needed reforms in the organ transplant industry, finding that 
many people die every year waiting for organs and that organ 
procurement organizations (OPOs)--geographically organized 
entities tasked with securing organs for transplant by 
identifying eligible donors and recovering organs from deceased 
donors across the United States that account for over 80% of 
transplants--had been failing to do their jobs effectively. 
Following the hearing in May, the Subcommittee expanded its 
investigation, requesting specific organ procurement 
performance data from the OPOs and asking organ donor networks 
for information about their requests for Medicare 
reimbursement.
    To date, the investigation has revealed how OPOs are 
failing to adequately provide their services, leaving hundreds 
of thousands of Americans seeking organ transplants without 
essential healthcare. Problems at both individual OPOs and the 
Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), which 
manages the ecosystem in which OPOs operate, have contributed 
to as many as 25,000 unnecessary deaths per year, significant 
financial waste, and racial inequalities in health care.
    Beginning in April 2021, new reporting and documents 
obtained by the Subcommittee demonstrated heightened concern 
about data collection and management issues affecting OPOs and 
the organ-sharing ecosystem more generally. A Washington Post 
article dated July 31, 2022, and a hearing of the Senate 
Committee on Finance on August 3, 2022, raised additional 
concerns about data collected and maintained by OPOs. 
Accordingly, the Subcommittee sent a letter on November 11, 
2022, to all OPOs subject to the investigation asking them to 
confirm the accuracy and completeness of information the 
organizations previously provided to the Subcommittee as part 
of its investigation.

    IV. SALE OF UTILITY CUSTOMER INFORMATION TO ICE FOR DEPORTATION 
                                PURPOSES

    On February 26, 2021, the Subcommittee sent letters to 
Thomson Reuters and Equifax, Inc., requesting documents and 
information concerning the companies' sale of utility 
customers' data to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
(ICE). The companies' databases contained information for over 
200 million utility customers. Under the Trump Administration, 
ICE reportedly paid $20.6 million to access customer 
information from these databases to surveil and target 
undocumented immigrants.

                          V. TOXIC PET COLLARS

    On March 17, 2021, the Subcommittee launched an 
investigation into deaths and injuries to animals caused by the 
Seresto flea and tick collar, a popular product among pet 
owners. Earlier that month, a report from USA Today revealed 
that, as of June 2020, there had been more than 75,000 
incidents and approximately 1,700 pet deaths linked to the 
collar, numbers that increased to more than 98,000 incidents 
and 2,500 pet deaths during the investigation.
    As part of its investigation, the Subcommittee obtained 
internal documents from Bayer Animal Health, Elanco Animal 
Health, and EPA. Based on those documents as well as additional 
reporting from USA Today and internal EPA emails made public 
via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, the 
Subcommittee concluded that EPA had known about the dangers 
posed by the Seresto collar for years yet failed to take action 
to protect pets and their owners.
    On June 15, 2022, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the 
subject and released a staff report setting out its findings, 
including that (i) EPA rushed Seresto's approval through a 
flawed scientific review process; (ii) EPA first discovered 
serious issues with the collar's safety in 2015; (iii) Canadian 
regulators refused to allow the collar to be sold due to safety 
concerns; (iv) EPA allowed the collar to stay on the market 
despite (a) the Canadian regulators' decision and (b) 
frustrations among EPA personnel regarding the Seresto collar's 
safety; and (v) incident figures may understate the harm caused 
by the Seresto collar.
    On July 18, 2022, the Subcommittee sent a follow-up letter 
to the EPA and FDA summarizing the key takeaways from the 
hearing and staff report and reiterating Chairman 
Krishnamoorthi's call for EPA to take action. The letter 
encouraged EPA to (i) commence Notice of Intent to Cancel 
(NOIC) proceedings by providing the required notice to the 
Secretary of Agriculture, which would allow EPA to remove 
Seresto from the market; (ii) strengthen EPA's pre-registration 
scientific review process; (iii) improve EPA's incident data 
collection system; and (iv) work with FDA, which has extensive 
expertise in post-market monitoring and adverse event 
reporting, to implement the recommendations.
    On November 21, 2022, Subcommittee staff participated in a 
briefing with EPA officials, who provided an update on their 
scientific review of the Seresto flea and tick collar.

                           VI. ONLINE CONTENT

    Between April and November 2021, the Subcommittee launched 
inquiries into harmful content available to youth on social 
media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and 
TikTok.
    On April 6, 2021, the Subcommittee sent a letter to YouTube 
seeking documents and information about its YouTube Kids 
platform amid concerns about content quality, advertisement 
practices, and the impact the platform has on children.
    On September 20, 2021, following reported public concerns, 
the Subcommittee sent a letter to Facebook requesting documents 
and information on Facebook's role in facilitating human 
trafficking content on its platforms and its failure to address 
the effects of Instagram on the mental health and well-being of 
teen girls. On September 27, 2021, just one week after the 
letter, Facebook announced that it was stopping the development 
of Instagram for Kids.
    On November 10, 2021, the Subcommittee sent a letter to 
TikTok requesting documents and information about dangerous 
content made available to minors who use the platform, 
including content meant for adults and COVID-19 misinformation, 
and steps the platform had taken to adjust its algorithm or 
remove harmful content.

         VII. SEX TRAFFICKING LINKED TO POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

    On July 6, 2021, the Subcommittee sent a letter to 
Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to bring the Department 
of Education's attention to a new report indicating that 
certain postsecondary vocational schools were potentially being 
used as a cover for illegal practices, including sex 
trafficking. While students at the massage therapy programs in 
question did not receive federal student loans, the programs 
did receive federal funding through other channels, including 
the CARES Act. Chairman Krishnamoorthi requested the Department 
of Education's policies and procedures for protecting against 
sex trafficking in postsecondary education, and information on 
federal funds that may have gone to schools of concern.
    On May 27, 2022, the Subcommittee received a response 
letter and document productions from the Department of 
Education, which provided detailed descriptions of what the 
Department had done, and was continuing to do, to address the 
concerns raised in the Subcommittee's letter.

                   VIII. SPAM TEXT MESSAGES AND FRAUD

    In August 2021, the Subcommittee sent a letter to Federal 
Communications Commission (FCC) Acting Chairwoman Jessica 
Rosenworcel requesting a briefing on the Commission's ongoing 
efforts to combat the rise in spam robotext messages, through 
which scammers stole at least $86 million in 2020. Following 
FCC's briefing to the Subcommittee in September 2021, at which 
the Commission confirmed its intention to ``clamp down on 
(robotexts),'' FCC announced plans to initiate a rulemaking to 
require wireless providers to block illegal text messages.
    In November 2021, the Subcommittee requested--and FCC 
provided--further information regarding the Commission's 
efforts to investigate and crack down on spam robotexts. In 
September 2022, Chairman Krishnamoorthi applauded FCC's 
unanimous decision to initiate the public comment process on a 
proposed rule--the notice for which referenced information 
provided by the Subcommittee--aimed at cracking down on 
robotexts by forcing cellphone companies to block texts from 
illegal or fraudulent phone numbers. Comments on the proposed 
rule were due on or before November 10, 2022, and reply 
comments were due on or before November 25, 2022.

                    IX. HIGHER EDUCATION TRANSCRIPTS

    On October 5, 2021, the Subcommittee sent letters to seven 
higher education authorities in five states requesting 
documents and information concerning the practice of 
withholding transcripts from students who have unpaid bills. 
95% of respondents in a survey from the American Association of 
Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers answered that 
they withheld transcripts for ``one or more reasons,'' with 64% 
of survey respondents saying that they withheld transcripts 
even if students owed under $25. The Subcommittee was concerned 
that, without their transcripts, students could not apply 
course credits they had already earned to a degree at another 
institution or use those documents to help them obtain a job. 
The Subcommittee requested documents and information on all 
transcripts withheld, and all policies and practices governing 
transcript withholding, across the five states.

                              X. TEAR GAS

    On June 10, 2021, Chairman Krishnamoorthi, along with Rep. 
Jamie Raskin, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and 
Civil Liberties, Rep. Cori Bush, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-
Cortez, sent letters to Safariland, Combined Systems, Inc., and 
Pacem Defense LLC requesting documents and information 
regarding the safety of tear gas products manufactured by these 
companies. The Members also sent a letter to HHS Secretary 
Xavier Becerra, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and EPA 
Administrator Michael S. Regan seeking information on whether 
there was any existing federal oversight of the use of tear gas 
products on humans.
    The Subcommittee received and reviewed documents and 
information from the companies and information from the 
agencies. The investigation culminated in an October 2021 staff 
memorandum from the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer 
Policy and Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, 
which revealed that the federal government does not regulate 
the use of tear gas on humans and has never determined if such 
use is safe. The memorandum also found that the health effects 
of tear gas on humans have been woefully understudied.

                    XI. CHEMICALS IN FOOD PACKAGING

    On January 10, 2022, the Subcommittee sent a letter to FDA 
requesting information about its regulation of phthalates, 
dangerous chemicals commonly found in food packaging and 
processing materials. Phthalates can cause significant health 
problems, including fertility and reproductive issues in adults 
and behavioral and cognitive development issues in children. 
While progress had been made in recent years, FDA still allowed 
28 different phthalates to be used in food packaging and 
processing materials.
    The Subcommittee's letter requested that FDA provide 
information about the steps it has taken to evaluate the 
dangers posed by phthalates and its efforts to ban these 
dangerous chemicals from use in food packaging and processing 
materials. On February 2, 2022, the Subcommittee received and 
reviewed information from FDA explaining its ongoing oversight 
of phthalates.
    Following the Subcommittee's letter, on May 19, 2022, FDA 
issued a rule to amend its food additive regulations governing 
phthalates. FDA specifically revoked authorizations for the 
food contact use of 23 phthalates and two other substances. 
Although FDA continued to allow nine phthalates to be used in 
food contact applications, FDA also issued a request for 
information about the current specific food contact uses. If, 
in the future, a manufacturer wants to use any of the revoked 
phthalates in food contact applications, the manufacturer is 
expected to submit either a food additive petition or a food 
contact substance notification to FDA given that such use had 
been previously authorized under FDA's food additive 
authorities.
    The comment period that opened on May 19, 2022, was 
initially closed on July 19, 2022, but subsequently reopened. 
The new deadline for comments is December 27, 2022.

                   XII. EXCESS CORPORATE PRICE HIKES

    Between January 25, 2022, and March 18, 2022, the 
Subcommittee sent letters to companies in the ocean shipping 
industry (jointly with the Select Subcommittee on the 
Coronavirus Crisis), as well as the meat processing and rental 
car industries, seeking information and documents explaining 
their decisions to increase the prices of their products or 
services beyond their costs and despite rising profits. The 
Subcommittee also sought information and documents related to 
any investigations surrounding such price increases. In the 
ocean shipping industry, recipients were AP Moeller Maersk, CMA 
CGM, and Hapag-Lloyd. In the meat processing industry, 
recipients were Tyson Foods, JBS Foods, National Beef, and 
Seaboard. In the rental car industry, recipients were Hertz 
Global Holdings, Inc. and Avis Budget Group, Inc.
    On September 22, 2022, to shine a light on record-high 
corporate profits and profit margins, the Subcommittee held a 
hearing to examine the role of excess corporate price hikes in 
driving the inflation that U.S. consumers have been 
experiencing since early 2021. On November 4, 2022, the 
Subcommittee released a follow-up staff report, providing an 
original analysis of financial data within certain industries, 
summarizing existing analyses concerning the role of excess 
price hikes on inflation, and discussing the key takeaways from 
the hearing.

                        XIII. HEART PUMP DEVICES

    On March 22, 2022, the Subcommittee sent a letter to FDA 
requesting information about its regulation of the HeartWare 
Ventricular Assist Device (HVAD) System--a heart pump device 
associated with over 20,000 patient injuries and 3,000 deaths 
before it was recalled in June 2021. Even as the device 
underwent 15 company-initiated recalls--more than any other 
high-risk device in FDA's database--the agency failed to take 
action to remove the device from the market or alert other 
federal agencies of the problems FDA found with the device 
during factory inspections. As a result, the Centers for 
Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Department of Veterans 
Affairs spent millions of dollars to implant heart patients 
with a potentially dangerous device.
    The Subcommittee's letter requested information about why 
FDA did not take further action after issuing a warning letter 
to the company and what steps it has taken to revise its 
protocols to ensure that other federal agencies, patients, and 
doctors are notified of FDA warning letters.

                           XIV. BABY FORMULA

    On March 24, 2022, the Subcommittee launched an inquiry 
into FDA's delayed response in addressing contaminated infant 
formula that had been linked to five hospitalizations and two 
deaths. According to reports, FDA was alerted in September 2021 
that an infant's Cronobacter sakazakii infection had been 
traced back to formula produced at an Abbott Nutrition Facility 
in Sturgis, Michigan. Between September and December 2021, FDA 
received two more reports of Cronobacter sakazakii infections, 
as well as a complaint about a salmonella illness, linked to 
the same facility. In September 2021, FDA inspected the 
facility and noted unsanitary conditions, but it failed to 
issue a public warning about the contaminated products until 
February 17, 2022, when Abbott voluntarily recalled the 
formula.
    On May 13, 2022, after it had become clear that the Abbott 
recall had directly contributed to an increasing shortage of 
baby formula nationwide, Chairwoman Maloney and Chairman 
Krishnamoorthi jointly sent letters to four baby formula 
manufacturers--Abbott Nutrition, Mead Johnson Nutrition, Nestle 
USA, and Perrigo Company--requesting information on the steps 
these companies are taking to address the shortage of infant 
formula in the United States. Together, these four companies 
control nearly 90% of the U.S. market for formula 
manufacturing. The letter to Abbott Nutrition also asked for 
documents related to sanitary conditions, quality control, 
contamination, and the closure of Abbott's facility in Sturgis, 
Michigan.

                  XV. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH DATA PRIVACY

    On July 8, 2022, following the U.S. Supreme Court's 
decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Chairwoman Maloney and 
Chairman Krishnamoorthi jointly launched an investigation into 
reproductive health data privacy, sending letters to five data 
broker companies and five personal health application (``app'') 
companies requesting information and documents regarding the 
collection and sale of personal reproductive health data. The 
letters expressed concerns about the potential misuse of this 
data to invade the privacy of individuals seeking reproductive 
health care. Reproductive health applications, which are known 
to share information with data brokers and other third parties, 
have been plagued by data privacy concerns. A recent study 
found that 87% of the 23 most popular women's health apps--
including reproductive health apps--shared user data with third 
parties, yet just over 50% requested consent from their users. 
Similarly, data brokers have been found to sell sensitive user 
location data. Recent reporting indicates that data brokers 
have sold mobile phone location data from individuals who have 
visited health care clinics that provide abortions, leading to 
concerns about the misuse of private data to target individuals 
seeking this care.

                            XVI. GAS STOVES

    On August 1, 2022, the Subcommittee sent a letter to CPSC 
requesting documents and information about CPSC's failure to 
establish safety standards or provide warnings to consumers on 
the significant health risks posed by air pollutants emitted 
from gas stoves despite having knowledge of potential risks as 
early as 1986. According to industry reports and third-party 
studies, despite having the authority either to issue mandatory 
standards and require warning labels or to work with industry 
to develop voluntary standards and labels that would address 
indoor air pollution from gas stoves, CPSC has not yet done 
either.

                  XVII. CRYPTOCURRENCY FRAUD AND SCAMS

    On August 30, 2022, the Subcommittee sent letters to four 
federal agencies--the U.S. Department of Treasury, Securities 
and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 
and Federal Trade Commission--and five digital asset 
exchanges--Binance.US, Coinbase, FTX US, Kraken, and KuCoin--
requesting information about the steps they are taking to 
combat cryptocurrency-related fraud and scams and additional 
actions that are needed to protect Americans. More 
specifically, the Subcommittee posed a series of questions and 
document requests aimed at gathering information about what the 
federal agencies and digital asset exchanges are doing to 
protect consumers and inform legislative solutions to bring 
stability to the digital asset industry.
    On October 14, 2022, based on information obtained in the 
investigation to date, the Subcommittee also sent a copy of the 
letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. On November 
18, 2022, following the bankruptcy of FTX Trading Ltd. (FTX), 
including its affiliated entity FTX US, the Subcommittee sent a 
letter to the founder and former CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, 
and the current CEO of FTX, John J. Ray III, pressing for more 
information on FTX's collapse and the full scope of harm 
inflicted upon its investors, and reiterating its expectation 
that FTX fully comply with the Subcommittee's August 30, 2022, 
request for documents.

                    XVIII. INCLINED INFANT PRODUCTS

    On September 2, 2022, Chairwoman Maloney and Chairman 
Krishnamoorthi jointly sent a letter to CPSC requesting 
information about how the Commission is working to protect 
babies from harmful inclined products such as sleepers, 
rockers, and other products with an incline of more than ten 
degrees. The Committee first began investigating this issue in 
2019, leading to a CPSC final rule banning infant inclined 
sleeping products in June 2021. The September 2022 letter 
followed a June 14, 2022, statement released by CPSC and Mattel 
Inc. warning of 13 infant deaths associated with inclined 
rockers and advising consumers against using the products for 
sleep or leaving infants unsupervised or unrestrained in those 
rockers. The letter also followed the May 16, 2022, signing of 
the Safe Sleep for Babies Act as well as a CPSC rule 
promulgated on June 23, 2022, making it unlawful to sell non-
compliant infant sleep products manufactured on or after that 
date. The letter sought additional clarity as to whether CPSC's 
anticipated rule would apply to all products that could pose 
risks to infants during sleep and sought a statement on CPSC's 
position on current law that requires CPSC to consult with 
manufacturers before taking certain safety actions.
    On October 13, 2022, CPSC responded to the Committee's 
letter, providing certain requested information, deferring to 
the ongoing rulemaking process in other cases, and stating 
Chairman Hoehn-Saric's position that ``the overly restrictive 
provisions of [existing law] should be repealed as they hinder 
the Commission's ability to act quickly to keep American 
consumers safe.''

                     E. Subcommittee On Environment


                        I. FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES

    During the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee investigated 
the massive subsidies--approximately $15 billion per year--that 
support the fossil fuel industry and prevent action from 
Congress on climate change. According to the International 
Monetary Fund, the U.S. government ranks second in the world in 
its support of the oil and gas industry.
    On Earth Day, April 22, 2021, the Subcommittee held a 
hearing titled ``The Role of Fossil Fuel Subsidies in 
Preventing Action on the Climate Crisis.'' Internationally 
recognized activist Greta Thunberg joined other witnesses 
virtually from Sweden to discuss the ways the international 
community views the United States in light of its failures to 
align with the Paris Climate Agreement. The hearing also 
explored how the fossil fuel industry has used taxpayer-funded 
subsidies to lobby for further preferential treatment from the 
federal government.

                            II. JOB CREATION

    During the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee investigated 
how to address the climate crisis while making sure no one is 
left behind. To achieve that goal, the federal government must 
target investments towards areas of the country that have been 
deindustrialized and historically disadvantaged.
    On June 16, 2021, the Subcommittee held a hearing titled 
``Jumpstarting Main Street: Bringing Jobs & Wealth Back to 
Forgotten America'' to explore these issues. The Subcommittee 
heard testimony from five witnesses to examine racial economic 
inequality and how investments to stop the climate crisis can 
address it.

                             III. WILDFIRES

    In the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee investigated forest 
resilience in mitigating wildfires. Wildfires carry a 
significant cost to human life, property, and wildlife across 
the country.
    On March 15, 2022, the Subcommittee held a hearing titled 
``Fighting Fire with Fire: Evaluating the Role of Forest 
Management in Reducing Catastrophic Wildfires.'' The 
Subcommittee heard from Carole King, a celebrated singer-
songwriter and land conservation advocate, the head of the 
United States Forest Service, and other witnesses regarding the 
Forest Service's fuel management practices, including 
prescribed burns, thinning, and commercial logging, and their 
effectiveness at preventing wildfires. The hearing emphasized 
the importance of community participation in forest management, 
including by allowing Tribes--and, in particular, traditional 
ecological knowledge-holders--to take the lead in maintaining 
forest health. Witnesses also addressed the need to prioritize 
investments in engineering solutions that protect homes and 
buildings from wildfires over commercial logging practices that 
exacerbate fires.

                      IV. REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE

    During the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee examined 
regenerative agriculture, the role it can play in preventing 
the worst of the climate crisis while protecting food supply, 
and the urgent need to reform federal policies that unjustly 
favor corporate agribusiness, often at the expense of family 
farmers. Climate change fundamentally threatens the world's 
food supply as extreme weather events, water scarcity, pests, 
and warming make it harder to grow staple crops and renders 
farmland unusable. Regenerative agricultural practices, such as 
rotating crops, can help reduce and reverse the desertification 
of farmland, increase nutrients in the soil, and enhance food 
security.
    On July 19, 2022, the Subcommittee held a hearing titled 
``Regenerative Agriculture: How Farmers and Ranchers Are 
Essential to Solving Climate Change and Increasing Food 
Production.'' The Subcommittee heard from regenerative farmers 
and soil health experts about the programs of USDA and the 
unfair market power held by corporate agribusiness that limits 
small- and medium-sized farmers' ability to adopt regenerative 
agricultural practices. While a small number of companies 
control most of the market for beef, pork, and grain, family 
farmers earn just 16 cents of every dollar spent on food.
    The federal government already supports regenerative 
agriculture and conservation methods, but many of these 
programs are oversubscribed and under-resourced. Some federal 
policy, however, supports inherently unsustainable practices, 
such as concentrated feeding operations (i.e., facilities where 
animals live and eat in confined spaces), which produce large 
amounts of waste that cause significant greenhouse gas 
emissions and can runoff into water resources.
    The Subcommittee revealed the need to amend federal 
policies that unjustly protect corporate agribusiness, often at 
the expense of family farmers, and fully fund farm conservation 
programs.

                        V. LEADED AVIATION FUEL

    During the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee examined the 
health harms associated with leaded aviation fuel and its 
impacts on American communities and the environment.
    On July 28, 2022, the Subcommittee held a hearing titled 
``Toxic Air: How Leaded Aviation Fuel Is Poisoning America's 
Children.'' This hearing explored the urgent, yet little-known, 
health crisis of airborne lead exposure from aviation fuel. 
This problem impacts millions of people who live near general 
aviation airports in the United States. Lead is highly toxic 
and a probable carcinogen, causing health effects such as brain 
damage, learning disabilities, reduced fertility, nerve damage, 
and death. Despite the dangers associated with it, many 
airplanes continue to utilize leaded fuel, putting the health 
and safety of Americans--especially children--at risk.
    In the United States, general aviation airports are often 
located in low-income communities and communities of color, 
causing those communities to suffer disproportionately from the 
health impacts of leaded aviation fuel. Lead exposure from 
aviation fuel is an ongoing environmental justice crisis.
    Despite clear evidence of harm and the existence of 
unleaded fuel alternatives, the Federal Aviation Administration 
(FAA) and EPA had failed for many years to take meaningful 
action to curb the use of leaded aviation fuel. Simultaneously, 
the fossil fuel and aviation industries have lobbied to delay 
efforts to phase out leaded fuel.
    Shortly after the Subcommittee's hearing, EPA issued an 
endangerment finding for the lead content in aviation fuel 
(i.e., a finding that lead emissions may reasonably be 
anticipated to endanger public health and welfare). 
Additionally, FAA finally signed off on the commercial 
production of an unleaded fuel alternative.

                       VI. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

    During the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee examined the 
gaps in current laws and regulations that leave frontline 
communities vulnerable to pollution, and the policy changes 
necessary to safeguard public health and the environment. 
Countless Americans live in communities where current air and 
water pollution permitting schemes fail to protect residents 
from the cumulative health and environmental impacts of 
concentrated industrial pollution. These sacrifice zones are 
disproportionately found in low-income communities and 
communities of color.
    On August 25, 2022, Chairman Khanna and Vice Chair Rashida 
Tlaib held a field hearing in Detroit, Michigan, which focused 
on the reality of living in ``sacrifice zones''--areas where 
Americans feel their lives are being sacrificed for the profits 
of corporate polluters. Most of the witnesses described living 
in the impact zone of either Stellantis, an automobile company, 
or U.S. Ecology Detroit South, one location of a waste 
treatment company.
    To follow up from the hearing, on December 8, 2022, the 
Subcommittee sent a letter to U.S. Ecology Detroit South and 
Stellantis, requesting information regarding health concerns 
stemming from toxic emissions at their facilities.

          F. Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties


         I. SPREAD OF WHITE SUPREMACY AND EXTREMIST IDEOLOGIES

    During the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee continued its 
series of hearings on ``Confronting Violent White Supremacy,'' 
holding two hearings on the subject: ``Examining the Rise of 
Militia Extremism'' (Part V) on May 26, 2021, and ``Examining 
the Biden Administration's Counterterrorism Strategy'' (Part 
VI) on September 29, 2022. On May 26, 2021, in conjunction with 
the first of these two hearings, the Subcommittee sent a letter 
to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas requesting information 
about how DHS evaluated the dangers associated with militia 
violent extremists prior to the January 6, 2021. The 
Subcommittee also sought information about how DHS combats 
violent extremism that arises at the intersection of racially 
motivated, anti-government, and militia violent extremists. DHS 
responded on March 16, 2022, explaining that it would designate 
such domestic violent extremism a ``National Priority Area'' 
and noting that the agency would allocate increased funding to 
respond to related threats. The Subcommittee held a briefing 
with DHS on September 28, 2022, addressing the reallocation of 
Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention Grant Program 
funding to address domestic terrorism threats posed by white 
supremacy.
    On December 12, 2022, the Subcommittee held the final 
hearing in this series, ``Confronting White Supremacy (Part 
VII): The Evolution of Anti-Democratic Extremist Groups and the 
Ongoing Threat to Democracy.''
    In addition, on March 9, 2021, the Subcommittee sent a 
letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray seeking a member-level 
briefing from the FBI on efforts to address the infiltration of 
federal, state, and local law enforcement by white supremacists 
and other extremists. On September 28, 2022, the Subcommittee 
received a briefing from DHS regarding the increased diversity 
in FY 2022 grant awards under the Targeted Violence and 
Terrorism Prevention program, including new funding streams to 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

                           II. VOTING RIGHTS

    During the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee worked closely 
with the full Committee on its oversight related to voting 
rights described above. In addition, the Subcommittee worked 
with the full Committee on investigations into audits of the 
2020 presidential election conducted in Arizona and Otero 
County, New Mexico.
    On Thursday, July 29, 2021, the Subcommittee held a hearing 
on restrictive voting bills under consideration in Texas and 
how they related to nationwide voter suppression efforts fueled 
by baseless claims of widespread voter fraud. The Subcommittee 
heard from Texas lawmakers who fled the state in protest of the 
undemocratic nature of the proposed bills and the manner in 
which they were proceeding through the state legislature. The 
hearing focused on the need to pass comprehensive voting rights 
reforms in H.R. 1, the For the People Act, and H.R. 4, the John 
Lewis Voting Rights Act. On December 14, 2021, Chairman Jamie 
Raskin introduced legislation, H.R. 6283, the Get Foreign Money 
Out of U.S. Elections Act, limiting the manner in which 
monetary donations can be made to campaigns.

          III. FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND CIVIL/LGBTQ+ RIGHTS

    In 2022, the Subcommittee held three hearings in a series, 
``Free Speech Under Attack,'' addressing protected First 
Amendment speech and activities. Two hearings, held on April 7 
and May 19, 2022, focused on book bans, curriculum gag orders, 
and attacks on the freedom of education and inquiry in schools 
across the nation. The book bans and curriculum gag orders 
predominantly focus on prohibiting topics related to race and 
the LGBTQ+ community. The Subcommittee heard from students, 
parents, teachers, administrators, and First Amendment experts 
to identify the manner in which race and sex-based 
discrimination is encroaching on public schools in the wake of 
an anti-Critical Race Theory Movement. On September 22, 2022, 
Chairman Raskin introduced legislation, H. Res. 1392, 
``Recognizing `Banned Books Week' and the sweeping attacks on 
books in the United States Today . . . .''
    The third hearing in the ``Free Speech Under Attack'' 
series, on September 14, 2022, focused on issues relating to 
the abuse of the legal system through the use of strategic 
lawsuits against public participation (``SLAPP'' lawsuits) to 
silence critics on powerful and moneyed interests, including 
the fossil fuel industry. On September 15, 2022, Chairman 
Raskin introduced legislation, H.R. 8864, the SLAPP Protection 
Act of 2022.
    On March 7, 2022, Chairman Raskin and Ranking Member Nancy 
Mace sent a letter to GAO Comptroller General Gene L. Dodaro 
requesting that GAO conduct a comprehensive review of the FBI's 
practice of surveilling Americans through activities it 
classifies as ``assessments.'' The review will determine the 
number of assessments opened against Americans in which racial, 
religious, ethnic, or political affiliation, or First 
Amendment-protected activity was the basis for opening the 
assessment.

                IV. EQUAL PROTECTION AND PROPERTY RIGHTS

    On May 5, 2021, the Subcommittee held a hearing on property 
damage committed by fossil fuel companies during pipeline 
construction and their frequent failure to remediate such 
damage before pipelines go into use. The hearing also examined 
the inability of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(FERC) to enforce federal pipeline regulations and penalize 
those that violate them.
    On January 13, 2022, in conjunction with the full 
Committee, Subcommittee Chairman Raskin sent a letter to FDA 
Acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock requesting a briefing from 
FDA regarding the three-month blanket deferral preventing gay 
and bisexual men from donating blood.

                V. DUE PROCESS IN THE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM

    During the 117th Congress, the Subcommittee continued 
investigations into violations of due process of individuals 
moving through the immigration system. On August 4, 2021, the 
Subcommittee sent a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas 
requesting a briefing, information, and documents related to 
CBP's potential misuse of its authority to take certain 
enforcement actions within the ``100-mile border zone'' on the 
northern border. The Subcommittee specifically requested 
information and documents on possible misconduct in Michigan 
related to enforcement activities against minority groups.
    On September 22, 2021, in conjunction with the full 
Committee, the Subcommittee also sent a letter to the Acting 
Commissioner of CBP, Troy A. Miller, requesting information on 
whether CBP agents were acting within agency policy in their 
treatment of Haitian immigrants seeking asylum on the southern 
border.

                  VI. CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM POLICIES

    Since September 27, 2021, the Subcommittee has been working 
with the full Committee to examine the inhumane treatment of 
detainees held in Rikers Island jail in New York City, 
including the deaths of more than a dozen detainees in 2022. 
The Subcommittee has participated in briefings provided by New 
York City officials, including the Mayor's Office and the Board 
of Corrections.
    In coordination with the Subcommittee on Economic and 
Consumer Policy, on October 14, 2021, the Subcommittee released 
a staff report detailing the health risks to humans from tear 
gas, and the lack of federal regulation surrounding the use of 
tear gas on humans.
    On December 8, 2021, the Subcommittee held a bipartisan 
hearing addressing the abuse of the civil asset forfeiture 
process by state law enforcement agencies that seize personal 
and real property through federal partnerships, including from 
individuals who have not been convicted of a crime. The 
Subcommittee urged passage of H.R. 2857, the Fifth Amendment 
Integrity Restoration Act, which was co-led by Chairman Raskin.
    On February 2, 2022, Chairman Raskin, along with Rep. Jimmy 
Gomez, sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and 
Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, renewing a request 
to DOJ that went unanswered under the prior Administration. The 
Subcommittee again requested that the Department begin a civil 
rights investigation into organized gangs operating within the 
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, to run in parallel 
with the investigation being conducted by the state of 
California.
    The Subcommittee also held a hearing on March 3, 2022, 
addressing the epidemic of missing and murdered Black and 
Indigenous women and women of color (collectively, BIPOC 
women). The Subcommittee examined methods by which federal and 
state law enforcement can better coordinate to address the 
disparity between treatment of missing and murdered BIPOC women 
and girls and white women and girls.
    The Subcommittee worked closely with the full Committee in 
holding a hearing on March 19, 2022, with Administration 
officials to examine the federal law enforcement response to 
the wave of bomb threats made to Historically Black Colleges 
and Universities. On September 28, 2022, the Subcommittee 
received a briefing from DHS regarding the increased diversity 
in FY 2022 grant awards under the Targeted Violence and 
Terrorism Prevention program, including new funding streams to 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

            G. Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis


       I. ROLE OF POLITICAL APPOINTEES IN PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE

    The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis 
investigated the extent to which political appointees 
undermined the federal coronavirus response for political 
purposes during the first year of the pandemic. The Select 
Subcommittee's investigation began during the 116th Congress 
and was renewed and expanded upon during the 117th Congress. As 
part of this expanded investigation, the Select Subcommittee 
conducted transcribed interviews with 19 senior officials 
involved in executing the pandemic response, reviewed more than 
200,000 pages of emails and other documents, and obtained 
relevant testimony at public hearings.
    On June 21, 2022, the Select Subcommittee released the 
first installment in a series of staff reports documenting its 
findings from this investigation. This report chronicled the 
Trump Administration's embrace of a strategy that called for 
increasing the spread of coronavirus among the general public 
before coronavirus vaccines were available. On June 22, 2022, 
the Select Subcommittee held a hearing with former White House 
Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx, during which 
she testified that the embrace of this strategy by the prior 
White House undermined the federal coronavirus response.
    On August 24, 2022, the Select Subcommittee released a 
second report from its investigation, which revealed new 
evidence of the Trump Administration's efforts to influence 
FDA's scientific decision-making on the coronavirus, including 
decisions regarding coronavirus treatments and vaccines. As 
part of its report, the Select Subcommittee released an 
interview transcript from former FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen 
Hahn, who confirmed that he was subjected to pressure by White 
House officials while leading FDA during the first year of the 
pandemic, including pressure to reauthorize hydroxychloroquine 
as a coronavirus treatment after FDA revoked its prior 
authorization for the drug due to its inefficacy and potential 
safety issues.
    On October 17, 2022, the Select Subcommittee released a 
third report from its investigation, detailing how the prior 
Administration interfered with CDC's coronavirus response. The 
report contains documentary evidence and statements from 
multiple CDC officials showing that senior officials in the 
Trump Administration blocked CDC from telling Americans the 
truth about the pandemic, directed CDC to make changes to its 
coronavirus guidance that did not advance public health 
interests, used CDC's public health authorities for political 
purposes, and suppressed accurate CDC reports to downplay the 
seriousness of the pandemic.

        II. DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF CORONAVIRUS VACCINES

    Vaccine Development. On April 19, 2021, the Select 
Subcommittee and the full Committee opened a joint 
investigation into Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.'s (Emergent) 
receipt of more than $600 million dollars in federal contracts 
to manufacture coronavirus vaccines following reports of 
contamination and problems with quality control. On May 19, 
2021, the Committees released preliminary findings from their 
investigation, detailing how Emergent failed to promptly and 
fully remediate serious deficiencies in its performance on 
taxpayer-funded contracts, resulting in the destruction of 
millions of Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca coronavirus 
vaccines. That same day, the Select Subcommittee held a hearing 
with Emergent's Chairman and CEO and Executive Chairman of the 
Board of Directors.
    The Committees expanded the investigation on June 22, 2021, 
to fully understand the problems plaguing Emergent's 
manufacturing facility and the impact they had on the 
availability of Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca vaccines. 
During this investigation, Committee staff conducted bipartisan 
briefings with and obtained documents from Emergent, Johnson & 
Johnson, AstraZeneca, FDA, and HHS; conducted a staff site 
visit to Emergent's facility in Baltimore, Maryland; and 
conducted a transcribed interview with former HHS Assistant 
Secretary for Preparedness and Response Dr. Robert Kadlec. On 
November 1, 2021, HHS terminated its agreement with Emergent 
because the company failed to follow federal manufacturing 
standards, saving taxpayers more than $320 million.
    On May 10, 2022, the Committees released a staff report 
revealing that Emergent senior executives had promoted the 
company's manufacturing capabilities despite being warned of 
and privately acknowledging severe deficiencies within the 
company's quality control systems. Documents obtained by the 
Committees also revealed that Emergent employees attempted to 
hide evidence of vaccine contamination from FDA inspectors, and 
that inexperienced staff and high staff turnover contributed to 
the extensive contamination at the facility. On August 11, 
2022, the Committees released further evidence revealing that 
over 525 million coronavirus vaccine doses were ultimately 
wasted due to Emergent's failure to meet or maintain quality 
standards, as required by its federal contracts. Emergent's 
failures wasted hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars and 
impacted our country's ability to meet the urgent, global need 
for coronavirus vaccines.
    Vaccine Distribution. The Select Subcommittee also 
investigated One Medical's administration of coronavirus 
vaccinations after public reporting indicated that the company 
disregarded vaccination prioritization guidelines and diverted 
vaccines away from vulnerable populations to benefit VIP 
clients and friends and family members of One Medical's 
executives. On December 21, 2021, the Select Subcommittee 
released a staff memorandum demonstrating how many health care 
providers took advantage of access to coronavirus vaccines to 
benefit their own business and personal interests, did not 
adequately monitor patients signing up for and receiving 
vaccinations to ensure their eligibility under prioritization 
guidelines, and failed to administer coronavirus vaccines 
equitably during the early vaccine rollout. This conduct 
undermined public health priorities and diverted scarce doses 
away from vulnerable seniors, health care providers, and other 
frontline workers who struggled to get vaccinated in the early 
months of 2021.
    The Select Subcommittee also investigated reports that 
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis failed to pre-order coronavirus 
vaccines for children under five, making it the only state to 
do so. On June 29, 2022, the Select Subcommittee held a staff 
briefing with Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo and 
other representatives of the Florida Department of Health. The 
Select Subcommittee released findings showing that Florida 
intentionally failed to pre-order vaccines for young children 
by the federal deadline and blocked pediatricians and other 
health care providers from placing their own orders through the 
state's vaccine ordering system.

                 III. DISTRIBUTION OF CRITICAL SUPPLIES

    The Select Subcommittee investigated federal contracts 
awarded to Federal Government Experts, LLC (FGE) after the 
company failed to provide critical PPE to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs and the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
during the early months of the coronavirus crisis. This 
investigation was renewed on March 18, 2021, after originally 
being opened during the 116th Congress.
    On June 17, 2021, the Select Subcommittee released a staff 
memorandum detailing how FGE president and owner Robert Stewart 
used a fraudulent scheme to secure $38.7 million in federal 
contracts to purportedly supply the federal government with 
millions of N95 masks at inflated prices, when, in actuality, 
he had none and no realistic plan to obtain any. Evidence 
obtained by the Select Subcommittee also revealed how federal 
procurement officials failed to perform adequate due diligence 
prior to awarding the contracts, despite clear red flags.
    The Select Subcommittee's investigation illustrated how 
skyrocketing demand for PPE, as well as the lack of a 
coordinated national strategy to alleviate supply shortages, 
forced federal agencies to enter risky contracts with unproven 
suppliers and pay above-market prices to compete for limited, 
critical supplies on the open market. These factors 
substantially increased the risk of waste, fraud, and abuse of 
taxpayer resources, and wasted valuable time federal officials 
could have spent working with other suppliers in the crucial 
early weeks of the pandemic.

                IV. IMPACT OF PANDEMIC ON NURSING HOMES

    The Select Subcommittee continued its investigation into 
the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on nursing home 
residents and staff. This investigation began in the 116th 
Congress following reports of disproportionate coronavirus 
infections and deaths at nursing homes. The Select 
Subcommittee's original investigation requested documents and 
information from five for-profit nursing home chains concerning 
coronavirus infections and deaths, infection control and 
prevention measures, staffing and pay data, and other relevant 
issues. On July 22, 2022, the Select Subcommittee sent 
additional document and information requests to the companies, 
seeking updated information concerning coronavirus infections 
and deaths, staffing and pay data, infection prevention and 
control measures, and vaccination rates.
    On September 20, 2022, the Select Subcommittee released 
findings from its investigation illustrating the harsh 
conditions at for-profit nursing homes during the early months 
of the pandemic, and the complex corporate structures that may 
allow for-profit nursing homes to evade oversight and 
accountability. The Select Subcommittee also held a hearing on 
September 20, 2022, examining the difficulties posed by the 
coronavirus in nursing homes and underscoring the need for 
reforms to protect nursing home resident and staff from future 
pandemics.
    On December 9, 2022, the Select Subcommittee released, as 
part of its final report, additional findings from its 
investigation into the impact of the coronavirus crisis on 
nursing home residents and staff at five for-profit nursing 
home chains. Data obtained by the Select Subcommittee revealed 
that, as of June 2022, there had been a total of 81,775 
coronavirus infections and 10,362 deaths among residents and 
67,140 infections and 118 deaths among staff across these five 
companies. The five companies investigated were the largest 
for-profit nursing home chains in the U.S. at the onset of the 
coronavirus pandemic. They had collectively operated over 850 
skilled nursing facilities and were charged with caring for 
80,000 residents around the country at the time the 
investigation began in June 2020.
    The Select Subcommittee also released findings on how 
staffing practices, wages and benefits, and administration of 
vaccinations and boosters impacted nursing home residents and 
staff at the five investigated companies throughout the 
pandemic. The Select Subcommittee's analysis of data from these 
facilities found that the five companies have each had 
significant staffing deficiencies throughout the course of the 
pandemic, have often provided low wages and poor benefits to 
their front-line workers, and continue to lag in coronavirus 
booster vaccination rates, despite having initially robust 
primary series vaccination rates.

                      V. FEDERAL LENDING PROGRAMS

    The Select Subcommittee conducted a number of 
investigations into federal lending programs designed to 
respond to the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus 
pandemic.
    Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Program. The Select 
Subcommittee continued its investigation into the COVID-19 EIDL 
program, which initially opened during the 116th Congress in 
July 2020. The Select Subcommittee renewed its document 
requests and sought further information from the three 
contractors the Small Business Administration had engaged to 
assist in implementing the EIDL program, which disbursed $378 
billion in loans and grants for American businesses harmed by 
the coronavirus crisis. On February 11, 2021, the Select 
Subcommittee, in conjunction with the Committee on Small 
Business under Chairwoman Nydia Velazquez, sent letters to SBA 
contractors and subcontractors RER Solutions, Rocket Loans, and 
Rapid Finance seeking documents and information about their 
role in implementing EIDL program fraud controls and the cost 
of the services they provided. On May 11, 2021, and July 14, 
2021, the Select Subcommittee and the Committee on Small 
Business sent letters to SBA requesting documents and 
information concerning fraud controls and policies in the EIDL 
program and the use of contractors to implement the program.
    As a part of its investigation, the Select Subcommittee 
received and reviewed 17,000 pages of documents responsive to 
its requests. The Select Subcommittee also held two briefings 
with SBA contractors RER and Rapid Finance, four briefings with 
SBA, and a March 22, 2021, hearing that included testimony from 
SBA Inspector General regarding fraud committed against the 
EIDL program. On June 14, 2022, the Select Subcommittee 
released a report detailing the Trump Administration's failure 
to implement basic fraud controls to protect the EIDL program 
and its decision to rely on a small contractor, RER, that 
received a windfall $750 million contract while relying on a 
subcontractor for nearly all the work required.
    CARES Act National Security Loan Program. On June 3, 2021, 
the Select Subcommittee initiated an investigation of the Trump 
Administration's implementation of the CARES Act national 
security loan program, in which 95% of funds disbursed went to 
the trucking company Yellow Corporation (Yellow). The program 
was authorized by the CARES Act and was intended to provide 
``liquidity'' to companies that were ``critical to maintaining 
national security'' related to ``losses incurred as a result of 
the coronavirus'' crisis. Following reports that called into 
question Yellow's eligibility for and use of the loan funds, 
the Select Subcommittee requested documents and information 
from Yellow, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury), DOD, 
and Crowley Logistics, a major DOD transportation contractor 
that subcontracted shipments to Yellow. On October 5, 2021, 
following the receipt of records indicating Trump White House 
involvement, the Select Subcommittee requested presidential 
records from the Trump Administration at NARA.
    As a part of its investigation, the Select Subcommittee 
received and reviewed approximately 12,000 pages of documents 
responsive to its requests. The Select Subcommittee also 
interviewed the Trump Administration Treasury official who led 
negotiations with Yellow and a senior career DOD official 
involved in evaluating whether Yellow was critical to national 
security.
    The Select Subcommittee released findings from its 
investigation on April 27, 2022. The Select Subcommittee found 
that Trump Administration political appointees, with the 
apparent involvement of the Trump White House, certified that 
Yellow was eligible for a national security loan despite the 
assessment of career DOD officials that the company should not 
be certified as eligible for a national security loan. The 
Select Subcommittee further found that the Trump Administration 
made the loans on terms that violated the CARES Act's interest 
rate, risk, and use of funds requirements. The Select 
Subcommittee referred potential misrepresentations made by 
Yellow to the Department of Treasury's OIG, which referred the 
matter to the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery 
for further investigation.
    Paycheck Protection Program. On May 27, 2021, the Select 
Subcommittee launched an investigation into the role financial 
technology companies (FinTechs) played in facilitating fraud 
against the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). This 
investigation followed reports, independent analyses, and 
prosecution records showing that FinTech lenders and companies 
processed a disproportionately large share of the fraudulent 
publicly funded loans made under PPP while receiving hundreds 
of millions of dollars in fees. These reports also suggested 
some FinTechs may have approved loan applications with little 
to no scrutiny or due diligence.
    The Select Subcommittee's investigation commenced with 
letters requesting documents and information from FinTech 
companies Kabbage, Inc. and BlueVine, as well as Cross River 
and Celtic banks, which partnered with FinTechs in approving 
hundreds of thousands of PPP loans totaling nearly $10 billion. 
On November 22, 2021, the Select Subcommittee expanded its 
investigation and requested additional information and 
documents from the FinTechs Blue Acorn PPP, LLC and Womply, 
Inc. As a part of this investigation, the Select Subcommittee 
received and reviewed thousands of pages of documents and 
conducted numerous briefings and meetings with FinTech and 
lender representatives and Small Business Administration (SBA) 
employees.
    On December 1, 2022, the Select Subcommittee released a 
staff report on the role of FinTechs in facilitating PPP loans. 
The report identified significant vulnerabilities in the 
government's reliance on unvetted, underregulated private-
sector companies to implement the program. The Select 
Subcommittee's investigation found that FinTechs were given 
extraordinary responsibility in administering the nation's 
largest pandemic relief program, as certain SBA lenders heavily 
delegated applicant screening to companies that claimed to 
employ effective and innovative fraud control technology. The 
investigation determined that the PPP lacked sufficient 
incentives for FinTechs to implement strong fraud prevention 
controls.
    At least three of the four FinTechs investigated by the 
Select Subcommittee appear to have ignored clear red flags and 
failed to stop preventable fraud, leading to the needless loss 
of taxpayer dollars. The investigation found that several 
FinTechs, largely existing outside of the regulatory structure 
governing traditional financial institutions and with little to 
no oversight, took billions in fees from taxpayers while 
becoming easy targets for those who sought to defraud the PPP. 
These companies also appear to have abused their positions of 
public trust to benefit themselves and their executives.

          VI. CORONAVIRUS PROTECTIONS FOR MEATPACKING WORKERS

    On February 1, 2021, the Select Subcommittee initiated an 
investigation of the conditions faced by meatpacking workers 
during the coronavirus crisis and the Trump Administration's 
response to coronavirus infection risks in meatpacking 
facilities. The investigation followed reports that meatpacking 
workers were particularly vulnerable during the crisis as 
meatpacking plants had dozens of significant coronavirus 
outbreaks early in the pandemic. The Select Subcommittee 
requested documents and information from the large meatpacking 
firms JBS, Tyson Foods, and Smithfield Foods, as well as the 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). On 
September 15, 2021, the Select Subcommittee expanded its 
investigation with letters to the large meatpacking companies 
National Beef and Cargill.
    As a part of its meatpacking investigation, the Select 
Subcommittee received and reviewed more than 151,000 pages of 
documents responsive to its requests. The Select Subcommittee 
also held briefings with OSHA and the USDA and conducted more 
than a dozen background calls with meatpacking workers, union 
representatives, former OSHA and USDA officials, and state and 
local health authorities.
    On October 17, 2021, the Select Subcommittee released a 
staff report showing the numbers of coronavirus infections and 
deaths of meatpacking workers during the crisis were 
significantly higher than previously reported. The Select 
Subcommittee held a hearing that same day on the meatpacking 
industry's failure to adequately protect workers during the 
coronavirus crisis. On May 12, 2022, the Select Subcommittee 
released a staff report detailing findings that the meatpacking 
industry was aware of the undue coronavirus risks faced by its 
workers and that the industry coordinated with Trump 
Administration political appointees to keep workers on the job 
without adequate coronavirus mitigation measures.

               VII. FARMERS TO FAMILIES FOOD BOX PROGRAM

    The Select Subcommittee continued its investigation into 
the Farmers to Families Food Box program (Food Box), which 
began during the 116th Congress. The Select Subcommittee 
originally requested documents and information from USDA and 
significant Food Box contractors on August 24, 2020, following 
reports that USDA had awarded the contracts to implement the 
program to inexperienced companies that had failed to perform 
adequately. During its investigation, the Select Subcommittee 
conducted an intensive review of three of the contractors that 
received among the largest contract awards in the Food Box 
program's first round, Yegg, Inc., Ben Holtz Consulting, and 
CRE8AD8, to examine the design and implementation of the Food 
Box program. The Select Subcommittee held briefings or 
interviews with representatives of USDA, Yegg, and CRE8AD8; 
surveyed representatives of 18 organizations that interacted 
with the Food Box contractors; and received and reviewed 
thousands of pages of documents.
    On October 13, 2021, the Select Subcommittee released a 
staff report detailing the findings of its investigation of the 
Food Box program. The report found that, in 2020, the USDA 
awarded contracts to carry out the Food Box program worth tens 
of millions of dollars to unqualified companies that appeared 
to lack the capacity to adequately distribute food. USDA also 
failed to adequately monitor contract performance to detect 
possible fraud. The report also found that USDA allowed the 
unqualified contractors to profit excessively, and that Trump 
Administration officials manipulated the program for political 
advantage by requiring vendors to include a signed letter from 
the President in distributed boxes and connecting it to the 
Republican National Convention.

      VIII. PROTECTING HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS DURING THE PANDEMIC

    The Select Subcommittee conducted investigations and 
hearings to ensure that federal efforts to keep people in their 
homes during the crisis were successful and that pandemic 
protections were not violated. On July 19, 2021, the Select 
Subcommittee launched an investigation of four large, corporate 
landlords that had reportedly filed to evict tenants at high 
rates during the pandemic, despite CDC's eviction moratorium 
and Congress's appropriation of tens of billions of dollars in 
emergency rental assistance. The Select Subcommittee requested 
information and documents from Pretium Partners, Invitation 
Homes, the Siegel Group, and Ventron Management. On July 17, 
2021, the Select Subcommittee held a hearing on the 
effectiveness of federally funded rental assistance programs 
and abuses by large landlords during the pandemic. On August 
30, 2021, the Select Subcommittee sent letters to state 
governments that had been slowest to distribute federal 
emergency rental assistance, requesting information on their 
plans for improvement and urging them to expedite the delivery 
of aid.
    During its investigation of corporate landlords' pandemic 
eviction practices, the Select Subcommittee obtained and 
reviewed more than 50,000 pages of responsive documents and 
held four briefings or meetings with company employees.
    On July 28, 2022, the Select Subcommittee released a staff 
report detailing findings from the investigation. The Select 
Subcommittee found that the four corporate landlords had filed 
nearly three times as many evictions during the first three 
months of the pandemic than was previously known. The 
investigation further found that the companies had policies or 
practices of filing to evict tenants with pending rental 
assistance applications, and that two companies used very low 
thresholds of rent owed before filing pandemic eviction 
actions. The investigation also found that Invitation Homes 
downplayed the impact of its eviction filings to its major 
government-backed creditor, and that the Siegel Group used 
harassment tactics and deception to try to force tenants from 
their homes. The Select Subcommittee referred its findings for 
further inquiry and potential enforcement action to appropriate 
entities, including the Federal Trade Commission and the 
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

       VI. SUMMARY OF ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES AND ACTIONS

    In addition to topics and matters referenced in the 
Committee's Oversight Plan, the Committee engaged in the 
following oversight activities and actions during the 117th 
Congress.

 A. Additional Oversight and Investigations of the Full Committee and 
                         Standing Subcommittees


                           I. WAR IN UKRAINE

    In early 2022, Russian forces began to amass along 
Ukraine's eastern border. On February 16, 2022, the 
Subcommittee on National Security held a hearing to examine 
Russia's destabilizing activity in Eastern Europe, including 
its buildup of approximately 130,000 troops along Ukraine's 
borders. On February 24, 2022, Russia launched an invasion of 
Ukraine.
    On March 8, 2022, the Committee on Oversight and Reform 
held a briefing with former U.S. and Ukrainian government 
officials about Vladimir Putin's unprovoked and unjustified 
invasion of Ukraine.
    Later that month, the Subcommittee on National Security led 
a bipartisan congressional delegation to Poland, Romania, 
Moldova, and Austria to observe the humanitarian impacts of 
Russia's invasion of Ukraine and to demonstrate the United 
States' unwavering support for the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization (NATO) alliance and the people of Ukraine.
    On May 18, 2022, the Committee on Oversight and Reform held 
a classified briefing with representatives from DOD, the 
Department of State, and the U.S. Agency for International 
Development to receive an update on the status of the war in 
Ukraine and U.S. and allied efforts to support Ukraine's 
sovereignty and territorial integrity.
    On June 7, 2022, the Subcommittee on National Security held 
a hearing to examine the humanitarian crisis resulting from 
Russia's unprovoked war against Ukraine and the efforts of 
international aid organizations to deliver urgently needed 
assistance to support civilians affected by the conflict.
    On September 21, 2022, the Subcommittee on National 
Security held a hearing to examine how Russia has used private 
military companies to foment and exploit instability and 
conflict in Ukraine, the Middle East, and Africa, as well as 
how the United States and the international community can hold 
these organizations accountable for the war crimes, atrocities, 
and other illegal activities they have carried out on behalf of 
the Kremlin.

                             II. MONKEYPOX

    On July 20, 2022, in response to rising monkeypox case 
counts, the Chairwoman wrote to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra to 
urge swift action to ensure that vaccines, testing, and 
treatment were available to all people, including people with 
monkeypox symptoms or suspected exposure.
    On July 29, 2022, the Chairwoman wrote again to HHS 
Secretary Becerra, urging him to declare a public health 
emergency in response to the ongoing monkeypox outbreak and 
rising case counts across the country. On August 4, 2022, the 
Biden Administration declared the monkeypox outbreak a public 
health emergency.
    On August 10, 2022, the Chairwoman wrote to HHS Secretary 
Becerra to commend the Administration's declaration of a public 
health emergency in response to the monkeypox outbreak and to 
urge the Department to take all steps necessary to ensure that 
patients and providers could easily access monkeypox 
treatment--including any steps required to evaluate a potential 
emergency use authorization for TPOXX to treat monkeypox.

 B. Additional Oversight Activities of the Select Subcommittee on the 
                           Coronavirus Crisis


                        I. WORKFORCE INEQUITIES

    On December 13, 2021, the Select Subcommittee initiated an 
investigation of the pandemic's impact on the U.S. workforce by 
sending requests to 12 major companies that had reportedly laid 
off at least 1,000 workers during the crisis: AT&T, Berkshire 
Hathaway, Boeing, Chevron, Cisco, Citigroup, Comcast, 
ExxonMobil, Oracle, Salesforce, Walmart, and the Walt Disney 
Company. The Select Subcommittee's investigation followed 
reports indicating that women and low-wage workers were 
disproportionately impacted by the economic crisis that 
followed the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. The Select 
Subcommittee collected data on seven key employment outcomes--
furloughs, layoffs, terminations/firings, voluntary departures, 
hourly wage and salary reductions, hourly wage and salary 
increases, and promotions. During its investigation, the Select 
Subcommittee developed a unique and innovative methodology for 
analyzing the significant quantity of data obtained from these 
companies and used the data to reach its findings. The Select 
Subcommittee also held briefings with the Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission and the Department of Labor's Office of 
Federal Contract Compliance Programs.
    On October 25, 2022, the Select Subcommittee released a 
report detailing its findings from the investigation. The 
Select Subcommittee found a number of inequities across 
numerous dimensions. Hourly employees were more likely to quit 
or be fired and less likely to be promoted than salaried 
workers, and these inequities were compounded by racial, ethnic 
and gender inequities. Workers without access to paid sick 
leave quit at much higher rates than workers with paid sick 
leave, while workers that had access to and used family and 
caregiving leave had better employment outcomes than workers 
that did not. Older workers were laid off at higher rates than 
younger workers. Further, the Select Subcommittee found that 
most companies were not collecting comprehensive data on their 
workers' benefits, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

                     C. Official Travel/Delegations

    The Subcommittee on National Security led a congressional 
delegation (CODEL) to Poland, Romania, Moldova, and Austria 
from March 18 to March 24, 2022. The delegation travelled to 
the region to observe the humanitarian impacts of Vladimir 
Putin's invasion of Ukraine and to demonstrate the United 
States' unwavering support for NATO alliance and the people of 
Ukraine.
    The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis led a 
bipartisan staff delegation on August 1, 2022, to the CDC in 
Atlanta as part of its oversight of the CDC's response to the 
coronavirus pandemic. Bipartisan staff toured the CDC campus, 
including laboratory facilities, and met with CDC officials to 
obtain information on CDC's coronavirus response practices, 
data modernization initiative, and preparedness for public 
health emergencies.

                  D. State and District Level Reports

    In the 117th Congress, the Committee issued 444 state and 
district level staff reports for Members of the House. These 
reports covered the following:
           Inflation Reduction Act (IRA):
                    Committee Staff issued two sets of 
                District-level reports to every member of the 
                Democratic caucus (two sets of 222 reports) on 
                the anticipated benefits of the IRA. The first 
                set of reports described how the legislation 
                would help make health insurance more 
                affordable for constituents, including by 
                reducing premiums. The second set of reports 
                described how the IRA would make prescription 
                drugs more affordable for constituents. Both 
                reports included multiple examples illustrating 
                savings for constituents.
                    Committee staff also issued a national 
                report on the IRA's anticipated benefits. This 
                report used the underlying data gathered for 
                the District-level reports, and included a 
                national-level summary of the IRA's benefits of 
                reducing both prescription drug costs and 
                health insurance premiums.

VII. HEARINGS HELD PURSUANT TO PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 2(N) OF HOUSE RULE XI

    Under House Rule XI clause 2(n):
          (1) Each standing committee, or a subcommittee 
        thereof, shall hold at least one hearing during each 
        120-day period following the establishment of the 
        committee on the topic of waste, fraud, abuse, or 
        mismanagement in Government programs which that 
        committee may authorize.
          (2) A hearing described in subparagraph (1) shall 
        include a focus on the most egregious instances of 
        waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement as documented by 
        any report the committee has received from a Federal 
        Office of the Inspector General or the Comptroller 
        General of the United States.
    During the 117th Congress, the Committee held the following 
hearings pursuant to this requirement (see Section II, above, 
for witnesses):
          Hearing on ``Legislative Proposals to Put the Postal 
        Service on Sustainable Financial Footing'' (February 
        24, 2021).
          Hearing on ``The 2021 GAO High-Risk List: Blueprint 
        for a Safer, Stronger, More Effective America'' (March 
        2, 2021).
          Hearing on ``The Special Inspector General for 
        Afghanistan Reconstruction's 2021 High-Risk List'' 
        (March 16, 2021).
          Hearing on ``Rooting Out Fraud in Small Business 
        Relief Programs'' (March 25, 2021).
          Hearing on ``Restoring Independence: Rebuilding the 
        Federal Offices of Inspectors General'' (April 20, 
        2021).
          Hearing on ``Examining Emergent BioSolutions'' 
        Failure to Protect Public Health and Public Funds'' 
        (May 19, 2021).
          Hearing on ``Defending the U.S. Electric Grid Against 
        Cyber Threats'' (July 27, 2021).
          Hearing on ``FITARA 12.0'' (July 28, 2021).
          Full Committee Hearing on ``Hurricane Ida and Beyond: 
        Readiness, Recovery, and Resilience'' (October 5, 
        2021).
          Hearing on ``Waiting on the Mail: Postal Service 
        Standard Drops in Chicago and the Surrounding Area'' 
        (October 15, 2021).
          Hearing on ``Cracking Down on Ransomware: Strategies 
        for Disrupting Criminal Hackers and Building Resilience 
        Against Cyber Threats'' (November 16, 2021).
          Hearing on ``Cybersecurity for the New Frontier: 
        Reforming the Federal Information Security 
        Modernization Act'' (January 11, 2022).
          Full Committee Hearing on ``Price Gouging in Military 
        Contracts: New Inspector General Report Exposes Excess 
        Profit Obtained by TransDigm Group'' (January 19, 
        2022).
          Hearing on ``FITARA 13.0'' (January 20, 2022).
          Hearing on ``Waiting on the Mail: Postal Service 
        Standard Drops in Baltimore and the Surrounding Area'' 
        (February 14, 2022).
          Hearing on ``From Recession to Recovery: Examining 
        the Impact of the American Rescue Plan's State and 
        Local Fiscal Recovery Funds'' (March 1, 2022).
          Hearing on ``Follow the Money: Tackling Improper 
        Payments'' (March 31, 2022).
          Hearing on ``It's Electric: Developing the Postal 
        Service Fleet of the Future'' (April 5, 2022).
          Hearing on ``IRS: Is It Ready?'' (April 21, 2022).
          Hearing on ``Ensuring Scientific Integrity at Our 
        Nation's Public Health Agencies'' (April 29, 2022).
          Hearing on ``Technology Modernization Fund: Rewriting 
        Our IT Legacy'' (May 25, 2022).
          Hearing on ``Restoring Independence: Rebuilding the 
        Federal Offices of Inspector General'' (April 20, 
        2022).
          Hearing on ``Examining Federal Efforts to Prevent, 
        Detect, and Prosecute Pandemic Relief Fraud to 
        Safeguard Funds for All Eligible Americans'' (June 14, 
        2022).
          Hearing on ``FITARA 14.0'' (July 28, 2022).
          Hearing on ``Delivering for Pennsylvania: Examining 
        Postal Service Delivery and Operations from the Cradle 
        of Liberty'' (September 7, 2022).
          Hearing on ``Project Federal Information Technology: 
        Make IT Work'' (September 16, 2022).
          Hearing on ``The Holiday Rush: Is the Postal Service 
        Ready?'' (November 16, 2022).
          Hearing on ``FITARA 15.0'' (December 15, 2022).

VIII. HEARINGS HELD PURSUANT TO PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (P) OF HOUSE RULE XI

    Under House Rule XI clause 2(p):
          Each standing committee, or a subcommittee thereof, 
        shall hold at least one hearing on issues raised by 
        reports issued by the Comptroller General of the United 
        States indicating that Federal programs or operations 
        that the committee may authorize are at high risk for 
        waste, fraud, and mismanagement, known as the ``high-
        risk list'' or the ``high-risk series.''
    During the 117th Congress, the Committee held the following 
hearings pursuant to this requirement (see Section II, above, 
for witnesses):
          Hearing on ``Revitalizing the Federal Workforce'' 
        (February 23, 2021).
          Hearing on ``The Special Inspector General for 
        Afghanistan Reconstruction's 2021 High-Risk List'' 
        (March 16, 2021).
          Hearing on ``FITARA 12.0'' (July 28, 2021).
          Hearing on ``The Future of Federal Work'' (December 
        1, 2021).
          Hearing on ``FITARA 13.0'' (January 20, 2022).
          Hearing on ``Follow the Money: Tackling Improper 
        Payments'' (March 31, 2022).
          Hearing on ``Technology Modernization Fund: Rewriting 
        Our IT Legacy'' (May 25, 2022).
          Hearing on ``The Future of Federal Work II'' (July 
        21, 2022).
          Hearing on ``FITARA 14.0'' (July 28, 2022).
          Hearing on ``Project Federal Information Technology: 
        Make IT Work'' (September 16, 2022).
          Hearing on ``FITARA 15.0'' (December 15, 2022).

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