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“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2021-06-22” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D668-D669 on June 21.
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The publication is reproduced in full below:
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,
JUNE 22, 2021
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, to hold hearings to examine renewable energy, focusing on growth and opportunities for rural economies, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2022 for the Army, 10 a.m., SD-192.
Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the posture of the Department of the Navy in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2022 and the Future Years Defense Program; to be immediately followed by a closed session in SVC-217, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
Subcommittee on Airland, to hold hearings to examine modernization efforts of the Department of the Air Force in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2022 and the Future Years Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Brian Eddie Nelson, of California, to be Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes, and Elizabeth Rosenberg, of Vermont, to be Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing, both of the Department of the Treasury, 10 a.m., SD-538.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Communication, Media, and Broadband, to hold hearings to examine building resilient networks, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness, to hold hearings to examine the strategic benefits of a multilateral approach to trade policy in the Asia-Pacific region, 2:30 p.m., SD-215.
Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider S.J. Res. 10, to repeal the authorizations for use of military force against Iraq, S. 1041, to advance the strategic alignment of United States diplomatic tools toward the realization of free, fair, and transparent elections in Nicaragua and to reaffirm the commitment of the United States to protect the fundamental freedoms and human rights of the people of Nicaragua, S. 65, to ensure that goods made with forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China do not enter the United States market, S. 2000, to promote the United States-Greece defense partnership, S. 93, to amend the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act to modify the foreign persons subject to sanctions and to remove the sunset for the imposition of sanctions, S. 1061, to encourage the normalization of relations with Israel, S. 14, to identify and combat corruption in countries, to establish a tiered system of countries with respect to levels of corruption by their governments and their efforts to combat such corruption, and to evaluate foreign persons engaged in grand corruption for inclusion as specially designated nationals under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, S. Res. 67, calling for the immediate release of Trevor Reed, a United States citizen who was unjustly found guilty and sentenced to 9 years in a Russian prison, S. Res. 165, calling on the Government of the Russian Federation to provide evidence or to release United States citizen Paul Whelan, S. Res. 107, expressing the sense of the Senate relating to the 10th anniversary of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami in Japan, S. Res. 154, congratulating the people of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on the centennial of the founding of the Jordanian state, S. Res. 176, urging all parties in Georgia to seek prompt implementation of the agreement signed on April 19, 2021, and reaffirming the support of the Senate for Georgia, the territorial integrity of Georgia, and the aspirations of Georgians to join the Euro-Atlantic community, the nominations of Michele Jeanne Sison, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary
(International Organization Affairs), Larry Edward Andre, Jr., of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Somalia, Maria E. Brewer, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Lesotho, Tulinabo S. Mushingi, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Angola, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, Elizabeth Moore Aubin, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, Eugene S. Young, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo, and Christopher John Lamora, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cameroon, all of the Department of State, routine lists in the Foreign Service, and other pending calendar business, 2:15 p.m., SH-216.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold hearings to examine vaccines, focusing on America's shot at ending the COVID-19 pandemic, 10 a.m., SD-430.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings to examine D.C. statehood, 10 a.m., SD-342/VTC.
Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine Federal sentencing for crack and powder cocaine, 10 a.m., SD-106.
Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, to hold hearings to examine protecting real innovations by improving patent quality, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to consider pending intelligence matters; be immediately followed by a closed hearing to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
House
Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, hearing entitled H.R. 660, the ``Shovel-Ready Restoration Grants for Coastlines and Fisheries Act of 2021''; H.R. 1415, the ``Tribal Coastal Resiliency Act''; H.R. 1689, the ``Offshore Wind for Territories Act''; H.R. 2750, the ``Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act''; H.R. 3160, the ``Keep America's Waterfronts Working Act''; H.R. 3228, the ``National Coastal Resilience Data and Services Act''; H.R. 3692, the ``Marine Mammal Climate Change Protection Act''; H.R. 3748, the ``BLUE GLOBE ACT''; H.R. 3764, the ``Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act of 2021''; H.R. 3817, the ``Regional Ocean Partnership Act''; H.R. 3864, the
``Chesapeake Bay Oyster Research Act''; H.R. 3906, the ``Blue Carbon Protection Act''; and H.R. 3892, the ``National Oceans and Coastal Security Improvements Act'', 3 p.m., Webex.
Committee on Oversight and Reform, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, hearing entitled ``Lessons Learned: The Federal Reserve's Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic'', 2154 Rayburn and Zoom.
Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 2062, the
``Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act''; S.J. Res. 13, the ``Update of Commission's Conciliation Procedures''; S.J. Res. 14, the ``Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources Review''; S.J. Res. 15, the
``National Banks and Federal Savings Associations as Lenders''; H.R. 239, the ``Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act''; and H.R. 1443, the ``LGBTQ Business Equal Credit Enforcement and Investment Act'', 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol and Webex.
