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SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate of February 4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled and any cancellations or changes in the meetings as they occur.
As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
Meetings scheduled for Wednesday, July 21, 2021 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
JULY 229 a.m.
Committee on the Judiciary
Business meeting to consider S. 1425, to enable the
Federal Trade Commission to deter filing of sham citizen petitions to cover an attempt to interfere with approval of a competing generic drug or biosimilar, to foster competition, and facilitate the efficient review of petitions filed in good faith to raise legitimate public health concerns, S. 1428, to prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market, and to prohibit biological product manufacturers from compensating biosimilar and interchangeable companies to delay the entry of biosimilar biological products and interchangeable biological products, S. 1388, to require the Federal Trade Commission to study the role of intermediaries in the pharmaceutical supply chain and provide Congress with appropriate policy recommendations, S. 1435, to amend the Federal Trade
Commission Act to prohibit product hopping, and the nominations of Gustavo A. Gelpi, of Puerto Rico, to be
United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit,
Angel Kelley, to be United States District Judge for the
District of Massachusetts, Christine P. O'Hearn, to be
United States District Judge for the District of New
Jersey, and Helaine Ann Greenfeld, of Maryland, and
Christopher H. Schroeder, of North Carolina, both to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice.
SR-3259:30 a.m.
Committee on Armed Services
Closed business meeting to continue to markup the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2022.
SD-106
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Robert T.
Anderson, of Washington, to be Solicitor, and Tracy
Stone-Manning, of Montana, to be Director of the Bureau of Land Management, both of the Department of the
Interior, and Shalanda H. Baker, of Texas, to be
Director of the Office of Minority Economic Impact,
Samuel T. Walsh, of New York, to be General Counsel, and Andrew Eilperin Light, of Georgia, to be an
Assistant Secretary (International Affairs), all of the
Department of Energy.
SD-36610 a.m.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment
To hold hearings to examine frameworks to address future pandemic risk.
SD-538
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Subcommittee on Space and Science
To hold hearings to examine space situational awareness, space traffic management, and orbital debris, focusing on solutions for emerging threats.
SR-253
Committee on Environment and Public Works
Subcommittee on Chemical Safety, Waste Management,
Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight
To hold hearings to examine current issues adversely affecting environmental justice populations.
SD-406
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine American workers in a 21st century economy, focusing on the right to organize.
SD-430
JULY 279:30 a.m.
Committee on Finance
To hold hearings to examine implementation and enforcement of the United States-Mexico-Canada
Agreement, focusing on one year after entry into force.
SD-21510 a.m.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To hold hearings to examine pipeline cybersecurity, focusing on protecting critical infrastructure.
SR-253
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2022 for the Department of the Interior.
SD-366
Committee on Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Rufus
Gifford, of Massachusetts, to be Chief of Protocol, and to have the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service, and Lee Satterfield, of South Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary (Educational and Cultural
Affairs), both of the Department of State, and other pending nominations.
SD-G50/VTC
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine building on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on the path forward.
SD-430
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To hold hearings to examine resources and authorities needed to protect and secure the homeland.
SD-342/VTC
Committee on the Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine America under cyber siege, focusing on preventing and responding to ransomware attacks.
SD-226
JULY 289:30 a.m.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Robert
Luis Santos, of Texas, to be Director of the Census,
Department of Commerce, and Ed Gonzalez, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security.
SD-34210 a.m.
Committee on Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Kenneth
Lee Salazar, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to the
United Mexican States, Jessica Lewis, of Ohio, to be an
Assistant Secretary (Political-Military Affairs), and
Donald Lu, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for
South Asian Affairs, all of the Department of State, and Marcela Escobari, of Massachusetts, to be an
Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development.
SD-G50/VTC
