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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
ENHANCING DATA SECURITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing to examine enhancing data security, after receiving testimony from Jessica L. Rich, former Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, and Edward W. Felten, former Chief Technologist, both of the Federal Trade Commission; James E. Lee, Identity Theft Resource Center, Richmond, Virginia; and Kate Tummarello, Engine, Washington, D.C.
NATIONAL PARKS LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks concluded a hearing to examine S. 336, to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to reauthorize the Ohio & Erie National Heritage Canalway, S. 378, to reauthorize the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area, the Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area, the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, the Schuylkill River Valley National Heritage Area, and the Oil Region National Heritage Area, S. 511, to establish the Bronzeville-Black Metropolis National Heritage Area in the State of Illinois, S. 635, to reauthorize The Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor and the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area, S. 654, to reauthorize the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area, S. 787, to amend the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area Act to extend the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance to the local coordinating entity for the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area under that Act, S. 825, to establish the Southern Maryland National Heritage Area, S. 972, to reauthorize the Essex National Heritage Area, S. 990, to reauthorize the Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area, S. 1004, to extend the authorization of the Mormon Pioneer National Heritage Area, to designate the Great Basin National Heritage Route in the State of Nevada as the ``Great Basin National Heritage Area'', to designate the Great Basin Heritage Route Partnership as the ``Great Basin Heritage Area Partnership'', to extend the authorization of the Great Basin National Heritage Area, S. 1112, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Chisholm National Historic Trail and the Western National Historic Trail, S. 1224, to reauthorize, and increase the total funding cap for, the America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership, to redesignate the America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership as the
``Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area'', S. 1258, to extend the authorization of each of the National Coal Heritage Area and the Wheeling National Heritage Area in the State of West Virginia, S. 1284 and H.R. 2497, bills to establish the Amache National Historic Site in the State of Colorado as a Unit of the National Park System, S. 1318, to reauthorize the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area, S. 1329, to amend the National Aviation Heritage Area Act to reauthorize the National Aviation Heritage Area, S. 1620, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the city of Eunice, Louisiana, certain Federal land in the State of Louisiana, S. 1643, to establish the Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area, S. 1942, to standardize the designation of National Heritage Areas, S. 1954, to reauthorize the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, S. 2158, to extend the authorization for the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission, S. 2296, establish the Northern Neck National Heritage Area, S. 2438, to modify the boundary of the Cane River Creole National Historical Park in the State of Louisiana, S. 2441, to establish in the States of North Carolina and South Carolina the Southern Campaign of the Revolution National Heritage Corridor, S. 2482, to amend the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership Act of 2006 to reauthorize the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership, S. 2490, to establish the Blackwell School National Historic Site in Marfa, Texas, S. 2580, to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to make free National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Passes available to members of the Armed Forces, S. 2648, to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to reauthorize the Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area in the State of Alaska, and S. 2763, to extend the authorization for the MotorCities National Heritage Area in the State of Michigan, after receiving testimony from Joy Beasley, Associate Director of Cultural Resources, Partnerships and Science, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; and Sara Capen, Niagara Falls National Heritage Area, Niagara University, New York, on behalf of the Alliance of National Heritage Areas.
DROUGHT IN WESTERN U.S.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power concluded a hearing to examine the status and management of drought in the western United States, after receiving testimony from Tanya Trujillo, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the Interior; Thomas Buschatzke, Arizona Department of Water Resources, and Jennifer Pitt, National Audubon Society Colorado River Program, both of Phoenix, Arizona; and Julie Ellingson, North Dakota Stockmen's Association, Bismark.
USACE RESPONSE TO HURRICANE IDA
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine the Army Corps of Engineers emergency response to Hurricane Ida, after receiving testimony from Major General William H. Graham, Deputy Commanding General, Civil and Emergency Operations, Brigadier General Thomas J. Tickner, Commander, North Atlantic Division, and Colonel Stephen Murphy, Commander, New Orleans District, all of the Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 2875, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the Cyber Incident Review Office in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of Homeland Security, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 2902, to modernize Federal information security management, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
The nominations of Cathy Ann Harris, of Maryland, to be a Member, and to be Chairman, and Tristan Lynn Leavitt, of Idaho, and Raymond A. Limon, of Nevada, both to be a Member, all of the Merit Systems Protection Board, Tovah R. Calderon, to be an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and Kenia Seoane Lopez, Rupa Ranga Puttagunta, and Sean C. Staples, each to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
WATER RIGHTS LEGISLATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine S. 648, to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make a technical correction to the water rights settlement for Shoshone-
Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, and S. 1911, to provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, after receiving testimony from Bryan Newland, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; Brian Thomas, Shoshone-Paiute of the Duck Valley Reservation, Owyhee, Nevada; and Andrew Werk, Jr., Fort Belknap Indian Community, Harlem, Montana.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Lucy Haeran Koh, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, who was introduced by Senators Feinstein and Padilla, Jane M. Beckering, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Michigan, and Shalina D. Kumar, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, who were both introduced by Senators Stabenow and Peters, and Armando O. Bonilla, of Virginia, and Carolyn N. Lerner, of Maryland, both to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, and Jonathan Kanter, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, who were all introduced by Senator Durbin, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
THE JOHN R. LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, after receiving testimony from Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice; Todd Rokita, Attorney General of Indiana, Indianapolis; Jon Greenbaum, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C.; Wendy Weiser, Brennan Center for Justice, New York, New York; and Ken Cuccinelli, Election Transparency Initiative, Nokesville, Virginia.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Guy T. Kiyokawa, of Hawaii, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Enterprise Integration), who was introduced by Senator Hirono, and James D. Rodriguez, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence community.
