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“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the in the Extensions of Remarks section section on pages E1155-E1156 on Oct. 27.
The Department oversees more than 500 million acres of land. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the department has contributed to a growing water crisis and holds many lands which could be better managed.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
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 Thursday, October 28, 2021 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
NOVEMBER 210 a.m.
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops,
Organics, and Research
To hold hearings to examine the state of nutrition in
America 2021.
SH-216
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the Libor transition, focusing on protecting consumers and investors.
SD-538
Committee on the Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine cleaning up online marketplaces, focusing on protecting against stolen, counterfeit, and unsafe goods.
SD-2262 p.m.
Committee on Foreign Relations
Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management,
International Operations, and Bilateral International
Development
To hold hearings to examine training the Department of
State's workforce for the 21st century diplomacy.
SD-G50/VTC
NOVEMBER 310 a.m.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To hold hearings to examine implementation of aviation safety reform.
SR-253
Committee on Environment and Public Works
To hold hearings to examine programs at the Economic
Development Administration.
SD-406
Committee on the Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine pending nominations.
SD-22610:30 a.m.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Business meeting to consider S. 587, to amend the
Inspector General Act of 1978 to provide that the
President or certain agency heads may remove the
Inspector General, or place an Inspector General on non-duty status, only if certain conditions are satisfied, S. 1794, to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to provide testimonial subpoena authority, S.
2273, to authorize Inspectors General to continue operations during a lapse in appropriations, S. 2991, to establish a Department of Homeland Security Center for Countering Human Trafficking, S. 3035, to establish the Artificial Intelligence Hygiene Working Group, S.
2993, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
Security Agency the National Cyber Exercise Program, S.
2491, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the National Cyber Resilience Assistance
Fund, to improve the ability of the Federal Government to assist in enhancing critical infrastructure cyber resilience, to improve security in the national cyber ecosystem, to address Systemically Important Critical
Infrastructure, S. 2540, to make technical corrections to title XXII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, S.
2274, to authorize the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to establish an apprenticeship program and to establish a pilot program on cybersecurity training for veterans and members of the Armed Forces transitioning to civilian life, S.
2322, to require a pilot program on the participation of non-asset-based third-party logistics providers in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, S.
2793, to authorize the Administrator of General
Services to establish an enhanced use lease pilot program, S. 2541, to authorize the reclassification of the tactical enforcement officers (commonly known as the ``Shadow Wolves'') in the Homeland Security
Investigations tactical patrol unit operating on the lands of the Tohono O'odham Nation as special agents,
S. 1941, to direct the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget to standardize the use of core-based statistical area designations across
Federal programs, to allow between 120 and 180 days for public comment on any proposed change to such designations, and to report on the scientific basis and estimated impact to Federal programs for any proposed change to such designations, S. 2838, to require the
Director of the Government Publishing Office to establish and maintain an online portal accessible to the public that allows the public to obtain electronic copies of all congressionally mandated reports in one place, S. 419, to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for a full annuity supplement for certain air traffic controllers, S. 442, to amend title 40, United
States Code, to require the Administrator of General
Services to procure the most life-cycle cost effective and energy efficient lighting products and to issue guidance on the efficiency, effectiveness, and economy of those products, S. 2483, to require the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to establish cybersecurity guidance for small organizations, S. 2989, to amend the Homeland Security
Act of 2002 to enhance the Blue Campaign of the
Department of Homeland Security, S. 138, to waive certain pay limitations for Department of Agriculture and Department of the Interior employees engaged in emergency wildland fire suppression activities, H.R.
2662, to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978, H.R.
4426, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to ensure that the needs of children are considered in homeland security planning, H.R. 3263, to amend the
Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish in the
Department of Homeland Security a medical countermeasures program, H.R. 2617, to amend section
1115 of title 31, United States Code, to amend the description of how performance goals are achieved, H.R.
4363, to establish a daily public reporting requirement for covered contract awards of the Department of
Homeland Security, 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'', 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'', an original bill entitled, ``Federal Risk and
Authorization Management Program Act'', and the nominations of Ernest W. DuBester, of Virginia, and
Susan Tsui Grundmann, of Virginia, both to be Member, and Kurt Thomas Rumsfeld, of Maryland, to be General
Counsel, all of the Federal Labor Relations Authority.
SD-3422:30 p.m.
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
To hold hearings to examine upholding Organization for
Security and Co-operation in Europe commitments in
Hungary and Poland.
SD-4193 p.m.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs
To hold hearings to examine Department of Veterans
Affairs and Department of Defense collaboration, focusing on improving outcomes for servicemembers and veterans.
SR-418
NOVEMBER 1610 a.m.
Committee on the Judiciary
To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Department of
Homeland Security.
SD-106
