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“CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the in the Daily Digest section section on pages D1211-D1215 on Nov. 1.
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:
CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD
Week of November 2 through November 5, 2021
Senate Chamber
On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of Jonathan Davidson, of Maryland, to be Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury, and vote on the motions to invoke cloture on the nominations of Jonathan Davidson, of Maryland, to be Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury, Benjamin Harris, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and Isobel Coleman, of New York, to be a Deputy Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, at 11:00 a.m.
At 2:20 p.m., Senate will vote on the motions to invoke cloture on the nominations of Jeffrey M. Prieto, of California, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Rajesh D. Nayak, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor.
At 5:15 p.m., Senate will vote on confirmation of the nomination of Jonathan Davidson, of Maryland, to be Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury, if cloture has been invoked on the nomination.
During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared legislative and executive business.
Senate Committees
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: November 2, Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research, to hold hearings to examine the state of nutrition in America 2021, 10 a.m., SH-216.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: November 2, to hold hearings to examine the Libor transition, focusing on protecting consumers and investors, 10 a.m., SD-538.
November 3, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the nominations of Judith DelZoppo Pryor, of Ohio, to be First Vice President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, Owen Edward Herrnstadt, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and Matthew S. Axelrod, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, 9:30 a.m., SD-534.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: November 3, to hold hearings to examine implementation of aviation safety reform, 10 a.m., SR-253.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: November 2, business meeting to consider the nominations of Geraldine Richmond, of Oregon, to be Under Secretary for Science, Brad John Crabtree, of North Dakota, to be an Assistant Secretary (Fossil Energy and Carbon Management), and Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, of California, to be Director of the Office of Science, all of the Department of Energy, M. Camille Calimlim Touton, of Nevada, to be Commissioner of Reclamation, Laura Daniel-Davis, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary, and Charles F. Sams III, of Oregon, to be Director of the National Park Service, all of the Department of the Interior, Willie L. Phillips, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and Sara C. Bronin, of Connecticut, to be Chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 10 a.m., SD-366.
November 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the potential non-electric applications of civilian nuclear energy, 10 a.m., SD-366.
Committee on Environment and Public Works: November 3, to hold hearings to examine programs at the Economic Development Administration, 10 a.m., SD-406.
Committee on Finance: November 3, business meeting to consider the nomination of Chris Magnus, of Arizona, to be Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
Committee on Foreign Relations: November 2, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Thomas Barrett, of Wisconsin, to be Ambassador to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Jamie L. Harpootlian, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia, Scott Miller, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of Liechtenstein, and Erik D. Ramanathan, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden, all of the Department of State, and other pending nominations, 10 a.m., VTC.
November 2, 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, 2:30 p.m., SD-G50/VTC.
November 3, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the nominations of Lisa A. Carty, of Maryland, to be Representative of the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, during her tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, Barbara A. Leaf, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary (Near Eastern Affairs), Elizabeth Anne Noseworthy Fitzsimmons, of Delaware, to be Ambassador to the Togolese Republic, David R. Gilmour, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Patricia Mahoney, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Central African Republic, Peter Hendrick Vrooman, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Mozambique, Peter D. Haas, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the People's Republic of Bangladesh, and Julie Chung, of California, to be Ambassador to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, all of the Department of State, and Atul Atmaram Gawande, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
November 3, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on U.S. cybersecurity policy, 10 a.m., SVC-217.
November 4, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending calendar business, 11 a.m., SD-106.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: November 4, to hold hearings to examine the road ahead for the COVID-19 response, focusing on next steps, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: November 3, 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. 3099, to amend title 44, United States Code, to establish the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program within the General Services Administration, 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'', 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, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
Committee on the Judiciary: November 2, to hold hearings to examine cleaning up online marketplaces, focusing on protecting against stolen, counterfeit, and unsafe goods, 10 a.m., SD-226.
November 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Gabriel P. Sanchez, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Samantha D. Elliott, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Hampshire, Linda Lopez, and Jinsook Ohta, both to be a United States District Judge for the Southern District of California, Katherine Marie Menendez, to be United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota, and David Herrera Urias, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Mexico, 10 a.m., SD-226.
November 4, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2342, to amend title 9 of the United States Code with respect to arbitration of disputes involving sexual assault and sexual harassment, S. 2629, to establish cybercrime reporting mechanisms, and the nominations of Holly A. Thomas, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Mary Katherine Dimke, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California, Charlotte N. Sweeney, to be United States District Judge for the District of Colorado, Jennifer L. Thurston, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of California, Hernan D. Vera, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California, and Clare E. Connors, to be United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii, Zachary A. Cunha, to be United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Nikolas P. Kerest, to be United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, Cole Finegan, to be United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, and Kenneth L. Parker, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, all of the Department of Justice, 9 a.m., SH-216.
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: November 4, business meeting to consider S. 1617, to modify the requirements for the Administrator of the Small Business Administration relating to declaring a disaster in a rural area, S. 1621, to reauthorize and limit the pre-disaster mitigation program of the Small Business Administration, the nomination of Dilawar Syed, of California, to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration, and other pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SR-428A.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: November 3, to hold hearings to examine Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense collaboration, focusing on improving outcomes for servicemembers and veterans, 3 p.m., SR-418.
Select Committee on Intelligence: November 2, to receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
House Committees
Committee on Agriculture, November 3, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Immediate Challenges to our Nation's Food Supply Chain'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth and Zoom.
Committee on Education and Labor, November 3, Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services, hearing entitled ``A Call to Action: Modernizing the Community Services Block Grant'', 10:15 a.m., Zoom.
November 4, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, hearing entitled ``Closing the Courthouse Doors: The Injustice of Forced Arbitration Agreements'', 10:15 a.m., Zoom.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, November 3, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, markup on H.R. 1218, the ``Data Mapping to Save Moms' Lives Act''; and H.R. 2501, the ``Spectrum Coordination Act'', 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn and Webex.
Committee on Financial Services, November 3, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions, hearing entitled
``Cyber Threats: Keeping Consumer Data and the Financial System Secure'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn and Webex.
November 4, Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy, hearing entitled ``From Timber to Tungsten: How the Exploitation of Natural Resources Funds Rogue Organizations and Regimes'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn and Webex.
Committee on Foreign Affairs, November 3, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Assessing Progress and Challenges in State Department Management, Operations, and Reforms'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn and Webex.
Committee on Homeland Security, November 3, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Evolving the U.S. Approach to Cybersecurity: Raising the Bar Today to Meet the Threats of Tomorrow'', 10 a.m., 310 Cannon and Webex.
Committee on the Judiciary, November 3, Full Committee, continue markup on H.R. 4777, the ``Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021''; H.R. 963, the ``FAIR Act''; H.R. 5677, to make technical amendments to titles 2, 50, and 52, United States Code; H.R. 5679, to make technical amendments to titles 7, 20, and 43, United States Code; H.R. 5695, to make technical amendments to title 25, United States Code; and H.R. 5705, to make technical amendments to title 34, United States Code, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn and Zoom.
November 4, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Texas Abortion Ban and its Devastating Impact on Communities and Families'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn and Zoom.
Committee on Natural Resources, November 4, Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife, hearing on H. Res. 320, recognizing the critical importance of access to reliable, clean drinking water for Native Americans and Alaska Natives and confirming the responsibility of the Federal Government to ensure such water access; H.R. 4832, the ``Open Access Evapotranspiration Data Act''; H.R. 5001, the ``Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Recovery Act''; and H.R. 5345, the ``Saline Lake Ecosystems in the Great Basin States Program Act of 2021'', 10 a.m., Webex.
Committee on Oversight and Reform, November 4, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 5477, the ``Federal Agency Climate Planning, Resilience, and Enhanced Preparedness Act''; H.R. 4688, the
``Federal Agency Customer Experience Act''; legislation on the State and Local Digital Services Act; H.R. 4778, the ``District of Columbia Courts Vacancy Reduction Act''; and several postal naming measures, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn and Zoom.
Committee on Small Business, November 3, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Entrepreneurship in the New Economy'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn and Zoom.
November 4, Subcommittee on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development, hearing entitled ``The Community College Pipeline to Small Businesses'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn and Zoom.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, November 4, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Evolving Cybersecurity Landscape: Industry Perspectives on Securing the Nation's Infrastructure'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn and Zoom.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, November 3, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation, hearing entitled ``Countering Domestic Terrorism'', 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, November 4, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Article One: Strengthening Congressional Oversight Capacity'', 9 a.m., 210 Cannon and Zoom.
Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth, November 3, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Our Changing Economy: The Economic Effects of Technological Innovation, Automation and the Future of Work'', 10 a.m., CVC-200.
Joint Meetings
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: November 3, to hold hearings to examine upholding Organization for Security and Co-
operation in Europe commitments in Hungary and Poland, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
* These figures include all measures reported, even if there was no accompanying report. A total of 44 written reports have been filed in the Senate, 156 reports have been filed in the House.
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