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“CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the in the Daily Digest section section on pages D355-D359 on April 4.
More than half of the Agency's employees are engineers, scientists and protection specialists. The Climate Reality Project, a global climate activist organization, accused Agency leadership in the last five years of undermining its main mission.
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CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD
Week of April 5 through April 8, 2022
Senate Chamber
On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the motion to discharge the nomination of Julia Ruth Gordon, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and vote on the motion to discharge thereon at 10:30 a.m.
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 Appropriations: April 6, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimate and justification for fiscal year 2023 for the Army Corps of Engineers, and the Bureau of Reclamation, 10 a.m., SD-192.
Committee on Armed Services: April 5, to hold hearings to examine the posture of United States Special Operations Command and United States Cyber Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2023 and the Future Years Defense Program; to be immediately followed by a closed session in SVC-217, 9:30 a.m., SD-
G50.
April 5, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, to hold closed hearings to examine training the next generation of cyber operators, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.
April 6, Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold hearings to examine suicide prevention and related behavioral health interventions in the Department of Defense, 10 a.m., SR-222.
April 6, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, to hold hearings to examine the Department of Defense's posture for supporting and fostering innovation, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
April 7, Full Committee, to hold open and closed hearings to examine the Department of Defense budget posture in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2023 and the Future Years Defense Program, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: April 5, to hold hearings to examine insider trading legislation, focusing on fair markets, 10 a.m., SD-538.
April 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Ventris C. Gibson, of Virginia, to be Director of the Mint for a term of five years, and Paul M. Rosen, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for Investment Security, both of the Department of the Treasury, 10 a.m., SD-538.
April 6, Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development, to hold hearings to examine advancing public transportation in small cities and rural places under the bipartisan infrastructure law, 2:30 p.m., SD-538/VTC.
Committee on the Budget: April 5, to hold hearings to examine corporate profits and rising prices, 11 a.m., SD-608.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: April 5, to hold hearings to examine ensuring transparency in the petroleum markets, 10 a.m., SR-253.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: April 7, to hold hearings to examine the scope and scale of critical mineral demand and recycling of critical minerals, 10 a.m., SD-366.
Committee on Environment and Public Works: April 5, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water, to hold hearings to examine implementation of the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act, focusing on stakeholders' needs and experiences, 10 a.m., SD-
406.
April 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2023 for the Environmental Protection Agency, 10 a.m., SD-406.
April 6, Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Beth Pritchard Geer, Robert P. Klein, both of Tennessee, and L. Michelle Moore, of Georgia, all to be a Member of the Board of Directors, and Benny R. Wagner, of Tennessee, to be Inspector General, all of the Tennessee Valley Authority, 2:30 p.m., SD-406.
April 7, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2372, to amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to make supplemental funds available for management of fish and wildlife species of greatest conservation need as determined by State fish and wildlife agencies, S. 3742, to establish a pilot grant program to improve recycling accessibility, S. 3743, to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out certain activities to improve recycling and composting programs in the United States, the nominations of David M. Uhlmann, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Administrator, and Carlton Waterhouse, of Virginia, to be Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste, both of the Environmental Protection Agency, and 11 GSA resolutions, 10 a.m., SD-406.
Committee on Finance: April 5, to hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2023 for the Department of Health and Human Services, 10 a.m., SD-215.
April 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the IRS, the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2023, and the 2022 filing season, 10 a.m., SD-215.
Committee on Foreign Relations: April 6, to hold hearings to examine amendments to the Treaty on Fisheries between the Governments of Certain Pacific Island States and the Government of the United States of America (Treaty Doc.115-03), agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Croatia comprising the instrument as contemplated by Article 3(2) of the Agreement on Extradition between the United States of America and the European Union, signed June 25, 2003, as to the Application of the Treaty on Extradition signed on October 25, 1901 (the ``U.S.-Croatia Extradition Agreement''), and the Agreement between the Government of the United States and the Government of the Republic of Croatia comprising the Instrument as contemplated by Article 3(3) of the Agreement on Mutual Legal Assistance between the United States of America and the European Union signed at Washington on June 25, 2003 (the ``U.S.-Croatia Mutual Legal Assistance Agreement''), both signed at Washington on December 10, 2019 (Treaty Doc.116-02), and amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (the ``Montreal Protocol''), adopted at Kigali on October 15, 2016, by the Twenty-
Eighth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (the ``Kigali Amendment'') (Treaty Doc.117-01), 2:30 p.m., SD-106/VTC.
April 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Caroline Kennedy, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Commonwealth of Australia, Philip S. Goldberg, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, MaryKay Loss Carlson, of Arkansas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines, and Marc B. Nathanson, of California, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway, all of the Department of State, and other pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD-419.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: April 5, to hold hearings to examine FDA user fee agreements, focusing on advancing medical product regulation and innovation for the benefit of patients, 10 a.m., SD-106.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: April 6, business meeting to consider the nominations of Derek Kan, of California, and Daniel Mark Tangherlini, of the District of Columbia, both to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service, 11:15 a.m., SD-342.
Committee on Indian Affairs: April 6, business meeting to consider S. 3123, to amend the Siletz Reservation Act to address the hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering rights of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, S. 3126, to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to address the hunting, fishing, trapping, and animal gathering rights of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community, S. 3273, to take certain land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, H.R. 1975, to take certain land located in San Diego County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Pala Band of Mission Indians, and H.R. 4881, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona certain land in Pima County, Arizona, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
Committee on Rules and Administration: April 6, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Dara Lindenbaum, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission, 3:15 p.m., SR-301.
Select Committee on Intelligence: April 5, to receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
April 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Kate Elizabeth Heinzelman, of New York, to be General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency, 10 a.m., SH-216.
April 6, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
House Committees
Committee on Agriculture, April 6, Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture, hearing entitled ``A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: International Trade and Food Assistance Programs'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth and Zoom.
Committee on Appropriations, April 6, Subcommittee on Defense, hearing entitled ``United States Africa Command'', 9:30 a.m., H-140. This hearing is closed.
April 6, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, budget hearing on U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 10 a.m., Zoom.
April 6, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, hearing entitled ``Social and Emotional Learning and Whole Child Approaches in K-12 Education'', 10 a.m., Zoom.
April 6, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, hearing entitled ``U.S. International Assistance to Combat Narcotics Trafficking'', 10 a.m., Zoom.
April 6, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, budget hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs, 10:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn and Zoom.
April 6, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, hearing entitled ``Regional Tribal Organizations Public Witness Hearing for FY23'', 1 p.m., Zoom.
April 6, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, budget hearing on the Office of Inspector General, Department of Homeland Security, 1:30 p.m., Zoom.
April 6, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, budget hearing on the House of Representatives, 2 p.m., 2362-B Rayburn and Zoom.
April 7, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, hearing entitled ``FY2023 Member Day Hearing'', 9:30 a.m., Zoom.
April 7, Subcommittee on Defense, hearing entitled ``United States Special Operations Command'', 10 a.m., H-405. This hearing is closed.
Committee on Armed Services, April 6, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing entitled ``Fiscal Year 2023 Strategic Forces National Security Space Programs'', 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn and Webex.
Committee on the Budget, April 6, Full Committee, hearing entitled
``Department of Health and Human Services FY 2023 Budget'', 2:30 p.m., 210 Cannon and Zoom.
Committee on Education and Labor, April 6, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Examining the Policies and Priorities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services'', 9 a.m., 2175 Rayburn and Zoom.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, April 6, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Gouged at the Gas Station: Big Oil and America's Pain at the Pump'', 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn and Webex.
Committee on Financial Services, April 6, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Annual Testimony of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the International Financial System'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn and Webex.
Committee on Foreign Affairs, April 6, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Restoring American Leadership in the Indo-Pacific'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn and Webex.
Committee on Homeland Security, April 6, Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations, hearing entitled,
``Examining Title 42 and the Need to Restore Asylum at the Border'', 2 p.m., 310 Cannon and Webex.
Committee on House Administration, April 7, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Examining Stock Trading Reforms for Congress'', 9 a.m., 1310 Longworth and Zoom.
Committee on Natural Resources, April 6, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 920, the ``Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site Expansion Act''; H.R. 1638, the ``Gilt Edge Mine Conveyance''; H.R. 2626, the ``Pullman National Historical Park Act''; H.R. 5093, the
``Wind River Administrative Site Conveyance Act''; and H.R. 6651, the ``Alaska Salmon Research Task Force Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
April 7, Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife, hearing entitled ``Russian Seafood Ban Implementation and Seafood Traceability'', 1 p.m., 1324 Longworth and Webex.
Committee on Oversight and Reform, April 6, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 1756, the ``Measuring Real Income Growth Act''; H.R. 6531, the ``Targeting Resources to Communities in Need Act of 2022''; H.R. 6967, the ``Chance to Compete Act''; legislation on the Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act; H.R. 5815, the
``Honest Census Communications Act''; H.R. 7185, the ``Federal Contracting for Peace and Security Act''; H.R. 3544, the ``Computers for Veterans and Students Act''; H.R. 7337, the ``Access for Veterans to Records Act''; and postal naming measures, 10:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn and Zoom.
April 7, Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, hearing entitled ``Free Speech Under Attack: Book Bans and Academic Censorship'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn and Zoom.
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, April 6, Subcommittee on Research and Technology, hearing entitled ``SBIR Turns 40: Evaluating Support for Small Business Innovation'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn and Zoom.
Committee on Small Business, April 6, Subcommittee on Underserved, Agricultural, and Rural Business Development, hearing entitled ``SBA Management Review: Office of Advocacy'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, April 6, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``National Transportation Safety Board Reauthorization'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn and Zoom.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, April 6, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 5738, the ``Lactation Spaces for Veteran Moms Act''; H.R. 6961, the ``Dignity for MST Survivors Act''; H.R. 2724, the ``VA Peer Support Enhancement for MST Survivors Act''; H.R. 7335, the
``Improving Military Sexual Trauma Claims Coordination Act''; H.R. 6052, the ``VA OIG Training Act''; H.R. 7277, the ``Improving Oversight of VA Community Care Providers Act of 2022''; legislation on Improving VA Workforce through Minority Serving Institutions; H.R. 2428, the ``Strengthening Oversight for Veterans Act of 2021''; H.R. 7369, the ``VENTURE Act''; H.R. 6376, the ``Student Veteran Work Study Modernization Act''; legislation on VA Foreign School Payments; H.R. 2326, the ``Veterans Cyber Risk Awareness Act''; H.R. 7158, the ``Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act''; H.R. 5754, the
``Patient Advocate Tracker Act''; H.R. 6064, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for a review of examinations, furnished by the Secretary, to individuals who submit claims to the Secretary for compensation under chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code, for mental and physical conditions linked to military sexual trauma; H.R. 7153, the ``Department of Veterans Affairs Principles of Benefits Automation Act''; and H.R. 6604, the ``VETS Credit Act'', 10:30 a.m., HVC-210 and Zoom.
Committee on Ways and Means, April 6, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Overcoming Racism to Advance Economic Opportunity'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth and Webex.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, April 6, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Compartmented Hearing'', 10 a.m., HVC-
304 Hearing Room. This hearing is closed.
Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, April 7, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Cost-Saving Climate Solutions: Investing in Energy Efficiency to Promote Energy Security and Cut Energy Bills'', 9 a.m., 1334 Longworth and Zoom.
Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, April 6, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Congressional Continuity: Ensuring the First Branch is Prepared in Times of Crisis'', 9 a.m., 1334 Longworth and Zoom.
Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth, April 6, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``(Im)Balance of Power: How Market Concentration Affects Worker Compensation and Consumer Prices'', 12 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn and Zoom.
Joint Meetings
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: April 6, to hold hearings to examine ways to counter tactics oligarchs use to launder their money and reputations and stifle dissent, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.
April 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine protecting Ukrainian refugees from human trafficking, 10:30 a.m., SD-562.
* These figures include all measures reported, even if there was no accompanying report. A total of 41 written reports have been filed in the Senate, 66 reports have been filed in the House.
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