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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DOD BUDGET POSTURE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded 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, after receiving testimony from Lloyd J. Austin III, Secretary, Michael McCord, Under Secretary (Comptroller), and General Mark A. Milley, USA, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, all of the Department of Defense.
CRITICAL MINERALS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the scope and scale of critical mineral demand and recycling of critical minerals, after receiving testimony from Dave Howell, Acting Director and Principal Deputy Director, Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains, Director, Vehicle Technologies Office, Department of Energy; Joseph Britton, Zero Emission Transportation Association, and Duncan Wood, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, both of Washington, D.C.; Scott Forney, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems, San Diego, California; and JB Straubel, Redwood Materials, Carson City, Nevada.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
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, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
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; and
11 GSA resolutions.
IRS BUDGET
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Internal Revenue Service, the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2023, and the 2022 filing season, after receiving testimony from Charles P. Rettig, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Caroline Kennedy, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Commonwealth of Australia, who was introduced by Senator Markey, 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, who was introduced by Senator Padilla, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
