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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: NNSA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2023 for the National Nuclear Security Administration, after receiving testimony from Jill Hruby, Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and Administrator, Marvin L. Adams, Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, Corey Hinderstein, Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, and Admiral James F. Caldwell, Deputy Administrator for Naval Reactors, all of the National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy.
APPROPRIATIONS: EPA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2023 for the Environmental Protection Agency, after receiving testimony from Michael S. Regan, Administrator, and David Bloom, Chief Financial Officer, both of the Environmental Protection Agency.
APPROPRIATIONS: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND FAMILY HOUSING
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2023 for military construction and family housing, after receiving testimony from Paul Cramer, performing the duties of Assistant Secretary (Energy, Installations, and Environment), Vice Admiral Rick Lee Williamson, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Fleet Readiness and Logistics, Navy, Lieutenant General Edward D. Banta, Deputy Commandant, Installations and Logistics, Lieutenant General Jason T. Evans, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-9, Installations, Army, Lieutenant General Warren D. Berry, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering, and Force Protection, Air Force, and Bruce Hollywood, Associate Chief Operations Officer, Space Force, all of the Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded a hearing to examine missile defense strategy, policies, and programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2023 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from David A. Honey, Deputy Under Secretary for Research and Engineering, John F. Plumb, Assistant Secretary for Space Policy, General Glen D. VanHerck, USAF, Commander, United States Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, Vice Admiral Jon A. Hill, USN, Director, Missile Defense Agency, and Lieutenant General Daniel L. Karbler, USA, Commanding General, United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command, all of the Department of Defense.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine addressing climate change with energy-efficient and resilient housing, including S. 2361, to reauthorize the budget-neutral demonstration program for energy and water conservation at multifamily residential units, to establish a green retrofit program, S. 3140, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the credit for residential energy efficient property refundable, S. 2370, to require the Secretary of Energy to provide rebates for the installation of zero-emission technologies in single-family homes and multifamily buildings, S. 1768, to make grants to support online training of residential contractors and rebates for the energy efficiency upgrades of homes and multifamily buildings, and S. 2616, to create livable communities through coordinated public investment and streamlined requirements, after receiving testimony from Ruth Ann Norton, Green and Healthy Homes Initiative, Baltimore, Maryland; and Katie Tubb, The Heritage Foundation, and Krista Egger, Enterprise Community Partners, both of Washington, D.C.
FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE BUDGET
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2023 for the Fish and Wildlife Service, after receiving testimony from Martha Williams, Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Elizabeth Frawley Bagley, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil, Mari Carmen Aponte, of Puerto Rico, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, Francisco O. Mora, of Florida, to be Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the Organization of American States, with the rank of Ambassador, and Michelle Kwan, of California, to be Ambassador to Belize, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. Res. 341, commemorating the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Security Treaty among Australia, New Zealand, and the United States of America;
S. Res. 529, supporting a democratic, pluralistic, and prosperous Bosnia and Herzegovina on the 30th Anniversary of its declaration of independence, with amendments;
S. Res. 499, celebrating 100 years of diplomatic relations between the United States and the Baltic States;
S. Res. 615, expressing appreciation for the efforts of the Republic of Poland to assist Ukrainian refugees and support the sovereignty of Ukraine following the Russian invasion of Ukraine;
S. Res. 538, expressing support for a second United States-Africa Leaders Summit as an important opportunity to strengthen ties between the United States and African partners and build on areas of mutual interest;
S. Res. 390, expressing appreciation for the State of Qatar's efforts to assist the United States during Operation Allies Refuge;
S. Res. 632, calling for the immediate release of Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza, who was unjustly detained on April 11, 2022; and
The nominations of Bernadette M. Meehan, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Chile, Jane Hartley, of New York, to be Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Constance J. Milstein, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Malta, Bruce I. Turner, of Colorado, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as U.S. Representative to the Conference on Disarmament, Alexander Mark Laskaris, of the District of Columbia, to be an Ambassador to the Republic of Chad, Bridget A. Brink, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to Ukraine, and Alan M. Leventhal, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark, all of the Department of State.
HEALTH AND EDUCATION SECTORS CYBERSECURITY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine cybersecurity in the health and education sectors, after receiving testimony from Denise Anderson, The Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Health-ISAC), Oakton, Virginia; Joshua Corman, I Am the Cavalry, Dover, New Hampshire; Amy McLaughlin, Consortium of School Networking (CoSN), Corvallis, Oregon; and Helen Norris, Chapman University, Orange, California.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the following bills:
S. 3381, to require the Bureau of Indian Affairs to process and complete all mortgage packages associated with residential and business mortgages on Indian land by certain deadlines;
S. 3773, to authorize the leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation; and
S. 3789, to amend the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act to authorize grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
PUBLIC SAFETY IN NATIVE COMMUNITIES
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine public safety in Native communities, after receiving testimony from Tracy Canard Goodluck, Senior Advisor, Office of the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs, and Jason O'Neal, Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs' Office of Justice Services, both of the Department of the Interior; Robert E. Chapman, Acting Director, Community Oriented Policing Services, Department of Justice; Mark Patterson, Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission, Honolulu; Eugenia Charles-
Newton, Navajo Nation, Window Rock, Arizona; Michael B. Ford, Reno-
Sparks Indian Colony Chief of Police, Reno, Nevada; Lucy Rain Simpson, National Indigenous Women's Resource Center, Lame Deer, Montana; A. Nikki Borchardt Campbell, National American Indian Court Judges Association, Boulder, Colorado; and Alex Cleghorn, Alaska Native Justice Center, Anchorage.
STOPPING GUN VIOLENCE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution concluded a hearing to examine stopping gun violence, focusing on the Jackson-
Elias Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act, after receiving testimony from Roberta Valente, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Washington, D.C.; Holly Sullivan, Connecticut Citizens Defense League, Southbury, Connecticut; and Kacey Mason.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 1687, to amend section 21 of the Small Business Act to require cyber certification for small business development center counselors, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 3564, to amend the Small Business Act to codify the Boots to Business Program, with amendments;
S. 3595, to amend the Small Business Act to require the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman to create a centralized website for compliance guides; and
S. 3906, to improve certain programs of the Small Business Administration to better assist small business customers in accessing broadband technology, with an amendment.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.
Committee recessed subject to the call.
