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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2023 for the Indian Health Service, after receiving testimony from Elizabeth A. Fowler, Acting Director, Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services.
APPROPRIATIONS: AOC, SAA, CBO
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2023 for the Architect of the Capitol, the Senate Sergeant at Arms, and the Congressional Budget Office, after receiving testimony from, J. Brett Blanton, Architect of the Capitol; Karen Gibson, Senate Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate; and Phillip Swagel, Director, Congressional Budget Office.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2023 for the Department of Commerce, after receiving testimony from Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce.
GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY AND COVID-19 CRISES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs concluded a hearing to examine the global food security and COVID-19 crises, focusing on the U.S. response and policy options, after receiving testimony from Atul Gawande, Assistant Administrator for Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development; David Beasley, UN World Food Programme, Rome, Italy; Tjada D'Oyen McKenna, Mercy Corps, Washington, D.C.; Akinwumi A. Adesina, African Development Bank, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire; Tom Frieden, Resolve to Save Lives, New York, New York; and Michael Ryan, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded a hearing to examine Space Force programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2023 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from John F. Plumb, Assistant Secretary for Space Policy, Frank Calvelli, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, and General David D. Thompson, USSF, Vice Chief of Space Operations, all of the Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 2427, to require the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a study and submit to Congress a report examining the feasibility of funding the Universal Service Fund through contributions supplied by edge providers, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 3053, to amend the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 to require the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to develop a plan and national guidance document to improve precipitation estimates, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 3232, to require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a consumer product safety rule for freestanding clothing storage units to protect children from tip-over related death or injury, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 3278, to protect children and other consumers against hazards associated with the accidental ingestion of button cell or coin batteries by requiring the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a consumer product safety standard to require child-
resistant closures on consumer products that use such batteries, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 3290, to establish a National Manufacturing Extension Partnership Supply Chain Database, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 3429, to establish an Alaska Salmon Research Task Force, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 3533, to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to improve the National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System, with an amendment;
S. 3692, to direct the Federal Communications Commission to evaluate and consider the impact of the telecommunications network equipment supply chain on the deployment of universal service, with an amendment;
S. 4145, to amend section 13 of the Federal Trade Commission Act to provide equitable relief, with an amendment: and
The nomination of Linda L. Fagan, to be Commandant, and promotion lists, both of the Coast Guard.
NATIONAL PARKS LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks concluded a hearing to examine S. 557, to establish a pilot program for native plant species, S. 1344, to redesignate the Pullman National Monument in the State of Illinois as the Pullman National Historical Park, S. 1718, to amend the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park Establishment Act of 200 to provide for additional areas to be added to the park, S. 1814 and H.R. 3531, bills to authorize the Women Who Worked on the Home Front Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, S. 2367, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land in Frederick County, Maryland, for the Historic Preservation Training Center of the National Park Service, S. 2964, to clarify the status of the North Country, Ice Age, and New England National Scenic Trails as units of the National Park System, S. 3141, to establish the New Philadelphia National Historical Park in the State of Illinois as a unit of the National Park System, S. 3185, to amend the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Improvement Act to extend the exception to the closure of certain roads within the Recreation Area for local businesses, S. 3240, to waive the application fee for applications for special use permits for veterans' special events at war memorials on land administered by the National Park Service in the District of Columbia and its environs, S. 3307, to modify the boundary of the Wilson's Creek National Battlefield in the State of Missouri, S. 3334, to extend the authority for the establishment of a commemorative work to honor enslaved and free black persons who served in the American Revolution, S. 3338, to revise the boundary of the Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park in the State of Missouri, S. 3519, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail, S. 3551, to require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to carry out certain activities to enhance recreational opportunities for gateway communities, S. 3667, to amend title 54, United States Code, to establish within the National Park Service the United States African-American Burial Grounds Preservation Program, S. 3685, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing the John P. Parker House in Ripley, Ohio, as a unit of the National Park System, S. 4114, to amend Public Law 99-420 to provide for the conveyance of certain Federal land in the State of Maine for use for affordable workforce housing, S. 4121, to designate the Kol Israel Foundation Holocaust Memorial in Bedford Heights, Ohio, as a national memorial, H.R. 268, to provide for the boundary of the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Park to be adjusted, to authorize the donation of land to the United States for addition to that historic park, and H.R. 1931, to provide competitive grants for the promotion of Japanese American confinement education as a means to understand the importance of democratic principles, use and abuse of power, and to raise awareness about the importance of cultural tolerance toward Japanese Americans, after receiving testimony from Michael A. Caldwell, Associate Director, Park Planning, Facilities, and Lands, National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY OVERSIGHT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine the Council on Environmental Quality, after receiving testimony from Brenda Mallory, Chair, Council on Environmental Quality.
USAID BUDGET
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2023 for the United States Agency for International Development, after receiving testimony from Samantha Power, Administrator, United States Agency for International Development.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of John Z. Lee, of Illinois, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, who was introduced by Senator Durbin, Salvador Mendoza, Jr., of Washington, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, who was introduced by Senator Murray, Stephen Henley Locher, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa, who was introduced by Senator Grassley, Nancy L. Maldonado, to be United States Judge for the Northern District of Iowa, who was introduced by Senator Durbin, and Gregory Brian Williams, to be United States District Judge for the District of Delaware, who was introduced by Senators Carper and Coons, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
VA AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the quality of care in the VA and the private sector, after receiving testimony from Carolyn Clancy, Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Discovery, Education, and Affiliate Networks, Erica Scavella, Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Clinical Services, and Kristine Groves, Executive Director, Office of Quality Management, each of the Veterans Health Administration, and Michael J. Missal, Inspector General, and Julie Kroviak, Deputy Assistant Inspector General, Office of Healthcare Inspections, all of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Jonathan Perlin, The Joint Commission, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois; and Gregg S. Meyer, Mass General Brigham, Boston, Massachusetts.
CHINA
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to examine countering the People's Republic of China's economic and technological plan for dominance, after receiving testimony from Dewey Murdick, Georgetown University Center for Security and Emerging Technology, Beltsville, Maryland; Nazak Nikakhtar, Wiley Rein LLP, Potomac, Maryland; and James Mulvenon, Burke, Virginia.
