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SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate of February 4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled and any cancellations or changes in the meetings as they occur.
As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, July 12, 2022 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
JULY 13 10 a.m.
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2023 for the Department of the Interior.
SD-124
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To hold hearings to examine the nomination of David P.
Pekoske, of Maryland, to be Administrator of the
Transportation Security Administration, Department of
Homeland Security.
SR-253
Committee on Environment and Public Works
To hold hearings to examine S. 1345, to establish a national mercury monitoring program, S. 2476, to require the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency to establish a pilot program for hyperlocal air quality monitoring projects in environmental justice communities, and an original bill entitled, ``Public Health Air Quality Act''.
SD-406
Committee on Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Dean R.
Thompson, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to Nepal,
Robert F. Godec, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the
Kingdom of Thailand, Yohannes Abraham, of Virginia, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador, Richard Lee Buangan, of
California, to be Ambassador to Mongolia, and Marie C.
Damour, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Fiji, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of Nauru, the Kingdom of
Tonga, and Tuvalu, all of the Department of State.
SD-419/VTC
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine reproductive care in a post-
Roe America, focusing on barriers, challenges, and threats to women's health.
SH-216
Committee on the Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Roopali H.
Desai, of Arizona, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Doris L. Pryor, of Indiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, and Maria del R. Antongiorgi-Jordan, Gina R. Mendez-
Miro, and Camille L. Velez-Rive, all of Puerto Rico, each to be a United States District Judge for the
District of Puerto Rico.
SD-226 2:30 p.m.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Energy
To hold hearings to examine pathways to lower energy prices in the United States.
SD-366
Committee on Indian Affairs
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Roselyn
Tso, of Oregon, to be Director of the Indian Health
Service, Department of Health and Human Services.
SD-628
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Small
Business Administration's Office of Disaster
Assistance.
SR-428A 2:45 p.m.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs
To hold hearings to examine S. 3372, to amend title 38,
United States Code, to strengthen benefits for children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida, S. 3548, to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a presumption of service-connection for certain veterans with tinnitus or hearing loss, S. 3606, to amend title
38, United States Code, to eliminate the requirement to specify an effective period of transfer of Post-9/11 educational assistance to a dependent, S. 3994, to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to repay the estates of deceased beneficiaries for certain benefits paid by the
Secretary and misused by fiduciaries of such beneficiaries, S. 4141, to amend title 38, United
States Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans
Affairs an Advisory Committee on United States Outlying
Areas and Freely Associated States, S. 4208, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update the appraisal requirements for certain loans guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 4223, to increase, effective as of December 1, 2022, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, S. 4308, to amend title 38, United States
Code, to modify the definition of spouse and surviving spouse to include all individuals lawfully married, S.
4319, to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to regularly promote programs under chapter 31 of such title, S. 4458, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the process by which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines whether an educational institution meets requirements relating to the percentage of students who receive educational assistance furnished by the
Secretary, an original bill entitled, ``Native American
Direct Loan Improvement Act'', an original bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to address the operation and maintenance of veterans' cemeteries on trust land owned by, or held in trust for, tribal organizations, and an original bill entitled, ``No
Bonuses For Bad Exams Act''.
SR-418
JULY 14 9 a.m.
Committee on the Judiciary
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Rachel
Bloomekatz, of Ohio, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, Florence Y. Pan, to be United
States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia
Circuit, Elizabeth Wilson Hanes, to be United States
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia,
Ana C. Reyes, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, Carlton W. Reeves, of
Mississippi, to be a Member, and to be Chair, and Laura
E. Mate, of Iowa, Claire McCusker Murray, of Maryland,
Luis Felipe Restrepo, of Pennsylvania, Claria Horn
Boom, of Kentucky, John Gleeson, of New York, and
Candice C. Wong, of the District of Columbia, each to be a Member, all of the United States Sentencing
Commission, and Carlos Felipe Uriarte, of California, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Adair Ford
Boroughs, to be United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina, and Enix Smith III, to be United
States Marshal for the Eastern District of Louisiana, all of the Department of Justice.
SH-216 10 a.m.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Bureau of
Industry and Security, focusing on advancing national security and foreign policy through export controls.
SD-538
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Donald R.
Cravins, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for
Minority Business Development, and Susie Feliz, of
Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the
Department of Commerce.
SR-253 10:15 a.m.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To hold hearings to examine protecting the homeland from unmanned aircraft systems.
SD-342
JULY 19 10 a.m.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To hold hearings to examine addressing weapons of mass destruction and health security threats to the homeland.
SD-342
JULY 20 11 a.m.
Committee on Environment and Public Works
Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
SD-406
POSTPONEMENTS
JULY 13 2:30 p.m.
Select Committee on Intelligence
To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters.
SVC-217
