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“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2022-09-20” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the in the Daily Digest section section on pages D988-D990 on Sept. 19.
The Department is primarily focused on food nutrition, with assistance programs making up 80 percent of its budget. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the Department implements too many regulations and restrictions and impedes the economy.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine United States nuclear strategy and policy, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings to examine tightening the screws on Russia, focusing on smart sanctions, economic statecraft and next steps, 9 a.m., SD-538.
Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development, to hold hearings to examine the Department of Agriculture's rural housing service, focusing on stakeholder perspectives, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to examine uncounted deaths in America's prisons and jails, focusing on how the Department of Justice failed to implement the Death in Custody Reporting Act, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
Committee on Judiciary: Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights, to hold an oversight hearing to examine Federal enforcement of the antitrust laws, 3 p.m., SD-226.
Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.
House
Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry, hearing entitled ``A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Stakeholder Perspectives on Title II Conservation Programs'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth and Zoom.
Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit, hearing entitled ``Assessing Crypto as a Tool for Financial Inclusion'', 2 p.m., 1300 Longworth and Zoom.
Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, hearing entitled ``Back to School: Meeting Students' Academic, Social, and Emotional Needs'', 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn and Zoom.
Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy, hearing entitled ``Under the Radar: Alternative Payment Systems and the National Security Impacts of Their Growth'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn and Webex.
Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion, hearing entitled ``A Review of Diversity and Inclusion at America's Largest Insurance Companies'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn and Webex.
Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States, hearing entitled ``Examining Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta: The Implications of the Supreme Court's Ruling on Tribal Sovereignty'', 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth and Webex.
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing on H.R. 8802, the ``Public Lands and Waters Climate Leadership Act of 2022'', 11 a.m., 1334 Longworth and Webex.
Committee on Oversight and Reform, Full Committee, markup on S. 1941, the ``Metropolitan Areas Protection and Standardization (MAPS) Act''; S. 3510, the ``Disaster Resiliency Planning Act''; H.R. 8466, the ``Chai Suthammanont Healthy Federal Workplaces Act of 2022''; H.R. 8665, the ``National Archives and Records Administration Modernization Act''; H. Res. 1243, of inquiry requesting the President transmit certain documents in his possession to the House of Representatives relating to the Biden family's international business schemes and related information; H.R. 8861, the ``District of Columbia Home Rule Expansion Act''; H.R. 6630, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1400 N Kraemer Blvd. in Placentia, California, as the ``PFC Jang Ho Kim Post Office Building''; H.R. 6631, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4770 Eureka Ave in Yorba Linda, California, as the ``Cottle Centanni Post Office Building''; H.R. 7082, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2200 North George Mason Drive in Arlington, Virginia, as the ``Jesus Antonio Collazos Post Office Building''; H.R. 7832, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 396 California Avenue in West Covina, California, as the ``Esteban E. Torres Post Office Building''; H.R. 7873, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 400 Southern Avenue Southeast in Washington, District of Columbia, as the ``District of Columbia Servicemembers and Veterans Post Office''; H.R. 7988, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 79125 Corporate Centre Drive in La Quinta, California, as the ``Corporal Hunter Lopez Memorial Post Office Building''; H.R. 8025, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 South 1st Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the ``Martin Olav Sabo Post Office''; H.R. 8026, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 825 West 65th Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the ``Charles W. Lindberg Post Office''; H.R. 8217, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 430 South Knowles Avenue in New Richmond, Wisconsin, as the ``Captain Robert C. Harmon and Private John R. Pierson Post Office Building''; H.R. 8218, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 619 Hewett Street in Neillsville, Wisconsin, as the ``Corporal Mitchel Red Cloud, Jr. Post Office''; H.R. 8226, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 236 Concord Exchange North in South Saint Paul, Minnesota, as the
``Officer Leo Pavlak Post Office Building''; H.R. 8248, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 609 Portsmouth Avenue in Greenland, New Hampshire, as the ``Chief Michael Maloney Post Office Building''; H.R. 8370, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 415 High Street in Freeport, Pennsylvania, as the ``Corporal Joseph Rodney Chapman Post Office''; H.R. 8630, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 400 North Main Street in Belen, New Mexico, as the ``U.S. Senator Dennis Chavez Post Office'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn and Zoom.
Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 8873, the
``Presidential Election Reform Act'', 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Amplifying the Arctic: Strengthening Science to Respond to a Rapidly Changing Arctic'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn and Zoom.
Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled
``SBA Management Review: Office of International Trade'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn and Zoom.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing entitled ``The Clean Water Act at Fifty: Highlights and Lessons Learned from a Half Century of Transformative Legislation'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn and Zoom.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation; and Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, joint hearing entitled ``VA Major Acquisitions Failures: In Search of Solutions'', 10 a.m., HVC-210 and Zoom.
Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 82, the ``Social Security Fairness Act of 2021''; H. Res. 1269, of inquiry directing the Secretary of the Treasury to provide certain documents in the Secretary's possession to the House of Representatives relating to the impact of the OECD Pillar One agreement on the United States Treasury; H. Res. 1285, requesting the President to transmit certain information to the House of Representatives relating to a waiver of intellectual property commitments under the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-
Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights; H. Res. 1262, of inquiry directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide to the House of Representatives certain documents in the Secretary's possession regarding the reinterpretation of sections 36B(c)(2)(C)(i)(II) and 5000A(e)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, commonly known as the ``fix to the family glitch''; H. Res. 1283, of inquiry directing the Secretary of the Treasury to provide to the House of Representatives a copy of the Internal Revenue Service Small Business/Self Employed Division Decision Memorandum regarding the decision to destroy approximately 30,000,000 paper information returns around the time of March 2021, and any other memorandum related to the decision to destroy those information returns; H. Res. 1288, of inquiry directing the Secretary of Labor to provide to the House of Representatives certain documents in the Secretary's possession relating to Unemployment Insurance fraud during the COVID-19 pandemic; and H. Res. 1246, of inquiry directing the Secretary of the Treasury to provide certain documents in the Secretary's possession to the House of Representatives relating to recovery rebates under section 6428B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
