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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Radha Iyengar Plumb, of New York, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, and 8 nominations in the Army, Navy and Space Force.
FAA REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations, and Innovation concluded a hearing to examine FAA reauthorization, focusing on integrating new entrants into the National Airspace System, after receiving testimony from Lisa Ellman, Commercial Drone Alliance, and Ed Bolen, National Business Aviation Association, both of Washington, D.C.; Gregory Davis, Eviation Aircraft, Arlington, Washington; Colonel Stephen Luxion (Ret.), FAA Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Mississippi State, Mississippi; and Stephane Fymat, Honeywell Aerospace Aerial Systems, Phoenix, Arizona.
BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a hearing to examine stakeholder views on the Brownfields Program reauthorization, after receiving testimony from Michael Goldstein, The Goldstein Environmental Law Firm, Coral Gables, Florida; Brad Buschur, Groundwork Lawrence, Lawrence, Massachusetts; George Carico, Marshall University West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center, Huntington; and Gerald Pouncey, Morris, Manning, and Martin, LLP, Atlanta, Georgia.
U.S. SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine keeping the pressure on Russia and its enablers, focusing on the reach of and next steps for U.S. sanctions, after receiving testimony from James C. O'Brien, Coordinator for Sanctions Policy, Department of State; and Elizabeth Rosenberg, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 4930, to prohibit Federal procurement from companies operating in the Russian Federation, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 4828, to provide consistent leadership, purpose, and administrative support for the primary governmentwide executive councils, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 4894, to provide for the perpetuation, administration, and funding of Federal Executive Boards;
S. 4893, to amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require certain disclosures by registrants regarding exemptions under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended;
S. 4908, to improve the visibility, accountability, and oversight of agency software asset management practices, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 4913, to establish the duties of the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency regarding open source software security;
S. 4882, to amend the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for the United States Fire Administration and firefighter assistance grant programs, with an amendment;
S. 4528, to establish a Government-wide approach to improving digital identity, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 4816, to require the Archivist of the United States to submit to Congress a comprehensive plan for reducing the backlog of requests for records from the National Personnel Records Center, with an amendment;
S. 4328, to modify the fire management assistance cost share, with an amendment;
S. 4399, to require the purchase of domestically made flags of the United States of America for use by the Federal Government;
S. 4902, to address the preference for United States industry with respect to patent rights in inventions made with Department of Homeland Security research assistance;
S. 4919, to require an interagency strategy for creating a unified posture on counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) capabilities and protections at international borders of the United States, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 3531, to require the Federal Government to produce a national climate adaptation and resilience strategy, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 4668, 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'';
H.R. 7777, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to establish an industrial control systems cybersecurity training initiative, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
H.R. 6824, to authorize the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of Homeland Security to hold an annual cybersecurity competition relating to offensive and defensive cybersecurity disciplines, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
H.R. 7211, to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, review a final rule of the Federal Emergency Management Agency;
H.R. 3544, to require the Administrator of General Services to transfer certain surplus computers and technology equipment to nonprofit computer refurbishers for repair, distribution, and return, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
H.R. 4209, to support remediation of illicit cross-border tunnels;
H.R. 228, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2141 Ferry Street in Anderson, California, as the
``Norma Comnick Post Office Building'';
H.R. 1095, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 South Willowbrook Avenue in Compton, California, as the ``PFC James Anderson, Jr., Post Office Building'';
H.R. 5659, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1961 North C Street in Oxnard, California, as the
``John R. Hatcher III Post Office Building''; and
The nominations of Vijay Shanker, to be an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and Laura E. Crane, Leslie A. Meek, Veronica M. Sanchez, Errol Rajesh Arthur, Kendra Davis Briggs, and Carl Ezekiel Ross, each to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
WAR CRIMES AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY ACCOUNTABILITY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine accountability for war crimes and crimes against humanity from Nuremberg to Ukraine, after receiving testimony from Eli M. Rosenbaum, Director of Human Rights Enforcement Strategy and Policy, Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section and Counselor for War Crimes Accountability, Department of Justice; and Andre R. Watson, Assistant Director, Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence community.
