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COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,
APRIL 29, 2021
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine diversifying on-farm income, focusing on opportunities to strengthen rural America, 10 a.m., SD-192.
Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine worldwide threats; to be immediately followed by a closed hearing in SVC-217, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the dignity of work, 10 a.m., WEBEX.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Eric S. Lander, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, 10 a.m., SR-253.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Tommy P. Beaudreau, of Alaska, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior, 10 a.m., SD-366.
Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine Social Security during COVID, focusing on how the pandemic hampered access to benefits and strategies for improving service delivery, 10 a.m., WEBEX.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Jennifer Ann Abruzzo, of New York, to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, and Seema Nanda, of Virginia, to be Solicitor for the Department of Labor, 10 a.m., SD-106.
Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 632, to amend chapter 11 of title 35, United States Code, to require the voluntary collection of demographic information for patent inventors, S. 169, to amend title 17, United States Code, to require the Register of Copyrights to waive fees for filing an application for registration of a copyright claim in certain circumstances, S. 228, to promote antitrust enforcement and protect competition through adjusting premerger filing fees, and increasing antitrust enforcement resources, and the nominations of Kristen M. Clarke, and Todd Sunhwae Kim, both of the District of Columbia, both to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SH-216.
Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine supporting older workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, 9:30 a.m., VTC.
House
Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, hearing entitled ``Violent Extremism and Domestic Terrorism in America: The Role and Response of DOJ'', 10 a.m., Webex.
Subcommittee on Defense, budget hearing on the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps, 11 a.m., Webex.
Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces; and Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, joint hearing entitled ``Maritime Security in the Indo-
Pacific and the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea'', 11 a.m., Webex.
Committee on the Budget, Full Committee, hearing entitled
``Protecting our Democracy: Reasserting Congress' Power of the Purse'', 1 p.m., Zoom.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change, hearing entitled ``The Fiscal Year 2022 EPA Budget'', 11 a.m., Webex.
Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion, hearing entitled ``Closing the Racial and Gender Wealth Gap Through Compensation Equity'', 12 p.m., Webex.
Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism, hearing entitled ``Racially and Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremism: The Transnational Threat'', 10:30 a.m., Webex.
Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law, hearing entitled ``Treating the Problem: Addressing Anticompetitive Conduct and Consolidation in Health Care Markets'', 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn and Webex.
Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, hearing entitled ``Wildfire in a Warming World: Opportunities to Improve Community Collaboration, Climate Resilience, and Workforce Capacity'', 1 p.m., Webex.
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing entitled ``What Do Scientists Hope to Learn with NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover?'', 11 a.m., Zoom.
Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access, hearing entitled ``Supply Chain Resiliency and the Role of Small Manufacturers'', 1 p.m., Zoom.
Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing entitled ``Advancing U.S. Economic Competitiveness, Equity, and Sustainability Through Infrastructure Investments'', 1:30 p.m., Webex.
Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Professionalizing and Enriching the Congressional Internship and Fellowship Experience'', 2 p.m., Zoom.
SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 73
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