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COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,
MAY 26, 2021
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense, to hold closed hearings to examine the intelligence community, 10 a.m., SVC-
217.
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2022 for the National Institutes of Health, and the state of medical research, 10 a.m., SD-562.
Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine budgeting for the future of forest management, focusing on rethinking resiliency, 10:15 a.m., SD-138.
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2022 for the Department of Commerce, 2 p.m., SD-124.
Subcommittee on Homeland Security, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2022 for the Department of Homeland Security, 2 p.m., SD-138.
Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2022 for the United States Agency for International Development, 2:30 p.m., SD-192.
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to examine space force, military space operations, policy and programs, 4:30 p.m., SR-232A.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings to examine annual oversight of Wall Street firms, 10 a.m., WEBEX.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, to hold hearings to examine the current state of the National Park System, focusing on the impacts of COVID-19 on National Park Service operations, staff, visitation and facilities, 10 a.m., SD-366.
Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, ``Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021'', the nominations of Shannon Aneal Estenoz, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, Department of the Interior, Radhika Fox, of California, to be an Assistant Administrator, and Michal Ilana Freedhoff, of Maryland, to be Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances, both of the Environmental Protection Agency, and 10 General Services Administration resolutions, 9:45 a.m., SR-301.
Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, ``Clean Energy for America Act'', 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider S. 1471, to enhance protections of Native American tangible cultural heritage; to be immediately followed by an oversight hearing to examine the COVID-19 response in Native communities, focusing on Native languages one year later, including S. 989, to establish a Native American language resource center in furtherance of the policy set forth in the Native American Languages Act, and S. 1402, to amend the Native American Languages Act to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages, 2:30 p.m., SD-
628.
Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Tiffany P. Cunningham, of Illinois, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, Margaret Irene Strickland, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Mexico, Ur Mendoza Jaddou, of California, to be Director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, and David H. Chipman, of Virginia, to be Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Anne Milgram, of New Jersey, to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement, and Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr., of Louisiana, to be an Assistant Attorney General, all of the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: to hold hearings to examine the pandemic response and the small business economy, focusing on an update from the Small Business Administration, 1:30 p.m., SD-215.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: business meeting to consider S. 89, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to secure medical opinions for veterans with service-connected disabilities who die from COVID-19 to determine whether their service-connected disabilities were the principal or contributory causes of death, S. 189, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for annual cost-of-living adjustments to be made automatically by law each year in the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-
connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans, S. 894, to identify and refer members of the Armed Forces with a health care occupation who are separating from the Armed Forces for potential employment with the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 1031, to require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on disparities associated with race and ethnicity with respect to certain benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, S. 1095, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the disapproval by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of courses of education offered by public institutions of higher learning that do not charge veterans the in-State tuition rate for purposes of Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance Program, an original bill entitled, ``The COST of War Act of 2021'', and the nominations of Donald Michael Remy, of Louisiana, to be Deputy Secretary, Matthew T. Quinn, of Montana, to be Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs, Maryanne T. Donaghy, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary
(Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection), and Patricia L. Ross, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Secretary
(Congressional and Legislative Affairs), all of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 3 p.m., SR-301.
House
Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations, hearing entitled ``The Future of SNAP: Moving Past the Pandemic'', 12 p.m., Zoom.
Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, budget hearing on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 10 a.m., Webex.
Subcommittee on Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``Department of Homeland Security Resource Management and Operational Priorities'', 10 a.m., Webex.
Subcommittee on Defense, hearing entitled ``Defense Environmental Restoration'', 1 p.m., Webex.
Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, oversight hearing on the Securities and Exchange Commission, 2 p.m., Webex.
Committee on Education and Labor, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 3110, the ``Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act''; and H.R. 2062, the ``Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act'', 12 p.m., Zoom.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``A Shot at Normalcy: Building COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence'', 11 a.m., Webex.
Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Consumer Credit Reporting: Assessing Accuracy and Compliance'', 12 p.m., Webex.
Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 164, to authorize the Seminole Tribe of Florida to lease or transfer certain land, and for other purposes; H.R. 438, to amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act to extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, and for other purposes; H.R. 1146, the ``Community Reclamation Partnerships Act''; H.R. 1619, the ``Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act''; H.R. 1733, the
``RECLAIM Act of 2021''; H.R. 1734, the ``Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Amendments of 2021''; H.R. 2415, the ``Orphaned Well Clean-up and Jobs Act of 2021''; and H.R. 2641, the ``Pacific Northwest Pumped Storage Hydropower Development Act of 2021'', 11 a.m., Webex.
Committee on Oversight and Reform, Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, hearing entitled ``Confronting Violent White Supremacy (Part V): Examining the Rise of Militia Extremism'', 2 p.m., Zoom.
Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``An Examination of the SBA's Covid-19 Programs'', 10 a.m., Zoom.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled
``Full Committee Member Day Hearing'', 9:30 a.m., Zoom.
Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity and Oversight, hearing entitled ``Veteran Employment Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic'', 1 p.m. Zoom.
SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 91
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