Volume 167, No. 71 covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress (2021 - 2022) was published by the Congressional Record.
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“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E456-E457 on April 26.
More than half of the Agency's employees are engineers, scientists and protection specialists. The Climate Reality Project, a global climate activist organization, accused Agency leadership in the last five years of undermining its main mission.
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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, April 27, 2021 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
APRIL 28
9:30 a.m.
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related
Agencies
To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2022 for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
SD-192
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Kiran
Arjandas Ahuja, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the
Office of Personnel Management, and Anton George
Hajjar, of Maryland, Amber Faye McReynolds, of
Colorado, and Ronald Stroman, of the District of
Columbia, each to be a Governor of the United States
Postal Service.
SD-34210 a.m.
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
To hold hearings to examine health disparities in Indian
Country, focusing on a review of the Indian Health
Service's COVID response and future needs.
SD-138
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the reemergence of rent-a-
bank.
WEBEX
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Business meeting to consider S. 15, to require the
Federal Trade Commission to submit a report to Congress on scams targeting seniors, S. 115, to direct the
Secretary of Commerce to conduct a study and submit to
Congress a report on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the travel and tourism industry in the
United States, S. 120, to prevent and respond to the misuse of communications services that facilitates domestic violence and other crimes, S. 163, to address the workforce needs of the telecommunications industry,
S. 198, to require the Federal Communications
Commission to incorporate data on maternal health outcomes into its broadband health maps, S. 316, to establish a temperature checks pilot program for air transportation, S. 326, to require the Secretary of
Commerce to conduct an assessment and analysis of the effects of broadband deployment and adoption on the economy of the United States, S. 381, to establish the
National Ocean Mapping, Exploration, and
Characterization Council, S. 558, to establish a national integrated flood information system within the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, S.
576, to amend title 14, United States Code, to require the Coast Guard to conduct icebreaking operations in the Great Lakes to minimize commercial disruption in the winter months, S. 593, to restrict the imposition by the Secretary of Homeland Security of fines, penalties, duties, or tariffs applicable only to coastwise voyages, or prohibit otherwise qualified non-
United States citizens from serving as crew, on specified vessels transporting passengers between the
State of Washington and the State of Alaska, to address a Canadian cruise ship ban and the extraordinary impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Alaskan communities, S. 735, to amend the Scientific and
Advanced-Technology Act of 1992 to further support advanced technological manufacturing, S. 1106, to prohibit the sale of shark fins, S. 1259, to provide that crib bumpers shall be considered banned hazardous products under section 8 of the Consumer Product Safety
Act, S. 1260, to establish a new Directorate for
Technology and Innovation in the National Science
Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, an original bill relating to marine mammals, and the nominations of Donet Dominic Graves,
Jr., of Ohio, to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce, and
Bill Nelson, of Florida, to be Administrator of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
SH-216
Committee on Environment and Public Works
To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2022 for the
Environmental Protection Agency.
SR-301
Committee on Foreign Relations
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Bonnie D.
Jenkins, of New York, to be Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, and other pending nominations.
SD-106/VTC
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine the response to COVID-19, focusing on using lessons learned to address mental health and substance use disorders.
SD-430
Committee on the Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Ketanji
Brown Jackson, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, Candace Jackson-
Akiwumi, of Illinois, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, Julien Xavier Neals, and Zahid
N. Quraishi, each to be a United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, and Regina M.
Rodriguez, to be United States District Judge for the
District of Colorado.
SD-G501 p.m.
Select Committee on Intelligence
To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters.
SVC-2172 p.m.
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Legislative Branch
To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2022 for the Library of
Congress, the Congressional Budget Office, and the
Government Accountability Office.
SD-1922:30 p.m.
Committee on Armed Services
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
To hold hearings to examine United States Special
Operations Command's efforts to sustain the readiness of special operations forces and transform the force for future security challenges.
SR-232A
Committee on Armed Services
Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
To hold hearings to examine defense acquisition programs and acquisition reform.
SR-222
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Government Operations and Border Management
To hold hearings to examine the non-governmental organization perspective on the southwest border.
VTC
Committee on Indian Affairs
To hold an oversight hearing to examine the COVID-19 response in Native communities, focusing on Native education systems one year later.
SD-628
Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on the Constitution
To hold hearings to examine stopping gun violence, focusing on extreme risk order/``red flag'' laws.
SD-2263 p.m.
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
To hold hearings to examine the VA telehealth program, focusing on leveraging recent investments to build future capacity.
SD-138
Committee on Veterans' Affairs
To hold hearings to examine 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. 219, to require the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs to increase the amount of certain payments during the emergency period resulting from the
COVID-19 pandemic, S. 437, to amend title 38, United
States Code, to concede exposure to airborne hazards and toxins from burn pits under certain circumstances,
S. 444, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide or assist in providing an additional vehicle adapted for operation by disabled individuals to certain eligible persons, S. 454, to provide health care and benefits to veterans who were exposed to toxic substances while serving as members of the Armed Forces at Karshi Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan, S. 458, to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide the representative of record of a claimant for compensation or benefits administered by the Secretary an opportunity to review a proposed determination regarding that claim, S. 565, to amend title 38, United
States Code, to provide for the treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation-exposed veterans for purposes of the presumption of service-connection of certain disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, S.
657, to modify the presumption of service connection for veterans who were exposed to herbicide agents while serving in the Armed Forces in Thailand during the
Vietnam era, S. 731, to amend title 38, United States
Code, to improve the management of information technology projects and investments of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 810, to amend title 38, United
States Code, to expand the list of diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents for which there is a presumption of service connection for veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam to include hypertension, 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. 927, to improve the provision of health care and other benefits from the Department of Veterans
Affairs for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances, S. 952, to amend title 38, United States
Code, to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxins, S. 976, to amend title 38, United
States Code, to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans, 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. 1039, to amend title
38, United States Code, to improve compensation for disabilities occurring in Persian Gulf War veterans, S.
1071, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to provide pension claim enhancement assistance to individuals submitting claims for pension from the Department of Veterans Affairs, S.
1093, to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department the Veterans Economic
Opportunity and Transition Administration, 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, S. 1096, to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David
Fry Scholarship to include spouses and children of individuals who die from a service-connected disability within 120 days of serving in the Armed Forces, and S.
1188, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to notify Congress regularly of reported cases of burn pit exposure by veterans.
SH-2164:30 p.m.
Committee on Armed Services
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
To hold hearings to examine United States nuclear deterrence policy and strategy.
SD-562
APRIL 299:30 a.m.
Committee on Armed Services
To hold hearings to examine worldwide threats; to be immediately followed by a closed hearing in SVC-217.
SD-G50
Special Committee on Aging
To hold hearings to examine supporting older workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
VTC10 a.m.
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.
SD-192
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the dignity of work.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
SH-216
MAY 1210 a.m.
Committee on Appropriations
To hold hearings to examine domestic violent extremism in
America.
SH-216
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