Congressional Program Ahead (Cong. Rec., March 15, 2021)
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This is D242 of the Congressional Record Daily Digest for March 15, 2021, listing new public laws, the Congressional Program Ahead, and committee meetings. H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5, was signed as Public Law 117-2. The program for the week of March 16 through March 19, 2021 says that the Senate will resume consideration of the nomination of Isabella Casillas Guzman to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration, followed by a cloture vote on the nomination of the United States Trade Representative.
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D242 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST March 15, 2021
NEW PUBLIC LAWS moving the deadline for the ratification of the equal
rights amendment; H.R. 6, the ‘‘American Dream and
(For last listing of Public Laws, see DAILY DIGEST, p. D55) Promise Act of 2021’’; and H.R. 1603, the ‘‘Farm Work-
H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant force Modernization Act of 2021’’, 11 a.m., Webex.
to title II of S. Con. Res. 5. Signed on March 11, f
2021. (Public Law 117–2)
f CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY, Week of March 16 through March 19, 2021
MARCH 16, 2021 Senate Chamber
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of
Senate the nomination of Isabella Casillas Guzman, of Cali-
Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine
fornia, to be Administrator of the Small Business
United States Southern Command and United States Administration, with a vote on the motion to invoke
Northern Command in review of the Defense Authoriza- cloture thereon at 12 noon.
tion Request for fiscal year 2022 and Future Years De- Also, Senate expects to vote on confirmation of
fense program, 9:30 a.m., SD–G50. the nomination of Isabella Casillas Guzman, of Cali-
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to fornia, to be Administrator of the Small Business
hold hearings to examine the state of housing in America, Administration, to be followed by a vote on the mo-
2 p.m., WEBEX. tion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Kath-
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hear- erine C. Tai, of the District of Columbia, to be
ings to examine ways to strengthen research and develop- United States Trade Representative, with the rank of
ment in innovative transportation technologies with a Ambassador.
focus on solutions that decrease emissions, reduce our re- During the balance of the week, Senate may con-
liance on foreign supply chains, and increase manufac-
turing in the United States, 9:30 a.m., SD–366. sider any cleared legislative and executive business.
Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the Senate Committees
effect of the U.S. tax code on domestic manufacturing, 10
a.m., WEBEX. (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to Committee on Armed Services: March 16, to hold hearings
hold hearings to examine the nomination of Julie A. Su, to examine United States Southern Command and United
of California, to be Deputy Secretary of Labor, 10 a.m., States Northern Command in review of the Defense Au-
SD–106. thorization Request for fiscal year 2022 and Future Years
Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting Defense program, 9:30 a.m., SD–G50.
to consider pending intelligence matters; to be imme- March 18, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing
diately followed by a closed briefing on certain intel- on the planning, programming, budget, and execution
ligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SVC–217. process of the Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m.,
SD–G50.
House Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs:
Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Home- March 16, to hold hearings to examine the state of hous-
land Security, hearing entitled ‘‘The Role of FEMA and ing in America, 2 p.m., WEBEX.
Emergency Management in COVID–19 Response’’, 10 March 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to exam-
a.m., Webex. ine the 21st century economy, focusing on protecting the
Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Intel- financial system from risks associated with climate
ligence and Special Operations, hearing entitled change, 10 a.m., WEBEX.
‘‘Disinformation in the Gray Zone: Opportunities, Limi- Committee on the Budget: March 17, to hold hearings to
tations, and Challenges’’, 11 a.m., 2118 Rayburn and examine the income and wealth inequality crisis in Amer-
Webex. ica, 11 a.m., SH–216.
Subcommittee on Military Personnel Hearing: ‘‘Mili- Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: March
tary Criminal Investigative Organization Reform Rec- 17, to hold hearings to examine recent Federal actions to
ommendations from the Fort Hood Independent Review expand broadband, 10 a.m., SR–253.
Committee’’, 3 p.m., 2118 Rayburn and Webex. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: March 16, to
Committee on Oversight and Reform, Subcommittee on Na- hold hearings to examine ways to strengthen research and
tional Security, hearing entitled ‘‘The Special Inspector development in innovative transportation technologies
General for Afghanistan Reconstruction’s 2021 High- with a focus on solutions that decrease emissions, reduce
Risk List’’, 11 a.m., Webex. our reliance on foreign supply chains, and increase manu-
Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. facturing in the United States, 9:30 a.m., SD–366.
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1868, to prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, Committee on Environment and Public Works: March 17,
and for other purposes; H.R. 1620, the ‘‘Violence Against with the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and
Women Reauthorization Act of 2021’’; H.J. Res. 17, re- Water, to hold joint hearings to examine the challenges
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facing drinking water and waste water infrastructure in order to identify potential risks of duplication of and
projects, 10 a.m., SD–G50. overlap with existing Federal programs, offices, and ini-
Committee on Finance: March 16, to hold hearings to ex- tiatives, S. 566, to designate the facility of the United
amine the effect of the U.S. tax code on domestic manu- States Postal Service located at 42 Main Street in
facturing, 10 a.m., WEBEX. Slatersville, Rhode Island, as the ‘‘Specialist Matthew R.
March 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to exam- Turcotte Post Office’’, H.R. 208, to designate the facility
ine COVID–19 in the Nation’s nursing homes, 10 a.m., of the United States Postal Service located at 500 West
WEBEX. Main Street, Suite 102 in Tupelo, Mississippi, as the
March 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to exam- ‘‘Colonel Carlyle ’Smitty’ Harris Post Office’’, and H.R.
ine fighting forced labor, focusing on closing loopholes 264, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
and improving customs enforcement to mandate clean Service located at 1101 Charlotte Street in Georgetown,
supply chains and protect workers, 10 a.m., WEBEX. South Carolina, as the ‘‘Joseph Hayne Rainey Memorial
Committee on Foreign Relations: March 17, to hold hear- Post Office Building’’, 9:30 a.m., SD–342.
ings to examine advancing effective U.S. policy for stra- March 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to exam-
tegic competition with China in the twenty-first century, ine the SolarWinds supply chain attack, focusing on the
10 a.m., SD–106. Federal perspective, 10:15 a.m., SD–342/WEBEX.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee on the Judiciary: March 17, to hold hearings
March 16, to hold hearings to examine the nomination
of Julie A. Su, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of to examine the Equality Act, focusing on LGBTQ rights,
Labor, 10 a.m., SD–106. 10 a.m., SD–226.
March 17, Full Committee, business meeting to con- March 18, Full Committee, business meeting to con-
sider the nominations of Vivek Hallegere Murthy, of sider S. 632, to amend chapter 11 of title 35, United
Florida, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of States Code, to require the voluntary collection of demo-
the Public Health Service, and to be Surgeon General of graphic information for patent inventors, S. 169, to
the Public Health Service, and Rachel Leland Levine, of amend title 17, United States Code, to require the Reg-
Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the ister of Copyrights to waive fees for filing an application
Department of Health and Human Services, and other for registration of a copyright claim in certain cir-
pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD–430. cumstances, and the nominations of Lisa O. Monaco, of
March 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to exam- the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Attorney General,
ine the COVID–19 response, focusing on an update from and Vanita Gupta, of Virginia, to be Associate Attorney
Federal officials, 10 a.m., SH–216. General, both of the Department of Justice, 10 a.m.,
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: SD–106.
March 17, business meeting to consider S. 231, to direct Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: March
the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 17, to hold hearings to examine the Paycheck Protection
Agency to develop guidance for firefighters and other Program, focusing on performance, impact, and next
emergency response personnel on best practices to protect steps, 2:30 p.m., SR–301.
them from exposure to PFAS and to limit and prevent Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: March 18, to resume
the release of PFAS into the environment, S. 272, to joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans’
amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Trans- Affairs to examine the legislative presentation of veterans
parency Act of 2006, to require the budget justifications services organizations, 10 a.m., WEBEX.
and appropriation requests of agencies be made publicly Select Committee on Intelligence: March 16, closed business
available, S. 583, to promote innovative acquisition tech- meeting to consider pending intelligence matters; to be
niques and procurement strategies, S. 517, to provide for immediately followed by a closed briefing on certain in-
joint reports by relevant Federal agencies to Congress re- telligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SVC–217.
garding incidents of terrorism, S. 671, to require the col- Special Committee on Aging: March 18, to hold hearings
lection of voluntary feedback on services provided by to examine COVID–19 one year later, focusing on ad-
agencies, S. 693, to amend title 5, United States Code, dressing health care needs for at-risk Americans, 9:30
to provide for the halt in pension payments for Members a.m., VTC.
of Congress sentenced for certain offenses, S. 658, to au-
thorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to work with House Committees
cybersecurity consortia for training, S. 636, to require the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget to sub- Committee on Appropriations, March 17, Subcommittee
mit to Congress an annual report on projects that are over on Defense, hearing entitled ‘‘Climate Change, National
budget and behind schedule, S. 688, to prohibit con- Security, and the Arctic’’, 9 a.m., Webex.
tracting with persons that have business operations with March 17, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, hear-
the Maduro regime, S. 522, to require each agency, in ing entitled ‘‘DHS Management Challenges’’, 10 a.m.,
providing notice of a rule making, to include a link to Webex.
a 100 word plain language summary of the proposed rule, March 17, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Devel-
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S. 111, to establish the Federal Clearinghouse on School opment, and Related Agencies, hearing entitled ‘‘Domes-
Safety Best Practices, S. 664, to require the Comptroller tic Manufacturing for a Clean Energy Future’’, 1 p.m.,
General of the United States to review certain legislation Webex.
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March 18, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, budg- COVID–19 in Africa’’, 1 p.m., 2172 Rayburn and
et hearing on the Office of Congressional Workplace Webex.
Rights, 10 a.m., Webex. March 18, Subcommittee on the Middle East, North
March 18, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, Africa, and Global Counterterrorism, hearing entitled
and Related Agencies, hearing entitled ‘‘Efforts to Ad- ‘‘Assessing the Human Rights Situation in Saudi Arabia’’,
dress Marine Plastic Pollution Through Recycling’’, 11 10 a.m., Webex.
a.m., Webex. March 18, Full Committee, hearing entitled ‘‘A Year
March 18, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Out: Addressing International Impacts of the COVID–19
Science, and Related Agencies, hearing entitled ‘‘COVID Pandemic’’, 1 p.m., Webex.
Outbreaks and Management Challenges: Evaluating the March 19, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central
Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Pandemic Response and the Asia, and Nonproliferation, hearing entitled ‘‘America’s
Way Forward’’, 2 p.m., Webex. Way Forward in the Indo-Pacific’’, 10 a.m., Webex.
Committee on Armed Services, March 18, Subcommittee Committee on Homeland Security, March 17, Full Com-
on Seapower and Projection Forces, hearing entitled ‘‘Un- mittee, hearing entitled ‘‘The Way Forward on Homeland
manned Systems of the Department of the Navy’’, 11 Security’’, 9:30 a.m., Webex.
a.m., 2118 Rayburn and Webex. March 18, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 1833, the
March 19, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing enti- ‘‘DHS Industrial Control Systems Capabilities Enhance-
tled ‘‘Investing in an Organic Industrial Base to Support ment Act of 2021’’; H.R. 1850, the ‘‘Supporting Re-
Service Modernization Plans’’, 11 a.m., 2118 Rayburn search and Development for First Responders Act’’; H.R.
and Webex. 1870, the ‘‘Strengthening Local Transportation Security
March 19, Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Tech- Capabilities Act of 2021’’; H.R. 1871, the ‘‘Transpor-
nologies, and Information Systems, hearing entitled ‘‘De- tation Security Transparency Improvement Act’’; H.R.
partment of Defense Electromagnetic Spectrum Oper- 1877, the ‘‘Security Screening During COVID–19 Act’’;
ations: Challenges and Opportunities in the Invisible H.R. 1893, the ‘‘Transportation Security Preparedness
Battlespace’’, 3 p.m., Webex. Act of 2021’’; and legislation on the Transportation Secu-
Committee on Education and Labor, March 17, Sub- rity Public Health Threat Preparedness Act of 2021, 10
committee on Higher Education and Workforce Invest- a.m., Webex.
ment, hearing entitled ‘‘Rising to the Challenge: The Fu- Committee on the Judiciary, March 18, Subcommittee on
ture of Higher Education Post COVID–19’’, 1 p.m., the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, hear-
Zoom. ing entitled ‘‘Discrimination and Violence Against Asian
March 18, Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Americans’’, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn and Webex.
Services; and Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, March 18, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial,
joint hearing entitled ‘‘Fighting for Fairness: Examining and Administrative Law, hearing entitled ‘‘Reviving
Legislation to Confront Workplace Discrimination’’, Competition, Part 3: Strengthening the Laws to Address
10:15 a.m., Zoom. Monopoly Power’’, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn and Webex.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, March 17, Sub- Committee on Natural Resources, March 18, Subcommittee
committee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing enti- on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing entitled ‘‘Re-
tled ‘‘Leading the Way Forward: Biden Administration storing Abandoned Mine Lands, Local Economies, and the
Actions to Increase COVID–19 Vaccinations’’, 10 a.m., Environment’’, 12 p.m., Webex.
Webex. Committee on Oversight and Reform, March 17, Select Sub-
March 17, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled committee on the Coronavirus Crisis, hearing entitled
‘‘Averting a Crisis: Protecting Access to Health Care in ‘‘From Rescue to Recovery: Building a Thriving and In-
the U.S. Territories’’, 1 p.m., Webex. clusive Post-Pandemic Economy’’, 11 a.m., Webex.
March 18, Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, March 17,
Change, hearing entitled ‘‘The CLEAN Future Act: In- Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, hearing
dustrial Climate Policies to Create Jobs and Support entitled ‘‘Brain Drain: Rebuilding the Federal Scientific
Working Communities’’, 11 a.m., Webex. Workforce’’, 10 a.m., Webex.
Committee on Financial Services, March 17, Full Com- March 18, Full Committee, hearing entitled ‘‘Lessons
mittee, hearing entitled ‘‘Game Stopped? Who Wins and Learned from the Texas Blackouts: Research Needs for a
Loses When Short Sellers, Social Media, and Retail Inves- Secure and Resilient Grid’’, 10 a.m., Webex.
tors Collide, Part II’’, 10 a.m., Webex. Committee on Small Business, March 18, Subcommittee
March 18, Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion, on Underserved, Agricultural, and Rural Business Devel-
hearing entitled ‘‘By the Numbers, How Diversity Data opment, hearing entitled ‘‘The Role of Community Navi-
Can Measure Commitment to Diversity, Equity and In- gators in Reaching Underserved Businesses’’, 10 a.m.,
clusion’’, 10 a.m., Webex. 2360 Rayburn and Webex.
Committee on Foreign Affairs, March 17, Subcommittee Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, March 17,
on Europe, Energy, the Environment, and Cyber, hearing Full Committee, hearing entitled ‘‘The Business Case for
entitled ‘‘Women Leading the Way: The Democratic Climate Solutions’’, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn and Webex.
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Movement in Belarus’’, 9:30 a.m., Webex. March 18, Subcommittee on Economic Development,
March 17, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, hearing
and Global Human Rights, hearing entitled ‘‘Update on entitled ‘‘Building Smarter: The Benefits of Investing in
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Resilience and Mitigation’’, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, March 17, Full
Webex. Committee, organizational meeting, 1 p.m., HVC–304
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, March 18, Subcommittee Hearing Room. This meeting is closed.
on Health, hearing entitled ‘‘Beyond Deborah Sampson:
Improving Healthcare for America’s Women Veterans in Joint Meetings
the 117th Congress’’, 2:30 p.m., Zoom. Joint Hearing: March 18, Senate Committee on Vet-
Committee on Ways and MEANS, March 18, Sub- erans’ Affairs, to resume joint hearings with the House
committee on Oversight, hearing entitled ‘‘Hearing with Committee on Veterans’ Affairs to examine the legislative
the IRS Commissioner on the 2021 Filing Season’’, 2 presentation of veterans services organizations, 10 a.m.,
p.m., 1100 Longworth and Webex. WEBEX.
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