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Hearings & Meetings
Displayed below are brief descriptions of each committee meeting and hearing scheduled to take place today, and on days thereafter. The time and location of each meeting/hearing is identified. Meetings that have been canceled or postponed are also noted.
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Today, Oct 02, 2021 No committee hearings scheduled
Tuesday, Oct 05, 2021
9:30 AM – SD-G50 Armed Services
Hearings to examine the nominations of Gabriel Camarillo, of Texas, to be Under Secretary of the Army, Rachel Jacobson, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army, and Alex Wagner, of the District of Columbia, and Andrew Philip Hunter, of Virginia, both to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, all of the Department of Defense.
Tuesday, Oct 05, 2021
9:45 AM – SD-538 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Brian Eddie Nelson, of California, to be Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes, Elizabeth Rosenberg, of Vermont, to be Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing, and Alexia Marie Gabrielle Latortue, of the District of Columbia, and Graham Scott Steele, of California, both to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the Department of the Treasury, Julia Ruth Gordon, of Maryland, David Uejio, of California, and Solomon Jeffrey Greene, of the District of Columbia, each to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and Alan F. Estevez, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Industry and Security, and Thea D. Rozman Kendler, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of Commerce; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine Afghanistan's future, focusing on assessing the national security, humanitarian, and economic implications of the Taliban takeover.
Tuesday, Oct 05, 2021
10:00 AM – SD-226 Judiciary
Hearings to examine renewing and strengthening the Violence Against Women Act.
Tuesday, Oct 05, 2021
10:00 AM – SD-366 Energy and Natural Resources
Hearings to examine and consider updates to the Mining Law of 1872.
Tuesday, Oct 05, 2021
10:00 AM – SR-253 Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security Hearings to examine protecting kids online, focusing on testimony from a Facebook whistleblower.
Tuesday, Oct 05, 2021
10:15 AM – SD-106/VTC Foreign Relations
Hearings to examine the nominations of Lisa A. Carty, of Maryland, to be Representative of the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, during her tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, Mallory A. Stewart, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary (Verification and Compliance), and Steven C. Bondy, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain, all of the Department of State, and other pending nominations.
Tuesday, Oct 05, 2021
2:30 PM – SH-219 Intelligence
To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters.
Tuesday, Oct 05, 2021
2:30 PM – VTC Foreign Relations
Hearings to examine the nominations of Jeffrey M. Hovenier, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Kosovo, Michael J. Murphy, of New York, to be Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Julissa Reynoso Pantaleon, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of Andorra, all of the Department of State, and other pending nominations.
Wednesday, Oct 06, 2021
10:00 AM – SD-226 Judiciary
Hearings to examine the nominations of Lucy Haeran Koh, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Jane M. Beckering, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Michigan, Shalina D. Kumar, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, Armando O. Bonilla, of Virginia, and Carolyn N. Lerner, of Maryland, both to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, and Jonathan Kanter, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice.
Wednesday, Oct 06, 2021
10:00 AM – SD-366 Energy and Natural Resources
Subcommittee on National Parks Hearings to examine S.336, to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to reauthorize the Ohio & Erie National Heritage Canalway, S.378, to reauthorize the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area, the Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area, the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, the Schuylkill River Valley National Heritage Area, and the Oil Region National Heritage Area, S.511, to establish the Bronzeville-Black Metropolis National Heritage Area in the State of Illinois, S.635, to reauthorize The Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor and the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area, S.654, to reauthorize the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area, S.787, to amend the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area Act to extend the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance to the local coordinating entity for the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area under that Act, S.825, to establish the Southern Maryland National Heritage Area, S.972, to reauthorize the Essex National Heritage Area, S.990, to reauthorize the Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area, S.1004, to extend the authorization of the Mormon Pioneer National Heritage Area, to designate the Great Basin National Heritage Route in the State of Nevada as the "Great Basin National Heritage Area", to designate the Great Basin Heritage Route Partnership as the "Great Basin Heritage Area Partnership", to extend the authorization of the Great Basin National Heritage Area, S.1112, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Chisholm National Historic Trail and the Western National Historic Trail, S.1224, to reauthorize, and increase the total funding cap for, the America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership, to redesignate the America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership as the "Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area", S.1258, to extend the authorization of each of the National Coal Heritage Area and the Wheeling National Heritage Area in the State of West Virginia, S.1284 and H.R.2497, bills to establish the Amache National Historic Site in the State of Colorado as a Unit of the National Park System, S.1318, to reauthorize the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area, S.1329, to amend the National Aviation Heritage Area Act to reauthorize the National Aviation Heritage Area, S.1620, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the city of Eunice, Louisiana, certain Federal land in the State of Louisiana, S.1643, to establish the Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area, S.1942, to standardize the designation of National Heritage Areas, S.1954, to reauthorize the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, S.2158, to extend the authorization for the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission, S.2296, establish the Northern Neck National Heritage Area, S.2438, to modify the boundary of the Cane River Creole National Historical Park in the State of Louisiana, S.2441, to establish in the States of North Carolina and South Carolina the Southern Campaign of the Revolution National Heritage Corridor, S.2482, to amend the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership Act of 2006 to reauthorize the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership, S.2490, to establish the Blackwell School National Historic Site in Marfa, Texas, S.2580, to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to make free National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Passes available to members of the Armed Forces, S.2648, to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to reauthorize the Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area in the State of Alaska, and S.2763, to extend the authorization for the MotorCities National Heritage Area in the State of Michigan.
Wednesday, Oct 06, 2021
10:00 AM – SD-406 Environment and Public Works
An oversight hearing to examine the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers emergency response to Hurricane Ida.
Wednesday, Oct 06, 2021
10:00 AM – SR-253 Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Hearings to examine enhancing data security.
Wednesday, Oct 06, 2021
10:15 AM – SD-342 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Business meeting to consider S.587, to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to provide that the President or certain agency heads may remove the Inspector General, or place an Inspector General on non-duty status, only if certain conditions are satisfied, S.1794, to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to provide testimonial subpoena authority, H.R.2662, to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978, S.2875, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the Cyber Incident Review Office in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of Homeland Security, an original bill entitled, "Federal Information Security Modernization Act", and the nominations of Cathy Ann Harris, of Maryland, to be a Member, and to be Chairman, and Tristan Lynn Leavitt, of Idaho, and Raymond A. Limon, of Nevada, both to be a Member, all of the Merit Systems Protection Board, Tovah R. Calderon, to be an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and Kenia Seoane Lopez, Rupa Ranga Puttagunta, and Sean C. Staples, each to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
Wednesday, Oct 06, 2021
2:00 PM – SD-G50 Judiciary
Hearings to examine the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
Wednesday, Oct 06, 2021
2:00 PM – SH-219 Intelligence
To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters.
Wednesday, Oct 06, 2021
2:30 PM – SD-366 Energy and Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Water and Power Hearings to examine the status and management of drought in the western United States.
Wednesday, Oct 06, 2021
2:30 PM – SD-628 Indian Affairs
Hearings to examine S.648, to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make a technical correction to the water rights settlement for Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, and S.1911, to provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Fort Belknap Indian Community.
Wednesday, Oct 06, 2021
3:00 PM – SR-301 Rules and Administration
An oversight hearing to examine Library of Congress modernization efforts.
Wednesday, Oct 06, 2021
3:00 PM – SR-418 Veterans' Affairs
Hearings to examine pending nominations.
Thursday, Oct 07, 2021
9:00 AM ?? SD-226 Judiciary
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Beth Robinson, of Vermont, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, Jennifer Sung, of Oregon, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Rahul Gupta, of West Virginia, to be Director of National Drug Control Policy, and Elizabeth Prelogar, of Idaho, to be Solicitor General of the United States, Department of Justice.
Thursday, Oct 07, 2021
9:30 AM – SD-G50 Armed Services
Hearings to examine the nominations of David A. Honey, of Virginia, to be Deputy Under Secretary, and Brenda Sue Fulton, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of Defense, and Corey Hinderstein, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy.
Thursday, Oct 07, 2021
10:00 AM – SD-538 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Hearings to examine the nominations of Matthew S. Axelrod, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, and Alanna McCargo, of Virginia, to be President, Government National Mortgage Association, and James Arthur Jemison II, of Michigan, and Mark Colon, of New York, both to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Thursday, Oct 07, 2021
10:00 AM – SH-216 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Hearings to examine the nominations of Lisa M. Gomez, of New Jersey, and Jose Javier Rodriguez, of Florida, both to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor.
Thursday, Oct 07, 2021
10:00 AM – SR-253 Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband Hearings to examine the state of telehealth, focusing on removing barriers to access and improving patient outcomes.
Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021
10:00 AM – SD-406 Environment and Public Works
Hearings to examine evaluating the Federal response to the persistence and impacts of PFAS chemicals on our environment.
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