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Committee Meetings
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Appropriations: Full Committee held a business meeting on the Report on the Suballocation of Budget Allocations for FY 2022; and markup on the Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill, FY 2022; and the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill, FY 2022. The Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill, FY 2022; and the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill, FY 2022 were ordered reported, as amended. The Report on the Suballocation of Budget Allocations for FY 2022 passed, without amendment.
THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Committee on Armed Services: Full Committee held a hearing entitled
``The Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for the Department of the Army''. Testimony was heard from Christine E. Wormuth, Secretary of the Army, U.S. Army; and General James C. McConville, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, CYBERSECURITY, AND INFORMATION ASSURANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Information Systems held a hearing entitled
``Department of Defense Information Technology, Cybersecurity, and Information Assurance for Fiscal Year 2022''. Testimony was heard from John Sherman, Acting Chief Information Officer, Department of Defense.
THE CLEAN FUTURE ACT AND ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION: DELIVERING CLEAN POWER TO THE PEOPLE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy held a hearing entitled ``The CLEAN Future Act and Electric Transmission: Delivering Clean Power to the People''. Testimony was heard from Patricia Hoffman, Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity, Department of Energy; and public witnesses.
A BIASED, BROKEN SYSTEM: EXAMINING PROPOSALS TO OVERHAUL CREDIT REPORTING TO ACHIEVE EQUITY
Committee on Financial Services: Full Committee held a hearing entitled
``A Biased, Broken System: Examining Proposals to Overhaul Credit Reporting to Achieve Equity''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
THE LEGACY OF GEORGE FLOYD, AN EXAMINATION OF FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY COMMITMENTS TO ECONOMIC AND RACIAL JUSTICE
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion held a hearing entitled ``The Legacy of George Floyd, An Examination of Financial Services Industry Commitments to Economic and Racial Justice''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
THE CONFLICT IN ETHIOPIA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Full Committee held a hearing entitled
``The Conflict in Ethiopia''. Testimony was heard from Robert F. Godec, Acting Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State; and Sarah Charles, Assistant to the Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development.
EXAMINING FEMA'S READINESS TO MEET ITS MISSION
Committee on Homeland Security: Full Committee held a hearing entitled
``Examining FEMA's Readiness to Meet its Mission''. Testimony was heard from Deanne Criswell, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
THE NEED TO ENHANCE THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT: PRELIMINARY INJUNCTIONS, BAIL-IN COVERAGE, ELECTION OBSERVERS, AND NOTICE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties held a hearing entitled ``The Need to Enhance the Voting Rights Act: Preliminary Injunctions, Bail-in Coverage, Election Observers, and Notice''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife held a hearing on H.R. 1851, the ``St. Mary's Reinvestment Act''; H.R. 1869, the ``Technical Correction to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation Water Rights Settlement Act of 2021''; H.R. 3877, the ``Salton Sea Projects Improvements Act''; and H.R. 4099, the ``Large Scale Water Recycling Project Investment Act''. Testimony was heard from Representatives Napolitano, Ruiz, Amodei, and Rosendale; David Raff, Chief Engineer, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Oversight and Reform: Full Committee held a markup on H.R. 1204, the ``District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer Salary Home Rule Act''; H.R. 1224, the ``Merit System Protection Board Empowerment Act''; H.R. 2043, the ``Plum Act''; H.R. 2988, the ``Whistleblower Protection Improvement Act''; H.R. 3599, the ``Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program Act''; H.R. 3787, the ``District of Columbia Local Juror Nondiscrimination Act''; H.R. 735, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 502 East Cotati Avenue in Cotati, California, as the
``Arthur Luis Ibleto Post Office Building''; H.R. 1298, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1233 North Cedar Street in Owasso, Oklahoma, as the ``Staff Sergeant Marshal Roberts Post Office Building''; H.R. 2324, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2800 South Adams Street in Tallahassee, Florida, as the ``D. Edwina Stephens Post Office''; H.R. 2472, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 82422 Cadiz Jewett Road in Cadiz, Ohio, as the ``John Armor Bingham Post Office''; and H.R. 2473, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 275 Penn Avenue in Salem, Ohio, as the ``Howard Arthur Tibbs Post Office''. H.R. 2988, H.R. 2043, H.R. 3787, H.R. 1204, H.R. 1224, and H.R. 3599 were ordered reported, as amended. H.R. 1298, H.R. 2324, H.R. 2427, H.R. 2473, and H.R. 735 were ordered reported, without amendment.
INVEST IN AMERICA ACT
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 3684, the
``INVEST in America Act'' [Amendment Consideration]. The Committee granted, by record vote of 7-3, a rule providing for further consideration of H.R. 3684, the ``INVEST in America Act'', under a structured rule. The rule provides that following debate, each further amendment printed in the Rules Committee report not earlier considered as part of amendments en bloc pursuant to subsection (b) shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before the question is put thereon, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. The rule provides that at any time after debate the chair of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure or his designee may offer amendments en bloc consisting of further amendments printed in the Rules Committee report not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure or their designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. The rule waives all points of order against the amendments printed in the Rules Committee report or amendments en bloc described in subsection (b). The rule provides that it shall be in order without intervention of any point of order to consider concurrent resolutions providing for adjournment during the month of July. The rule provides that the provisions of section 202 of the National Emergencies Act shall not apply during the remainder of the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress to a joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020. The rule provides that House Resolution 188, agreed to March 8, 2021, is amended by striking ``July 1, 2021'' each place it appears and inserting ``July 30, 2021''. Testimony was heard from Representatives Bilirakis, Brady, Burgess, Cammack, Graves of Louisiana, Johnson of South Dakota, Nehls, Pence, Perry, Roy, Schweikert, Smith of New Jersey, Green of Texas, Jackson Lee, Johnson of Georgia, Torres of California, and Trone.
THE STATE OF FEDERAL WILDLAND FIRE SCIENCE: EXAMINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FURTHER RESEARCH AND COORDINATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Full Committee held a hearing entitled ``The State of Federal Wildland Fire Science: Examining Opportunities for Further Research and Coordination''. Testimony was heard from George Geissler, State Forester and Deputy, Wildland Fire and Forest Health and Resiliency, Washington Department of Natural Resources; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS: 2021 MEMBER DAY HEARING
Committee on Small Business: Full Committee held a hearing entitled
``Committee on Small Business: 2021 Member Day Hearing''. Testimony was heard from Representatives Blumenauer and Case.
EXPANDING ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE PROMISE IT HOLDS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing entitled ``Expanding Access to Higher Education and the Promise it Holds''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION BUDGET HEARING
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Full Committee held a hearing entitled ``Federal Bureau of Investigation Budget Hearing''. Testimony was heard from M.A. Myers, Executive Assistant Director of Intelligence, Federal Bureau of Investigation. This hearing was closed.
Joint Meetings
No joint committee meetings were held.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 113
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