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MEETINGS SCHEDULED
SEPTEMBER 30
9:45 a.m.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Nicole
Saphier, of New Jersey, to be Medical Director in the
Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, subject to
qualifications therefor as provided by law and
regulations, and to be Surgeon General of the Public
Health Service, Timothy Westlake, of Wisconsin, to be
Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance
Use, and Mary Lazare, of Florida, to be Assistant
Secretary for Aging, all of the Department of Health
and Human Services, and Loren E. Sweatt, of Virginia,
and Douglas Ralph, of Kentucky, both to be a Member of
the National Mediation Board.
SD-430
10 a.m.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Business meeting to consider S. 365 and H.R. 1729, bills
to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation,
Management, and Recreation Act to allow for additional
entities to be eligible to complete the maintenance
work on Bolts Ditch and the Bolts Ditch Headgate within
the Holy Cross Wilderness, Colorado, S. 462, to provide
for economic development and conservation in Washoe
County, Nevada, S. 465, to require the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission to reform the interconnection
queue process for the prioritization and approval of
certain projects, S. 730, to direct the Secretary of
the Interior to conduct a study to assess the
suitability and feasibility of establishing the African
Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and
Educational Center at the African Burial Ground
National Monument, S. 764, to provide for the
designation of certain wilderness areas, recreation
management areas, and conservation areas in the State
of Colorado, S. 791, to establish the Justice Thurgood
Marshall National Historic Site in the State of
Maryland as an affiliated area of the National Park
System, S. 888, to designate certain land administered
by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service
in the State of Oregon as wilderness and national
recreation areas, to withdraw certain land located in
Curry County and Josephine County, Oregon, from all
forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the
public land laws, location, entry, and patent under the
mining laws, and operation under the mineral leasing
and geothermal leasing laws, S. 945, to amend the Smith
River National Recreation Area Act to include certain
additions to the Smith River National Recreation Area,
to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate
certain wild rivers in the State of Oregon, S. 1005, to
provide for conservation and economic development in
the State of Nevada, S. 1088, to provide that the
memorial to commemorate the sacrifice and service of
the women who worked on the home front to support the
efforts of the United States military during World War
II may be located on the National Mall, S. 1195, to
promote conservation, improve public land management,
and provide for sensible development in Pershing
County, Nevada, S. 1254 and H.R. 331, bills to amend
the Aquifer Recharge Flexibility Act to clarify a
provision relating to conveyances for aquifer recharge
purposes, S. 1341, to amend the Colorado Wilderness Act
of 1993 to add certain land to the Sarvis Creek
Wilderness, S. 1342, to amend the Energy Conservation
and Production Act to improve the weatherization
assistance program, S. 1349, to withdraw the National
Forest System land in the Ruby Mountains subdistrict of
the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and the National
Wildlife Refuge System land in Ruby Lake National
Wildlife Refuge, Elko and White Pine Counties, Nevada,
from operation under the mineral leasing laws, S. 1476,
to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate
certain segments of the Gila River system in the State
of New Mexico as components of the National Wild and
Scenic Rivers System, to provide for the transfer of
administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land
in the State of New Mexico, S. 1568, to amend the
Energy Policy and Conservation Act to modify standards
for general service lamps, S. 1737, to designate and
expand wilderness areas in Olympic National Forest in
the State of Washington, and to designate certain
rivers in Olympic National Forest and Olympic National
Park as wild and scenic rivers, S. 1777, to amend the
California Desert Protection Act of 1994 to expand the
boundary of Joshua Tree National Park, to redesignate
the Cottonwood Visitor Center at Joshua Tree National
Park as the “Dianne Feinstein Visitor Center”, S.
1870, to adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica
Mountains National Recreation Area to include the Rim
of the Valley Corridor, S. 2570, to amend the Energy
Conservation and Production Act to reauthorize the
weatherization assistance program, S. 2970, to
authorize the use of off-highway vehicles in certain
areas of the Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, S. 3371,
to designate the Museum of the Blind People's Movement
in Baltimore, Maryland, as the “National Museum of the
Blind People's Movement”, S. 3499 and H.R. 3638, bills
to direct the Secretary of Energy to prepare periodic
assessments and submit reports on the supply chain for
the generation and transmission of electricity, S. 3524
and H.R. 7618, bills to amend title 54, United States
Code, to modify certain cost-sharing requirements for
grant programs under the American Battlefield
Protection Program, S. 3526, to provide for the
protection of and investment in certain Federal land in
the State of California, S. 3542, to amend the Wild and
Scenic Rivers Act to designate the Upper Raritan River
Watershed in the State of New Jersey for study for
potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic
Rivers System, S. 3695, to amend Public Law 96-586 to
modernize the authority of the Forest Service to
acquire and administer land under that Act, S. 3737, to
amend the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief
Act of 1991 to provide financial and technical
assistance to eligible entities for the conduct of
innovative approaches to voluntary water partnership
agreements among multiple water users and projects
conducted by individual agricultural entities, S. 3785,
to authorize direct emergency acquisition flexibilities
for the National Park Service and Forest Service for
the purpose of retaining, vetting, approving, and
expediting contractor approval for the clearing,
rebuilding, maintenance, and improvement of areas of
the Grand Canyon National Park and Kaibab National
Forest damaged by certain wildfires, S. 3925, to
establish the Julius Rosenwald and Rosenwald Schools
National Historical Park, S. 4005, to amend the Uranium
Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 to extend
the
authorization of a disposal site in Mesa County,
Colorado, until the site is filled to designed
capacity, S. 4023, to establish the America's Living
Library Project, S. 4103 and H.R. 2709, bills to
improve the health and resiliency of giant sequoias, S.
4116, to advance next-generation geothermal electricity
generation demonstration projects in new regions, S.
4166 and H.R. 7257, bills to amend the Energy Policy
and Conservation Act to require States to include
supporting the physical security, cybersecurity, and
resilience of local distribution systems in State
energy security plans, S. 4200, to promote
conservation, improve public land, and provide for
sensible development in Douglas County, Nevada, S.
4252, to amend the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land
Withdrawal Act to ensure that economic assistance
payments under that Act continue until the closure of
the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, S. 4312, to amend the
National Energy Conservation Policy Act to include the
installation of mechanical insulation property as an
energy or water efficiency measure, S. 4351, to amend
the Federal Power Act and the Natural Gas Act with
respect to the enforcement of certain provisions, S.
4406, to amend the Energy Independence and Security Act
of 2007 to direct research, development, demonstration,
and commercial application activities in support of
next-generation geothermal systems in various
conditions, S. 4595, to amend the Wild and Scenic
Rivers Act to designate the Mullica River watershed in
New Jersey for study for potential designation as a
wild and scenic river, S. 4846, to amend the United
States-Mexico Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Act to
reauthorize the United States-Mexico transboundary
aquifer assessment program, S. 4870, to amend the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to reauthorize
the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative, S. 5352, to
amend the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the
Nation Act and the Water Desalination Act of 1996 to
reauthorize certain desalination programs, S. 5359, to
direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to
Pennington County, South Dakota, certain National
Forest System land, S. 5360, to amend the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to reauthorize
the Rural and Municipal Utility Advanced Cybersecurity
Grant and Technical Assistance Program, S. 5374, to
facilitate the conveyance of certain land in Bonners
Ferry, Idaho, platted under section 2387 of the Revised
Statutes, S. 5402, to extend authorizations for aquatic
ecosystem restoration projects, multi-benefit watershed
health projects, and WaterSMART grants, H.R. 249, to
redesignate certain facilities at Paterson Great Falls
National Historical Park in honor of Congressman Bill
Pascrell, Jr, H.R. 677, to establish a process to
expedite the review of appeals of certain decisions by
the Department of the Interior, H.R. 2306, to
reauthorize the Adams Memorial Commission, H.R. 2317,
to provide for transfer of ownership of certain Federal
lands in northern Nevada, to authorize the disposal of
certain Federal lands in northern Nevada for economic
development, to promote conservation in northern
Nevada, and H.R. 5729, to authorize direct emergency
acquisition flexibilities for the National Park Service
for the purpose of retaining, vetting, approving, and
expediting contractor approval for the clearing,
rebuilding, maintenance, and improvement of the Grand
Canyon grounds that have been impacted by the Dragon
Bravo Fire.
SD-366
Committee on Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine certain pending nominations.
SD-419
10:15 a.m.
Committee on the Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine pending nominations.
SH-216
2:30 p.m.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Subcommittee on Disaster Management, District of Columbia,
and Census
To hold hearings to examine rogue AI, focusing on
securing the homeland against AI agents.
SD-342
3 p.m.
Committee on Foreign Relations
Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime,
Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global
Women's Issues
To hold hearings to examine Nicaragua's political crisis,
focusing on Ortega's assault on democracy.
SD-419
Select Committee on Intelligence
To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence
matters.
SH-219
OCTOBER 1
9:30 a.m.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Business meeting to consider the request to direct Senate
Legal Counsel to file an application seeking immunity.
SD-342
10 a.m.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Jeremy
Wiggins, of the District of Columbia, to be an
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Matthew Jones, of
Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development, and David Slade, of Florida, to be
First Vice President, and Michael Rigas, of Virginia,
to be a Member of the Board of Directors, both of the
Export-Import Bank of the United States.
SD-538
10:15 a.m.
Committee on the Judiciary
Business meeting to consider S. 5289, to protect the
right to the free exercise of religion, and the
nominations of Daniel Lewis Ballou, to be United States
District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky,
Richard Wesley Bennett, to be United States District
Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Courtney
Leigh Coker, to be United States District Judge for the
Northern District of Texas, Trevor Scott Pemberton, to
be United States District Judge for the Northern
District of Oklahoma, Kyle Frederick Reardon, to be
United States District Judge for the District of
Alaska, and Zachary Paul West, to be United States
District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
SH-216
10:30 a.m.
Committee on Foreign Relations
To receive a closed briefing on an update on Venezuela.
SVC-217
CANCELLATIONS
SEPTEMBER 30
2:30 p.m.
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
To hold oversight hearings to examine small business
programs in review, focusing on the U.S. Small Business
Administration.
SR-428A