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Download official Daily Digest PDFReturn to issue context(Committees not listed did not meet) BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 465, to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reform the interconnection queue process for the prioritization and approval of certain projects;
S. 1254, to amend the Aquifer Recharge Flexibility Act to clarify a provision relating to conveyances for aquifer recharge purposes, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
H.R. 331, to amend the Aquifer Recharge Flexibility Act to clarify a provision relating to conveyances for aquifer recharge purposes;
S. 1568, to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to modify standards for general service lamps;
S. 2970, to authorize the use of off-highway vehicles in certain areas of the Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
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”, with an amendment;
S. 3524, to amend title 54, United States Code, to modify certain cost-sharing requirements for grant programs under the American Battlefield Protection Program, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
H.R. 7618, to amend title 54, United States Code, to modify certain cost-sharing requirements for grant programs under the American Battlefield Protection Program;
S. 4116, to advance next-generation geothermal electricity generation demonstration projects in new regions, with an amendment;
S. 4166, 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, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
H.R. 7257, 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. 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. 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. 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, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 5352, to amend the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act and the Water Desalination Act of 1996 to reauthorize certain desalination programs, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 5359, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to Pennington County, South Dakota, certain National Forest System land, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
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;
H.R. 677, to establish a process to expedite the review of appeals of certain decisions by the Department of the Interior, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
H.R. 2306, to reauthorize the Adams Memorial Commission, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; 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. NOMINATIONS Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Justin Bytheway, of Utah, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Tonga, William Flens, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Chad, Douglas Holder, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria, who was introduced by Senator Scott (SC), Marc Dillard, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Madagascar, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Union of the Comoros, and Jessica Long, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. NICARAGUA Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues concluded a hearing to examine Nicaragua's political crisis, focusing on Ortega's assault on democracy, after receiving testimony from Eddy Acevedo, National Endowment for Democracy, Gil Guerra, Hudson Institute, and Deborah Ullmer, National Democratic Institute, all of Washington D.C.; and Juan Sebastian Chamorro, Ciudadanos por la Libertad Exilio, South Bend, Indiana. ROGUE AI Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census concluded a hearing to examine rogue AI, focusing on securing the homeland against AI agents, including S. 2938, to require the Secretary of Energy to establish the Advanced Artificial Intelligence Evaluation Program, after receiving testimony from Chris Painter, Model Evaluation and Threat Research (METR), Covina, California; Marius Hobbhahn, Apollo Research, London, United Kingdom; Paul Ohm, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington D.C.; Kurt Gaudette, Dragos, Inc, Hanover, Maryland; and Daniel Kokotajlo, AI Futures Project, Berkeley, California. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered favorably reported 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.
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Lee Philip Rudofsky, of Arkansas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Robert E. Long, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, who was introduced by Senator Scott (FL), Peter M. Mansfield, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, who was introduced by Senator Cassidy, and Jesus A. Osete, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. INTELLIGENCE Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence community.