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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of March 11 through March 14, 2025

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of the nomination of 
Steven Bradbury, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation, 
and vote on the motion to invoke cloture thereon at 11:45 a.m. If 
cloture is invoked on the nomination, Senate will vote on confirmation 
of the nomination at 2:15 p.m.
  Following disposition of the nomination of Steven Bradbury, Senate 
will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Abigail 
Slater, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney 
General. If cloture is invoked on the nomination, Senate will vote on 
confirmation of the nomination at 5:15 p.m.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: March 11, to 
hold hearings to examine risk management, credit, and rural business 
views on the agricultural economy, focusing on views from the field, 
2:30 p.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Armed Services: March 11, to hold hearings to examine 
stabilizing the Military Health System to prepare for large-scale 
combat operations, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  March 12, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to 
hold hearings to examine the current readiness of the Joint Force, 
9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: March 12, to 
hold hearings to examine housing roadblocks, focusing on paving a 
new way to address affordability, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: March 12, business meeting to consider 
the nomination of James Bishop, of North Carolina, to be Deputy 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Time to be 
announced, S-216, Capitol.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: March 12, 
business meeting to continue consideration of an authorization to 
subpoena the production of memoranda, documents, records, or other 
materials from the Massachusetts Port Authority, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  March 12, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 28, to 
require the disclosure of a camera or recording capability in 
certain internet-connected devices, S. 97, to require SelectUSA to 
coordinate with State-level economic development organizations to 
increase foreign direct investment in semiconductor-related 
manufacturing and production, S. 244, to direct the Secretary of 
Commerce, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
Communications and Information, to conduct a study of the national 
security risks posed by consumer routers, modems, and devices that 
combine a modem and router, S. 289, to ban the sale of products with 
a high concentration of sodium nitrate to individuals, S. 323, to 
direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
Information to develop a National Strategy to Synchronize Federal 
Broadband Programs, S. 389, to establish consumer standards for 
lithium-ion batteries, S. 414, to require covered digital 
advertising platforms to report their public service advertisements, 
S. 428, to promote space situational awareness and space traffic 
coordination and to modify the functions and leadership of the 
Office of Space Commerce, S. 433, to require the Secretary of 
Commerce to establish the National Manufacturing Advisory Council 
within the Department of Commerce, S. 582, to provide for the 
authorized use of Federal vehicle transportation by certain 
astronauts, S. 613, to require the Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Oceans and Atmosphere to maintain the National Mesonet Program, S. 
759, to provide for standardization, publication, and accessibility 
of data relating to public outdoor recreational use of Federal 
waterways, S. 792, to require the National Telecommunications 
Information Administration to estimate the value of electromagnetic 
spectrum assigned or otherwise allocated to Federal entities, S. 
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to require online dating service providers to provide fraud ban 
notifications to online dating service members, S. 843, to require 
the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Sea Turtle Rescue 
Assistance Grant Program, and the nominations of Mark Meador, of 
Virginia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner, and Michael Kratsios, 
of South Carolina, to be Director of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: March 12, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 362, to allow certain Federal minerals to be 
mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, 
S. 544, to provide for the location of multiple hardrock mining mill 
sites, to establish the Abandoned Hardrock Mine Fund, S. 596, to 
establish a pilot program to support domestic critical material 
processing, S. 714, to amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include 
critical materials in the definition of critical mineral, S. 789, to 
require reports on critical mineral and rare earth element resources 
around the world and a strategy for the development of advanced 
mining, refining, separation, and processing technologies, and S. 
859, to modify the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on 
public domain land, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: March 13, business 
meeting to consider the nominations of David Fotouhi, of Virginia, 
to be Deputy Administrator, and Aaron Szabo, of Virginia, to be an 
Assistant Administrator, both of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1:45 p.m., S-120, Capitol.
  Committee on Finance: March 14, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Mehmet Oz, of Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the 
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: March 12, business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  March 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Peter Hoekstra, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to 
Canada, George Glass, of Oregon, to be Ambassador to Japan, and 
Ronald Johnson, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the United Mexican 
States, all of the Department of State, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: March 13, 
business meeting to consider the nominations of Jayanta 
Bhattacharya, of California, to be Director of the National 
Institutes of Health, and Martin Makary, of Virginia, to be 
Commissioner of Food and Drugs, both of the Department of Health and 
Human Services, and other pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-
562.
  March 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of David Weldon, of Florida, to be Director of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and 
Human Services, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: March 12, 
business meeting to consider S. 854, to amend title 31, United 
States Code, to establish the Life Sciences Research Security Board, 
S. 855, to require executive branch employees to report certain 
royalties, S. 269, to improve coordination between Federal and State 
agencies and the Do Not Pay working system, S. 81, to require a 
guidance clarity statement on certain agency guidance, S. 861, to 
streamline the sharing of information among Federal disaster 
assistance agencies, to expedite the delivery of life-saving 
assistance to disaster survivors, to speed the recovery of 
communities from disasters, to protect the security and privacy of 
information provided by disaster survivors, S. 766, to require an 
annual report of taxpayer-funded projects that are over budget and 
behind schedule, S. 872, to amend the Federal Funding Accountability 
and Transparency Act of 2006 to ensure that other transaction 
agreements are reported to USAspending.gov, S. 727, to correct the 
inequitable denial of enhanced retirement and annuity benefits to 
certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers, S. 874, to 
ensure that whistleblowers, including contractors, are protected 
from retaliation when a Federal employee orders a reprisal, S. 594, 
to amend the Post-Katrina Management Reform Act of 2006 to repeal 
certain obsolete requirements, S. 865, to amend the Lobbying 
Disclosure Act of 1995 to require certain disclosures by registrants 
regarding exemptions under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 
1938, as amended, S. 856, to amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
1995 to clarify a provision relating to certain contents of 
registrations under that Act, S. 850, to amend the Northern Border 
Security Review Act to require updates to the northern border threat 
analysis and the northern border strategy, S. 848, to provide for 
joint reports by relevant Federal agencies to Congress regarding 
incidents of terrorism, and S. 572, to enhance the effectiveness of 
the Shadow Wolves Program, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: March 11, Subcommittee on Crime and 
Counterterrorism, to hold hearings to examine the STOP CSAM Act, 
2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  March 13, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Dean Sauer, of Missouri, to be Solicitor General of 
the United States, and Harmeet Dhillon, of California, and Aaron 
Reitz, of Texas, both to be an Assistant Attorney General, all of 
the Department of Justice, 9:15 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: March 12, to 
hold hearings to examine the nomination of William Briggs, of Texas, 
to be Deputy Administrator, and Casey Mulligan, of Illinois, to be 
Chief Counsel for Advocacy, both of the Small Business 
Administration, 2:30 p.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: March 11, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 124, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide 
for disciplinary procedures for supervisors and managers at the 
Department of Veterans Affairs and to modify the procedures of 
personnel actions against employees of the Department, S. 201, to 
provide for a study by the National Academies of Sciences, 
Engineering, and Medicine on the prevalence and mortality of cancer 
among individuals who served as active duty aircrew in the Armed 
Forces, S. 275, to improve the provision of care and services under 
the Veterans Community Care Program of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, S. 410, to amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to 
improve benefits and services for surviving spouses, S. 478, to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of 
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information to the Department of Justice for use by the national 
instant criminal background check system, S. 607, to require the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish an integrated project 
team to improve the process for scheduling appointments for health 
care from the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 610, to expand the 
VetSuccess on Campus program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
S. 611, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve and to 
expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to 
certain survivors of certain veterans, S. 654, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to establish an external provider scheduling 
program to assist the Department of Veterans Affairs in scheduling 
appointments for care and services under the Veterans Community Care 
Program, S. 702, to require a study on the quality of care 
difference between mental health and addiction therapy care provided 
by health care providers of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
compared to non-Department providers, S. 787, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to establish a commission to review operations 
at the Veterans Health Administration and submit to Congress reports 
with respect to that review, and for other programs, S. 831, to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to improve telephone communication by the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 892, to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to improve the repayment by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs of benefits misused by a fiduciary, an original bill 
entitled, ``Veterans' Claims Act of 2025'', and Servicemembers and 
Veterans Empoweerment and Support Act'', 10:30 a.m., SR-418.
  March 12, Full Committee, business meeting to consider Major 
Medical Lease Committee Resolution FY25, Major Medical Lease 
Committee Resolution PACT Act, and the nomination of Paul Lawrence, 
of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Time to be 
announced, Room to be announced.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: March 12, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: March 12, to hold hearings to examine 
breaking the cycle of senior loneliness, focusing on strengthening 
family and community support, 3:30 p.m., SD-106.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Foreign Affairs, March 12, Africa Subcommittee, 
hearing entitled ``Conflict and Persecution in Nigeria: The Case for 
a CPC Designation'', 9 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, March 12, Full Committee, markup on 
H. Res. 127, of inquiry requesting the President and directing the 
Secretary of the Treasury to transmit, respectively, certain 
documents to the House of Representatives relating to the Department 
of Government Efficiency's access to the Treasury payment systems 
and confidential taxpayer information; and H. Res. 195, of inquiry 
requesting the President of the United States to furnish certain 
information to the House of Representatives relating to the 
operations of the Social Security Administration after January 20, 
2025, including information on the Department of Government 
Efficiency's access to the Social Security Administration and to 
information in the possession of such Administration, 9:15 a.m., 
1100 Longworth.