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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
Committee on Appropriations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
biomedical research, focusing on keeping America's edge in innovation, 
after receiving testimony from Sudip S. Parikh, American Association 
for the Advancement of Science, and E. Cartier Esham, Alliance for a 
Stronger FDA, both of Washington, D.C.; Hermann Haller, MDI Biological 
Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine; Barry P. Sleckman, University of Alabama 
O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, Birmingham; and Emily Stenson, 
Seattle, Washington.
AMERICA'S AIR FORCE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland received a closed 
briefing on America's Air Force, from General David W. Allvin, USAF, 
Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Dale R. White, USAF, Military 
Deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Technology, 
and Logistics, and Major General Joseph D. Kunkel, USAF, Director of 
Force Design, Integration, and Wargaming, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air 
Force Futures, all of the Air Force, Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 196, to improve online ticket sales and protect consumers, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 259, to direct the Federal Communications Commission to publish a 
list of entities that hold authorizations, licenses, or other grants of 
authority issued by the Commission and that have certain foreign 
ownership;
  S. 320, to authorize the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 580, to require the Secretary of Commerce to provide training and 
guidance relating to human rights abuses, including such abuses 
perpetrated against the Uyghur population by the Government of the 
People's Republic of China;
  S. 606, to authorize the Administrator of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration to reimburse the Town of Chincoteague, 
Virginia, for costs directly associated with the removal and 
replacement of certain drinking water wells;
  S. 688, to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing at its 
sources globally, with an amendment;
  S. 725, to direct the Federal Communications Commission to issue 
reports after activation of the Disaster Information Reporting System 
and to make improvements to network outage reporting, to categorize 
public safety telecommunicators as a protective service occupation 
under the Standard Occupational Classification system, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;

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  S. 769, to amend the Research and Development, Competition, and 
Innovation Act to clarify the definition of foreign country for 
purposes of malign foreign talent recruitment restriction;
  S. 1003, to require the Federal Communications Commission to issue an 
order providing that a shark attack is an event for which a wireless 
emergency alert may be transmitted;
  S. 1081, to require the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration to submit certain reports to the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee 
on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives, with 
an amendment;
  S. 1278, to require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and 
Atmosphere to conduct a project to improve forecasts of coastal marine 
fog;
  S. 1378, to enhance the use by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration of artificial intelligence for weather forecasting, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1433, to reauthorize the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation 
Initiative Act to promote the protection of the resources of the 
Northwest Straits, with amendments;
  S. 1437, to require the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration to establish a program to identify, evaluate, 
acquire, and disseminate commercial Earth remote sensing data and 
imagery in order to satisfy the scientific, operational, and 
educational requirements of the Administration, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1492, to require the Secretary of Commerce support the leadership 
of the United States with respect to the deployment, use, application, 
and competitiveness of blockchain technology; and
  The nominations of Olivia Trusty, of Maryland, to be a Member of the 
Federal Communications Commission, Jared Isaacman, of Pennsylvania, to 
be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
and routine lists in the Coast Guard.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 714, to amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include critical materials 
in the definition of critical mineral, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Preston Griffith, of Virginia, to be Under 
Secretary, and Dario Gil, of New York, to be Under Secretary for 
Science, both of the Department of Energy.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Leslie Beyer, of Texas, to be an 
Assistant Secretary, and Andrea Travnicek, of North Dakota, to be an 
Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of the Interior, and 
Theodore J. Garrish, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary (Nuclear 
Energy), and Tristan Abbey, of Florida, to be Administrator of the 
Energy Information Administration, both of the Department of Energy.
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine opportunities to strengthen water infrastructure 
programs, focusing on the IIJA's successes, after receiving testimony 
from Tom Goulette, National Rural Water Association, West Point, 
Nebraska; Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, 
Cleveland, on behalf of the National Association of Clean Water 
Agencies; and Eric Oswald, Association of State Drinking Water 
Administrators, Lansing, Michigan.
NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nomination of Rodney Scott, of Oklahoma, to be Commissioner of U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, after 
the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nominations of Brian Burch, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the 
Holy See, Nicole McGraw, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Croatia, Thomas DiNanno, of Florida, to be Under Secretary for Arms 
Control and International Security, Sarah Rogers, of New York, to be 
Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy, and Allison Hooker, of Georgia, 
to be an Under Secretary (Political Affairs), all of the Department of 
State.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee began 
consideration of S. 558, to provide for the consideration of a 
definition of antisemitism set forth by the International Holocaust 
Remembrance Alliance for the enforcement of Federal antidiscrimination 
laws concerning education programs or activities, and S. 163, to 
require institutions of higher education participating in Federal 
student aid programs to share information about title VI of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964, including a link to the

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webpage of the Office for Civil Rights where an individual can submit a 
complaint regarding discrimination in violation of such title, but did 
not complete action thereon and adjourned.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Terrance Cole, of Virginia, to be Administrator of 
Drug Enforcement, and Gadyaces Serralta, of Florida, to be Director of 
the United States Marshals Service, both of the Department of Justice, 
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 members of the 
intelligence community.
RISE OF ANTISEMITISM AND OLDER AMERICANS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the rise of Antisemitism and supporting older Americans, after 
receiving testimony from former Representative Ted Deutch, American 
Jewish Committee, Washington, D.C.; David Schaecter, Holocaust Memorial 
Miami Beach, and Rabbi Mark Rosenberg, Chesed Shel Emes Florida, both 
of Miami; and Rebecca Federman, Community Security Initiative of New 
York, New York, New York.