Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Armed Services
To receive a closed briefing on global nuclear threats and U.S. nuclear deterrence strategy and policies.
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Hearings to examine how renters and communities are impacted by today's housing market.
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
An oversight hearing to examine the Small Business Administration's COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan program.
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband
Hearings to examine thefuture of spectrum.
Intelligence
Hearings to examine the nomination of Terrence Edwards, of Maryland, to be Inspector General of the National Reconnaissance Office, Department of Defense.
Judiciary
Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights
Hearings to examine antitrust remedies, focusing on solutions to foster competitive markets.
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Foreign Relations
Hearings to examine the nomination of Nathaniel Fick, of Maine, to be Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy, Department of State, and other pending nominations.
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Business meeting to consider
• S. 4488, to establish an interagency committee on global catastrophic risk,
• S. 4337, to amend title 5, United States Code, to authorize the appointment of spouses of members of the Armed Forces who are on active duty, disabled, or deceased to positions in which the spouses will work remotely,
• S. 4516, to require the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to develop governmentwide procurement policy and guidance to mitigate organizational conflict of interests relating to national security and foreign policy,
• S. 4465, to establish a Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office and an Office of Health Security in the Department of Homeland Security,
• S. 4572, to require U.S. Customs and Border Protection to expand the use of non-intrusive inspection systems at land ports of entry,
• S. 4611, to improve services for trafficking victims by establishing, in Homeland Security Investigations, the Investigators Maintain Purposeful Awareness to Combat Trafficking Trauma Program and the Victim Assistance Program,
• S. 4623, to advance Government innovation through leading-edge procurement capability,
• S. 4552, to extend the program for authority to acquire innovative commercial items using general solicitation procedures,
• S. 4553, to extend other transaction authority for the Department of Homeland Security,
• S. 4477, to amend title 31, United States Code, to require agencies to include a list of outdated or duplicative reporting requirements in annual budget justifications,
• S. 1877, to modify eligibility requirements for certain hazard mitigation assistance programs,
• S. 4592, to encourage the migration of Federal Government information technology systems to quantum-resistant cryptography,
• S. 4599, 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. 4326, to authorize the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to pay stipends to members of Transnational Criminal Investigative Units who have been properly vetted,
• S. 4460, to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to regularly review and update policies and manuals related to inspections at ports of entry,
• S. 4577, to improve plain writing and public experience,
• H.R. 3544, to require the Administrator of General Services to transfer certain surplus computers and technology equipment to nonprofit computer refurbishers for repair, distribution, and return,
• H.R. 5641, to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to increase the threshold for eligibility for assistance under sections 403, 406, 407, and 502 of such Act,
• H.R. 3709, to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to submit to Congress a report on preliminary damage assessments and make necessary improvements to processes in the Federal Emergency Management Agency,
• H.R. 6825, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance the funding and administration of the Nonprofit Security Grant Program of the Department of Homeland Security,
• H.R. 5615, to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit a plan to make Federal assistance available to certain urban areas that previously received Urban Area Security Initiative funding to preserve homeland security capabilities,
• H.R. 7077, to require the United States Fire Administration to conduct on-site investigations of major fires,
• H.R. 370, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make technical corrections to the requirement that the Secretary of Homeland Security submit quadrennial homeland security reviews,
• H.R. 521, to permit disabled law enforcement officers, customs and border protection officers, firefighters, air traffic controllers, nuclear materials couriers, members of the Capitol Police, members of the Supreme Court Police, employees of the Central Intelligence Agency performing intelligence activities abroad or having specialized security requirements, and diplomatic security special agents of the Department of State to receive retirement benefits in the same manner as if they had not been disabled,
• H.R. 91, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 810 South Pendleton Street in Easley, South Carolina, as the "Private First Class Barrett Lyle Austin Post Office Building",
• H.R. 92, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 110 Johnson Street in Pickens, South Carolina, as the "Specialist Four Charles Johnson Post Office",
• H.R. 700, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 303 East Mississippi Avenue in Elwood, Illinois, as the "Lawrence M. 'Larry' Walsh Sr. Post Office",
• H.R. 3508, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 39 West Main Street, in Honeoye Falls, New York, as the "CW4 Christian J
Judiciary
Hearings to examine protecting our democracy's frontline workers.
Rules and Administration
Hearings to examine the Electoral Count Act, focusing on the need for reform.
Finance
Hearings to examine organizational failures of the U.S.'s organ procurement and transplantation network.
Foreign Relations
Business meeting to consider
• S. 4428, to support the security of Taiwan and its right of self-determination, and an original bill entitled, "Department of State Authorization Act".
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight
Hearings to examine gain of function research, focusing on what the pandemic taught us and where to go from here.
Intelligence
To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters.
Thursday, August 4, 2022
Judiciary
An oversight hearing to examine the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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