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James E. Risch was mentioned in COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2022-09-14 on pages D961-D963 covering the 2nd Session of the 117th Congress published on Sept. 13 in the Congressional Record.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

Senate

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, ``Coast Guard Authorization Act'', 10 a.m., SR-253.

Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Shailen P. Bhatt, of Michigan, to be Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, 10 a.m., SD-406.

Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider S. 4428, to support the security of Taiwan and its right of self-

determination, S. 4653, to provide for certain authorities of the Department of State, and the nominations of Rolfe Michael Schiffer, of New York, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, Nathaniel Fick, of Maine, to be Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy, Department of State, Patrick Leahy, of Vermont, and James E. Risch, of Idaho, both to be a Representative of the United States of America to the Seventy-seventh Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, and other pending calendar business, 2:30 p.m., S-116, Capitol.

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold hearings to examine stopping the spread of monkeypox, focusing on the Federal response, 10 a.m., SH-216.

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings to examine social media's impact on homeland security, 10 a.m., SD-342.

Committee on Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety, to hold hearings to examine flatlining care, focusing on why immigrants are crucial to bolstering our health care workforce, 10 a.m., SD-226.

Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, to hold hearings to examine protecting Americans' private information from hostile foreign powers, 4 p.m., SD-226.

Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to consider pending calendar business; to be immediately followed by a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.

House

Committee on Agriculture, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Soil Health Practices and Programs that Support Regenerative Agriculture'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth and Zoom.

Committee on Education and Labor, Full Committee, hearing entitled

``In Solidarity: Removing Barriers to Organizing'', 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn and Zoom.

Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, markup on H.R. 3173, the ``Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2021''; H.R. 3655, the ``Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act of 2021''; H.R. 5141, the ``Maximizing Outcomes through Better Investments in Lifesaving Equipment for Health Care Act''; H.R. 8163, the ``Improving Trauma Systems and Emergency Care Act''; and H.R. 6737, the ``Flint Registry Reauthorization Act'', 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn and Webex.

Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled

``When Banks Leave: the Impacts of De-Risking on the Caribbean and Strategies for Ensuring Financial Access'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn and Webex.

Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation, hearing entitled ``Strengthening U.S. Engagement in Central Asia'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn and Webex.

Full Committee, markup on H.R. 8446, the ``Global Food Security Reauthorization Act of 2022''; H.R. 2374, the ``Peace and Tolerance in Palestinian Education Act''; H. Res. 1240, requesting the President, and directing the Secretary of State, to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of all documents in their possession referring or relating to certain aspects of the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan; H. Res. 1266, requesting the President to transmit certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to any initiative or negotiations regarding Iran's nuclear program; legislation on reaffirming the importance of diplomacy and development in United States-African Union relations, promoting strategic partnerships and shared objectives between the United States and the African Union, and expressing strong support for the successful implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement; H.R. 4213, the ``YSEALI Act''; H.R. 8681, the ``John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship Act''; H.R. 8153, the ``Indo-Pacific Engagement Act''; legislation on the AFFECT Human Rights in Venezuela Act; and H.R. 6846, the ``CORRUPT'' Act, 1 p.m., 2172 Rayburn and Webex.

Committee on Homeland Security, Full Committee, markup on H. Res. 1236, of inquiry directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide certain documents in his possession to the House of Representatives relating to the Disinformation Governance Board; H. Res. 1328, requesting the President, and directing the Secretary of Homeland Security, to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of all documents in their possession referring or relating to certain aspects of border policies of the United States; H.R. 3756, the ``Department of Homeland Security Climate Change Research Act''; H.R. 8610, the ``Health Security and Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Act''; and legislation on the DHS Joint Task Force Reauthorization Act of 2022, 10 a.m., 310 Cannon and Webex.

Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, markup on H. Res. 1238, of inquiry requesting the President to provide certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the October 4, 2021 memorandum issued by the Attorney General entitled

``Partnership Among Federal, State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Law Enforcement to Address Threats Against School Administrators, Board Members, Teachers, and Staff''; H. Res. 1239, of inquiry directing the Attorney General to provide certain documents in his possession to the House of Representatives relating to the October 4, 2021 memorandum issued by the Attorney General entitled

``Partnership Among Federal, State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Law Enforcement to Address Threats Against School Administrators, Board Members, Teachers, and Staff''; H. Res. 1241, of inquiry directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide certain documents in his possession to the House of Representatives relating to immigration enforcement and border security; H. Res. 1249, of inquiry directing the Secretary of the Interior to transmit certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the impact of illegal immigration on federal or tribal lands; H. Res. 1250, of inquiry directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to transmit certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the impact of illegal immigration on Federal or Tribal lands; H. Res. 1257, of inquiry directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide certain documents in the Secretary's possession to the House of Representatives relating to the establishment of an Emergency Intake Site in Erie, Pennsylvania, at the Pennsylvania International Academy, to house the influx of unaccompanied migrant children; and H. Res. 1325, of inquiry requesting the President and directing Attorney General Merrick B. Garland to transmit, respectively, a copy of the affidavit to the House of Representatives related to the raid on the former President, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn and Zoom.

Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``The Role of Public Relations Firms in Preventing Action on Climate Change'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth and Webex.

Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, hearing on H.R. 8108, the ``Advancing Tribal Parity on Public Land Act''; H.R. 8109, the ``Tribal Cultural Areas Protection Act''; and H.R. 8719, the ``Great Bend of the Gila Conservation Act'', 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth and Webex.

Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States, hearing on H.R. 6032, the ``Katimiin and Ameekyaaraam Sacred Lands Act''; H.R. 6964, to authorize leases of up to 99 years for lands held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation; H.R. 7581, the ``Yurok Lands Act of 2022''; H.R. 8115, the ``Recreation and Public Purposes Tribal Parity Act''; H.R. 8286, to take certain Federal land in the State of Washington into trust for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, and for other purposes; H.R. 8380, the

``Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Shab-eh-nay Band Reservation Settlement Act of 2022''; and H.R. 8387, the ``Parity for Tribal Law Enforcement Act'', 1 p.m., 1324 Longworth and Webex.

Committee on Oversight and Reform, Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, hearing entitled ``Free Speech Under Attack

(Part III): the Legal Assault on Environmental Activists and the First Amendment'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn and Zoom.

Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Underserved, Agricultural, and Rural Business Development, hearing entitled

``Right to Repair and What it Means for Entrepreneurs'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn and Zoom.

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing entitled ``Cargo Preference: Compliance with and Enforcement of Maritime's Buy American Laws'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn and Zoom.

Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, hearing entitled

``The Future of U.S.-Taiwan Trade'', 11 a.m., 1100 Longworth and Webex.

Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Congressional Modernization: A Roadmap for the Future'', 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.

SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 147

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