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“CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the in the Daily Digest section section on pages D398-D401 on May 1.
The Department oversees more than 500 million acres of land. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the department has contributed to a growing water crisis and holds many lands which could be better managed.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD
Week of May 2 through May 5, 2023
Senate Chamber
On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of the nomination of Michael Farbiarz, of New Jersey, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, and vote on the motion to invoke cloture thereon at 11:30 a.m., followed by a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Robert Kirsch, of New Jersey, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey.
If cloture is invoked on the nomination of Michael Farbiarz, Senate will vote on confirmation thereon following the taking of the official photo of the 118th Congress.
If cloture is invoked on the nomination of Robert Kirsch, Senate will vote on confirmation thereon at 5 p.m., followed by a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Orelia Eleta Merchant, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York.
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: May 2, Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade, to hold hearings to examine commodity programs, credit, and crop insurance, focusing on producer perspectives on the farm safety net, 9 a.m., SD-106.
May 4, Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade, to hold hearings to examine commodity programs, credit, and crop insurance, focusing on industry perspectives on risk management and access to credit, 10 a.m., SD-106.
Committee on Appropriations: May 2, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2024 for the Army, 10 a.m., SD-192.
May 2, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, to hold hearings to examine advancing security and prosperity through international conservation, 10:30 a.m., SD-124.
May 3, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2024 for the Department of Energy, including the National Nuclear Security Administration, 10 a.m., SD-192.
May 3, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2024 for the Environmental Protection Agency, 10 a.m., SD-124.
May 3, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, to hold hearings to examine combatting transnational criminal organizations and related trafficking, 2 p.m., SD-138.
May 4, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2024 for the National Institutes of Health, 10 a.m., SD-192.
Committee on Armed Services: May 2, to hold hearings to examine the posture of the Department of the Air Force in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2024 and the Future Years Defense Program; to be immediately followed by a closed session in SVC-217, 9:30 a.m., SD-
G50.
May 2, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to hold hearings to examine the current readiness of the Joint Force, 3 p.m., SR-232A.
May 2, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to examine Department of Defense space activities in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2024 and the Future Years Defense Program, 4:45 p.m., SR-222.
May 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine worldwide threats; to be immediately followed by a closed session in SVC-217, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: May 2, to hold hearings to examine reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program, focusing on improving community resilience, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
May 2, Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development, to hold hearings to examine rural housing legislation, 2:45 p.m., SD-538.
May 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine holding executives accountable after recent bank failures, 10 a.m., SD-538.
Committee on the Budget: May 3, to hold hearings to examine the real cost of fossil fuels, 10 a.m., SD-608.
May 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine debt limit legislation, 10 a.m., SD-608.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 2, to hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2024 for the Department of the Interior, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
May 4, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to examine the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 10 a.m., SD-366.
Committee on Environment and Public Works: May 3, to hold hearings to examine the 2024 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budget and implementation of Water Resources Development Act of 2022, 10 a.m., SD-406.
Committee on Finance: May 3, to hold hearings to examine barriers to mental health care, focusing on improving provider directory accuracy to reduce the prevalence of ghost networks, 10 a.m., SD-
215.
Committee on Foreign Relations: May 2, Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy, to hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2024 for East Asia and the Pacific, 3 p.m., SD-419.
May 3, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 396, to require the Secretary of State to submit an annual report to Congress regarding the ties between criminal gangs and political and economic elites in Haiti and impose sanctions on political and economic elites involved in such criminal activities, S. 682, to provide for the treatment of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as an international organization for purposes of the International Organizations Immunities Act, S. 1240, to modify the requirements for candidate countries under the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, S. 841, to authorize the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative, to enhance the United States-Caribbean security partnership, to prioritize natural disaster resilience, S. 797, to establish and implement a multi-year Legal Gold and Mining Partnership Strategy to reduce the negative environmental and social impacts of illicit gold mining in the Western Hemisphere, an original bill entitled, ``Western Hemisphere Partnership Act'', S. Res. 119, recognizing the 202nd anniversary of the independence of Greece and celebrating democracy in Greece and the United States, S. Res. 157, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, S. Res. 106, condemning Beijing's destruction of Hong Kong's democracy and rule of law, S. Res. 99, supporting the goals of International Women's Day, S. Con. Res. 7, condemning Russia's unjust and arbitrary detention of Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza who has stood up in defense of democracy, the rule of law, and free and fair elections in Russia, S. Res. 115, supporting the goals and ideals of ``Countering International Parental Child Abduction Month'' and expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress should raise awareness of the harm caused by international parental child abduction, S. Res. 23, demanding that the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Communist Party of China immediately release Mark Swidan, and the nominations of Elizabeth Allen, of New York, to be Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy, Vivek Hallegere Murthy, of Florida, to be Representative of the United States on the Executive Board of the World Health Organization, Pamela M. Tremont, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe, and Nicole D. Theriot, of Louisiana, to be Ambassador to the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, all of the Department of State, Elizabeth Shortino, of the District of Columbia, to be United States Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund, Kenneth M. Jarin, of Pennsylvania, to be Chair, and to be a Member, and Jeffrey Gedmin, of the District of Columbia, Kathleen Cunningham Matthews, of Maryland, Luis Manuel Botello, of Maryland, and Michelle Mai Selesky Giuda, of Virginia, each to be a Member, all of the International Broadcasting Advisory Board, and routine lists in the Foreign Service, 10 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
May 3, Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development, to hold hearings to examine the global information wars, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
May 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Peru, Arthur W. Brown, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Ecuador, Yael Lempert, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and Roger F. Nyhus, of Washington, to be Ambassador to Barbados, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, all of the Department of State, 10:15 a.m., SD-
419.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: May 2, business meeting to consider S. 1067, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to citizen petitions, S. 1114, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the 180-day exclusivity period, S. 1214, to set forth limitations on exclusive approval or licensure of drugs designated for rare diseases or conditions, S. 1339, to provide for increased oversight of entities that provide pharmacy benefit management services on behalf of group health plans and health insurance coverage, and other pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-430.
May 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine preparing for the next public health emergency, focusing on reauthorizing the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, 1 p.m., SD-430.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: May 2, to hold hearings to examine improving access to Federal grants for underserved communities, 10 a.m., SD-562.
Committee on Indian Affairs: May 3, business meeting to consider S. 1308, to amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to extend the deadline for the Secretary of the Interior to promulgate regulations implementing title IV of that Act; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine S. 195, to provide compensation to the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community for the taking without just compensation of land by the United States inside the exterior boundaries of the L'Anse Indian Reservation that were guaranteed to the Community under a treaty signed in 1854, S. 382, to take certain land in the State of Washington into trust for the benefit of the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, and an original bill to amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to modify the authorized purposes and term period of tribal leases, 2:30 p.m., SD-
628.
Committee on the Judiciary: May 2, to hold hearings to examine Supreme Court ethics reform, 10 a.m., SH-216.
May 3, Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights, to hold hearings to examine competition in the digital advertising ecosystem, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
Select Committee on Intelligence: May 2, to receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
May 3, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
House Committees
No hearings are scheduled.
* These figures include all measures reported, even if there was no accompanying report. A total of 15 written reports have been filed in the Senate, 43 reports have been filed in the House.
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