Wednesday, September 22, 2021 Daily Digest Senate tember 17, 2021, as ‘‘National Small Business Chamber Action Week’’ to celebrate the contributions of small busi- (Legislative Days of Tuesday, September 21, 2021, nesses and entrepreneurs in every community in the and Wednesday, September 22, 2021) United States. Page S6630 Routine Proceedings, pages S6595–S6630 Pan Nomination—Agreement: Senate resumed Measures Introduced: Nineteen bills and four reso- consideration of the nomination of Florence Y. Pan, lutions were introduced, as follows: S. 2791–2809, of the District of Columbia, to be United States Dis- S.J. Res. 26, and S. Res. 377–379. Pages S6624–25 trict Judge for the District of Columbia. Page S6619 Measures Reported: During consideration of this nomination today, S. 2792, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year Senate also took the following action: 2022 for military activities of the Department of By 66 yeas to 27 nays (Vote No. EX. 374), Senate Defense, for military construction, and for defense agreed to the motion to close further debate on the activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe nomination. Page S6619 military personnel strengths for such fiscal year. (S. A unanimous-consent agreement was reached pro- Rept. No. 117–39) viding for further consideration of the nomination, S. 233, to designate the Rocksprings Station of post-, at approximately 9 a.m., on Thursday, the U.S. Border Patrol located on West Main Street September 23, 2021; and that all time on the nomi- in Rocksprings, Texas, as the ‘‘Donna M. Doss Bor- nation expire at 10 a.m. Page S6630 der Patrol Station’’. Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the fol- S. 1226, to designate the United States courthouse lowing nominations: located at 1501 North 6th Street in Harrisburg, By 64 yeas to 34 nays (Vote No. EX. 372), Lily Pennsylvania, as the ‘‘Sylvia H. Rambo United States Lawrence Batchelder, of Massachusetts, to be an As- Courthouse’’. sistant Secretary of the Treasury. Page S6608 S. 2126, to designate the Federal Office Building During consideration of this nomination today, located at 308 W. 21st Street in Cheyenne, Wyo- Senate also took the following action: ming, as the ‘‘Louisa Swain Federal Office Building’’. By 63 yeas to 35 nays (Vote No. 370), Senate S. 2205, to designate the United States courthouse agreed to the motion to close further debate on the located at 201 South Evans Street in Greenville, nomination. Page S6600 North Carolina, as the ‘‘Malcolm J. Howard United By 80 yeas to 18 nays (Vote No. EX. 373), Jayme States Courthouse’’. Pages S6623–24 Ray White, of Washington, to be a Deputy United Measures Passed: States Trade Representative (Western Hemisphere, Europe, the Middle East, Labor, and Environment), Honoring Missourians who served in Afghani- with the rank of Ambassador. Page S6619 stan: Committee on Armed Services was discharged During consideration of this nomination today, from further consideration of S. Res. 357, honoring Senate also took the following action: Missourians who made the ultimate sacrifice in Af- By 78 yeas to 20 nays (Vote No. EX. 371), Senate ghanistan, and the resolution was then agreed to. agreed to the motion to close further debate on the Page S6630 nomination. Page S6601 National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: Ronald L. Davis, of California, to be Director of Senate agreed to S. Res. 378, designating September the United States Marshals Service. Pages S6629–30 2021 as ‘‘National Prostate Cancer Awareness Messages from the House: Page S6621 Month’’. Page S6630 Measures Placed on the Calendar: Page S6621 National Small Business Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 379, expressing support for the designation Measures Read the First Time: Page S6621 of the week of September 13, 2021, through Sep- Executive Communications: Pages S6621–23 D1003

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Executive Reports of Committees: Page S6624 S. 2126, to designate the Federal Office Building Notice of a Tie Vote Under S. Res. 27: Page S6619 located at 308 W. 21st Street in Cheyenne, Wyo- ming, as the ‘‘Louisa Swain Federal Office Building’’; Additional Cosponsors: Pages S6625–26 S. 1226, to designate the United States courthouse Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: located at 1501 North 6th Street in Harrisburg, Pages S6626–29 Pennsylvania, as the ‘‘Sylvia H. Rambo United States Courthouse’’; Additional Statements: Page S6621 S. 233, to designate the Rocksprings Station of Authorities for Committees to Meet: the U.S. Border Patrol located on West Main Street Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. in Rocksprings, Texas, as the ‘‘Donna M. Doss Bor- (Total—374) Pages S6600, S6601, S6608, S6619 der Patrol Station’’; Motion To Adjourn: Senate agreed to the motion 9 General Services Administration resolutions; and to adjourn until 8:22 p.m., on Wednesday, Sep- The nominations of Jeffrey M. Prieto, of Cali- fornia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Envi- tember 22, 2021. Page S6629 ronmental Protection Agency, Stephen A. Owens, of Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and ad- Arizona, and Sylvia E. Johnson, of North Carolina, journed at 8:20 p.m., and reconvened at 8:22 p.m., each to be a Member of the Chemical Safety and on the same day, and adjourned at 8:28 p.m., until Hazard Investigation Board. 9 a.m. on Thursday, September 23, 2021. (For Sen- ate’s program, see the remarks of the Acting Major- CIRCULAR ECONOMY ity Leader in today’s Record on page S6630.) Committee on Environment and Public Works: Com- mittee concluded a hearing to examine the circular economy as a concept for creating a more sustainable Committee Meetings future, after receiving testimony from Elizabeth S. (Committees not listed did not meet) Biser, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Raleigh; and Roberta Elias, World Wildlife BUSINESS MEETING Fund, Brian Hawkinson, American Forest and Paper Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Association, and William H. Johnson, Institute of Committee ordered favorably reported the nomina- Scrap Recycling Industries, all of Washington, D.C. tions of Alexander Hoehn-Saric, of Maryland, and NOMINATIONS Richard Trumka, Jr., of Maryland, both to be a Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Com- to examine the nominations of Christi A. Grimm, of mission, and Grant T. Harris, of California, to be an Colorado, to be Inspector General, Department of Assistant Secretary of Commerce. Health and Human Services, and Neil Harvey NOMINATIONS MacBride, of Virginia, to be General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury, after the nominees, who Committee on Commerce: Committee concluded a hear- were introduced by Senator Kaine, testified and an- ing to examine the nominations of Victoria Marie swered questions in their own behalf. Baecher Wassmer, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief Financial Officer, Mohsin Raza Syed, of Vir- NOMINATIONS ginia, to be an Assistant Secretary, and Amitabha Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded Bose, of New Jersey, to be Administrator of the Fed- a hearing to examine the nominations of Thomas R. eral Railroad Administration, all of the Department Nides, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador to the State of Transportation, and Meera Joshi, of Pennsylvania, of Israel, who was introduced by Senator Klobuchar, to be Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier David L. Cohen, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador Safety Administration, after the nominees testified to Canada, who was introduced by Senators Casey and answered questions in their own behalf. and Toomey, Cynthia Ann Telles, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica, who BUSINESS MEETING was introduced by Senator Padilla, Sarah Margon, of Committee on Environment and Public Works: Com- New York, to be Assistant Secretary for Democracy, mittee ordered favorably reported the following busi- Human Rights, and Labor, who was introduced by ness items: former Senator Feingold, and Tom Udall, of New S. 2205, to designate the United States courthouse Mexico, to be Ambassador to New Zealand, and to located at 201 South Evans Street in Greenville, serve concurrently and without additional compensa- North Carolina, as the ‘‘Malcolm J. Howard United tion as Ambassador to the Independent State of States Courthouse’’; Samoa, who was introduced by Senators Heinrich

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Rept. 117–125) that was debated on September derwater soundscapes, and grants to support research 21st that directs the Secretary of Defense to provide and development into marine mammal monitoring DOD medical providers with mandatory training technologies; McCaul (No. 19) that authorizes new with respect to the potential health effects of PFAS mandatory sanctions on foreign entities and individ- and add additional language to address PFAS con- uals responsible for the planning, construction, and tamination (by a yea-and-nay vote of 236 yeas to operation of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline; repeals the 186 nays, Roll No. 272); Pages H4882–83 national interest waiver for sanctions required by ex- DeGette amendment (No. 16 printed in part C of isting law related to the pipeline project; Cardenas H. Rept. 117–125) that was debated on September (No. 21) that creates a report on Azerbaijan’s activi- 21st that adds the text of Titles I–VI of the Pro- ties in Nagorno Karabakh in 2020 to be submitted tecting America’s Wilderness and Public Lands Act to the relevant congressional committees by the Sec- (by a yea-and-nay vote of 222 yeas to 200 nays, Roll retary of Defense in consultation with the Secretary No. 273); Pages H4883–84 of State; Cleaver (No. 22) that establishes the Alcee Neguse amendment (No. 17 printed in part C of H. Rept. 117–125) that was debated on September L. Hastings Leadership Institute for Inclusive Trans- 21st that adds the text of H.R. 577, the Colorado atlantic Engagement to honor and continue the im- Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act, and H.R. portant work of our colleague Rep. Hastings to in- 1052, the Grand Canyon Protection Act to the bill crease diversity in international affairs and national (by a yea-and-nay vote of 224 yeas to 204 nays, Roll security leadership and public service careers in the United States and Europe; Omar (No. 27) that adds No. 243); Page H4884 Smith (WA) en bloc amendment No. 1 consisting requirement that the final report of the Commission of the following amendments printed in part C of H. on Afghanistan created by Section 1080 includes an Rept. 117–125: Sanchez (No. 2) that extends con- assessment of the impact of civilian harm and human sumer credit protections to active duty armed and rights violations, including civilian casualties from uniformed consumers to dispute adverse actions or airstrikes, arbitrary detention, extrajudicial killings, inaction on their credit report that occurred while and the use of torture; Correa (No. 29) that estab- they were in a combat zone, aboard a U.S. vessel, or lishes an Afghan Refuge Special Envoy position; away from their usual duty stations; Torres (No. 3) Torres (No. 31) that establishes additional criteria that categorizes public safety telecommunicators as a for accountability mechanisms in the Northern Tri- protective service occupation under the Standard Oc- angle, including visa restrictions and limitations on cupational Classification System; Waters (No. 4) that security assistance for corruption and obstructing authorizes a $200 million contribution to the IMF’s democratic processes; Langevin (No. 32) that makes Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT) a technical correction to Section 1752 of the FY21 that allows the IMF to provide immediate debt serv- NDAA (6 U.S.C. 1500) that will allow the Office ice relief to poor countries in the wake of cata- of the National Cyber Director to accept the services strophic natural disasters and major, fast-spreading of non-reimbursed detailees from departments and public health emergencies; Costa (No. 7) that ex- agencies; Kahele (No. 33) that rescinds twenty Med- pands eligibility for burial in US national cemeteries als of Honor awarded to the members of the United for Hmong and Lao veterans from the Vietnam war States army for killing hundreds of unarmed Lakota to include individuals naturalized before 2000; Cas- women, children and men on the Pine Ridge Indian tro (TX) (No. 8) that strengthens contract authority Reservation, which later became known as the of the Department of Defense to improve minority Wounded Knee Massacre; Houlahan (No. 37) that representation in certain media projects and submit creates a cybersecurity training pilot program at the a report on the summary of the communities rep- Department of Veterans Affairs for veterans and resented in such projects; Higgins (No. 12) that in- members of the Armed Forces transitioning from

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Carson Center for Mortuary Affairs; Bourdeaux tion 1402, Advanced Technology Development De- (No. 66) that requires a report from DOD on the fense-wide Manufacturing Science and Technology implementation of GAO’s recommendations to im- Program, offset from Operations and Maintenance; prove the Procurement Technical Assistance Pro- Banks (No. 52) that modifies the rules for appointees gram, as set forth in GAO–21–287; Boyle (No. 67) of the military academy Board of Visitors to man- that creates a new section to review agreements with date that the President must choose the replacement non- Department entities with respect to prevention for Presidential appointees; Barr (No. 53) that di- and mitigation of spills of Aqueous Film-Forming rects the Director of National Intelligence to submit Foam; Brown (No. 68) that provides a limited, tar- to Congress a report on influence operations con- geted waiver of the FAR provision only as it applies ducted by China to interfere in or undermine peace to forgiven PPP loans received by engineering firms and stability of the Taiwan Strait and the Indo-Pa- doing work on federally funded transportation cific Region and efforts by the U.S. to work with projects; Brown (No. 69) that requires a report from

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Brownley (No. 72) that requires DOD to im- DoD Manufacturing Innovation Institutes; Cammack plement GAO recommendations to address disparity (No. 84) that requires the Secretary of Homeland Se- in military uniform costs by gender and allows for curity and Secretary of Commerce to submit a report a one-time retroactive payment from DOD to that includes an assessment of establishing a women service members affected by disparity in uni- preclearance facility in Taiwan; Cammack (No. 85) form costs over last 10 years; Brownley (No. 73) that that requires the Secretary of Defense to conduct an requires Government Accountability Office to con- anonymous survey to determine the effects that the duct a study of DOD’s policy to discharge women COVID–19 vaccine mandate issued by the Secretary based on pregnancy or parenthood between on August 24, 2021, has had on recruitment to and 1951–1976 based on Executive Order by President reenlistment in the Armed Forces; Carbajal (No. 86) Truman; Brownley (No. 74) that establishes a federal that requires the Chief of Space Operations to con- grant program to help states create and implement sider commercial launch when completing the re- a Seal of Biliteracy program that encourages and rec- quested range infrastructure report; Carson (IN) (No. ognizes high school students who achieve proficiency 87) that pancreatic cancer research funding at the in both English and at least one other language; Department of Defense’s Congressionally Directed Brownley (No. 75) that revises the reporting require- Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) by 5 million, ment for the VA Advisory Committee on Women Veterans to make the report annual instead of every to the already appropriated 15 million; Case (No. other year; Buchanan (No. 76) that directs the Sec- 88) that modifies the DIA annual report on China’s retary of Defense to implement the recommendations military and security developments to include an as- included in the July 2021 GAO report on increasing sessment of China’s military expansion into the Pa- the safety of military training drills and reducing fa- cific Islands Region; Case (No. 89) that expresses the talities within the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Ma- sense of Congress that the U.S. and Republic of rines; Buck (No. 77) that amends section 1241 of Palau have a strong relationship and that Congress subsection E of title XII to clarify that China’s is receptive of Palau’s request to the U.S. to establish atrocities in Xinjiang are genocide, to be consistent a regular military presence in Palau for the purposes with previous designations made by the Executive of Palau’s defense; Case (No. 90) that requires a re- branch; Budd (No. 78) that prohibits any funding in port from the Secretaries of State and Defense on the the bill from being used to remove publicly available activities and resources required to enhance security accountings of military assistance provided to Af- partnerships between the United States and Indo-Pa- ghan security forces from the website of the Depart- cific countries; Case (No. 91) that requires an annual ment of Defense or any other agency; Burchett (No report from the Secretary of Defense describing the 79) that requires the Secretary of Defense to provide progress being made by the DoD to renew military a briefing to the Armed Services Committees of the land leases and easements in the State of Hawaii that House and Senate on plans by DoD for fielding elec- expire within the next 10 years; Case (No. 92) that tronic autonomous shuttles on military installations expresses the sense of Congress that the Red Hill for the purpose of transporting personnel and equip- Bulk Fuel Storage facility in Hawaii needs to be op- ment; Bush (No. 80) that studies nuclear contamina- erated at the highest standard possible and its con- tion in Coldwater Creek and installs warning signage tinued availability is a matter of national security; to reduce potential harm; Bustos (No. 81) that Case (No. 93) that requires a report on long-term in- amends Section 106 of Title 38 USC recognizing the frastructure needs to support the Marine Corps re- service of the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps and allows ap- alignment in the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility; plicable discharge from service by the DoD and pro- Case (No. 94) that requires an update once every five vision of service medal and grave marker, while not years of the DoD’s Hawaii Master Land Use Plan to providing other Veteran benefits or burial rights at synchronize each service’s use of land; Case (No. 95) Arlington National Cemetery; Bustos (No. 82) that that requires the DoD to conduct an investigation creates USD (R&E) 3-year Pilot Program in into incidents of military aircraft being lazed by the concert with Manufacturing Innovation Institutes general population in Hawaii and provide a report to

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Cicilline (No. 104) that provides a statutory framework for the Federal that establishes the Southern New England Regional Risk and Authorization Management Program Commission, which would assist in the development (FedRAMP) that will make the program more ac- of defense manufacturing in Southern New England; countable and transparent and help ensure that agen- Clark (MA) (No. 106) that expresses the sense of cies’ processes of moving safely to the cloud are Congress that the United States honors the women streamlined and efficient; Correa (No. 117) that re- who served in World War II and former Rep. Edith quires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to Nourse Rogers for her role in establishing the Wom- submit an annual report on women veterans access en’s Army Auxiliary Corps and the Women’s Army to gender specific services under arrangements en- Corps; Clarke (NY) (No. 107) that authorizes the tered into by the VA with non-VA medical provides CyberSentry program within the DHS Cybersecurity for the provision of hospital care or medical services; and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), a critical Craig (No. 118) that adds $30 Million to the Army Industrial Control System (ICS) cybersecurity pro- Community Services account to provide family as- gram that allows CISA to enter into strategic, vol- sistance, victim advocacy, financial counseling, em- untary partnerships with priority ICS owners and op- ployment readiness, and other similar support serv- erators to provide enhanced cyber threat monitoring ices at installations where 500 or more military

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Creates a report on the status of the JASON to human trafficking and to participate in coordina- Defense Advisory Council contract by the Secretary tion across government agencies on these issues; of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment; Galla- Delgado (No. 129) that directs the Secretary of De- gher (No. 140) that establishes a National Security fense to report to Congress within 180 days fol- Commission on Synthetic Biology; and Gallagher lowing enactment on any discrepancies between in- (No. 141) that prohibits federal operation or pro- home/nursing care between TRICARE and curement of certain foreign-made unmanned aircraft CHAMPVA; DeSaulnier (No. 130) that expresses the systems. Pages H4884–H4936 sense of Congress that the Port Chicago 50 should Proceedings Postponed: be exonerated of any charges brought against them Bowman amendment (No. 25 printed in part C of in the aftermath of the deadliest home front explo- H. Rept. 117–125) that seeks to prohibit U.S. mili- sion in World War II; Dunn (No. 131) that in- tary presence in Syria without Congressional ap- creases the Development of Medical countermeasures proval within one year of enactment; Pages H4936–37 Against Novel Entities (DOMANE) program to Mfume amendment (No. 26 printed in part C of allow for the rapid screening of all FDA approved H. Rept. 117–125) that seeks to increase the gov- compounds and other human safe compound libraries ernmentwide goals for small business participation in to identify optimal drug candidates for repurposing federal contracts and for certain small business con- as medical countermeasures for COVID–19 and cerns; Pages H4937–39 other novel and emerging biothreats; Escobar (No. Khana amendment (No. 28 printed in part C of 132) that directs the DoD to reduce flood risk, dam- H. Rept. 117–125) that seeks to terminate U.S. age, and disruption to military facilities and to im- military logistical support, and the transfer of spare prove with established floodplain management prac- parts to Saudi warplanes conducting aerial strikes tice by requiring use of 500-year flood standard for against the Houthis in Yemen and permanently ends mission-critical facilities and consideration of pro- intelligence sharing that enables offensive strikes and

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Rept. 117–125) that seeks to requires the sus- Rept. 117–125: Garamendi (No. 142) that seeks to pension of U.S. sustainment and maintenance sup- direct DOD to implement its own recommendations port to Saudi air force units responsible for airstrikes on improving use of unmanned aircraft systems by resulting in civilian casualties in Yemen with certain the National Guard, from Congressionally directed exemptions for territorial self-defense, counterter- review/report; Garamendi (No. 143) that seeks to re- rorism operations, and defense of U.S. government quire the DOD to include accounting of costs for facilities or personnel; Pages H4940–41 wildfire response in the annual budget request to Carolyn B. Maloney (NY) amendment (No. 35 Congress, including military support for states and printed in part C of H. Rept. 117–125) that seeks FEMA/federal land management agencies; to replace the congressional publication entitled Garamendi (No. 144) that seeks to remove arbitrary United States Government Policy and Supporting cap on the number of excess military aircraft that Positions, commonly known as the Plum Book, with DOD may transfer at no cost to DHS (FEMA) or the an online public directory and requires the Office of U.S. Forest Service for firefighting; Garamendi (No. Personnel Management (OPM) to publish the infor- 145) that seeks to require DOD/OMB to review ex- mation contained in the Plum Book on a public isting authorities for using Air Force and Air Na- website in a format that is easily searchable and that tional Guard modular airborne fire-fighting systems otherwise meets certain data standards; and other military assets to fight wildfires; Pages H4941–44 Garamendi (No. 146) that seeks to increase funding Johnson (GA) amendment (No. 36 printed in part for cold weather capabilities; Garbarino (No. 147) C of H. Rept. 117–125) that seeks to restrict the that seeks to create a 5-year term for the Cybersecu- Department of Defense (DOD) from transferring cer- rity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Di- tain surplus military property to federal, state, or rector and reaffirms that the position will be Presi- local law enforcement agencies; Pages H4944–47 dentially appointed and Senate confirmed; Garbarino Garamendi amendment (No. 38 printed in part C (No. 148) that seeks to establish a Department of of H. Rept. 117–125) that seeks to prohibit funding Homeland Security grant program to facilitate closer for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) U.S.-Israel cybersecurity cooperation; Garbarino (No. program and W87–1; Pages H4947–50 149) that seeks to establish a cyber counseling cer- Schrader amendment (No. 39 printed in part C of tification program for Small Business Development H. Rept. 117–125) that seeks to reduce Unfunded Centers (SBDCs) assisting small businesses with Priority Lists to only the six Service Branches of the planning and implementing cybersecurity measures; United States Military and United States Special Op- Garbarino (No. 150) that seeks to require CISA to erations Command; Pages H4950–51 update its cyber incident response plan not less often Ocasio-Cortez amendment (No. 40 printed in part then biennially, and requires CISA to consult with C of H. Rept. 117–125) that seeks to reduce overall relevant Sector Risk Management Agencies and the authorization level by 10%; excludes military per- National Cyber Director, to develop mechanisms to sonnel, DoD federal civilian workforce, and defense engage with stakeholders to educate them about health program accounts from the 10% reduction; Federal Government cybersecurity roles for cyber in- Pages H4951–52 cident response; Garcı´a (IL) (No. 151) that seeks to Jacobs (CA) amendment (No. 41 printed in part prohibit funding to Brazil for the purpose of dis- C of H. Rept. 117–125) that seeks to reduce placing indigenous or Quilombola communities; amounts authorized for defense spending in FY22 to Garcı´a (IL) (No. 152) that seeks to require the GAO no more than the amount requested by the Presi- to submit a report to Congress on humanitarian im- dent; Pages H4952–54 pacts of US sanctions; Garcia (CA) (No. 153) that Langevin amendment (No. 42 printed in part C seeks to create professional licensure reciprocity for of H. Rept. 117–125) that seeks to allow for admis- military service members and their spouses who sion of essential scientists and technical experts to move to new jurisdictions as a result of Permanent promote and protect the national security innovation Change of Station Orders provided they submit to base; Pages H4954–56 certain requirements; Gibbs (No. 154) that seeks to Bowman amendment (No. 105 printed in part C require GAO to submit to Congress a report ac- of H. Rept. 117–125) that seeks to add the Presi- counting for any equipment provided by the United dent, Vice President, and any Cabinet member to States Coast Guard or the Army Corps of Engineers

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express a Sense of Congress that the Department of Gottheimer (No. 168) that seeks to require public Defense should select electric or zero-emission mod- disclosure of lead testing results completed by the els when purchasing new, non-combat vehicles; Tony Department of Defense in ‘‘covered areas,’’ i.e., an Gonzales (TX) (No. 158) seeks to establish the Na- area located immediately adjacent to and down gra- tional Digital Reserve Corps, a program within GSA dient from a military installation, a formerly used that would allow private sector tech talent to work defense site, or a facility where military activities are for the federal government for 30 days per calendar conducted by the National Guard of a State; year to take on short term digital, cybersecurity, and Gottheimer (No. 169) that seeks to direct the De- AI projects; Gonzalez (OH) (No. 159) that seeks to fense Logistics Agency to conduct a study within require federal agencies to issue a report that assesses one year of enactment of this law regarding the de- the risk to U.S. national security posed by Russian gree to which LESO/1033 equipment and materials and Chinese dominance in the global nuclear energy for Law Enforcement use are equitably distributed market and identifies opportunities for the U.S. to between larger, well-resourced municipalities and regain global leadership; Gonzalez (OH) (No. 160) units of government and smaller, less well-resourced that seeks to direct the Secretary of Commerce, in municipalities and units of government; and to iden- coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury, to tify potential reforms to the LESO/1033 program to establish within the Bureau of Economic Analysis of ensure that equipment and materials are distributed the Department of Commerce a China Economic in a manner that provides adequate opportunity for Data Coordination Center to collect and synthesize participation by smaller, less well-resourced munici- official and unofficial Chinese economic data devel- palities and units of government; Gottheimer (No. opments in China’s financial markets and United 170) that seeks to require GAO to carry out a study States exposure to risks and vulnerabilities in China’s on the financing of domestic violent extremists and financial system; Gonzalez (OH) (No. 161) that terrorists, including foreign terrorist-inspired domes- seeks to create a pilot program within the Depart- tic extremists; Graves (LA) (No. 171) that seeks to ment of Defense’s Transition Assistance Program authorize the President and the Secretary of Defense, (TAP) to provide mental health counseling to with the approval of the state or territorial governor transitioning servicemembers, and specifically with (and subject to appropriations), the ability to offer information regarding the mental health programs support for large scale, complex, catastrophic disas- and benefits at their local VA facility; Gonza´lez- ters; Graves (MO) (No. 172) that seeks to increase Colo´n (No. 162) that seeks to require the Secretary funding for Solider Lethality for further development of Defense to commission a National Academies of of Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities that will Sciences study that would investigate the connection enable a next-generation command and control sys- between certain toxic exposures and health effects on tem for the warfighter; Graves (MO) (No. 173) that the islands of Vieques; Gonza´lez-Colo´n (No. 163) seeks to ensure that general aviation (GA) pilots re- that seeks to prohibit the use of FY22 NDAA funds ceive flight training in the aircraft they will be oper- for the purpose of retiring the LCM–8 platform from ating in the National Airspace System (NAS); Green service in Puerto Rico; Gonza´lez-Colo´n (No. 164) (TX) (No. 174) that seeks to require the uniform that seeks to require the Secretary of the Army to residential loan application to include a military provide a Modular Small Arms Range in Puerto service question in a prominent location on the form; Rico; Gosar (No. 165) that seeks to require the Green (TX) (No. 175) that seeks to require public Comptroller General of the United States to submit housing agencies to consider the housing needs of a report to Congress on the impact of mergers and veterans when creating their annual plans and hous- acquisitions of defense industrial base contractors on ing strategies, the latter in consultation with agen- the procurement processes of the Department of De- cies that serve veterans; Green (TX) (No. 176) that fense; Gottheimer (No. 166) that seeks to require seeks to mandate the Department of State maintain the Director of National Intelligence, in coordination and report to Congress an accounting of the number with the Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense, of American Citizens evacuated from Hamid Karzai to report to Congress on the use of online social International Airport; Hagedorn (No. 177) that seeks

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Academy students shall have the option of un- to conduct a pilot program to evaluate the feasibility dergoing speech therapy to reduce speech disorders and effectiveness of software, emerging technologies, or impediments; Jackson Lee (No. 194) that seeks to and methodologies to track real-time emissions from establish a task force on the historical and current installations and installation assets; Horsford (No. barriers to African American participation and equal 184) that seeks to authorize the Secretary of Defense treatment in the Armed Services; Jackson Lee (No. to carry out a pilot program to establish data librar- 195) that seeks to require a report on Maternity ies containing data sets relevant to the development Mortality Rates for military members and their de- of artificial intelligence software and technology and pendents; Jackson Lee (No. 196) that seeks to re- to allow private companies to access such data librar- quire a report to be submitted to Congress within ies for the purposes of developing artificial intel- 240 days following enactment on the risks posed by ligence models and other technical software solu- debris in low earth orbit and to make recommenda- tions; Horsford (No. 185) that seeks to direct the tions on remediation of risks and outline plans to re- Department of Defense to conduct a review of the duce the incident of space debris; Jackson Lee (No. implementation of its CUI program; Houlahan (No. 197) that seeks to require the Secretary of Defense 186) that seeks to exempt certain contracts awarded to report to Congress programs and procedures em- to small business concerns from category manage- ployed to ensure students studying abroad through ment or successor strategies for contract consolida- Department of Defense National Security Education tion; Houlahan (No. 187) that seeks to require the Programs are trained to recognize, resist, and report Secretary of Defense to develop and implement a against recruitment efforts by agents of foreign gov- plan to collect and analyze data on the use of en- ernments; Jackson Lee (No. 198) that seeks to direct hanced transfer of technology developed at Depart- the Secretary of Defense to submit a report 180 days ment of Defense laboratories; Houlahan (No. 188) following enactment that explains the progress made that seeks to require the Secretary of Defense to sub- over the history of the Department of Defense and mit to the congressional defense committees a report its predecessor departments (Department of War) on the recommendations made by the National Secu- and experiences in integrating African Americans

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Codifies the tial recipients of U.S. support to combat terrorism DOJ’s Sexual Harassment in Housing Initiative; under 10 U.S.C. 127e; Jacobs (CA) (No. 203) that Katko (No. 213) that seeks to provide for the De- seeks to require a strategy to address the root causes partment of Labor to conduct a study on obstacles of violent extremism and conflict in Mozambique; to employment facing certain Afghan SIVs and other Jacobs (CA) (No. 204) that seeks to require congres- eligible populations legally present in the United sional notifications and an annual reporting require- States; Keating (No. 214) that seeks to require a ment related to oversight of the peacekeeping oper- pilot program to assess the barriers to women’s par- ations account; Jayapal (No. 205) that seeks to direct ticipation in the national security forces of six par- federal agencies to initiate debarment proceedings for ticipating partner countries; Keller (No. 215) that contractors with repeat and willful wage theft viola- seeks to direct the Secretary of Defense to acquire tions; Jayapal (No. 206) that seeks to require GAO domestically sourced alternatives to existing defense to submit a report on cost analyses of options for re- products, which currently rely on foreign sources ducing nuclear security programs and modifying alone; Keller (No. 216) that seeks to direct the Sec- force structures; Jayapal (No. 207), as modified, that retary to report on efforts within the Department of seeks to commission a Defense Department report on Defense to reduce duplicative information technology estimated savings to come from full drawdown from contracts within 180 days; Kelly (IL) (No. 217) that Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria compared to the status quo seeks to establish a pilot program requiring a spouse ante and the estimated cost of redirecting U.S. per- specific Transition Assistance Program for a spouse sonnel and materials to effectively engage in great of a member of the Armed Forces eligible for the power competition with Russia and China, including Transition Assistance Program; Kelly (IL) (No. 218) increased outlays in ships, aircraft, nuclear weapons, that seeks to require the DoD provide a briefing to etc. sufficient to effectively curb and deter both the civilian agencies responsible for certain aspects of countries militarily in their respective regions; Jones U.S. civilian and commercial space activities and rel- (No. 208) that seeks to require the Secretary of De- evant Committees in Congress on the threats posed fense to submit to Congress by September 30, 2022 by nation states, in particular China’s activities in a plan to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of the space on U.S. civilian and commercial space systems; Department of Defense in line with science-based Kelly (MS) (No. 219) that seeks to revise the FY emissions targets and report to Congress annually 2021 National Defense Authorization Act to explic- thereafter on the progress made towards these emis- itly include SME and semiconductor materials; Kelly sions reduction targets; Joyce (OH) (No. 209) that (MS) (No. 220) that seeks to direct the Secretary of seeks to direct the Secretary of Defense, along with Defense to execute an investigation to determine if the Secretary of State and Secretary of Homeland Se- the procurement of optical transmission equipment curity, to report to Congress within one year a plan or services manufactures, produced, or distributed by to combat the Taliban’s illegal drug trade; a descrip- an entity owned, controlled, or supported by the tion of the risk to the United States of drugs ema- People’s Republic of China; Kelly (MS) (No. 221) nating from such drug trade, including risks posed that seeks to expand eligibility of Military Space by the profits of such drugs; and a description of any Available Travel to Gold Star Family Members by actions taken to interdict and prevent such drugs updating Section 2641b(c) of Title 10, United States

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service-connected medical seling pathway factors; Lieu (No. 245) that seeks to qualifications and expertise are utilized by the VA establish an Office of City and State Diplomacy at and civilian healthcare facilities to meet the chal- the State Department and requires the appointment lenges during public health emergencies; Lamborn of a senior official to head the office, outlines the du- (No. 232) that seeks to require a report from the ties of the office, authorizes members of the civil Missile Defense Agency on the role of the positions service and Foreign Service to be detailed to city of Director of MDA, Sea-based Weapons Systems, halls and state capitols to support their international and Deputy Director of MDA with respect to their engagement efforts, and requires a report to Congress relationship to the combatant commands on missile followed by annual briefings on the work of the of- defense requirements; Lamborn (No. 233) that seeks fice; Lieu (No. 246) that seeks to direct the Secretary to require the Secretary of Defense to submit a re- of Defense to establish a pilot program to determine port on mitigating space debris through the use of the effectiveness of using scent detection working on-orbit servicing, assembly, and manufacturing ca- dogs to detect the early stages of diseases, including pabilities; Langevin (No. 234) that seeks to require the Department of Homeland Security to designate COVID–19, and upon detection, to alert the handler four Critical Technology Security Centers to evaluate of the dog; Lieu (No. 247) that seeks to extend an and test the security of technologies essential to na- existing prohibition on in-flight refueling to non- tional critical functions; Langevin (No. 235) that United States aircraft that engage in hostilities in seeks to elevate Undersecretary of Defense for Re- the ongoing civil war in Yemen for two years, or search and Engineering from advisor to a voting until a specific authorization has been enacted; Lof- member of the Joint Requirements Oversight Coun- gren (No. 248) that seeks to direct the Secretary of cil; Langevin (No. 236) that seeks to direct DOD to

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Reg. 23559; relating morial services; Lynch (No. 252) that seeks to reau- to blocking property and suspending entry into the thorize the independent and bipartisan Wartime United States of persons contributing to the situa- Contracting Commission to conduct oversight of tion in Libya); Malinowski (No. 264) that seeks to U.S. contracting and reconstruction efforts in Af- prohibit federal agencies from encouraging the weak- ghanistan, Iraq, and other areas of contingency oper- ening of encryption or insertion of backdoors on ations; and Lynch (No. 253) that seeks to expand the commercially- available phones, computers, and de- mandate of the supervisory team created by the vices; Malinowski (No. 265) that seeks to strengthen ‘‘Combating Illicit Finance Through Public-Private the annual reporting requirement on the Partnerships Act’’ that is convened by Treasury to Vulnerabilities Equities Process (interagency process examine strategies to improve public-private partner- to determine whether to disclose known cyber- ships to counter illicit finance, to include sanctions vulnerabilities to the public and industry) evasion and other illicit finance activities; Malinowski (No. 266) that seeks to require an an- Pages H4957–89 nual report to Congress by the State Department on Smith (WA) amendment en bloc No. 3 consisting foreign companies proliferating dangerous cyber- of the following amendments printed in part C of H. weapons and hack-for-hire capabilities to known Rept. 117–125: Lynch (No. 254) that seeks to direct human rights abusers and repressive governments; the President to reestablish the interagency Afghan Malinowski (No. 267) that seeks to require the Threat Finance Cell to identify and disrupt financial President to submit to the appropriate congressional networks related to terrorism, narcotics trafficking, committees a determination of the 35 Russian offi- and corruption; Mace (No. 255) that seeks to express cials and businessmen with respect to the imposition the sense of Congress that there should be des- of sanctions; Malliotakis (No. 268) that seek to re- ignated a Military Heart Health Awareness Day; quire a report to Congress of all malign operations Mace (No. 256) that seeks to establish a pilot pro- by Iran conducted on United States soil. Including: gram to improve military readiness through nutri- Iran-backed terrorist attacks, kidnapping, export vio- tion and wellness initiatives; Malinowski (No. 257) lations, sanctions busting activities, cyber-attacks, that seeks to impose sanctions on foreign persons and money laundering; Manning (No. 269) that listed in the report of the Director of National Intel- seeks to add the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to the assess- ligence for the murder of journalist Jamal ment of the security of global maritime chokepoints; Khashoggi, which is the language from HR 1464 that as passed by voice vote in the Foreign Affairs Manning (No. 270) that seeks to add a requirement Committee during the 117th Congress; Malinowski that the Secretary of Defense notify Congress of any (No. 258) that seeks to amend the Export Control attempt to threaten or abduct a citizen or U.S. resi- Reform Act to right-size the Secretary of Com- dent by a country supporting international terrorism; merce’s scope of authority to regulate exports by US Manning (No. 271) that seeks to add a Sense of persons to foreign military, security, and intelligence Congress on the safety of women and girls in Af- agencies; Malinowski (No. 259) that seeks to require ghanistan; Manning (No. 272) that seeks to include the Secretary of State to provide a report on state- a consideration of the benefits in terms of cost and

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Meeks (No. ghanistan; McCarthy (No. 274) that seeks to require 285) that seeks to compel the Department of State an infrastructure assessment and report to the com- and Department of Defense to develop and submit mittees of jurisdiction on the Air Force Research an interagency strategy on Somalia and report its Laboratory, Aerospace Systems Directorate, Rocket findings related to security operations, security sector Propulsion Division for fiscal years 2023 and 2025; assistance, and other forms of foreign assistance pro- McCaul (No. 275) that seeks to provide statutory au- vided to the Federal Government of Somalia to im- thority and guidance for the interagency ‘‘Trans-Sa- prove stability, governance, and economic develop- hara Counterterrorism Partnership Program’’ to part- ment; Meeks (No. 286) that seeks to modify the ner with countries in the Sahel and Maghreb regions management and operations of the Department of of Africa to counter terrorism and violent extremism; State through various measures; Meeks (No. 287) McCaul (No. 276) that seeks to make factual find- that seeks to require congressional notification for ings and declare that the ongoing abuses against certain rewards provided under the State Department Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minorities in rewards program; Meeks (No. 288) that seeks to pro- the Xinjiang region of the People’s Republic of hibit the use of US assessed contribution the UN for China constitute genocide and crimes against hu- support of the G5 Sahel Joint Force; Meng (No. manity by the Chinese Communist Party; McCaul 289) that seeks to add the text of the Global Pan- (No. 277) that seeks to require the State Department demic Prevention and Biosecurity Act, legislation to provide briefings and specified materials to U.S. that seeks to address the source of highly infectious delegations to international athletic competitions re- diseases beginning in animal species, including by garding human rights and security concerns in cer- reducing the sale and trade of live and fresh wildlife tain host countries (Communist countries, Tier 3 for human consumption, and addressing food insecu- countries for human trafficking, or other countries rity associated with a reliance on local game and that the Secretary of State determines present serious wildlife; Meng (No. 290) that seeks to require that human rights or counterintelligence concerns); menstrual products are stocked in and made avail- McGovern (No. 278) that seeks to modify the Glob- able free of charge in all restrooms in public build- al Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act ings, including the Smithsonian Institution, the Na- (Subtitle F of title XXI of PL 114–328) to authorize tional Gallery of Art, and the U.S. Capitol; Meng sanctions for serious human rights abuse, any viola- (No. 291) that seeks to require that all medical pro- tion of internationally recognized human rights, or fessionals who provide direct care services to patients corruption; adds two new reports to Congress; under the military health system receive a mandatory McHenry (No. 279) that seeks to direct SEC and training on how to screen, intervene, and refer pa- CFTC to establish a working group on digital assets; tients to treatment for eating disorders; Meng (No. McKinley (No. 280) that seeks to instruct the De- 292) that seeks to require the Department of Vet- partment of Defense to prioritize domestically erans Affairs to conduct an awareness campaign re- owned, U.S. produced sources of synthetic graphite garding the types of fertility treatments, procedures, prior to purchasing from other U.S. sources, mem- and services available to veterans experiencing issues bers of the Industrial Base, or other allies; McKinley with fertility, and requires the Department to sub- (No. 281) that seeks to express the sense of Congress mit a report to Congress on how the Secretary plans that having access to a secure and reliable supply of to better engage women veterans to ensure they are firm, baseload power produced in the United States, aware of the covered fertility services available; Mil- including power generated from coal, natural gas, ler (WV) (No. 293) that seeks to require the Sec- oil, and nuclear sources, is critical to United States retary of Defense to provide Congress with a briefing national security interests; McNerney (No. 282) that on status of women and girls in Afghanistan; Miller seeks to incorporate safety and security into required (WV) (No. 294) that seeks to direct the Secretary of elements of the strategy for autonomy integration in Defense to establish a memorial dedicated to the 13 major weapons systems; McNerney (No. 283) that service members who lost their lives in the attack on seeks to add language to include ‘‘designated fields the Hamid Karzai International Airport on August of national and economic importance such as cyber- 26, 2021; Miller (WV) (No. 295) that seeks to block

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Moore (WI) (No. 298) that miles from their primary residence with the allow- seeks to authorize the Secretary of Defense, in con- ance being determined by the Secretaries of the Inte- sultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to rior and Agriculture and be based on the cost of liv- provide assistance to states that have created dedi- ing in the area of deployment; Neguse (No. 310) cated green alerts or are considering creating such that seeks to establish a mental health program for alerts to help locate missing active duty federal wildland firefighters, many of whom are vet- servicemembers or veterans, including to connect lo- erans, including a mental health awareness cam- cated individuals to any VA or DOD benefits they paign, peer-to-peer support network, expansion of have earned through their military service; Moulton the Critical Incident Stress Management Program, (No. 299) that seeks to promote mapping of mis- mental health leave, and ensuring trauma-informed sion-relevant terrain in cyberspace for Defense Crit- mental health professionals are readily available to ical Assets and Task Critical Assets; Moulton (No. provide services; Neguse (No. 311) that seeks to en- 300) that seeks to amend the Defense Resource courage the Department of Defense to contract with Budgeting & Allocation Commission to include women-owned, minority-owned and small disadvan- a diversity and inclusion statement for the commis- taged businesses in qualified military construction sion membership; Napolitano (No. 301) that seeks apprenticeship programs; Newman (No. 312) that to increase funding for the National Guard Youth seeks to direct the Department of Defense to con- Challenge Program by $35,281,000 million, match- duct a study on herbicide agent exposure, such as ing the program’s 2022 funding of $210 million in Agent Orange and Agent Purple in the Panama the Department of Defense Appropriations Bill, Canal Zone between January 1, 1958–December 31, 2022; Napolitano (No. 302) that seeks to support 1999, or the day in which a member of armed serv- the National Guard Youth Challenge Programs ices departed from official duty in the Panama Canal (NGYCP) by instructing the Department of Defense Zone; Newman (No. 313) that seeks to require the to issue non-state matched funding in limited cir- involvement of accredited service officers from mili- cumstances of up to 10 percent of the funds appro- tary and veteran service organizations in the Transi- priated for the NGYCP for fiscal year 2022; Neguse tion Assistance Program; Newman (No. 314) that (No. 303) that seeks to expand travel and transpor- seeks to amend the Small Business Act to clarify tation allowances for family members to attend the that the HUBZone Price Evaluation Preference ap- funeral and memorial services of members; Neguse plies to certain contracts; Norman (No. 315) that (No. 305) that seeks to allow state and local govern- seeks to direct the Department of Defense to submit ments to utilize Office of Local Defense Community a report to Congress showing they are in compliance Cooperation (OLDCC) funds for maintaining and with disclosure requirements for recipients of re- improving military installation resilience, and ex- search and development funds as required by federal pands the definition of military installation to in- law; Norman (No. 316) that seeks to request a re- clude State-owned military facilities; Neguse (No. port from the armed services on substance abuse by 306) that seeks to expand the annual report sub- servicemembers and their dependents with 180 days mitted by the Department of Defense on of enactment; Norton (No. 317) that seeks to correct vulnerabilities of the National Technology and In- a longstanding drafting error and clarify that D.C. dustrial Base to include the current and projected National Guard members who are federal civilian impacts of climate change and cyberattacks; Neguse employees are entitled to leave without loss in pay (No. 307) that seeks to express the Sense of Congress or time from their civilian employment during their that the Department of Defense should take the mobilization; Ocasio-Cortez (No. 318) that seeks to most recent IPCC report into consideration for deci- prohibit funds from being used to provide weapons sions about military bases and installations, and or military aid or military training to Saudi Arabia’s should consider adding the recommendations of the Rapid Intervention Force (RIF), the unit responsible report into the Unified Facilities Criteria; Neguse for the murder of U.S. journalist Jamal Khoshoggi.

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This report would also includes rec- diplomatic presence with Arctic countries, enhancing ommendations to improve human rights training resilience capacities of Arctic countries, and assessing and additional measures that can be adopted to pre- risks regarding environmental change and increased vent these types of violations; Panetta (No. 326) that civilian and military activities by Arctic countries; seeks to authorize the Director of the Office of Per- Phillips (No. 336) that seeks to require the Secretary sonnel Management to conduct an annual survey of of the Air Force report on its justification for the Federal employees to assess Executive agency per- C–130 total aircraft inventory reduction, considering formance, leadership, employee satisfaction, and or- such recommendation is inconsistent with the 2018 ganizational resilience; Panetta (No. 327) that seeks and 2020 mobility capabilities requirements studies; to require the Director of the Strategic Capabilities Phillips (No. 337) that seeks to require DOD to Office, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy, submit a report on the effects of the Cybersecurity provide a report and briefing on Project Pele mobile Maturity Model Certification on small businesses; nuclear microreactors; Pence (No. 328) that seeks to Phillips (No. 338) that seeks to require the Secretary extend by 2 years the sunset date for Sec. 1651 of of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of the FY2019 NDAA (Public Law 115–232; 32 State and USAID Administrator, to report on coun- U.S.C. 501 note) Pilot Program on Regional Cyber- tries for which the Department has a presence and security Training Center for the Army National are suitable for stabilization operations support pro- Guard; Perry (No. 329) that seeks to make it the vided under Section 1210A of FY20 NDAA to in- policy of the United States to reject any attempt by form ongoing interagency discussions on stabilization the People’s Republic of China to mandate that US efforts; Phillips (No. 339) that seeks to expand the vessels provide them with information about US ves- recusal time frame from one to two years for DoD

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Porter (No. 341) that seeks to require the pionage; Reschenthaler (No. 354) that seeks to state Secretary of Defense to brief and deliver to Congress that no funds authorized under this Act may be a report regarding Government Accountability Office made available for any purpose to EcoHealth Alli- recommendations to Combat Trafficking in Persons ance, Inc; Reschenthaler (No. 355) that seeks to adds by Department of Defense contractors; Porter (No. countries that are major producers of fentanyl and 342) that seeks to extend the sunset date and makes fentanyl-like substances to the Majors List and adds modifications to the reporting requirement in Sec. a new section on fentanyl to the annual International 1205(f) of the FY15 NDAA; Porter (No. 343) that Narcotics Control Strategy Report; Reschenthaler seeks to direct the Secretary of Defense, in coordina- (No. 356) that seeks to develops and implements an tion with the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary investment and sustainment plan to ensure the of Agriculture, and the Chief of the U.S. Forest Serv- sourcing of cannon tubes for the purpose of miti- ice, to submit a report to Congress on the risks gating risk to the Army and the industrial base; posed to Department of Defense infrastructure and Reschenthaler (No. 357) that seeks to include Purple readiness posed by wildland fire; Porter (No. 344) Heart award recipients on the DOD military valor that seeks to require a quarterly summary of Depart- website who receive the award after the enactment ment of Defense reports delivered to Congress in the of this Act; Reschenthaler (No. 358) that seeks to previous quarter; Porter (No. 345) that seeks to re- express a Sense of Congress that the additive manu- quire an independent study of lessons learned during facturing and machine learning initiative of the the war in Afghanistan for security cooperation; Por- Army has the potential to accelerate the ability to ter (No. 346) that seeks to limit funding for travel deploy additive manufacturing capabilities in expedi- by the Secretary of Defense pending delivery of cer- tionary settings and strengthen the United States de- tain congressionally mandated reports and briefing fense industrial supply chain; Ross (No. 359) that on compliance with statutory reporting require- seeks to require a report on the availability of men- ments; Porter (No. 347) that seeks to require a De- strual hygiene products on military bases and accom- partment of Defense Inspector General audit of modations related to menstrual hygiene available to NATO policies and processes for sexual assault and members of the Armed Forces; Ross (No. 360) that sexual harassment involving U.S. personnel; Posey seeks to require a report on potential TRICARE cov- (No. 348) that seeks to require the Secretary of De- erage of preconception and prenatal carrier screening fense to provide priority for domestically sourced, tests for certain medical conditions; Ruiz (No. 361) fully traceable, bovine heparin approved by the Food that seeks to require GAO to conduct a study on the and Drug Administration when available; Pressley factors contributing to low numbers of Hispanic offi- (No. 349) that seeks to expresses the Sense of Con- cers and enlisted members in leadership positions gress that the President should make full use of his within the DOD and recommendations to increase authority under the Defense Production Act to scale Hispanic representation; Ruiz (No. 362) that seeks vaccine production and deployment globally, and to require GAO to conduct a study on the factors protect Americans from the risk of emerging viral contributing to low numbers of Hispanic students threats; Quigley (No. 350) that seeks to establish the and in leadership positions within the military serv- foreign policy of the United States to work with ice academies and recommendations to increase His- state and non-state partners to shut down certain panic representation; Sablan (No. 363) that seeks to commercial wildlife markets, end the trade in terres- add the Northern Mariana Islands to the definition trial wildlife for human consumption, and build of ‘‘state’’ for the purposes of the Small Business Ad- international coalitions to reduce the demand for ministration’s microloan program; Salazar (No. 364) wildlife as food, to prevent the emergence of future that seeks to encourage the Navy to explore and so- zoonotic pathogens; Quigley (No. 351) that seeks to licit more artificial reefing opportunities for retired expand the existing US Fish and Wildlife Service Navy ships; and Salazar (No. 365) that seeks to raise law enforcement attache program; Radewagen (No. sole source contracting thresholds for certain small 352) that seeks to transfer final decision-making business concerns (8(a), HUBZone, service-disabled

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Evans disaster in 1969 be added to the Sanchez (No. 367) that seeks to require a report Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall; Schiff (No. 375) from the Secretary of Defense to assess the capacity that seeks to establish measures to protect the and efforts of NATO to counter misinformation and human rights of journalists. Expands the scope of re- disinformation and offer recommendations be sent to quired reports related to violations of the human HASC, HFAC, and US Members to NATO PA; San- rights of journalists, requires the President to impose chez (No. 368) that seeks to authorize not more than certain property- and visa-blocking sanctions on per- $5,000,000 to the NATO Strategic Communications Center of Excellence to enhance capability, coopera- sons responsible for gross violations of the human tion, and information sharing on strategic commu- rights of journalists, and prohibits certain foreign as- nications within NATO and requires briefings on sistance to a governmental entity of a country if an the efforts of the Department of Defense to strength- official acting under authority of the entity has com- en the role of the Center in fostering strategic com- mitted a gross violation of human rights against a munications and information operations within journalist; Schiff (No. 376) that seeks to includes pa- NATO; Sanchez (No. 369) that seeks to require a rental bereavement as eligible paid leave for federal briefing and a report be delivered to Members on employees; Schneider (No. 377) that seeks to codify HASC, HFAC, and NATO PA’s US delegation on into law the existing, successful Boots to Business how the Department of Defense is working with the program that provides entrepreneurial training for NATO Strategic Communications Center of Excel- servicemembers transitioning to civilian life; Schnei- lence to improve NATO’s ability to counter and der (No. 378) that seeks to require the creation of mitigate disinformation, and offer recommendations a U.S.-Israel Operations-Technology Working to improve strategic communications within NATO; Group; Schneider (No. 379) that seeks to request a Sanchez (No. 370) that seeks to express the sense of Department of Defense report on the obligation and Congress that the US should prioritize countering expenditure of funds that were authorized to be ap- misinformation, increasing NATO’s resources, build- propriated for Overseas Contingency Operations for ing technological resilience, and supporting NATO Fiscal Year 2010 and Fiscal Year 2019; Schrader and NATO PA; Sanchez (No. 371) that seeks to re- (No. 380) that seeks to direct the U.S. Army Veteri- quest a report from the Secretary of the Department nary Services to conduct an updated study on the of Veterans Affairs, in conjunction with the Secretary potential introduction of foreign animal diseases and of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop- current prevention protocol and strategies to protect ment, to be sent within one year to Congress report- the health of military working dogs; Schrader (No. ing on the obstacles veterans experience related to 381) that seeks to establish a national One Health receiving benefits under Federal housing programs, Framework to coordinate federal activities around including obstacles relating to women veterans, zoonotic disease prevention, preparation, and re- LGBTQ+ veterans face, and multi-generational fam- sponse, driven by DoD, HHS, USDA, CDC, EPA, ily types, and obstacles relating to eligibility require- and other related agencies and departments; Schrier ments (including local Area Median Income limits, (No. 382) that seeks to direct DOD, in coordination chronicity and disability requirements, and required with the White House, FEMA, and HHS, to report documentation); Sanchez (No. 372) that eeks to re- quest a report from the Secretary of the Department on the current status of COVID–19 rapid test pro- of Veterans Affairs in coordination with the Secre- curement through the Defense Production Act as re- taries of the Department of Housing and Urban De- quired by the American Rescue Plan; Schrier (No. velopment and the Department of Labor submitted 383) that seeks to direct GAO to report on the ef- to Congress related to how often and what type of fectiveness of current health screenings administered supportive services (such as career transition, mental to servicemembers separating from the military to health services, and services for elderly veterans) are identify the risk of social isolation and other health being offered to and used by veterans, and requests concerns; Schrier (No. 384) that seeks to require the

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Soto (No. pand the ‘‘Never Contract with the Enemy’’ program 398) that seeks to add related technologies like ad- and the applicability of the statutory authorities ini- vanced storage capacity to the renewable or clean en- tially authorized under Sections 841, 842, and 843 ergy resources that can be considered to further data of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) center energy efficiency and resiliency; Soto (No. for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291); Austin 399) that seeks to add ‘‘distributed ledger tech- Scott (GA) (No. 387) that seeks to add the services nologies’’ to the definition of ‘‘digital talent’’ when provided to Gold Star Families to the reporting re- specifying the responsibilities of the digital talent re- quirements of the Quadrennial Quality of Life Re- cruiting officer and the technologies they are trying view; Austin Scott (GA) (No. 388) that seeks to to identify future talent and closing any skills gaps; raise the caps on the funds made available by the Soto (No. 400) that seeks to add ‘‘blockchain and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to purchase cryptographic technologies’’ to the list of tech- items during any fiscal year from the Combatant nologies that are included in the Department’s sup- Commander Initiative Fund; Scott (VA) (No. 389) port for industry participation in global standards that seeks to Supports the deployment of stormwater organizations; Soto (No. 401) that seeks to add management infrastructure on and around military blockchain technologies in the consideration of tech- installations to enhance installation resilience and nologies to use to assist in the technology pilot pro- conserve stormwater-stressed ecosystems; David Scott (GA) (No. 390) that seeks to require the Secretary gram transmission absent uniform services and over- of Defense to ensure that all contractors and sub- seas votes that builds on successful state-based initia- contractors for military construction (MilCon) tives for overseas servicemember voting; Soto (No. projects have a plan to hire, retain, and increase Af- 402) that seeks to add blockchain technologies to rican American and other nontraditional apprentice the technologies considered to help improve and de- populations; Sherman (No. 391) that seeks to au- velopment the Department’s digital health strategy thorize the Secretary of Defense, upon request of the in order to improve digital health care strategy Government of Iraq and in consultation and coordi- & data organization; Soto (No. 403) that seeks nation with the Government of Iraq, to provide sup- to require military service academies and senior re- port for vetted forces in Iraq operating in the serve officer’s training corps to report on their plans Nineveh Plains to successfully facilitate the return of to increase the number of minority cadets and mid- religious minorities; Sherrill (No. 392) that seeks to shipmen; Spanberger (No. 404) that seeks to recog- implement a pilot program to optimize services nize the service and sacrifice of Atomic Veterans by available for transitioning service members, and pro- requiring the President to issue a proclamation every vide valuable data for future transition efforts; year calling on the people of the United States to Slotkin (No. 393) that seeks to direct the Cybersecu- observe Atomic Veterans Day; Spanberger (No. 405) rity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to that seeks to require a report on the national security build on its existing work by codifying a National implications of open radio access networks (Open Cyber Exercise Program, in order to test U.S. re- RAN or O–RAN) technology, including descriptions sponse plans for major cyber incidents; Slotkin (No. of U.S. efforts to ensure we are leading in standards 394) that seeks to require the Secretary of State, in development and assessments of national security coordination with other Departments and Agencies, risks associated with certain dynamics in the to develop a strategy to safely process Afghans O–RAN industry; Spanberger (No. 406) that seeks abroad with pending special immigrant visa applica- to strengthen interagency coordination and response tions and refugee referrals, and regular progress re- to suspected attacks presenting as anomalous health ports on the number of Afghan special immigrant incidents, sometimes referred to as ‘‘Havana Syn- visas and referrals, and their locations; Smith (WA) drome,’’ including by requiring the administration (No. 395) that seeks to honor the United States to designate senior officials at the National Security Armed Servicemembers who served in Afghanistan; Council and at relevant agencies to manage and co- Smith (NJ) (No. 396) that seeks to require the GAO ordinate the response and report to Congress on to conduct a study of the possible experimentation these efforts; Speier (No. 407) that seeks to require

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Requires such military, economic, and political sectors in foreign companies notify contracting officers for which they countries, and will monitor the PRC’s military have pending bids on contracts in which they lost trends abroad and counters its advancements in for- such status; Stauber (No. 413) that seeks to allow eign nations that pose a threat to US interests and the Secretary of the Navy to solicit contracts from the rules-based order; Tenney (No. 425) that seeks non-homeport shipyards for maintenance work to establishes a program for the Department of Air should the shipyards meet the Navy’s requirements Force to develop a proof-of-concept quantum net- for ship repair work; Stefanik (No. 414) that seeks work testbed that may be accessed by prototype to establish a Subcommittee on the Economic and quantum computers; Tenney (No. 426) that seeks to Security Implications of Quantum Information require a report on the net worth of Syrian president Science through the National Science and Tech- Bashar al-Assad; Thompson (MS) (No. 427) that nology Council; Stefanik (No. 415) that seeks to seeks to add a new title with measures related to the amend Sec. 1216 to clarify requirements related to Department of Homeland Security (DHS), comprised quarterly briefings on the security environment in of House-passed legislative provisions to strengthen Afghanistan and U.S. military operations related to and improve DHS headquarters, research and devel- the security of, and threats emanating from, Afghan- opment, cybersecurity, and transportation security, istan; Steil (No. 416) that seeks to require the Sec- among other matters; Thompson (PA) (No. 428) retary of Defense in consultation with the Secretary that seeks to require the Secretary of the Navy to of State to submit a report to the appropriate con- submit to Congress a report detailing the processing gressional committees on the short- and long-term of Requests for Equitable Adjustment by the De- threats posed by Iranian-backed militias in Iraq to partment of the Navy, including progress in com- Iraq and to United States persons and interests; Steil plying with the covered directive; Tiffany (No. 429) (No. 417) that seeks to require the Secretary of the that seeks to enhance cooperation with Ukraine’s ti- Treasury to submit a report to Congress on the sta- tanium sector as an alternative to China and Russia tus of United States and United Nations sanctions for the US Defense industrial base; Titus (No. 430) imposed with respect to the Taliban; Steil (No. 418) that seeks to order a report by the State Department that seeks to require the Secretary of the Treasury to and USAID assessing the United States assistance to

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Tlaib Taliban or Afghanistan and to report on the disposi- (No. 433) that seeks to clarify that surveys on diver- tion of said equipment and the circumstances which sity, equity and inclusion and annual reports on sex- led to such disposition; Turner (No. 444) that seeks ual assaults and racial and ethnic demographics in to authorize the Secretary of the Energy to release its the military justice system must address reversionary interest in real property and a building islamophobia; Tlaib (No. 434) that seeks to direct formerly used by the National Nuclear Security Ad- the Secretary of State to submit a plan to Congress ministration to the Community Improvement Cor- for vetting foreign security assistance participants for poration of Clark County, a non-profit entity created participation in groups that have a violent ideology; by the City of Springfield, Ohio; Turner (No. 445) Torres (CA) (No. 436) that seeks to add the text of that seeks to require the Secretary of Defense to re- the Central American Women and Children Protec- port annually on anomalies related to the sensors tion Act of 2021, which directs the State Depart- used in international monitoring system of the Com- ment to enter into bilateral multi-year agreements, prehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization; known as ‘‘Women and Children Protection Com- Turner (No. 446) that seeks to amend Section 1301 pacts,’’ with the governments of El Salvador, Guate- for the purpose of including ‘‘NATO specific infra- mala, and Honduras, specifically to strengthen the structure’’ in a Secretary of Defense reporting re- countries’ criminal justice systems and civil protec- quirement on the status of U.S. military investment tion courts, create safe communities and protect vul- in Europe including the European Deterrence Initia- nerable families, ensure the safety of children in tive; Turner (No. 447) that seeks to express a Sense schools and promote early prevention and detection of Congress in support of the Aegis Ashore sites in of gender-based violence and domestic abuse, and in- Poland and Romania and their importance to the de- crease access to high quality health care; Torres (NY) fenses of Poland, Romania, the United States, and (No. 437) that seeks to direct DHS to modernize its NATO members; Turner (No. 448) that seeks to information and communications technology or serv- make technical corrections related to Section 1608, ices (ICT(S)) acquisitions process by requiring the National Security Council Briefing on Potential Under Secretary for Management to issue Depart- Harmful Interference to Global Positioning System; ment-wide guidance to require DHS contractors to Valadao (No. 449) that seeks to require a report submit software bills of materials (SBOM) that iden- within 180 days of all US humanitarian and devel- tify the origins of each component of the software opmental assistance programs in Nagorno Karabakh, furnished to DHS; Torres (NY) (No. 438) that seeks including an analysis of the effectiveness of such pro- to ensure that private sector, non-financial entities grams and any plans for future assistance; Van can participate in the Financial Crime Enforcement Duyne (No. 450) that seeks to require the Office of Network Exchange, and ensures that information use the Director of National Intelligence and the Central and confidentiality limitations apply to these enti- Intelligence Agency to jointly report to Congress on ties; Torres (NY) (No. 439) that seeks to require the vulnerabilities in supply chains that are critical to Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Se- U.S. national security, economic security, or public curity Agency to review and assess programs admin- health; Vargas (No. 451) that seeks to expands cer- istered by the Agency to improve Federal network tain authorities under the Defense Production Act of security; Trahan (No. 440) that seeks to require the 1950 and directs the President and federal agencies National Space Council to submit a report that in- to take specific actions to support the production of cludes an assessment of the risks space debris orbit- critical medical supplies during the COVID–19 (i.e., ing the Earth imposes on night sky luminance, colli- coronavirus disease 2019) emergency, including with sion risk, radio interference, astronomical data loss respect to private-sector coordination, needs assess- by satellite streaks, and other potential factors rel- ments, and overall strategies; Velazquez (No. 452) evant to space exploration, research, and national se- that seeks to exempt certain thresholds from periodic

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Walberg (No. 456) that seeks to promote laws; Williams (GA) (No. 468) that seeks to reestab- United States leadership in standards-setting bodies lish the National Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force, that set standards for 5G networks and for future a federal interagency task force focused on improving generations of wireless communications networks; compliance, public education, and enforcement of encourages participation by companies and a wide equal pay laws; Wilson (SC) (No. 469) that seeks to variety of relevant stakeholders (not including any authorize the Secretary of Defense to make impact company or relevant stakeholder that the Assistant aid payments to local educational agencies who have Secretary has determined to be not trusted) in such standards-setting bodies; Waltz (No. 457) that seeks higher concentrations of military children with se- to prohibit DoD assistance to the government of Af- vere disabilities; Wittman (No. 470) that seeks to ghanistan if such government includes any indi- require a report on current commercial satellite com- vidual belonging to a designated foreign terrorist or- munication (COMSATCOM) initiatives, particularly ganization; Waltz (No. 458) that seeks to establish new NGSO COMSATCOM technologies, the Navy a research security training requirement for Federal has employed to increase SATCOM throughput to research grant personnel; Waltz (No. 459) that seeks afloat platforms currently constrained by legacy capa- to prohibit malign talent recruitment program par- bilities; Young (No. 471) that seeks to require an ticipants from receipt of research and development Air Force strategy for the acquisition of combat res- awards from Federal research agencies; Waters (No. cue aircraft and equipment that aligns with the Na- 460) that seeks to include the Federal Officer Can- tional Defense and Arctic strategies; Schneider (No. didate and Training Schools in the collection of de- 472) that seeks to codify into law the existing, suc- mographic information and improves a central source cessful Boots to Business program that provides en- of military leader training in the service-wide diver- trepreneurial training for servicemembers sity and inclusion efforts; Waters (No. 461) that transitioning to civilian life; Smith (NJ) (No. 473) seeks to require the collection of demographic infor- that seeks to direct the Army Corps of Engineers to mation of students enrolled in the JROTC program provide each Army Corps district with clarifying and and tasks that an assessment of JROTC program’s uniform guidance that conforms with USDOL’s reg- diverse recruitment and retention efforts be con- ulations and guidance with respect to proper imple- ducted; Waters (No. 462) that seeks to state that it mentation and enforcement of existing laws regard- is the policy of the United States that it will not ing worker classification by federal construction con- recognize the Burmese military junta as the official tractors and subcontractors; Lieu (No. 474) that government of Burma for the purpose of the provi- seeks to authorize the Department of Veterans Af- sion of assistance from the international financial in- fairs’ (VA) to use any funds collected pursuant to stitutions (IFIs); Wenstrup (No. 463) that seeks to easements, or other use-agreements at the West LA exempt from the Separation Health and Physical Ex- VA for the development of supportive housing and amination (SHPE) requirement certain members of services on campus for homeless veterans; Slotkin the Reserve Component and National Guard who are (No. 475) that seeks to revise the language for the not fully separating from the military, but rather re- definition of plant based protein for clarity purposes; turning from Active Duty status to reserve or guard and Escobar (No. 476) that seeks to direct GAO to status; Wild (No. 464) that seeks to require an an- nual report on and congressional notification of U.S. examine DOD and the military services’ policies on efforts to counter malign foreign influence in Africa; servicemembers’ tattoos; Pages H5033–75 Wild (No. 465) that seeks to require a report on Leger Fernandez amendment (No. 241 printed in human rights abuses related to arms exported by the part C of H. Rept. 117–125) that seeks to provide top five global arms exporters, which includes both an apology to individuals and their families in NM, China and Russia; Wild (No. 466) that seeks to in- UT, ID, and other states who were exposed to radi- crease funding by $1 million dollars for the Defense ation from nuclear testing; and Pages H5075–76 Institute of International Legal Studies for civilian

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of Virginia, Sarala Vidya Nagala, and Omar Antonio Policy, hearing entitled ‘‘Lending in a Crisis: Reviewing Williams, both to be a United States District Judge for the Federal Reserve’s Emergency Lending Powers during the District of Connecticut, and Hampton Y. Dellinger, the Pandemic and Examining Proposals to Address Future of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Economic Crises’’, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn and Webex. Erek L. Barron, to be United States Attorney for the Dis- Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Inter- trict of Maryland, Nicholas W. Brown, to be United national Development, International Organizations, and States Attorney for the Western District of Washington, Global Corporate Social Impact, hearing entitled ‘‘Shift- Matthew M. Graves, to be United States Attorney for the ing the Power: Advancing Locally-led Development and District of Columbia, Clifford D. Johnson, to be United Partner Diversification in U.S. Development Programs’’, States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn and Webex. Zachary A. Myers, of Maryland, to be United States At- Subcommittee on Europe, Energy, the Environment, torney for the Southern District of Indiana, Rachael S. Rollins, to be United States Attorney for the District of and Cyber; and Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Massachusetts, Trini E. Ross, to be United States Attor- Africa, and Global Counterterrorism, joint hearing enti- ney for the Western District of New York, and Vanessa tled ‘‘Transatlantic Cooperation on Countering Global Waldref, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern Terrorism and Violent Extremism’’, 2 p.m., Webex. District of Washington, all of the Department of Justice, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee 9 a.m., SH–216. on Environment, hearing entitled ‘‘Advancing Earth Sys- Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine tem Science and Stewardship at NOAA’’, 10 a.m., Zoom. fraud, scams, and COVID–19, focusing on how older Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Sub- Americans have been targeted during the pandemic, 9:30 committee on Aviation, hearing entitled ‘‘Disruption in a.m., SD–562. the Skies: The Surge in Air Rage and its Effects on Workers, Airlines, and Airports’’, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn House and Zoom. Committee on Agriculture, Full Committee, hearing enti- Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, Full tled ‘‘Voluntary Carbon Markets in Agriculture and For- Committee, hearing entitled ‘‘Pathways to Success: How estry’’, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth and Zoom. Practicing Civility, Collaboration, and Leadership Can Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Na- Empower Members’’, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn and Zoom. tional Security, International Development and Monetary

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 9 a.m., Thursday, September 23 10 a.m., Thursday, September 23

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Thursday: Senate will continue consider- Program for Thursday: Complete consideration of H.R. ation of the nomination of Florence Y. Pan, of the Dis- 4350—National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal trict of Columbia, to be United States District Judge for Year 2022. the District of Columbia, post-cloture, and vote on con- firmation thereon at 10 a.m. Following disposition of the nomination of Florence Y. Pan, Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Sarah Bianchi, of Virginia, to be Dep- uty United States Trade Representative (Asia, Africa, In- vestment, Services, Textiles, and Industrial Competitive- ness), with the rank of Ambassador. Senate should expect a series of votes through- out the day on motions to invoke cloture and on con- firmation of nominations.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE Luetkemeyer, Blaine, Mo., E1005 Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman, American Lynch, Stephen F., Mass., E1010 Samoa, E1008 Axne, Cynthia, Iowa, E1005 McCollum, Betty, Minn., E1006 Stauber, Pete, Minn., E1008 Dingell, Debbie, Mich., E1007 Newhouse, Dan, Wash., E1006 Thompson, Bennie G., Miss., E1005 Garamendi, John, Calif., E1009 Norton, Eleanor Holmes, The District of Columbia, Titus, Dina, Nev., E1007 Hartzler, Vicky, Mo., E1006 E1006 Torres, Norma J., Calif., E1009 Hudson, Richard, N.C., E1005 Pelosi, Nancy, Calif., E1005 Kaptur, Marcy, Ohio, E1009 Perlmutter, Ed, Colo., E1005, E1006, E1007, E1008, Wilson, Joe, S.C., E1007 Kim, Andy, N.J., E1008 E1009

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