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Committee Meetings
CLOSING THE COURTHOUSE DOORS: THE INJUSTICE OF FORCED ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions held a hearing entitled ``Closing the Courthouse Doors: The Injustice of Forced Arbitration Agreements''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a markup on H.R. 1193, the ``CAROL Act''; H.R. 1667, the ``Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act''; H.R. 3297, the ``Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Act of 2021''; H.R. 3320, the ``Allied Health Workforce Diversity Act of 2021''; H.R. 3537, the ``Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act''; H.R. 4555, the ``Oral Health Literacy and Awareness Act of 2021''; H.R. 5487, the ``SHINE for Autumn Act of 2021''; H.R. 5551, the ``Improving the Health of Children Act''; and H.R. 5561, the ``Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Reauthorization Act''. H.R. 1193, H.R. 1667, H.R. 3297, H.R. 3320, H.R. 3537, H.R. 5487, H.R. 5551 were forwarded to the full Committee, as amended. H.R. 4555 and H.R. 5561 were forwarded to the full Committee, without amendment.
FROM TIMBER TO TUNGSTEN: HOW THE EXPLOITATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES FUNDS ROGUE ORGANIZATIONS AND REGIMES
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy held a hearing entitled
``From Timber to Tungsten: How the Exploitation of Natural Resources Funds Rogue Organizations and Regimes''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
THE TEXAS ABORTION BAN AND ITS DEVASTATING IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES AND FAMILIES
Committee on the Judiciary: Full Committee held a hearing entitled
``The Texas Abortion Ban and its Devastating Impact on Communities and Families''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife held a hearing on H. Res. 320, recognizing the critical importance of access to reliable, clean drinking water for Native Americans and Alaska Natives and confirming the responsibility of the Federal Government to ensure such water access; H.R. 4832, the ``Open Access Evapotranspiration Data Act''; H.R. 5001, the ``Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Recovery Act''; and H.R. 5345, the ``Saline Lake Ecosystems in the Great Basin States Program Act of 2021''. Testimony was heard from Representatives Neguse, Lee of Nevada, and Moore of Utah; Tanya Trujillo, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the Interior; Rebecca Mitchell, Director, Colorado Water Conservation Board; Joel Ferry, State Representative, District 1, Utah House of Representatives; and public witnesses.
BUILD BACK BETTER ACT
Committee on Rules: Full Committee concluded a hearing on H.R. 5376, the ``Build Back Better Act''. The Committee granted, by record vote of 9-4, a closed rule providing for consideration of H.R. 5376, the
``Build Back Better Act''. The rule provides two hours of debate equally divided among and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget or their respective designees and the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means or their respective designees. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 117-18, modified by the amendment printed in the Rules Committee report, shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. The rule provides one motion to recommit. The rule provides that House Resolution 188 is amended by striking ``November 18, 2021'' and inserting ``December 3, 2021''.
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE PIPELINE TO SMALL BUSINESSES
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development held a hearing entitled
``The Community College Pipeline to Small Businesses''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
THE EVOLVING CYBERSECURITY LANDSCAPE: INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES ON SECURING THE NATION'S INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Full Committee held a hearing entitled ``The Evolving Cybersecurity Landscape: Industry Perspectives on Securing the Nation's Infrastructure''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Full Committee held a markup on H.R. 1836, the ``Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act of 2021''; H.R. 3944, the ``Burial Equity for Guards and Reserves Act of 2021''; H.R. 5603, the ``Protections for Student Veterans Act''; H.R. 4591, the ``VA Electronic Health Record Transparency Act of 2021''; H.R. 2250, the
``VA IT Reform Act of 2021''; H.R. 5721, the ``VIPER Act''; H.R. 2916, the ``VA Medical Cannabis Research Act of 2021''; H.R. 5029, the
``Expanding the Families of Veterans Access to Mental Health Services Act''; H.R. 5516, the ``VITAL Assessment Act''; H.R. 5529, the
``Veterans Justice Outreach Improvement Act''; H.R. 5761, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish seasonal influenza vaccines to certain individuals, and for other purposes; H.R. 2385, the
``Justice for Women Veterans Act''; H.R. 5562, to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care from the Department of Veterans Affairs to include veterans of World War II; H.R. 1596, the ``Commission to Study the Stigmatization, Criminalization, and Ongoing Exclusion and Inequity for LGBTQ Servicemembers and Veterans Act''; H.R. 4845, to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the Advisory Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Veterans; H.R. 3730, to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs an Advisory Committee on United States Outlying Areas and Freely Associated States, and for other purposes; H.R. 5607, the ``Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2021''; and H.R. 5151, the ``Col. James Floyd Turner IV USMC GI Bill Transfer Act of 2021''. H.R. 1836, H.R. 3944, H.R. 5603, H.R. 4591, H.R. 2250, H.R. 5516, H.R. 5529, H.R. 5671, H.R. 2385, H.R. 1596, and H.R. 5151 were ordered reported, as amended. H.R. 5721, H.R. 2916, H.R. 5029, H.R. 5562, H.R. 4845, H.R. 3730, and H.R. 5607 were ordered reported, without amendment.
ARTICLE ONE: STRENGTHENING CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT CAPACITY
Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress: Full Committee held a hearing entitled ``Article One: Strengthening Congressional Oversight Capacity''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Joint Meetings
No joint committee meetings were held.
SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 194
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