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Committee Cliff Notes: Weekly Preview – Week of October 23, 2023

Washington, October 23, 2023
Here’s what to watch for from House Republican committees during the week:

Armed Services

On Wednesday, October 25, the Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces will hold a hearing called "The Submarine Industrial Base and its Ability to Support the AUKUS Framework."
 
Energy and Commerce

On Tuesday, October 24, the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security will hold a markup of the following legislation:
  • H.R.__, the Modernize Nuclear Reactor Environmental Reviews Act
  • H.R.__, the Nuclear Licensing Efficiency Act 
  • H.R.__, the Strengthening American Nuclear Competitiveness Act (Johnson)
  • H.R.__, the Advanced Nuclear Reactor Prize Act (Curtis)
  • H.R.__, the Advancing Nuclear Regulatory Oversight Act (Lesko)
  • H.R. 4528, the Strengthening the NRC Workforce Act of 2023 (DeGette)
  • H.R. 5718, the Nuclear Fuel Security Act of 2023 (Latta)
  • H.R.__, the Nuclear Brownfield Site Preparation Act
  • H.R.__, the Advanced Reactor Fee Reduction Act
  • H.R. 995, the Global Nuclear Energy Assessment and Cooperation Act (Carter)
  • H.R.__, the Advanced Nuclear Deployment Act (Hudson)
  • H.R.__, the NRC Mission Alignment Act
  • H.R.__, the Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act (Lesko)
  • H.R.__, the Affordable Housing Over Mandating Efficiency Standards Act (Buschon)
  • H.R. 4167, the Protecting America's Distribution Transformer Supply Chain Act (Hudson)
  • H.R.__, the Guaranteeing Reliable Infrastructure Deployment Act
  • H.R. 4045, the Hydropower Clean Energy Future Act (Rodgers)
On Wednesday, October 25, the Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing called "Supporting Access to Long-Term Services and Supports: An Examination of the Impacts of Proposed Regulations on Workforce and Access to Care."

Financial Services

On Tuesday, October 24, the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy will hold a hearing called "The Tangled Web of Global Governance: How the Biden Administration is Ceding Authority Over American Financial Regulation."

On Tuesday, October 24, the Subcommittee on Capital Markets will hold a hearing called "Examining the SEC’s Agenda: Unintended Consequences for U.S. Capital Markets and Investors."

On Tuesday, October 24, the Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance will hold a hearing called "The Factors Influencing the High Cost of Insurance for Consumers."

On Wednesday, October 25, the Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion will hold a hearing called "Modernizing Financial Services Through Innovation and Competition."

On Wednesday, October 25, the Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions will hold a hearing called "How America and Its Allies Can Stop Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran from Evading Sanctions and Financing Terror."

On Thursday, October 26, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a hearing called "Moving the Money: Understanding the Iranian Regime’s Access to Money Around the World and How They Use It to Support Terrorism."
 
Foreign Affairs

On Tuesday, October 24, the Committee on Foreign Affairs will hold a full committee hearing called "Friend and Ally: U.S. Support for Israel After Hamas’ Barbaric Attack."

On Wednesday, October 25, the Subcommittee on Oversight & Accountability will hold a hearing called "The Global Engagement Center: Helping or Hurting U.S. Foreign Policy." 

On Wednesday, October 25, the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere will hold a hearing called "The U.S.-Honduras Bilateral Relationship: Analyzing the Socialist Government of President Xiomara Castro de Zelaya." 

Homeland Security
 
On Tuesday, October 24, the Committee on Homeland Security will hold a hearing entitled “The Broken Path: How Transnational Criminal Organizations Profit from Human Trafficking at the Southwest Border.”

On Wednesday, October 25, the Committee on Homeland Security will hold a hearing entitled "An Examination of the Iranian Regime’s Threats to Homeland Security."

On Wednesday, October 25, the Committee on Homeland Security will hold a hearing entitled "Evaluating Federal Cybersecurity Governance."

Judiciary
 
On Tuesday, October 24, the Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance will hold a hearing entitled “Oversight of the Bureau of Prisons.”

Natural Resources

On Tuesday, October 24, the Committee on Natural Resources will hold a full committee markup on the following bills:
  • H.R. 1792, the South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act of 2023 (Radewagen)
  • H.R. 2560, the Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Act of 2023 (Keating)
  • H.R. 3415, the Pilot Butte Power Plant Conveyance Act (Hageman)
  • H.R. 4587, the Red Snapper Act (Rutherford)
  • H.R. 4770, the Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2023 (Sarbanes)
  • H.R. 5009, the Wildlife Innovation and Longevity Driver reauthorization Act or the WILD Act (Joyce)
  • H.R. 5283, the Protecting our Communities from Failure to Secure the Border Act of 2023 (Malliotakis)
  • H.R. 5616, the Bringing Reliable Investment into Domestic Gulf Energy Production Act of 2023 or the BRIDGE Production Act of 2023 (Graves)
On Wednesday, October 25, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills: On Wednesday, October 25, the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:
  • H.R. 520, To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that artificially propagated animals shall be treated the same under that Act as naturally propagated animals (McClintock)
  • H.R. 2990, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention Improvements Act of 2023 (Bonamici)
  • H.R. 5103, Fishery Improvement to Streamline untimely regulatory Hurdles post Emergency Situation Act or the FISHES Act (Donalds)
  • H.R. 5504, To require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to withdraw proposed rules relating to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes (Newhouse)
  • H.R. 5509, Electronic Permitting Modernization Act (Porter)
  • H.R. 5874, Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program Act or the TAAP Act (Ciscomani)
  • Discussion Draft of H.R. ___, To prohibit the implementation of certain documents until the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the National Marine Fisheries Service issues documents relating to the Rice’s whale (Graves)

Oversight and Accountability

On Tuesday, October 24, the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation will hold a hearing called “Advances in Deepfake Technology.”

On Tuesday, October 24, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic will hold a hearing called “Reforming the WHO: Ensuring Global Health Security and Accountability.”

On Tuesday, October 24, the Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services and the Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce will hold a joint subcommittee hearing called “Oversight of the Internal Revenue Service.”

On Wednesday, October 25, the Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs will hold a hearing called “Faith Under Fire: An Examination of Global Religious Persecution.”

On Wednesday, October 25, the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs will hold a hearing called “The Power of Apprenticeships: Faster, Better Paths to Prosperous Jobs and Less Waste in Higher Education.”

Small Business

On Wednesday, October 25, the Committee on Small Business will hold a full committee hearing called "Oversight of the SBA's Office of Entrepreneurial Development."

Transportation and Infrastructure

On Tuesday, October 24, the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment will hold a hearing called "Water Resources Development Acts: Status of Past Provisions and Future Needs."

Ways and Means

On Tuesday, October 24, the Subcommittee on Work & Welfare will hold a hearing called "Measuring Poverty: How the Biden Administration Plans to Redraw the Poverty Line and Rob Resources from Rural America."

On Wednesday, October 25, the Committee on Ways and Means will hold a full committee hearing called "Educational Freedom and Opportunity for American Families, Students, and Workers."

On Thursday, October 26, the Subcommittee on Social Security will hold a hearing called "One Million Claims and Growing: Improving Social Security’s Disability Adjudication Process."