November 20 House Committee Meetings

10 a.m. - House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies

Witnesses

Eugenia Charles-Newton

Law and Order Committee Chair and member of the Navajo Nation

[Witness Biography] [Written Testimony]

Abigail Echo-Hawk

Executive Vice President at Seattle Indian Health Board, Director of the Urban Indian Health Institute, and member of the Pawnee Nation

[Witness Biography] [Written Testimony]

Cheryl Horn

Member of the Montana Missing Indigenous Persons Task and 

Member of the Assiniboine Tribe of Fort Belknap

[Witness Biography] [Written Testimony]

Mary Jane Miles

Member of the Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee (NPTEC) and

Member of the Nez Perce Tribe

[Witness Biography] [Written Testimony]

Maulian Bryant

Wabanaki Alliance Incoming Executive Director and 

Member of the Penobscot Nation

[Witness Biography] [Written Testimony]

Bryan Newland

Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs and 

Citizen of the Bay Mills Indian Community (Ojibwe)

[Witness Biography] [Written Testimony]

Richard Melville

Deputy Bureau Director, Office of Justice Services and

Member of Makah Tribe of Washington

[Witness Biography]

Patrice Kunesh

Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans at the 

Administration for Children and Families,

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

[Witness Biography] [Written Testimony]

Daron Carreiro

Acting Director of the Office of Tribal Justice (OTJ), Department of Justice

[Witness Biography] [Written Testimony]

10 a.m. - House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies 

Witnesses

Dr. Shereef Elnahal

Under Secretary for Health, Department of Veterans Affairs

[Witness Biography] [Written Testimony]

Mr. Josh Jacobs

Under Secretary for Benefits, Department of Veterans Affairs

[Witness Biography] [Written Testimony]

10:30 a.m. - House Natural Resources

Legislation to Be Considered 

• H.R. 8308 (Rep. Harder), “Nutria Eradication and Control Reauthorization Act of 2024” [PDF 225KB]
• H.R. 8665 (Rep. Lucas), “Supercritical Geothermal Research and Development Act” [PDF 266KB]
• H.R. 390 (Rep. Stefanik), “Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area Enhancement Act” [PDF 224KB]
• H.R. 1395 (Rep. Fitzpatrick), “Delaware River Basin Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2023” [PDF 226KB]
• H.R. 1584 (Rep. LaLota), “Plum Island National Monument Act” [PDF 225KB]
• H.R. 6210 (Rep. Wexton), To designate the General George C. Marshall House, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, as an affiliated area of the National Park System, and for other purposes [PDF 227KB]
• H.R. 6489 (Rep. Peltola), “Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2023" [PDF 232KB]
• H.R. 6994 (Rep. Kim of CA), “Restoring Our Unopened Trails for Enjoyment and Safety Act” or the “ROUTES Act” [PDF 232KB]
• H.R. 7516 (Rep. Johnson of SD), “Purchased and Referred Care Improvement Act of 2024” [PDF 227KB]
• H.R. 7938 (Rep. Bentz), “Klamath Basin Water Agreement Support Act of 2024” [PDF 241KB]
• H.R. 8012 (Rep. Waltz), “Jackie Robinson Commemorative Site Act” [PDF 230KB]
• H.R. 3047 (Rep. Crane), “Apache County and Navajo County Conveyance Act of 2023” [PDF 232KB]
• H.R. 3173 (Rep. Amodei), “Northern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act of 2023” [PDF 370KB]
• H.R. 3971 (Rep. Hill), “Flatside Wilderness Additions Act” [PDF 224KB]
• H.R. 4338 (Rep. LaHood), “Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act” [PDF 228KB]
• H.R. 4748 (Rep. Peltola), “Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act” [PDF 260KB]
• H.R. 5401 (Rep. D’Esposito), “9/11 Memorial and Museum Act”; [PDF 231KB]
• H.R. 6127 (Rep. Moore of UT), “Modernizing Access to Our Public Waters Act” or the “MAPWaters Act” [PDF 236KB]
• H.R. 8931 (Rep. Stefanik), To redesignate Saratoga National Historical Park as Saratoga National Battlefield Park [PDF 225KB]
• H.R. 9516 (Rep. Chavez-DeRemer), “Military Families National Parks Access Enhancement Act” [PDF 225KB]
• H.R. 6994 Westerman ANS [PDF 52KB]
• H.R. 3173 Westerman ANS_02 [PDF 234KB]
• H.R. 2685 (Rep. Owens), “Technology Grants to Strengthen Domestic Mining Education Act of 2023” or the “Mining Schools Act of 2023”; [PDF 236KB]
• H.R. 1584 Westerman ANS_104 [PDF 42KB]
• H.R. 3047 Westerman ANS [PDF 53KB]
• H.R. 4748 Peltola_114 [PDF 31KB]
• H.R. 6127 Westerman ANS_105 [PDF 59KB]
• H.R. 6210 Westerman ANS_108 [PDF 32KB]
• H.R. 7516 Hageman ANS_318 [PDF 46KB]
• H.R. 5401 Westerman ANS_099 Revised [PDF 52KB]
• H.R. 8012 Westerman ANS_106 [PDF 44KB]
• H.R. 9516 Westerman ANS_103 [PDF 37KB]
• H.R. 8665 Stauber ANS_02 [PDF 68KB]
• H.R. 3173 Lee_087 to ANS [PDF 44KB]
• H.R. 390 Westerman ANS_110 [PDF 40KB]
• H.R. 1395 Westerman ANS_107 [PDF 40KB]
• H.R. 3971 Westerman ANS_109 [PDF 39KB]
• H.R. 7938 Bentz ANS_047 [PDF 50KB]
• H.R. 2685 Stauber ANS_077 Revised [PDF 323KB]
• H.R. 2687 Peltola ANS_082 [PDF 36KB]
• H.R. 2687 (Rep. Peltola), To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to exclude certain payments to aged, blind, or disabled Alaska Natives or descendants of Alaska Natives from being used to determine eligibility for certain programs, and for other purposes; [PDF 225KB]
• H.R. 8946 (Rep. Matsui), “Reversionary Interest Conveyance Act” [PDF 229KB]
• H.R. 4338 Westerman ANS_111 [PDF 45KB]

10:30 a.m. - House Oversight and Accountability

Legislation to Be Considered  

• Amendment #1 to the ANS to H.R. 8706, offered by Ms. Pressley (MA) [PDF 35KB]
• Amendment #2 to the ANS to H.R. 8706, offered by Ms. Pressley (MA) [PDF 33KB]
• Amendment to the ANS to H.R. 8706, offered by Mr. Frost (FL) [PDF 37KB]
• Amendment to the ANS to H.R. 8706, offered by Ms. Brown (OH) [PDF 41KB]
• Amendment to the ANS to H.R. 8076, offered by Ms. Stansbury (NM) [PDF 34KB]
• Amendment to the ANS to H.R. 8753, offered by Mr. Moskowitz (FL) [PDF 35KB]
• Amendment to the ANS to H.R. 8753, offered by Mr. Langworthy (NY) [PDF 8KB]
• H.R. 10155: "To amend section 7504 of title 31, United States Code, to improve the single audit requirements." [PDF 52KB]
• H.R. 8690: "To amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to ensure that other transaction agreements are reported to USAspending.gov, and for other purposes." [PDF 232KB]
• H.R. 8706: "To ensure equal protection of the law, to prevent racism in the Federal Government, and for other purposes." [PDF 297KB]
• H.R. 8753: "To direct the United States Postal Service to designate single, unique ZIP Codes for certain communities, and for other purposes." [PDF 226KB]
• H.R. 9040: "To require covered agencies to issue strategy and implementation plans for the transfer of credit, guarantee, and insurance risk to the private sector, to require the implementation of such plans, and for other purposes." [PDF 233KB]
• H.R. 9360: "To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 300 Macedonia Lane in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the 'Reverend Harold Middlebrook Post Office Building'." [PDF 225KB]
• H.R. 9544: "To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 340 South Loudon Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland, as the 'United States Representative Elijah E. Cummings Post Office Building'." [PDF 226KB]
• H.R. 10132: "To improve performance and accountability in the Federal Government, and for other purposes." [PDF 74KB]
• H.R. 10151: "To amend title 44, United States Code, to modernize data practices to improve government, and for other purposes." [PDF 62KB]
• H.R. 9775: "To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 119 North Anderson Street in Elwood, Indiana, as the 'Officer Noah Jacob Shahnavaz Post Office Building'." [PDF 226KB]
• H.R. 10062: "To amend title 29, District of Columbia Official Code, to treat meetings held with officials of the Federal Government which are held in the District of Columbia as activities not constituting doing business in the District of Columbia for purposes of determining whether organizations are required to register with the District of Columbia." [PDF 225KB]
• H.R. 10065: "To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 802 North Tancahua Street in Corpus Christi, Texas, as the 'Captain Robert E. ‘Bob’ Batterson Post Office'." [PDF 226KB]
• H.R. 10133: "To amend title 5, United States Code, to require the reporting of periodic transaction reports not later than 15 days after receiving notification of the requirement to report a transaction but in no case later than 30 days after such transaction, and for other purposes." [PDF 44KB]
• ANS to H.R. 10133, offered by Mr. Comer (KY) [PDF 38KB]
• ANS to H.R. 10132, offered by Mr. Comer (KY) [PDF 64KB]
• ANS to H.R. 10155, offered by Mr. Comer (KY) [PDF 46KB]
• ANS to H.R. 9040, offered by Mr. Comer (KY) [PDF 54KB]
• ANS to H.R. 10062, offered by Mr. Comer (KY) [PDF 40KB]
• ANS to H.R. 8690, offered by Mr. Comer (KY) [PDF 59KB]
• ANS to H.R. 10151, offered by Mr. Comer (KY) [PDF 57KB]
• ANS to H.R. 8706, offered by Mr. Comer (KY) [PDF 161KB]
• ANS to H.R. 8753, offered by Mr. Comer (KY) [PDF 42KB]
• Amendment to the ANS to H.R. 8706, offered by Mr. Raskin (MD) [PDF 35KB]

2 p.m. - House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations 

Witnesses

Dr. Gladys Maestre, Director

Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Research 

University of Texas

[Witness Biography] [Written Testimony]

Dr. Benjamin Warf, Chairman

NeuroKids

[Witness Biography] [Written Testimony]

Dr. Andy Shih, Chief Science Officer

Autism Speaks

[Witness Biography] [Written Testimony]

Dr. Yashodhara Rana, Associate Director of Research

Eleanor Crook Foundation

[Witness Biography] [Written Testimony]

3:15 p.m. - House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries

Witnesses 

• The Honorable Hillary Scholten, Member of Congress
• The Honorable Lauren Boebert, Member of Congress
• The Honorable Ken Calvert, Member of Congress
  • Written Testimony [PDF 26KB]
• The Honorable Harriet Hageman, Member of Congress
• Mr. Roque Sánchez, Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation
  • Testimony [PDF 246KB]
• Mr. Bill Long, President, Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District
  • Testimony [PDF 121KB]
• Ms. Jennifer Pitt, Director of the Colorado River Program, National Audubon Society
  • Resume [PDF 787KB]
  • Testimony [PDF 215KB]
• Ms. Jessica Neuwerth, Acting Executive Director, Colorado River Board of California
  • Testimony [PDF 447KB]
• Ms. Rosemary Henry, Executive Director, Wyoming Municipal Power Agency
  • Testimony [PDF 751KB] 

Legislation to Be Considered  

• H.R. 9514 (Rep. Boebert), “Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act” [PDF 225KB]
• H.R. 9515 (Rep. Calvert), “Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Amendment Act of 2024” [PDF 230KB]
• H.R. 9969 (Rep. Hageman), To provide for a memorandum of understanding to address the impacts of a certain record of decision on the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund. [PDF 227KB]
• H.R. 7642 (Rep. Scholten), To reauthorize the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 719 et seq.) [PDF 225KB]