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Wednesday, July 27, 2022

The House Stands Adjourned Until July 27, 2022 at 10:00 AM EDT

The Senate Stands Adjourned Until July 27, 2022 at 10:00 AM EDT

Under Secretary Nuland is on travel to Japan and the Republic of Korea from July 25-28, 2022.

Assistant Secretary Medina is on travel to Maine from July 26-28, 2022.

Pope Francis is in Canada until July 29, 2022 and arrives back in Rome on July 30, 2022.

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July 26, 2022 - July 27, 2022

Federal Open Market Committee FOMC Meeting

Federal Reserve

https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomccalendars.htm

July 27, 2022 - July 28, 2022

Summer Institute 2022 - SI 2022 Law and Economics

National Bureau of Economic Research

https://www.nber.org/conferences/si-2022-law-and-economics

https://www.youtube.com/nbervideos

July 27, 2022 - July 28, 2022

Summer Institute 2022 - SI 2022 Personnel Economics

National Bureau of Economic Research

https://www.nber.org/conferences/si-2022-personnel-economics

https://www.youtube.com/nbervideos

July 27, 2022 - July 28, 2022

Summer Institute 2022 - SI 2022 Real Estate

National Bureau of Economic Research

https://www.nber.org/conferences/si-2022-real-estate

https://www.youtube.com/nbervideos

July 27, 2022 - July 28, 2022

NSF Convergence Accelerator Expo 2022

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Convergence Accelerator

https://www.nsf.gov/events/event_summ.jsp?cntn_id=305310&org=NSF

https://nsf-ca-expo2022.vfairs.com/

July 27, 2022

Economic & Trade Ministers Reception

Meridian Center for Cultural Diplomacy

https://www.meridian.org/announcement/economic-trade-ministers-reception/

July 27, 2022

6:00 AM EDT

"EPI-WIN" (WHO Information Network for Epidemics) webinar: How Is Monkeypox Spreading? What We Know So Far

World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations

https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2022/07/27/default-calendar/WHO-EPI-WIN-webinar-how-is-monkeypox-spreading

6:00 AM EDT

Invitation for Participation in the World Health Organization World Drowning Prevention Day Webinar 2022

World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations

https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2022/07/27/default-calendar/invitation-for-participation-in-the-world-health-organization-world-drowning-prevention-day-webinar-2022

8:00 AM EDT

Transforming Pathways in the Global South for Young Women to Work: An Echidna Global Scholar Dialogue

Brookings Institution

https://www.brookings.edu/events/transforming-pathways-in-the-global-south-for-young-women-to-work/

8:30 AM EDT

June 2022 Advance Report on Durable Goods - Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders

https://www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3/index.html

8:30 AM EDT

June 2022 Advance Economic Indicators Report (International Trade, Retail, & Wholesale)

https://www.census.gov/econ/indicators/index.html

9:00 AM EDT

The Future of Arms Control, Strategic Stability and the Global Order - A Conversation with Sir Stephen Lovegrove, UK National Security Adviser

Center for Strategic & International Studies

https://www.csis.org/events/future-arms-control-strategic-stability-and-global-order

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY7APnNT2hA

9:00 AM EDT

Summer Institute 2022 - SI 2022 Education

National Bureau of Economic Research

https://www.nber.org/conferences/si-2022-education

https://www.youtube.com/nbervideos

9:05 AM EDT

AUSA Warfighter Summit and Exposition - Day 1

https://meetings.ausa.org/warfighter/

https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/29093

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DC trying to cram as much as possible into this week before Congress summer recess in August.

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9:30 AM EDT

U.S. National Security And Economic Statecraft: Ensuring U.S. Global Leadership For The Twenty-First Century

Senate Foreign Relations Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332919

https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/us-national-security-and-economic-statecraft-ensuring-us-global-leadership-for-the-twenty-first-century

9:30 AM EDT

Markup: HR 2021, to Restore, Reaffirm, and Reconcile Environmental Justice and Civil Rights, and for Other Purposes. "Environmental Justice for All Act"

House Natural Resources Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/115053

https://naturalresources.house.gov/hearings/fc-markup-7272022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0PPYEY33PE

9:30 AM EDT

Summer Institute 2022 - SI 2022 Economics of Social Security

National Bureau of Economic Research

https://www.nber.org/conferences/si-2022-economics-social-security

https://www.youtube.com/nbervideos

9:30 AM EDT

Supporting Climate Resilience and a Just Energy Transition in Africa

American Enterprise Institute

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/supporting-climate-resilience-and-a-just-energy-transition-in-africa/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onP6gFUfWzM

9:30 AM EDT

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Open Commission Meeting

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/Events/opaeventopenmeeting072722

https://www.youtube.com/user/CFTC

9:45 AM EDT

Business Meeting to Consider the Nominations of Joseph Goffman, of Pennsylvania, to Be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Annie Caputo, of Virginia, and Bradley R. Crowell, of Nevada, Both to Be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and 15 General Services Administration Resolutions.

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332900

https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?ID=3348C551-F1E5-48F1-A354-33AD6E79F738

9:50 AM EDT

Battle Challenge - Day 1

https://meetings.ausa.org/warfighter/battle_challange.cfm

https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/29094

10:00 AM EDT

A Growing Threat: Foreign and Domestic Sources of Disinformation

Committee on House Administration, Subcommittee on Elections

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/115040

https://cha.house.gov/committee-activity/hearings/growing-threat-foreign-and-domestic-sources-disinformation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDXw8iChE6k

10:00 AM EDT

Examining the Practices and Profits of Gun Manufacturers

House Oversight and Reform

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/115024

https://oversight.house.gov/legislation/hearings/examining-the-practices-and-profits-of-gun-manufacturers

https://www.c-span.org/video/?521853-1/firearm-manufacturers-testify-gun-violence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mLT2bCTZwY

10:00 AM EDT

Challenges Facing Global Food Security

House Committee on Foreign Affairs

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/115044

https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearings/?ContentRecord_id=C6F99F08-88BA-4758-AF73-670FD9FB94C2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adj3mcTmPg8

10:00 AM EDT

Full Committee Hearing - Combatting the Threats to U.S. National Security from the Proliferation of Foreign Commercial Spyware

House Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/115048

https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=115048

10:00 AM EDT

Enhancing Personnel Resources to Support a Stronger, More Resilient Coast Guard

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/115054

https://transportation.house.gov/committee-activity/hearings/enhancing-personnel-resources-to-support-a_stronger-more-resilient-coast-guard

10:00 AM EDT

Markup: H.R. 7946, the "Veteran Service Recognition Act of 2022"; H.R. 2920, the "American Families United Act"

House Judiciary Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/115068

https://judiciary.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=5033

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaGDzp5X6hg

10:00 AM EDT

Protecting Our Veterans: Patient Safety and Electronic Health Record Modernization Program

House Veterans' Affairs Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/115046

https://veterans.house.gov/events/hearings/protecting-our-veterans-patient-safety-and-electronic-health-record-modernization-program

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10:00 AM EDT

Leveraging the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: The Role of the SBA's Bond Guarantee Program

House Small Business Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/115045

https://smallbusiness.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=4370

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRFh_g1BqVE

10:00 AM EDT

Markup on Various Measures

House Financial Services Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/115070

https://financialservices.house.gov/events/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=409651

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkgff3N1zRA

10:00 AM EDT

Hearings to Examine Certain Pending Nominations

House Judiciary Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332912

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/07/27/2022/nominations

10:00 AM EDT

Hearings to Examine the Development of Projects and Implementation of Policies That Support Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) Technologies

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332916

https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?ID=3348C551-F1E5-48F1-A354-33AD6E79F738

10:00 AM EDT

Business Meeting to Consider S.1628, to Amend the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to Strengthen Protections Relating to the Online Collection, Use, and Disclosure of Personal Information of Children and Minors, S.3663, to Protect the Safety of Children on the Internet, the Nominations of David P. Pekoske, of Maryland, to Be Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, and Donald R. Cravins, of Maryland, to Be Under Secretary for Minority Business Development, and Susie Feliz, of Virginia, to Be an Assistant Secretary, Both of the Department of Commerce.

Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332920

https://www.commerce.senate.gov/2022/7/executive-session

10:00 AM EDT

Quarterly Data Series on Business Employment Dynamics Data Release Fourth Quarter 2021

Bureau of Labor Statistics

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cewbd.toc.htm

10:00 AM EDT

"Slidin' Videos": Slide Transition Detection and Title Extraction in Lecture Videos

ai for good is organized by ITU in partnership with 40 UN Sister Agencies and co-convened with Switzerland

https://aiforgood.itu.int/event/slidin-videos-slide-transition-detection-and-title-extraction-in-lecture-videos/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EuuhvLeYdY

10:00 AM EDT

Promise to America's Parents: How Congress and the States Can Protect Parental Rights

Heritage Foundation

https://www.heritage.org/education/event/promise-americas-parents-how-congress-and-the-states-can-protect-parental-rights

10:00 AM EDT

Commission Meeting: Briefing Matter: CPSC's Draft Strategic Plan 2023-2026

Consumer Product Safety Commission

https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/Public-Calendar/2022-07-27-100000/Commission-Meeting-Briefing-Matter-CPSCs-Draft-Strategic-Plan-2023-2026

10:15 AM EDT

H.R. 2193 - Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2021, and H.R. 8450 - Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act

House Education and Labor Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/115072

https://edlabor.house.gov/hearings/hr2193_-asuncion-valdivia-heat-illness-and-fatality-prevention-act-of-2021-and-hr-8450—to-reauthorize-child-nutrition-programs-and-for-other-purposes

11:00 AM EDT

Pope Francis - Departure of Pope Francis from Edmonton to Quebec City

Edmonton International Airport, Alberta

https://www.ncregister.com/cna/papal-visit-to-canada-schedule-and-how-to-watch-on-ewtn

https://www.papalvisit.ca/schedule/

11:00 AM EDT

Markup: H.R. 8487, "Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2022"

House Ways and Means Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/115077

https://waysandmeans.house.gov/legislation/markups/markup-improving-seniors-timely-access-care-act-2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl6mI2flSy8

11:00 AM EDT

Andrew Newens will participate in a teleconference with the ASTM F15.79 Beach Umbrellas Task Group

Consumer Product Safety Commission

https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/Public-Calendar/2022-07-27-110000/Andrew-Newens-will-participate-in-a-teleconference-with-the-ASTM-F1579-Beach-Umbrellas-Task-Group

11:30 AM EDT

Compliance Assistance Webinar for Supply & Service Construction Contractors

Department of Labor

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/events/07272022/compliance-assistance-webinar-supply-service-construction

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11:30 AM EDT

Hearings to Examine the Nominations of Puneet Talwar, of the District of Columbia, to Be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco, Jonathan Henick, of Virginia, to Be Ambassador to the Republic of Uzbekistan, and Lesslie Viguerie, of Virginia, to Be Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic, All of the Department of State

Senate Foreign Relations Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332945

https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/nominations072722am

12:00 PM EDT

Future Foreign Policy: A New Nuclear Era?

Atlantic Council

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/ffp-a-new-nuclear-era/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ7RJZL7Oi8

12:00 PM EDT

The AI-Surveillance Symbiosis in China: A Big Data China Event

Center for Strategic & International Studies

https://www.csis.org/events/ai-surveillance-symbiosis-china-big-data-china-event

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdQt0VGAjd0

12:00 PM EDT

Singapore: Prospects for Innovation and Competition in Southeast Asia - H.R. McMaster in conversation with Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan

Hoover Institution

https://www.hoover.org/events/singapore-prospects-innovation-and-competition-southeast-asia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-qYsV00LC8

12:00 PM EDT

Virtual Career Expo, Presented by G.I. Jobs

Veterans Administration

https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/47501/

12:05 PM EDT

Virtual Town Hall Series - Coronavirus (COVID-19) Test Development and Validation

Food and Drug Administration

https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/workshops-conferences-medical-devices/virtual-town-hall-series-coronavirus-covid-19-test-development-and-validation-07272022

12:30 PM EDT

Art Talk and Book Signing: From Local to Global, The Transformation of the UAE Arts Scene

Middle East Institute

https://mei.edu/events/art-talk-and-book-signing-local-global-transformation-uae-arts-scene

1:00 PM EDT

H.R. 1808 – Assault Weapons Ban of 2022; H.R. 2814 – Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2022; H.R. 1368 – Mental Health Justice Act of 2021; H.R. 4118 – Break the Cycle of Violence Act; H.R. 5768 – VICTIM Act of 2022; H.R. 6375 – COPS on the Beat Grant Program Reauthorization and Parity Act of 2022; H.R. 6448 – Invest to Protect Act of 2022

House Rules Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/115073

https://rules.house.gov/

1:00 PM EDT

DPAA Hosts Series of Briefs and Updates to Korean and Cold War Families, Day 2

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency conducts a series of government briefings and updates to families of American service members who served in the Korean and Cold Wars and are still missing. Guest speakers include senior leaders, experts, and scientists who work on tasks associated with the POW/MIA mission in Arlington, Va.

https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/29259

1:00 PM EDT

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler - Sarbanes-Oxley Act SOX: The Evolution Of Corporate Reporting

Center for Audit Quality

https://www.sec.gov/news/upcoming-events/chair-gensler-sox-evolution-corporate

https://www.thecaq.org/sox-2022/

1:00 PM EDT

Khalisa Phillips and other CPSC staff participating in a teleconference with the Data Analysis Task Group, ASTM F15.19, for Wearable Infant Blankets

Consumer Product Safety Commission

https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/Public-Calendar/2022-07-27-130000/Khalisa-Phillips-and-other-CPSC-staff-participating-in-a-teleconference-with-the-Data-Analysis-Task-Group-ASTM-F1519-for-Wearable-Infant-Blankets

1:45 PM EDT

DINFOS Live Episode 15: On the Road at JBAB

https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/29116

2:00 PM EDT

FEE Academy: No One on Earth Knows How to Make a Pencil

Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)

https://fee.org/events/academy-economics-pencil/

2:00 PM EDT

The 2022 Long-Term Budget Outlook Report Release

https://www.cbo.gov/about/press-center

2:00 PM EDT

The Demographic Outlook: 2022 to 2052 Report Release

https://www.cbo.gov/about/press-center

2:00 PM EDT

Press Conference FOMC Two-day meeting, July 26-27

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomccalendars.htm

2:00 PM EDT

Conversations on Cancer: Clinical Trial Site Selection: Fact vs Fiction

Food and Drug Administration

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/fda-meetings-conferences-and-workshops/conversations-cancer-clinical-trial-site-selection-fact-vs-fiction-07272022

2:00 PM EDT

Assessing CBP's Use of Facial Recognition Technology

House Homeland Security Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/house-event/115050

https://homeland.house.gov/activities/hearings/assessing-cbps-use-of-facial-recognition-technology

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2:00 PM EDT

Hearings to Examine the President's Proposed Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2023 for Africa

Senate Foreign Relations Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332914

https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/fy-2023-budget-request-for-africa072722

2:15 PM EDT

Hearings to Examine the Nominations of Anjali Chaturvedi, of Maryland, to Be General Counsel, and Jaime Areizaga-Soto, of Virginia, to Be Chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals, Both of the Department of Veterans Affairs

Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332913

https://www.veterans.senate.gov/2022/7/hearing-to-consider-pending-nominations

2:00 PM EDT

Secretary Blinken delivers remarks to the press

Department of State

The Secretary’s remarks will be livestreamed on www.state.gov and www.YouTube.com/statedept

2:30 PM EDT

Hearings to Examine Opportunities and Barriers to Entrepreneurship for Returning Citizens and Justice Impacted Individuals

Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332917

https://www.sbc.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?ID=8BDF5E57-2CE4-4AF6-8B87-22D79AFE7216

2:30 PM EDT

An Oversight Hearing to Examine Select Provisions of the 1866 Reconstruction Treaties Between the United States and Oklahoma Tribes

Senate Indian Affairs Committee

https://www.congress.gov/event/117th-congress/senate-event/332918

https://www.indian.senate.gov/hearing/oversight-hearing-select-provisions-1866-reconstruction-treaties-between-united-states-and

2:30 PM EDT

Strengthening the Guyana – U.S. Relationship

Center for Strategic & International Studies

https://www.csis.org/events/strengthening-guyana-%E2%80%93-us-relationship

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPtuw2qS3_s

2:30 PM EDT

Federal Reserve Chair Holds News Conference

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a news conference on interest rates, the economy and monetary policy actions

https://www.c-span.org/video/?521986-1/federal-reserve-chair-holds-news-conference

3:00 PM EDT

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre

White House

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEOz-vA0gOE

3:00 PM EDT

Heroes Connect: Military to Manufacturing - Presented by Heroes MAKE America

Veterans Administration

https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/47174/

3:00 PM EDT

World Production, Markets, and Trade Report Release - Citrus: World Markets and Trade

Foreign Agricultural Service, Department of Agriculture

https://www.fas.usda.gov/report-release-announcement/citrus-world-markets-and-trade-1

3:05 PM EDT

Arrival of Pope Francis in Quebec City

Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport, Quebec City, Quebec

https://www.ncregister.com/cna/papal-visit-to-canada-schedule-and-how-to-watch-on-ewtn

https://www.papalvisit.ca/schedule/

3:30 PM EDT

How to Build a Hydrogen Hub: Houston

Center for Strategic & International Studies

https://www.csis.org/events/how-build-hydrogen-hub-houston

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peqYwgjh0iQ

3:40 PM EDT

Pope Francis - *Visit with State Officials and Public Address

Citadelle de Québec / Plains of Abraham, Quebec

*Event held on the Plains of Abraham

https://www.ncregister.com/cna/papal-visit-to-canada-schedule-and-how-to-watch-on-ewtn

https://www.papalvisit.ca/schedule/

4:00 PM EDT

True Grit in Tough Times: Governor Kristi Noem Shares Lessons Learned

Heritage Foundation

https://www.heritage.org/conservatism/event/true-grit-tough-times-governor-kristi-noem-shares-lessons-learned

4:00 PM EDT

Closed Meeting

Securities and Exchange Commission

https://www.sec.gov/news/upcoming-events/closed-meeting-072722

5:00 PM EDT

Reinvigorating and Transforming the United States Postal Service: A Conversation with Postmaster General Louis DeJoy

American Enterprise Institute

https://www.aei.org/events/reinvigorating-and-transforming-the-united-states-postal-service-a-conversation-with-postmaster-general-louis-dejoy/

https://youtu.be/smev4gkb_zI

6:00 PM EDT

Virtual Franchise Conference Presented by G.I. Jobs

Veterans Administration

https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/47410/

6:00 PM EDT

A Book Forum With Rafael Mangual - Criminal (In)Justice: What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and Who It Hurts Most

Manhattan Institute

https://www.manhattan-institute.org/book-forum-rafael-mangual

6:45 PM EDT

Twilight Tattoo hosted by Secretary of the Army HON Christine Wormuth

US Army Military District of Washington

https://twilight.mdw.army.mil/

https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/28948

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