Committee Announces Markup on May 20

May 14, 2020

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene an executive session on Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. in Dirksen Senate Office Building G50 to consider the following legislative measures, nominations, and Coast Guard promotions: 

Agenda:

  1. S. 2894, Federal Maritime Commission National Shipper Advisory Committee Act of 2019, Sponsor: Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss.
  2. S. 2904, Identifying Outputs of Generative Adversarial Networks (IOGAN) Act, Sponsors: Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., Jerry Moran, R-Kan.
  3. S. 3681, A bill to require a joint task force on the operation of air travel during and after COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes, Sponsors: Sens. Ed Markey, D-Mass., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.
  4. S. 3704, Advanced Technological Manufacturing Act, Sponsors: Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.
  5. S. 3712, Cybersecurity Competitions to Yield Better Efforts to Research the Latest Exceptionally Advanced Problems (CYBER LEAP) Act of 2020, Sponsors: Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Cory Gardner, R-Colo., Jacky Rosen, D-Nev.
  6. S. 3717, Spectrum IT Modernization Act of 2020, Sponsors: Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.
  7. S. 3728, Critical Infrastructure Employee Protection Act of 2020, Sponsors: Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, Todd Young, R-Ind.
  8. S. 3729, Motor Carrier Safety Grant Relief Act of 2020, Sponsors: Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., John Thune, R-S.D., Deb Fischer, R-Neb., Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill.
  9. S.____, Bioeconomy Research and Development Act of 2020, Sponsors: Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Ed Markey, D-Mass., Cory Gardner, R-Colo.
  10. S. 3730, Registered Traveler Act of 2020, Sponsors: Sens. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., Jackie Rosen, D-Nev., Roger Wicker, R-Miss.
  11. Nomination of Neil Jacobs, of North Carolina, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
  12. Nomination of Finch Fulton, of Alabama, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation
  13. Nomination of John Chase Johnson, of Oklahoma, to be Inspector General, Federal Communications Commission
  14. Nomination of Diana Furchtgott-Roth, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation
  15. Nomination of Joseph Ryan Gruters, of Florida, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of five years
  16. Nomination of Leon Westmoreland, of Georgia, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of five years
  17. Nomination of Rick Dearborn, of Oklahoma, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of five years
  18. Coast Guard Promotions 

*Agenda subject to change

Executive Session Details:

May 20, 2020
10:00 a.m.
Full Committee
Dirksen Senate Office Building G50

A live video of the markup and additional information will be available at www.commerce.senate.gov.