For this hearing, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will follow guidelines developed in consultation with the Office of the Attending Physician (OAP), the Senate Sergeant at Arms, and the Senate Rules Committee to protect the health of members,witnesses, staff, and the public. This includes maintaining six-foot social distance spacing in the hearing room.
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LEGISLATION:
1. S. __, Strategic Competition Act of 2021
2. S. 413, A bill to establish the China Censorship Monitor and Action Group, and for other purposes
3. S. 814, Ukraine Security Partnership Act of 2021, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute
NOMINATIONS:
4. The Honorable Samantha Power, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development.