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Friday · Jul 17, 2026 1 hearing
10:00 AM HSE
Building the Future of Finance: How the CLARITY Act Unlocks Innovation
Financial Services Committee ↳ Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee
Hearing·4 witnesses
Thursday · Jul 16, 2026 9 hearings
11:00 AM SEN
Hearings to examine the nominations of Donald Blome, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs), Christopher Anderson, of Wisconsin, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia, Douglas Mastriano, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Slovak Republic, Daniel Perez, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil, and Laurence Socha, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Republic of The Gambia, all of the Department of State.
Foreign Relations Committee
Hearing
10:00 AM SEN
Hearings to examine the nomination of David Cummins, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration.
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Hearing
10:00 AM SEN
Hearings to examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Semi-Annual Report, focusing on a new day at the CFPB through reform.
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Hearing
10:00 AM SEN
Hearings to examine the nominations of Francis Brooke, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary, Erin Browne, of New York, to be an Under Secretary, and Sriprakash Kothari, of Massachusetts, and George McMaster, of South Carolina, both to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the Department of the Treasury.
Finance Committee
Hearing
10:00 AM SEN
Hearings to examine the nomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor.
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Hearing
9:30 AM SEN
Business meeting to consider S.365 and H.R.1729, bills to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to allow for additional entities to be eligible to complete the maintenance work on Bolts Ditch and the Bolts Ditch Headgate within the Holy Cross Wilderness, Colorado, S.764, to provide for the designation of certain wilderness areas, recreation management areas, and conservation areas in the State of Colorado, S.791, to establish the Justice Thurgood Marshall National Historic Site in the State of Maryland as an affiliated area of the National Park System, S.888, to designate certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service in the State of Oregon as wilderness and national recreation areas, to withdraw certain land located in Curry County and Josephine County, Oregon, from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, S.945, to amend the Smith River National Recreation Area Act to include certain additions to the Smith River National Recreation Area, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain wild rivers in the State of Oregon, S.1088, to provide that the memorial to commemorate the sacrifice and service of the women who worked on the home front to support the efforts of the United States military during World War II may be located on the National Mall, S.1175, to amend section 6903 of title 31, United States Code, to provide for additional population tiers, S.1341, to amend the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to add certain land to the Sarvis Creek Wilderness, S.1349, to withdraw the National Forest System land in the Ruby Mountains subdistrict of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and the National Wildlife Refuge System land in Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Elko and White Pine Counties, Nevada, from operation under the mineral leasing laws, S.1413, to authorize additional funding for the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act, S.1476, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Gila River system in the State of New Mexico as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, to provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the State of New Mexico, S.1737, to designate and expand wilderness areas in Olympic National Forest in the State of Washington, and to designate certain rivers in Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park as wild and scenic rivers, S.1870, to adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, S.2554, to provide for the recognition of certain Alaska Native communities and the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, S.2754 and H.R.5911, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the City of Ouray, Colorado, certain land managed by the Forest Service, together with a reservoir, S.3526, to provide for the protection of and investment in certain Federal land in the State of California, S.3725, to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of constructing a project to supply municipal, rural, and industrial water to expand the capacity and reach of the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc. (doing business as "Lewis & Clark Regional Water System"), in the States of Iowa, Minnesota, and South Dakota, S.3732, to amend the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act to authorize assistance under the storage program, H.R.249, to redesignate certain facilities at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in honor of Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr, and the nominations of William Hague, of Washington, to be an Assistant Secretary, Kevin Lilly, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, both of the Department of the Interior, and Kaveh Farzad, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (International Affairs).
Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Meeting
9:30 AM SEN
Hearings to examine the nomination of Lieutenant General Douglas A. Schiess, USSF, to be general and Chief of Space Operations.
Armed Services Committee
Hearing
9:00 AM SEN
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Daniel Desmond Domenico, of Colorado, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, Daniel Mack Traynor, of North Dakota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Matthew R. Byrne, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, Angela Veronica Colmenero, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Kasdin Miller Mitchell, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Michael C. Martin, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, Antonio M. Pozos, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and Christopher Nassar, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma, Department of Justice; to be immediately followed by a continuation of hearings to examine the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General.
Judiciary Committee
Meeting
9:00 AM HSE
The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
Budget Committee
Markup
Wednesday · Jul 15, 2026 10 hearings
4:30 PM SEN
To receive a closed briefing on the Department of War's fiscal year 2027 budget request.
Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Hearing
3:30 PM SEN
Hearings to examine behind the label, focusing on foreign ownership and control in America's drug supply chain.
Validated transcript
Aging (Special) Committee
Hearing·1h 30m·9 speakers
2:30 PM SEN
Hearings to examine the TRICARE pharmacy program.
Armed Services Committee ↳ Personnel Subcommittee
Hearing
2:30 PM SEN
Hearings to examine S.1791, to designate certain special management areas, wildlife conservation areas, protection areas, recreation areas, wilderness areas, and a scientific research and education area in the State of Colorado, S.4200, to promote conservation, improve public land, and provide for sensible development in Douglas County, Nevada, S.4239, to require the Secretary of the Interior to annually submit to Congress, and make publicly available on a website, a report on decommissioning offshore oil and gas wells, platforms, and pipelines, S.4383, to appoint a Geothermal Ombudsman and establish a Geothermal Permitting Task Force from within the Bureau of Land Management, S.4410, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide for the payment of bonus payments of certain coal leases issued under that Act, S.4458, to establish the Caja del Rio Special Management Area and Caja del Rio National Conservation Area in the State of New Mexico, S.4561, to modernize and streamline the permitting process for broadband infrastructure on Federal land, S.4605, to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to provide cost-recovery authority for the Department of the Interior, S.4715, to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to establish fitness to operate standards and decommissioning escrow accounts for offshore oil and gas operators, H.R.655, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain Federal land to the City of The Dalles, Oregon, S.4960 and H.R.1687, to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to increase the frequency of lease sales, to require replacement sales, H.R.4090, to codify certain provisions of certain Executive Orders relating to domestic mining and hardrock mineral resources, S.4975 and H.R.5587, to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to waive the requirement for a Federal drilling permit for certain activities, to exempt certain activities from the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, H.R.5631, to appoint a Geothermal Ombudsman and establish a Geothermal Permitting Task Force from within the Bureau of Land Management, and H.R.7831, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to extend the period of time during which the Secretary of the Interior is required to collect a fee for each new application for a permit to drill.
Validated transcript
Energy and Natural Resources Committee ↳ Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee
Hearing·1h 15m·9 speakers
2:00 PM HSE
States on the Frontlines of Counterintelligence
Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee
Hearing·7 witnesses
2:00 PM HSE
Committee on House Administration Elections Subcommittee Hearing:“Election Observation: Best Practices and Congress’s Role”
Committee on House Administration ↳ Elections Subcommittee
Hearing·3 witnesses
2:00 PM HSE
A New Beginning for Colombia
Foreign Affairs Committee ↳ Western Hemisphere Subcommittee
Hearing·2 witnesses
2:00 PM HSE
“Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape”
Oversight and Government Reform Committee ↳ Government Operations Subcommittee
Hearing·4 witnesses
10:15 AM HSE
Maintaining America’s Leadership in Biomedical Innovation: FDA’s Role in Advancing U.S. Drug Development.
Energy and Commerce Committee ↳ Health Subcommittee
Hearing·5 witnesses
10:15 AM HSE
H.R. 9607, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce Development Act"; H.R. 9609, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Student Aid Act"; H.R. 9602, "Less Bureaucracy, Better International Foreign Gift Transparency Act"; H.R. 9603, "Less Bureaucracy, Better International Education Oversight Act"; H.R. 9605, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Foreign Medical Accreditation Act"; H.R. 9606, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Child Care for Student Parents Act"; H.R. 9611, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Higher Education Act"; H.R. 9610, "Less Bureaucracy, Better K-12 Education Act"; H.R. 9608, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Family Engagement Act"; H.R. 9604, "Less Bureaucracy, Better Tribal Education Act"
Education and Workforce Committee
Markup