[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 23 (Monday, February 2, 2026)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D140-D143]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD
Week of February 3 through February 6, 2026
Senate Chamber
On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of
David Clay Fowlkes, of Arkansas, to be United States District Judge for
the Western District of Arkansas, post cloture, and vote on
confirmation thereon at 11:30 a.m.
Following disposition of the nomination of David Clay Fowlkes, Senate
will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Nicholas
Jon Ganjei, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the
Southern District of Texas. If cloture is invoked, Senate will vote on
confirmation of the nomination at 2:15 p.m.
Following disposition of the nomination of Nicholas Jon Ganjei,
Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of
Aaron Christian Peterson, of Alaska, to be United States District Judge
for the District of Alaska.
During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared
legislative and executive business.
Senate Committees
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Committee on Armed Services: February 3, to hold hearings to
examine strategic competition in an unconstrained, post-New START
Treaty environment, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: February 5, to
hold hearings to examine the Financial Stability Oversight Council's
Annual Report to Congress, 10 a.m., SD-538.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: February 3,
business meeting to consider S. 71, to require Amtrak to install
baby changing tables in bathrooms on passenger rail cars, S. 1898,
to establish a demonstration program for the active remediation of
orbital debris and to require the development of uniform orbital
debris standard practices in order to support a safe and sustainable
orbital environment, S. 2585, to modernize and improve the Broadband
Funding Map in order to promote the most efficient use of Federal
funds for broadband deployment, S. 3199, to establish a multi-
stakeholder advisory committee tasked with providing detailed
recommendations to address challenges to transmitting geolocation
information with calls to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, S.
3266, to support the athletic programs of the United States Merchant
Marine Academy, S. 3468, to establish a national programmable cloud
laboratories network to enhance research efficiency, innovation, and
collaboration, S. 3639, to expedite processing of satellite and
space licenses, S. 3700, to establish an expert review panel to make
recommendations for a comprehensive agency-wide safety management
system at the FAA, and the nominations of Daniel Edwards, of North
Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary, and Ryan McCormack, of
Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Policy, both of the Department
of Transportation, Steven Haines, of Virginia, to be an Assistant
Secretary of Commerce, Robert Harvey, of Florida, to be a Federal
Maritime Commissioner, and John DeLeeuw, of Texas, to be a Member of
the National Transportation Safety Board, 10 a.m., SR-253.
February 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the future
of self-driving cars, 10 a.m., SR-253.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 4, business
meeting to consider S. 90, to prohibit the use of funds by the
Secretary of the Interior to finalize and implement certain travel
management plans in the State of Utah, S. 91, to improve Federal
activities relating to wildfires, S. 290, to direct the Secretary of
the Interior to upgrade existing emergency communications centers in
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units of the National Park System to Next Generation 9-1-1 systems,
S. 291, to establish an interest-bearing account for the non-Federal
contributions to the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation
Program, S. 365, 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.
446, to prohibit Big Cypress National Preserve from being designated
as wilderness or as a component of the National Wilderness
Preservation System, S. 700 and H.R. 837, bills to require the
Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger
District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona, S. 730, to
direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess
the suitability and feasibility of establishing the African Burial
Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center at the
African Burial Ground National Monument, S. 790, to redesignate the
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming, as
the ``Barbara L. Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive
Center'', 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. 815, to designate the outdoor
amphitheater at the Blue Ridge Music Center in Galax, Virginia, as
the ``Rick Boucher Amphitheater'', S. 1319, to withdraw certain
Federal land in the Pecos Watershed area of the State of New Mexico
from mineral entry, S. 1321, to amend the Strom Thurmond National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to provide for the
transfer of the Moab site to Grand County, Utah, S. 1341, to amend
the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to add certain land to the
Sarvis Creek Wilderness, S. 1353, to extend the authority for
modifications to the Second Division Memorial in the District of
Columbia, 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. 1516, to authorize the Secretary of the
Interior to conduct a special resource study of the Cahokia Mounds,
Emerald Mounds, and Pulcher Mounds in the State of Illinois, S. 1518
and H.R. 1550, bills to redesignate Saratoga National Historical
Park as Saratoga National Battlefield Park, S. 1777, to amend the
California Desert Protection Act of 1994 to expand the boundary of
Joshua Tree National Park, to redesignate the Cottonwood Visitor
Center at Joshua Tree National Park as the ``Dianne Feinstein
Visitor Center'', S. 1870, to adjust the boundary of the Santa
Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to include the Rim of the
Valley Corridor, S. 2102, to establish the Ralph David Abernathy,
Sr., National Historic Site, and S. 2881, to provide for the
transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in
the State of California, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
Committee on Environment and Public Works: February 4, to hold
hearings to examine identifying and addressing cybersecurity
challenges to protect America's water infrastructure, 10 a.m., SD-
562.
Committee on Foreign Relations: February 3, Subcommittee on Near
East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, to hold
hearings to examine countering terrorism in North Africa, focusing
on opportunities and challenges, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
February 4, Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security
Cooperation, to hold hearings to examine European energy security,
2:30 p.m., SD-419.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: February 3,
to hold hearings to examine modernizing the National Institutes of
Health, focusing on faster discoveries and more cures, 10 a.m., SD-
430.
February 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine secure
retirement, focusing on the success of the Railroad Retirement
Board, 10 a.m., SD-430.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: February
4, business meeting to consider S.J. Res. 102, disapproving the
action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C.
Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment
Act of 2025, and H.J. Res. 142, disapproving the action of the
District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and
Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of
2025, 10 a.m., Room to be announced.
Committee on Indian Affairs: February 4, to hold hearings to
examine S. 2098, to provide for the conveyance of certain property
to the Southcentral Foundation located in Anchorage, Alaska, S.
1055, to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to modify the
notification requirement for emergency contract health services for
certain beneficiaries, and S. 699, to amend the Indian Health Care
Improvement Act to address liability for payment of charges or costs
associated with the provision of purchased/referred care services,
2:15 p.m., SD-628.
Committee on the Judiciary: February 3, to hold hearings to
examine hidden facts regarding Nazis and Swiss banks, 10:15 a.m.,
SH-216.
February 3, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and
Consumer Rights, to hold hearings to examine the competitive impact
of the proposed Netflix-Warner Brothers transaction, 2:30 p.m., SD-
226.
February 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine certain
pending nominations, 10:15 a.m., SH-216.
February 4, Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency
Action, and Federal Rights, to hold hearings to examine fighting
fraud in Minnesota and beyond, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
February 5, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2544,
to permit State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies and
grantees that receive eligible Federal grant funds to use such funds
for investigating elder financial fraud, pig butchering, and general
financial fraud, and to clarify that Federal law enforcement
agencies may assist State, local, and Tribal law enforcement
agencies in the use of tracing tools for blockchain and related
technology, S. 1809, to amend title 18, United States Code, to
prohibit taking or transmitting video of defense information, S.
3023, to limit liability for certain
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entities storing child sexual abuse material for law enforcement
agencies, H.R. 6719, to prohibit threats to a minor, S. 3398, to
amend title 18, United States Code, to criminalize intentional
threats to distribute child sexual abuse material, and to provide
appropriate penalties for the use of child sexual abuse material to
extort or coerce victims, S. 3397, to make coercion of children to
commit harm a criminal offense, S. 3394, to direct the United States
Sentencing Commission to amend the sentencing guideline relating to
child sexual abuse material, and the nominations of Thomas Govan,
Jr., to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of
Alabama, Zachary Keller, to be United States Attorney for the
Western District of Louisiana, and Ryan Raybould, to be United
States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, 10:15 a.m., SH-
216.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: February 4, to hold hearings to
examine veteran health and healing through adaptive sports, 4 p.m.,
SD-G50.
Select Committee on Intelligence: February 4, closed business
meeting to consider pending calendar business; to be immediately
followed by a closed hearing on certain intelligence matters, 3
p.m., SH-219.
House
Committee on Education and Workforce, February 4, Subcommittee on
Higher Education and Workforce Development, hearing entitled
``Runaway College Spending Meets the Working Families Tax Cuts'',
10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, February 4, Subcommittee on
Communications and Technology, hearing entitled ``Evaluating
FirstNet: Performance, Accountability, and Reauthorization'', 10:15
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
February 4, Subcommittee on Energy, markup on H.R. 7258, the
``Energy Emergency Leadership Act''; H.R. 7266, the ``Rural and
Municipal Utility Cybersecurity Act''; H.R. 7257, the ``Securing
Community Upgrades for a Resilient Grid''; H.R. 7272, the ``Pipeline
Cybersecurity Preparedness Act''; and H.R. 7305, the ``Energy Threat
Analysis Center Act of 2026'', 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Committee on Financial Services, February 4, Full Committee,
hearing entitled ``The Annual Report of the Financial Stability
Oversight Council'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
February 4, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, hearing entitled ``A
New Day at the SEC: Restoring Accountability, Due Process, and
Public Confidence'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Foreign Affairs, February 4, Africa Subcommittee; and
Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, joint hearing entitled ``Defending
Religious Freedom Around the World'', 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Committee on the Judiciary, February 4, Full Committee, hearing
entitled ``Europe's Threat to American Speech and Innovation: Part
II'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Natural Resources, February 4, Subcommittee on Water,
Wildlife and Fisheries, hearing on H.R. 3276, the ``Local
Communities and Bird Habitat Stewardship Act of 2025''; H.R. 6021,
the ``Archie Cavanaugh Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act''; H.R.
6568, the ``Lower Yellowstone River Native Fish Conservation Act'';
and H.R. 7159, the ``Protecting Local Zoos Act of 2026'', 10 a.m.,
1324 Longworth.
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, February 4, Full
Committee, markup on H.R. 1118, the ``Value Over Cost Act of 2025'';
H.R. 2985, the ``Modernizing Government Technology Reform Act'';
H.R. 4123, the ``Federal Improvement in Technology Procurement
Act''; H.R. 5000, the ``Cybersecurity Hiring Modernization Act'';
H.R. 5438, the ``Incentivize Savings Act''; H.R. 7256, the ``Federal
Workforce Early Separation Incentives Act''; H.R. 7265, the ``Vote
by Mail Tracking Act''; H.R. 7274, the ``Federal Acquisition
Security Council Improvement Act of 2026''; H.R. 7283, the
``Ensuring Federal Purchasing Efficiency Act''; H.R. 6020, to
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located
at 14855 South Van Dyke Road in Plainfield, Illinois, as the ``Staff
Sergeant Jose Duenez Jr. Post Office Building''; H.R. 6808, to
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located
at 417 West 7th Street in Columbia, Tennessee, as the ``Pharmacist's
Mate First Class John Harlan Willis Post Office Building''; and H.R.
6995, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 825 Highway 198 in Beaumont, Mississippi, as the ``Jeremy
Malone Post Office'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, February 4, Full
Committee, markup on H.R. 7273, the ``NASA Reauthorization Act of
2026'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, February 4, Subcommittee on
Technology Modernization; and Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity,
joint hearing entitled ``Digital G.I. Bill Undelivered: Contracting
Challenges and the Need for Acquisition Reform'', 2 p.m., 360
Cannon.
Joint Meeting
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: February 3, to
hold hearings to examine securing Syria's transformation by
diminishing Russia's influence, 2:30 p.m., 360-CHOB.
* These figures include all measures reported, even if there was
no accompanying report. A total of 2 written reports have been
filed in the Senate, 49 reports have been filed in the House.
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