[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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