[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 82 (Thursday, May 14, 2026)] [Daily Digest] [Pages D507-D508] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND FAMILY HOUSING Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for Military Construction and Family Housing, after receiving testimony from Lieutenant General Kenyon K. Bell, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection, Kathryn L. Kolbe, USSF, Assistant Deputy Chief of Space Operations, Installations and Logistics, Lieutenant General Stephen D. Sklenka, USMC, Deputy Commandant, Installations and Logistics, and Rear Admiral Timothy Brown, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Installations and Logistics, all of the Department of Defense. APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, after receiving testimony from E. Scott Turner, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed hearings to examine the posture of the United States Central Command and United States Africa Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2027 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Admiral Charles Bradford Cooper II, USN, Commander, United States Central Command, and General Dagvin R.M. Anderson, USAF, Commander, United States Africa Command, both of the Department of Defense. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported H.R. 3633, to provide for a system of regulation of the offer and sale of digital commodities by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: S. 3966, to prohibit the enforcement of certain contractual clauses that restrict disclosure of sexual abuse of minors; S. 736, to increase the penalty for prohibited provision of a phone in a correctional facility; S. 825, to require the Attorney General to propose a program for making treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder available to public safety officers; S. 4394, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to improve the COPS program with respect to training command-level [[Page D508]] personnel, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 3897, to revise administrative procedures relating to public safety officers' death benefits, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 1890, to establish a grant program for certain State and local forensic activities, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 3041, to allow the U.S. Marshals Service to assist in certain Tribal criminal matters, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and The nominations of Justin D. Smith, of Missouri, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Jeffrey M. Kuhlman, Anthony W. Mattivi, and Anthony J. Powell, each to be a United States District Judge for the District of Kansas, Timothy VerHey, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, James Arnott, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Missouri, Jack Chambers, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of West Virginia, and Jason Holt, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Oklahoma, all of the Department of Justice.