[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 113 (Monday, July 13, 2026)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D694-D699]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 14 through July 17, 2026

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the nomination of 
Matthew A. Schwartz, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Second Circuit, post-cloture, and vote on confirmation thereon at 
12:00 noon.
  At 2:30 p.m., Senate will swear-in Senator-designate Darline Graham, 
of South Carolina.

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  Following which, Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on 
the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 4784, National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027.
  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 Appropriations: July 14, Subcommittee on Financial 
Services and General Government, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for 
the Supreme Court of the United States, 2 p.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: July 14, to hold hearings to examine 
the nominations of Jules Hurst III, of Virginia, to be Under 
Secretary (Comptroller), Richard O'Malley, of Wisconsin, to be a 
Deputy Under Secretary, Roger Mason, of Virginia, to be Director of 
the National Reconnaissance Office, and Erich Hernandez-Baquero, of 
Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, all of the 
Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold hearings to examine 
the TRICARE pharmacy program, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  July 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Lieutenant General Douglas A. Schiess, USSF, to be 
general and Chief of Space Operations, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 15, to hold 
hearings to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the 
Congress, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  July 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Consumer 
Financial Protection Bureau Semi-Annual Report, focusing on a new 
day at the CFPB through reform, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 15, 
business meeting to markup S. 1759, to allow for the operation of 
civil supersonic flight in the national airspace system under 
certain conditions, S. 3258, to require the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration to publish the list of medications 
that the Administrator has compiled for purposes of the medical 
certification of airmen and air traffic control specialists, S. 
3885, to provide for updates to the Federal Aviation Administration 
type certification process to support development of new and novel 
technologies, S. 4429, to prohibit the importation, manufacture, 
sale, resale, or introduction into interstate commerce in the United 
States of connected vehicles and related software and hardware 
associated with foreign adversaries, S. 4448, to require the 
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information 
to create tools for tracking the progress of grant recipients under 
the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program, to require the 
Assistant Secretary to help executive agencies improve compliance 
with the statutory deadline for processing communications use 
applications, S. 4691, to support improved awareness and 
coordination of Federal communications resources during disasters 
and emergencies, S. 4802, to provide for the acquisition by the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of aircraft for air, 
atmosphere, and weather reconnaissance and research missions, and 
the nominations of Thomas B. Chapman, of Maryland, to be a Member of 
the National Transportation Safety Board, Edward Eppler, of 
Connecticut, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of 
Transportation, Karen Jean Hedlund, of New York, to be a Member of 
the Surface Transportation Board, and Brien Lorenze, of Virginia, 
and Karen Sessions, of Texas, each to be a Commissioner of the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  July 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of David Cummins, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 15, Subcommittee 
on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining, to hold 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, 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, 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, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.

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  July 15, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on the 
Department of War's fiscal year 2027 budget request, 4:30 p.m., SVC-
217.
  July 16, Full Committee, 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), 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: July 15, business 
meeting to consider S. 4949, to provide for improvements to the 
rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the 
conservation and development of water and related resources, and the 
nomination of Kevin Lilly, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Fish and Wildlife, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: July 14, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Brett Doyle, of Connecticut, David Foley, Jr., of 
Virginia, Samuel Negatu, of the District of Columbia, Peter-Anthony 
Pappas, of New Jersey, and Bartholomew Thanhauser, of New York, all 
to be a Member of the United States International Trade Commission, 
11:30 a.m., SD-215.
  July 16, Full Committee, to hold 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, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 14, Subcommittee on Western 
Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Global Women's Issues, to hold hearings to examine the 
national security strategy and the western hemisphere, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-419.
  July 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine pending 
nominations, 11 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: July 15, 
business meeting to consider the nominations of Brett Matsumoto, of 
Maryland, to be Commissioner of Labor Statistics, Department of 
Labor, James Macy, of Wisconsin, and David M. Prouty, of Maryland, 
both to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, and 
Michael McDonald, of the District of Columbia, to be

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Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Humanities, 9:45 a.m., 
SD-430.
  July 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Sean Kaufman, of Georgia, to be Assistant Secretary 
for Preparedness and Response, and Erica Schwartz, of Florida, to be 
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, both of 
the Department of Health and Human Services, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  July 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of 
Labor, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: July 15, 
to hold hearings to examine exposing fraud in America, 10 a.m., SD-
342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 14, to hold hearings to examine 
genes to machines, focusing on the patent eligibility debate, 10:15 
a.m., SH-216.
  July 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General, 9 
a.m., SH-216.
  July 16, Full Committee, 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, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 14, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 3 p.m., SH-219.
  July 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Walter Clayton, of New York, to be Director of 
National Intelligence, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Special Committee on Aging: July 15, to hold hearings to examine 
behind the label, focusing on foreign ownership and control in 
America's drug supply chain, 3:30 p.m., SD-G50.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Education and Workforce, July 15, Full Committee, 
markup on H.R. 9607, the ``Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce 
Development Act''; H.R. 9609, the ``Less Bureaucracy, Better Student 
Aid Act''; H.R. 9602, the ``Less Bureaucracy, Better International 
Foreign Gift Transparency Act''; H.R. 9603, the ``Less Bureaucracy, 
Better International Education Oversight Act''; H.R. 9605, the 
``Less Bureaucracy, Better Foreign Medical Accreditation Act''; H.R. 
9606, the ``Less Bureaucracy, Better Child Care for Student Parents 
Act''; H.R. 9611, the ``Less Bureaucracy, Better Higher Education 
Act''; H.R. 9610, the ``Less Bureaucracy, Better K-12 Education 
Act''; H.R. 9608, the ``Less Bureaucracy, Better Family Engagement 
Act''; and H.R. 9604, the ``Less Bureaucracy, Better Tribal 
Education Act'', 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, July 15, Subcommittee on Health, 
markup on H.R. 7184, the ``PRESS Act''; H.R. 8005, the ``Stop Pills 
That Kill Act''; and H.R. 5880, the ``Fight Illicit Pill Presses 
Act'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Maintaining 
America's Leadership in Biomedical Innovation: FDA's Role in 
Advancing U.S. Drug Development'', 10:15 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, July 15, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Semi-Annual Report of the Bureau of Consumer 
Financial Protection'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, July 15, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Ending Supply Chain Dependency: Aligning Tools, Capital, 
and Partnerships'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 15, Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, hearing entitled ``A New 
Beginning for Colombia'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, July 15, Subcommittee on 
Elections, hearing entitled ``Election Observation: Best Practices 
and Congress's Role'', 2 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 15, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 9098, the ``Congressional Records Protection Act''; H. Res. 
1394, condemning prosecution policies that give preferential 
treatment to foreign nationals over United States citizens; H.R. 
3100, the ``CHILD Act of 2026''; H.R. 7651, the ``Chloe Cole Act of 
2026''; H.R. 9191, the ``National Fossil Act''; H.R. 625, the 
``Local Access to Courts Act''; and H.R. 7834, the ``Safe Cloud 
Storage Act'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, July 15, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 726, the ``Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 
2025''; H.R. 2317, the ``Northern Nevada Economic Development and 
Conservation Act of 2025''; H.R. 2406, the ``National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention 
Improvements Act of 2025''; H.R. 2827, to provide for the equitable 
settlement of certain Indian land disputes regarding land in 
Illinois, and for other purposes; H.R. 6251, to amend the Marine 
Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow importation of polar bear 
trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar 
bear was determined to be a threatened species under the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973; H.R. 6893, the ``Chesapeake Bay Watershed 
Advancement for Training, Education, Restoration, and Science 
(WATERS) Act''; H.R. 7889, the ``Advancing Water Research and 
Collaboration Act of 2025''; H.R. 8658, the ``Indian Health Service 
Emergency Claims Parity Act''; and H.R. 9436, to amend the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 to extend the time period for

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which certain regulations concerning the North Atlantic right whale 
are effective, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, July 15, 
Subcommittee on Government Operations, hearing entitled ``Emerging 
Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape'', 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, July 15, Subcommittee 
on Space and Aeronautics, hearing entitled ``A Review of the Office 
of Space Commerce's Mission Authorization Proposal'', 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 15, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Reforming FEMA: Ensuring the Nation's 
Disaster Readiness Works for Americans'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 15, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 9641, the ``Essential Caregivers Act of 2026''; H.R. 3108, the 
``Rural Patient Monitoring Access Act''; H.R. 9642, the ``Medicare 
Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act''; H.R. 9468, the ``Saving 
Today's Acute-Care Resources Act (STAR) Act''; H.R. 3514, the 
``Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2025''; H.H. 9644, 
the ``Medicare Advantage MLR Transparency Act''; and H.R. 9645, the 
``Health Care Price Certainty for All Americans Act'', 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, July 15, Subcommittee 
on Central Intelligence Agency, hearing entitled ``States on the 
Frontlines'', 2 p.m., HVC-210.
  Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United 
States and the Chinese Communist Party, July 15, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Protecting American Innovation: The Federal 
Research Security Enterprise'', 10 a.m., 390 Cannon.


* These figures include all measures reported, even if there was 
no accompanying report. A total of 30 written reports have been 
filed in the Senate, 295 reports have been filed in the House.

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