- Record: Daily Digest
- Section type: Committee activity
- Chamber: Congress
- Date: April 17, 2026
- Congress: 119th Congress
- Why this source matters: The Daily Digest is the official recap that explains what Congress did and what comes next.
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR MONDAY,
APRIL 20, 2026
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to examine the Department of Energy's atomic energy defense activities and Department of Defense nuclear weapons programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2027 and the Future Years Defense Program, 3:30 p.m., SR-222.
House
Environment, and Related Agencies, budget hearing on the Department of the Interior, 4 p.m., 2008 Rayburn.
Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 2289, the “American Broadband Deployment Act of 2026”; H.R. 4690, the “Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act”; H.R. 5587 the “Harnessing Energy At Thermal Sources Act of 2026”; H.R. 1897, the “ESA Amendments Act of 2025”; and legislation on expressing support for rural communities across the United States as stewards of the environment, major suppliers of United States energy resources, critical providers of food production and manufacturing capacity, and drivers of national economic stability, and recognizing the work of the House of Representatives in the 119th Congress in support of those vital communities, 4 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
hearing entitled “Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request for Compartmented Programs”, 5:15 p.m., HVC-304. This hearing is closed.