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Official title: Daily Digest/CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD
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April 27, 2026
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Week of April 28 through May 1, 2026
Senate Chamber
On Tuesday, Senate will be in a period of morning business. Senate expects two roll call votes at approximately 11 a.m. Additional roll call votes are possible.
Senate Committees
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Committee on Appropriations: April 28, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 10 a.m., SD-138.
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Education, 10 a.m., SD-124.
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the National Nuclear Security Administration, 2:30 p.m., SD-124.
and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Veterans Affairs, 10 a.m., SD-124.
Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the U.S. Forest Service, 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
Committee on Armed Services: April 28, to hold closed hearings to examine the posture of United States Special Operations Command and United States Cyber Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2027 and the Future Years Defense Program; to be immediately followed by an open session at approximately 11 a.m. in SD-G50, 9:30 a.m., SVC-217.
Department of Defense budget request for Fiscal Year 2027 and the Future Years Defense Program; to be immediately followed by an open session at approximately 11 a.m. in SD-G50, 9:30 a.m., SVC-217.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: April 29, business meeting to consider the nomination of Kevin Warsh, of Florida, to be a Member and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 10 a.m., SD-538.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: April 29, to hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of the Interior, 9:30 a.m., SD- 366.
Committee on Environment and Public Works: April 29, to hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the Environmental Protection Agency, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.
Committee on Foreign Relations: April 28, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Darrell Owens, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, with the rank of Ambassador, Juan Rodriguez, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Guatemala, William Trachman, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania, and George Holding, of North Carolina, to be United States Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, all of the Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
nominations of John Breslow, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cyprus, Fleet White, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Political-Military Affairs), Todd Steggerda, of Virginia, to be Representative to the Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, with the rank of Ambassador, Preston Wells Griffith III, of Virginia, to be Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency, with the rank of Ambassador, Adam Cassady, of Virginia, to be Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy, and Frank Garcia, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation, all of the Department of State; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the Baltic Sea, focusing on implications for European Security and lessons from the Indo-Pacific, 10 a.m., SD-419.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: April 29, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to examine Biden Health Officials and COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Signals, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
April 30, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 1572, to amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the Federal carjacking statute, S. 3062, to require artificial intelligence chatbots to implement age verification measures and make certain disclosures, S. 3966, to prohibit the enforcement of certain contractual clauses that restrict disclosure of sexual abuse of minors, Sheria Akins Clarke, to be United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, Kathleen S. Lane, to be United States District Judge for the District of Montana, Evan Rikhye, to be Judge for the District Court of the Virgin Islands for a term of ten years, Kara Marie Westercamp, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade, Kenneth Sorenson, to be United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii for the term of four years, and Johnson TeeHee II, of Oklahoma, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Oklahoma for the term of four years, 10:15 a.m., SH-216.
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: April 29, to hold hearings to examine the American Entrepreneurship for 250 Years: Driving Innovation, Growth, and Opportunity, 2:45 p.m., SR- 428A.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: April 29, to hold hearings to examine S. 749, to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend increased dependency and indemnity compensation paid to surviving spouses of veterans who die from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, regardless of how long the veterans had such disease prior to death, S. 1127, to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for memorial headstones and markers furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to certain individuals who died before November 11, 1998, S. 3000, to require
of disability benefit questionnaire fraud, S. 3098, to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to publish information about conditions and cohorts the Department of Veterans Affairs is considering for purposes of establishing or removing presumptions of service connection regarding toxic exposure, S. 3170, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to implement an automated system with callback functionality for each customer service telephone line of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 3286, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve processes relating to appeals of decisions regarding claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, S. 3311, to amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate conflicts of interest in peer review for quality management of care conducted by the Veterans Health Administration, S. 3395, to expand the telescreening mammography pilot program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 3591, to require the Secretary of Labor, in coordination with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to develop a notice detailing benefits available to veterans, and to require employers to display such notice, S. 3647, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a program to address bowel and bladder care needs for veterans with spinal cord injuries and disorders, S. 3653, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out efforts to inform veterans of their rights with regards to the receipt of health care, benefits, and services furnished under provisions of law administered by the Secretary, S. 3706, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the provision of produce prescriptions to veterans, S. 3726, to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the President to define veteran success and to develop and implement a National Veterans Strategy, S. 3988, to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to offer annual preventative health evaluations to veterans with a spinal cord injury or disorder and increase access to assistive technologies, S. 3992, to amend title 10, United States Code, to codify authority for the Joint Medical Facility Fund of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 3993, to amend title 38, United States Code, and title 10, United States Code, to eliminate those provisions relating to veterans educational assistance that disadvantage eligible individuals who choose to pursue programs of apprenticeship or other on-job training instead of a four-year college degree, S. 3999, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that women veterans may schedule appointments for women's specialty care under the laws administered by the Secretary without requiring a referral, S. 4043, to amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide treatment and rehabilitation for seriously mentally ill and homeless veterans, S. 4108, to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase burial and funeral expenses paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the case of death from a service-connected disability, S. 4140, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the Department of Veterans Affairs schedule for rating disabilities, S. 4197, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a program under which the Secretary shall award grants to certain State entities to expand access to structured outdoor recreation programs for veterans that enhance veteran wellness, S. 4220, to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish within the Veterans Health Administration an Office of Novel Therapeutics, an original bill entitled “Optimizing the VA Workforce for Veterans Act”, an original bill entitled “Veteran Acquired Brain Injury Caregiving Act”, and an original bill entitled “Maternal Health for Veterans Act”, 4 p.m., SR-418.
House Committees
the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2027, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill, FY 2027, 8 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
Agencies, markup on the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2027, 8 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
April 30, Subcommittee on Defense, budget hearing on the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force, 9:30 a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
Agencies, budget hearing on the Indian Health Service, 10:30 a.m., 2008 Rayburn.
entitled “Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request”, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Higher Education and Workforce Development, hearing entitled “Speech or Silence? The Future of the First Amendment in Higher Education”, 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
Energy, hearing entitled “AI and the Grid: Meeting Growing Power Demand While Protecting Ratepayers”, 10:15 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
April 29, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled “Healthier America: Legislative Proposals on the Regulation and Oversight of Food”, 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Policy, Treasury Market Resilience, and Economic Prosperity, hearing entitled “Examining Derivatives' Role in the Treasury Market”, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
hearing entitled “Orbits of Influence: Emerging Threats to U.S. Space Security and Foreign Policy Implications”, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
entitled “U.S. Accountability at the United Nations: Challenges and Opportunities for Reform”, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection, hearing entitled “Data Centers, Telecommunications Networks, and Space-Based Systems: Modernizing DHS's SRMA Role for the Communications and IT Sectors”, 10 a.m., 310 Cannon.
Federal Government Surveillance, hearing entitled “Peace of Mind: Strengthening Victim Protections Under Kayleigh's Law”, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn
and Mineral Resources, hearing entitled “Powering the 21st Century with American Copper”, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
on H.R. 7287, the “Lewis and Clark Regional Water System Expansion Feasibility Study Act”; H.R. 7331, the “Dakota Mainstem Water Supply Project Feasibility Study Act”; H.R. 7515, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Nisqually Indian Tribe the Clear Creek Hatchery infrastructure; H.R. 8259, the “Reclamation Project Consultation Improvement Act of 2026”, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
Committee, markup on H.R. 1755, the “Timely and Accurate Benefits Act”; H.R. 8340, the “Taxpayer Funds Oversight and Accountability Act”; H.R. 8428, the “Federal Fraud Prevention Workforce Training Act”; H.R. 8467, the “Zeroing Out Monetary Benefits Improperly Expended Act”; H.R. 8107, the “Government Audit and Accountability of Federally Funded State-Administered Programs Act”; H.R. 8312, the “Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act”; H.R. 8464, the “Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act”; H.R. 8463, the “Pre-Payment Fraud Prevention and Treasury Data Access Act”; H.R. 2488, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3817 Marysville Boulevard in Sacramento, California, as the “Grantland Johnson Post Office”; H.R. 6099, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2200 South Salina Street in Syracuse, New York, as the “Wallie Howard Jr. Post Office Building”; H.R. 7809, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 201 East Grant Avenue in Georgetown, Ohio, as the “Ulysses S. Grant Post Office Building”; H.R. 8193, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 189 East Main Street in Xenia, Ohio, as the “Gilman `Gil' Whitney Post Office Building”; and H.R. 8225, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 111 South Tremont Street in Tremonton, Utah, as the “Sorensen- Estrada Post Office”, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee, markup on H.R. 8462, the “National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act”, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
H.R. 7432, the “Foster Youth Housing Opportunity Act”; H.R. 7463, the “Foster Youth Postsecondary Education Access and Success Act”; H.R. 7343, the “Foster Youth Workforce Opportunity Act”; H.R. 7529, the “Fresh Starts for Foster Youth Act”; H.R. 7655, the “Support for Expectant and Parenting Foster Youth Act”; and H.R. 7995, the “Chafee Opportunities for New Networks and Existing Connection Trust Act”, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.