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Download official Extensions PDFReturn to issue context4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate Daily Digest—designated by the Rules Committee—of the time, place and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled and any cancellations or changes in the meetings as they occur.
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MEETINGS SCHEDULED
APRIL 29
9:30 a.m.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed
budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the Department
of the Interior.
SD-366
10 a.m.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
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.
SD-538
2 p.m.
Committee on the Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine certain pending nominations.
SD-226
2:30 p.m.
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and
justification for fiscal year 2027 for the National
Nuclear Security Administration.
SD-124
Committee on Environment and Public Works
To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed
budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the
Environmental Protection Agency.
SD-562
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
To hold hearings to examine Biden Health Officials and
COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Signals.
SD-342
2:45 p.m.
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
To hold hearings to examine the American Entrepreneurship
for 250 Years: Driving Innovation, Growth, and
Opportunity.
SR-428A
3 p.m.
Select Committee on Intelligence
To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence
matters.
SH-219
4 p.m.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs
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 the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs to identify and report instances 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”.
SR-418
APRIL 30
9:30 a.m.
Committee on Armed Services
To hold closed hearings to examine the 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 11:00 a.m.
in SD-G50.
SVC-217
10 a.m.
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs,
and Related Agencies
To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and
justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department
of Veterans Affairs.
SD-124
Committee on Foreign Relations
Business meeting to consider the 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.
SD-419
10:15 a.m.
Committee on the Judiciary
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.
SH-216
10:30 a.m.
Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Department of Interior, Environment, and
Related Agencies
To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and
justification for fiscal year 2027 for the U.S. Forest
Service.
SD-138
MAY 13
2:30 p.m.
Committee on Armed Services
Subcommittee on Cybersecurity
To receive a closed briefing on cyber operations and
readiness for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025
and the first quarter of fiscal year 2026.
SVC-217
MAY 14
8 a.m.
Committee on Armed Services
To hold 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; to be immediately followed by an open session
in SD-G50.
SVC-217
POSTPONEMENTS
APRIL 29
2 p.m.
Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on the Constitution
To hold hearings to examine Protecting American
Citizenship lll: Denaturalization and its
Constitutional Limits.
SD-226