Committee meetings

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Record: Daily Digest
Section type: Committee activity
Chamber: Congress
Date: April 29, 2026
Congress: 119th Congress
Why this source matters: The Daily Digest is the official recap that explains what Congress did and what comes next.

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Bills and resolutions: S. 736 (119th Congress), S. 825 (119th Congress), S. 1572 (119th Congress)
Committees: Committee on Appropriations, Committee on Armed Services, Committee on Foreign Relations

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COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

APRIL 30, 2026

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

Senate

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, 10 a.m., SD-124.

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: 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, 9:30 a.m., SVC- 217.

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, and Adam Cassady, of Virginia, to be Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy; 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 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, 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 personnel, and the nominations of Justin D. Smith, of Missouri, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Sheria Akins Clarke, to be United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, Jeffrey M. Kuhlman, Anthony W. Mattivi, and Anthony J. Powell, each to be a United States District Judge for the District of Kansas, 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, Kara Marie Westercamp, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade, and Kenneth Sorenson, to be United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii, 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, Jason Holt, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Oklahoma, and Johnson TeeHee II, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, all of the Department of Justice, 10:15 a.m., SH-216.

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