- Record: Daily Digest
- Section type: Committee activity
- Chamber: Congress
- Date: May 12, 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 WEDNESDAY,
MAY 13, 2026
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
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 Environmental Protection Agency, 10:30 a.m., SD-124.
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the General Services Administration, 2 p.m., SD-138.
Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration atomic energy defense activities in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2027 and the Future Years Nuclear Security Program; to be immediately followed by a closed session in SVC-217, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
cyber operations and readiness for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025 and the first quarter of fiscal year 2026, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the United States Forest Service, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 10 a.m., SD-406.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings to examine whistleblower testimony on COVID, 10 a.m., SD- 342.
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, to hold hearings to examine how social media verdicts demand federal action to protect kids online, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: to hold hearings to examine industrialization and the rise of small manufacturers, 2:30 p.m., SR-428A.
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Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine VA
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police operations, 4 p.m., SH-216.
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Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine supporting
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families in the sandwich generation, 3:30 p.m., SD-G50.
House
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2027, 11 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
Projection Forces, hearing entitled “Department of the Air Force Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request for Seapower and Projection Forces”, 3:30 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
Protections, hearing entitled “Building a Safer Future: Private- Sector Strategies for Emerging Safety Issues”, 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
- entitled “Wires, Rates, and States: Permitting Transmission for
- Reliable and Affordable Power”, 10: 15 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Health, markup on the H.R. 4348, to reauthorize the Kay Hagan Tick Act, and for other purposes; H.R. 4541, the “EARLY Act Reauthorization of 2025”; H.R. 3747, the “Accelerating Access to Dementia and Alzheimer's Provider Training (AADAPT) Act”; H.R. 8209, the “School-Based Health Centers Reauthorization Act of 2026”; H.R. 5160, the “Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2025”; H.R. 8205, the “Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Reauthorization Act of 2026”; H.R. 2715, the “Destruction of Hazardous Imports Act”; H.R. 2821, the “FDA Modernization Act 3.0 (Reps. Carter”; H.R. 5347, the “Health Care Efficiency Through Flexibility Act”; and H.R. 1703, the “Choices for Increased Mobility Act of 2025”, 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 2152, the “Artificial Intelligence Practices, Logistics, Actions, and Necessities (PLAN) Act”; H.R. 2978, the “Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception (GUARD) Act”; H.R. 4801, the “Unleashing AI Innovation in Financial Services Act”; H.R. 5396, the “Price Stability Act of 2025”; H.R. 8278, the “Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision (FUTURES) Act”; and H.R. 8671, the “Bank Fraud Technology Advancement Act of 2026”, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 8649, to amend the Arms Export Control Act to authorize the use of foreign military financing for direct commercial contracts, and for other purposes; H.R. 8665, to require the implementation of a strategy to encourage foreign partners to participate in the foreign military sales and direct commercial sales processes on a multinational basis, and for other purposes; H.R. 8661, to authorize the Secretary of State to provide certain direct loans and loan guarantees for the procurement of defense articles, defense services, and design and construction services, and for other purposes; H.R. 7037, to promote United States and allied energy and mineral security, and for other purpose; H. Res. 64, affirming the Alliance Between the United States and the Republic of Korea; H.R. 3563, to improve defense cooperation between the United States and Taiwan, and for other purpose; H.R. 8019, to authorize International Military Education and Training Assistance for Greece; H.R. 8562, to designate a building of the Chancery of the United States in Pristina, Kosovo, as the “Eliot L. Engel Building”; H.R. 8668, to reduce recurring reporting requirements imposed by law on the Department of State; H. Res. 1179, condemning attacks on civilians in Sudan and calling for an end to external support to the warring parties and for efforts to promote a negotiated settlement of the war; and H.R. 4332, to establish a comprehensive United States Government initiative to build the capacity of young leaders and entrepreneurs in Africa, and for other purposes, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Limited Government, hearing entitled “Sharia-Free America: Why Political Islam & Sharia Law are Incompatible with the U.S. Constitution: Part II”, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
“Examining the President's FY 2027 Budget Request for the Department of the Interior”, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
Government Operations, hearing entitled “DoW Financial Management: Examining Progress and New Audit Approaches”, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
- “Expanding the Mission: The Future of the National Center for
- Warrior Independence in West LA”, 10: 15 a.m., 360 Cannon.