- Record: Daily Digest
- Section type: Committee activity
- Chamber: Congress
- Date: May 18, 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 TUESDAY,
MAY 19, 2026
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Justice, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
and Education, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Labor, 10 a.m., SD-124.
proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Army, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Transportation, 3:30 p.m., SD-192.
Committee on Armed Services: to hold closed hearings to examine the posture of the Department of the Navy in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2027 and the Future Years Defense Program; to be immediately followed by an open hearing at approximately 11:00 a.m. in SD-G50, 9:30 a.m., SVC-217.
hearings to examine the science and technology priorities in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2027 and the Future Years Defense Program, 3 p.m., SR-222.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation, Space, and Innovation, to hold hearings to examine the evaluation of FAA safety measures from the DCA crash, 2 p.m., SR- 253.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business meeting to consider reconciliation recommendations to the Budget Committee, 8 a.m., SD-342.
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution, to hold hearings to examine enforcing Callais, focusing on implementing the Supreme Court's gerrymandering, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
- Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on
- certain intelligence matters, 3 p.m., SH-219.
House
“U.S. Military Posture and National Security Challenges in the Greater Middle East and Africa”, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn. Part of this hearing is closed.
entitled “Examining the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, MACRA, and Opportunities for Payment Reforms”, 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions, hearing entitled “Modernizing the BSA for Financial Crime in the 21st Century”, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 1041, the “Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act”; H.R. 6047, the “Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act of 2026”; H.R. 1329, the “Smithsonian American Women's History Museum Act”; and H.R. 4312, the “SCORE Act [Rule Markup Only], 12 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
- “Building the Future: How Small Home Builders are Closing America's
- Housing Gap,” 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
States and the Chinese Communist Party, Full Committee, hearing entitled “Crime, Corruption, and Power: The Rise of CCP-linked Scam Networks Targeting Americans And Threatening U.S. Security”, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.