- Record: Daily Digest
- Section type: Committee activity
- Chamber: Congress
- Date: May 20, 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 THURSDAY,
MAY 21, 2026
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the National Institutes of Health, 10 a.m., SD-124.
proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Navy, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
Committee on Armed Services: to hold closed hearings to examine the posture of the Department of the Air Force 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.
House
Environment, and Related Agencies, markup on the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2027, 8 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2027, 8 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
Related Agencies, budget hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs, 8 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
Related Agencies, budget hearing on the Department of Transportation, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
H.R. 8736, the “Restoration of Employment Choice for Adults with Disabilities Act”; H.R. 8705, the “Civics and History Advancement to Restore Learning, Integrity, and Education (CHARLIE) Act”; H.R. 7362, the “Form 5500 Filing Simplification Act”; H.R. 7895, the “PBM Kickback Prohibition Act”; and H.R. 8684, the “Transparency in Billing Act of 2026”, 10:15 a.m., 2175 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.
Infrastructure Protection, hearing entitled “State and Local Cybersecurity: Escalating Threats, Federal Partnership, and the Resilience of America's Communities”, 2 p.m., 310 Cannon.
Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet, hearing entitled “Court Packing: A Threat to the Supreme Court's Legitimacy”, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
hearing on H.R. 184, the “Action Versus No Action Act”; H.R. 2785, the “New Mexico Land Grant—Mercedes Historical or Traditional Use Cooperation and Coordination Act”; H.R. 7695, to provide that the final rule titled “Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation” and issued on January 12, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 3244) shall have no force or effect and require the Secretary of Agriculture to construct certain roads on National Forest System lands, and for other purposes; H.R. 8682, the “Accelerating Forest Management Act”; H.R. 8686, the amendment to the Military Land Withdrawals Act of 2013 regarding Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona; H.R. 8688, the “Forest Health and Wildlife Risk Reduction Act”; and H.R. 8735, the “American Sovereignty and Monterey Historic Military Site Study Act”, 10:15 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs, hearing on H.R. 1010, the “BADGES for Native Communities Act”; H.R. 7954, the “Don Young Doug LaMalfa Indian Buffalo Management Act”; H.R. 8483, the “Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025”; and H.R. 8658, the “Indian Health Service Emergency Claims Parity Act”, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
Environment, hearing entitled “Research-Driven Resilience: Applying Science to Secure U.S. Water Systems from Cyber Threats”, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
- “Building the Future: How Small Home Builders are Closing America's
- Housing Gap”, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
markup on legislation on the BUILD America 250 Act, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.