- Record: Daily Digest
- Section type: Committee activity
- Chamber: Congress
- Date: July 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 TUESDAY,
JULY 21, 2026
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Appropriations: to hold hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding request of June 24, 2026, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness, to hold hearings to examine measuring what matters, focusing on science, standards, and strategic competition, 10:30 a.m., SR-253.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, to hold hearings to examine S. 1674, to modify the boundary of the Mammoth Cave National Park in the State of Kentucky, S. 2498, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to extend certain leases within units of the National Park System without opening the lease to bidding, S. 2767 and H.R. 5254, bills to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with the Gateway Arch Park Foundation to host private events in Gateway Arch National Park buildings, S. 2801, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating the Canterbury Shaker Village National Heritage Area, S. 2887, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Route 66 National Historic Trail, S. 2933, to redesignate a playground in the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve in the State of West Virginia as the “Hearts of Gold Playground: In Honor of West Virginia Children and Families Impacted by Childhood Cancer”, S. 2969, to amend title 54, United States Code, to provide that State law shall apply to the use of motor vehicles on roads within a System unit, S. 3131, to provide for the inclusion on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall of the names of the lost crew members of the USS Frank E. Evans killed on June 3, 1969, S. 3194, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating certain land in California as the Monterey Bay National Heritage Area, S. 3313 and H.R. 6365, bills to require the Secretary of the Interior to issue a right-of-way for an emergency exit on certain National Park Service land in the State of Virginia, S. 3371, to designate the Museum of the Blind People's Movement in Baltimore, Maryland, as the “National Museum of the Blind People's Movement”, S. 3456 and H.R. 183, bills to amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to provide for a free annual National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass for law enforcement officers and firefighters, S. 3501, to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to designate as a component of the National Heritage Area System the Calumet National Heritage Area in the States of Indiana and Illinois, S. 3524, to amend title 54, United States Code, to modify certain cost-sharing requirements for grant programs under the American Battlefield Protection Program, S. 3542, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate the Upper Raritan River Watershed in the State of New Jersey for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S. 3720, to amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Bay Area Ridge as a national scenic trail, S. 3785, to authorize direct emergency acquisition flexibilities for the National Park Service and Forest Service for the purpose of retaining, vetting, approving, and expediting contractor approval for the clearing, rebuilding, maintenance, and improvement of areas of the Grand Canyon National Park and Kaibab National Forest damaged by certain wildfires, S. 3925, to establish the Julius Rosenwald and Rosenwald Schools National Historical Park, S. 4238, to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to designate as a component of the National Heritage Area System the Endless Mountains National Heritage Area in the State of Pennsylvania, S. 4399, to provide for certain conveyances under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, S. 4538, to amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating Washington's Trail-1753 as a national historic trail, S. 4595, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate the Mullica River watershed in New Jersey for study for potential designation as a wild and scenic river, S. 4767, to extend the authorization of the African American Civil Rights Network, H.R. 2306, to reauthorize the Adams Memorial Commission, H.R. 5729, to authorize direct emergency acquisition flexibilities for the National Park Service for the purpose of retaining, vetting, approving, and expediting contractor approval for the clearing, rebuilding, maintenance, and improvement of the Grand Canyon grounds that have been impacted by the Dragon Bravo Fire, and H.R. 7618, to amend title 54, United States Code, to modify certain
- Battlefield Protection Program, 4: 30 p.m., SD-366.
Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to consider pending intelligence matters, Time to be announced, Room to be announced.
- intelligence matters, 3 p.m., SH-219.
House
Digital Assets, and Rural Development, hearing entitled “Examining Customer Protections and Market Integrity in Sports Event Prediction Markets”, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
H.R. 8781, the “Title IX Clarification Act of 2026”; H.R. 4986, the “Parents Opt-in Protection Act”; H.R. 8747, the “K-12 AI Literacy and Readiness Act of 2026”; H.R. 8183, the “Modernizing Access to Talents, Credentials, and Hiring (MATCH) Act of 2026”; H.R. 9723, the “Fit Future Act”; H.R. 8660, the “Valuing Employee Stock Today Act”; H.R. 8347, the “Reinforcing Underserved, Rural, and Local (RURAL) Healthcare Act”; H.R. 6213, the “Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2025”; H.R. 8775, the “Ending Predator Access to Union Power Act”; and H.R. 5267, the “American Franchise Act”, 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
on H.R. 6529, the “Protecting Families from AI Data Center Energy Costs Act”; H.R. 6633, the “High-Capacity Grid Act”; H.R. 9332, the “Load Forecasting Enhancement Act”; H.R. 9335, the “Advanced Transmission Technology to Reduce Rates Act”; H.R. 9339, the “Affordable Innovation for the Grid Act”; H.R. 9340, the “Ratepayer Protection Act”; H.R. 9616, the “Environmental Monitoring and Remediation Technology Assessment Imitative (EMRTAI) Act of 2026”; H.R. 9617, the “Coordinating and Harnessing America's Recovery of Minerals (CHARM) Act”; H.R. 1266, the “Combating Illicit Xylazine Act”; H.R. 1561, the “ALERT Communities Act”; H.R. 2004, the “Tyler's Law”; H.R. 3514, the “Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2025”; H.R. 5243, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase data transparency for supplemental benefits under Medicare Advantage; H.R. 5526, the “Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act”; H.R. 5880, the “Fight Illicit Pill Presses Act”; H.R. 7184, the “PRESS Act”; H.R. 7970, the “STOP Nitazenes Act”; H.R. 7994, the “HERO Act”; H.R. 8005, the “Stop Pills That Kill Act”; H.R. 8201, the “Expanding Community Access to Health Services Act”; H.R. 8908, the “STOP GAMES Act of 2026”; H.R. 9389, the “Nutrition Education and Chronic Disease Prevention in Community Health Centers Act of 2026”; H.R. 9390, the “Prices on the Wall Act of 2026”; H.R. 9392, the “Medicare Advantage Cost Transparency Act”; H.R. 9393, the “Lower Costs, More Transparency Act of 2026”; H.R. 9396, the “Prior Authorization Accountability Act”; H.R. 9397, the “Premium Transparency Act”; H.R. 9661, the “Expedited Access to Biosimilars Act”; and H.R. 9338, the “Pipeline Safety Authorization Act of 2026”, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions, hearing entitled “Oversight of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network”, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
“Oversight of the Federal Home Loan Bank System”, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
“Confronting Haiti's Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and the Path Ahead”, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
and Innovation, hearing entitled “Modernizing Public Access to Legislative Data and Information”, 2 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 9773, the “Permanent Trump Secure Border Act”, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Resources, hearing on H.R. 8003, the “Expanding the Fast Track Act of 2026”; H.R. 9640, the “Earth MRI Reauthorization Act of 2026”; and H.R. 9646, the “Quantum-Enhanced Critical Minerals Mapping Act of 2026”, 10:15 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries, hearing on H.R. 7332, the “Whale CHARTS Act of 2026”; H.R. 7466, the “SAFE CATTLE Act”; H.R. 8876, the “Aquatic Invasive Species Control and Prevention Act of 2026”; and H.R. 9621, the “Northwest Endangered Salmon Predation Prevention Act of 2026”, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
Delivering on Government Efficiency, hearing entitled “Rewriting American History: Examining the Smithsonian's Efforts to Reshape the Past”, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
markup on H.R. 3168, the “National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2025”; H.R. 8437, the “Geo POWER Act”; H.R. 9326, the “USA Act”; and H.R. 8981, the “SCALE Biology Act”, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
hearing entitled “25 Years After 9/11: Confronting the Next Generation of Threats”, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.