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Week of July 28 through July 31, 2026
Senate Chamber
Walter Clayton, of New York, to be Director of National Intelligence, post-cloture, and vote on confirmation thereon at 6:30 p.m.
will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 5334, SEED Act (the vehicle for sanctions legislation).
Senate Committees
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 30, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, to hold hearings to examine intelligent networks, focusing on powering artificial intelligence and transforming communications, 10 a.m., SR-253.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 29, business meeting to consider S. 365 and H.R. 1729, bills to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to allow for additional entities to be eligible to complete the maintenance work on Bolts Ditch and the Bolts Ditch Headgate within the Holy Cross Wilderness, Colorado, S. 764, to provide for the designation of certain wilderness areas, recreation management areas, and conservation areas in the State of Colorado, S. 791, to establish the Justice Thurgood Marshall National Historic Site in the State of Maryland as an affiliated area of the National Park System, S. 888, to designate certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service in the State of Oregon as wilderness and national recreation areas, to withdraw certain land located in Curry County and Josephine County, Oregon, from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, S. 945, to amend the Smith River National Recreation Area Act to include certain additions to the Smith River National Recreation Area, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain wild rivers in the State of Oregon, S. 1005, to provide for conservation and economic development in the State of Nevada, S. 1088, to provide that the memorial to commemorate the sacrifice and service of the women who worked on the home front to support the efforts of the United States military during World War II may be located on the National Mall, S. 1195, to promote conservation, improve public land management, and provide for sensible development in Pershing County, Nevada, S. 1257, to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to authorize the use of funds for certain additional Carey Act projects, S. 1341, to amend the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to add certain land to the Sarvis Creek Wilderness, S. 1349, to withdraw the National Forest System land in the Ruby Mountains subdistrict of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and the National Wildlife Refuge System land in Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Elko and White Pine Counties, Nevada, from operation under the mineral leasing laws, S. 1476, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Gila River system in the State of New Mexico as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, to provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the State of New Mexico, S. 1737,
in the State of Washington, and to designate certain rivers in Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park as wild and scenic rivers, S. 1777, to amend the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 to expand the boundary of Joshua Tree National Park, to redesignate the Cottonwood Visitor Center at Joshua Tree National Park as the “Dianne Feinstein Visitor Center”, S. 1870, to adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, 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. 2968, to ensure access to certain public land, 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. 3409, to reaffirm that the Bureau of Reclamation retains exclusive ownership, operational control, and financial responsibility for the Lower Yellowstone Fish Bypass Channel, ensuring long-term conservation of the endangered pallid sturgeon and other native aquatic species in the Yellowstone River while protecting the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project and District from undue financial and operational burdens, S. 3635 and H.R. 7250, bills to reauthorize the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 2000, S. 3715 and H.R. 6380, bills to establish the Chiricahua National Park in the State of Arizona as a unit of the National Park 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. 3732, to amend the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act to authorize assistance under the storage program, S. 3738, to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to reauthorize the large-scale water recycling and reuse program, to establish a Water Conveyance Improvement Program, S. 3785 and H.R. 5729, bills 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, S. 4041, to reauthorize the Cooperative Watershed Management Program, 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. 4410, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide for the payment of bonus payments of certain coal leases issued under that 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. 5039 and H.R. 7831, bills to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to extend the period of time during which the Secretary of the Interior is required to collect a fee for each new application for a permit to drill, H.R. 249, to redesignate certain facilities at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in honor of Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr, H.R. 677, to establish a process to expedite the review of appeals of certain decisions by the Department of the Interior, and H.R. 5631, to appoint a Geothermal Ombudsman and establish a Geothermal Permitting Task Force from within the Bureau of Land Management, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: July 29, Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety, to hold hearings to examine the impact of AI on the workplace, 2 p.m., SD-430.
July 30, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 5038, to prohibit the transfer of the functions of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, S. 5046, to prohibit the transfer of certain offices and functions of the Department of Education to other Federal agencies, S. 2511, to establish a postsecondary student data system, S. 3010, to amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to improve provisions relating to dyslexia, S. 3589, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide students with disabilities and their families with access to critical information needed to select the right college and succeed once enrolled, S. 4097, to establish that a State-based education loan program is excluded from certain requirements relating to a preferred lender arrangement, S. 4689, to strengthen literacy outcomes for all students, to amend the comprehensive literacy State development grant program, and to ensure Federal accountability and investment in research, teacher preparation, and evidence-based instruction aligned with the science of reading, S. 3333, to modify the eligibility requirements and account contribution maximum for pension-linked emergency savings accounts, S. 4965, to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to establish a Railroad Retirement Board Administrative Account, S. 3097, to provide additional protections with respect to health information, and the nominations of Erica Schwartz, of Florida, to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Sean Kaufman, of Georgia, to be Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services, and
Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor, 9:45 a.m., SD-430.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: July 29, to hold hearings to examine the testimony of Anthony Fauci, 8:30 a.m., SD-342.
Committee on Indian Affairs: July 29, to hold hearings to examine S. 3573, to amend the Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act to modify a provision relating to the extension of certain dates for the completion of the Regional Water System, S. 3617, to approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Yavapai-Apache Nation in the State of Arizona, to authorize construction of a water project relating to those water rights claims, S. 4368, to approve the settlement of the water rights claims of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, S. 4417, to amend the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement Act to make technical corrections, and S. 4890, to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to establish subaccounts in the Indian Water Rights Settlement Completion Fund, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
Committee on the Judiciary: July 30, business meeting to consider the nomination of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General, 9 a.m., SH-216.
Special Committee on Aging: July 29, to hold hearings to examine the AI deception machine, focusing on deepfakes, chatbots, and the new frontier of senior fraud, 3:30 p.m., SD-562.
House Committees
No hearings are scheduled.
Joint Meeting
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: July 30, to receive a briefing on Russia's exploitation and engagement in Africa, 2 p.m., 210, Cannon Building.