- Record: Daily Digest
- Section type: Committee activity
- Chamber: Congress
- Date: July 30, 2026
- Congress: 119th Congress
- Why this source matters: The Daily Digest is the official recap that explains what Congress did and what comes next.
(Committees not listed did not meet) AI AND COMMUNICATIONS Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media concluded a hearing to examine intelligent networks, focusing on powering artificial intelligence and transforming communications, after receiving testimony from Dan Watermeier, Nebraska Public Service Commission, Lincoln; Jonathan Spalter, USTelecom—The Broadband Association, Washington, D.C.; Bob Everson, Cisco Systems, Inc., Richardson, Texas; and Asad Ramzanali, Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator, Nashville, Tennessee. TAXPAYER ASSISTANCE AND SERVICE ACT Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported an original bill entitled, “Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act”. NOMINATIONS Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Sarah B. Rogers, of New York, to be Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media, who was introduced by Senator Cruz, Rebekah Jurata, of California, to be United States Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund, and Jennifer Johnson-Carroll, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered favorably the following business items:
S. 5046, to prohibit the transfer of certain offices and functions of the Department of Education to other Federal agencies, with an amendment;
S. 2511, to establish a postsecondary student data system, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
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, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 4097, to establish that a State-based education loan program is excluded from certain requirements relating to a preferred lender arrangement, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
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, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 3333, to modify the eligibility requirements and account contribution maximum for pension-linked emergency savings accounts, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 4965, to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to establish a Railroad Retirement Board Administrative Account, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 3097, to provide additional protections with respect to health information, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
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.