- Record: Daily Digest
- Section type: Committee activity
- Chamber: Congress
- Date: August 4, 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 WEDNESDAY,
AUGUST 5, 2026
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business meeting to markup S. 737, to require certain interactive computer services to adopt and operate technology verification measures to ensure that users of the platform are not minors, S. 1748, to protect the safety of children on the internet, S. 4199, to require entities that make artificial intelligence chatbots available to minors to implement certain safe design features, S. 4407, to require the creation of family accounts for children to be able to use
consent for teens using artificial intelligence chatbots, S. 5171, to require a study of AI-enabled toys and development of a joint action plan regarding the marketing and sale of AI-enabled toys, and a promotion list in the Coast Guard, 10 a.m., SR-253.
Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine exploring process approaches for addressing Social Security solvency, 10 a.m., SD-215.
Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Peter McCoy, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to Montenegro, Daniel Travis, of California, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Sierra Leone, and Nathaniel Morris, of Kentucky, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Colombia, all of the Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider S. 239, to take certain mineral interests into trust for the benefit of the Crow Tribe of Montana, S. 1055, to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to modify the notification requirement for emergency contract health services for certain beneficiaries, S. 1514, to take certain land in the State of Washington into trust for the benefit of the Quinault Indian Nation, S. 3219, to transfer certain Federal land into trust for certain Indian Pueblos in the State of New Mexico, and H.R. 2400, to take certain Federal land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Pit River Tribe, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Gregory Carl Cook, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, D. Adam Candeub, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, and John Peter Cronan, of New York, and Jason Manion, of Ohio, each to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission, 10:15 a.m., SH-216.
Federal Rights, to hold hearings to examine the Muslim brotherhood network in America, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: to hold hearings to examine the next 250, focusing on small businesses leading the way, 2:30 p.m., SR-428A.
Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to consider certain intelligence matters; to be immediately followed by a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters, 3 p.m., SH-219.
House
No hearings are scheduled.