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Official title: Daily Digest/CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD
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Week of September 29 through October 2, 2026
Senate Chamber
On Tuesday, Senate will be in a period of morning business. If Senator Baldwin, or her designee, makes a motion to proceed to consideration of S.J. Res. 197, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program, Senate will vote on the motion at 2:15 p.m.
Senate Committees
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Committee on Armed Services: September 29, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to examine an update on Golden Dome, 4 p.m., SR-222.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: October 1, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Jeremy Wiggins, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Matthew Jones, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and David Slade, of Florida, to be First Vice President, and Michael Rigas, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors, both of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, 10 a.m., SD-538.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 30, 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. 462, to provide for economic development and conservation in Washoe County, Nevada, S. 465, to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reform the interconnection queue process for the prioritization and approval of certain projects, S. 730, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of establishing the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center at the African Burial Ground National Monument, 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. 1254 and H.R. 331, bills to amend the Aquifer Recharge Flexibility Act to clarify a provision relating to conveyances for aquifer recharge purposes, S. 1341, to amend the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to add certain land to the Sarvis Creek Wilderness, S. 1342, to amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to improve the weatherization assistance program, 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. 1568, to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to modify standards for general service lamps, S. 1737, to designate and expand wilderness areas in Olympic National Forest 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. 2570, to amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to reauthorize the weatherization assistance program, S. 2970, to authorize the use of off-highway vehicles in certain areas of the Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, 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. 3499 and H.R. 3638, bills to direct the Secretary of Energy to prepare periodic assessments and submit reports on the supply chain for the generation and transmission of electricity, S. 3524 and H.R. 7618, bills to amend title 54, United States Code, to modify certain cost- sharing requirements for grant programs under the American Battlefield Protection Program, S. 3526, to provide for the protection of and investment in certain Federal land in the State of California, S. 3542, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate the Upper Raritan River
addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S. 3695, to amend Public Law 96-586 to modernize the authority of the Forest Service to acquire and administer land under
that Act, S. 3737, to amend the Reclamation States Emergency
Drought Relief Act of 1991 to provide financial and technical
assistance to eligible entities for the conduct of innovative
approaches to voluntary water partnership agreements among multiple
water users and projects conducted by individual agricultural
entities, 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. 4005, to amend the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control
Act of 1978 to extend the authorization of a disposal site in Mesa
County, Colorado, until the site is filled to designed capacity, S.
4023, to establish the America's Living Library Project, S. 4103
and H.R. 2709, bills to improve the health and resiliency of giant
sequoias, S. 4116, to advance next-generation geothermal
electricity generation demonstration projects in new regions, S.
4166 and H.R. 7257, bills to amend the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act to require States to include supporting the
physical security, cybersecurity, and resilience of local
distribution systems in State energy security plans, S. 4200, to
promote conservation, improve public land, and provide for sensible
development in Douglas County, Nevada, S. 4252, to amend the Waste
Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act to ensure that economic
assistance payments under that Act continue until the closure of
the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, S. 4312, to amend the National
Energy Conservation Policy Act to include the installation of
mechanical insulation property as an energy or water efficiency
measure, S. 4351, to amend the Federal Power Act and the Natural
Gas Act with respect to the enforcement of certain provisions, S.
4406, to amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to
direct research, development, demonstration, and commercial
application activities in support of next-generation geothermal
systems in various conditions, 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. 4846, to amend the United States-Mexico Transboundary
Aquifer Assessment Act to reauthorize the United States-Mexico
transboundary aquifer assessment program, S. 4870, to amend the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to reauthorize the Earth
Mapping Resources Initiative, S. 5352, to amend the Water
Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act and the Water
Desalination Act of 1996 to reauthorize certain desalination
programs, S. 5359, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey
to Pennington County, South Dakota, certain National Forest System
land, S. 5360, to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
to reauthorize the Rural and Municipal Utility Advanced
Cybersecurity Grant and Technical Assistance Program, S. 5374, to
facilitate the conveyance of certain land in Bonners Ferry, Idaho,
platted under section 2387 of the Revised Statutes, S. 5402, to
extend authorizations for aquatic ecosystem restoration projects,
multi-benefit watershed health projects, and WaterSMART grants,
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, H.R. 2306,
to reauthorize the Adams Memorial Commission, H.R. 2317, to provide
for transfer of ownership of certain Federal lands in northern
Nevada, to authorize the disposal of certain Federal lands in
northern Nevada for economic development, to promote conservation
in northern Nevada, and 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, 10 a.m., SD-366.
Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues, to hold hearings to examine Nicaragua's political crisis, focusing on Ortega's assault on democracy, 3 p.m., SD-419.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: September 30, business meeting to consider the nominations of Nicole Saphier, of New Jersey, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, subject to qualifications therefor as provided by law and regulations, and to be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, Timothy Westlake, of Wisconsin, to be Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, and Mary Lazare, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary for Aging, all of the Department of Health and Human Services, and
Loren E. Sweatt, of Virginia, and Douglas Ralph, of Kentucky, both to be a Member of the National Mediation Board, 9:45 a.m., SD-430.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: September 30, Subcommittee on Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census, to hold hearings to examine rogue AI, focusing on securing the homeland against AI agents, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
request to direct Senate Legal Counsel to file an application seeking immunity, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
Committee on the Judiciary: September 29, to hold oversight hearings to examine Jack Smith's authority and Republicans and related matters, 9 a.m., SH-216.
oversight hearings to examine the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.
October 1, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 5289, to protect the right to the free exercise of religion, and the nominations of Daniel Lewis Ballou, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Richard Wesley Bennett, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Courtney Leigh Coker, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Trevor Scott Pemberton, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, Kyle Frederick Reardon, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska, and Zachary Paul West, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 10:15 a.m., SH- 216.
House Committees
No hearings are scheduled.