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Official title: Daily Digest/COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2026-09-30
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Download official Daily Digest PDFReturn to issue contextCOMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 30, 2026
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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 Watershed in the State of New Jersey for study for potential 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.
Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Justin Bytheway, of Utah, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Tonga, William Flens, of the District of Columbia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister- Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Chad, Douglas Holder, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria, Marc Dillard, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Madagascar, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Union of the Comoros, and Jessica Long, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, all of the Department of State, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
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: 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: 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.
Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine pending
nominations, 10: 15 a.m., SH-216.
Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on
certain intelligence matters, 3 p.m., SH-219.
House
No hearings are scheduled.