This week
Sep 19 to Sep 25, Eastern time
Monday, Sep 21
America's Fiscal Future: Examining the Need for a Fiscal Commission
Wednesday, Sep 23
To receive a closed briefing on an update on the United States Central Command area of operations.
Business meeting to consider the request to direct Senate Legal Counsel to file an application seeking immunity.
Hearings to examine updating America's nuclear waste management policy.
Closed hearings to examine combating and deterring wrongful detentions, focusing on an update on U.S. efforts.
Hearings to examine standing up for women in sports, focusing on ensuring opportunity, fairness and safety for female athletes.
Business meeting to consider S.5354, to reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996; to be immediately followed by hearings to examine S.1750, to reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, S.3859, to amend the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993 with respect to future membership in the Catawba Indian Nation, S.4053, to take certain land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Pechanga Band of Indians, and H.R.226, to take certain Federal lands in Tennessee into trust for the benefit of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
H.R. 226 119-s-1750119-s-3859119-s-4053119-s-5354
Hearings to examine flock's nationwide AI surveillance network.
To receive a closed briefing on cyber operations and readiness for the second and third quarters of Fiscal Year 2026 as well as an update on election security.
To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters.
Hearings to examine leveling the playing field, focusing on restoring America's edge in generic drug manufacturing.
Hearings to examine the nominations of Maria Lopez, of Florida, to be Chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Robert R. Fleck, of Pennsylvania, David M. Jones, of Virginia, Daniel F. Rendleman, of Illinois, and James Lewis Quinn, of Virginia, each to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
Thursday, Sep 24
Hearings to examine the nominations of William Grayson, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia, Mark Abreu, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador, Nicholas Checker, of Wisconsin, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Rwanda, Natasha Franceschi, of California, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Nicaragua, and John McIntyre, of Texas, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Malawi, all of the Department of State.
To receive a closed briefing on an update on the budget of the Department of Defense.
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Gerard Klomp, of Utah, to be Deputy Secretary, and Ge Bai, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of Health and Human Services, James Gadwood, of Maryland, to be Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service and an Assistant General Counsel in the Department of the Treasury, and Andrew A. De Mello, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court.
Business meeting to consider 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, and John Peter Cronan, of New York, Jason Manion, of Ohio, Claire McCusker Murray, of Maryland, and Luis Felipe Restrepo, of Pennsylvania, each to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission, and D. Adam Candeub, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Joy Lynne Pittman Thorp, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, Steven Weinhoeft, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, William Gerald Hardy, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Alabama, Philip Lewis III, to be United States Marshal for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Seth Reister, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Florida, and Jurgen Ryan Soekhoe, to be United States Marshal for the District of Columbia, all of the Department of Justice.
Hearings to examine the nomination of Heidi Overton, of New Mexico, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services.
Floor and committee schedules from the official calendars.