| Date Time-Room | Committee | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Today, Apr 28, 2025 | No committee hearings scheduled | |
| Tuesday, Apr 29, 2025 9:30 AM – SD-G50 | Armed Services | Hearings to examine the nominations of Michael Cadenazzi, of Rhode Island, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, and Scott Pappano, of Pennsylvania, to be Principal Deputy Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration. |
| Tuesday, Apr 29, 2025 10:00 AM – SD-138 | Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch | Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2026 for Congressional Budget Office, the Government Accountability Office, and the Government Publishing Office. |
| Tuesday, Apr 29, 2025 10:00 AM – SD-215 | Finance | Business meeting to consider the nominations of William Kimmitt, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, and Kenneth Kies, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. |
| Tuesday, Apr 29, 2025 10:30 AM – SD-106 | Veterans' Affairs | Hearings to examine bridging the gap, focusing on enhancing outreach to support veterans' mental health. |
| Tuesday, Apr 29, 2025 2:30 PM – SH-219 | Intelligence | Closed business meeting to consider pending intelligence matters; to be immediately followed by a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters. |
| Tuesday, Apr 29, 2025 3:00 PM – SH-216 | Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry | Business meeting to consider the nominations of Stephen Vaden, of Tennessee, to be Deputy Secretary, and Tyler Clarkson, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, both of the Department of Agriculture; to be immediately followed by hearings to examine the nominations of Luke Lindberg, of South Dakota, to be Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, and Devon Westhill, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of Agriculture. |
| Wednesday, Apr 30, 2025 9:30 AM – SD-366 | Energy and Natural Resources | Business meeting to consider S.714, to amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include critical materials in the definition of critical mineral, and the nominations of Preston Griffith, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary, and Dario Gil, of New York, to be Under Secretary for Science, both of the Department of Energy; to be immediately followed by hearings to examine the nominations of Leslie Beyer, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary, and Andrea Travnicek, of North Dakota, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of the Interior, and Theodore J. Garrish, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary (Nuclear Energy), and Tristan Abbey, of Florida, to be Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, both of the Department of Energy. |
| Wednesday, Apr 30, 2025 10:00 AM – SR-253 | Commerce, Science, and Transportation | Business meeting to consider S.29, to make daylight saving time permanent, S.191, to require the Secretary of Transportation to modify certain regulations relating to the requirements for commercial driver's license testing and commercial learner's permit holders, S.196, to improve online ticket sales and protect consumers, S.259, to direct the Federal Communications Commission to publish a list of entities that hold authorizations, licenses, or other grants of authority issued by the Commission and that have certain foreign ownership, S.320, to authorize the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, S.580, to require the Secretary of Commerce to provide training and guidance relating to human rights abuses, including such abuses perpetrated against the Uyghur population by the Government of the People's Republic of China, S.606, to authorize the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to reimburse the Town of Chincoteague, Virginia, for costs directly associated with the removal and replacement of certain drinking water wells, S.688, to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing at its sources globally, S.725, to direct the Federal Communications Commission to issue reports after activation of the Disaster Information Reporting System and to make improvements to network outage reporting, to categorize public safety telecommunicators as a protective service occupation under the Standard Occupational Classification system, S.769, to amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to clarify the definition of foreign country for purposes of malign foreign talent recruitment restriction, S.1003, to require the Federal Communications Commission to issue an order providing that a shark attack is an event for which a wireless emergency alert may be transmitted, S.1081, to require the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to submit certain reports to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives, S.1278, to require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere to conduct a project to improve forecasts of coastal marine fog, S.1378, to enhance the use by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of artificial intelligence for weather forecasting, S.1433, to reauthorize the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act to promote the protection of the resources of the Northwest Straits, S.1437, to require the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to establish a program to identify, evaluate, acquire, and disseminate commercial Earth remote sensing data and imagery in order to satisfy the scientific, operational, and educational requirements of the Administration, S.1492, to require the Secretary of Commerce support the leadership of the United States with respect to the deployment, use, application, and competitiveness of blockchain technology, and the nominations of Olivia Trusty, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission, Jared Isaacman, of Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and routine lists in the Coast Guard. |
| Wednesday, Apr 30, 2025 10:00 AM – SD-562 | Environment and Public Works | Hearings to examine opportunities to strengthen water infrastructure programs, focusing on the IIJA's successes. |
| Wednesday, Apr 30, 2025 10:00 AM – SD-215 | Finance | Hearings to examine the nomination of Rodney Scott, of Oklahoma, to be Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security. |
| Wednesday, Apr 30, 2025 10:00 AM – S-116 | Foreign Relations | Business meeting to consider the nominations of Brian Burch, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Holy See, Brandon Judd, of Idaho, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Chile, Nicole McGraw, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia, Thomas DiNanno, of Florida, to be Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Sarah Rogers, of New York, to be Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy, and Allison Hooker, of Georgia, to be an Under Secretary (Political Affairs), all of the Department of State. |
| Wednesday, Apr 30, 2025 10:00 AM – SD-430 | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions | Business meeting to consider S.558, to provide for the consideration of a definition of antisemitism set forth by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance for the enforcement of Federal antidiscrimination laws concerning education programs or activities, and S.163, to require institutions of higher education participating in Federal student aid programs to share information about title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, including a link to the webpage of the Office for Civil Rights where an individual can submit a complaint regarding discrimination in violation of such title. |
| Wednesday, Apr 30, 2025 10:15 AM – SD-226 | Judiciary | Hearings to examine certain pending nominations. |
| Wednesday, Apr 30, 2025 10:30 AM – SD-106 | Appropriations | Hearings to examine biomedical research, focusing on keeping America's edge in innovation. |
| Wednesday, Apr 30, 2025 2:30 PM – SH-219 | Intelligence | To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters. |
| Wednesday, Apr 30, 2025 3:30 PM – SH-216 | Aging | Hearings to examine the rise of Antisemitism and supporting older Americans. |
| Wednesday, Apr 30, 2025 4:00 PM – SVC-217 | Armed Services Subcommittee on Airland | To receive a closed briefing on America's Air Force. |
| Thursday, May 01, 2025 9:30 AM – SD-G50 | Armed Services | Hearings to examine the nominations of Matthew Lohmeier, of Arizona, to be Under Secretary of the Air Force, Justin Overbaugh, of Florida, to be a Deputy Under Secretary, and Daniel Zimmerman, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the Department of Defense. |
| Thursday, May 01, 2025 10:00 AM – SD-538 | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs | Hearings to examine insurance markets and the role of mitigation policies. |
| Thursday, May 01, 2025 10:00 AM – SR-253 | Commerce, Science, and Transportation | Hearings to examine the nomination of Paul Dabbar, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce. |
| Thursday, May 01, 2025 10:15 AM – SH-216 | Judiciary | Business meeting to consider the nominations of John Andrew Eisenberg, of Virginia, and Brett Shumate, of Virginia, both to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice. |
| Thursday, May 01, 2025 10:30 AM – SD-419 | Foreign Relations | Hearings to examine the nomination of Leah Campos, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Dominican Republic. |
| Monday, May 12, 2025 3:30 PM – SVC-217 | Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces | To receive a closed briefing on space superiority. |
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