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Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

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The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee has 23 members: 12 Republicans, 10 Democrats, and 1 Independent.

Bill Cassidy is the chair and Bernie Sanders is the ranking member.

It has 3 subcommittees and held 3 meetings in the last 30 days.

883 bills have been referred to the committee in the 119th Congress.

Bills referred, 119th Congress

883 bills have been referred to the committee in the 119th Congress. The 5 with the most recent action:

  • S. 5657 A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education to have an independent advocate for campus sexual assault prevention and response.

    Latest action Sep 30, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

  • S. 2398 Kay Hagan Tick Reauthorization Act

    Latest action Sep 30, 2026: Became Public Law No: 119-118.

  • S. 5634 A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide additional amounts of loan forgiveness to teachers of English learners and teachers of bilingual and dual language immersion students, and for other purposes.

    Latest action Sep 30, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5265)

  • S. 3315 Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act of 2026

    Latest action Sep 30, 2026: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

  • S. 5646 A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify the definition of employee as it relates to direct sellers and real estate agents, and for other purposes.

    Latest action Sep 30, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Meetings, Sep 2 – Oct 1, 2026

  • · Business meeting

    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.

    Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · 430 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

  • · Hearing

    Hearings to examine the nomination of Heidi Overton, of New Mexico, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services.

    Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · 430 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

  • · Hearing

    Hearings to examine the nominations of Gerard Klomp, of Utah, to be Deputy Secretary, Timothy Westlake, of Wisconsin, to be Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, and Nicole Saphier, of New Jersey, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, and to be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, of the Department of Health and Human Services.

    Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · 430 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

Subcommittees (3)

  • Education and the American Family

    Chair: Tommy Tuberville · Ranking member: Lisa Blunt Rochester · 15 members

  • Employment and Workplace Safety

    Chair: Jim Banks · Ranking member: John Hickenlooper · 15 members

  • Primary Health and Retirement Security

    Chair: Roger Marshall · Ranking member: Ed Markey · 19 members

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