Congressional Hearings on Thursday, July 17, 2025

9:15 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider S.1038, to direct the Attorney General to include a data field in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System to indicate whether the last known location of a missing person was confirmed or was suspected to have been on Federal land, S.1098, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to enhance the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program, S.1528, to amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to ensure that businesses and organizations that work with vulnerable populations are able to request background checks for their contractors who work with those populations, as well as for individuals that the businesses or organizations license or certify to provide care for those populations, the nominations of Emil J. Bove III, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, Edward L. Artau, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, Kyle Christopher Dudek, Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe, and Jordan Emery Pratt, each to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, and Kurt Alme, to be United States Attorney for the District of Montana, for the term of four years, Nicholas Chase, to be United States Attorney for the District of North Dakota for the term of four years, Lesley Murphy, to be United States Attorney for the District of Nebraska for the term of four years, Jeanine Pirro, of New York, to be United States Attorney for the District of Columbia for the term of four years, Daniel Rosen, of Florida, to be United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota for the term of four years, Erik Siebert, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia for the term of four years, and Kurt Wall, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana for the term of four years, all of the Department of Justice.

Senate Judiciary Committee · 216 Hart Senate Office Building · Notice

Bills: S. 1038, S. 1098, S. 1528

9:30 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to markup H.R.3944, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026.

Senate Appropriations Committee · 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

Bill: H.R. 3944

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine freedom to work, focusing on unlocking benefits for independent workers.

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

2:45 PM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine the nomination of William Kirkland, of Georgia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

Senate Indian Affairs Committee · 628 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Markup

Fiscal Year 2026 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Bill, Fiscal Year 2026 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Bill, and Updated Interim Subcommittee Allocations

House Appropriations Committee · 2359 Rayburn House Office Building · Notice

6:00 PM ET · Meeting

Senate amendment to H.R. 4 – Rescissions Act of 2025

House Rules Committee · H-313 Capitol · Notice

Bill: H.R. 4