Congressional Hearings on Tuesday, October 21, 2025

9:15 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider H.R.4550, to reauthorize the United States Grain Standards Act, S.1462, to improve forest management activities on National Forest System land, public land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and Tribal land to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested land, S.277, to release a Federal reversionary interest and convey mineral interests in Chester County, Tennessee, S.1680, to designate additions to the Rough Mountain Wilderness and the Rich Hole Wilderness of the George Washington National Forest, S.2440, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain National Forest System land located in Franklin County, Mississippi, H.R.197, to provide for a land exchange in the Chippewa National Forest, Minnesota, S.1262, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to release a reversionary interest in certain land in the Black River State Forest in Millston, Wisconsin, S.2548, to designate the Camp Hutchins Wilderness and establish Special Management Areas in the Shawnee National Forest in the State of Illinois, S.1681, to establish the Shenandoah Mountain National Scenic Area in the State of Virginia, H.R.1612, to designate the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness in the Ouachita National Forest, S.1350, to modify the boundaries of the Talladega National Forest, S.1376, to amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Benton MacKaye Trail as a national scenic trail, S.1876, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to relocate a memorial honoring the 9 Air Force crew members who lost their lives in an airplane crash in the Cherokee and Nantahala National Forests during a training mission on August 31, 1982, S.638, to amend the Act of June 22, 1948, and an original bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey a parcel of property of the Forest Service to Perry County, Arkansas.

Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · 328A Russell Senate Office Building · Notice

Bills: H.R. 1612, H.R. 197, H.R. 4550, S. 1262, S. 1350, S. 1376 and 8 more

9:30 AM ET · Meeting

To receive a closed briefing on the Joint Interagency Task Force 401.

Senate Armed Services Committee · 217 Capitol Visitor Center (Senate side) · Notice

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine innovation in U.S. housing, focusing on solutions and policies for America's future.

Housing, Transportation, and Community Development (Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee) · 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

Bill: S. 1511

10:00 AM ET · Meeting

Business meeting to consider S.1070, to establish a National STEM Week to promote American innovation and enhance STEM education pathways for all students, including those in rural, urban, and underserved communities, S.2126, to reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009, S.2245, to amend the Digital Coast Act to improve the acquisition, integration, and accessibility of data of the Digital Coast program and to extend the program, S.2357, to reauthorize the Young Fishermen's Development Act, S.2563, to direct the Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, to conduct an interagency review of and report to Congress on ways to increase the global competitiveness of the United States in attracting foreign direct investment, S.2666, to direct the Federal Communications Commission to establish a taskforce on unlawful robocalls, S.2975, to amend title 49, United States Code, to enhance the safety of pipeline transportation, S.2503, to require all aircraft to be equipped with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast In, to improve aviation safety, and the nominations of Joyce Meyer, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, and Harry Kumar, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of Commerce, and Seval Oz, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation.

Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · 253 Russell Senate Office Building · Notice

Bills: S. 1070, S. 2126, S. 2245, S. 2357, S. 2503, S. 2563 and 2 more

2:00 PM ET · Meeting

Hearings to examine Hezbollah's Latin American drug trafficking operations.

Senate International Narcotics Control Caucus · 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice