Congressional Hearings on Wednesday, August 5, 2026
9 committee meetings, all in the Senate: 5 hearings, 3 business meetings, and 1 closed hearing.
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Senate (9)
· Business meeting
Business meeting to markup S.737, to require certain interactive computer services to adopt and operate technology verification measures to ensure that users of the platform are not minors, S.1748, to protect the safety of children on the internet, S.4199, to require entities that make artificial intelligence chatbots available to minors to implement certain safe design features, S.4407, to require the creation of family accounts for children to be able to use artificial intelligence chatbots, to require verifiable parental consent for teens using artificial intelligence chatbots, S.5171, to require a study of AI-enabled toys and development of a joint action plan regarding the marketing and sale of AI-enabled toys, and a promotion list in the Coast Guard.
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · 253 Russell Senate Office Building · Notice
· Hearing
Hearings to examine exploring process approaches for addressing Social Security solvency.
Senate Finance Committee · 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice
· Hearing
Hearings to examine the nominations of Peter McCoy, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to Montenegro, Daniel Travis, of California, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Sierra Leone, and Nathaniel Morris, of Kentucky, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Colombia, all of the Department of State.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee · 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice
· Hearing
Hearings to examine 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, D. Adam Candeub, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, and John Peter Cronan, of New York, and Jason Manion, of Ohio, each to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission.
Senate Judiciary Committee · 216 Hart Senate Office Building · Notice
· Business meeting
Business meeting to consider S.239, to take certain mineral interests into trust for the benefit of the Crow Tribe of Montana, S.1055, to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to modify the notification requirement for emergency contract health services for certain beneficiaries, S.1514, to take certain land in the State of Washington into trust for the benefit of the Quinault Indian Nation, S.3219, to transfer certain Federal land into trust for certain Indian Pueblos in the State of New Mexico, and H.R.2400, to take certain Federal land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Pit River Tribe.
Senate Indian Affairs Committee · 628 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice
· Hearing
Hearings to examine the Muslim brotherhood network in America.
Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights (Senate Judiciary Committee) · 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice
· Hearing
Hearings to examine the next 250, focusing on small businesses leading the way.
Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee · 428A Russell Senate Office Building · Notice
· Business meeting
Closed business meeting to consider certain intelligence matters; to be immediately followed by a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters.
Senate Intelligence Committee · 219 Hart Senate Office Building · Notice
· Closed hearing
To receive a closed briefing update on the war in Sudan.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee · 217 Capitol Visitor Center (Senate side) · Notice
Sources
- Senate committee hearings (senate.gov) · retrieved Oct 2, 2026
- Committee meetings (Congress.gov API)