Mike Lee's Schedule This Week
Week of Monday, September 28, 2026
Senate: met Mon–Wed (Sep 28–30, 2026); a pro forma session Thu; next convenes Mon, Oct 5, 2026; no session days scheduled Oct 12 – Nov 6, 2026 (source)
Last updated · 7 sources
Week of Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
6 committee meetings, 12 roll-call votes, and 1 bill on the floor schedule
This week, Lee voted with the majority of Senate Republicans on 10 roll calls and never against it.
Senate in session
Senate in session
· Hearing
Oversight hearings to examine Jack Smith's authority and Republicans and related matters.
Senate Judiciary Committee · 216 Hart Senate Office Building · Notice
· Hearing
Oversight hearings to examine the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Intellectual Property (Senate Judiciary Committee) · 562 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice
Senate in session
· Business meeting
Business meeting to consider S.365 and H.R.1729, bills to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to allow for additional entities to be eligible to complete the maintenance work on Bolts Ditch and the Bolts Ditch Headgate within the Holy Cross Wilderness, Colorado, S.462, to provide for economic development and conservation in Washoe County, Nevada, S.465, to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reform the interconnection queue process for the prioritization and approval of certain projects, S.730, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of establishing the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center at the African Burial Ground National Monument, S.764, to provide for the designation of certain wilderness areas, recreation management areas, and conservation areas in the State of Colorado, S.791, to establish the Justice Thurgood Marshall National Historic Site in the State of Maryland as an affiliated area of the National Park System, S.888, to designate certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service in the State of Oregon as wilderness and national recreation areas, to withdraw certain land located in Curry County and Josephine County, Oregon, from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, S.945, to amend the Smith River National Recreation Area Act to include certain additions to the Smith River National Recreation Area, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain wild rivers in the State of Oregon, S.1005, to provide for conservation and economic development in the State of Nevada, S.1088, to provide that the memorial to commemorate the sacrifice and service of the women who worked on the home front to support the efforts of the United States military during World War II may be located on the National Mall, S.1195, to promote conservation, improve public land management, and provide for sensible development in Pershing County, Nevada, S.1254 and H.R.331, bills to amend the Aquifer Recharge Flexibility Act to clarify a provision relating to conveyances for aquifer recharge purposes, S.1341, to amend the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to add certain land to the Sarvis Creek Wilderness, S.1342, to amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to improve the weatherization assistance program, S.1349, to withdraw the National Forest System land in the Ruby Mountains subdistrict of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and the National Wildlife Refuge System land in Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Elko and White Pine Counties, Nevada, from operation under the mineral leasing laws, S.1476, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Gila River system in the State of New Mexico as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, to provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the State of New Mexico, S.1568, to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to modify standards for general service lamps, S.1737, to designate and expand wilderness areas in Olympic National Forest in the State of Washington, and to designate certain rivers in Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park as wild and scenic rivers, S.1777, to amend the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 to expand the boundary of Joshua Tree National Park, to redesignate the Cottonwood Visitor Center at Joshua Tree National Park as the "Dianne Feinstein Visitor Center", S.1870, to adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, S.2570, to amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to reauthorize the weatherization assistance program, S.2970, to authorize the use of off-highway vehicles in certain areas of the Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, S.3371, to designate the Museum of the Blind People's Movement in Baltimore, Maryland, as the "National Museum of the Blind People's Movement", S.3499 and H.R.3638, bills to direct the Secretary of Energy to prepare periodic assessments and submit reports on the supply chain for the generation and transmission of electricity, S.3524 and H.R.7618, bills to amend title 54, United States Code, to modify certain cost-sharing requirements for grant programs under the American Battlefield Protection Program, S.3526, to provide for the protection of and investment in certain Federal land in the State of California, S.3542, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate the Upper Raritan River Watershed in the State of New Jersey for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S.3695, to amend Public Law 96-586 to modernize the authority of the Forest Service to acquire
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice
Bills: H.R. 1729, H.R. 2306, H.R. 2317, H.R. 249, H.R. 2709, H.R. 331 and 54 more
· Hearing
Hearings to examine the nominations of Lee Philip Rudofsky, of Arkansas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Robert E. Long, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, Peter M. Mansfield, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, and Jesus A. Osete, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri.
Senate Judiciary Committee · 216 Hart Senate Office Building · Notice
· Hearing
Hearings to examine the nominations of Justin Bytheway, of Utah, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Tonga, William Flens, of the District of Columbia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Chad, Douglas Holder, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria, Marc Dillard, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Madagascar, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Union of the Comoros, and Jessica Long, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, all of the Department of State.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee · 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice
Senate pro forma session
· Closed hearing
To receive a closed briefing on an update on Venezuela.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee · 217 Capitol Visitor Center (Senate side) · Notice
On the Senate floor this week
Full Senate floor schedule →S.Res. 852 A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where Lee sits · Lee voted Nay · Source
Votes, Jun 23 – Oct 2, 2026
The Senate's last 30 days in session: voted in 71 of 74 roll calls (96%).
Lee voted with the majority of Senate Republicans on 71 roll calls and never against it.
Missed votes (3)
| Date | Vote | Question | Result | Mike Lee | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28 | No. 247 | On the Amendment S. 4668Kennedy Amdt. No. 6760 | Amendment Rejected | Not Voting | Did not vote |
| Sep 28 | No. 246 | On the Amendment S. 4668Paul Amdt. No. 6758 | Amendment Rejected | Not Voting | Did not vote |
| Jul 13 | No. 193 | On the Nomination PN930-3Confirmation: Arthur Roberts Jones, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas | Nomination Confirmed | Not Voting | Did not vote |
Bills with new actions, Jun 23 – Oct 2, 2026
Sponsored by Lee (24)
S. 1568 LIT Act of 2025
Latest action Sep 30, 2026: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
S. 2970 A bill to authorize the use of off-highway vehicles in certain areas of the Capitol Reef National Park, Utah.
Latest action Sep 30, 2026: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
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.
S. 5478 GRANITE Act
Latest action Sep 23, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S. 3743 A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a feasibility study on a selective water withdrawal system at Glen Canyon Dam, and for other purposes.
Latest action Sep 17, 2026: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 653.
S. 5039 License to Drill Act
Latest action Sep 17, 2026: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 659.
This bill extends through FY2037 the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) authority to collect oil and gas permit processing fees. For each new permit application, BLM collects a fee that is transferred to the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund.
S. 4787 FEAT Act
Latest action Sep 16, 2026: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
S. 5338 Energy Efficiency Reform Act of 2026
Latest action Sep 16, 2026: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
S. 5408 Student Voter Data Protection Act
Latest action Sep 16, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
S. 3331 A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 50 East 100 North in Moab, Utah, as the "2nd Lieutenant Mitch Williams Post Office".
Latest action Sep 14, 2026: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 581.
This bill designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 50 East 100 North in Moab, Utah, as the "2nd Lieutenant Mitch Williams Post Office".
S. 5372 Kayleigh’s Law Act of 2026
Latest action Aug 7, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
This bill establishes a federal statutory framework to require federal courts to issue an order prohibiting contact with a victim (i.e., a no-contact order) in the case of a defendant who is convicted of certain violent crimes or sex crimes.
S. 5371 Stopping Border Surges Act
Latest action Aug 7, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S. 5347 Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act of 2026
Latest action Aug 6, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S. 5191 Citizenship for International Adoptees Act of 2026
Latest action Jul 30, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S. 5202 Protecting Our Kids from Harmful Research Act
Latest action Jul 30, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
S. 1954 Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act
Latest action Jul 27, 2026: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 521.
This bill deems all biosimilars licensed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) interchangeable with their reference products. A biosimilar is a biological product (e.g., a drug or vaccine) that is very similar to a brand-name biological product (i.e., the reference product).
S. 4708 Arctic Security and Diplomacy Act
Latest action Jul 27, 2026: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 516.
S. 3004 Upper Price River Watershed Project Act of 2026
Latest action Jul 23, 2026: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 487.
S. 1860 Brian Head Town Land Conveyance Act
Latest action Jul 23, 2026: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 481.
This bill directs the Forest Service to convey approximately 24 acres of land within the Dixie National Forest to Brian Head Town, Utah, along with any improvements made to the land.
S. 5129 PROTECT Act of 2026
Latest action Jul 23, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S. 5128 GRACE Act
Latest action Jul 23, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
S. 2969 A bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to provide that State law shall apply to the use of motor vehicles on roads within a System unit.
Latest action Jul 21, 2026: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
This bill makes the law of the state in which a National Park System unit is located applicable to the use of motor vehicles (including off-highway vehicles) on roads within a system unit.
S. 5000 Cyber Letters of Marque and Reprisal Act
Latest action Jul 15, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
S. 4931 End EPA Abuse Act of 2026
Latest action Jun 24, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Cosponsored by Lee (34)
S.Res. 934 A resolution designating October 10, 2026, as "American Girls in Sports Day".
Latest action Sep 30, 2026: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S. 5653 A bill to prescribe permitting reform, and for other purposes.
Latest action Sep 30, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
S. 5593 A bill to prevent the removal of children for sex-rejecting interventions.
Latest action Sep 29, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
S.Res. 913 A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former United States Senator for the State of Kansas.
Latest action Sep 28, 2026: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5064-5065; text: CR S5074-5075)
S.Res. 912 A resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Hyde Amendment and its enduring legacy of saving the lives of more than 2,600,000 unborn children and respecting the conscience rights of the American people.
Latest action Sep 28, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (consideration: CR S5074)
S.Res. 891 A resolution designating the week of September 27, 2026, through October 3, 2026, as "Religious Education Week" to celebrate religious education in the United States.
Latest action Sep 23, 2026: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S4949-4950)
S.Res. 897 A resolution honoring the life, service, and legacy of the Honorable Jon Llewellyn Kyl, former Senator for the State of Arizona.
Latest action Sep 23, 2026: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4958; text: CR S4951-4952)
S. 4429 Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026
Latest action Sep 22, 2026: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 671.
S. 1321 Moab UMTRA Project Transition Act of 2025
Latest action Sep 17, 2026: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 633.
S. 252 GOOD Act
Latest action Sep 14, 2026: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 565.
S. 5383 End Gas Station Heroin Act
Latest action Aug 8, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.Res. 844 A resolution honoring the lives and service of Emily Barker, Nicholas Hutcherson, Sydney Watson, Nathan Matthews, Nicholas Dale, and all those who serve on the front lines of wildland firefighting efforts in the United States.
Latest action Aug 7, 2026: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4553; text: CR S4569)
S. 5355 Ballots by Election Day Act
Latest action Aug 6, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
S. 5262 Defense of Environment and Property Act of 2026
Latest action Aug 5, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
S.J.Res. 205 A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Small Off-Road Engines Regulations; Notice of Decision".
Latest action Aug 5, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
S. 5206 Cold War Military Force Repeal Act
Latest action Jul 30, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
S. 5185 Audit the Pentagon Act
Latest action Jul 30, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
S. 4410 A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide for the payment of bonus payments of certain coal leases issued under that Act.
Latest action Jul 29, 2026: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
S. 5158 Federal Insurance Office Abolishment Act of 2026
Latest action Jul 29, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
S. 5152 Daughters of the American Revolution Membership Integrity Act
Latest action Jul 28, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S. 3788 CLEAR LABELS Act
Latest action Jul 27, 2026: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 523.
S. 1414 Expedited Access to Biosimilars Act
Latest action Jul 27, 2026: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 520.
S. 1135 A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Bonneville Shoreline Trail.
Latest action Jul 23, 2026: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 473.
S.Res. 812 A resolution recognizing the 179th anniversary of the arrival of pioneers belonging to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Great Salt Lake Valley, honoring the enduring pioneer spirit that shaped the American West, and celebrating its continued relevance to the unfolding American story.
Latest action Jul 23, 2026: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S4268-4269)
S. 5097 End H–1B Visa Abuse Act of 2026
Latest action Jul 23, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S. 1759 Supersonic Aviation Modernization Act
Latest action Jul 22, 2026: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
S.Res. 801 A resolution honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Lindsey Olin Graham, a Senator from the State of South Carolina.
Latest action Jul 16, 2026: Star Print ordered on the resolution.
S. 5023 Ban Birth Tourism Act of 2026
Latest action Jul 16, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S. 4975 HEATS Act
Latest action Jul 15, 2026: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
S. 4952 Protecting American Taxpayers Act
Latest action Jul 14, 2026: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 452.
S. 4978 Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2026
Latest action Jul 14, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S. 4954 Citizenship Act of 2026
Latest action Jul 13, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S. 4956 Farmers and Ranchers Relief Act of 2026
Latest action Jul 13, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
S.Res. 787 A resolution celebrating the historic anniversary of the June 24, 2022, decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.
Latest action Jun 24, 2026: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S3214)
Sources
- congress-legislators (member data, CC0) · retrieved Oct 2, 2026
- Portrait: Public domain (U.S. government work)
- U.S. Senate roll-call votes (senate.gov)
- Committee meeting notices · retrieved Oct 1, 2026
- Bill status (Congress.gov / GovInfo BILLSTATUS) · retrieved Oct 1, 2026
- Senate roll-call votes this week (senate.gov)
- Senate session days and calendar