Committee Cliff Notes: Weekly Preview – Week of August 31, 2026
Appropriations
On Friday, September 4, the Subcommittee on Defense will hold a field hearing called "Industrial Base and Workforce Development for Skilled Trades."
Education & Workforce
On Tuesday, September 1, the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education will hold a hearing called "Supporting Working Families: State-Led Child Care Solutions."
On Wednesday, September 2, the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections will hold a hearing called "Less Red Tape, More Opportunity: Unleashing American Workers and Job Creators."
Energy & Commerce
On Tuesday, September 1, the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade will hold a markup on the following measures:
- H.R. 10170, the Memory Chip Competitiveness Assessment Act (Miller-Meeks)
- H.R. 10158, the Automotive National and Economic Security Act of 2026 (Harshbarger)
- H.R. 10152, the Open-Source AI Leadership Act (Evans)
- H.R. 6207, the Chip EQUIP Act (Lofgren)
- H.R. 10163, the American Quantum Competitiveness Act (Langworthy)
- H.R. 6832, the Packaging and Claims Knowledge (PACK) Act of 2025 (Weber)
- H.R. 7502, the Recycled Materials Attribution Act (Langworthy)
- H.R. 9385, the PROTECT USA Act of 2026 (Fitzgerald)
- H.R. 7945, the Nitrous Oxide Safety Act of 2026 (Mullin)
- H.R. 2713, the Mitigating Automated Internet Networks for (MAIN) Event Ticketing Act (Harshbarger)
- H.R. 5967, the Strategic Task Force on Scam Prevention Act (Menendez)
- H.R. 6488, the Reducing Exploitative Social Media Exposure for Teens (RESET) Act (Houchin)
- H.R. 2805, the PLAN for Broadband Act (Walberg)
- H.R. 4950, the Data BRIDGE Act (Houchin)
- H.R. 6152, the Foreign Robocall Elimination Act (McDowell)
- H.R. 7294, the AI for Secure Networks Act (Menendez)
- H.R. 8255, the Satellite and Telecommunications (SAT) Streamlining Act (Guthrie)
- H.R. 9129, the GUARD Act (Moolenaar)
Financial Services
On Wednesday, September 2, the Committee on Financial Services will hold a full committee hearing called "Strengthening the American Economy: Promoting Growth, Opportunity, and Prosperity."
Foreign Affairs
On Tuesday, September 1, the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee will hold a hearing called "Countering Houthi Terrorism: Protecting U.S. Interests and Security in the Red Sea."
Intelligence
On Monday, August 31, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence will hold a full committee meeting called "Committee Business to Consider: Review of the 9/11 Commission Report."
On Wednesday, September 2, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence will hold a full committee hearing called "Persistent Competition & Legacy Architectures."
Judiciary
On Tuesday, September 1, the Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement will hold a hearing called “Sanctuary Policies, Tragic Consequences.”
On Wednesday, September 2, the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet will hold a hearing called “Renewal of USPTO Fee Setting Authority: Giving Full Effect to the America Invents Act.”
On Wednesday, September 2, the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government will hold a hearing called “Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof: Birthright Citizenship and the Fourteenth Amendment, Part II.”
Natural Resources
On Wednesday, September 2, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands will hold a legislative hearing on the following measures:
- H.R. 642, the Myakka Wild and Scenic River Act of 2025 (Steube)
- H.R. 5470, the Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act (LaHood)
- H.R. 6788, the Montana Sportsmen Conservation Act (Downing)
- H.R. 9269, the Renewing the African American Civil Rights Network Act (Clyburn)
- H.R. 9600, the Common Sense Act 250 Act of 2026 (Raskin)
- H.R. 9779, the Hands Off Our Boca Chica Beach Act of 2026 (Gonzalez)
- H.R. 10128, To codify Secretary's Order No. 3434 of the Department of the Interior (McClintock)
- H.R. 10136, the Crossett Experimental Forest Act of 2026 (Westerman)
- S. 675, the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Act (Hoeven)
Oversight and Government Reform
On Tuesday, September 1, the Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses will hold a hearing called "Protecting American Citizenship: Confronting Birth Tourism."
On Wednesday, September 2, the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs will hold a hearing called "No Flame, More Pain: How State and Local Bans on Natural Gas Increase Costs."
Rules
On Monday, August 31, the Committee on Rules will meet on the following measures:
- H.R. 1501, the Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025 (Shreve)
- H.R. 9436, To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 to extend the time period for which certain regulation concerning the North Atlantic right whale are effective. [Northeast Lobsterman Protection Act of 2026] (Lawler)
- H.R. 4795, the Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act of 2026 (Foxx)
- H. Res. 1490, Providing for the condemnation and denouncement of socialism in all its forms, and for other purposes (Crank)
Science, Space, and Technology
On Wednesday, September 2, the Subcommittee on Energy will hold a hearing called "Powering the Nuclear Renaissance: Accelerating U.S. Leadership in Advanced Nuclear Reactors."
Small Business
On Wednesday, September 2, the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains will hold a hearing called "Fueling the Golden Age: Future Resource Needs and Small Business Opportunity."
Veterans' Affairs
On Wednesday, September 2, the Committee on Veterans' Affairs will hold a full committee oversight hearing called “Beyond Go-Live: VA Electronic Health Record Modernization Status Update.”
Ways and Means
On Tuesday, September 1, the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare will hold a hearingcalled "Welfare Reform at 30: Restoring the Promise of Work and Personal Responsibility in Federal Welfare Programs."
On Wednesday, September 2, the Committee on Ways and Means will hold a full committee hearing called "Strategic Partnerships to Secure Critical Resources and Supply Chains."
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