The Weekly Hill Update

Below is this week’s congressional update by BakerHostetler’s Federal Policy team. We’ll continue to post in weeks when both chambers of Congress are in session.

HEADLINES

• Gun violence now dominates attention on Capitol Hill, amid a wave of shootings including the horrors in Uvalde, Texas, and in Buffalo.
• The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol will begin its public hearings.
• President Joe Biden will travel to the West Coast for the Summit of the Americas.

HOUSE

• The House will hold votes Tuesday through Thursday, planning to take up legislation to address gun violence. The House will also vote on a bipartisan reauthorization of federal water infrastructure programs, and on the Food and Drug Administration’s user-fee programs for medical devices and drugs.
• The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol will hold a hearing in primetime on Thursday.
• The House and Senate Armed Services Committee will begin marking up the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act.
• The full hearing schedule can be found here.

SENATE

• The Senate will reconvene to consider more of President Biden’s nominees, and may also take up House-passed legislation to address the health of veterans exposed to burn pits.
• The Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee will take up its version of legislation to reauthorize FDA user-fee programs.
• The Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on addressing extreme drought in the western United States.
• The current list of committee meetings can be found here.

WHITE HOUSE

• Biden will appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on Wednesday.
• Thursday and Friday, Biden will attend the ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles with other leaders from the region.
• Saturday, Biden will visit Santa Fe to receive a briefing on wildfires in New Mexico.