Tuesday, May 2

Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry – Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade
Hearings to examine commodity programs, credit, and crop insurance, focusing on producer perspectives on the farm safety net.
Witnesses: TBA
9:00 AM – SD-106

Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Hearings to examine the President’s proposed budget request for fiscal year 2024 for the Department of the Interior.
Witnesses: The Honorable Deb Haaland, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior
9:30 AM – SD-366

Senate Armed Services
Hearings to examine the posture of the Department of the Air Force in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2024 and the Future Years Defense Program; to be immediately followed by a closed session in SVC-217.
Witnesses: Honorable Frank Kendall III, Secretary of the Air Force; General Charles Q. Brown, Jr. USAF, Chief of Staff of the Air Force; General B. Chance Saltzman, USSF, Chief of Space Operations
9:30 AM – SD-G50

Senate Appropriations – Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Hearings to examine advancing security and prosperity through international conservation.
Witnesses: Ms. Gillian Caldwell, Chief Climate Officer and Deputy Assistant Administrator, United States Agency for International Development; Mr. Kaddu Sebunya, President and Chief Executive Officer, African Wildlife Foundation; Dr. Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bezos Earth Fund
10:00 AM – SD-124

Senate Appropriations – Subcommittee on Defense
Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2024 for the Army.
Witnesses: The Honorable Christine Wormuth, Secretary, United States Army; General James C. McConville, Chief of Staff, United States Army
10:00 AM – SD-192

Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Business meeting to consider S.1067, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to citizen petitions, S.1114, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the 180-day exclusivity period, S.1214, to set forth limitations on exclusive approval or licensure of drugs designated for rare diseases or conditions, an original bill entitled, “Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act”, and other pending calendar business.
10:00 AM – SD-430

Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Hearings to examine reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program, focusing on improving community resilience.
Witnesses: Ms. Patty Hernandez, Executive Director, Headwaters Economics
10:00 AM – SD-538

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Hearings to examine improving access to Federal grants for underserved communities.
Witnesses: JEFF ARKIN, Director, Strategic Issues, U.S. Government Accountability Office; MEAGAN ELLIOT, PH.D., Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Director, Office of Development and Grants, City of Detroit; MATTHEW HANSON, Associate Managing Director, Witt O’Brien’s LLC
10:00 AM – SD-562

Senate Judiciary
Hearings to examine Supreme Court ethics reform.
Witnesses: TBA
10:00 AM – SH-216

Senate Armed Services – Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
Hearings to examine the current readiness of the Joint Force.
Witnesses: General Randy A. George, USA, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, Department of the Army; Admiral Lisa M. Franchetti, USN, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, Department of the Navy; General Eric M. Smith, USMC, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, Department of the Navy; General David M. Allvin, USAF, Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Department of the Air Force; General David D. Thompson, USSF, Vice Chief of Space Operations, Department of the Air Force; Ms. Diana C. Maurer, Director of Defense Capabilities and Management, Government Accountability Office
2:30 PM – SR-232A

Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs – Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development
Hearings to examine rural housing legislation.
Witnesses: Ms. Natalie N. Maxwell, Managing Attorney, National Housing Law Project; Mr. David Lipsetz, President And CEO, Housing Assistance Council; Ms. Anne Mavity, Executive Director, Minnesota Housing Partnership
2:45 PM – SD-538

Senate Foreign Relations – Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy
Hearings to examine the President’s proposed budget request for fiscal year 2024 for East Asia and the Pacific.
Witnesses: 1. The Honorable Daniel J. Kritenbrink, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State; 2. The Honorable Michael Schiffer, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Asia, United States Agency for International Development
3:00 PM – SD-419

Senate Armed Services – Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
Hearings to examine Department of Defense space activities in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2024 and the Future Years Defense Program.
Witnesses: Honorable John F. Plumb, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy; Honorable Frank Calvelli, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration; General David D. Thompson, USSF, Vice Chief of Space Operations
4:45 PM – SR-222

Wednesday, May 3

Senate Foreign Relations
Business meeting to consider S.396, to require the Secretary of State to submit an annual report to Congress regarding the ties between criminal gangs and political and economic elites in Haiti and impose sanctions on political and economic elites involved in such criminal activities, S.682, to provide for the treatment of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as an international organization for purposes of the International Organizations Immunities Act, S.1240, to modify the requirements for candidate countries under the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, S.841, to authorize the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative, to enhance the United States- Caribbean security partnership, to prioritize natural disaster resilience, S.797, to establish and implement a multi-year Legal Gold and Mining Partnership Strategy to reduce the negative environmental and social impacts of illicit gold mining in the Western Hemisphere, an original bill entitled, “Western Hemisphere Partnership Act”, S.Res.119, recognizing the 202nd anniversary of the independence of Greece and celebrating democracy in Greece and the United States, S.Res.157, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, S.Res.106, condemning Beijing’s destruction of Hong Kong’s democracy and rule of law, S.Res.99, supporting the goals of International Women’s Day, S.Con.Res.7, condemning Russia’s unjust and arbitrary detention of Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza who has stood up in defense of democracy, the rule of law, and free and fair elections in Russia, S.Res.115, supporting the goals and ideals of “Countering International Parental Child Abduction Month” and expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress should raise awareness of the harm caused by international parental child abduction, S.Res.23, demanding that the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Communist Party of China immediately release Mark Swidan, and the nominations of Elizabeth Allen, of New York, to be Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy, Vivek Hallegere Murthy, of Florida, to be Representative of the United States on the Executive Board of the World Health Organization, Pamela M. Tremont, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe, and Nicole D. Theriot, of Louisiana, to be Ambassador to the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, all of the Department of State, Elizabeth Shortino, of the District of Columbia, to be United States Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund, Kenneth M. Jarin, of Pennsylvania, to be Chair, and to be a Member, and Jeffrey Gedmin, of the District of Columbia, Kathleen Cunningham Matthews, of Maryland, Luis Manuel Botello, of Maryland, and Michelle Mai Selesky Giuda, of Virginia, each to be a Member, all of the International Broadcasting Advisory Board, and routine lists in the Foreign Service.
10:00 AM – S-116

Senate Appropriations – Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2024 for the Department of Energy, including the National Nuclear Security Administration.
Witnesses: The Honorable Jennifer Granholm, Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy; The Honorable Jill Hruby, Under Secretary, National Nuclear Security Administration
10:00 AM – SD-192

Senate Appropriations – Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Hearing: A Review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request for the Environmental Protection Agency
Witnesses: The Honorable Michael S. Regan, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
10:00 AM – SD-124

Senate Finance
Hearings to examine barriers to mental health care, focusing on improving provider directory accuracy to reduce the prevalence of ghost networks.
Witnesses: Keris Jän Myrick, Inseparable, Washington , DC; Jack Resneck Jr., MD, American Medical Association, Chicago , IL; Robert L. Trestman, Ph.D., MD, Carilion Clinic and Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke , VA; Mary Giliberti, Mental Health America, Alexandria , VA; Jeff Rideout, MD, Integrated Healthcare Association, Oakland , CA
10:00 AM – SD-215

Senate Environment and Public Works
Hearings to examine the 2024 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budget and implementation of Water Resources Development Act of 2022.
Witnesses: TBA
10:00 AM – SD-406

Senate Budget
Hearings to examine the real cost of fossil fuels.
Witnesses: Dr. Ted Gayer, President, Niskanen Center; Dr. Nicole Deziel, Associate Professor Of Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health
10:00 AM – SD-608

Senate Appropriations – Subcommittee on Homeland Security
Hearing: Combatting Transnational Criminal Organizations and Related Trafficking
Witnesses: James Mandryck, Deputy Assistant Commissioner of Intelligence and Analysis, U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Diane Sabatino, Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Matthew Millhollin, Assistant Director for Countering Transnational Organized Crime, Homeland Security Investigations
2:00 PM – SD-138

Senate Judiciary – Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights
Hearings to examine competition in the digital advertising ecosystem.
Witnesses: TBA
2:30 PM – SD-226

Senate Foreign Relations – Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development
Hearings to examine the global information wars.
Witnesses: The Honorable Amanda Bennett, Chief Executive Officer, U.S Agency for Global Media
2:30 PM – SD-419

Senate Indian Affairs
Hearings to examine S.195, to provide compensation to the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community for the taking without just compensation of land by the United States inside the exterior boundaries of the L’Anse Indian Reservation that were guaranteed to the Community under a treaty signed in 1854, S.382, to take certain land in the State of Washington into trust for the benefit of the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation, and an original bill to amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to modify the authorized purposes and term period of tribal leases.
Witnesses: TBA
2:30 PM – SD-628

Senate Intelligence
To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters.
2:30 PM – SH-219

Thursday, May 4

Senate Armed Services
Hearings to examine worldwide threats; to be immediately followed by a closed session in SVC-217.
Witnesses: Honorable Avril D. Haines, Director of National Intelligence; Lieutenant General Scott D. Berrier, USA, Director of Defense Intelligence Agency
9:30 AM – SD-G50

Senate Appropriations – Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2024 for the National Institutes of Health.
Witnesses: Dr. Lawrence Tabak, Acting Director, National Institutes of Health; Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, Director, National Cancer Institute; Dr. Joshua Gordon, Director, National Institutes of Mental Health; Dr. Richard Hodes, Director, National Institute on Aging; Dr. Nora Volkow, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse
10:00 AM – SD-192

Senate Energy and Natural Resources
An oversight hearing to examine the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Witnesses: TBA
10:00 AM – SD-366

Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry – Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade
Hearings to examine commodity programs, credit, and crop insurance, focusing on industry perspectives on risk management and access to credit.
Witnesses: TBA
10:00 AM – SH-216

Senate Budget
Hearing: The Default on America Act: Blackmail, Brinkmanship, and Billionaire Backroom Deals
Witnesses: Dr. Mark Zandi, Chief Economist, Moody’s Analytics; Mr. Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund; Ms. Abigail Ross Hopper, President And CEO, Solar Energy Industries Association
10:00 AM – SD-608

Senate Foreign Relations
Hearings to consider the nominations of 1. Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath, Ms. Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath, of Texas, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Peru; 2. Arthur W. Brown, Mr. Arthur W. Brown, of Pennsylvania, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Ecuador; 3. Yael Lempert, Ms. Yael Lempert, of New York, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; 4. Roger F. Nyhus, Mr. Roger F. Nyhus, of Washington, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Barbados, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Witnesses: Testimony from nominees.
10:15 AM – SD-419

Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Hearings to examine preparing for the next public health emergency, focusing on reauthorizing the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act.
Witnesses: TBA
1:00 PM – SD-430