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Civic Register
| 7.1.21

House to Take Up Democrats’ Surface Transportation Bill & Form January 6th Select Committee

How do you feel about this week’s congressional schedule?

What’s happening in Congress?

  • The House has a busy week ahead as it prepares to join the Senate on recess at the end of the week.

HOUSE SCHEDULE 

  • The House starts its week Monday with votes on 11 bills under the fast-track “suspension of the rules” process. The docket includes bills to repeal authorizations for the use of force in the Middle East and speed visa processing for Afghan interpreters who assisted the U.S. It will also consider resolutions calling for the U.S. to provide additional aid to India amid the COVID-19 pandemic and for Russia to release a U.S. citizen from prison.
  • The rest of the week will focus on bills replace the busts of figures who supported slavery or the Confederacy from the Capitol, ensure the independence of inspectors general, form a select committee to investigate the January 6th Capitol riot, and Democrats’ surface transportation package.
  • Additional votes are possible before the House wraps up its work week on Thursday and breaks for the Fourth of July recess.
  • Committees will hold hearings on federal wildland fire science, potential legislation to “deter prosecutorial abuse of power” related to prosecution of leaks, and “transportation investments for solving the climate crisis”.

SENATE SCHEDULE

  • The Senate is on recess this week and next. It will return for its next floor business on Monday, July 12th, and no committee hearings are scheduled during the recess.

Check below throughout the week to see the vote results and updates to the schedule.

Schedule subject to change. All times Eastern.

HOUSE

Monday after 6:30pm (under suspension of the rules)

  • H.R. 391: Global Health Security Act of 2021, as amended Passed 307-112.
  • H.R. 3385: HOPE for Afghan SIVs Act of 2021, as amended Vote postponed.
  • H.R. 1500: Global Learning Loss Assessment Act of 2021, as amended Vote postponed.
  • H.Res. 402: Urging the Administration to facilitate assistance in response to the devastating impacts of COVID-19 in India, as amended Vote postponed.
  • H.Res. 186: Calling for the immediate release of Trevor Reed, a United States citizen who was unjustly found guilty and sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison Vote postponed.
  • H.R. 3261: To repeal the 1991 Authorization for the Use of Military Force against Iraq Resolution Vote postponed.
  • H.R. 3283: To repeal the joint resolution entitled, “A joint resolution to promote peace and stability in the Middle East”, as amended Vote postponed.
  • H.R. 2471: Haiti Development, Accountability, and Institutional Transparency Initiative Act, as amended Vote postponed.
  • H.R. 567: Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Program Act of 2021, as amended Vote postponed.
  • H.R. 2225: National Science Foundation for the Future Act, as amended Passed 345-67.
  • H.R. 3593: Department of Energy Science for the Future Act, as amended Passed 351-68.

Tuesday after 12pm

  • H.R. 3005: Removing the bust of Roger Taney from the Capitol and replacing it with a bust of Thurgood Marshall, in addition to removing other symbols of slavery and the Confederacy Passed 285-120.
  • H.R. 2662: Inspector General Independence & Empowerment Act Passed 221-182.
  • H.R. 3385: HOPE for Afghan SIVs Act of 2021, as amended Passed en bloc 366-46.
  • H.R. 1500: Global Learning Loss Assessment Act of 2021, as amended Passed en bloc 366-46.
  • H.Res. 402: Urging the Administration to facilitate assistance in response to the devastating impacts of COVID-19 in India, as amended Passed en bloc 366-46.
  • H.Res. 186: Calling for the immediate release of Trevor Reed, a United States citizen who was unjustly found guilty and sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison Passed en bloc 366-46.
  • H.R. 3261: To repeal the 1991 Authorization for the Use of Military Force against Iraq Resolution Passed en bloc 366-46.
  • H.R. 3283: To repeal the joint resolution entitled, “A joint resolution to promote peace and stability in the Middle East”, as amended Passed en bloc 366-46.
  • H.R. 2471: Haiti Development, Accountability, and Institutional Transparency Initiative Act, as amended Passed en bloc 366-46.
  • H.R. 567: Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Program Act of 2021, as amended Passed 395-15.

Wednesday after 12pm

  • H.Res. 503: Legislation Establishing a Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol Adopted 219-190.

Thursday between 9am and 3pm

  • H.R. 3684: INVEST in America Act Passed 221-201.

SENATE

  • No votes are expected.

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— Eric Revell