House Takes Up Forced Arbitration Agreements & Possible Russia Trade Sanctions, Senate to Consider Nominations

What’s happening in Congress?

SENATE SCHEDULE

• The Senate starts its week Monday with a procedural vote on the nomination of Shalanda Young to be director of the Office of Management and Budget. If it succeeds, a confirmation vote would likely occur Tuesday.
• Later in the week, the Senate may consider additional legislation or nominations, including Susan Grundmann’s nomination to serve on the Federal Labor Relations Authority.
• Committees will hold hearings on U.S. tools and responses in combating authoritarianism; strategic trade engagement in the Indo-Pacific region; and the role of digital assets in illicit finance.

HOUSE SCHEDULE 

• The House starts its week Tuesday with votes on 10 bills under the fast-track “suspension of the rules” process which requires a two-thirds majority for passage. The docket includes a number of bills from the House Natural Resources Committee related to parks, public lands, and historical sites.
• The rest of the week will feature votes on a bill to prohibit the enforcement of forced arbitration agreements involving consumer, employment, antitrust, and civil rights disputes; and a bill to ban discrimination on the basis of hair texture or hairstyles commonly associated with a particular race or national origin in areas where discrimination based on race or national origin is already banned.
• Consideration of a bill to end preferential trade treatment for Russia in terms of tariffs may occur later in the week.
• Committees will hold hearings on stock trading reforms for Congress; violence and threats against black institutions; and healthcare workforce recruitment and retention at the VA.

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

Schedule subject to change. All times Eastern.

HOUSE

Monday

• The House is not in session.

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

• H.R. 268: To provide for the boundary of the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Park to be adjusted, to authorize the donation of land to the United States for addition to that historic park, and for other purposes, as amended
• H.R. 560: Northern Mariana Islands Residents Relief Act, as amended
• H.R. 1908: Ka‘ena Point National Heritage Area Act
• H.R. 1931: Japanese American Confinement Education Act, as amended
• H.R. 2899: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating areas within the island of Guam as a National Heritage Area, and for other purposes
• H.R. 3113: Modernizing Access to Our Public Land Act, as amended
• H.R. 3197: Save the Liberty Theatre Act of 2021
• H.R. 4380: To designate the El Paso Community Healing Garden National Memorial, and for other purposes
• H.R. 5001: Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Recovery Act, as amended
• H.R.  6434: Japanese American WWII History Network

Wednesday or Thursday after 12pm, or Friday between 9am and 3pm

• H.R. 963: FAIR Act of 2022
• H.R. 2116: CROWN Act of 2022
• Possible consideration of legislation related to trade with Russia.
• Additional legislative items are possible.

SENATE

Monday after 5:30pm

• Cloture motion on the nomination of Shalanda Young to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget

Rest of the Week

• (If cloture is invoked) Confirmation of Shalanda Young to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget
• Cloture motion on the nomination of Susan Grundmann to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority for a term of 5 years expiring July 1, 2025
• (If cloture is invoked) Confirmation of Susan Grundmann as a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority for a term of 5 years expiring July 1, 2025

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— Eric Revell