House to Take Up Rescheduling Marijuana & Expunging Cannabis Crimes, Senate to Set Up Compromise on Competitiveness Bill

What’s happening in Congress?

SENATE SCHEDULE

• The Senate starts its week Monday with a series of votes that will allow the chamber to form a conference committee with the House on a bill to bolster U.S. economic and geopolitical competitiveness with China, including by increasing domestic production of semiconductors.
• Additional votes to set up the conference committee may follow later in the week, and senators may consider other legislation or nominations before they adjourn for the week.
• Committees will hold hearings on the posture of U.S. European Command and U.S. Transportation Command; comprehensive legislation addressing veterans’ toxic exposures during military service; improving retirement savings; the supply chain crisis and small businesses; and opportunities and challenges facing domestic critical mineral mining and processing. 

HOUSE SCHEDULE 

• The House is expected to consider seven bills under the fast-track suspension of the rules process, which requires a two-thirds majority for passage, over the course of Monday and Tuesday. The docket includes a bill reauthorizing the Coast Guard that’s named in honor of the late Rep. Don Young (R-AK), who was the dean of the House until his death earlier this month.
• Additional legislation will be considered Wednesday and Thursday, including a bill to reschedule marijuana as a federal controlled substance and expunge marijuana crimes.
• Committees will hold hearings on pathways to universal healthcare coverage; the Biden administration’s FY2023 budget proposal; and securing critical infrastructure against Russian cyber threats. 

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)

• S. 2629: Better Cybercrime Metrics Act
• H.R. 3359: Homicide Victims’ Families’ Rights Act of 2021, as amended
• H.R. 1621: Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act of 2021
• H.R. 4738: COVID-19 American History Project Act
• S. 3294: To obtain and direct the placement in the Capitol or on the Capitol Grounds of a statue to honor Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Sandra Day O'Connor and a statue to honor Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Tuesday after 12pm

• H.R. 6865: Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022, as amended
• H.R. 2954: Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2022, as amended

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

• H.R. 3617: MORE Act
• H.R. 5706: Stop Sexual Assault and Harassment in Transportation Act
• S. 400: William T. Coleman, Jr. and Norman Y. Mineta Department of Transportation Headquarters Act, as amended
• H.R. 5673: Safeguarding Tomorrow through Ongoing Risk Mitigation Technical Corrections Act
• H.R. 5343: FEMA Caseworker Accountability Act, as amended
• H.R. 5547: CEDS Act, as amended
• S. 2938: To designate the United States Courthouse and Federal Building located at 111 North Adams Street in Tallahassee, Florida, as the "Joseph Woodrow Hatchett United States Courthouse and Federal Building", and for other purposes
• S. 1226: To designate the United States courthouse located at 1501 North 6th Street in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as the "Sylvia H. Rambo United States Courthouse", and for other purposes
• S. 233: Donna M. Doss Memorial Act of 2021
• S. 2126: To designate the Federal Office Building located at 308 W. 21st Street in Cheyenne, Wyoming, as the "Louisa Swain Federal Office Building", and for other purposes
• Additional legislative items are possible.

SENATE

Monday after 5:30pm

• Cloture motion on the Schumer substitute amendment to H.R. 4521: U.S. Innovation and Competition Act
• Passage of H.R. 4521: U.S. Innovation and Competition Act

Rest of the Week

• Sanders amendment to the motion to  instruct conferees for H.R. 4521: U.S. Innovation and Competition Act
• Motion to instruct conferees for H.R. 4521: U.S. Innovation and Competition Act
• Cloture motion on the nomination of Nani Coloretti to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget
• Cloture motion on the nomination of C.S. Kang to be an Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Non-Proliferation

Tell your reps how to vote on this week's bills and share your thoughts below!

— Eric Revell