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Committee Cliff Notes: Weekly Preview – Week of March 31, 2025

Washington, March 31, 2025
Here’s what to watch for from House Republican committees during the week:

Appropriations
 
On Tuesday, April 1, the Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Agencies will hold a Member Day hearing.

On Wednesday, April 2, the Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Agencies will hold an Outside Witness Day hearing.

On Wednesday, April 2, the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch will hold a budget hearing called "U.S. House of Representatives."

Armed Services
 
On Tuesday, April 1, the Armed Services Committee will hold a full committee hearing called "U.S. Military Posture and National Security Challenges in North and South America."  

On Wednesday, April 2, the Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces will hold a hearing called "Small UAS and Counter-Small UAS: Gaps, Requirements, and Projected Capabilities."  

Education & Workforce
 
On Tuesday, April 1, the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education will hold a hearing called "From Chalkboards to Chatbots: The Impact of AI on K-12 Education."  

On Wednesday, April 2, the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions will hold a hearing called "A Healthy Workforce: Expanding Access and Affordability in Employer-Sponsored Health Care." 

Energy and Commerce
 
On Tuesday, April 1, the Health Subcommittee will hold a hearing called "Examining the FDA’s Regulation of Over-the-Counter Monograph Drugs." 

On Tuesday, April 1, the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing called "Aging Technology, Emerging Threats: Examining Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities in Legacy Medical Devices." 

Financial Services

On Tuesday, April 1, the Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions will hold a hearing called "Following the Money: Tools and Techniques to Combat Fraud."

On Wednesday, April 2, the Committee on Financial Services will hold a full committee markup of the following measures:
  • H.R. 2392, the Stablecoin Transparency and Accountability for a Better Ledger Economy (STABLE) Act of 2025 (Steil)
  • H.R. 2384, the Financial Technology Protection Act of 2025 (Nunn)
  • H.R. 976, the 1071 Repeal to Protect Small Business Lending Act (Williams)
  • H.R. 1919, the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act (Emmer)
  • H.R. 478, the Promoting New Bank Formation Act (Barr)
  • H.Res. 259, Of inquiry requesting the President to provide certain documents in the President's possession to the House of Representatives relating to the access provided to the staff and advisers of, including any individual working for or in conjunction with, the Department of Government Efficiency to the systems, applications, and accounts, and any information contained therein, of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Waters)

Foreign Affairs
 
On Tuesday, April 1, the South and Central Asia Subcommittee will hold a hearing called “Censorship-Industrial Complex: The Need for First Amendment Safeguards at the State Department.”

On Tuesday, April 1, the Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a full committee hearing called “A Return to Maximum Pressure: Comprehensively Countering the Iranian Regime’s Malign Activities.”

Homeland Security
 
On Tuesday, April 1, the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection will hold a hearing entitled “Cybersecurity is Local, Too: Assessing the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program.” 

On Tuesday, April 1, the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement and the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology will hold a joint hearing entitled “Exploring the Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Across the DHS Enterprise.”

Judiciary
 
On Wednesday, April 2, the Subcommittee on Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust will hold a hearing called "Artificial Intelligence: Examining Trends in Innovation and Competition."

On Wednesday, April 2, the Subcommittee on Oversight will hold a hearing called "Inside the Biden FBI: Waste, Fraud, Abuse, and a Bureau Leadership in Decline."

Natural Resources
 
On Wednesday, April 2, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold an oversight hearing titled "Unleashing the Golden Age of American Energy Dominance."

On Friday, April 4, the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs will hold an oversight field hearing titled “Examining 50 years of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act in Indian Country.”

Oversight & Government Reform

On Tuesday, April 1, the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs will hold a hearing called “America’s AI Moonshot: The Economics of AI, Data Centers, and Power Consumption.”

On Tuesday, April 1, the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets will hold a hearing called “Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets: the JFK Files.”

On Wednesday, April 2, the Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs will hold a hearing called “Salt Typhoon: Securing America’s Telecommunications from State-Sponsored Cyber Attacks.”

Rules

On Monday, March 31, the Committee on Rules will meet on the following measures:
  • H.R. 1526, the No Rogue Rulings Act of 2025 (Issa)
  • H.R. 22, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (Roy)
  • S.J. Res. 18, Disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to ‘‘Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions’’ (Scott)
  • S.J. Res. 28, Disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to ‘‘Defining Larger Participants of a Market for General-Use Digital Consumer Payment Applications’’ (Ricketts)

Science, Space, and Technology
 
On Tuesday, April 1, the Space & Aeronautics Subcommittee will hold a hearing called "Leveraging Commercial Innovation for Lunar Exploration: A Review of NASA’s CLPS Initiative."

Small Business
 
On Tuesday, April 1, the Committee on Small Business will hold a full committee hearing called "The Golden Age: Unleashing Main Street Through Deregulation."

On Wednesday, April 2, the Committee on Small Business will hold a full committee hearing called "Fueling America's Future: How Investment Empowers Small Business Growth."

Veterans Affairs

On Tuesday, April 1, the Committee on Veterans' Affairs will hold a full committee oversight hearing titled “Harnessing Biomedical Innovation: Modernizing VA Healthcare for the Future.”

On Wednesday, April 2, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold an oversight hearing titled "Answering the Call: Examining VA’s Mental Health Policies.”