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• The House and Senate are in session.
• The Senate returns today to consider the President’s nominees.
• The House returns Wednesday to consider the FY27 Agriculture-FDA appropriations bill and legislation related to childcare and nutrition programs.
• FY27 Appropriations: This week, the House will take up the FY27 Agriculture-FDA appropriations bill on the floor. The House Appropriations Committee will mark-up its Transportation-HUD and Interior-Environment bills on Wednesday. The House Appropriations Committee will hold a subcommittee-level markup of its FY27 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education, and Homeland Security appropriations bills on Friday. The Senate will hold its first FY27 appropriations markup on Thursday, where it will consider the Agriculture-FDA; Legislative Branch; and Commerce, Justice, Science appropriations bills.
• Budget Reconciliation: Senate Republicans are planning an aggressive push to advance billions in funding for ICE and CBP via budget reconciliation. Current plans call for a vote-a-rama, where the Senate votes on amendments offered by Senators on Wednesday night, and pass the immigration reconciliation bill on Thursday morning after an overnight voting marathon. Democrats are expected to offer many amendments to put their Republican colleagues on record, including amendments to stop the proposed anti-weaponization/reimbursement fund for the President’s allies. The fund’s announcement caused the Senate to scrap its plans to vote on reconciliation after Republicans were caught off guard by the announcement and Democrats’ plans to force votes on it.
• Student Aid: The House will consider legislation (H.R. 7892) to require the Education Department to screen federal student financial aid applications for identity fraud and require additional ID verification by schools. The House Education and Workforce Committee approved the bill by a 30-3 vote on March 17.
• Primaries: Tuesday is primary day in California, Iowa, New Jersey, South Dakota, Montana, and New Mexico.
• NDAA: The House Armed Services Committee is set to meet on June 4 to mark-up its FY27 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), while the Senate Armed Services Committee is planning a closed-door markup next week.
• OMB: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has proposed a wide-ranging rule aimed at reworking the federal funding award process for local governments, organizations, and institutions. The proposal would give agencies broad authority to halt awards if they determine a grant no longer serves program goals, agency priorities or the national interest Federal grant. Recipients would also be barred from instituting diversity, equity and inclusion policies, gender transition services or voter-registration drives. The rule would require grant materials to be written in English, and recipients would need to pass E-Verify screening of their immigration status. The administration is providing a 45-day comment period that closes July 13 and is aiming to issue a final rule by October 1.
• Hearings and Markups:
• Forest Service: Chief Tom Schultz will testify before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry on Tuesday.
• FHWA: Federal Highway Administrator Sean McMaster will testify before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Wednesday.
• Denaturalization: The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing entitled “Protecting American Citizenship III: Denaturalization and its Constitutional Limits” on Wednesday.
• Agriculture: Secretary Brooke Rollins will testify before the House Committee on Agriculture on Thursday.
• DHS: Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin will testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday and the House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday.
• DOJ: Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will testify at the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday.
• Treasury: Secretary Scott Bessent will testify at the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday and the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday.
• Clean Air Act: The House Energy & Commerce committee will hold a markup of legislation to modernize the Clean Air Act's Mobile Source Requirements on Wednesday.
• Federal Forests and Wildfires: The House Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on the state of the nation’s federal forests and outlook for the 2026 wildfire year on Thursday. 

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