What is House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform working on?

Recent hearings

• • the Full Committee to consider the following: 1) H.R. 6610, Pharmacists Fight Back [in Federal Employee Health Benefit Plans Act]
  • 2) H.R. 9720, D.C. Taxing Authority Review Act
  • 3) H.R. 9725, Restoring Integrity
  • Efficiency to Inspector General Oversight Act of 2025
  • 4) H.R. 9643, Comment Integrity
  • Management Act
  • 5) H.R. 9741, To name the DC Tuition Assistance Grant program the “Eleanor Holmes Norton District of Columbia Tuition Assistance Grant Program”
  • 6) Several postal naming measures.

  Jul 22, 2026

  Markup

• “Rewriting American History: Examining the Smithsonian’s Efforts to Reshape the Past”

  Jul 21, 2026

  Hearing

• “Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape”

  Jul 15, 2026

  Hearing

• “Combating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in SNAP”

  Jun 25, 2026

  Hearing

• “Hearing with the Commissioners of the Postal Regulatory Commission”

  Jun 4, 2026

  Hearing

As of Jul 18, 2026. Sparse coverage can reflect a quiet recess period or a filter gap; the full schedule lives on Congress.gov.

Bills in committee

• HR 8935: Department of Energy Drone Defense Act

  Susie Lee (D-NV-3) · May 20, 2026

  Awaiting committee review
• HR 8949: Capitol Police Retirement Reform Act of 2026

  James Walkinshaw (D-VA-11) · May 20, 2026

  Awaiting committee review
• HR 3350: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 340 East 1st Street in Tustin, California, as the "Ursula Ellen Kennedy Post Office Building".

  Young Kim (R-CA-40) · May 13, 2025

  Passed House, in Senate
• HR 3087: Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Reauthorization Act

  Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12) · Apr 29, 2025

  Voted out of committee
• HR 8096: Duplication Scoring Act of 2026

  Tim Burchett (R-TN-2) · Mar 26, 2026

  Voted out of committee
• HR 8909: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15422 NY 104 in Martville, New York, as the "Sergeant Staret J. Ingleston Memorial Post Office Building".

  Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24) · May 19, 2026

  Awaiting committee review
• HR 8898: End Government Pensions for Sexual Abusers Act of 2026

  Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11) · May 19, 2026

  Awaiting committee review
• HRES 1304: Recognizing on Memorial Day, May 25, 2026, the denial of voting representation in Congress and full local self-government through statehood for active duty servicemembers, National Guard members, reservists, veterans, and their families who are residents of the District of Columbia.

  Eleanor Norton (D-DC-At Large) · May 19, 2026

  Awaiting committee review

Status reflects the bill’s latest action on Congress.gov, which may be past this committee (e.g. a bill “Passed House, in Senate” has cleared this committee and chamber).

Jurisdiction

The committee oversees the federal government and all of its agencies to ensure efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability. The Committee oversees government operations, health care, information technology, interior, energy and environment, national security, and intergovernmental affairs.