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

Recent hearings

• “No Flame, More Pain: How State and Local Bans on Natural Gas Increase Costs”

  Sep 2, 2026

  Hearing
• • 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

• “Emerging Fraud Threats and the Evolving Fraud Landscape”

  Jul 15, 2026

  Hearing

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

  Jul 21, 2026

  Hearing

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

  Jun 25, 2026

  Hearing

As of Aug 30, 2026. Sparse coverage can reflect a quiet recess period or a filter gap; the full schedule lives on Congress.gov.

Bills in committee

• HR 9570: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 117 West Lovett Street in Charlotte, Michigan, as the "Francis C. Flaherty Post Office Building".

  Tom Barrett (R-MI-7) · Jul 2, 2026

  Voted out of committee
• HR 9026: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 80 Atlantic Avenue in Oceanside, New York, as the "Detective Luis G. Alvarez Post Office".

  Laura Gillen (D-NY-4) · May 26, 2026

  Voted out of committee
• HR 8999: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 324 Washington Avenue, Suite 1 in Grand Haven, Michigan, as the "Ell Thomas Simantz Post Office Building".

  Hillary Scholten (D-MI-3) · May 21, 2026

  Voted out of committee
• HR 8945: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 86-014 Farrington Highway in Wai'anae, Hawai'i, as the "U.S. Representative Colleen Hanabusa Post Office Building".

  Jill Tokuda (D-HI-2) · May 20, 2026

  Voted out of committee
• HR 8419: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3255 Northwest 94th Avenue in Coral Springs, Florida, as the "Nancy Metayer Post Office Building".

  Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23) · Apr 21, 2026

  Voted out of committee
• HR 8359: To change the address of the postal facility designated in honor of Specialist Jeffrey L. White, Jr.

  Ann Wagner (R-MO-2) · Apr 16, 2026

  Voted out of committee
• HR 8326: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 16 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr Drive in Willingboro, New Jersey, as the "James A. Cotten Post Office".

  Herbert Conaway (D-NJ-3) · Apr 16, 2026

  Voted out of committee
• HR 7365: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1225 Kempsville Road in Virginia Beach, Virginia, as the "Colonel Edward Shames Post Office Building".

  Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA-2) · Feb 4, 2026

  Voted out of committee

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.