What is Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions working on?

Recent hearings

• Hearings to examine gender transition procedures on minors.

  Jun 3, 2026

  Open Hearing

• Hearings to examine meeting the individual needs of all students, focusing on the role of charter schools.

  May 20, 2026

  Open Hearing

• Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Health and Human Services.

  Apr 22, 2026

  Open Hearing

• Hearings to examine making medicines more affordable, focusing on how competition can lower drug prices.

  Apr 16, 2026

  Meeting

• Hearings to examine positioning student-athletes for success in school and beyond.

  Mar 26, 2026

  Meeting

As of Jun 3, 2026. Sparse coverage can reflect a quiet recess period or a filter gap; the full schedule lives on Congress.gov.

Bills in committee

• HR 2616: Stopping Indoctrination and Protecting Kids Act

  Tim Walberg (R-MI-5) · Apr 3, 2025

  Passed House, in Senate
• SJRES 182: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program".

  Tim Kaine (D-VA) · Apr 13, 2026

  Under review
• HR 3419: To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the telehealth network and telehealth resource centers grant programs.

  David Valadao (R-CA-22) · May 14, 2025

  Passed House, in Senate
• S 4321: YouthBuild for the Future Act

  Edward Markey (D-MA) · Apr 16, 2026

  Awaiting committee review
• SRES 670: A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of the 2026 Day of Silence in bringing attention to anti-LGBTQI+ bullying, harassment, discrimination, and other forms of victimization faced by individuals in schools, and calling on communities across the country to take action to demand equal educational opportunity, basic civil rights protections, and freedom from erasure for all students, particularly LGBTQI+ young people, in K-12 schools.

  Brian Schatz (D-HI) · Apr 15, 2026

  Awaiting committee review
• S 4288: Educational Equity Challenge Grant Act of 2026

  Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) · Apr 14, 2026

  Awaiting committee review
• S 4283: Public Health and Bio-Preparedness Workforce Loan Repayment Reauthorization Act of 2026

  Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) · Apr 14, 2026

  Awaiting committee review
• S 4263: Cyber Ready Workforce Act

  Jacky Rosen (D-NV) · Mar 26, 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 Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions has jurisdiction over most of the agencies, institutes, and programs of the Department of Health and Human Services, including the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, the Administration on Aging, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.