Senate committee

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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.

Committee website

Members: 23
Bills referred this Congress: 7
Reported out: 0

Bills

H.R. 1493 · In committee since Jul 21, 2026
To reauthorize and make improvements to Federal programs relating to the prevention, detection, and treatment of traumatic brain injuries, and for other purposes.
Jul 21, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
H.R. 2001 · In committee since Jul 21, 2026
Action for Dental Health Act
Jul 21, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
H.R. 2715 · In committee since Jul 21, 2026
Destruction of Hazardous Imports Act
Jul 21, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
H.R. 3491 · In committee since Jul 21, 2026
DeOndra Dixon INCLUDE Project Act of 2025
Jul 21, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
H.R. 3747 · In committee since Jul 21, 2026
Accelerating Access to Dementia and Alzheimer’s Provider Training Act
Jul 21, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
H.R. 2616 · In committee since May 21, 2026
Stopping Indoctrination and Protecting Kids Act
May 21, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
H.R. 3419 · In committee since Apr 22, 2026
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the telehealth network and telehealth resource centers grant programs.
Apr 22, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Recent hearings and markups

Open Business Meeting · Sep 30, 2026, 9:45 AM EDT
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Nicole Saphier, of New Jersey, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, subject to qualifications therefor as provided by law and regulations, and to be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, Timothy Westlake, of Wisconsin, to be Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, and Mary Lazare, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary for Aging, all of the Department of Health and Human Services, and Loren E. Sweatt, of Virginia, and Douglas Ralph, of Kentucky, both to be a Member of the National Mediation Board.
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · 430, Dirksen Senate Office Building · Video
Open Hearing · Sep 24, 2026, 10:30 AM EDT
Hearings to examine the nomination of Heidi Overton, of New Mexico, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services.
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · 430, Dirksen Senate Office Building · Video
Open Hearing · Sep 16, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT
Hearings to examine the nominations of Gerard Klomp, of Utah, to be Deputy Secretary, Timothy Westlake, of Wisconsin, to be Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, and Nicole Saphier, of New Jersey, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, and to be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · 430, Dirksen Senate Office Building · Video