Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee: Business meeting to markup S.1759, to allow for the operation of civil supersonic flight in the national airspace system under certain conditions, S.3258, to require the Administrator of the Federal A — July 15, 2026 | Community Exchange
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee: Business meeting to markup S.1759, to allow for the operation of civil supersonic flight in the national airspace system under certain conditions, S.3258, to require the Administrator of the Federal A
The United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will hold a open business meeting on 2026-07-15 at 10:00 Eastern Time in room SR-253
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Type: US Senate committee Open Business Meeting
Committee: Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Date: 2026-07-15
Time: 10:00 ET
Room: SR-253, U.S. Capitol complex, Washington, DC
Subject: Business meeting to markup S.1759, to allow for the operation of civil supersonic flight in the national airspace system under certain conditions, S.3258, to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to publish the list of medications that the Administrator has compiled for purposes of the medical certification of airmen and air traffic control specialists, S.3885, to provide for updates to the Federal Aviation Administration type certification process to support development of new and novel technologies, S.4429, to prohibit the importation, manufacture, sale, resale, or introduction into interstate commerce in the United States of connected vehicles and related software and hardware associated with foreign adversaries, S.4448, to require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to create tools for tracking the progress of grant recipients under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program, to require the Assistant Secretary to help executive agencies improve compliance with the statutory deadline for processing communications use applications, S.4691, to support improved awareness and coordination of Federal communications resources during disasters and emergencies, S.4802, to provide for the acquisition by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of aircraft for air, atmosphere, and weather reconnaissance and research missions, and the nominations of Thomas B. Chapman, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board, Edward Eppler, of Connecticut, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Transportation, Karen Jean Hedlund, of New York, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board, and Brien Lorenze, of Virginia, and Karen Sessions, of Texas, each to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Public participation: this is an open hearing — open to the public in person, and streamed live on senate.gov.
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Source: US Senate committee schedule (senate.gov)
Who sits on this committee
The US Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation — 28 members. Leadership is listed first; expand to see everyone.
