The Weekly Hill Update – July 18, 2022 – Government Contracts, Procurement & PPP

Below is this week’s congressional update by
BakerHostetler’s Federal Policy team. We’ll continue to
post in weeks when both chambers of Congress are in session.

HEADLINES

• Democratic leaders are planning to move forward with a
  reconciliation bill focused on drug pricing and Affordable Care Act
  subsidies, regrouping after negotiations on a broader
  bill stalled.




• The Senate is also planning to take up a slimmed-down version
  of legislation promoting competitiveness with China, focused on
  funding for domestic semiconductor manufacturing.




• The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th
  Attack on the United States Capitol will hold a prime-time hearing Thursday, focusing on President Donald
  Trump’s actions while his supporters were inside the
  Capitol.

HOUSE

• The House is in session today through Thursday and will begin taking up its annual appropriations
  bills.




• The Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a series of hearings focused on Russia and its invasion of
  Ukraine.




• The House Oversight Committee invited executives from gun
  manufacturers to testify Wednesday.




• The full hearing schedule can be found here.

SENATE

• The Senate will continue voting on President Joe Biden’s
  judicial nominees, and leaders will take formal steps toward passage of a healthcare-focused
  reconciliation bill as well as semiconductor funding
  legislation.




• The Finance Committee and Banking Committee both will hold hearings on
  housing affordability.




• The Foreign Relations Committee will begin the process to give
  U.S. approval to Finland and Sweden joining NATO, and on Wednesday
  will hold a hearing on global food security with U.S.
  Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power
  and United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield.




• The current list of committee meetings can be found here.

WHITE HOUSE

• Biden has a light schedule so far this week, having just
  returned from a controversial visit to the Middle East.




• Vice President Kamala Harris is speaking today at the NAACP National
  Convention in Atlantic City.




• The administration is pressing lawmakers to advance scaled-back
  versions of reconciliation legislation and semiconductor funding,
  two key priorities for Biden.

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