The House and Senate are in session. 

o   The Senate returns today to consider nominations and renewing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).  

o   The House returns today to consider the reconciliation bill, which the Senate passed last week, and several bills related to fraud prevention.  

• House Legislation: The House Rules Committee is scheduled to consider 19 bills under suspension of the rules. The bills include, but are not limited to, measures that would require regular fraud risk assessments for federal payments, compel OMB to issue guidance on fraud prevention, and bar government contracts and grants from being awarded to those convicted of certain felonies. The Committee will also consider a measure that would require the Education Department to screen federal student financial aid applications for identity fraud and require schools to conduct additional ID verification. 

• FY27 Appropriations: The House Appropriations Committee will mark-up its Labor-HHS-Education and Homeland Security bills on Tuesday and will hold a subcommittee-level closed markup of its FY27 Defense appropriations bill on Thursday. The Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, where it will consider the budget request for the Department of the Air Force. The Senate Appropriations mark-up of Commerce-Justice-Science, Agriculture-FDA, Legislative Branch, Military Construction-Veterans Affairs, Interior-Environment, and Financial Services-General Government bills could be rescheduled as early as this week.  

• Budget Reconciliation: House Republicans are set to vote this week on the Senate-passed $70 billion immigration enforcement bill. The vote is likely to be close given Republicans’ slim House majority.  Some moderate Republicans continue to voice opposition to the “anti-weaponization fund,” despite a failed Senate vote last week to prohibit the federal government from forming the fund.  

• National Parks: The House Natural Resources Committee will meet Friday to discuss reauthorization of the 2020 Great American Outdoors Act. The House’s reauthorization bill, titled the Great American Outdoors Act 250, would revamp the Legacy Restoration Fund, a major maintenance fund for the National Park Service and other public lands. While the House proposal would implement new revenue sources and specific criteria for project selection, the Senate reauthorization bill (S.1547), scheduled for a mark-up on Wednesday, June 10, simply renews the maintenance program.  

• FISA: Key pieces of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) are set to expire on Friday. Senate Democrats are threatening to let the spy powers lapse unless the White House replaces Bill Pulte as interim Director of National Intelligence. An extension will need at least 60 votes in the Senate. 

• NDAA: The Senate Armed Services Committee is set to meet on June 10 to conduct a closed-door mark-up of its FY27 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The House Armed Services Committee advanced its NDAA bill in a 44-12 vote last Thursday, June 4 after debating nearly 900 amendments.  

• Hearings and Markups: 

o   Transportation: The Senate Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee will hold a hearing entitled “How Technological Advances are Driving Transportation Innovation” on Tuesday.  

o   Infrastructure: The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold a subcommittee-level hearing on the effective implementation of public building reforms on Tuesday.  

o   Immigration: The House Oversight Task Force will hold a hearing entitled “Amnesty and Chaos: Abuse of U.S. Immigration Policy” on Tuesday. 

o   Agriculture: Secretary Brooke Rollins will testify before the Senate Committee on Agriculture on Wednesday. 

o   Disaster Recovery: The House Financial Services Housing and Insurance Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “Examining Local Needs in Disaster Recovery” on Wednesday.  

o   DOE: Secretary Chris Wright will testify before the House Science, Space and Technology Committee on Wednesday.  

o   Fish and Wildlife Service: Director Brian Neswik will testify before the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee on Wednesday.  

o   Public Lands: The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee will mark-up its legislation to reauthorize the 2020 Great American Outdoors Act on Wednesday. The House Natural Resources Committee will meet to discuss its reauthorization bill on Friday.  

o   Courts: The Senate Judiciary Committee will mark-up several pieces of courtroom-related legislation on Thursday.  

Top stories: 

• House members are set to file a discharge petition to block President Trump’s anti-weaponization fund (Punchbowl) 

• Iran and Israel exchange strikes for first time since April ceasefire (NYT) 

• Four Republican Senators voted against adding a voter ID bill to reconciliation package (The Hill)

Reconciliation: After an 18-hour voting session, Republicans overcame internal divisions and passed a $70 billion immigration enforcement bill funding ICE and Border Patrol. The bill ultimately passed on a narrow 52–47 party-line vote, with only one Republican, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, voting against it. The prolonged process exposed growing fractures within the GOP, as several senators broke with party leadership and President Trump over controversial provisions, particularly an “anti-weaponization” fund. However, the Senate failed to pass language stripping the executive branch of its power to create the fund. The reconciliation bill now goes to the House, which is expected to take up the bill next week.

Appropriations: The House Appropriations Committee advanced its Transportation-HUD and Interior-Environment bills on Wednesday. Republican appropriators successfully included language in the Transportation-HUD bill during the markup that would restrict the ability of sanctuary jurisdictions from receiving federal transportation and housing dollars. Attached is our summary of the House FY27 Transportation-HUD appropriations bill, including relevant provisions for local governments and public authorities.

Today, the committee advanced its Labor-Health and Human Services and Homeland Security bills at the subcommittee level. On the Senate side, the Appropriations Committee announced that it is now targeting June 11 for a markup of the Commerce-Justice-Science, Agriculture-FDA, Legislative Branch, Military Construction-Veterans Affairs, Interior-Environment, and Financial Services-General Government bills.

NDAA: House Republicans advanced a $1.14 trillion NDAA after a contentious 14-hour markup. Key debates centered on defense spending levels, a bipartisan “right-to-repair” provision opposed by industry, and politically charged amendments on base names, Pentagon renaming, and funding priorities.

War Powers Resolution: House lawmakers approved legislation on June 3 aimed at compelling President Trump to end the Iran conflict, delivering a win for Democrats and constitutional advocates who argue the war is unlawful without explicit congressional authorization. The measure passed 215–208, with four Republicans — Reps. Thomas Massie (KY), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA), Tom Barrett (MI), and Warren Davidson (OH) — joining all Democrats in voting in favor.

Trump Administration:

INFRA: DOT released its Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the FY26 INFRA grant program. There is $626.7 million in available funding through this round, with two tracks: 

• Track 1: Supports surface transportation projects of national and regional significance (Application Deadline: July 1, 2026)
• Track 2: Carve-out of funds specifically for commercial motor vehicle parking projects of national and regional significance. (Application Deadline: July 15, 2026)
• Culverts: DOT released the FY23 - FY26 NOFO for the National Culvert Removal, Replacement, and Restoration Grant Program (also known as the Culvert AOP Program). All applications are due July 16, 2026.

The Week’s News:

• Schumer Privately Backs Haley Stevens in Michigan Senate Primary (NY Times)
• Immigration bill passes without curbs on ‘anti-weaponization’ fund (Roll Call)
• Supreme Court Allows Alabama Map That Eliminates One Democratic District (WSJ)
• Trump signs executive order asking for access to new AI models before they launch (CNN)