"We look forward to Eric Schmidt's participation at our Antitrust Subcommittee hearing in September," Kohl said in a statement. "This will allow us to have a truly informational and thorough public hearing."
US regulators last month launched a probe into Google's lucrative search and advertising business in a move that could pose the most serious legal challenge yet to the Internet titan.
Google to send Eric Schmidt to testify at a US Senate hearing
Meanwhile, Google proposed that chief legal officer David Drummond testify instead but the two senators said they would "strongly prefer" that Page or Schmidt attend the hearing.
Google had initially been reluctant to send Schmidt or chief executive Larry Page to the hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights.
Kohl and Senator Michael Lee of Utah wrote to Google last month asking that Page or Schmidt attend the hearing on competition issues in Internet search.
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