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Bill

Establishing the Task Force on the Legislative Process.

House

Temporarily creates a bipartisan bicameral task force to study faster consideration of broadly supported legislation and recommend changes to the legislative process

Latest action: Tue Jan 28 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Establishing the Select Committee on Electoral Reform.

House

Establishes a House select committee on electoral reform to study alternative congressional election systems and report recommendations to Congress and the President

Latest action: Tue Jan 07 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

HEALTH Act

House

Establishes a new House Committee on Health and shifts jurisdiction over biomedical research, public health, and federally supported health care matters to it

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Relating to consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4) to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on June 3, 2025, in accordance with section 1012(a) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.

House

Deems the House to have agreed to the Senate amendment and passed H.R. 4, adopting the Senate-amended rescissions measure

Latest action: Fri Jul 18 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Legislative Branch Agencies Clarification Act

House

Revise appointment, removal, and oversight rules for the Librarian of Congress, the Government Publishing Office, and the Copyright Office, including a new Copyright Office inspector general and GPO human capital system

Latest action: Tue Jun 09 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026

Senate

Provides continuing fiscal year 2026 funding for federal agencies, permanently extends expanded health insurance tax credits, and extends several expiring programs and authorities

Latest action: Thu Oct 09 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026

House

Extends FY2026 federal funding through a short-term continuing resolution while permanently extending expanded health insurance premium tax credits and continuing several expiring programs

Latest action: Thu Sep 18 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

To make revisions in title 51, United States Code, as necessary to keep the title current, and to make technical amendments to improve the United States Code.

House

Amends title 51 of the United States Code to keep space law current and make technical code improvements

Latest action: Wed Sep 10 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, and for other purposes.

House

Establishes House rules for the 119th Congress by adopting prior rules with changes to floor procedure, budget limits, committee operations, and selected House entities

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

Senate

Sets FY2026 defense and national security policies and authorities for Defense Department programs, military construction, nuclear security, and related State Department, Coast Guard, and intelligence activities

Latest action: Thu Dec 18 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Providing for a committee to notify the President of the assembly of the House of Representatives.

House

Establishes a House committee to notify the President that the House of Representatives has assembled

Latest action: Tue Jan 06 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the President.

House

Authorize a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the President

Latest action: Thu Feb 12 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

A concurrent resolution extending the life of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.

Senate

Extends and reauthorizes the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies to arrange the January 20, 2025 presidential inauguration beginning January 3, 2025

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the President.

House

Schedules a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025, to receive a message from the President

Latest action: Thu Feb 20 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

A resolution informing the House of Representatives that a quorum of the Senate is assembled.

Senate

Directs the Secretary of the Senate to notify the House that a Senate quorum is assembled and the Senate is ready to conduct business

Latest action: Mon Jan 06 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

To inform the Senate that a quorum of the House has assembled.

House

Notifies the Senate that the House has assembled with a quorum present at the start of proceedings

Latest action: Tue Jan 06 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Senate

Authorize spending for the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works to carry out its activities

Latest action: Wed Feb 05 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Authorizing the Speaker to appoint a committee to notify the President of the assembly of the Congress.

House

Authorizes the House to appoint a committee to notify the President that a quorum of Congress has assembled

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

A resolution to elect Charles E. Grassley, a Senator from the State of Iowa, to be President pro tempore of the Senate of the United States.

Senate

Elects Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa to serve as President pro tempore of the Senate

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Regarding consent to assemble outside the seat of government.

House

Authorize Congress during the 119th Congress to assemble outside Washington, DC, when the Speaker and Senate Majority Leader jointly determine it serves the public interest

Latest action: Mon Jan 06 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Stay on Schedule (S.O.S.) Resolution

House

Prohibits August adjournment consideration in the House until all regular fiscal year appropriations bills have passed

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

A resolution fixing the hour of daily meeting of the Senate.

Senate

Establishes noon as the Senate's daily meeting time for floor proceedings

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

To make technical amendments to update statutory references to provisions reclassified to title 34, United States Code, and to correct related technical errors.

House

Makes technical amendments to update U.S. Code references for provisions reclassified to Title 34 on crime control and law enforcement

Latest action: Wed Sep 10 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress Sunset Act

House

Terminates the Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress by ending its statutory authorization under federal records policy

Latest action: Wed Jun 24 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Fixing the daily hour of meeting of the First Session of the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress.

House

Sets the House of Representatives' daily meeting times for the First Session of the 119th Congress unless otherwise ordered

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

A resolution to provide for the printing of the Senate Manual for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress.

Senate

Authorizes printing the Senate Manual for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress for Senate use

Latest action: Thu Jul 31 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

To make technical amendments to update statutory references to certain provisions classified to title 7, title 20, and title 43, United States Code, and to correct related technical errors.

House

Updates U.S. Code cross-references for reclassified provisions in Titles 7, 20, and 43 and corrects related technical errors

Latest action: Wed Sep 10 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Providing for the attendance of the House at the Inaugural Ceremonies of the President and Vice President of the United States.

House

Authorizes the House to attend the 2025 presidential and vice presidential inaugural ceremonies and then adjourn until noon on January 21, 2025

Latest action: Wed Jan 15 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

BRIDGE to Congress Resolution

House

Modifies House committee witness testimony rules to remove the chair approval requirement for remote testimony

Latest action: Thu Jan 09 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to request the Senate to return to the House the bill (H.R. 3426) entitled "To amend title 40, United States Code, to limit the construction of new courthouses under certain circumstances, and for other purposes.".

House

Directs the Clerk of the House to ask the Senate to return H.R. 3426 to the House for further action on courthouse construction limits

Latest action: Fri Sep 19 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

A concurrent resolution to provide for the counting on January 6, 2025, of the electoral votes for President and Vice President of the United States.

Senate

Sets the date, time, and procedures for Congress to count the 2025 electoral votes for President and Vice President and record the results

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

A resolution establishing a Committee to Inform the President of the United States that a quorum of each House is assembled.

Senate

Establishes a committee to notify the President that a quorum of both chambers is assembled and Congress is ready to receive communications

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Finding Federal Savings Committee Resolution

House

Establishes a House committee to identify nonessential or underperforming federal programs and recommend their modification or elimination under expedited procedures

Latest action: Mon Jan 13 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Providing the sense of the House of Representatives that the House should not adjourn until the annual appropriation bills within the jurisdiction of all the subcommittees of the Committee on Appropriations for the current fiscal year are enacted into law.

House

Expresses the House's position that it should not adjourn until all annual appropriations bills for the current fiscal year are enacted

Latest action: Tue Jan 07 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

A resolution to authorize testimony and representation in United States v. Crouse.

Senate

Authorizes Senate testimony and legal representation in United States v. Crouse for official interests connected to the case

Latest action: Thu Feb 12 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

A resolution withholding the pay of Senators if a Government shutdown occurs.

Senate

Withholds Senators' pay during any federal government shutdown, with payment resuming after the shutdown ends, starting after the 2026 federal general election

Latest action: Thu May 14 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Withhold Member Pay During Shutdowns Act

House

Withholds Members of Congress pay during a federal government shutdown until regular appropriations are enacted

Latest action: Wed Mar 18 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Reclaiming Congress’s Constitutional Mandate in Trade Resolution

House

Establishes a process to transfer U.S. trade representative functions and responsibilities to Congress through a transition plan for trade administration

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Sustainable Budget Act of 2025

House

Establishes a legislative branch fiscal commission to recommend policies for balancing the budget and improving the long term federal fiscal outlook under expedited congressional consideration

Latest action: Tue Jan 07 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Shutdown Fairness Act

Senate

Appropriates funds to pay excepted federal workers, certain supporting contractors, and active-duty service members during a government shutdown

Latest action: Fri Nov 07 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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