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A legislative subject term is one of any number the Congressional Research Service assigns to a bill. The term is the government's own wording, shown word for word; this site did not write it or choose it.
110 bills carry this term in the covered Congresses.
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Legislative Branch Agencies Clarification Act
Received in the Senate.
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Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress Sunset Act
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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To make technical amendments to update statutory references to provisions reclassified to title 34, United States Code, and to correct related technical errors.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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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.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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To make technical amendments to update statutory references to certain provisions classified to title 2, United States Code, title 50, United States Code, and title 52, United States Code, and to correct related technical errors.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Legislative Branch Agencies Clarification Act
Received in the Senate.
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Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 580.
- S.Res. 526 (119th) May 14, 2026
A resolution withholding the pay of Senators if a Government shutdown occurs.
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S2295)
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Withhold Member Pay During Shutdowns Act
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 10 - 0.
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Providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the President.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
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A resolution to authorize testimony and representation in United States v. Crouse.
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S616; text: CR S613)
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Providing for a committee to notify the President of the assembly of the House of Representatives.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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To inform the Senate that a quorum of the House has assembled.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- S. 1071 (119th) Dec 18, 2025
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
Became Public Law No: 119-60.
- S. 3012 (119th) Nov 7, 2025
Shutdown Fairness Act
Upon reconsideration, cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 43. Record Vote Number: 609.
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Withhold Member Pay During Shutdowns Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- S. 2882 (119th) Oct 9, 2025
Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026
Motion by Senator Schumer to reconsider, under the order of 10/9/2025, not having voted on the prevailing side, the vote by which the third cloture motion on the motion to proceed to S. 2882 was not invoked (Record Vote No. 557) entered in Senate.
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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.".
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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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.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
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Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress Sunset Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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A resolution to provide for the printing of the Senate Manual for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress.
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5171; text: CR S5010)
- H.Res. 590 (119th) Jul 18, 2025
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.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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Requiring each Member, officer, and employee of the House of Representatives to complete a program of training in workplace rights and responsibilities each session of each Congress, and for other purposes.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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CUTS Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
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Providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the President.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
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People CARE Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
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An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text: CR S672)
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Establishing the Task Force on the Legislative Process.
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
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Providing for the attendance of the House at the Inaugural Ceremonies of the President and Vice President of the United States.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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Finding Federal Savings Committee Resolution
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
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BRIDGE to Congress Resolution
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
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Sustainable Budget Act of 2025
Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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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.
Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
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Establishing the Select Committee on Electoral Reform.
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
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Regarding consent to assemble outside the seat of government.
Received in the Senate.
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A resolution informing the House of Representatives that a quorum of the Senate is assembled.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
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Reclaiming Congress’s Constitutional Mandate in Trade Resolution
Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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ACE Act
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 825.
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HEALTH Act
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
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Stay on Schedule (S.O.S.) Resolution
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
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Authorizing the Speaker to appoint a committee to notify the President of the assembly of the Congress.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.Res. 5 (119th) Jan 3, 2025
Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, and for other purposes.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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Fixing the daily hour of meeting of the First Session of the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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A concurrent resolution extending the life of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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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.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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A resolution establishing a Committee to Inform the President of the United States that a quorum of each House is assembled.
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5-6; text: CR S6)
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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.
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6; text: CR S6)
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A resolution fixing the hour of daily meeting of the Senate.
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7; text: CR S7)
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Architect of the Capitol Appointment Act of 2023
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 766.
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Improving Senate Confirmation and Vacancy Oversight Act of 2024
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 745.
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Bipartisan Social Security Commission Act of 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
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People CARE Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
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Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress Sunset Act of 2024
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 716.
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Providing for the printing of a revised edition of the Rules and Manual of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress Sunset Act of 2024
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 668.
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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.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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A resolution permitting the collection of clothing, toys, food, and housewares during the holiday season for charitable purposes in Senate buildings.
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6467; text: CR S6457)
- H.R. 9494 (118th) Sep 18, 2024
Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2025
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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Fiscal State of the Nation Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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CUTS Act
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of the rotunda and Emancipation Hall of the Capitol by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies in connection with the proceedings and ceremonies conducted for the inauguration of the President-elect and the Vice President-elect of the United States.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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Toxic Exposure Fund Improvement Act of 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
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Appointing and authorizing managers for the impeachment trial of Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security.
Received in the Senate.
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Authorizing video recording in the House Chamber during a joint meeting of Congress for certain educational purposes.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.R. 2882 (118th) Mar 23, 2024
Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024
Became Public Law No: 118-47.
- H.Res. 1102 (118th) Mar 22, 2024
Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 2882, with an amendment.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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HEALTH Act
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
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Providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the President.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
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A resolution to provide for the printing of the Senate Manual for the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress.
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S803; text: CR S601)
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Fiscal State of the Nation Act
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
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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.
Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
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Providing for a committee to notify the President of the assembly of the House of Representatives.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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To inform the Senate that a quorum of the House has assembled.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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Providing for the hour of meeting of the House.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to modify the period before the date of any primary election or general election during which a mass mailing is not frankable by a Member of the House who is a candidate in such election, and for other purposes.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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Sustainable Budget Act of 2022
Committee Hearings Held
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Fiscal Stability Act of 2023
Hearings Held Prior to Referral.
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To make technical amendments to update statutory references to certain provisions which were formerly classified to chapters 14 and 19 of title 25, United States Code, and to correct related technical errors.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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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.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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To make technical amendments to update statutory references to certain provisions classified to title 2, United States Code, title 50, United States Code, and title 52, United States Code, and to correct related technical errors.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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To make technical amendments to update statutory references to provisions reclassified to title 34, United States Code, and to correct related technical errors.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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A resolution permitting the collection of clothing, toys, food, and housewares during the holiday season for charitable purposes in Senate buildings.
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5366; text: CR S5362)
- H.R. 4364 (118th) Nov 2, 2023
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2024
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 235.
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Authorizing video recording in the House Chamber during a joint meeting of Congress for certain educational purposes.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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Critical Supply Chains Commission Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
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Authorizing video recording in the House Chamber during a joint meeting of Congress for certain educational purposes.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
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Requiring each Member, officer, and employee of the House of Representatives to complete a program of training in workplace rights and responsibilities each session of each Congress, and for other purposes.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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PREPARE Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Authorizing video recording in the House Chamber during a joint meeting of Congress for certain educational purposes.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act of 2023
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Sustainable Budget Act of 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
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Providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the President.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- H.Res. 12 (118th) Feb 1, 2023
Establishing a Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government as a select investigative subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary.
UNANIMOUS CONSENT - Mr. Franklin, C. Scott asked unanimous consent that, notwithstanding section 1(a)(2)(A) of House Resolution 12 (as amended by section 1(c) of House Resolution 78), and the order of the House of today, the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government be composed of not more than 21 Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner appointed by the Speaker, of whom not more than 9 shall be appointed in consultation with the Minority Leader. Agreed to without objection.
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Providing for a certain total number of members on certain select committees and subcommittees, and for other purposes.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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Providing amounts for the expenses of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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Regarding consent to assemble outside the seat of government.
Received in the Senate.
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Establishing the Task Force on the Legislative Process.
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
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Finding Federal Savings Committee Resolution
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
- H.Res. 11 (118th) Jan 10, 2023
Establishing the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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Reclaiming Congress’s Constitutional Mandate in Trade Resolution
Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Stay on Schedule (S.O.S.) Resolution
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
- H.Res. 5 (118th) Jan 9, 2023
Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, and for other purposes.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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Fixing the daily hour of meeting of the First Session of the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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Authorizing the Speaker to appoint a committee to notify the President of the assembly of the Congress.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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A resolution establishing a Committee to Inform the President of the United States that a quorum of each House is assembled.
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6; text: CR S6)
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A resolution informing the House of Representatives that a quorum of the Senate is assembled.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
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A resolution fixing the hour of daily meeting of the Senate.
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7; text: CR S7)
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A resolution fixing the hour of daily meeting of the Senate.
Submitted in the Senate. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Over, Under the Rule. (text: CR S20)
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