April 24, 2025
The House met in a brief pro forma session: it opened and adjourned without business, so no member spoke.
Official video: Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
The House met in a brief pro forma session: it opened and adjourned without business, so no member spoke.
Routine Business (3)
- 01House of Representatives
- 02Designation of the Speaker Pro Tempore
- 03Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, or Limited Tariff Benefits
Daily Digest
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced
46 public bills, H.R. 2983- 3028; and 9 resolutions, H. Res. 344-352, were introduced.
Pages H1622-24Reports Filed
Reports were filed today as follows: H.R. 2482, to reauthorize the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 119-63); H.R. 2480, to require SelectUSA to coordinate with State-level economic development organizations to increase foreign direct investment in semiconductor-related manufacturing and production (H. Rept. 119-64); H.R. 2458, to amend the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from granting a license or United States market access for a geostationary orbit satellite system or a nongeostationary orbit satellite system, or an authorization to use an individually licensed earth station or a blanket-licensed earth station, if the license, grant of market access, or authorization would be held or controlled by an entity that produces or provides any covered communications equipment or service or an affiliate of such an entity, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 119-65); H.R. 1402, to require sellers of event tickets to disclose comprehensive information to consumers about ticket prices and related fees, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 119-66); H.R. 1442, to ban the sale of products with a high concentration of sodium nitrite to individuals, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 119- 67); H.R. 2444, to establish a critical supply chain resiliency and crisis response program in the Department of Commerce, and to secure American leadership in deploying emerging technologies, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 119-68); H.R. 617, to amend the Visit America Act to promote music tourism, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 119-69); H.R. 1664, to direct the Secretary of Commerce to take actions necessary and appropriate to promote the competitiveness of the United States related to the deployment, use, application, and competitiveness of blockchain technology or other distributed ledger technology, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 119-70); H.R. 1479, to prohibit unfair and deceptive advertising of prices for hotel rooms and other places of short-term lodging, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 119-71); H.R. 859, to require the disclosure of a camera or recording capability in certain internet-connected devices (H. Rept. 119-72); H.R. 906, to direct the Federal Communications Commission to publish a list of entities that hold authorizations, licenses, or other grants of authority issued by the Commission and that have certain foreign ownership, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 119-73); H.R. 2449, to direct the Federal Communications Commission to establish a task force to be known as the ``6G Task Force'', and for other purposes (H. Rept. 119-74); H.R. 866, to direct the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, to conduct a study of the national security risks posed by consumer routers, modems, and devices that combine a modem and router, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 119-75); H.R. 1721, to direct the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a study on the feasibility of manufacturing in the United States products for critical infrastructure sectors, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 119- 76); H.R. 973, to establish consumer standards for lithium-ion batteries (H. Rept. 119-77); and H.R. 2399, to require the Federal Communications Commission to establish a vetting process for prospective applicants for high-cost universal service program funding (H. Rept. 119-78).
Page H1622Speaker
Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed Representative Foxx to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
Page H1621Guest Chaplain
The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Rev. Vincent De Rosa, Archdiocese of Washington, Washington, DC.
Page H1621Quorum Calls: Votes
There were no Yea and Nay votes, and there were no Recorded votes. There were no quorum calls. Adjournment: The House met at 11 a.m. and adjourned at 11:02 a.m.
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