May 17, 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 (4)
- 01Senate
- 02Designation of the Speaker Pro Tempore
- 03Joint Resolutions Presented to the President
- 04Discharge Petitions: Additions and Withdrawals
Daily Digest
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced
4 public bills, H.R. 3475- 3478; and 2 resolutions, H. Res. 424-425 were introduced.
Page H2108Reports Filed
Reports were filed today as follows: H.R. 217, to amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the pilot program authorized by the Communities Helping Invest through Property and Improvements Needed for Veterans Act of 2016, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 119-97); H.R. 2201, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve claims, made under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, regarding military sexual trauma, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 119-98); H.R. 658, to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish qualifications for the appointment of a person as a marriage and family therapist, qualified to provide clinical supervision, in the Veterans Health Administration (H. Rept. 119-99); H.R. 1286, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center for an assessment of forms that the Secretary sends to claimants for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 119-100); and H.R. 1823, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Comptroller General of the United States to report on certain funding shortfalls in the Department of Veterans Affairs, with an amendment (H. Rept. 119-101).
Pages H2107-08Speaker
Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed Representative Begich to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
Page H2107Guest Chaplain
The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Rev. John Kellogg, Christ Church Capitol Hill, Washington DC.
Page H2107Quorum 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 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:02 a.m.
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