October 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 (3)
- 01Senate
- 02Designation of the Speaker Pro Tempore
- 03Enrolled Joint Resolutions Signed
Daily Digest
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced
30 public bills, H.R. 5764- 5793; and 11 resolutions, H. Res. 811-821 were introduced.
Pages H4540-42Reports Filed
Reports were filed today as follows: H.R. 647, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the provision of certain additional burial benefits for individuals for whom an urn or plaque is furnished, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 119-343); H.R. 1336, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program to furnish hyperbaric oxygen therapy to a veteran who has a traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder, with an amendment (H. Rept. 119-344); H.R. 4371, to amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to enhance efforts to combat the trafficking of children, with amendments (H. Rept. 119-345); H.R. 2159, to direct the Attorney General of the United States to submit to the Congress a report on Federal criminal offenses, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 119-346); and H.R. 4323, to provide for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking, with an amendment (H. Rept. 119-347).
Page H4540Speaker
Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed Representative Goldman to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
Page H4539Work Period Designation
Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he designated the period from Monday, October 20, 2025, through Sunday, October 26, 2025, as a ``district work period'' under clause 13 of rule 1.
Page H4539Senate Referrals
S. 1440 was held at the desk. S. 1728 was held at the desk. S. 2283 was held at the desk. S. 2403 was held at the desk.
Page H4539Senate Message
Message from the Senate received by the Clerk and subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H4539. Quorum 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 2 p.m. and adjourned at 2:03 p.m.
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