November 25, 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 (5)
- 01House of Representatives
- 02Designation of the Speaker Pro Tempore
- 03Resignation of Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives
- 04Enrolled Bill and Joint Resolution Signed
- 05Bills Presented to the President
Daily Digest
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced
29 public bills, H.R. 6289- 6317; and 4 resolutions, H. Res. 911-914 were introduced.
Pages H4901-02Reports Filed
Reports were filed today as follows: Committee on Energy and Commerce. Supplemental report on H.R. 4312, to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of student athletes and to promote fair competition with respect to intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 119-270, Part 3); Committee on Energy and Commerce. Supplemental report on H.R. 3632, to amend the Federal Power Act to adjust the requirements for orders, rules, and regulations relating to furnishing adequate service, to require owners or operators of generating facilities to provide notice of planned retirements of certain electric generating units, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 119-307, Part 2); Committee on Energy and Commerce. Supplemental report on H.R. 3668, to promote interagency coordination for reviewing authorizations under section 3 of the Natural Gas Act, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 119- 297, Part 2); H.R. 302, to prohibit the conditioning of any permit, lease, or other use agreement on the transfer of any water right to the United States by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 119-384, Part 1); H.R. 556, to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from prohibiting the use of lead ammunition or tackle on certain Federal land or water under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 119-385, Part 1); H.R. 1366, to provide for the location of multiple hardrock mining mill sites, to establish the Abandoned Hardrock Mine Fund, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 119-386); Committee on Energy and Commerce. Supplemental report on H.R. 3616, to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to review regulations that may affect the reliable operation of the bulk-power system (H. Rept. 119-302, Part 2); H.R. 4090, to codify certain provisions of certain Executive Orders relating to domestic mining and hardrock mineral resources, and for other purposes, with an amendment (Rept. 119-387); Committee on Energy and Commerce. Supplemental report on H.R. 3638, to direct the Secretary of Energy to prepare periodic assessments and submit reports on the supply chain for the generation and transmission of electricity, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 119-304, Part 2); Committee on Education and Workforce. Supplemental report on H.R. 4312, to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of student athletes and to promote fair competition with respect to intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 119-270, Part 4); and H.R. 1531, to direct certain financial regulators to exclude representatives of the People's Republic of China from certain banking organizations upon notice of certain threats or danger, and for other purposes, with an amendment (Rept. 119-388, Part 1).
Pages H4900-01Speaker
Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed Representative Haridopolos to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
Page H4899Communication from the Chief Administrative Officer
Received a communication from Catherine L. Szpindor, Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, wherein she announced her retirement effective December 31, 2025.
Page H4899Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives: Appointment
The Chair announced the Speaker's appointment, pursuant to the provisions of section 208(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, of Anne Dressendorfer Binsted of Virginia to act as and to exercise the duties of Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, effective December 31, 2025.
Pages H4899-H4900Quorum 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 11:04 a.m.
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