February 20, 2026
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
- 03Private Bills and Resolutions
Daily Digest
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced
38 public bills, H.R. 7601- 7638; 1 private bill, H.R. 7639; and 2 resolutions, H. Res. 1068-1069, were introduced.
Pages H2233-34Reports Filed
Reports were filed today as follows: H.R. 7412, to amend the Small Business Act to establish the Office of Whistleblower Awards, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 119-499); H.R. 7401, to require employees of the Small Business Administration to certify that the employee does not have any prohibited conflicts of interest with respect to loans in which the employee is involved, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 119-500); H.R. 390, to utilize the Advanced Capabilities for Emergency Response to Operations project of NASA to improve aerial responses to wildfires, and for other purposes, with amendments (H. Rept. 119-501); H.R. 2600, to require the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to establish a program to identify, evaluate, acquire, and disseminate commercial Earth remote sensing data and imagery in order to satisfy the scientific, operational, and educational requirements of the Administration, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 119-502); H.R. 3679, to require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop resources for small businesses in utilizing artificial intelligence, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 119-503); H.R. 2958, to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require that the Employee Benefit Security Administration submit an annual report to Congress on adverse interest agreements, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 119-504); H.R. 1319, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and the National Labor Relations Act to clarify the standard for determining whether an individual is an employee, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 119-505); H.R. 1320, to ensure that the provision of portable benefits to an individual is not considered in determining whether such individual is an employee of a person, with amendments (H. Rept. 119-506); H.R. 4307, to direct the Secretary of Labor to train certain employees of Department of Labor how to effectively detect and assist law enforcement in preventing human trafficking during the course of their official duties, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 119-507); H.R. 6956, to require electronically prepared tax returns to include scannable code when submitted on paper, and to require the use of optical character recognition technology for paper documents received by the Internal Revenue Service, with an amendment (H. Rept. 119-508); and H.R. 6431, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rules governing the State administration of self-employment assistance programs, with an amendment (H. Rept. 119-509).
Pages H2232-33Speaker
Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed Representative Moore (WV) to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
Page H2231Guest Chaplain
The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Rev. Lisa Wink Schultz, Office of the Senate Chaplain, Washington, DC.
Page H2231Quorum 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 11:30 a.m. and adjourned at 11:32 a.m.
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