March 20, 2026
The House met in a brief pro forma session: it opened and adjourned without business, so no member spoke.
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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
- 03Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, or Limited Tariff Benefits
- 04Discharge Petitions
- 05Discharge Petitions: Additions and Withdrawals
Daily Digest
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced
6 public bills, H.R. 8029- 8034; and 3 resolutions, H. Res. 1128-1130 were introduced.
Page H2627Reports Filed
Reports were filed today as follows: H.R. 7388, to direct the Administrator of General Services to convene consultation meetings to identify alternative financing solutions for the construction of new public buildings that will reduce costs to the Federal Government, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 119-562); H.R. 7084, to amend title 46, United States Code, with respect to the types of vessels that may enter or operate in navigable waters of the United States or transfer cargo in any port or place under the jurisdiction of the United States, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 119-563); H.R. 6422, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize certain EPA geographic programs, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 119-564); H.R. 2474, to require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on the capability of the Appalachian Regional Commission to include low-orbit satellites in broadband projects, and for other purposes, with amendments (H. Rept. 119-565); H.R. 7376, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize certain programs relating to nonpoint source management, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 119-566); and H.R. 7342, to amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to provide for certain grant eligibility relating to projects that facilitate the relocation, to the United States, of a source of employment located outside the United States, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 119-567, Part 1).
Page H2627Speaker
Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed Representative Simpson to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
Page H2625Quorum 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 10:30 a.m. and adjourned at 10:32 a.m.
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