April 2, 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 (2)
- 01House of Representatives
- 02Designation of the Speaker Pro Tempore
Daily Digest
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced
26 public bills, H.R. 8170- 8195; and 4 resolutions, H. Res. 1150-1153, were introduced.
Pages H2820-21Reports Filed
Reports were filed today as follows: H.R. 6047, to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the dollar amounts for the payment of certain disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation under the laws administered by the Secretary, with an amendment (H. Rept. 119-577); H.R. 785, to amend title 38, United States Code, to include a representative of the National Association of State Veterans Homes on Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee of the Department of Veterans Affairs, with an amendment (H. Rept. 119-578); H.R. 41, to provide for the recognition of certain Alaska Native communities and the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 119-579); H.R. 1352, to designate the General George C. Marshall House, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, as an affiliated area of the National Park System, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 119-580); H.R. 2252, to authorize the relinquishment and in lieu selection of land and minerals in the State of North Dakota, to restore land and minerals to Indian Tribes within the State of North Dakota, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 119-581); H.R. 2768, to amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Benton MacKaye Trail as a national scenic trail, with an amendment (H. Rept. 119-582); H.R. 4463, to amend the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993 (H. Rept. 119-583); H.R. 4684, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to issue a special use permit with respect to the maintaining of a flagpole bearing the flag of the United States at Kyhv Peak Lookout Point, Utah, and other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 119-584); and H.R. 5682, to take certain land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Pechanga Band of Indians, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 119-585).
Pages H2819-20Speaker
Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed Representative Van Epps to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
Page H2819Guest Chaplain
The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Rev. John Kellogg, Christ Church Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.
Page H2819Speaker Pro Tempore Designation
Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed Representative Van Epps to act as Speaker pro tempore to sign enrolled bills and joint resolutions through the remainder of the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress.
Page H2819Senate Message
Message received from the Senate appears on page H2819. 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 8:30 a.m. and adjourned at 8:33 a.m.
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