- Record: Daily Digest
- Section type: Daily Digest
- Chamber: Congress
- Date: April 27, 2026
- Congress: 119th Congress
- Why this source matters: The Daily Digest is the official recap that explains what Congress did and what comes next.
House of Representatives
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 40 public bills, H.R. 8496- 8535; and 3 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 91; and H. Res. 1216-1217, were introduced.
- Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
H.R. 6903, to require the Secretary of State to revoke any United States passport issued to an individual, on receipt of a certification by the Secretary of Health and Human Services that the individual has a child support arrearage exceeding $2,500, with an amendment (H. Rept. 119-624, Part 1). Page H3122 Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed Representative Crank to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
- Recess: The House recessed at 12:22 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m.
- Recess: The House recessed at 2:07 p.m. and reconvened at 2:59 p.m.
- Recess: The House recessed at 5:12 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m.
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the following measures: Expanding the sharing of information with respect to suspected violations of intellectual property rights in trade: H.R. 4930, amended, to expand the sharing of information with respect to suspected violations of intellectual property rights in trade;
Pages H3098-H3100
and Enhance Efficiency Act: H.R. 6956, amended, 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;
Pages H3100-1
Taxpayer Experience Improvement Act: H.R. 7971, amended, to provide for modernization and technological improvements of services provided by the Internal Revenue Service;
Pages H3101-4
IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement Act: H.R. 7959, amended, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make improvements with respect to the treatment of whistleblowers, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 346 yeas to 10 nays, Roll No. 138;
Pages H3104-6, H3117-18
Taxpayer Notification and Privacy Act: H.R. 6495, amended, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for specific taxpayer notice when information is sought from third parties;
Pages H3106-7
Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act: H.R. 5366, amended, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to codify and extend the rules for personal casualty losses arising from major disasters and the rules for the exclusion from gross income of compensation for losses or damages resulting from certain wildfires;
Pages H3107-10
Survivor Justice Tax Prevention Act: H.R. 2347, amended, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income any damages, other than punitive damages, received on account of any sexual acts or sexual contact;
Pages H3110-11
Supporting Early-childhood Educators' Deductions Act: H.R. 5334, amended, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction;
Pages H3111-13
Ensuring Children Receive Support Act: H.R. 6903, amended, to require the Secretary of State to revoke any United States passport issued to an individual, on receipt of a certification by the Secretary of Health and Human Services that the individual has a child support arrearage exceeding $2,500;
Pages H3113-14
New Opportunities for Business Ownership and Self-Sufficiency Act: H.R. 6431, amended, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rules governing the State administration of self-employment assistance programs;
Pages H3114-15
Clergy Act: H.R. 227, amended, to allow a period in which members of the clergy may revoke their exemption from Social Security coverage, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 350 yeas to 5 nays, Roll No. 139; and
Pages H3115-16, H3118-19
the retirement age in the United States Capitol Police: H.R. 8364, to amend title 5, United States Code, to authorize the increase of the retirement age in the United States Capitol Police.
Order of Business: Agreed by unanimous consent that it be in order at any time to consider H. Con. Res. 75 in the House if called up by the chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs or his designee; that the concurrent resolution be considered as read; and that the previous question be considered as ordered on the concurrent resolution without intervening motion except for one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by Representative Mast of Florida and Representative Meeks of New York, or their respective designees.
- Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns
- today, it adjourn to meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow, April 28th.
- Quorum Calls—Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes developed during the
- proceedings of today and appear on pages H3117-18 and H3118-19.
- Adjournment: The House met at 12 p.m. and adjourned at 7:30 p.m.