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Congressional Daily Record
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Official title: Daily Digest/House Committee Meetings
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May 12, 2026
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Download official Daily Digest PDFReturn to issue contextAPPROPRIATIONS—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a budget hearing on the Department of Defense. Testimony was heard from the following Department of Defense officials: Pete Hegseth, Secretary; General Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Jules W. Hurst III, Acting Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). APPROPRIATIONS—U.S. NAVY AND U.S. MARINE CORPS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a budget hearing on the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. Testimony was heard from Hung Cao, Acting Secretary of the Navy; Admiral Daryl Caudle, Chief of Naval Operations; and General Eric M. Smith, Commandant of the Marine Corps. APPROPRIATIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies held a budget hearing on the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Testimony was heard from Scott Turner, Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development. CASHLESS BAIL REPORTING ACT; KEEPING VIOLENT OFFENDERS OFF OUR STREETS ACT OF 2025; MONITOR ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS; MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2027; PROVIDING THAT SECTION 11 OF HOUSE RESOLUTION 1224 SHALL HAVE NO FORCE OR EFFECT Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 5625, the “Cashless Bail Reporting Act”; H.R. 6260, the “Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act of 2025”; H.R. 8365, the “Monitor Accountability Act”; H. Con. Res. 96, expressing support for law enforcement officers; H.R. 8469, the “Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027”; and legislation providing that section 11 of House Resolution 1224 shall have no force or effect. The Committee granted, by a record vote of 8- 2, a rule providing for consideration of H.R. 5625, the “Cashless Bail Reporting Act”, H.R. 6260, the “Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act of 2025”, H.R. 8365, the “Monitor Accountability Act”, H. Con. Res. 96, Expressing support for law enforcement officers, and H.R. 8469, the “Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027”. The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5625, the “Cashless Bail Reporting Act”, under a closed rule. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. The rule provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their respective designees. The rule provides one motion to recommit. The rule further provides for consideration of H.R. 6260, the “Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act of 2025”, under a closed rule. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. The rule provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their respective designees. The rule provides one motion to recommit. The rule further provides for consideration of H.R. 8365, the “Monitor Accountability Act”, under a closed rule. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill, modified by the amendment printed in part A of the Rules Committee report, shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. The rule provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their respective designees. The rule provides one motion to recommit. The rule further provides for consideration of H. Con. Res. 96, Expressing support for law enforcement officers, under a closed rule. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the
concurrent resolution. The rule provides that the concurrent resolution shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against provisions in the concurrent resolution. The rule provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their respective designees. The rule further provides for consideration of H.R. 8469, the “Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027”, under a structured rule. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective designees. The rule provides that the bill shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI. The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee report, amendments en bloc described in section 7, and pro forma amendments described in section 8. Each amendment shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment except as provided by section 8 of the rule, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. The rule waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee report or amendments en bloc described in section 7 of the rule. The rule provides that the chair of the Committee on Appropriations or his designee may offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee report not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective designees, shall not be subject to amendment except as provided by section 8 of the rule, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. The rule provides that the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective designees may offer up to 10 pro forma amendments each at any point for the purpose of debate. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit. The Committee granted, by a record vote of 8-2, a rule which provides that section 11 of House Resolution 1224 shall have no force or effect. Testimony was heard from Representatives Carter of Texas, Wasserman Schultz, Biggs of Arizona, and Raskin.
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