This is not an official government website.
© 2026 PLEJ LC. All rights reserved.
Congressional Daily Record
This is part of the official Daily Digest, which explains the day in plain language. It mentions legislation such as Secure America Act, committees such as Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Official title: Daily Digest/Senate
Issued
May 20, 2026
People
0
No members linked from this section
Legislation
3
Bills and resolutions linked from this section
Committees
3
Committees connected to this section
Senate Holds
0
No hold activity linked here
Source Document
Connected Data
1 Helpful Term
Daily Digest
A plain-English recap published with the Congressional Record that summarizes what happened and what is scheduled next.
Source Control
Reader mode is for comprehension. The linked government PDF is the official published source.
Download official Daily Digest PDFReturn to issue contextDaily Digest
Senate
Routine Proceedings, pages S2383-S2430 Measures Introduced: Thirty-nine bills and seven resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 2, 4578-4615, S.J. Res. 193, and S. Res. 741-746.
Measures Reported:
S. 2, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con.
Res. 33.
S. 1890, to establish a grant program for certain State and local forensic activities, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
S. 4615, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Intelligence Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System.
General George C. Marshall House: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources was discharged from further consideration of S. 603, to designate the General George C. Marshall House in the Commonwealth of Virginia, as an affiliated area of the National Park System, and the bill was then passed.
Page S2387
Barbara L. Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive Center: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources was discharged from further consideration of S. 790, to redesignate the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming, as the “Barbara L. Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive Center”, and the bill was then passed.
Page S2387
Gerald E. Connolly Esophageal Cancer Awareness Center: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 3490, to require the Government Accountability Office to produce a report on esophageal cancer, and the bill was then passed.
Pages S2397-98
TREY'S Law: Senate passed S. 3966, to prohibit the enforcement of certain contractual clauses that restrict disclosure of sexual abuse of minors.
Pages S2398-S2407
Stop Stealing our Chips Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was discharged from further consideration of S. 1473, to amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to establish a whistleblower incentive program and provide protections to whistleblowers, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:
Pages S2424-26
Barrasso (for Rounds) Amendment No. 5445, in the nature of a substitute. Pages S2424-26
Safe Cloud Storage Act: Senate passed S. 3023, to limit liability for certain entities storing child sexual abuse material for law enforcement agencies, after withdrawing the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:
Pages S2426-28
Barrasso (for Blackburn) Amendment No. 5444, in the nature of a substitute. Pages S2427-28
Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program Reauthorization: Committee on Finance was discharged from further consideration of S. 4460, to provide for an extension of the rural community hospital demonstration program, and the bill was then passed.
Page S2428
Page S2428
Measures Considered: William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program: By voice vote, Senate rejected Kaine motion to proceed to consideration of S.J. Res. 182, providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the
Department of Education relating to “William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program”.
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom: The Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, upon the recommendation of the Majority Leader, pursuant to Public Law 105-292, as amended by Public Law 106-55, Public Law 107-228, and Public Law 112-75, appointed the following individual to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom: CeCe Heil of Tennessee.
By 52 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. EX. 130), Evan Rikhye, of the Virgin Islands, to be Judge for the District Court of the Virgin Islands for a term of ten years. Pages S2386-87, S2430 Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Routine lists in the Army and Navy. Page S2428-30 Messages from the House:
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 5:59 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 21, 2026. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2428.)