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July 15, 2026Daily DigestDaily Digest
Floor activity recap
Official title: Daily Digest/Senate
This is part of the official Daily Digest, which explains the day in plain language. It mentions legislation such as Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Medicare Program; Implementation of Prior Authorization for Select Services for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model"., committees such as Committee on the Judiciary.
Official title: Daily Digest/House of Representatives
This is part of the official Daily Digest, which explains the day in plain language. It mentions legislation such as Recognizing the need to improve physical access to many federally funded facilities for all persons of the United States, particularly persons with disabilities., committees such as Committee on Appropriations.
This is part of the official Daily Digest, which explains the day in plain language. It mentions legislation such as Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025.
Official title: Daily Digest/Next Meeting of the SENATE + Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES + Other End Matter
This is part of the official Daily Digest, which explains the day in plain language. It mentions legislation such as Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Medicare Program; Implementation of Prior Authorization for Select Services for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model"., committees such as Joint Committee on Printing.
Bills, resolutions, and floor statements about legislation.
July 15, 2026House FloorLegislation
Public bills and resolutions
Official title: PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Recognizing the need to improve physical access to many federally funded facilities for all persons of the United States, particularly persons with disabilities., committees such as Committee on Energy and Commerce.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Saving Lives and Reducing Health Care Waste by Improving Diagnosis in Medicine Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Ratepayer Justice and Commercial Power Accountability Act.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Daughters of the American Revolution Membership Integrity Act..
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Improving Access to Transfusion Care for Hospice Patients Act of 2026.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as To require the Secretary of the Army to issue guidance relating to the review of applications for alteration or temporary or permanent occupation or use of certain hydropower projects, and for other purposes..
Official title: INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Curb criminal activity by aliens, to defend against acts of international terrorism, to protect American workers from unfair labor competition, and to relieve pressure on public services by strengthening border security and stabilizing immigration into the United States., committees such as Committee on the Judiciary.
This section focuses on legislation moving through Congress. It mentions legislation such as Commemorating the tenth anniversary of the 2016 West Virginia floods..
Lawmakers joining or leaving support for legislation.
July 15, 2026House FloorCosponsors
ADDITIONAL SPONSORS
This section records lawmakers joining or leaving support for a bill. It mentions legislation such as Expressing the sense of Congress that tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies have historically provided and continue to provide critical benefits to the people and communities of the United States..
This section records lawmakers joining or leaving support for a bill. It mentions legislation such as Wildland Firefighters Congressional Gold Medal Act.
Meetings, reports, and work happening in committees.
July 15, 2026House FloorCommittee activity
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
This section tracks committee work such as meetings, reports, or referrals. It mentions legislation such as Voter ID Act, committees such as Committee on House Administration.
This section tracks committee work such as meetings, reports, or referrals. It mentions legislation such as Water Resources Development Act of 2026, committees such as Committee on Environment and Public Works.
This section tracks committee work such as meetings, reports, or referrals. It mentions committees such as Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
July 15, 2026Extensions of RemarksCommittee activity
SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS
This section tracks committee work such as meetings, reports, or referrals. It mentions legislation such as Notifying the President of the United States of the election of a President pro tempore., committees such as Committee on Appropriations. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
Official title: Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings
This section tracks committee work such as meetings, reports, or referrals. It mentions legislation such as Dalles Watershed Development Act, committees such as Committee on Armed Services.
Official title: Daily Digest/House Committee Meetings
This section tracks committee work such as meetings, reports, or referrals. It mentions legislation such as LACA, committees such as Committee on Education and Workforce.
Official title: Daily Digest/COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2026-07-16
This section tracks committee work such as meetings, reports, or referrals. It mentions legislation such as To redesignate certain facilities at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in honor of Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr., committees such as Committee on Armed Services.
This section covers nominations, confirmations, or other executive branch business. It mentions committees such as Committee on Armed Services, members such as Brian Emanuel Schatz.
SENATE RESOLUTION 805--CELEBRATING THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE 2026 FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION (FIFA) WORLD CUP AND WELCOMING THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO NORTH...
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions legislation such as Celebrating the historic significance of the 2026 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup and welcoming the international community to North America for the first tournament hosted by 3 nations..
EXPRESSING THE CONDOLENCES OF THE SENATE AND HONORING THE MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS ON THE FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MASS SHOOTING AT THE FOURTH OF JULY PARADE IN HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS, ON JULY 4, 2022
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions legislation such as Expressing the condolences of the Senate and honoring the memory of the victims on the fourth anniversary of the mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, on July 4, 2022., committees such as Committee on the Judiciary, members such as Jon Husted.
HONORING THE LEGACY AND IMPACT OF DOROTHY BALLARD GIBSON
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Frederica Wilson. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
RECOGNIZING STAFF SERGEANT KRISTIN DAVIS ON HER RETIREMENT
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as John R. Carter. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
COMMENDING THE LATE ELDER RUBEN ALEXANDER COX, JR.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Frederica Wilson. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Jason Smith. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
HONORING THE CITY OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS ON ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Jennifer McClellan. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Frederica Wilson. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF EVA CHARLOTTE HAHN
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as John R. Carter. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Robert J. Wittman. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Frederica Wilson. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
HONORING THE LIFE AND SERVICE OF CORPORAL DONALD RAY SIMONS
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as John R. Carter. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF H. ANDREW SCHWARTZ
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Josh S. Gottheimer. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Frederica Wilson. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as John R. Carter. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Suhas Subramanyam. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Frederica Wilson. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF SERGEANT JAMES DAWSON
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as John R. Carter. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Jason Smith. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Frederica Wilson. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF ZELLA SALLEY BROWN
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Eugene Simon Vindman. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Frederica Wilson. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as John R. Carter. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Thomas Earl Emmer. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Frederica Wilson. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
RECOGNIZING DEBORAH WEINSTEIN ON AN EXTRAORDINARY CAREER
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Rosa L. Delauro. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
HONORING THE LIFE AND SERVICE OF SPECIALIST FOURTH CLASS ALBERT FOUNTAIN KING, JR.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as John R. Carter. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section is a tribute, commemoration, or district-facing statement. It mentions members such as Frederica Wilson. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section is about changes proposed to a bill or resolution. It mentions legislation such as National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027.
This section is about changes proposed to a bill or resolution. It mentions legislation such as National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, committees such as Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
This section is about changes proposed to a bill or resolution. It mentions committees such as Committee on Veterans' Affairs, members such as Angus Stanley King.
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions legislation such as To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Newton, New Jersey, as the "Anthony "Tony" J. Gallopo VA Clinic"., committees such as House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, members such as Mike Bost.
COLONEL MICHAEL H. BOYCE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MULTISPECIALTY CLINIC
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions legislation such as To name the Department of Veterans Affairs multispecialty clinic in Marietta, Georgia, as the "Colonel Michael H. Boyce Department of Veterans Affairs Multispecialty Clinic"., members such as Mike Bost.
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions legislation such as To designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Lafayette, Louisiana, as the "Rodney C. Hamilton Sr. VA Clinic"., members such as Mike Bost.
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions legislation such as Captain Paul W. Bud Bucha VA Medical Center Act of 2025, members such as Mike Bost.
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions legislation such as To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in San Jose, California, as the "Corporal Patrick D. Tillman VA Clinic"., committees such as Committee on Ways and Means, members such as Mike Bost.
NATIONAL SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF STATE, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2027
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions legislation such as Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, and for other purposes., committees such as Committee on Appropriations, members such as Mario Diaz-Balart.
NATIONAL SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF STATE, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2027
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions legislation such as Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 139) to make daylight savings time permanent, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8595) making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9237) to amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, and other Federal laws, to improve benefits for veterans and the administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1181) to prohibit payment card networks and covered entities from requiring the use of or assigning merchant category codes that distinguish a firearms retailer from general-merchandise retailer or sporting-goods retailer, and for other purposes; and for other purposes., committees such as Committee on Appropriations, members such as Gabe Amo.
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions legislation such as Authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho., committees such as Committee on the Judiciary.
SENATE RESOLUTION 804--COMMEMORATING THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 2016 WEST VIRGINIA FLOODS
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions legislation such as Commemorating the tenth anniversary of the 2016 West Virginia floods..
EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD SAMUEL BANKMAN-FRIED RECEIVE EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY, INCLUDING A PARDON OR COMMUTATION, AND AFFIRMING THE SENATE'S COMMITMENT TO...
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions legislation such as Expressing the sense of the Senate that under no circumstances should Samuel Bankman-Fried receive executive clemency, including a pardon or commutation, and affirming the Senate's commitment to the rule of law and integrity of the United States financial system., committees such as Committee on the Judiciary, members such as Jon Husted.
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions legislation such as Commemorating the tenth anniversary of the 2016 West Virginia floods., members such as Jon Husted.
INTRODUCTION OF THE TARIFF IMPACTED FARMER SUPPORT ACT OF 2026
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions members such as Shomari C. Figures. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
REMEMBERING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF LARRY DAVID HAMBY, SR.
This section captures a floor statement or debate entry. It mentions members such as John R. Carter. Extensions of Remarks are statements submitted for the official record, even if they were not spoken live on the floor.
This section captures a formal floor step rather than a policy debate. It mentions legislation such as Honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Lindsey Olin Graham, a Senator from the State of South Carolina., committees such as Committee on the Judiciary.
Official title: Unanimous Consent Request--S. Res. 556 (Executive Calendar)
This section captures a formal floor step rather than a policy debate. It mentions legislation such as Recognizing that Florida's insurance market is gravely stressed by climate risks., committees such as Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, members such as Sheldon Whitehouse.
This section captures a formal floor step rather than a policy debate. It mentions legislation such as Sunshine Protection Act of 2025, committees such as Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
This section captures a formal floor step rather than a policy debate. It mentions committees such as Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, members such as Jerry Moran.
Official title: ORDERS FOR THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2026
This section captures a formal floor step rather than a policy debate. It mentions legislation such as Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Medicare Program; Implementation of Prior Authorization for Select Services for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model"., members such as Jon Husted.