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Routine Proceedings, pages S4639-S4697 Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and four resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 5384-5394, S.J. Res. 213, and S. Res. 850-852.
S. 236, to amend the Act of August 9, 1955 (commonly known as the “Long-Term Leasing Act”), to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land in the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation and land held in trust for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah). (S. Rept. No. 119-134)
S. 1513, to take certain Federal land in the State of Washington into trust for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe. (S. Rept. No. 119-135)
H.R. 681, to amend the Act of August 9, 1955 (commonly known as the “Long-Term Leasing Act”), to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land in the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation and land held in trust for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah). (S. Rept. No. 119-136)
H.R. 2388, to take certain Federal land in the State of Washington into trust for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe. (S. Rept. No. 119-137)
S. 1962, to amend the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from granting a license or United States market access for a geostationary orbit satellite system or a nongeostationary orbit satellite system, or an authorization to use an individually licensed earth station or a blanket-licensed earth station, if the license, grant of market access, or authorization would be held or controlled by an entity that produces or provides any covered communications equipment or service or an affiliate of such an entity, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 119-138)
S. 3257, to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to revise regulations for certain individuals carrying out aviation activities who disclose a mental health diagnosis or condition, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 119-139)
S. 3258, to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to publish the list of medications that the Administrator has compiled for purposes of the medical certification of airmen and air traffic control specialists, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 119-140)
S. 3404, to require a report on Federal support to the cybersecurity of commercial satellite systems, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 119-141)
S. 3618, to require the Federal Trade Commission to submit to Congress a report on the ability of minors to access fentanyl through social media platforms, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 119-142)
S. 3700, to establish an expert review panel to make recommendations for a comprehensive agency-wide safety management system at the FAA, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 119-143)
S. 3791, to reauthorize Regional Ocean Partnerships, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 119-144)
H.R. 323, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 80 Prospect Street in Avon, New York, as the “Officer Anthony Mazurkiewicz Memorial Post Office Building”.
H.R. 1008, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 298 Route 292 in Holmes, New York, as the “Sheriff Adrian `Butch' Anderson Post Office Building”.
H.R. 1009, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 86 Main Street in Haverstraw, New York, as the “Paul Piperato Post Office Building”.
H.R. 1372, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 300 Macedonia Lane in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the “Reverend Harold Middlebrook Post Office Building”.
H.R. 1431, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2407 State Route 71, Suite 1, in Spring Lake, New Jersey, as the “James J. Howard Post Office”.
H.R. 1706, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1200 William Street, Room 200, in Buffalo, New York, as the “William J. Donovan Post Office Building”.
H.R. 1830, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 840 Front Street in Casselton, North Dakota, as the “Commander Delbert Austin Olson Post Office”.
H.R. 2175, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 130 South Patterson Avenue in Santa Barbara, California, as the “Brigadier General Frederick R. Lopez Post Office Building”.
H.R. 2466, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5225 Harrison Avenue in Rockford, Illinois, as the “Jay P. Larson Post Office Building”.
H.R. 3350, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 340 East 1st Street in Tustin, California, as the “Ursula Ellen Kennedy Post Office Building”.
H.R. 3393, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12208 North 19th Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona, as the “Officer Zane T. Coolidge Post Office”.
H.R. 4635, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 890 East 152nd Street in Cleveland, Ohio, as the “Technical Sergeant Alma Gladys Minter Post Office Building”.
H.R. 4662, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6444 San Fernando Road in Glendale, California, as the “Paul Ignatius Post Office”.
H.R. 4707, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1019 Avenue H in Fort Madison, Iowa, as the “Martin L. Graber Post Office”.
H.R. 5058, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 46164 Westlake Drive in Sterling, Virginia, as the “Firefighter Trevor Brown Post Office Building”.
H.R. 5235, to amend title 41, United States Code, to prohibit minimum educational requirements for proposed contractor personnel in certain contract solicitations.
H.R. 5773, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service at 1300 East Northwest Highway in Palatine, Illinois, as the “Bernie Bluestein Post Office Building”.
H.R. 5831, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 306 South Main Street in Waupaca, Wisconsin, as the “Master Sergeant Melvin O. Handrich Post Office Building”.
H.R. 6020, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14855 South Van Dyke Road in Plainfield, Illinois, as the “Staff Sergeant Jose Duenez Jr. Post Office Building”.
H.R. 6247, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 13355 North Lon Adams Road in Marana, Arizona, as the “Mayor Ed Honea Memorial Post Office”.
H.R. 6310, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3570 Olney Laytonsville Road in Olney, Maryland, as the “Edward L. Ramsey Olney Post Office Building”.
H.R. 6317, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12109 New Kent Highway in New Kent, Virginia, as the “Patricia Paige Post Office”.
H.R. 6332, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10660 Page Avenue in Fairfax, Virginia, as the “Congressman Gerald E. Connolly Post Office Building”.
H.R. 6808, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 417 West 7th Street in Columbia, Tennessee, as the “Pharmacist's Mate First Class John Harlan Willis Post Office Building”.
H.R. 6995, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 825 Highway 198 in Beaumont, Mississippi, as the “Jeremy Malone Post Office”.
H.R. 7809, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 201 East Grant Avenue in Georgetown, Ohio, as the “Ulysses S. Grant Post Office Building”.
S. 24, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 154 First Avenue East in Jerome, Idaho, as the “Representative Maxine Bell Post Office”.
S. 58, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 107 North Hoyne Avenue in Fritch, Texas, as the “Chief Zeb Smith Post Office”.
S. 164, to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for en bloc consideration in resolutions of disapproval for “midnight rules”.
S. 252, to increase access to agency guidance documents, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
S. 829, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 840 Front Street in Casselton, North Dakota, as the “Commander Delbert Austin Olson Post Office”.
S. 917, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 620 East Pecan Boulevard in McAllen, Texas, as the “Agent Raul H. Gonzalez Jr. Memorial Post Office”.
S. 2394, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 505 East 9th Avenue in Amarillo, Texas, as the “Mayor Jerry H. Hodge Post Office Building”.
S. 2432, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6444 San Fernando Road in Glendale, California, as the “Paul Ignatius Post Office”.
S. 2733, to require the Comptroller General of the United States to analyze certain legislation in order to prevent duplication of and overlap with existing Federal programs, offices, and initiatives.
S. 3175, to establish a pilot program for ZIP Code boundary changes, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
S. 3211, to require the Office of Management and Budget to consider revising the Standard Occupational Classification system to establish a separate code for direct support professionals, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
S. 3270, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3570 Olney Laytonsville Road in Olney, Maryland, as the “Edward L. Ramsey Olney Post Office Building”.
S. 3294, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10660 Page Avenue in Fairfax, Virginia, as the “Congressman Gerald E. Connolly Post Office Building”.
S. 3296, to amend chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to cover, for purposes of workers' compensation under such chapter, services by physician assistants and nurse practitioners provided to injured Federal workers.
S. 3331, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 50 East 100 North in Moab, Utah, as the “2nd Lieutenant Mitch Williams Post Office”.
S. 3373, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14855 South Van Dyke Road in Plainfield, Illinois, as the “Staff Sergeant Jose Duenez Jr. Post Office Building”.
S. 3444, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service at 1300 East Northwest Highway in Palatine, Illinois, as the “Bernie Bluestein Post Office Building”.
S. 3630, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 46164 Westlake Drive in Sterling, Virginia, as the “Firefighter Trevor Brown Post Office Building”.
S. 3835, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10 East Main Street in Mahaffey, Pennsylvania, as the “Robert Allen Bishop, Sr., Post Office Building”.
S. 4052, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 203 North Clay Street in Marshfield, Missouri, shall be known and designated as the “Edwin P. Hubble Post Office”.
S. 4079, to establish in U.S. Customs and Border Protection a pilot program to adopt dogs from local animal shelters to be trained as support dogs, with an amendment.
S. 4523, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 111 South Tremont Street in Tremonton, Utah, as the “Sorensen-Estrada Post Office”.
S. 4623, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12109 New Kent Highway in New Kent, Virginia, as the “Patricia Paige Post Office”.
S. 4745, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 201 East Grant Avenue in Georgetown, Ohio, as the “Ulysses S. Grant Post Office Building”.
S. 4830, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 86-014 Farrington Highway in Waianae, Hawaii, as the “United States Representative Colleen Hanabusa Post Office Building”.
S. 5163, to amend title 39, United States Code, to prevent the awarding of bonuses to the Postmaster General and Deputy Postmaster General for a fiscal year in which the United States Postal Service does not meet or exceed each on-time mail delivery target, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Pages S4669-70 Measures Passed:
Patriot Week: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 849, expressing support for the designation of the week of September 11 through September 17, 2026, as “Patriot Week”, and the resolution was then agreed to.
national emergency that was originally declared in Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, with respect to persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-66)
Pages S4654-55
been read for the first time, and referred, with accompanying papers, to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Mitchell Nomination—Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination of Kasdin Miller Mitchell, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas.
Pages S4640-41
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 3633, to provide for a system of regulation of the offer and sale of digital commodities by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to amend the Federal Reserve Act to prohibit the Federal reserve banks from offering certain products or services directly to an individual, to prohibit the use of central bank digital currency for monetary policy. Pages S4640-41
consider the nomination. Page S4640 Byrne Nomination—Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of Matthew R. Byrne, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio.
Pages S4645-48
By 47 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. EX. 232), Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination. Page S4645
consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 10 a.m., on Tuesday, September 15, 2026; and that notwithstanding Rule XXII, Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination at 11:15 a.m.
Samuel D. Adkisson, of Tennessee, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
Hung Cao, of Virginia, to be Secretary of the Navy.
Bradford J. Kelley, of Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Robert E. Long, Jr., of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida.
Austin Holmes, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Haiti.
Peter M. Mansfield, of Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Jesus A. Osete, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri.
Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, with rank of Ambassador.
William Toti, of Florida, to be Under Secretary of the Navy.
3 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
2 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, and Navy. Pages S4690-97 Messages from the House:
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 7:11 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 15, 2026. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4690.)