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Official title: MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE
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October 5, 2026
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Download official House Record PDFReturn to issue contextA message from the Senate by Ms. Lasky, one of its clerks, announced that the Senate agreed to the following resolution:
S. Res. 913
Whereas Nancy Kassebaum was born in Topeka, Kansas;
Whereas Nancy Kassebaum began her lifetime of public
service as a member of the Kansas Governmental Ethics
Commission and Kansas Committee on the Humanities, as well as
the local school board in Maize, Kansas;
Whereas Nancy Kassebaum advocated on behalf of Kansans as a
constituent services staff member for Senator James Pearson
from 1975 to 1976;
Whereas Nancy Kassebaum began her United States Senate
career in 1978, which would last until 1997, serving during
this period as Chairman of the of the Committee on Labor and
Human Resources (now known as the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor and Pensions);
Whereas Nancy Kassebaum introduced the bipartisan Senate
legislation that became the foundation of the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (Public Law 104-
191; 42 U.S.C. 201 note), which established Federal
protections for patients' medical information;
Whereas Nancy Kassebaum was the only woman serving in the
United States Senate at the time of her election;
Whereas Nancy Kassebaum was recognized for her public
service by President Joseph Biden and was awarded the
Presidential Citizens Medal in 2025; and
Whereas Nancy Kassebaum exemplified the American spirit of
service and leadership: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That—
(1) the Senate—
(A) has heard with profound sorrow and deep regret the
announcement of the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum,
former United States Senator for the State of Kansas;
(B) respectfully requests that the Secretary of the
Senate—
(i) communicate this resolution to the House of
Representatives; and
(ii) transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to the
family of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum; and
(2) when the Senate adjourns today, it stands adjourned as
a further mark of respect to the memory of the Honorable
Nancy Kassebaum.
following titles in which the concurrence of the House is requested:
S. 528. An act to reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration
Initiative, and for other purposes.
S. 1055. An act to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement
Act to modify the notification requirement for emergency
contract health services for certain beneficiaries, and for
other purposes.
S. 1514. An act to take certain land in the State of
Washington into trust for the benefit of the Quinault Indian
Nation, and for other purposes.
S. 1564. An act to amend the Homeowner Flood Insurance
Affordability Act of 2014 to address ecosystem restoration
projects, and for other purposes.
S. 1574. An act to amend the Stored Communications Act to
include Tribal courts as courts of competent jurisdiction.
S. 2273. An act to amend the Act of July 10, 1890, to
modify certain provisions relating to the disposal of public
land in the State of Wyoming for educational purposes.
S. 2339. An act to reauthorize the Young Women's Breast
Health Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act of
S. 2437. An act to amend the Snow Water Supply Forecasting
Program Authorization Act to reauthorize the Snow Water
Supply Forecasting Program, and for other purposes.
S. 2498. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior
to extend certain leases within units of the National Park
System without opening the lease to bidding.
S. 2754. An act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to
convey to the City of Ouray, Colorado, certain land managed
by the Forest Service, together with a reservoir.
S. 3219. An act to transfer certain Federal land into trust
for certain Indian Pueblos in the State of New Mexico, and
for other purposes.
S. 3315. An act to require the Secretary of Health and
Human Services and the Director of the Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency to coordinate to improve
cybersecurity in the health care and public health sectors,
and for other purposes.
S. 3383. An act to amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to make
improvements to that Act, and for other purposes.
S. 3798. An act to amend title 18, United States Code, to
establish criminal offenses with respect to violations
involving ATMs, regardless of whether the ATM is located on
the physical premises of a financial institution, and for
other purposes.
S. 4009. An act to provide for the imposition of sanctions
with respect to forced organ harvesting with the People's
Republic of China, and for other purposes.
S. 4395. An act to reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance
Act of 2002, and for other purposes.
S. 4668. An act to protect the name, image, and likeness
rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and
to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics,
and for other purposes.
S. 4974. An act to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act with respect to food safety.
S. 5045. An act to amend the Clean Air Act to modify the
handling of air quality monitoring with respect to prescibed
fires, and for other purposes.
S. 5249. An act to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to
align the licensing of uranium enrichment facilities with
other fuel cycle facilities under that Act, and for other
purposes.
S. 5600. An act to reauthorize the Traumatic Brain Injury
program.
consultation with the Chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, the Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader, appoints the following individual to serve as a member of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Reform Commission:
Adam Klein of Texas.