Congressional Record — July 28, 2025

Overview of the day

The Senate is scheduled to continue consideration of the nomination of Earl Matthews to be General Counsel of the Department of Defense. Additional votes are planned for the nomination of William Kimmitt to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade and Susan Monarez to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Various Senate committees have scheduled hearings and business meetings to consider nominations and legislation.

Summary of the House proceedings

There was no House activity on this date.

Summary of Senate proceedings

S. 94 was mentioned as receiving additional cosponsors to award 3 Congressional Gold Medals to the 1980 United States Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team.
S. 108 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor regarding the eligibility of Chinese Communist Party members for F or J visas.
S. 237 was mentioned as receiving additional cosponsors to provide public safety officer benefits for exposure-related cancers.
S. 284 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to reauthorize the Congressional Award Act.
S. 334 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to enact appropriations Act restrictions on funds for abortions and involuntary sterilizations.
S. 410 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to improve benefits and services for surviving spouses.
S. 419 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to reauthorize grants to support law enforcement officers and families.
S. 554 was mentioned as receiving additional cosponsors to enhance bilateral defense cooperation between the United States and Israel.
S. 556 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to impose sanctions on persons engaged in sanctions evasion relating to oil, gas, and petrochemical products from Iran.
S. 558 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to provide a definition of antisemitism for the enforcement of Federal antidiscrimination laws.
S. 645 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to award a Congressional Gold Medal to volunteers and donors of the North Platte Canteen during World War II.
S. 691 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to improve the administration of antidumping and countervailing duty laws.
S. 752 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to streamline Medicaid enrollment for certain providers across State lines.
S. 817 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to impose sanctions regarding forced organ harvesting within the People's Republic of China.
S. 836 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to strengthen protections regarding the online collection of personal information of children and teens.
S. 943 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to establish a manufactured housing community improvement grant program.
S. 948 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to reauthorize the HOME Investment Partnerships Program.
S. 1010 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to prohibit funds for universities providing support to the People's Liberation Army.
S. 1038 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to include data in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System regarding Federal land.
S. 1098 was mentioned as receiving additional cosponsors to enhance the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program.
S. 1232 was mentioned as receiving additional cosponsors to require workplace violence prevention plans in health care and social service industries.
S. 1383 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access.
S. 1627 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to require Presidential appointment and Senate confirmation for certain Inspectors General.
S. 1643 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to protect patient access to ground ambulance services under Medicare.
S. 1726 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to clarify the definition of medical services to include automobile adaptations.
S. 1806 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to terminate unused authorities of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
S. 1809 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to prohibit taking or transmitting video of defense information.
S. 1832 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to ensure College for All.
S. 1838 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to authorize research and training related to Down syndrome.
S. 1985 was mentioned as receiving additional cosponsors to improve aviation safety.
S. 2010 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to require online service providers to disclose acceptable use policies.
S. 2188 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to require the publication of firearm trace data sets.
S. 2237 was mentioned as receiving additional cosponsors to extend acute hospital care at home waiver flexibilities.
S. 2282 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to reauthorize the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network.
S. 2293 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization.
S. 2302 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to establish duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of contraception.
S. 2308 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to authorize a surcharge from international visitors to the National Park System.
S. 2309 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to require certification of veteran deaths by VA physicians or nurse practitioners.
S. 2322 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to ensure efficiency in the housing market for mortgage loan applicants.
S. 2398 was mentioned as receiving additional cosponsors to reauthorize the Kay Hagan Tick Act.
S. 2402 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to provide a first-time homebuyer credit.
S. 2408 was mentioned as receiving additional cosponsors to require health insurance coverage for fertility treatment.
S. 2414 was mentioned as receiving additional cosponsors to update the definition of manufactured home.
S. 2419 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to clarify the authority of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection regarding state insurance regulators.
S. 2423 was mentioned as receiving additional cosponsors for a memorandum of understanding relating to housing projects.
S. 2428 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to impose requirements on the National Education Association.
S. 2439 was mentioned as receiving additional cosponsors to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions.
S. 2451 was mentioned as receiving an additional cosponsor to ensure living wages for paraprofessionals and education support staff.
S. 2461 was mentioned as receiving additional cosponsors to expand employee stock ownership plans in S corporations.
S. 2296 had 8 amendments proposed to it.
H.R. 3944 had 18 amendments proposed to it.
S. 2296 is mentioned as part of amendments regarding drinking water well replacement in Virginia, travel expenses for specialty care for armed forces members, historical markers for radiation exposure in New Mexico, credit monitoring for armed forces members, Vietnam Service Medal eligibility, reports on firearm suicide of incapacitated veterans, firearm transfer and manufacturing taxes, Army Detachment 201 commissioning billets, space-based interceptor development, executive airlift aircraft transfers, and the National Coast Guard Museum.
H.R. 3944 is mentioned as part of amendments regarding General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital, the Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Program, reports on third-party contractors for medical disability examinations, spending reductions, reports on VA reprogramming of funds, reports on disrupted clinical trials, reports on return to in-office work costs, prohibiting denial of care based on immigration status, publishing wait times for the Veterans Community Care Program, HUD-VASH program income verification, HUD-VASH case management, GAO report implementation, prohibitions on migrant detention facilities, and mental health and suicide prevention outreach programs.