Congressional Record — October 1, 2025

Overview of the day

The Senate convened to address a government shutdown and considered several legislative and executive matters, including the National Defense Authorization Act and various funding resolutions. The Senate confirmed the nomination of Hung Cao to be Under Secretary of the Navy and took action on motions to proceed to continuing appropriations bills. The House was not in session.

Summary of the House proceedings

There was no House activity on this date.

Summary of Senate proceedings

S. 2296 was resumed for consideration to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, military construction, and defense activities of the Department of Energy.
S. 2296 had 7 amendments proposed to it.
S. 2882 was mentioned in a rejected motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to the bill, which makes continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026.
H.R. 5371 was mentioned in a rejected motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to the bill, which makes continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026.
S. Res. 412 was mentioned in an agreement to authorize the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.
S. 1377 was mentioned in a failed unanimous consent request to discharge the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs to consider a 10-year extension of cyber security protections.
S. 88 was mentioned as a bill to provide that Members of Congress may not receive pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which Congress has not approved a concurrent resolution on the budget and passed the regular appropriations bills.
S. 142 was mentioned as a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to wildland firefighters.
S. 494 was mentioned as a bill to establish a national plan to coordinate research on epilepsy.
S. 599 was mentioned as a bill to increase the mileage rate offered by the Department of Veterans Affairs through their Beneficiary Travel program.
S. 1173 was mentioned as a bill to clarify and preserve the breadth of the protections under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act.
S. 1404 was mentioned as a bill to combat organized crime involving the illegal acquisition of retail goods and cargo.
S. 1677 was mentioned as a bill to provide health insurance benefits for outpatient and inpatient items and services related to the diagnosis and treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect.
S. 2229 was mentioned as a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint a coin in recognition of the Foreign Service of the United States.
S. 2628 was mentioned as a bill to establish new payment rules for certain catastrophic specialty hospitals under the Medicare program.
S. 2706 was mentioned as a bill to prohibit cashless bail in the District of Columbia.
S. 2873 was mentioned as a bill to prohibit requiring an authorization for the installation, operation, and maintenance of undersea fiber optic cables in a national marine sanctuary.
S. 2903 was mentioned as a bill to require a group health plan or health insurance coverage to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol.
S. 2955 was mentioned as a bill to establish Federal penalties for the knowing and intentional administration of any abortion-inducing drug to a woman without her informed consent.
S.J. Res. 77 was mentioned as a joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Canada.
S.J. Res. 81 was mentioned as a joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Brazil.
S.J. Res. 82 was mentioned as a joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of a rule submitted by the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
S. Res. 426 was mentioned as a resolution designating the week of October 5, 2025, through October 11, 2025, as "Religious Education Week".
S. 2959 was introduced to prohibit the Secretary of State from issuing passports that include the unspecified "X" gender designation.
S. 2960 was introduced to develop economic tools to deter aggression by the People's Republic of China against Taiwan.
S. 2961 was introduced to direct the United States Postal Service to designate single, unique ZIP Codes for certain communities.
S. 2962 was introduced to allow the deduction under section 199A to apply to qualified BDC interest dividends.
S. 2963 was introduced to provide back pay to Federal contractors.
S. 2964 was introduced to allow penalty-free distributions from retirement accounts for certain Federal contractors impacted by Federal Government shutdowns.
S. 2965 was introduced to prohibit the use of the Exchange Stabilization Fund of the Department of the Treasury to bail out Argentina's financial markets.
S. 2966 was introduced to waive certain penalties for affected Federal employees receiving a distribution from the Thrift Savings Plan during a lapse in appropriations.
S.J. Res. 85 was introduced as a joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of an Environmental Protection Agency rule relating to temporary-use and air curtain incinerators used in disaster recovery.
S.J. Res. 86 was introduced as a joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of an Environmental Protection Agency rule relating to the South Dakota Regional Haze Plan.
S.J. Res. 87 was introduced as a joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of a Bureau of Ocean Energy Management rule relating to "Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness: Gulf of America".