Congressional Record — March 2, 2026

Overview of the day

The House and Senate conducted legislative business on March 2, 2026, including the introduction of several bills and resolutions and the receipt of executive nominations in the Senate. The Senate resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R. 6644 and held extensive floor debate regarding a War Powers Resolution concerning military actions against Iran. The House met briefly and adjourned. Other activities included the processing of FEMA Federal Assistance grants for various projects across multiple states and the scheduling of upcoming committee hearings and markups focusing on national defense, AI, housing, and foreign affairs.

Summary of the House proceedings

H.R. 7744 was introduced to make appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026.
H.R. 7745 was introduced to establish requirements for wellness checks for certain members of the Armed Forces.
H.R. 7746 was introduced to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8390 North Broadway in St. Louis, Missouri, as the "Chuck Stone Post Office".
H.R. 7747 was introduced to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to streamline the certification process for State Veterans Homes.
H.R. 7748 was introduced to enhance safety requirements for trains transporting hazardous materials.
H.R. 7749 was introduced to amend the National Quantum Initiative Act regarding quantum modeling and simulation.
H.R. 7750 was introduced to prevent election interference.
H.R. 7751 was introduced to direct the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a program for greenway path grants.
H.R. 7752 was introduced to require emergency disclosure of location information to law enforcement or public safety answering points.
H. Res. 1091 was introduced to express support for declaring 2026 the "Year of Math" in the United States.
H. Res. 1092 was introduced to condemn Israeli settlement expansion, settler violence, and related human rights abuses in the West Bank.
H. Res. 1093 was introduced to acknowledge oppression, forced eviction, and suffering of Bhutanese citizens during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
H. Res. 1094 was introduced to call on the Senate to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.
H.R. 5254 was reported to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with the Gateway Arch Park Foundation to host private events in Gateway Arch National Park buildings.
H.R. 5729 was reported to authorize direct emergency acquisition flexibilities for the National Park Service for the purpose of retaining, vetting, approving, and expediting contractor approval for the clearing, rebuilding, maintenance, and improvement of the Grand Canyon grounds.
Sponsors were added to H.R. 637, H.R. 722, H.R. 885, H.R. 1464, H.R. 1529, H.R. 1657, H.R. 1993, H.R. 2315, H.R. 2678, H.R. 2705, H.R. 3002, H.R. 3069, H.R. 3144, H.R. 3151, H.R. 3304, H.R. 3723, H.R. 4008, H.R. 4062, H.R. 4448, H.R. 5128, H.R. 5363, H.R. 5512, H.R. 5653, H.R. 5732, H.R. 5890, H.R. 6124, H.R. 6677, H.R. 6856, H.R. 6857, H.R. 7088, H.R. 7099, H.R. 7118, H.R. 7146, H.R. 7382, H.R. 7481, H.R. 7616, H.R. 7622, H.R. 7651, H.R. 7657, H.R. 7658, H.R. 7678, H.R. 7702, H.R. 7716, H. Res. 321, H. Res. 930, H. Res. 981, H. Res. 1035, H. Res. 1072, H. Res. 1076, H. Res. 1087.

Summary of Senate proceedings

(Public Law 118-72) H. Con. Res. 72 was passed to authorize the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony as part of the commemoration of the days of remembrance of victims of the Holocaust.
S. 3956 was introduced to impose an annual tax on the net value of assets held by a taxpayer.
S. 3957 was introduced to support National Science Foundation education and professional development relating to artificial intelligence.
S. 3958 was introduced to transition Puerto Rico to the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
S. 3959 was introduced as the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2026 to modify sentencing for certain drug offenses and focus resources on serious offenders.
S. 3960 was introduced to give Federal courts additional discretion to determine pretrial detention for defendants charged with nonviolent drug offenses.
S. 3961 was introduced to prohibit solicitation by institutional investors after a major disaster.
S. 3962 was introduced to improve interagency coordination between the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Economic Development Administration.
S. Res. 624 was introduced to support the designation of the week of March 2 through March 6, 2026, as "National Social and Emotional Learning Week".
S. Res. 625 was introduced to designate February 2026 as "Hawaiian Language Month" or "Olelo Hawai'i Month".
H.R. 6719 was reported to prohibit threats to a minor.
H.R. 6644 was mentioned as the Senate resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to the bill.
H.R. 6644 had a vote (Vote No. 44) to close further debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill.
S. 339 was mentioned as Mr. McCormick was added as a cosponsor of the bill to provide Medicare coverage for multi-cancer early detection screening tests.
S. 494 was mentioned as Mr. Schiff was added as a cosponsor of the bill to coordinate research on epilepsy.
S. 567 was mentioned as Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Crapo, and Ms. Baldwin were added as cosponsors of the bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the First Rhode Island Regiment.
S. 624 was mentioned as Ms. Alsobrooks was added as a cosponsor of the bill to achieve parity between cost-of-living adjustments for the Federal Employees Retirement System and the Civil Service Retirement System.
S. 986 was mentioned as Ms. Alsobrooks was added as a cosponsor of the bill to prevent bullying and harassment of students.
S. 1336 was mentioned as Ms. Baldwin was added as a cosponsor of the bill to establish a grant program for forestry workforce development.
S. 1574 was mentioned as Ms. Smith was added as a cosponsor of the bill to include Tribal courts as courts of competent jurisdiction under the Stored Communications Act.
S. 1677 was mentioned as Ms. Cantwell and Ms. Blunt Rochester were added as cosponsors of the bill to provide health insurance benefits for congenital anomalies or birth defects.
S. 1829 was mentioned as Mr. Lankford was added as a cosponsor of the bill to combat the sexual exploitation of children.
S. 1885 was mentioned as Ms. Hassan was added as a cosponsor of the bill to implement a mental health warning label on covered platforms.
S. 1892 was mentioned as Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Justice, Mr. Sullivan, and Mr. Bennet were added as cosponsors of the bill to provide deposits into the Crime Victims Fund.
S. 1918 was mentioned as Mr. Peters was added as a cosponsor of the bill to allow a refundable tax credit for qualified access technology for the blind.
S. 1929 was mentioned as Ms. Murkowski was added as a cosponsor of the bill to reduce rates of sepsis.
S. 2282 was mentioned as Mr. Marshall was added as a cosponsor of the bill to reauthorize the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network.
S. 2409 was mentioned as Mr. Sullivan was added as a cosponsor of the bill to exempt custom slaughter facilities from certain inspections under the Federal Meat Inspection Act.
S. 2525 was mentioned as Mr. Kaine was added as a cosponsor of the bill to address transnational repression by foreign governments.
S. 2667 was mentioned as Ms. Hassan was added as a cosponsor of the bill to prevent violence in the West Bank.
S. 2903 was mentioned as Mr. Welch was added as a cosponsor of the bill to provide an exceptions process for medication step therapy protocols.
S. 2947 was mentioned as Mr. Marshall was added as a cosponsor of the bill to establish a Federal Clearinghouse on Safety and Best Practices for Nonprofit Organizations, Faith-based Organizations, and Houses of Worship.
S. 3135 was mentioned as Ms. Murkowski was added as a cosponsor of the bill to allow the suspension of engine derate or shutdown functions in cold weather.
S. 3211 was mentioned as Mr. Coons was added as a cosponsor of the bill to establish a separate code for direct support professionals in the Standard Occupational Classification system.
S. 3394 was mentioned as Mr. King was added as a cosponsor of the bill to amend sentencing guidelines relating to child sexual abuse material.
S. 3397 was mentioned as Mr. King was added as a cosponsor of the bill to make coercion of children to commit harm a criminal offense.
S. 3398 was mentioned as Mr. King was added as a cosponsor of the bill to criminalize intentional threats to distribute child sexual abuse material.
S. 3455 was mentioned as Mr. Schiff and Ms. Smith were added as cosponsors of the bill to authorize urbanized area formula grants for service improvement and safety.
S. 3513 was mentioned as Mr. Curtis and Mr. Bennet were added as cosponsors of the bill to impose sanctions on foreign persons dealing in Russian crude oil or petroleum products.
S. 3653 was mentioned as Mr. Sullivan was added as a cosponsor of the bill to inform veterans of their rights regarding health care and benefits.
S. 3659 was mentioned as Mr. Kaine and Mr. McCormick were added as cosponsors of the bill to establish a Strategic Resilience Reserve of the United States.
S. 3761 was mentioned as Ms. Smith was added as a cosponsor of the bill to exempt qualified student loan bonds from the volume cap and alternative minimum tax.
S. 3789 was mentioned as Mr. Schiff was added as a cosponsor of the bill to adjust prospectus thresholds for certain General Services Administration projects.
S. 3791 was mentioned as Mr. Blumenthal was added as a cosponsor of the bill to reauthorize Regional Ocean Partnerships.
S. 3865 was mentioned as Ms. Alsobrooks was added as a cosponsor of the bill to prevent discrimination and harassment in employment.
S. 3916 was mentioned as Mr. Wicker was added as a cosponsor of the bill to prohibit Federal funding of State firearm ownership databases.
S. 3923 was mentioned as Mr. Budd and Ms. Klobuchar were added as cosponsors of the bill to improve weather research and forecasting.
S. 3938 was mentioned as Mrs. Fischer, Mrs. Moody, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Hoeven, and Mr. Lee were added as cosponsors of the bill to allow veterans service organization representatives to participate in preseparation counseling.
S. 3940 was mentioned as Mr. Hoeven was added as a cosponsor of the bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to testify before Congress regarding the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994.
S. 3953 was mentioned as Mr. Padilla and Mr. Murphy were added as cosponsors of the bill to authorize the National Museum of African American History and Culture to support education programs.
S.J. Res. 79 was mentioned as Mr. Fetterman was added as a cosponsor of the joint resolution honoring the sacrifice of several Marine Corps and Army personnel.
S.J. Res. 104 was mentioned as Mr. King, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Markey, Mr. Coons, Ms. Alsobrooks, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Warren, Mr. Heinrich, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. Wyden were added as cosponsors of the joint resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities against Iran.
S. Res. 606 was mentioned as Mr. Schiff was added as a cosponsor of the resolution condemning the Government of Iran for suppressing the right to peaceably assemble.
S. Res. 620 was mentioned as Mr. Marshall, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Scott, and Mr. Booker were added as cosponsors of the resolution designating February 28, 2026, as Rare Disease Day.
S.J. Res. 104 was the subject of floor debate by Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. Welch regarding the legality and necessity of military action against Iran.