Congressional Record — July 27, 2026

Overview of the day

The House met briefly to introduce several bills and resolutions and receive executive communications. The Senate continued consideration of the nomination of Walter Clayton to be Director of National Intelligence, agreed to a commemorative resolution, and began consideration of the motion to proceed to S. 4784.

Summary of the House proceedings

H.R. 9517, H.R. 9535, H.R. 9594, H.R. 9641, H.R. 9671, H.R. 9679, H.R. 9693, H.R. 9743, H.R. 9800, H.R. 9824, H.R. 9835, H.R. 9849, H.R. 9868, H.R. 9893, H.R. 9909, H.R. 9914, H.R. 9937, H.R. 9943, H.R. 9944, H.R. 9945, H.R. 9946, H.R. 9947, H.R. 9948, H.R. 9949, H.R. 9950, H.R. 9951, H.R. 9952, H.R. 9953, H.R. 9954, H.R. 9955, H.R. 9956, H.R. 9957, H.R. 9958, H.R. 9959, H.R. 9960, H.R. 9961, H.R. 9962, H.R. 9963, H.R. 9964, H.R. 9965, H.R. 9966, H.R. 9967, H.R. 9968, H.R. 9969, H.R. 9970, H.R. 9971, H.R. 9972, H.R. 9973, H.R. 9974, H.R. 9975, H.R. 9976 were introduced.

H.J. Res. 122, H.J. Res. 187 were introduced.

H. Res. 1110, H. Res. 1435, H. Res. 1459, H. Res. 1460, H. Res. 1461, H. Res. 1462, H. Res. 1463, H. Res. 1464 were introduced.

Summary of Senate proceedings

S. Res. 781 was agreed to, commemorating June 19, 2026, as Juneteenth National Independence Day.

S. 4784 was mentioned as the Senate began consideration of the motion to proceed to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, military construction, and defense activities of the Department of Energy.

S. Res. 817 was mentioned as the Senate began consideration to authorize the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations.

A vote was taken to close further debate on the nomination of Walter Clayton to be Director of National Intelligence.

S. 1414, S. 1542, S. 1954, S. 2252, S. 2355, S. 2578, S. 3018, S. 3050, S. 3172, S. 3676, S. 3733, S. 3788, S. 3794, S. 3900, S. 3984, S. 4009, S. 4259, S. 4392, S. 4443, S. 4570, S. 4577, S. 4600, S. 4610, S. 4665, S. 4680, S. 4708, S. 4709, S. 4723, S. 4726 were reported.

S. 5133 was introduced to modify the time for filing certain information returns.

S. 5134 was introduced to establish a Green New Deal for Health.

S. 5135 was introduced to clarify prohibitions against fraudulent misrepresentation of campaign authority involving generative AI.

S. 5136 was introduced to require a disclaimer for certain communications paid for by a political committee.

S. 5137 was introduced to establish the Mental Health Licensure Portability Program grant program.

S. 5138 was introduced to protect immigrant families, combat fraud, promote citizenship, and build community trust.

S. 5139 was introduced to require the Secretary of Defense to support the development of quantum technologies.

S. 5140 was introduced to ensure fairness, transparency, and consistency of disqualifying provisions administered by the CFTC and SEC.

H.R. 7008 was mentioned during a request for unanimous consent to ban members of Congress from purchasing stocks and require photo ID for voting.

S. 1498 was mentioned as a proposed alternative to address insider trading.

H.R. 4541 was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

S. Res. 817 had 3 amendments proposed to it.

S. 4784 had 1 amendment proposed to it.

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