Congressional Record — August 10, 2026

Overview of the day

The House met at 11 a.m. and adjourned at 11:02 a.m.
The House received a message from the Senate announcing that the Senate passed several bills without amendment, passed several bills with amendments, and passed several new bills requesting the concurrence of the House.
The House introduced 12 public bills from H.R. 10070 to H.R. 10081, 2 joint resolutions from H.J. Res. 213 to H.J. Res. 214, and 1 resolution H. Res. 1480.
The Senate appointed Senator John Boozman to perform the duties of the Chair as Acting President pro tempore.

Summary of the House proceedings

Representative Virginia Foxx acted as the Speaker pro tempore for the day.
The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Reverend John Kellogg, Christ Church Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.
The Speaker pro tempore led the House in the Pledge of Allegiance.
H.R. 1276 was passed by the Senate without amendment, removing restrictions from a parcel of land in Paducah, Kentucky.
H.R. 2069 was passed by the Senate without amendment, amending the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to ensure that other transaction agreements are reported to USAspending.gov.
H.R. 2196 was passed by the Senate without amendment, providing for an extension of the legislative authority of the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs.
H.R. 5366 was passed by the Senate without amendment, amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to codify and extend the rules for personal casualty losses arising from major disasters and the rules for the exclusion from gross income of compensation for losses or damages resulting from certain wildfires.
H.R. 5334 was passed by the Senate with amendments, amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educators expense deduction.
H.R. 6500 was passed by the Senate with amendments, extending duty-free treatment provided with respect to imports from certain countries in Africa under the African Growth and Opportunity Act and extending customs user fees.
H.R. 10070 was introduced to expand the eligibility of border patrol agents for certain overtime pay.
H.R. 10071 was introduced to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to reinstate and extend participation in the 8(a) Program for certain concerns.
H.R. 10072 was introduced to allow individuals entitled to Medicare Part A to make contributions to health savings accounts.
H.R. 10073 was introduced to assist in the conservation of critically endangered species in foreign countries.
H.R. 10074 was introduced to provide for the specific allocation of certain funding made available in accordance with the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America.
H.R. 10075 was introduced to exempt qualified mortgage bonds from the volume cap.
H.R. 10076 was introduced to impose sanctions and other measures with respect to the Russian Federation.
H.R. 10077 was introduced to revise the qualifications for organization designation authorization holders.
H.R. 10078 was introduced to require that any debt limit increase or suspension be balanced by equal spending cuts over the next decade.
H.R. 10079 was introduced to provide for the regulation of hemp-derived beverages.
H.R. 10080 was introduced to impose lobbying restrictions on former officers and employees of State regulatory authorities and to condition State energy program financial assistance on State compliance with those restrictions.
H.R. 10081 was introduced to condition the granting of State energy program financial assistance on compliance with rules banning spurious charges by regulated electric utilities.
H.J. Res. 213 was introduced providing for congressional disapproval of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards, Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations, Notice of Decision.
H.J. Res. 214 was introduced providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards, Small Off-Road Engines Regulations, Notice of Decision.
H. Res. 1480 was introduced honoring the lives, work, and sacrifice of Joseph Curseen, Jr., and Thomas Morris, Jr., the two United States Postal Service employees who died as a result of their contact with anthrax while working at the United States Postal facility located at 900 Brentwood Road NE, Washington, DC, during the anthrax attack in the fall of 2001.

Summary of Senate proceedings

S. 289 was passed by the Senate, banning the sale of products with a high concentration of sodium nitrite to individuals.
S. 434 was passed by the Senate, establishing the Commercial Space Activity Advisory Committee.
S. 494 was passed by the Senate, establishing a national plan to coordinate research on epilepsy.
S. 850 was passed by the Senate, amending the Northern Border Security Review Act to require updates to the northern border threat analysis and northern border strategy.
S. 1525 was passed by the Senate, directing the Secretary of the Treasury to stop minting the penny and requiring cash transactions to be rounded up or down to the nearest 5 cents.
S. 1838 was passed by the Senate, amending the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a program of research, training, and investigation related to Down syndrome.
S. 2398 was passed by the Senate, reauthorizing the Kay Hagan Tick Act.
S. 2542 was passed by the Senate, directing the Director of the Federal Protective Service to establish guidance relating to emergency protocols for buildings.
S. 2666 was passed by the Senate, directing the Federal Communications Commission to establish a taskforce on unlawful robocalls.
S. 2667 was passed by the Senate, expanding the sharing of information with respect to suspected violations of intellectual property rights in trade.
S. 3266 was passed by the Senate, supporting the athletic programs of the United States Merchant Marine Academy.
S. 3897 was passed by the Senate, revising administrative procedures relating to public safety officers' death benefits.
S. 3977 was passed by the Senate, amending title 11 of the United States Code to modify certain bankruptcy eligibility requirements.
S. 4472 was passed by the Senate, amending the Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act to reauthorize the provisions of such Act through fiscal year 2031.
S. 4850 was passed by the Senate, amending title 28 of the United States Code to adjust thresholds relating to jurisdiction for inflation.
Senator Lujan was appointed by the Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, to the Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development in accordance with Public Law 99-498, Section 1505(a)(1)(B)(ii).