What Congress did
The House of Representatives met briefly at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 12:32 p.m., with no recorded votes or quorum calls occurring. During the session, the House introduced eleven public bills numbered H.R. 10908 through H.R. 10917, and three resolutions numbered H. Res. 1639 through H. Res. 1641. Executive communications and memorials were received and referred to appropriate committees. The Senate proceedings consisted of an appointment of the Acting President pro tempore, and the Senate scheduled its next meeting for a pro forma session on Thursday, October 29, 2026.
The House
Representative Griffith was appointed to act as Speaker pro tempore for the House proceedings.
H.R. 10908 was introduced to implement Universal Savings Accounts and expand transparency, competition, and patient rights in health care.
H.R. 10909 was introduced to amend the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013 to require submission of reports to the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
H.R. 10910 was introduced to amend the Animal Welfare Act to provide for the protection of companion animals held or cared for at certain facilities.
H.R. 10911 was introduced to amend the Animal Health Protection Act to establish a U.S. Swine health improvement plan as a voluntary program administered by the Secretary of Agriculture.
H.R. 10912 was introduced to amend the Arms Export Control Act to address third party transfers of certain defense articles for Ukraine.
H.R. 10913 was introduced to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make adulterated food containing certain preservatives.
H.R. 10914 was introduced to amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to improve assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and veteran farmers and ranchers.
H.R. 10915 was introduced to require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop new standards, methodologies, and recommendations with respect to the cybersecurity of cloud-based infrastructure.
H.R. 10916 was introduced to require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to jointly develop a strategy to increase the use of aquatic restoration and conservation activities in wildfire risk mitigation and post-fire recovery efforts.
H.R. 10917 was introduced to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to select and implement landscape-scale forest restoration projects and to assist communities in increasing their resilience to wildfire.
H. Res. 1639 was introduced supporting the designation of October 26, 2026, as the Day of the Deployed.
H. Res. 1640 was introduced expressing support for the designation of October 2026 as National Financial Planning Month.
H. Res. 1641 was introduced honoring the contributions of Indian Americans and supporting the designation of July as Indian American Heritage Month.