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Congressional Record — October 13, 2026

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Congressional Record

Oct 13, 2026

What Congress did

    The House met briefly at 1:30 p.m. and adjourned at 1:33 p.s. while the Senate was not in session for legislative business.

    Fifteen public bills, H.R. 10795, H.R. 10796, H.R. 10797, H.R. 10798, H.R. 10799, H.R. 10800, H.R. 10801, H.R. 10802, H.R. 10803, H.R. 10804, H.R. 10805, H.R. 10806, H.R. 10807, H.R. 10808, H.R. 10809, and one resolution, H. Res. 1624, were introduced in the House.

    One committee report was filed in the House regarding H.R. 10238.

The House

    H.R. 952 was signed by the Speaker pro tempore to convey the reversionary interest of the United States in certain land in Sacramento, California.

    H.R. 1721 was signed by the Speaker pro tempore to direct the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a study on the feasibility of manufacturing in the United States products for critical infrastructure sectors.

    H.R. 2388 was signed by the Speaker pro tempore to take certain Federal land in the State of Washington into trust for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe.

    H.R. 2481 was signed by the Speaker pro tempore to require online dating service providers to provide fraud ban notifications to online dating service members.

    H.R. 4467 was signed by the Speaker pro tempore to modify the boundary of the Vicksburg National Military Park in the State of Mississippi.

    H.R. 10238 had a committee report filed by the Committee on Small Business with an amendment requiring the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to disseminate certain cybersecurity information and resources to small business concerns.

    H.R. 10795 was introduced to authorize the establishment of a United States-Sudan Agriculture and Minerals partnership.

    H.R. 10796 was introduced to direct the Secretary of Defense to designate an executive agent responsible for synchronizing cooperative efforts between the United States and Israel.

    H.R. 10797 was introduced to direct the Secretary of the Air Force to carry out a program to provide for the safe, long-range aerial transport of individuals known to be infected, or suspected of infection, by high-consequence infectious diseases.

    H.R. 10798 was introduced to establish a grant program for funding silicosis treatment and education.

    H.R. 10799 was introduced to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modernize the wage required for exempt H-1B workers.

    H.R. 10800 was introduced to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a process for designating a safe third country and review of safe third country determinations.

    H.R. 10801 was introduced to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to carry out a program under which Federal funds for elementary and secondary education are either provided directly to parents for educational expenses or approved by parents for distribution to the public school their child attends.

    H.R. 10802 was introduced to direct heads of Federal agencies to support increased access to voting.

    H.R. 10803 was introduced to abolish the Department of Homeland Security and establish a Department of Community Safety.

    H.R. 10804 was introduced to establish penalties for the failure of investor-owned electric utilities to meet State performance targets.

    H.R. 10805 was introduced to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit schools and public libraries that receive universal service support from blocking internet access to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer resources.

    H.R. 10806 was introduced to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to decrease fraud related to home health agencies in Medicare.

    H.R. 10807 was introduced to prohibit the use of automated mass surveillance systems and associated components.

    H.R. 10808 was introduced to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow additional contributions to a health savings account in the case of the birth or adoption of a child.

    H.R. 10809 was introduced to amend the Federal Power Act to protect ratepayers from costs relating to the electric loads of data centers and high-density computing facilities.

    H. Res. 1624 was introduced recognizing the 110th anniversary of the nation's first presidential library, the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums.

The Senate

Nothing from the Senate in this day's Record.

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