Congressional Record Congressional Record · 2026-07-20 Date2026-07-20 PublicationVolume 172, issue 118 Sections129 House · 45 Senate House sections HONORING THE LIFE OF MINNESOTA STATE REPRESENTATIVE KAREN CLARK RECOGNIZING THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF MAJOR BRAD "SLATE" HOVEY COMMENDING AND HONORING DR. EDWARD J. BRAYNON, JR. CONDEMNING THE VIOLENT REPRESSION OF MUSICIANS RECOGNIZING PAUL LAU'S RETIREMENT FROM SMUD FOLLOWING A 44-YEAR LONG CAREER OF SERVICE HONORING AND PAYING TRIBUTE TO THALES CARLTON ROBBINS RECOGNIZING NATIONAL CARIBBEAN HERITAGE MONTH CHANGING OF COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL CRAIG A. BONHAM, II, USA HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF JEAN PULSCHER COMMENDING MR. CLARANCE "PAT" PATTERSON CELEBRATING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF MR. AL ADREVENO HONORING AND PAYING TRIBUTE TO JOE L. THOMAS, SR. HONORING LIEUTENANT GENERAL CHRIS MOHAN COMMENDING MRS. AGENORIA LUCILLE SPEARMAN PASCHAL HONORING WILLIAM F. McQUADE CONGRATULATING CHRIS LEPPLER, LANCASTER COUNTY SHERIFF ON HIS RETIREMENT COMMENDING MRS. MARIA H. ARENAS HONORING AND PAYING TRIBUTE TO HAROLD DUANE SMITH HONORING UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS VETERAN CAPTAIN MARISOL CANTU ZAMMIT AS JULY 2026 VETERAN OF THE MONTH NATIONAL SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF STATE, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2027 COMMENDING OFFICER WILLIAM J. CALHOUN HONORING CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT NATALIE A. BRIGGS RECOGNIZING THE RETIREMENT OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL JOHN P. HEALY HONORING MR. GEORGE B. MELICK HONORING AND PAYING TRIBUTE TO CHARLES BROWN POTTER HONORING THE LATE PASTOR, DR. ANNETTE ANDERSON HONORING THE SERVICE OF KATIE BLOUNT TO THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI HONORING THE LONG ISLAND ASSOCIATION'S 100TH ANNIVERSARY HONORING MRS. FANNETT CLARK LYONS CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF REPRESENTATIVE TIM MURPHY CONGRATULATING GROWMARK'S CHUCK SPENCER ON HIS RETIREMENT HONORING AND PAYING TRIBUTE TO BILLY ELLINGSON COMMENDING THE HAITIAN AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY RECOGNIZING CHRISTIAN BROTHERS HIGH SCHOOL HONORING CAPTAIN THERESA BOWIE HONORING COLONEL EUGENE K. "GENE" CONTI AND COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR FRANK ROSSI PAYING TRIBUTE TO TEQUILA JANAE TEKEYSHA FORSHEE SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS House of Representatives DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE MORNING-HOUR DEBATE SALUTING SERVICEMEMBERS OF THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF TEXAS HONORING LIFE OF DOUGLAS GRAHAM CENSORSHIP BY THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY RECOGNIZING LARRY "THE GRINCH" STONE COMMEMORATING 82ND ANNIVERSARY OF LIBERATION OF GUAM RECESS AFTER RECESS PRAYER THE JOURNAL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE HONORING NICHOLAS DALE COMMEMORATING 81ST ANNIVERSARY OF BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA RECOGNIZING STEVE AND JULIA MOORE RECESS AFTER RECESS ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE CHOICES FOR INCREASED MOBILITY ACT OF 2026 DESTRUCTION OF HAZARDOUS IMPORTS ACT FDA MODERNIZATION ACT 3.0 REAUTHORIZING THE KAY HAGAN TICK ACT STEM CELL THERAPEUTIC AND RESEARCH REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2025 ACCELERATING ACCESS TO DEMENTIA AND ALZHEIMER'S PROVIDER TRAINING ACT ACTION FOR DENTAL HEALTH ACT PROGRAMS TO PREVENT, DETECT, AND TREAT TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES EARLY ACT REAUTHORIZATION OF 2025 DEONDRA DIXON INCLUDE PROJECT ACT OF 2025 NIH IMPLEMENTING A MATERNAL HEALTH AND PREGNANCY OUTCOMES VISION FOR EVERYONE ACT ACCELERATING ACCESS TO CRITICAL THERAPIES FOR ALS REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2026 PUTTING PATIENTS FIRST BY STRENGTHENING PROVIDER ACCOUNTABILITY IN FECA ACT VALUE OVER COST ACT OF 2026 ENSURING FEDERAL PURCHASING EFFICIENCY ACT STOP SECRET SPENDING ACT OF 2025 FEDERAL IMPROVEMENT IN TECHNOLOGY PROCUREMENT ACT FEDERAL RELOCATION PAYMENT IMPROVEMENT ACT BILLION DOLLAR BOONDOGGLE ACT EXPANDING WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS FOR CONTRACTORS ACT OF 2026 NUCLEIC ACID STANDARDS FOR BIOSECURITY ACT NEXT-GENERATION GEOTHERMAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACT RECESS AFTER RECESS ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE EARLY ACT REAUTHORIZATION OF 2025 PUTTING PATIENTS FIRST BY STRENGTHENING PROVIDER ACCOUNTABILITY IN FECA ACT APPOINTMENT OF INDIVIDUALS TO ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CHILD CARE CENTER REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 1841 RECOGNIZING DENISE MINDERLER RECOGNIZING MATT McMURRAY HONORING OFFICERS GABRIEL VERAS, JR., AND CARIN ELMORE SALUTING MEMBERS OF MOUNT VERNON NAACP FOLLOW THE MONEY RECOGNIZING BLACK MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH WEEK HONORING JOANNE RAJOPPI TROOP DEATHS IN JORDAN AND IRAQ RECOGNIZING PETER DeMARCO RECOGNIZING 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF LONG ISLAND ASSOCIATION HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS ADJOURNMENT EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS MEMORIALS Constitutional Authority Statement Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 9773 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 9774 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 9775 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 9784 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 9785 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 9786 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 9787 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 9788 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 9789 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 9790 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 9791 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 9792 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 9793 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 9776 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 9794 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 9777 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 9778 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 9779 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 9780 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 9781 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 9782 Constitutional Authority Statement for H.R. 9783 CONGRESSIONAL EARMARKS, LIMITED TAX BENEFITS, OR LIMITED TARIFF BENEFITS DELETION OF SPONSORS FROM PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS PETITIONS, ETC. 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