Congress Records a Brief Session With No Floor Votes as House Bills Are Introduced

WASHINGTON — Congress recorded no floor votes, debate on legislation or bill passage Thursday as both chambers met briefly and adjourned.

The House convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 3:02 p.m. The Senate convened at 9:00:03 a.m. and adjourned at 9:00:33 a.m. Neither chamber’s proceedings in the Record show floor lawmaking during the session. The House was scheduled to return Monday, Oct. 26, at 12:30 p.m., and the Senate at 5:30 p.m. 1 2

The House approved its Journal, received executive communications and recorded one committee report. Executive communications are formal messages from executive-branch agencies that the House can receive and refer to committees, even in a short session.

The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee reported H.R. 1382, concerning San Francisco Bay restoration, with an amendment. The report was delivered to the Clerk for printing and referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. That was committee action, not passage by the full House. 3

The House also introduced and referred 53 bills, H.R. 10855 through H.R. 10907, along with several resolutions. The new proposals included bills to lower the Medicare eligibility age to 50; address certain artificial-intelligence attacks; prohibit interference in federal elections; prohibit certain individualized, dynamic and facial-recognition-based pricing at large food retailers; and bar certain waivers for imports of Russian energy products. 4

Introduction and referral begin the committee-review process; they do not change federal law. The same is true of the day’s committee report: H.R. 1382 had not passed the House in this Record.

The Senate’s recorded activity consisted of its opening, the appointment of Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., as acting president pro tempore, and adjournment until Monday. 2