Weekly Congressional Briefing

September 15, 2026

LegiList Weekly Congressional Briefing – September 15, 2026
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September 15, 2026
Sep 9, 2026 – Sep 15, 2026
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At a Glance

Over the last seven days (Sep 9, 2026 – Sep 15, 2026), Congress introduced new bills, moved measures through committees, took floor votes, and enacted some into law. This page pulls those signals together in one place.

Bills introduced 85
Bills with actions recorded 232
Laws enacted 1
Recorded floor votes 4
Committee activity records 206

All counts are based on official congressional data, assembled and normalized by LegiList.

Bill of the Week

HRES 1520

Chamber: House

Current status: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Last recorded action: Sep 10, 2026

Actions in this window: 19

View the full bill history, actions, subjects, and vote links on LegiList: https://legilist.com/bill/119/hres/1520

Legislator of the Week

Analilia Mejia

Party: Democratic   •   State: NJ   •   Chamber: House

Activity score (7 days): 31   (3× sponsored, 2× cosponsored, 1× votes recorded)

Bills sponsored this week: 3  •  Bills cosponsored: 10  •  Votes cast: 2

Recently sponsored bills

Bill Title Status / Last action
HR 10355 Disaster Loan Outreach Consistency Act Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HR 10344 Fast Track Disaster Relief Act Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Last action: Sep 10, 2026
HR 10343 To amend the Small Business Act to require Federal agencies to provide enhanced debriefing materials to small business concerns for SBIR or STTR award denials, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and
Last action: Sep 10, 2026

Recently cosponsored bills

Bill Title Status
HR 3243 Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
HR 6015 VA Care and Benefits Accountability Act Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
HR 6014 Right to Representation for Department of Veterans Affairs Workers Act of 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
HR 2055 Caring for Survivors Act of 2025 Subcommittee Hearings Held
HR 4084 Access to Birth Control Act Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Recent floor votes by this member

Date Chamber / Vote Question
Sep 14, 2026
Cast: Yea
House Roll Call 297
Related bill: H R 3276
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Sep 14, 2026
Cast: Yea
House Roll Call 296
Related bill: H R 4219
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Committee of the Week

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Chamber: Senate  •  Activity records this week: 54

Recent bill activity

Bill Activity Date
HR 6317
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12109 New Kent Highway in New Kent, Virginia, as the Patricia Paige Post Office.
Reported By Sep 15, 2026
HR 6310
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3570 Olney Laytonsville Road in Olney, Maryland, as the Edward L. Ramsey Olney Post Office Building.
Reported By Sep 14, 2026
HR 6020
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14855 South Van Dyke Road in Plainfield, Illinois, as the Staff Sergeant Jose Dueñez Jr. Post Office Building.
Reported By Sep 14, 2026
HR 5831
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 306 South Main Street in Waupaca, Wisconsin, as the Master Sergeant Melvin O. Handrich Post Office Building.
Reported By Sep 14, 2026
HR 6247
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 13355 North Lon Adams Road in Marana, Arizona, as the Mayor Ed Honea Memorial Post Office.
Reported By Sep 14, 2026
HR 6332
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10660 Page Avenue in Fairfax, Virginia, as the "Congressman Gerald E. Connolly Post Office Building".
Reported By Sep 14, 2026
Noteworthy Votes
Date Chamber / Roll Call Question & Result
Sep 15, 2026 Senate Roll Call 233
Question: On the Nomination PN1093-3
Result: Nomination Confirmed
Yea 52 · Nay 45 · Present 0 · Not Voting 3
Sep 14, 2026 House Roll Call 297
Related bill: H R 3276
Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Result: Passed
Yea 345 · Nay 60 · Present 0 · Not Voting 27
Sep 14, 2026 House Roll Call 296
Related bill: H R 4219
Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Result: Passed
Yea 371 · Nay 33 · Present 0 · Not Voting 28
Sep 14, 2026 Senate Roll Call 232
Question: On the Cloture Motion PN1093-3
Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to
Yea 47 · Nay 46 · Present 0 · Not Voting 7
Bill Activity by Stage

Reported by committee

Bill Title Status / Last action
HR 10326 PROOF Act Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1530 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 9
Last action: Sep 14, 2026

Other actions

Bill Title Status / Last action
HR 10358 To assist survivors of stroke and other debilitating health occurrences in returning to work. Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HRES 1536 Recommending that the House of Representatives find Neville Singham in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HRES 1534 Expressing support for the designation of the week of September 13 to 19, 2026, as "National Co-Responder and Crisis Clinician Week". Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HRES 1530 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9576) to establish the National Fraud Enforcement Division of the Department of Justice; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 10326) to enhance information-sharing capabilities between Federal law enforcement and State agencies to detect, investigate, and prosecute fraud in certain Federal programs, and to protect individual privacy; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 210) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to ''California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision''; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 213) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, 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''; and providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 5334) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes. Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 90.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HR 4662 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6444 San Fernando Road in Glendale, California, as the "Paul Ignatius Post Office". Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 603.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HRES 1535 Supporting the designation of the week of September 13 through September 19, 2026, as "National Truck Driver Appreciation Week". Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HR 10368 To assist trafficking survivors who lack government issued identification in accessing air travel, and for other purposes. Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HJRES 215 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the Department of Homeland Security relating to "Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media". Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HR 9436 Northeast Lobsterman Protection Act of 2026 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transp
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HR 10361 To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reimburse public employee retirement systems for accidental disability retirements and accidental deaths resulting from the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center. Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HR 10355 Disaster Loan Outreach Consistency Act Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HRES 1533 Honoring the life and legacy of John Seymour, the late Senator for the State of California. Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HRES 1531 Supporting the recognition of September 14 through 20, 2026, as "Interscholastic Athletic Administrators' Week". Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
S 790 A bill to redesignate the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming, as the "Barbara L. Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive Center". Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HR 10376 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish reporting and transparency requirements for data related to telehealth services under the Medicare program. Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HR 10353 SBIC Reporting Modernization Act of 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HR 10366 To amend title 23, United States Code, to withhold apportioned surface transportation funding from a State if such State fails to enact certain prohibitions relating to the use of automated license plate readers, and for other purposes. Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HR 10373 Protecting Workers' Wages from Medical Debt Act Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HR 9360 Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress Sunset Act Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HR 10363 To prohibit discrimination in coffee shops, cafés, tea houses, or other informal dining establishments on the ground of religion, race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status, and for other purposes. Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HR 10367 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a monthly credit to working Americans, to eliminate tax loopholes applicable to billionaires, and for other purposes. Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HR 10370 To better coordinate Federal efforts to utilize advance technologies, such as artificial intelligence, to improve diagnoses, treatments, cures, and prevention strategies for pediatric cancer, and for other purposes. Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HR 10375 To amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to improve the loan guaranty program, enhance the ability of small manufacturers to access affordable capital, and for other purposes. Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HR 10359 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to permanently extend the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award priority review vouchers for rare pediatric disease products. Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HR 5174 To make revisions in title 51, United States Code, as necessary to keep the title current, and to make technical amendments to improve the United States Code. Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
S 4052 A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 203 North Clay Street in Marshfield, Missouri, shall be known and designated as the "Edwin P. Hubble Post Office". Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 586.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HR 10357 Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HR 5831 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 306 South Main Street in Waupaca, Wisconsin, as the Master Sergeant Melvin O. Handrich Post Office Building. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 607.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HR 10372 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit employers from paying employees in the garment industry by piece rate, to require manufacturers and contractors in the garment industry to register with the Department of Labor, and for other purposes. Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HR 4584 To make technical amendments to update statutory references to certain provisions which were formerly classified to chapters 14 and 19 of title 25, United States Code, and to correct related technical errors. Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HR 4635 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 890 East 152nd Street in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Technical Sergeant Alma Gladys Minter Post Office Building. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 602.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HR 10352 504 Program Level Flexibility Act Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HR 10371 To direct the Associate Administrator for Veterans Business Development of the Small Business Administration to ensure compliance with certain reporting requirements, and for other purposes. Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HR 5185 To make improvements in the enactment of title 41, United States Code, into a positive law title and to improve the Code. Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
S 3373 A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14855 South Van Dyke Road in Plainfield, Illinois, as the "Staff Sergeant Jose Duenez Jr. Post Office Building". Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 582.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HR 5182 To make improvements in the enactment of title 54, United States Code, into a positive law title and to correct related technical errors. Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HR 309 National Law Enforcement Officers Remembrance, Support, and Community Outreach Act Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
HR 4499 To make technical amendments to update statutory references to provisions reclassified to title 34, United States Code, and to correct related technical errors. Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
S 236 A bill to amend the Act of August 9, 1955 (commonly known as the "Long-Term Leasing Act"), to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land in the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation and land held in trust for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 553.
Last action: Sep 14, 2026
What Congress Focused On

Based on bills that moved in the last seven days, these subjects appeared most often:

Government Operations and Politics (58) Postal service (46) Congressional tributes (44) Government buildings, facilities, and property (44) Congressional oversight (27) Public Lands and Natural Resources (26) Government information and archives (22) Native Americans (16) Geography and mapping (12) Environmental Protection (11)

Counts reflect distinct bills with actions this week that were tagged with each subject.

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