[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 152 (Thursday, September 24, 2026)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D935-D936]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
Thursday, September 24, 2026
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Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4959-S5020
Measures Introduced: Seventy-four bills and fourteen resolutions were
introduced, as follows: S. 5494-5567, S.J. Res. 217, and S. Res. 898-
910.
Pages S4993-96
Measures Reported:
S. 5526, to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural
and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year
2031.
Page 4993
Measures Passed:
John A. Hauser Mental Health in Aviation Act: Senate passed S. 3257,
to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to
revise regulations for certain individuals carrying out aviation
activities who disclose a mental health diagnosis or condition, after
withdrawing the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and
agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:
Pages S5017-19
Husted (for Hoeven/Duckworth) Amendment No. 6834, in the nature of a
substitute.
Pages S5018-19
Aviation Medication Transparency Act: Senate passed S. 3258, to
require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to
publish the list of medications that the Administrator has compiled for
purposes of the medical certification of airmen and air traffic control
specialists, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of
a substitute.
Page S5019
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Project Lands Restoration Act: Senate
passed H.R. 2388, to take certain Federal land in the State of
Washington into trust for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe.
Page S5020
Telehealth Awareness Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 902, supporting
the designation of the week of September 20 through September 26, 2026,
as ``Telehealth Awareness Week''.
Page S5020
Day of Remembrance for the Workers of the Nuclear Weapons Program:
Senate agreed to S. Res. 903, designating October 30, 2026, as a
national day of remembrance for the workers of the nuclear weapons
program of the United States.
Page S5020
Gold Star Families Remembrance Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 904,
designating the week of September 20 through September 27, 2026, as
``Gold Star Families Remembrance Week''.
Page S5020
National Lobster Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 905, designating
September 25, 2026, as ``National Lobster Day''.
Page S5020
Measures Failed:
Hostilities with Iran: By 49 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 244), Senate
did not agree to H. Con. Res. 89, Directing the President, pursuant to
section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States
Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran, after being discharged from
the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Pages S4962-69
Measures Considered:
Protect College Sports Act--Agreement: Senate continued consideration
of S. 4668, to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and
provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair
competition among intercollegiate athletics, taking action on the
following motions and amendments proposed thereto:
Pages S4959-62
Adopted:
By 77 yeas to 23 nays (Vote No. 242), Thune (for Cruz) Amendment No.
6776, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S4962
During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the
following action:
Thune Amendment No. 6779 (to the language proposed to be stricken by
Amendment No. 6776), to change the enactment date (By unanimous-
consent, Senate tabled the amendment.)
Page S4962
Thune Amendment No. 6780 (to Amendment No. 6779), of a perfecting
nature, fell when Thune Amendment No. 6779 (to the language proposed to
be stricken by Amendment No. 6776) (listed above) was tabled.
Page S4962
Thune Amendment No. 6777 (to Amendment No. 6776), to change the
enactment date. (By unanimous-consent, Senate tabled the amendment.)
Page S4962
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Thune Amendment No. 6778 (to Amendment No. 6777), of a perfecting
nature, fell when Thune Amendment No. 6777 (to Amendment No. 6776)
(listed above) was tabled.
Page S4962
By 74 yeas to 25 nays (Vote No. 243), three-fifths of those Senators
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed
to the motion to close further debate on the bill.
Page S4962
By voice vote, Senate tabled the committee reported substitute
amendment to the bill.
Page S4962
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at
approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, September 28, 2026, Senate resume
consideration of the bill, as amended, post-cloture; that post-cloture
time from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. be equally divided between the proponents
and opponents of the bill, and with the opponent time under the control
of Senator Booker; and that the post-cloture time expire at 5:30 p.m.,
and Senate vote on passage of the bill, as amended.
Page S5020
House Messages:
Illegal Red Snapper and Tuna Enforcement Act: Senate concurred in the
House amendment to S. 283, to require the Under Secretary of Commerce
for Standards and Technology and the Administrator of National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration to develop a standard methodology for
identifying the country of origin of seafood to support enforcement
against illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing.
Page S5020
Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act: Senate concurred in the House
amendment to S. 240, to amend the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement
Act of 2010 to make improvements to that Act.
Page S5020
Messages from the House:
Page S4984
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
Pages S4984, S5017
Executive Communications:
Pages S4984-88
Petitions and Memorials:
Pages S4988-93
Executive Reports of Committees:
Page S4993
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S4996-98
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S4998-S5011
Additional Statements:
Pages S4980-84
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S5011-16
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Pages S5016-17
Privileges of the Floor:
Page S5017
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--244)
Pages S4962, S4969
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 4:05 p.m.,
until 3 p.m. on Monday, September 28, 2026. (For Senate's program, see
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page
S5020.)