Calendar

On Friday, April 17, the House is scheduled to consider several bills under a suspension of the rules, led by H.R. 7613, the Airspace Location and Enhanced Risk Transparency Act of 2026. Also on the calendar is H.R. 1011, the Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025. Additionally, the House will consider multiple postal facility designations, including H.R. 5058, which would name a Virginia facility the "Firefighter Trevor Brown Post Office Building".

On Tuesday, April 14, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation took action on the nomination of PN622. The committee ordered the nomination to be reported favorably, moving it forward from the initial committee stage. No other nomination activity was recorded in the seven-day period ending Friday, April 17, 2026.

The Senate is scheduled to convene at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, April 17, 2026. Following remarks from the Leaders, the chamber will enter a period of morning business. During this time, Senators will be permitted to speak on the floor for up to 10 minutes each.

Both chambers in session.

On Friday, April 17, 2026, the House of Representatives held three recorded votes. A procedural motion (house-119-2-122) to provide for consideration of H.R. 8035, which would extend certain Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act authorities, passed 211-210 on a party-line basis (R 210-0, D 0-210). However, a subsequent vote on the passage of that same procedural measure (house-119-2-124) failed 197-228, with Republicans voting 192-20 and Democrats voting 4-208. Additionally, an amendment (house-119-2-123) failed 200-220, with a party breakdown of R 196-12 and D 3-208.