119th Congress · 2nd Session · Operational snapshot of floor activity, recesses and legislation
SNAPSHOT
As of Sep. 22, 2026 Source-first prototype
House · 2026 session days
123
Derived from Clerk cumulative count*
House · measures passed
1,000
119th Congress cumulative
House · measures introduced
12,398
119th Congress cumulative
House · votes
676
119th Congress cumulative
Senate · today
IN SESSION
Convened 3:00 PM Sep. 22
House · today
OUT
Next meeting Sep. 24, 2:30 PM
Congress vs. a Standard Work Calendar
Jan. 1 – Sep. 22, 2026
Typical Mon–Fri employeeWeekdays minus federal holidays
182 days
182
HouseOfficial session-day measure*
123 days
123
Count differenceNot a count of days off
59 days
−59
How to read this: through Sep. 22, a standard Monday–Friday federal work calendar contains 182 workdays after the seven federal holidays observed so far in 2026. The House session-day count used here is 123 through Sep. 21 — about 68% as many calendar days. This does not mean members worked only 123 days: committee work, district/state work, travel and constituent work can occur when a chamber is not formally in session.
Standard workdays YTD
182
Mon–Fri less federal holidays
House session days
123
through Sep. 21*
Count difference
59
not personal days off
House / work calendar
68%
session days ÷ 182
What "in session" and "not in session" actually mean
chamber calendar ≠ personal timesheet
● Chamber in session
The House or Senate formally convenes. The session may be a full floor day or a brief pro forma meeting.
Possible records: floor debate, roll-call votes, bill actions and the Congressional Record.
What the count proves: the chamber met on that date.
What it does not prove: each member spent a full workday on the floor.
● Chamber not in session
No formal floor sitting that day. Individual members and staff can still work; activity varies and cannot be inferred from the calendar alone.
Documentable work: hearings, district or state events, constituent casework, oversight, drafting and meetings.
Also possible: travel, holidays, personal time or no publicly documented activity.
What the count proves: the chamber did not convene, not that every member was off.
The Senate calendar sets aside these stretches without regular legislative floor business. State work periods allow senators to work in their states; the calendar does not record any individual senator's work hours. Dates are tentative and may change.
Aug 10 – Sep 11State work period · elapsed · about five weeks
Sep 21Non-legislative day
Oct 5 – Nov 6State work period · upcoming · about five weeks
Nov 11 – 13Veterans Day period
Nov 23 – 27Thanksgiving state work period · upcoming
Dec 21 – 31Christmas state work period · upcoming
How to interpret these datesNo regular Senate floor session is planned. Committee, constituent, state and staff work may continue; a calendar entry alone cannot establish what an individual senator did.
Schedule changesThe Senate can adjust its calendar. Check the linked official schedule for the latest dates before treating a future period as final.
Window: every public or private law the Congress.gov API lists for the 119th Congress with a latest-action date in the trailing 30 days from whenever this page loads. "Enacted" means passed both chambers and became law; a House-only or Senate-only bill belongs in the pipeline below. Open a card's "Read official CRS summary" to fetch its official Congress.gov summary on demand.
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Legislative Pipeline
recent / notable movement
H.R. 5345
Improving Social Security's Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act
Passed House and Senate; not on the public-law list as of Sep. 22.
As of Sep. 22
CLEARED CONGRESS
Would give identity-theft victims a single point of contact at Social Security.
Would have a trained team track each case and coordinate across SSA units.
Would preserve case continuity even if assigned staff change.
Estimated federal budget effectNo whole-bill dollar estimate verifiedA CBO table reports no direct-spending or revenue effect for the House version; that does not quantify all administrative work.CBO estimate ↗
Administrative impact · MixedAdds SSA case coordination; intended to simplify the process for identity-theft victims.
Passed House 415–9 on Sep. 16; Senate action pending.
As of Sep. 22
AWAITING SENATE
Would authorize 131 new Army Corps water-project feasibility studies.
Would authorize 10 construction projects vetted by the Corps.
Would change project-delivery, navigation and flood-risk policies.
Estimated federal budget effectNo full implementation total verifiedA preliminary CBO suspension review covers direct spending and revenue, but it is not a construction cost for authorized projects.CBO estimate ↗
Administrative impact · MixedAuthorizes new studies and projects while also changing some project-delivery procedures.
Senate procedural vote failed Sep. 15; the bill itself was not defeated on final passage.
As of Sep. 22
PROCEDURAL VOTE FAILED
Would divide digital-asset oversight between the SEC and CFTC.
Would establish registration and conduct rules for digital commodity intermediaries.
Would restrict Federal Reserve issuance of a central bank digital currency.
Estimated federal budget effectNo verified estimateA reliable whole-bill estimate for the version involved in the Senate procedural vote was not located.
Administrative impact · Adds a regulatory frameworkWould require digital-asset registration, rulemaking and supervision.
The pipeline shows selected measures still outside the enacted-law list. Bullet points describe proposed provisions, not current law. A failed procedural vote does not mean a final vote rejected the bill. Costs without a verified whole-bill estimate are left unquantified.
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Passed / clearedActive committee / floor actionAwaiting next chamber/actionFailed vote or objectively inactive threshold
Congress.gov API
Bills, actions, summaries, committees, cosponsors, laws and House roll-call data.
House Clerk
Floor status, cumulative activity, roll calls and next meeting.
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Floor schedule, Calendar of Business and planned state-work periods.
GovInfo
Official calendars, Congressional Record and major-bill status.
All 119th Congress bills not enacted
complete catalog when loaded
H.R. and S. bills plus H.J.Res. and S.J.Res. joint resolutions. Includes measures that passed one or both chambers but have not become law. The 119th Congress is still in progress, so these are not all permanently failed. Simple and concurrent resolutions are outside this scope. The catalog is live when loaded; the sections above retain their Sep. 22 snapshot.
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Source: Congress.gov API ↗. Every card links to its official record. Only actual public/private laws are excluded. Cost and administrative effects are marked unverified unless supported by an official estimate or bill analysis; the last action alone cannot establish those effects. Lists are fetched in pages of 250 and displayed in pages of 30. API updates and corrections may change the results.