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NATaT Weekly Legislative Report
September 8, 2026
Congressional Outlook
The House and Senate are in recess this week—both chambers will return to Washington on Monday, September 14. House Republican leadership announced last week that the final two weeks of the originally scheduled pre-election House session are canceled, severely curtailing what had been a full legislative calendar for September. With the chamber no longer scheduled to be in session during the weeks of September 21 and September 28, the House will now be in recess from September 18-November 8, extending the original four-week recess ahead of the November 3 midterm elections to six weeks. The Senate is still scheduled to be in Washington the last three weeks of September, before departing on Oct. 1.
Last Tuesday, the House passed the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027 by a vote of 370-48, a stopgap Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the entirety of the federal government from October 1 through December 11, 2026 at enacted Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 funding levels, averting a government shutdown; the Senate previously passed the CR on Aug. 8 by a vote of 90-6-1. The CR also includes numerous authorization extensions through Dec. 11, including for surface transportation programs, and language prohibiting the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from issuing or finalizing, on or before Dec. 11, its proposed rule on Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance first published on May 29. President Donald Trump signed the CR into law on September 2 (PL 119-103), providing congressional leaders an additional ten weeks to reach a final deal on all twelve FY 2027 spending bills and pass them through both chambers in the lameduck session following the election.
When the House returns next week, it may vote on several of the nine remaining FY 2027 spending bills still not yet considered on the House floor to-date, including the FY27 Energy-Water Development (H.R. 9022); Transportation-Housing and Urban Development (H.R. 9170); and/or Interior-Environment (H.R. 9171) spending bills. Another potential bill up for consideration on the House floor could be the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2026 (H.R. 9497), a bipartisan bill that addresses improvements for the nation’s ports and harbors, inland waterway navigation system, flood and storm risk management, environment, and other aspects of the nation’s water resources infrastructure and projects of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
When the Senate returns next week, the chamber will vote on the nomination of Matthew Byrne to be a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio. It will also vote on the motion to proceed to consider the Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act (H.R. 3633), which the House passed in July 2025 by a vote of 294-134. The legislation would establish a regulatory framework for digital assets in the United States.
Voters in New Hampshire head to the polls on Tuesday to vote in Democratic and Republican U.S. House and Senate primary elections.
Week in Review
Trump signs stopgap funding bill into law, temporarily avoiding shutdown
Trump signs orders to allow ranchers to protect herds from wolves, expand meat processing
House Passes Mining Bill Locking in Expedited Environmental Reviews
House Passes Bill Blocking Aid to Colleges That Boycott Israel
Bipartisan Trade Crimes Bill Passes House Unanimously
House passes bill extending right whale regulatory pause
U.S. House passes Arizona-inspired law to protect victims
North Carolina Rep. Chuck Edwards is formally censured over harassment allegations
House votes to condemn socialism, with 8 Democrats joining Republicans
House Democrats block constitutional amendment to lock Supreme Court at 9 justices