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A resolution establishing a Committee to Inform the President of the United States that a quorum of each House is assembled.

Establishing a Committee to Inform the President of the United States that a quorum of each House is assembled.

Introduced Jan 3, 2025

Latest action (Jan 3, 2025) Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5-6; text: CR S6)

Policy area
Congress
Legislative subjects (2)
Congressional operations and organizationPresidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary

This resolution establishes a committee of two Senators to join with a House committee to inform the President that both houses of Congress have a quorum and are ready to receive any communication the President wishes to make.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)

Actions (3)
  1. Jan 3, 2025 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5-6; text: CR S6) · senate
  2. Jan 3, 2025 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  3. Jan 3, 2025 Introduced in Senate

More bills on these subjects (8)

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  • HCONRES 74 — Providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the President. (shares 2 subjects)
  • HCONRES 11 — Providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the President. (shares 2 subjects)
  • HRES 43 — Providing for the attendance of the House at the Inaugural Ceremonies of the President and Vice President of the United States. (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 222 — Sustainable Budget Act of 2025 (shares 2 subjects)
  • HRES 3 — Authorizing the Speaker to appoint a committee to notify the President of the assembly of the Congress. (shares 2 subjects)
  • SCONRES 1 — A concurrent resolution extending the life of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. (shares 2 subjects)
  • S 164 — Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2025 (shares 1 subject)
  • HR 2913 — Ukraine Support Act (shares 1 subject)

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • SRES 2 — A resolution informing the House of Representatives that a quorum of the Senate is assembled. · Passed Senate Jan 6, 2025 · Cong. 119 83%
  • HRES 975 — To inform the Senate that a quorum of the House has assembled. · Passed House Jan 6, 2026 · Cong. 119 76%
  • HRES 974 — Providing for a committee to notify the President of the assembly of the House of Representatives. · Passed House Jan 6, 2026 · Cong. 119 67%
  • SRES 117 — A resolution providing for members on the part of the Senate of the Joint Committee on Printing and the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library. · Passed Senate Mar 6, 2025 · Cong. 119 63%
  • SRES 16 — A resolution to constitute the majority party's membership on certain committees for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, or until their successors are chosen. · Passed Senate Jan 7, 2025 · Cong. 119 63%
  • HRES 471 — Restoring Integrity in Democracy Resolution · Introduced Jun 4, 2025 · Cong. 119 62%

Text versions (1)
  • Agreed to Senate · Jan 3, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 3, 2025

Mr. Thune submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

RESOLUTION

Establishing a Committee to Inform the President of the United States that a quorum of each House is assembled.

Resolved, That a committee consisting of two Senators be appointed to join such committee as may be appointed by the House of Representatives to wait upon the President of the United States and inform him that a quorum of each House is assembled and that the Congress is ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make. <all>

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