H.Res. 1499House simple resolution · 119th CongressIn progress2 votes from flippingCongress

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1501) to amend the FAST Act to include certain mineral production activities as a covered project, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9436) to amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 to extend the time period for which certain regulations concerning the North Atlantic right whale are effective; providing for c

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1501) to amend the FAST Act to include certain mineral production activities as a covered project, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9436) to amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 to extend the time period for which certain regulations concerning the North Atlantic right whale are effective; providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 1490) providing for the condemnation and denouncement of socialism in all its forms, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4795) to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit an institution that participates in a nonexpressive commercial boycott of Israel from being eligible for certain funds under that Act, to require an institution that participates in certain programs under that Act to certify that students are not unreasonably obstructed from participating in academic programs in Israel, and for other purposes; and relating to consideration of motions to suspend the rules.

Sponsored byVirginia FoxxR-NC-5Introduced Aug 31, 2026Full text on congress.gov ↗

Latest action (Sep 1, 2026) Motion to reconsider Agreed to without objection.

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What Congress did

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  • On Agreeing to the Resolutiondecisive vote

    House · Sep 1, 2026

    Whether to adopt the resolution itself.

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    House · Sep 1, 2026

    A procedural vote to cut off debate and amendments. It sounds neutral; in practice it's a vote about who controls what happens next.

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    Passed

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imogen.ferreiraDemoMA-7voted Nay1d ago
The pilot-programme framing is the part I'd watch. Pilots have a way of becoming permanent at the next reauthorisation. None of that is settled by the summary.
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RedRiverRonDemoNJ-1voted Nay1d ago
Agreed on substance, disagreed on timing. Doing this badly now makes doing it well later harder.
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BudgetHawk88DemoUT-3voted Nay1d ago
The summary reads clearly enough, but the enforcement mechanism is doing all the work and it's the part with the least detail. Whether that matters depends entirely on the implementation date.
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RedRiverRonDemoNJ-1voted Nay1d ago
No from me. Pushing the cost to states without saying so is still an unfunded mandate. Someone closer to this than me should say whether that's right.
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