House formally requests Senate return of courthouse-construction bill
H.Res. 747 — Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to request the Senate to return to the House the bill (H.R. 3426) entitled "To amend title 40, United States Code, to limit the construction of new courthouses under certain circumstances, and for other purposes.". · Filed by Tom Cole (R-OK) · Introduced Sep 19, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This is a procedural resolution asking the House Clerk to formally request that the Senate return H.R. 3426 to the House. H.R. 3426 itself would amend federal law to restrict the construction of new courthouses under certain conditions. This resolution does not change any law; it is a housekeeping measure to retrieve a bill from the Senate.
Why we flagged it
This is a one-sentence procedural instrument directing the House Clerk to request return of a bill from the Senate. It performs no legislative function and changes no law.
What the text implies
- The resolution's effect depends on the status and content of H.R. 3426, which is not provided in this text. Without access to that bill's language, the ultimate civic impact cannot be assessed.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
This resolution is purely procedural and does not itself affect citizens. Its civic significance depends entirely on what H.R. 3426 does — a bill whose text is not provided here. The resolution is a neutral administrative step in the legislative process.
Named in the bill
House of Representatives, Senate, House Clerk, H.R. 3426, Title 40, United States Code
Where it stands
- Sep 19, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 19, 2025 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H4478)”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (601 characters) on Jul 6, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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