House asks Senate to send back a courthouse 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
The House Clerk will ask the Senate to return bill H.R. 3426. That bill would change federal law about building new courthouses. This resolution is a procedural step. It does not change any law by itself.
Who it affects
This resolution is a procedural step. It does not directly affect citizens. What happens next depends on bill H.R. 3426, which is not described here.
One thing to notice
The text does not say why the House wants the bill back.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
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.
Words to know
- resolution — A formal request or decision made by Congress or one chamber.
- procedural — Related to the steps and rules Congress follows to do its work.
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 14,707 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 2026-09-23.
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