What Happened in Congress on Monday?

Monday, January 12, 2026 — Full breakdown of congressional activity.

6 bills active 1 advancing 5 D-sponsored 1 R-sponsored

Advancing — Reported Out of Committee (1)

Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
S.Res. 570
A resolution designating November 2025 as "National Lung Cancer Awareness Month" and expressing support for early detection and treatment of lung cancer.
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S140; text: CR 12/18/2025 S8925)
Sponsor Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN) Introduced Dec 18, 2025 Congress 119th Congress
4 cosponsors — including Shelley Moore Capito, Mazie K. Hirono, Jack Reed and 1 more

Committee Activity (5)

Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY]
S. 3611
A bill to clarify the treatment of certain non-controlling developers or providers of distributed ledger services involved in digital assets with respect to money transmission laws, and for other purposes.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Sponsor Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] (R-WY) Introduced Jan 12, 2026 Congress 119th Congress
1 cosponsor — including Ron Wyden
Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
S. 3612
A bill to establish a new educational exchange program to strengthen domestic mining education, and for other purposes.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Sponsor Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV) Introduced Jan 12, 2026 Congress 119th Congress
3 cosponsors — including John R. Curtis, Tim Kaine, Tim Scott
Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
S. 3613
A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a new national cemetery in the State of Hawai'i, and for other purposes.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Sponsor Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] (D-HI) Introduced Jan 12, 2026 Congress 119th Congress
Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
S. 3614
A bill to require any person that maintains an internet website or that sells or distributes a mobile application that is owned, wholly or partially, by a foreign adversary country, by a foreign adversary country-owned-entity, or by a non-state-owned entity located in a foreign adversary country, or that stores and maintains information collected from such website or application in a foreign adversary country, to disclose that fact to any individual who downloads or otherwise uses such website or application.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Sponsor Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV) Introduced Jan 12, 2026 Congress 119th Congress
2 cosponsors — including Chuck Grassley, Ben Ray Luján
Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
S. 3615
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish an exception for multiemployer plan participants to the requirements for automatic enrollment.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsor Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN) Introduced Jan 12, 2026 Congress 119th Congress
1 cosponsor — including Bernie Moreno

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