John R. Thune

Sponsor · This concurrent resolution reauthorizes the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies relating to the January 20, 2025, Presidential inauguration. The reauthorization is effective beginning January 3, 2025. The joint committee is authorized to make the necessary arrangements for the inauguration of the President-elect and the Vice President-elect of the United States, including using the Capitol rotunda and Emancipation Hall for such proceedings and ceremonies. The joint committee was established during the 118th Congress and consists of three Senators and three Members of the House of Representatives.

Sponsor · This concurrent resolution establishes the day, time, and manner for counting electoral votes for President and Vice President as January 6, 2025, at 1:00 pm. The concurrent resolution provides that the results of the count shall be delivered to the President of the Senate and entered on the journals of Congress.

Sponsor · This measure resolves that the President be notified of the election of Jackie Barber as Secretary of the Senate.

Sponsor · This measure elects Jackie Barber as Secretary of the Senate.

Sponsor · This measure directs the Secretary of the Senate to inform the House of Representatives that a quorum of the Senate is assembled and that the Senate is ready to proceed to business.

Sponsor · This measure establishes a committee to inform the President that a quorum of each chamber of Congress is assembled and that Congress is ready to receive communications from him.

Sponsor · This measure establishes 12:00 pm (noon) as the hour of daily meeting of the Senate.

Sponsor · This measure notifies the President of the election of Charles E. Grassley, a Senator from Iowa, as President of the Senate pro tempore.

Sponsor · This measure elects Charles E. Grassley, a Senator from Iowa, to be President pro tempore of the Senate.

Sponsor · This measure elects Robert M. Duncan of the District of Columbia as Secretary for the Majority of the Senate.

Sponsor · This measure provides for the Senate to notify the House of Representatives of the election of the Honorable Jennifer A. Hemingway as Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.

Sponsor · This measure resolves that the President be notified of the election of the Honorable Jennifer A. Hemingway as Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.

Sponsor · This measure provides for the House of Representatives be informed of the election of Jackie Barber as Secretary of the Senate.

Sponsor · This measure elects Jennifer A. Hemingway of Georgia as Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.

Sponsor · This measure notifies the House of Representatives of the election of the Honorable Charles E. Grassley as President pro tempore of the Senate.

Sponsor · This measure establishes the majority party's membership on and designates chairs of the following committees: Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Appropriations Armed Services Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Budget Commerce, Science, and Transportation Energy and Natural Resources Environment and Public Works Finance Foreign Relations Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Indian Affairs Rules and Administration Small Business and Entrepreneurship Veterans' Affairs Joint Economic Committee Select Committee on Ethics Select Committee on Intelligence Special Committee on Aging

Cosponsor · Laken Riley Act This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain certain non-U. S. nationals ( aliens under federal law) who have been arrested for burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting. The bill also authorizes states to sue the federal government for decisions or alleged failures related to immigration enforcement.

Cosponsor · Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 This bill generally prohibits school athletic programs from allowing individuals whose biological sex at birth was male to participate in programs that are for women or girls. Specifically, the bill provides that it is a violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 for federally funded education programs or activities to operate, sponsor, or facilitate athletic programs or activities that allow individuals of the male sex to participate in programs or activities that are designated for women or girls. (Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in federally funded education programs or activities, including in public elementary and secondary schools and in colleges and universities. ) Under the bill, sex is based on an individual's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.