SRES 817 Agreed to

Authorizes the Senate to consider 74 executive branch and judicial nominations together in one en bloc package.

Official title: An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.

Outcome Agreed to by the Senate

Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions

Senate

Introduced 23-JUL-2026

On the calendar 27-JUL-2026

Passed 30-JUL-2026

Key points

Lets the Senate take up 74 nominations on the Executive Calendar in a single en bloc consideration.
Includes ambassador and U.S. representative posts in countries and organizations such as Cyprus, Norway, Australia, Brazil, and the United Nations in Geneva and Vienna.
Covers U.S. attorneys and U.S. marshals in several districts, D.C. Superior Court and Court of Appeals judges, and officials at FEMA, the National Labor Relations Board, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Official CRS summary

Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Passed Senate, 30-JUL-2026).

CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov

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Policy area

Congress

Sponsor John Thune (R-SD) Cosponsors · 0

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