American Legislation

Reauthorizes disability insurance demonstration projects, extends waiver and evaluation rules, and protects participant income through 2031.

Adds grants, rapid response, monitoring, boat inspections, and funding to strengthen control of aquatic invasive species through 2031.

Requires that the current one-time report on jurisdictions no longer eligible for UASI funding be produced every three years after an initial report, ensuring ongoing oversight of homeland-security transitions.

Creates a two-year TSA pilot testing alternate airport screening for travelers with children 12 and under at at least five airports.

Allows SBA 7(a) loans to finance business software, cloud services, and AI tools for operations and accounting.

Requires the SBA to report annually on its use of artificial intelligence, risks and benefits, and steps to manage AI tools.

Requires DOJ and FTC to report how antitrust enforcement affects small businesses; SBA Advocacy must analyze and recommend actions.

Prevents Presidential proclamations from setting fishing rules in marine national monuments; fishing stays regulated under the Magnuson‑Stevens Act.

Changes Medicare billing rules and deadlines for certain medical equipment; requires GAO report on claim-screening technology.

Adds Medicare payments for staff-assisted home dialysis respite care and renal mental health services, effective Jan 1, 2028, with session limits and payment add-ons tied to 2025 amounts.

Adds Medicare oversight for hospices and home health agencies, with more surveys, stronger screening, notices, reporting, and specified funding transfers.

Stops labor and delivery beds from counting as acute inpatient beds for critical access hospitals. This lets small rural hospitals add or keep maternity services.

Requires states to use federal funds to first repay outstanding unemployment insurance advances within 5 business days; penalties for noncompliance.

Members convicted of certain sexual crimes lose their federal pensions, and agencies can use those funds to pay court-ordered victim restitution.

The bill bars certain named clerics from coming to the U.S. on religious worker visas. Mosques and sponsors may lose access to visiting religious leaders.

A proposed measure would bar certain foreign persons from buying housing and require the sale of existing properties within two years.

Creates a Medicaid/CHIP demonstration (2027–2031) testing perinatal payment models to measure maternal outcomes and disparities.

Imposes a 100% tax on certain settlement payments tied to lawsuits by presidents or related persons; requires reporting and public disclosure; adds penalties.

Prohibits campaign funds from being used in prediction markets and event contracts, sets penalties, requires FEC rules, and exempts certain low-risk investments.

Expands Sloan Canyon and authorizes rights-of-way for a water pipeline and related infrastructure with conditions.

A House resolution honoring Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.'s life, civil-rights leadership, international activism, and offering condolences to his family.

A House measure condemns ethnic-based violence in the Great Lakes region, calls for investigations, humanitarian access, a special envoy, refugee admissions for Priority 2 groups, and targeted sanctions.

Stops broad travel bans and bars religious discrimination in visas and entry. Agencies must justify bans, report quickly, and people harmed can sue.

Extends and updates programs to encourage health workers to use mental health and substance use services and supports workforce mental health through 2026–2030.