American Legislation

Creates mapping, surveys, grants, and a monitoring subprogram to track and reduce harm to migratory whales.

Requires HUD to recapture unspent tenant-based voucher funds and give them to agencies that fully used their tenant-based assistance.

House resolution reaffirms commitment to liberty, equality, and opportunity for immigrant communities and supports program expansion, collaboration, and investments ahead of the Nation's 250th anniversary.

Requires registration, anti-money-laundering, disclosures, and anti-fraud rules for operators of crypto ATMs and similar kiosks.

Requires agencies to report past contacts with online platforms about removing or labeling lawful speech and OMB to report to Congress.

Removes a specific subsection of federal firearms law called the Hughes Amendment.

Directs the State Department to request opinion surveys to guide public affairs in places with U.S.-funded media.

Creates a small State Department center to analyze and help prevent foreign violent conflict and support peace negotiations.

Requires the Secretary of State to notify Congress 15 days before obligating funds for nonstandard embassy or consulate projects, with cost, schedule, security comparisons and justification.

Comprehensive housing bill to increase supply, safety, oversight, and incentives for homebuilding and homeownership.

Creates and expands a chief development officer role at the International Development Finance Corporation to strengthen development duties and interagency coordination.

Prohibits using motor vehicles to harass or kill mammalian predators on federal land; sets penalties and investigation authority, with a self-defense exception.

Requires SBA to publish quarterly reports on tariff costs to consumers and small businesses.

Directs Department of Defense to expand acceptable past performance, remove procurement barriers for small and nontraditional contractors, and prioritize cost efficiency and quality.

Authorizes the Great Lakes Fishery Commission to develop mussel control efforts and provides $500 million for 2026–2035, with federal agency assistance.

Honors Dr. Paul Farmer and urges a new global health solidarity strategy, more funding, debt relief, democratic global institutions, and reparations for historical harms.

Directs the Defense Secretary to report on feasibility of installing traffic alert/collision avoidance systems and ADS-B IN in all military helicopters.

Adds district judgeships, updates court organization, requires GAO reports and public judgeship recommendations, and authorizes funding.

Creates a tax credit for capturing methane from mines and using or injecting it for energy, with construction and measurement requirements.

Prohibits US funding to three UN refugee and migration agencies and orders a GAO study and audit on related federal assistance and amounts.

Exempts ATF trace data from FOIA; adds fines and private lawsuits for unauthorized disclosures.

Creates a 5-year OPM pilot to test, train, and refer veterans for jobs at Federal land management agencies.