American Legislation

The bill would require the Comptroller General to review the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program.

Supports designating the week of Sept 14, 2026 as National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week and recognizes HSI roles and achievements.

Reauthorizes and updates Earth MRI to include modern data types, adds 3D hydrography, and provides $84 million for 2027–2031.

Authorizes HUD to create pilot to recapture and reallocate veterans' rental assistance. No publicly available information on details.

Allow per diem pay for Foreign Service members during required leave; referred to House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Allows qualified practitioners to prescribe methadone for OUD dispensed by pharmacies, with electronic prescribing, informed consent, telemedicine, and annual DEA reports.

Creates a USDA program funding state agencies to buy and distribute local foods to schools with $200M yearly and reporting.

Raises the Medicare budget-neutrality threshold, updates practice-expense inputs every five years, and limits annual conversion-factor changes to improve stability in physician payments.

Requires safe-storage notices and devices with certain firearm sales, creates guidance, grants to distribute devices, and a time-limited tax credit.

Creates dedicated funds to pay for habitat work, research, and grants for butterflies, island plants, freshwater mussels, and desert fish. Local groups could get new funding.

Updates SSI eligibility, benefit calculation, exclusions, and extends SSI to four U.S. territories; raises income and resource limits.

A tax credit for domestically grown cotton with traceable supply chains to boost textile production.

Bans most political appointee involvement in health research funding decisions and requires written findings to suspend awards.

The bill would launch a VA pilot for enrolled veterans to access SilverSneakers, running up to three years with a final costs and health outcomes report.

Adds Medicare Part B coverage and payment rules for services by licensed or certified genetic counselors starting in 2027.

Bars discrimination in federally funded foster and adoption services for religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status. HHS will set rules, collect data, and can cut funds.

Keeps select firearm background checks and export licensing active during a government funding lapse to maintain enforcement and safety.

Incentivizes states to remove time limits for child sexual abuse claims and revive old civil claims using federal grants and CAPTA changes.

Would protect workers and contractors from retaliation for reporting AI security vulnerabilities or violations.

Grants to develop PFAS-free turnout gear and training to reduce firefighter exposure and illness.

Makes annual federal special education payments mandatory and rising through 2035 and after. Funding grows to cover 40% of national per-student special education costs.

Creates an FHA mortgage insurance program to help qualifying first responders buy or repair a 1-family principal residence, including a no-down-payment option for first-time buyers.

Requires districts receiving federal funding to adopt anti-bullying rules, report school-level data, and establish grievance procedures, with periodic federal evaluations.

Medicare would put some FDA approved non-opioid acute pain drugs on the lowest cost tier and remove the Part D deductible and prior authorization.