American Legislation

A non-binding Senate resolution designates January 2026 as National Stalking Awareness Month, calling for increased awareness and improved responses by educators, police, prosecutors, victim services, colleges, nonprofits, and media.

A federal ceremonial resolution honoring a corporal for life, service, and sacrifice in the line of duty.

Requires reporting of police misconduct settlements and judgments to DOJ, creates public database, GAO study, and possible grant cuts for noncompliance.

Creates a federal crime for state or local officials who block or hide immigrants, with specified penalties and notice rules.

Allows people harmed by ICE or CBP constitutional violations to sue the United States and seek damages; changes the Federal Tort Claims Act.

Requires federal immigration officers to use body cameras and sets rules for footage retention, access, and oversight.

Creates detention standards, inspections, transparency, legal access, and limits on private detention for noncitizen detainees.

Creates a federal offense for threatening to share sexual images to coerce minors across state or international lines.

Designates Jan 25–31, 2026 as National School Choice Week and encourages parents and communities to learn about and celebrate K–12 education options.

This measure creates a new criminal offense to deter doxing of special operations personnel and certain defense and federal officers, when posted with intent to threaten or facilitate violence.

Proposes stricter penalties for welfare fraud, civil remedies, and a dedicated task force to recover funds and coordinate international asset recovery.

Tightens secrecy orders on electronic records with time limits, stronger court findings, and annual reporting.

requires annual disaster impact reports from BOP facilities, appoints an implementation official, expands NIC board with new members, and holds at least one public field hearing.

Defines 'human being' to include embryos from fertilization, frames protection under the 14th Amendment, and clarifies it does not require punishing pregnant people or banning IVF or contraception.

This measure would raise federal penalties for attacking officers, including new minimum terms when a vehicle is used as a weapon.

Would bar visa entry for individuals who commit severe religious freedom violations, require public posting of names and locations, and permit narrow foreign affairs exemptions with limited oversight.

Sets federal use-of-force standards for immigration enforcement, requires cameras, annual training, and accountability measures to reduce excessive force and protect constitutional rights.

A proposed measure would exempt voluntary economic coordination from major antitrust statutes, potentially reshaping price setting, market access, and worker negotiations.

Proposed measures bar entry and revoke visas for people tied to certain regimes, with case-by-case U.N. travel review and broad agency authority.

A bill would permanently bar providers who commit fraud in federal child care funds and adds immigration consequences for noncitizens, with enforcement through federal agencies and state reimbursements.

a plan to speed up removal of noncitizens by expanding expedited removal, shortening appeals, and tying funding to local cooperation with immigration enforcement.

Aims to restrict politically motivated federal actions and create civil remedies and reporting requirements.

This measure would remove qualified immunity as a defense in civil rights lawsuits against police, including federal officers, making it easier to sue for constitutional violations.