American Legislation

Clarifies and limits time-based and non-merits defenses in claims to recover art or property lost during Nazi persecution; adds immunity and service rules.

Extends espionage protections to video from drones involving defense information.

Creates federal civil remedies for victims of non-consensual intimate digital forgeries.

Criminalizes certain surgical and medical gender-related procedures and female genital mutilation when performed on people under 18, with specified exceptions.

Designates September 14–20, 2025 as National Truck Driver Appreciation Week to recognize professional truck drivers' service.

A nonbinding designation urging awareness, education, and preparedness for wildfires across communities.

A symbolic, non-binding designation urging awareness, discussion, and community action on gun violence, including wearing orange and observing designated awareness days.

Transfers the U.S. Marshals Service to the judicial branch and changes leadership, appointments, duties, and when it can assist the Justice Department.

Removes qualified immunity defenses for officials in civil rights suits under 42 U.S.C. 1983.

Authorizes mandatory detention and faster removal of noncitizens who are gang members, terrorists, or convicted of specified crimes.

A temporary program at the patent office to speed up examination for select artificial intelligence, semiconductor, and quantum tech inventions, with eligibility rules and reporting requirements.

Extends and updates grant programs for reentry: treatment, housing, education, mentoring, and job training through 2026–2030.

Senate resolution supporting DEIA and urging action to address discrimination and inequality across education, work, housing, health, and public programs.

Makes visitors inadmissible if their main purpose is to give birth in the U.S. for the child to gain U.S. citizenship.

Expands expedited removal to more inadmissible noncitizens and gives DHS Secretary sole discretion to apply it.

Requires DOJ to produce annual public reports on activities countering Chinese national security threats, including resource use and civil rights protections.

Treats yearly residential property purchases as aggregated for merger notification and updates FTC/DOJ rulemaking.

Provides education payments to long-serving public safety officers and eligible children to boost recruitment and retention.

Creates an interstate compact and an RHSO to set uniform, breed-specific medication and racetrack safety rules for major horse racing breeds.

Adds certain families to victim compensation programs and creates an office and hotline to help victims of crimes by unlawfully present individuals.

Would authorize POST agencies to access criminal history records and require federal regulatory updates within 180 days to implement safeguards and limits.

Adds an aggravating death-penalty factor for defendants unlawfully in the U.S. convicted of killing or trying to kill a U.S. citizen.

Compensates eligible Vieques residents and funds a trauma center, screenings, and recovery services after long-term military use.