American Legislation

Establishes a new penalty for giving a phone to an inmate and requires the Bureau of Prisons to review contraband rules within one year.

Classifies a proposed federal effort to expand evidence-based PTSD care, peer support, telehealth, and family services for police, firefighters, EMTs, and 911 dispatchers through DOJ-administered grants.

Senate resolution honoring Girl Scouts on their 113th anniversary and celebrating founder Juliette Gordon Low and the organization's leadership programs.

Creates a presidentially appointed interagency task force to coordinate investigations and operations against synthetic opioid trafficking; requires regular congressional reporting.

Gives military members’ spouses the same rights as members to receive firearms and sets spouses’ residency rules for federal firearms law; effective 180 days after enactment.

Stops tech providers from being paid for records or help related to child exploitation; amends parts of Title 18 governing communications and assistance.

Limits detention and bans restraints on pregnant, lactating, and postpartum people in immigration custody; requires medical care, reporting, and training.

This measure creates explicit grounds to deny admission and remove noncitizens who commit fraud to obtain benefits.

Creates an appeals process, three-day approval rule, and NICS reporting and agency agreement for firearm transfer and registration decisions.

Grants, training, reporting, and federal rules for extreme risk protection orders

Senate resolution stating the judiciary's authority and requiring executive compliance with federal court rulings.

Denies immigration benefits and relief to people involved in Hamas attacks beginning October 7, 2023; requires annual DHS reporting.

Restricts manufacture, sale, transfer, import, and possession of magazines holding more than 10 rounds, with exemptions and serial-number requirement.

Makes discrimination against natural hair textures or hairstyles a form of race or national origin discrimination across many settings.

Clarifies where forfeited funds go and how victims are paid.

Stops certain federal funds to states or localities that limit sharing immigration status or ignore DHS detainer requests.

Creates a rebuttable presumption that courts should grant permanent injunctions when a final judgment finds patent infringement.

Applies the Freedom of Information Act to BEAD program actions by the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information.

A proposal to require secure storage of firearms at home and to fund state enforcement through federal grants.

Treats local officers who follow DHS detainers as federal agents and blocks certain federal grants to jurisdictions defined as "sanctuary", effective October 1, 2025.

Requires states to report anonymized data on pregnant or birthing inmates quarterly and directs a Justice Department study and public report.