American Legislation

House resolution praises animal agriculture and calls on governments to suspend rules affecting livestock production.

Requires a public study of pasture mealybug threats, response capabilities, and research needs.

Competitive grants to colleges to provide free meals to low-income students, with nutrition standards and required reporting.

Removes qualified data center property from bonus depreciation under the Internal Revenue Code; referred to House Ways and Means.

Clarifies how public lands can be used or developed for hyperscale data centers; no further details publicly available.

Sets FTC requirements and third-party certification for packaging environmental claims; preempts differing state rules.

Authorizes NIST director to do AI assessments and sets requirements for certain AI memorandums of understanding.

A resolution supports equal access and inclusive design in federally funded facilities and infrastructure.

A bill would require group plans and insurers to cover autoimmune drugs and limit prior authorizations to once per year. Plan years begin in 2027.

Creates USDA grants for worker organizations to provide stabilization payments after disasters; $50 million authorized.

Lawmakers would exclude PFAS cleanup reimbursements from gross income starting in 2021 in a bill.

Expands maternal care coverage, funds quality collaboratives, doula training, rural mobile units, bias training, and raises tobacco taxes.

Bill would require NASA, NOAA and State to seek Taiwan space cooperation within 90 days; Congress would receive reports within 270 days and annually for five years.

Bans knowingly distributing AI-made deceptive audio/video of federal candidates before elections; allows civil suits and has news and satire exceptions.

Lawmakers would exempt goods imported by small-business concerns from emergency duties. The exemption covers duties under the February 1, 2025 national emergency and three executive orders.

Insurers may not treat living organ donors worse for life, disability, or long-term care insurance unless donor status clearly raises insurance risk. HHS will update public education.

Funds research, centers, and rules to reduce unsafe cosmetic exposures for communities of color and salon workers, including synthetic braids.

Lawmakers would require federal agencies to provide official personnel records within seven days. Bill provisions would apply to current employees and separated personnel.

Lawmakers would pass a bill creating a permanent State Department envoy and a USAID coordinator to advance LGBTQI rights abroad and overhaul asylum rules.

Prohibits paid conversion therapy and advertising aimed at changing sexual orientation or gender identity; enforcement by the FTC and state attorneys general; preserves nonpaid supportive counseling and gender-transition care.

The House resolution urges the President to issue a proclamation recognizing Earth Day and to rejoin the Paris Agreement.

The bill funds training and grants to help clinics offer gender-affirming care. It aims to make it easier for transgender patients to find trained providers locally.

Creates a federal program to coordinate epilepsy care, research, and health data across agencies. People with epilepsy may get better diagnosis, services, and public reporting.

Resolution would impose constitutional term limits on Congress, capping House terms at six and Senate terms at two, with two-thirds approval in both chambers and ratification within seven years.