American Legislation

Updates to desalination programs to support research, planning, and projects for clean water.

A Senate resolution honors Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III and recognizes the institution’s value.

A Senate resolution says federal funds should not pay for certain Trump advertisements.

It would require agencies to audit subcontracting-plan compliance and report results by agency. This would boost transparency for small businesses and contract workers.

Requires each state to name one person responsible for key Medicaid fiscal duties starting in 2028.

Requires an annual FERC relicensing status report on long-delayed hydropower cases to Congress.

Temporarily removes certain federal fuel taxes and directs agencies to ensure consumers receive the price reduction.

Seeks to increase access to community health workers through Medicare and Medicaid by amending Titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act.

Creates a national graduate nurse education program by amending Title XVIII of the Social Security Act.

Expands access to community health workers in Medicare and Medicaid by amending Titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act.

Requires DOE financial assistance to promote labor standards, community benefits, domestic manufacturing, and support for small or disadvantaged communities.

Requires Medicaid payment for trained patient navigators and defines eligible providers, services, and effective dates.

Makes changes to Medicare and Medicaid rules to improve how rural emergency hospitals are designated; introduced and referred to committees.

Expands eligibility for rural emergency hospitals, adds inpatient units, increases Medicare lab payments, and supports Medicaid coverage and swing bed services.

Directs HHS to guide states on using Medicaid and CHIP to expand behavioral health provider training, recruitment, and retention in rural and underserved areas.

Senate would require Medicaid recovery audits to include payments to managed care plans, with annual state reporting and a five-year demonstration project.

Gives about $69.5 billion for border and immigration enforcement, available through 2029. It pays for hiring, technology, detention, and arrests.

Requires annual FERC reports on pending hydropower licensing, disaggregated by license type.

This measure expands MFCU authority to investigate fraud by Medicaid applicants and recipients, potentially increasing prosecutions and requiring states to adjust resources.

Temporarily sets the federal gasoline excise tax to zero through Sept. 30, 2026 and requires Treasury to replace lost trust fund revenue.

A bill would suspend two federal gasoline taxes through September 30, 2026, with Treasury transfers to the highway and storage tank trust funds.

A federal department would issue non-binding guidance to states to recruit and train mental health and substance use workers, with a focus on rural and underserved areas.

Directs state Medicaid fraud units to investigate and prosecute alleged fraud by applicants and recipients; changes parts of the Social Security Act.

Expands CDC wastewater surveillance and funds grants to monitor infectious pathogens.