American Legislation

Senate bill would codify the process for executive clemency petitions, pending in the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Schools and public libraries receiving universal service discounts would be barred from blocking LGBTQ resources.

Creates an excise tax on digital advertising; the provided information does not specify the rate or who would pay it.

Creates state–federal programs to help students attend in‑state public colleges without debt and extends Pell grant access to DREAMer students.

Designates the Great Lakes Commission as a Regional Great Lakes Partnership and lists its member states.

Limits access to congressional records, adds notice and review delays, and sets exceptions for criminal investigations and urgent risks.

Requires electronic prior authorization, transparency reporting, enrollee protections, and Secretary-set timeframes for Medicare Advantage prior authorization.

Preempts states from setting emissions rules for existing locomotives and locomotive engines engaged in commerce.

Expedited licensing for small hydro projects; relaxes routine maintenance approvals while preserving safety oversight and setting a fast-track option for micro hydrokinetic developments up to 5 MW.

Requires reports on global critical mineral supplies and a U.S. strategy to develop and share mining and processing technologies with allies.

This measure would negate three foreign aid rules and bar agencies from adopting similar rules in the future, affecting aid conditions and implementation.

Establishes a federal grant program to fund prison libraries and related services to support education, literacy, and reintegration for incarcerated individuals.

Creates a public, searchable database of corporate enforcement actions and annual reporting on outcomes and impact.

A proposal to give judges more discretion in pretrial releases for nonviolent federal drug offenses, potentially reducing automatic detention.

Expands elderly home detention eligibility, adds judicial review, and updates compassionate release timing rules.

New federally funded large buses must have floor-to-ceiling barriers around drivers. Agencies can waive the rule if a labor union agrees.

Lawmakers would pass a bill to require ATF to create searchable firearm tracing databases within three years. Audits would occur every two years.

Requires federal prisons and certain states to house inmates by biological sex; allows temporary non-overnight co-location.

Requires certain online services to report evidence of specified drug crimes to the Attorney General.

A federal measure requiring online service providers to report suspected drug crimes to the Attorney General, with data preservation and privacy protections.

Home sellers can exclude larger profits from federal tax when selling their main home. Limits double and rise with inflation after 2024.

Would restrict big banks and payment networks from denying services to legitimate customers and allow civil actions for damages when they do.

Changes federal definition of silencer and muffler to include certain parts and housings that attach to portable firearms.

Creates a federal crime and penalties for assaults targeting law enforcement under specified interstate or federal circumstances.