United States Bills
Study of Advanced Fraud Tools in Banking
Federal agencies will study how banks use advanced tech to find and stop fraud. They may run a voluntary pilot to help small banks get tools.
Status
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 612.
Timeline
Standardize Residential Centralized Mail Delivery
Sets clear rules for when the Postal Service can use centralized mailboxes for homes. It may change where residents pick up mail and who must install boxes.
Status
Introduced
Timeline
Exempt Religious Institutions From Investment Excise
Religious groups would stop paying the excise tax on investment income. That leaves more money for programs, operations, or reserves.
Status
Introduced
Timeline
Reform Federal Settlement Payments
Changes how some federal settlement payments are approved and paid. Claimants and agencies may see different timing or paperwork.
Status
Introduced
Timeline
Require Annual Veteran Suicide Report
The VA must publish a yearly suicide report and study chaplains' effect on veteran suicide risk. Veterans may see more data and changes in spiritual care.
Status
Introduced
Timeline
Federal Paid Family and Medical Leave
Gives federal workers paid time off for family or medical reasons. Agencies may need to change staffing and payroll.
Status
Introduced
Timeline
Atrocities Determination and Reporting Act
Requires the State Department to decide if harms amount to genocide or crimes against humanity and send an unclassified evidence report with policy recommendations to Congress within one year.
Status
Introduced
Timeline
Recognize Snow-Clearing Vehicles as Emergency Vehicles
This bill treats government snowplows and deicing equipment as emergency vehicles under the Clean Air Act. That may change how those machines are regulated.
Status
Introduced
Timeline
Ban on Event-Tied Commodity Trades
House members and staff would be forbidden from making or offering trades that pay out based on specific events involving certain commodities. Insurance and legal sports betting are allowed.
Status
Introduced
Timeline
Boosting Community Behavioral Health Funding
Boosts funding and payment rules so community behavioral clinics can expand mental health and addiction services. Adds a new Medicare benefit, grants, data support, and liability protections for clinic staff.
Status
Introduced
Timeline
Youth Entrepreneurship in Community Learning Centers
Students at community learning centers can get entrepreneurship lessons from volunteer business mentors. The Small Business Administration and Department of Education must make a curriculum and report on use.
Status
Introduced
Timeline
Doubling Military Death Gratuity Payments
Surviving family members get a one-time $200,000 payment for deaths on or after Jan 1, 2026. The amount rises each year with inflation measured by the Consumer Price Index.
Status
Introduced
Timeline
New Liability for Youth Gender Treatments
Allows children or parents to sue health providers for puberty blockers, hormones, and sex change surgeries given to minors. Providers face strict federal liability and money damages.
Status
Introduced
Timeline
Strengthen Mental Health Support During Transition
Service members leaving the military get more mental health and suicide prevention information and help enrolling in VA care. Families and providers get more outreach and resources.
Status
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Timeline
Essential Caregiver Access for Residents
Residents can name one essential caregiver who must be allowed in during emergency visitation restrictions. Facilities must follow warning, appeal, and safety rules.
Status
Introduced
Timeline
Require Proof Before Removing Voters
States must verify people are ineligible before removing them from federal voter rolls. If removed, people get a notice within 48 hours with steps to fix it.
Status
Introduced
Timeline
Expand Physical Therapy Access in Underserved Areas
Lets physical therapists join a federal loan-repayment program and lets some clinics bill Medicare for physical therapy starting 2027. This may increase access in rural and underserved areas.
Status
Introduced
Timeline
Restore SNAP Eligibility After Drug Convictions
Stops states from denying SNAP for drug convictions. Lets people leaving jail within 30 days be counted in SNAP households.
Status
Introduced
Timeline
Secure Electronic Contact Lens Prescriptions
Requires online lens sellers to let customers send prescriptions electronically under HIPAA and to encrypt any protected health emails. Sellers must list an email contact.
Status
Introduced
Timeline
Waive Specialty Crop Grant Match Requirement
USDA can waive matching funds for specialty crop research grants. Small growers and researchers may get full federal funding without needing local matches.
Status
Introduced
Timeline
Protecting Students from Synthetic Opioids
Funds school partnerships for youth opioid prevention and recovery. Requires staff training, lets school health centers buy naloxone, and expands youth drug data and a federal task force.
Status
Introduced
Timeline
Fentanyl Detection Research Program
Requires DOE to lead testing of tools to detect fentanyl in mail, prisons, and at borders.
Status
Introduced
Timeline
Allow SNAP for Hot Ready Meals
People could use SNAP benefits to buy hot ready to eat meals from some stores. Stores must not get more than half their sales from hot prepared foods to qualify.
Status
Introduced
Timeline
Safeguard Special Education Offices
Blocks federal money from closing, merging, or outsourcing Department of Education offices that run special education programs. It protects their staff and duties.
Status
Introduced
Timeline