American Legislation

Creates an IRS online portal to help surviving spouses and estate executors file tax returns and funds grants to states for timely reporting of deaths.

Removes and bans immigration detainers and bars requiring other agencies to hold people on behalf of DHS.

Creates a voluntary, OPM-run short-term disability program for federal employees covering non-work disabilities and family leave; employees pay premiums.

Creates grants to help states issue and enforce protective orders and expand services for victims related by blood, marriage, or intimate relationships.

Designates Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism for certain U.S. laws, with limited exceptions and a five-year sunset or earlier end if negotiations begin.

Strengthens testing, safety measures, demonstrations, and funding for energy storage systems and batteries.

Requires DOT to require railcar safety placards to withstand heat above 180 degrees, with possible higher thresholds after NTSB advice.

Creates tax‑favored accounts for employee education and training expenses, with contribution limits and tax treatment rules.

Supports recognizing National Nurses Week May 6–12, 2026 and highlights nurses' roles and workforce needs.

Reauthorizes and updates the National Quantum Initiative with new centers, workforce programs, testbeds, international strategy, and research-security measures.

Limits ICE holding facilities to short-term custody (12 hours), requires humane conditions, documentation, annual reporting, and oversight; allows emergency exceptions.

Prohibits universities that take certain foreign research funds from getting federal defense R&D awards for five years for covered technologies.

Creates a USDA loan program to help rural child care providers renovate and expand facilities in areas lacking licensed child care.

Directs HHS to study barriers to offering and accessing pain control during gynecologic procedures and report findings within 24 months.

Sets up a CDC sepsis team, reporting and data work, a hospital recognition program, and $20M per year authorization for 2026–2030 to support sepsis programs.

Creates a USCIS advisory committee to advise on the EB-5 regional center program, report annually, and hold public meetings.

Requires Medicare to set outpatient payments for FDA-cleared AI clinical services using manufacturer cost submissions and codifies SaaS payment rules.

Adds penicillin allergy checks to Medicare initial and annual preventive visits starting Jan 1, 2027.

Removes a restriction so certain rural clinics can deliver behavioral health services under Medicare starting 2027.

Increases federal Medicaid match for states' extra spending on behavioral health services, with reporting and spending rules.

Creates federal unit to monitor subrecipient TANF spending and requires states to repay misused funds into cash aid for very low-income families.

Creates competitive grants and pay-for-performance contracts to help recently released people get job training and placements.