American Legislation

Allows agencies and Treasury to pause or split assistance and benefit payments when fraud risk indicators appear; sets notice, contest, and time limits.

Rewrites how agencies measure and prevent payments that cause financial loss; adds risk assessments, reporting, and fraud-prevention steps.

Congress disapproves CFPB withdrawal of Bulletin 2012-04 on lending discrimination.

Nullifies CFPB action that withdrew a 2014 ability-to-repay guidance about successors-in-interest.

Authorizes three gold medals for the President, the Secret Service, and local law enforcement partners.

Repeals Davis-Bacon wage rules for covered federal contracts, effective 30 days after enactment with exceptions for existing contracts.

Requires an annual public list of China-origin mining entities linked to forced labor or environmental harm in listed African countries.

Modernizes the SAVE immigration verification system to speed updates, improve accuracy, require audits, and ban fees for government queries.

Supports D.C. statehood via the Washington, D.C. Admission Act and endorses May 1, 2026 as 'D.C. Statehood Day'.

Resolution to recognize rights of unhoused people and call for funding, housing programs, protections, and agency actions to end homelessness by 2029.

Requires states to use an automated platform to verify income for income-based benefit programs within one year to receive federal funds.

Reduces duties and importer fees by 50% for finished wood goods made from 100% U.S. raw wood; requires public notice and comment for tariff changes.

Limits criminal and certain records in tenant screening reports and requires notice and reasons for adverse housing actions.

Limits use of bankruptcy to shield people or institutions accused of child sexual abuse; increases victim participation, transparency, and oversight in reorganizations.

Requires a sworn pledge disavowing terrorist intent before naturalization; allows denaturalization, removal, and permanent bars for certain terrorism convictions.

Requires the State Department, with HHS and others, to make a global strategy to secure international support for developing and commercializing pandemic or epidemic medical products, including for antimicrobial-resistant pathogens.

Expands who can transfer Post-9/11 GI Bill education benefits to dependents by changing eligibility wording and adding service categories.

Creates a right to get and provide FDA‑approved medicines, limits state and federal restrictions, and allows lawsuits to enforce those rights.

Extends an excise tax exemption on alternative motorboat fuel to vessels operating between Atlantic or Pacific ports.

Adds Medicare coverage for medical nutrition therapy for eating disorders starting 2026; defines services and visit limits.

Increases tax credits and exclusions for employer and household dependent care; creates a refundable household and dependent care credit.