American Legislation

Changes rules for state self-employment assistance programs and expands participation and weekly certification.

Allows the Board to set the retirement age for United States Capitol Police between 57 and 65 by amending two sections of Title 5.

Adds municipal piers to eligible resilience grants and increases related funding authorization.

Discharges parent-held student loans if the student dies or becomes permanently disabled; applies to past and future loans.

Creates payments to specialty crop producers when imports lower seasonal prices, starting in marketing year 2027.

Expands National Quantum Initiative to include health, workforce, nonprofits, more centers, and outreach to underrepresented students.

Creates an SBA Office to support small businesses in Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, USVI, and CNMI with outreach, contracting, disaster help, and annual reports.

Sanctions to encourage Hungary to reduce Russian energy ties and stop blocking Ukraine aid.

Recognizes April as National Language Access Month and urges agencies and communities to promote language services so people with limited English can access programs.

Creates a refund program for tariffs invalidated by the Supreme Court, requiring large importers to pass refunds to consumers through price cuts or rebates.

Imposes a 5% annual tax on net assets over $1 billion and funds health, child care, teacher pay, housing, and long-term care programs.

Requires GAO to report on deaths and impacts from USAID service stoppage and agency closure.

Requires the President to issue a yearly proclamation designating a Democracy Day and urging states, localities, and schools to observe it.

Adds TRICARE coverage for fertility diagnosis and many treatments for active-duty members and dependents, with limits and some prohibitions.

Limits DHS arrests at immigration court facilities; requires supervisory approval and annual Inspector General reporting.

Sets standards, monitoring, demonstrations, and models to measure and analyze soil carbon and support voluntary producer reporting.

Removes Medicare's 190-day lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital stays beginning January 1, 2027.

Creates USDA grants to study microplastics and PFAS in biosolids on farmland and extends research priorities to 2031.

Creates a DHS working group to track and report on foreign-government efforts to threaten or coerce people in or connected to the United States.

Establishes a USDA program giving technical help and training to eligible rural health facilities for financial planning, facility upgrades, telehealth, and applying for USDA loans and grants.

Adds many new district judgeships over 2025–2035 and requires GAO reports and public judgeship recommendations.

Disregards first-year apprenticeship income for TANF eligibility; imposes 1% grant penalty for state noncompliance.