American Legislation

Authorizes IHS to provide and fund veterinary public health services for Tribes, orders a USDA oral rabies vaccine study, and adds IHS to One Health coordination.

Makes public school rehabs eligible for the historic rehabilitation tax credit.

Appropriates funding for Treasury, IRS, executive offices, judiciary, independent agencies, and District of Columbia for fiscal year 2027, with restrictions and reporting requirements.

Requires the Architect of the Capitol to install continuously updated gasoline price displays in the House and Senate chambers, funded by individual gifts, with annual reporting.

Reauthorizes and directs funding for tribal drinking water projects in the Upper Colorado River Basin for 2027–2028.

Makes reconsideration optional before a hearing for Social Security and SSI initial decisions.

Stops federal funding to groups that train or encourage jurors to vote against evidence or law in federal and D.C. courts.

Study whether USPS can send weather and mail-delivery alerts using Informed Delivery within one year.

Requires BIS to upgrade IT systems, add analytics and data sharing, and authorizes funding through 2029 to modernize systems through 2030.

Requires export licenses for digital synthetic DNA/RNA sequences sent to certain foreign entities to protect U.S. intellectual property and sensitive biological information.

Allows temporary outside hires at the Bureau of Industry and Security to fill technical gaps, with pay limits, reporting, and a five-year sunset.

Requires decisions on export disputes for embargoed countries; chair can break ties; defines embargoed countries and adds Russia.

Authorizes the Energy Secretary to set BPA leader and staff pay to match consumer-owned Western utilities, based on an annual compensation survey and budget.

Creates a nonlegislative House committee to study and review issues affecting older Americans and coordinate aging-related policies.

Allows customs to self-start evasion probes and requires duties be paid before seeking judicial review.

Expands eligible placements, sets higher wage floor, adds electronic timekeeping, and requires annual program data for VA work-study payments from 2028.

Renames and extends the kleptocracy asset recovery rewards pilot, removes the 3-year limit, and sets a 7-year sunset from enactment.

Limits federal collection of insurer data, adds coordination and confidentiality rules, and preserves privilege and FOIA exceptions.

Lets certain charities make candidate-related statements during normal activities if extra costs are minimal.

Requires FCC rules for subscriber rebates when cable or satellite providers black out agreed video programming during certain carriage negotiations.

Prohibits federal funds for a first-use nuclear strike unless Congress declares war and expressly authorizes the strike.

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