Federal
American Legislation

119th Congress1st Session
MAIN Event Ticketing Act
Strengthens anti-bot rules, requires ticket sites to use security, report circumvention, and gives FTC civil enforcement authority.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 36 - 0.
Authority to Destroy Hazardous Imports
Gives the health secretary power to order unsafe imports destroyed and bans moving them. Importers may lose goods and must follow new FDA rules.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Protecting Small Business Competitions
Requires reserving many federal contracts for small businesses when two or more are expected to compete at fair market prices.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 624.
Protecting Our Courts From Foreign Funding
Requires disclosure of foreign third‑party litigation funding, bans funding by foreign states and sovereign wealth funds, and directs annual DOJ reports.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 608.
MOUs for Traditional Uses
requires federal land managers to negotiate memoranda of understanding with a land-grant council to coordinate traditional uses on federal land, outline permits, fee considerations, and tribal consultation in land-use planning.
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Innovative Therapies Centers of Excellence
Creates at least five VA centers to research, train, and provide certain innovative therapies for veterans, with funding and reporting requirements.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
National Biotechnology Coordination Initiative
Creates a federal office to coordinate biotech research, rules, and data. It aims to speed approvals, support companies and training, and protect health and security.
Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
American Family Act
Creates a refundable monthly child tax credit, monthly advance payments, and a dependent credit with income limits and administration rules.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Broadband infrastructure protection expansion
Expands penalties for destroying broadband facilities and allows the FCC to determine functional equivalence to broaden protection.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Advancing GETs Act of 2025
Creates a shared savings incentive, reporting rules, and a DOE guide to encourage deployment of grid-enhancing technology and congestion data reporting.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Nuclear Family Priority Act
Reduces some family-sponsored immigrant categories, removes parents from immediate-relative status, and creates a conditional nonimmigrant parent category with specific rules.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Menopause health in service members
Directs a quick review of menopause and mid-life health for servicewomen and veterans, to identify gaps, training needs, and a strategic research plan, due within 180 days.
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Staged Collision with Trucks
Creates a new federal offense for intentionally causing or arranging collisions with commercial motor vehicles, with penalties and limits on federal and state prosecutions.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HBCU Arts and Cultural Strengthening Act
Allows HBCUs to use strengthening grants for arts programs, student support, and art collection care; permits NEA partnerships.
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Tax Fairness for Workers Act
Allows above-the-line deduction for union dues and itemized deductions for unreimbursed employee expenses beginning for tax years after Dec 31, 2024.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
firearm licensee reform and oversight
Strengthens licensing, security, inspections, and digital tracing for gun dealers and online marketplaces.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Workplace violence standard for care settings
A federal rule requires a binding violence prevention standard for health care and social service workplaces, including written plans, risk assessments, training, incident investigation, recordkeeping, and anti retaliation protections.
Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
EASE Act of 2025
Requires the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test telehealth specialty care networks for Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP beneficiaries in rural and underserved areas.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
CARE Act of 2025
Creates a Medicare test to pay for ambulance treatment without transport and studies its effects over five years.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Tax Shift for Insurance Debt and Losses
Some insurers will treat certain debt as non-capital assets and can carry capital losses forward for 10 years. This changes when and how those insurers pay tax.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Protect TANF Resources for Families
Stops states from using federal TANF grants to replace state funds; requires state certification; extends TANF authority through September 30, 2026.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Youth Mental Health Research Act
Creates an NIH initiative to coordinate youth mental health research and funds collaborative studies from 2025–2030.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Vision Screening Grants for Children
A proposal to fund state grants and technical assistance to expand early vision screening for children, improve data, and coordinate follow-up across health and education programs.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
sunset chevron deference framework
assessing a proposal that would sunset rules upheld by chevron deference, assign gao-led sunset schedules, and adjust congressional review timing, with wide regulatory implications across agencies.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.