Federal
American Legislation

119th Congress1st Session
NIH IMPROVE Act
Creates an NIH program to fund research and community projects to reduce maternal deaths, severe maternal illness, and related disparities.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Briefing on antisemitism abroad
Requires the Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs to brief Congress in 180 days and annually for two years on antisemitism and related terrorism, plus advisory engagement.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Bail Bonds Added to Federal Fraud Law
Treats bail posting and bail bonds as insurance fraud under federal law. Bail companies, sureties, or anyone who commits bail-related fraud could face federal charges.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
FIRE Act
Changes Clean Air Act rules to treat prescribed fires as exceptional events and require regional analysis and public tracking of petitions.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Stop Stealing Our Chips
Creates a whistleblower rewards program, protections, and a fund for export-control violations involving advanced chips.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 1.
RED Tape Act
Changes EPA review rules in Clean Air Act Section 309, removing some review requirements for federal projects and proposed regulations.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Grazing eligibility on grasslands
Proposes aligning grazing eligibility on national grasslands with other National Forest System lands, clarifying lease and permit terms while leaving implementation details and costs undecided.
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 14.
ESF Ban and Farm Relief
This bill bars ESF use for Argentina and redirects proceeds to USDA for one-time U.S. crop payments tied to 2025 export losses.
Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Discharged
Restoring Food Security Act
Repeals specific nutrition provisions from a recent reconciliation act and restores prior law as if those sections were never enacted.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Timber Production Loan Guarantee
Creates a loan-guarantee program to fund rural sawmills near federal lands for vegetation removal and ecological restoration, with interagency coordination and a $220 million cap.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
Free GAP Audit Payments for Small Farms
USDA pays small and new farmers the full cost of GAP food-safety audits for five years. This helps them sell to grocery stores that require the audit.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Rural Partnership and Prosperity Act
Creates USDA grant programs and a network to coordinate investments and technical help for rural communities, with allocation and matching rules.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
Upholding Protections for Unaccompanied Children
Removes many fees and protections that affect unaccompanied migrant children; limits sponsor data sharing and requires fee refunds within 180 days.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act
Sets detention standards and inspections, ends for-profit detention contracts, bans child and solitary detention, requires counsel access and alternatives to detention.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability.
Global Child Thrive Reauthorization
Extends Global Child Thrive authorization to 2030; requires Special Advisor for orphans and vulnerable children; adjusts foreign assistance timing.
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 6.
Rx ACCESS Act
Changes to TRICARE pharmacy reimbursements, audits, and beneficiary refill options for non-generic maintenance medications.
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
AI Action and Security Plan
Agencies must write an AI action plan and a report on AI security risks and ideological bias. It sets deadlines but does not immediately change rules.
Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Affordable Insulin Now Act
Caps monthly cost-sharing for selected insulin products in many group and individual health plans starting in 2026.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, 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.
Medicare MNT coverage expansion
Proposes expanding Medicare Part B coverage to include medical nutrition therapy for additional conditions, with new ordering rights for clinicians and a two-year implementation delay.
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.
Clinkunbroomer Post Office Naming
Designates a federal post office facility as Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer Post Office Building; naming only, not altering services or operations.
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Fund Unarmed Transit Support Specialists
Transit agencies can use certain federal grants to hire unarmed staff who help riders, report problems, and de-escalate minor conflicts.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
SEMI Investment Act
Extends and expands a tax credit to cover semiconductor materials and production facilities through 2031, with rules for qualifying materials.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Protecting First Responders Act
Allows certain grants to fund training and containment devices to prevent secondary exposure to fentanyl and similar substances.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Protecting Life on College Campus
Prohibits federal funding to colleges that host campus clinics providing abortions or abortion drugs; requires annual certification to Education and HHS.
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.