American Legislation

Adds a new inadmissibility and deportation ground for foreign officials who apply harsher or unfair economic actions against a United States person compared to similarly situated non-U.S. parties.

Reauthorizes and updates federal pool and spa safety programs, funding grants, education, and reporting to prevent child drowning and entrapment.

Coordinates protection, restoration, and emergency actions for giant sequoia groves across federal, state, and Tribal lands.

Adds geothermal projects to Section 390 expedited NEPA review under the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

Creates a private right to sue agencies for coercing platforms and requires a public portal and logs of agency communications with platforms and AI providers.

Codifies the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences and starts an emergency communications and tracking initiative for shielded environments.

This proposal narrows licensing conditions and fishway requirements to address only direct adverse effects from a specific hydropower project.

Extends the authorization period for the African American Civil Rights Network from seven to ten years.

Approves the location in Area I of a Thomas Paine commemorative work authorized in 2023.

Allows permitted lethal removal of certain pinnipeds and funds exclusion technology to protect endangered salmon; includes reporting, limits, and tribal participation.

Requires USPS to assign a single ZIP Code to each named community, with potential changes to mail routes and data systems.

Creates a centralized, privacy protected data system to track college enrollment, costs, and outcomes, with limited use and aggregate reporting.

Expands paid family and medical leave for Title five workplaces, broadening eligibility to more family and medical reasons, adding pre-adoption leave, and coordinating overlap with existing leave.

An initiative that encourages districts to add 60 minutes of physical activity, including recess and physical education, to education plans using existing health and safety funds.

Sets up a working group and expedited process to certify unmanned aerial systems independent from PRC supply chains, fostering allied cooperation and resilient defense-focused innovation.

Promotes plain-language, multilingual resources for small businesses and employees on rights, responses, and planning during immigration enforcement and inspections.

Protections for dependent children when a parent is detained; access, reunification help, case management, and reporting required.

Expands eligibility for self-employment assistance and clarifies approved activities; aims to help unemployed individuals start businesses.

Removes EPA approval so paraquat cannot be sold or used in the U.S. Farmers, sellers, and workers must switch to other weed controls.

Authorizes a posthumous Congressional Gold Medal for Bonnie Eloise Rush Milam for her Melody Maids work supporting service members and music education.

This proposal would create a nationwide, publicly searchable database of people with certain violent convictions, linking state grants to data submissions and raising privacy and accuracy concerns.

Defines and funds transportation demand management, with $20M rural and $20M small-project set-asides to expand ridesharing, trip-planning, and related tools.

Creates a federal category for certain less-than-lethal devices, exempting them from some restrictions after a 90-day Attorney General review, with impact on enforcement and markets.

Changes tax rules so U.S. shareholders include more foreign subsidiary income now; limits foreign tax credits, interest deductions, and tightens inversion and foreign-managed rules.