Federal
American Legislation

119th Congress1st Session
Expands Health Coverage and Tax Credits
The bill would expand premium tax credits and Medicaid funding. It would add enrollment checks and penalties for false information.
Introduced
Border Travel Safety Signs
Lawmakers would require DHS to run a bilingual border travel warning-sign program near land ports of entry, with annual GAO reports.
Introduced
Protecting Workers’ Benefits Act
Allows plan participants and beneficiaries to sue on behalf of a retirement plan and receive part of a successful recovery.
Introduced
RSUs Could Reduce Overtime Pay
Lawmakers would pass a bill to let employers exclude RSU value from overtime calculations, starting 90 days after enactment.
Introduced
Direct Seller and Real Estate Agent Harmonization Act
Senate bill would bar direct sellers and qualified real estate agents from FLSA employee status, using tax-code definitions; referred to committee.
Introduced
Clean Energy Institutes
Would establish national institutes focused on clean energy.
Introduced
HUD adopts evidence rule for domestic-content
HUD would treat documents under the Make It American Process Standard as sufficient evidence for domestic-content certification. The Secretary could approve a successor standard.
Introduced
Data centers barred on federal land
Bill would bar data-center construction on National Forest System lands and Interior lands, and require land to revert after conveyance for data centers.
Introduced
Tighter farm child-labor rules
Bill tightens federal child-labor rules for farming and bans under-18 pesticide-handler tasks. It requires rapid reporting of serious injuries and deaths among under-18 workers.
Introduced
Methane Monitoring Science Strategy
Requires a federal science strategy for monitoring and detecting methane.
Introduced
Hawaii Cesspool Upgrade Grants
Would provide grants to upgrade or convert small-capacity cesspools serving households in Hawaii.
Introduced
Direct Seller and Agent Clarification
Clarifies that direct sellers and qualified real estate agents are not 'employees' under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Education and Workforce, H. Rept. 119-494, Part II.
Valuing Employee Stock Today Act
Adds restricted stock units to FLSA exemption for employer-provided equity; effective 90 days after enactment.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 15.
SCALE Biology Act
Creates a NIST biometrology program for measurement science, standards, facilities, and training for engineering biology and biomanufacturing.
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Physician Payment Modernization Act
A bill to modernize physician payments, support a hybrid primary care model, rename MIPS to POINTS, and expand data sharing.
Introduced
HUD to accept new domestic-content docs
The bill would require HUD to treat Make It American Process Standard documentation as sufficient evidence for domestic-content certifications on HUD-funded projects.
Introduced
Lawmakers push methane-monitoring strategy via NASA
A bill would require the NASA Administrator to develop a methane-monitoring strategy and report to Congress within 18 months.
Introduced
Healthcare tax credits extended with broker rules
Bill would extend ACA premium tax credits for 2026-2027 and require HHS to tighten broker enrollment safeguards.
Introduced
Child Farmworker Safety Protections
Changes child labor rules for farm work, adds injury reporting, and raises penalties for certain violations.
Introduced
Health enrollment fraud crackdown bill
A proposed bill would require proof of consent for enrollments handled by agents or brokers on federal Exchanges and impose penalties for false information.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Hearings held.
Public Safety Officer Brain Injury Act
Requires CDC to collect and share concussion and TBI information for public safety officers and support guidance and outreach.
Introduced
ACA enrollment fraud bill
Bill would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish consent-based enrollment verification by January 1, 2029. It would notify consumers of changes and suspend commissions.
Introduced
Health care credit expands eligibility in 2026
Health Care Affordability Act would remove the 400% poverty cap and set a sliding credit up to 8.5% starting with 2026 tax years.
Introduced
Health care credit expands eligibility
Bill would expand eligibility for the refundable health care tax credit for coverage under a qualified health plan beyond 400% of the poverty line, starting in 2026.
Introduced