American Legislation

Allows CMS to fine certain for-profit hospitals up to $10,000 per day for repeat failures that immediately jeopardize patient safety; CMS must publish determinations.

Allows some public service employee payments to count toward public service loan repayment.

Creates grants, offices, and centers to improve college access and completion for students with disabilities and to set accessibility guidelines.

Changes two percentage figures in the Public Lands Corps Act to alter cost-sharing for conservation projects by youth or conservation corps.

Bans most noncompete agreements, with limited exceptions, and sets enforcement by FTC and Department of Labor.

Designates the Kentucky Wildlands as part of the National Heritage Area System; other details are not publicly available.

Adds additional leave for parents and grandparents to attend children’s school and extracurricular events.

Creates competitive federal grants for state securities and insurance regulators to prevent, investigate, and prosecute financial fraud against people aged 62 and older.

Proposes FTC rulemaking to limit inventory holds, require notice and appeals, and allow lawsuits against platforms that restrict sellers.

Requires HHS to publish records and communications about certain drug pricing agreements, with limited allowable redactions and agency reports.

Creates HUD "Freedom to Build" designation for localities that adopt regulatory reforms or meet housing supply targets; HUD grant priority for designated areas.

Creates grants to help states, tribes, and others prepare for and fight screwworm outbreaks. Farms and wildlife programs can get funds for detection, response, and training.

Allows presidential smoke emergency declarations and funds federal aid, SBA grants, and budget rules for smoke-related assistance.

Provides $3.5 billion for USDA block grants to states to compensate agricultural losses from March 4, 2026 freeze disaster declarations.

Creates coordinators to link federal, state, and tribal agencies on wildlife and zoonotic disease surveillance, prevention, and response.

Funds DHS agencies for FY2026 and adds new citizenship proof and photo ID requirements for federal voter registration and voting.

Requires ID attestation for CFPB complaints, allows closing some complaints, and keeps complaint narratives confidential.

Increases federal share to 90% and reduces nonfederal share to 10% for corps conservation projects.

Limits CFPB enforcement where state insurance regulators oversee insurance business activities.

Updates foreign-ownership reporting and enforcement for U.S. agricultural land, sets 1% ownership threshold, requires CFIUS data sharing, handbook updates, and electronic filing analysis.

Mostly bans new noncompete agreements, with narrow exceptions for business sales and certain executives.

Would establish a presumption that firefighting-related diseases are service-connected for veterans trained in fire suppression who meet five years of service and a disease appearing within 15 years of separation.

Directs forfeited assets and certain fines into a victims fund, sets payment timing, reporting, and staffing rules.