American Legislation

Updates and expands the hurricane forecast program to fund research, new observations, social science work, and annual reporting through 2029.

Senate resolution praising and supporting U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes at the 2026 Winter Games in Italy.

Directs new safety rules for trains carrying hazardous materials, inspections, crew sizes, defect detectors, tank car upgrades, and emergency response funding and reports.

Sets firm review deadlines and expedited processes for FCC satellite and earth station licensing with national-security review rules.

Directs DOE and NOAA to jointly develop and test advanced computing methods for improved weather and climate models and report to Congress.

Allows states to use leftover BEAD funds for sirens, sensors, and related IT through competitive subgrants.

Requires FAA to publish plans, timelines, issue-paper rules, and delegation guidance to support certification of new aircraft technologies.

Requires data gathering, working groups, and reports to reduce deaths and injuries near disabled vehicles and road work zones.

Requires the FTC to study firearm advertising, report to Congress, and issue rules banning unfair or deceptive firearms marketing, including youth-targeted or illegal-use messaging.

Reauthorizes and updates tsunami warning, research, mitigation, and outreach; requires tribal consultation and studies; authorizes $35M annually 2027–2031.

Requires Commerce to create and update AI training toolkits for small businesses, coordinate distribution, report to Congress, and sunsets after three years.

Limits excessive grocery prices, bans surveillance-based pricing, requires facial recognition notices, and restricts electronic shelf labels for large stores.

Requires electronics makers to share repair documentation, parts, and tools with owners and independent repairers; bans parts-pairing limits; enforced by the FTC.

Directs DOT to propose new federal seat belt rules for all new school buses within 180 days, considering lap/shoulder belts and related systems.

Establishes a national system to notify employers and drivers when commercial driver licenses or records change, with school bus rules.

Creates an NSF prize program to fund AI teams addressing major technical challenges, including a large cancer-focused competition.

Creates a program to design and plan replacement of the NEXRAD network, test new radars, and allow partnerships to fill coverage gaps by 2040.

Requires DOT side underride guard rules, advisory committee reconvening, studies, public resources, and law enforcement training.

Requires covered manufacturers and operators to report AV and ADAS incident and mileage data to NHTSA and for NHTSA to publish datasets.

Senate celebrates International Coastal Cleanup's 40th anniversary and urges participation and reducing plastic pollution.

Requires managers to account for shifting fish stocks, coordinate regional councils, review new gear, permit experiments, and report to Congress every 5 years.

Makes assaulting or intimidating passenger train crew a federal crime with penalties up to 8 or 20 years depending on weapon use.

Creates temporary public-private employee assignments for NASA with rules on duration, conflicts, protections, and annual reporting.