American Legislation

Adds ticket agents to ACPAC membership list under FAA section 411(b).

Stops dealers from selling used cars with open safety recalls and requires manufacturers to reimburse dealers when a remedy is delayed.

Directs the FTC to study neural and related data governance and sets federal agency guidance on their use.

Protects student athletes' NIL rights; sets rules on agents, health care, scholarships, transfers, media rights, and visas.

Removes consideration of expected non-Federal funding when selecting long-distance intercity passenger rail corridors.

Requires the Transportation Secretary to adjust two highway safety funding streams so increases meet a 4:1 ratio, effective Oct 1, 2026.

Creates an East Coast Bivalve Research Task Force to review science and recommend research and actions for quahogs and other bivalves.

Updates grant rules and reporting for space launch infrastructure, expands eligible needs, and authorizes up to $10,000,000 per year for project grants.

Requires the Comptroller General and Transportation Secretary to study weather hazards and safety gaps in surface transportation and report recommendations within two years.

Authorizes additional funding for Amtrak to support long-distance passenger rail routes in operation when the Act is enacted.

Creates a pilot to link weather hazard alerts with active road work locations and test integrated real-time warnings and coordination.

Voluntary pilot to link real-time wildfire alerts with state and local traffic systems so drivers receive closure and evacuation notices.

Sets new safety, transparency, and public-engagement rules for pipelines, requires valves and carbon dioxide rules, expands reporting and private enforcement rights.

Allows online seasonal restricted CDL renewals and clarifies implements of husbandry are not commercial motor vehicles.

Allows states to use section 402 highway safety funds for work zone enforcement, training, technology pilots, and data collection, prioritizing tribal and rural areas.

Requires DOT to let a NHTSA triennial management review satisfy certain state triennial highway safety plan submission requirements, within 180 days of enactment.

Affirms First Amendment, condemns FCC chair's threats to ABC/Disney over Jimmy Kimmel monologue.

Requires NOAA to run a public, biannual database and webpage tracking billion-dollar storm and severe weather disasters and their costs.

Allows below‑average density States to require localities to spend 20% (instead of 40%) of certain highway safety program funds; defines rural State by census density.

Keeps passenger aviation security fees in a dedicated Treasury account to fund screening costs instead of sending them to the general fund.