American Legislation

Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to grant a period of market exclusivity for botanical drugs; referred to House Energy and Commerce.

Condition block grant funds on states banning sale of certain nitrous oxide products; specific product and enforcement details not provided.

Creates a federal program to reduce flood losses through research, standards, maps, grants, and interagency coordination.

Designates district mail-theft coordinators, requires DOJ reports, and orders a sentencing-guidelines review for postal-key and organized mail-theft offenses.

Proposes nationwide packaging labels to define when items are recyclable, compostable, reusable, or refillable, with potential impacts on manufacturers, retailers, and recycling programs.

Proposes increased LIHTC allocations and a 40% accessibility target to boost affordable housing for seniors and people with disabilities in walkable areas.

Expands federal wildfire coverage by adding new job titles and activities to workers' compensation rules.

Requires suicide prevention coordinators at each VA medical center, including outside regular hours; does not allow new full-time positions.

Creates Social Security credits for unpaid family caregivers for up to five years to help build retirement benefits.

Raises and extends FDA tobacco user fees, expands fee coverage to all tobacco classes, requires sales reporting, and adds annual spending and education reporting.

Temporarily excludes certain wildfire relief payments from individuals' taxable income for federally declared forest or range fire disasters.

Requires DoD to get a clean audit or face small budget cuts; exempts personnel and health accounts; allows presidential waivers and requires reports.

Expands Medicare Part B coverage to pharmacist-provided HIV prevention services, including PrEP and PEP, with payment rules and protections against balance billing.

Creates state-run tax-advantaged accounts to save for apprenticeships, trade training, certifications, tools, and small business start-up costs.

Would bar people with hate-motivated misdemeanor convictions or enhanced sentences from buying or possessing firearms, and would require court findings and records for background checks.

Adds PrEP and designates some HIV prevention and treatment actions as core life-saving humanitarian assistance, and references WHO-designated at-risk groups.

Prevents benefit changes, privatization, workforce cuts, office closures, and unauthorized data uses at the Social Security Administration without Congress approval.

Prohibits M-44 cyanide ejectors on public land; requires removal within 30 days.

Requires NIH-funded entities to report detailed annual animal counts and posts reports in a searchable public database after filing.

Requires reports, sanctions reviews, travel limits, and asset tracking to deter hostage-taking and wrongful detention by Iran and related actors.

A one-time Part B enrollment window for COBRA beneficiaries, counting COBRA months toward penalties, and updated notices clarifying Medicare secondary payer rules.

Permanently extends CHIP and updates related program and funding rules and amounts.

This bill would pause SSA office closures for 180 days, then require public hearings, notices, and a cost benefit analysis before future changes.

Two-year pilot grants to local governments and community groups to keep or create public-service jobs and train workers.