American Legislation

Changes qualifications for organizations designated under title 49 U.S.C.; details not publicly available.

Would bar a local authority from mandating helmet use for motorcycle riders.

Proposes removing asset tests for means-tested federal programs, potentially expanding who qualifies for help but with uncertain program scope and costs.

Collects offender-reported childhood child welfare histories and sends anonymized annual reports to States to support child welfare planning.

Aimed at suspending foreign tax credits for russian taxes during a set period tied to tariff restoration, overriding treaty protections to enforce sanctions alignment.

Reserves at least 2.5% of Rural Development discretionary grants for technical help to prepare and deliver rural projects.

Makes the District of Columbia eligible for McIntire-Stennis forestry research funds by changing the act's funding eligibility.

Requires chip-enabled EBT cards, new user interfaces, reimbursements and grants, online-transaction security, and faster replacement rules for SNAP EBT users.

Reauthorizes a relending program and funds free legal services to resolve multi-owner farmland succession through 2031.

Creates a five-year pilot to pay seasonal produce growers when import-driven prices fall below a five-year reference price.

Updates and funds grants for food and agricultural sciences education, adds paid work-based learning, and authorizes $60M per year 2026–2035.

Modifies grants to nonprofits for building and fixing household wells and decentralized wastewater systems in rural areas; changes income rules, raises individual limits, adds warranty funding, extends program to 2031.

Expands crop insurance education, adds translation, broadens eligible conservation and diversification activities, and authorizes additional funding.

Requires the Department of Agriculture to study and possibly adopt risk-based inspections and oversight for organic certification, and updates definitions and inspection rules.

This measure would require offsetting spending cuts over ten year window for any debt limit increase or suspension, with CBO scoring and public posting before votes, and new procedural blocks.

Adds pregnant and postpartum people to vaccination awareness efforts and raises the specified funding to $17 million per year for fiscal years 2027–2031.

Expands transit-oriented development financing through TIFIA and RRIF, creates delegated origination program, and sets affordability rules.

Creates an NIH program to fund research and community efforts to reduce maternal deaths and severe complications.

Imposes a 25% excise tax on U.S. payments to foreign service providers and funds workforce programs; effective after Dec 31, 2025.

Adds a pro-housing incentive to transit grant ratings to reward nearby rules that make building or preserving housing easier, including affordable units.

Creates a DOT-HUD grant program to help fast-growing communities plan and build transformative infrastructure, with reports and yearly funding authorizations.

Expands telehealth, remote monitoring, grants, and research to improve pregnancy and postpartum care in underserved and tribal communities.