Federal
American Legislation

119th Congress1st Session
Lead Hazard Provisions for Replacement
Proposes coordinated grants and technical help to reduce lead in homes from paint and drinking water.
Introduced
Women Astronomers Day recognition
This resolution honors contributions of American women in astronomy and encourages outreach and equal opportunity.
Introduced
Education OSEP Function Separation
Keeps OSEP work inside the Department of Education by blocking new transfers or shared services with HHS, preserving only pre-existing arrangements as of February 1, 2025.
Introduced
Biosimilar Review Streamlining
This proposal makes a narrow adjustment to biosimilar regulation to speed FDA review, removing a subparagraph and potentially altering approval timelines for biosimilar products and related regulatory proceedings.
Introduced
Temporary labor program extension
Extends and reshapes a temporary labor program, sets annual caps with extra construction permits, updates wage rules, and adds an employer enforcement fee.
Introduced
Limit tort claims by convicted individuals
Proposes barring private plaintiffs with specific past convictions from pursuing intentional-tort FTCA claims against federal officers.
Introduced
biosimilar approval pathway adjustment
Proposes default changes to biosimilar review requirements, with early written notices for added clinical studies.
Introduced
Aquaculture Demonstration Act
Creates a NOAA Office of Aquaculture to oversee demonstration offshore projects, with a 10-year permit framework, funding for centers of excellence, and interagency coordination to assess environmental and economic outcomes.
Introduced
Fraud Intent Tax Protection
Requires proof that the taxpayer intended to evade tax before extending the audit time limit in fraud cases, protecting innocent filers from indefinite assessments.
Introduced
Depletion tax rule for marginal wells
This proposal adjusts a depletion tax for certain oil and gas wells, indexing against oil prices and raising the qualifying quantity threshold.
Introduced
Defense-focused Job Corps expansion
Expands Job Corps to train defense-industry workers, adds apprenticeships, and allows centers to adjust trades for shipyard needs.
Introduced
Carried Interest Tax Reform
Proposes new rules to tax carried-interest as ordinary income with valuation rules and annual reporting for partnerships and service providers.
Introduced
Enforcement funding for tax administration
Increase funding for IRS enforcement, taxpayer services, and modernization over six years.
Introduced
va doula pilot for women veterans
a five-year program to provide doula services to pregnant and postpartum veterans enrolled in va care, with up to ten sessions per veteran.
Introduced
Adaptive Sports Prosthetics Coverage
Expands prosthetic coverage to include adaptive devices for sports and recreation.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Technology Modernization and Inventory Reform
Reforms to modernize IT, tie disbursements to milestones, and require high-risk legacy IT inventories with repayment terms.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 42 - 0.
Cadet Nurse Corps Veteran Recognition
Would recognize World War II Cadet Nurse Corps members by granting honorable discharges and counting their service for headstones and memorial benefits only.
Introduced
Modernizing veteran travel reimbursement
Aligns va travel mileage with the gsa rate, removes deductibles, and expands who may receive travel payments.
Introduced
National cowboy observance designation
This resolution designates a one-day national observance to honor cowboys, their culture, and their economic role in ranching and rodeo, with no new spending or regulatory duties.
Star Print ordered on the resolution.
Heat Health Information System
A federal system to coordinate heat-health data, forecasting, and planning across agencies.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers Act
Aims to simplify eligibility and forms across Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and Social Security to reduce caregiver burden.
Introduced
English as official language for citizenship
This measure would require English for federal functions, create a uniform citizenship test, and guide how English texts are read when interpreting federal rules, while preserving rights and state powers.
Introduced
Dwight Medal for Edward Dwight Jr.
Authorizes one Congressional Gold Medal for Edward J. Dwight, Jr., honoring his pioneering role and civil rights era contributions; mint may strike bronze duplicates to cover production costs.
Introduced
Delphi full vested pension benefits
Would raise guaranteed benefits for six named terminated plans, recalculate past payments, and fund the increases through a dedicated Treasury trust.
Introduced