American Legislation

Requires the intelligence office to prioritize serving state, local, tribal, territorial, and private-sector partners; report due on steps and metrics.

Changes deadlines and allows electronic signing for retirement plan annual reports (Form 5500); applies to plan years ending after enactment.

Reauthorizes $250 million per year (2027–2031) for ATIIP from the Highway Trust Fund, with funds available until spent and not transferable.

Adds IVIG for primary immunodeficiency to Medicare skilled nursing facility coverage effective Oct 1, 2026.

Provides FDA new authorities, grants, an advisory committee, recordkeeping for processed food recipes, and a public-private partnership for chemicals and packaging.

Ends the 50 percent payment reduction for multiple therapy services under Medicare starting Jan 1, 2027.

Establishes an interagency advisory commission to advance restorative justice and mental health supports in K–12 schools, with emphasis on students of color.

Requires hospitals to report ICU bed availability in real time and plan regional patient transfers as a Medicare participation condition.

Directs Congress to obtain and publicly display a Shirley Chisholm statue in the Capitol.

Names the post office at 819 West Washington Boulevard for Jerry T. Hodges, Jr.

Expands Medicaid recognition of podiatrists and updates Medicare rules for therapeutic diabetic shoes and documentation.

Creates a new independent United States Immigration Courts system with appellate, trial, and administrative divisions and transfers existing immigration adjudication functions.

Establishes an HHS research program and centers to study environmental causes, prevention, and progression of neurodegenerative diseases; funds research and data efforts.

Makes certain stainless or aluminum draft alcohol containers and tap equipment 15-year depreciable property for items placed in service after 2025.

Requires EPA to ban discharges of plastic pellets and include limits in water permits and performance standards within 60 days.

Limits assistance to Israel when funds support detention, home demolitions, or annexation in the occupied West Bank; adds reporting and oversight.

Creates a 6-year commission to investigate U.S. Indian boarding school policies, hold convenings, support survivors, and issue reports with recommendations.

Adds Taiwan to faster export approval rules and directs a study on expedited allied licensing for transfers of U.S.-origin defense items to Taiwan.

Proposes a DOJ task force to define anti-Sikh hate, educate enforcement and schools, and publish annual hate-incident reports.

Creates tax-advantaged accounts to help first-time buyers save for down payments and closing costs, with contribution limits and tax rules.

Creates a licensed Green Star Service Flag for next of kin of veterans who died by suicide after 9/11, with licensing and penalties.

Creates a 30-day expedited FDA process to add apheresis devices at new licensed blood center locations for qualifying operators.

Require federal health programs to cover prescribed medical foods, vitamins, amino acids, and related supplies for certain digestive and metabolic disorders.

Creates grants for projects that place child care providers in or near housing, and orders a study of child care access for public housing residents.