American Legislation

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

Creates regional boards to set best practices for electric demand forecasts. States must consider the recommendations, which may change utility planning and data rules.

Requires at least 15 days to notify Indian Health Service after emergency non-IHS care; elderly/disabled have existing rules.

NIST will create guidance to measure data center electricity use and study data for better power demand forecasts. This could help local grid planning.

Requires EPA study, NIST consortium, and reporting for large AI data centers' environmental impacts.

Requires Commerce to make a plan to promote Wi‑Fi and unlicensed spectrum (5925–7125 MHz) internationally, with focus on WRC‑27 and countering foreign adversaries.

Protects fafsa data from immigration enforcement with narrow court order or voluntary consent exceptions.

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

Establishes a CDC campaign to raise awareness and increase screening access for type 1 diabetes, with grants and materials for communities and providers.

Proposal to cancel an executive order and halt related activities and contracts tied to citizenship verification and federal election integrity, with funding restrictions for related work.

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.