Post Office Designations and Renaming
Purpose: To officially rename specific United States Postal Service (USPS) facilities and update all federal laws, maps, regulations, documents, and records to reflect the new honorific names.
H.R. 1008
Purpose: Renames the USPS facility in Holmes, New York.
Key Provisions: Designates the facility at 298 Route 292 as the "Sheriff Adrian 'Butch' Anderson Post Office Building" and updates all official records accordingly.
H.R. 1009
Purpose: Renames the USPS facility in Haverstraw, New York.
Key Provisions: Designates the building at 86 Main Street as the "Paul Piperato Post Office Building" effective immediately.
H.R. 1372
Purpose: Renames the post office facility in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Key Provisions: Designates the facility at 300 Macedonia Lane as the "Reverend Harold Middlebrook Post Office Building".
H.R. 1431
Purpose: Renames a specific post office in Spring Lake, New Jersey.
Key Provisions: Designates the facility at 2407 State Route 71, Suite 1 as the "James J. Howard Post Office".
H.R. 1461
Purpose: Renames a post office in Sewickley, Pennsylvania.
Key Provisions: Designates the facility at 521 Thorn Street as the "Mary Elizabeth 'Bettie' Cole Post Office Building".
H.R. 1706
Purpose: Renames a post office facility in Buffalo, New York.
Key Provisions: Designates the facility at 1200 William Street, Room 200 as the "William J. Donovan Post Office Building".
H.R. 1830 / S. 829
Purpose: Renames a USPS facility in Casselton, North Dakota.
Key Provisions: Designates the facility at 840 Front Street as the "Commander Delbert Austin Olson Post Office".
H.R. 2175
Purpose: Renames a USPS facility in Santa Barbara, California.
Key Provisions: Designates the facility at 130 South Patterson Avenue as the "Brigadier General Frederick R. Lopez Post Office Building".
H.R. 2466
Purpose: Renames a USPS facility in Rockford, Illinois.
Key Provisions: Designates the facility at 5225 Harrison Avenue as the "Jay P. Larson Post Office Building".
H.R. 323
Purpose: Renames a USPS facility in Avon, New York.
Key Provisions: Designates the facility at 80 Prospect Street as the "Officer Anthony Mazurkiewicz Memorial Post Office Building".
H.R. 3350
Purpose: Renames a post office facility in Tustin, California.
Key Provisions: Designates the building at 340 East 1st Street as the "Ursula Ellen Kennedy Post Office Building".
H.R. 3393
Purpose: Renames a USPS facility in Phoenix, Arizona.
Key Provisions: Designates the facility at 12208 North 19th Avenue as the "Officer Zane T. Coolidge Post Office".
H.R. 4635
Purpose: Renames a post office in Cleveland, Ohio.
Key Provisions: Designates the facility at 890 East 152nd Street as the "Technical Sergeant Alma Gladys Minter Post Office Building".
H.R. 4662 / S. 2432
Purpose: Renames a USPS facility in Glendale, California.
Key Provisions: Designates the facility at 6444 San Fernando Road as the "Paul Ignatius Post Office".
H.R. 5058 / S. 3630
Purpose: Renames a USPS facility in Sterling, Virginia.
Key Provisions: Designates the facility at 46164 Westlake Drive as the "Firefighter Trevor Brown Post Office Building".
H.R. 5831
Purpose: Renames a post office in Waupaca, Wisconsin.
Key Provisions: Designates the post office at 306 South Main Street as the "Master Sergeant Melvin O. Handrich Post Office Building".
H.R. 6020 / S. 3373
Purpose: Renames a USPS facility in Plainfield, Illinois.
Key Provisions: Designates the facility at 14855 South Van Dyke Road as the "Staff Sergeant Jose Duenez Jr. Post Office Building".
H.R. 6247
Purpose: Renames a USPS facility in Marana, Arizona.
Key Provisions: Designates the facility at 13355 North Lon Adams Road as the "Mayor Ed Honea Memorial Post Office".
H.R. 6310 / S. 3270
Purpose: Renames a USPS facility in Olney, Maryland.
Key Provisions: Designates the facility at 3570 Olney Laytonsville Road as the "Edward L. Ramsey Olney Post Office Building".
H.R. 6317 / S. 4623
Purpose: Renames a USPS facility in New Kent, Virginia.
Key Provisions: Designates the facility at 12109 New Kent Highway as the "Patricia Paige Post Office".
H.R. 6332 / S. 3294
Purpose: Renames a post office building in Fairfax, Virginia.
Key Provisions: Designates the USPS facility at 10660 Page Avenue as the "Congressman Gerald E. Connolly Post Office Building".
H.R. 6808
Purpose: Renames a USPS facility in Columbia, Tennessee.
Key Provisions: Designates the facility at 417 West 7th Street as the "Pharmacist's Mate First Class John Harlan Willis Post Office Building".
H.R. 7809 / S. 4745
Purpose: Renames a post office in Georgetown, Ohio.
Key Provisions: Designates the facility at 201 East Grant Avenue as the "Ulysses S. Grant Post Office Building".
S. 24
Purpose: Renames a USPS facility in Jerome, Idaho.
Key Provisions: Designates the facility at 154 First Avenue East as the "Representative Maxine Bell Post Office".
S. 58
Purpose: Renames a postal facility in Fritch, Texas.
Key Provisions: Designates the facility at 107 North Hoyne Avenue as the "Chief Zeb Smith Post Office".
S. 814
Purpose: Renames a USPS facility in Norristown, Pennsylvania.
Key Provisions: Designates the facility at 28 East Airy Street as the "Charles L. Blockson Post Office Building".
S. 917
Purpose: Renames a USPS facility in McAllen, Texas.
Key Provisions: Designates the facility at 620 East Pecan Boulevard as the "Agent Raul H. Gonzalez Jr. Memorial Post Office".
S. 3331
Purpose: Renames a USPS facility in Moab, Utah.
Key Provisions: Designates the facility at 50 East 100 North as the "2nd Lieutenant Mitch Williams Post Office".
S. 3444
Purpose: Renames a USPS facility in Palatine, Illinois.
Key Provisions: Designates the facility at 1300 East Northwest Highway as the "Bernie Bluestein Post Office Building".
S. 3835
Purpose: Renames a USPS facility in Mahaffey, Pennsylvania.
Key Provisions: Designates the facility at 10 East Main Street as the "Robert Allen Bishop, Sr., Post Office Building".
S. 4052
Purpose: Renames a post office in Marshfield, Missouri.
Key Provisions: Designates the USPS facility at 203 North Clay Street as the "Edwin P. Hubble Post Office".
S. 4523
Purpose: Renames a USPS facility in Tremonton, Utah.
Key Provisions: Designates the facility at 111 South Tremont Street as the "Sorensen-Estrada Post Office".
S. 4722
Purpose: Redesignates a USPS facility in San Diego, California.
Key Provisions: Designates the facility at 2777 Logan Avenue as the "Armando Rodriguez Post Office" (replacing the name "Southeastern Post Office").
S. 4830
Purpose: Renames a USPS facility in Waianae, Hawaii.
Key Provisions: Designates the facility at 86-014 Farrington Highway as the "United States Representative Colleen Hanabusa Post Office Building".
Artificial Intelligence and Technology Regulation
Purpose: To establish safety, transparency, tracking, and evaluation requirements for AI technologies, smart toys, chatbots, and federal intelligence tools.
S. 4199
Purpose: Regulates AI chatbots used by minors under the Youth AI Privacy Act.
Key Provisions: Mandates clear disclosures that users are interacting with AI (every 30 minutes), limits session durations, requires "wait time" features, and provides simple ways to disconnect.
S. 4402
Purpose: Enhances transparency on the use of AI in accessing unminimized data under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
Key Provisions: Requires the Attorney General and DNI to submit joint reports detailing AI system descriptions, testing, training data, and continuous monitoring, and mandates pre-adoption notifications to Congress and courts.
S. 4407
Purpose: Regulates AI chatbot access for children and teenagers.
Key Provisions: Requires family accounts and verifiable parental consent for minors to use AI chatbots, mandates notice to parents, and provides options for data deletion and parental controls.
S. 5171
Purpose: Focuses on the safety and marketing of AI-enabled "smart toys" for children under the Children's Artificial Intelligence Toy Safety Act of 2026.
Key Provisions: Directs the National Academies to conduct a risk study on smart toys and requires the FTC and CPSC to deliver a joint action plan outlining safety guidelines and disclosure requirements.
S. 4414
Purpose: Promotes artificial intelligence literacy in elementary and secondary schools under the LIFT AI Act.
Key Provisions: Establishes a competitive awards program for higher education institutions and nonprofits to develop K-12 AI curricula, evaluation tools, and professional learning opportunities for educators.
Child Safety and Online Protection
Purpose: To protect minors from online harm, excessive commercialization, and inappropriate content.
S. 1748
Purpose: Protects children's safety online by curbing exploitative digital features.
Key Provisions: Targets compulsive usage, limits microtransactions in online video games, restricts personalized recommendation systems for minors, and protects children from online sexual exploitation.
S. 737
Purpose: Restricts minors' access to online adult content under the SCREEN Act.
Key Provisions: Requires covered platforms hosting harmful-to-minors content to implement technology-based age verification measures within one year of enactment.
Government Accountability, Transparency, and Efficiency
Purpose: To streamline administrative processes, cut government duplication, evaluate agency rules, and monitor public spending.
H.R. 1515 / S. 252
Purpose: Increases transparency of agency guidance documents under the "Guidance Out Of Darkness Act" (GOOD Act).
Key Provisions: Requires agencies to publish all guidance documents online in a single designated website location within 180 days, maintain rescinded guidance with appropriate notices, and exempts FOIA-exempt records.
H.R. 77 / S. 164
Purpose: Streamlines the review and rejection of end-of-term presidential regulations under the "Midnight Rules Relief Act".
Key Provisions: Permits en bloc (group) congressional consideration of joint resolutions of disapproval for multiple "midnight rules" issued during the final year of a President's term.
S. 1735
Purpose: Increases transparency in federal agency permit application processes.
Key Provisions: Mandates that permitting agencies create tracking webpages detailing completed stages, application status, review timelines, and reviewer contact information.
S. 2542
Purpose: Enhances emergency security and communication protocols under the "Federal Building Threat Notification Act".
Key Provisions: Directs the Federal Protective Service to establish threat-notification guidelines, implement best practices via Facility Security Committees, and report to Congress within a year.
S. 2732
Purpose: Strengthens federal employee cost-savings suggestions under the "Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2025".
Key Provisions: Directs Chief Financial Officers to transfer surplus agency salary funds to the Treasury general fund and authorizes cash awards (up to 10% retained for administration) for employees who identify unneeded funds.
S. 2733
Purpose: Prevents programmatic duplication via the "Duplication Scoring Act of 2025".
Key Provisions: Requires the Comptroller General and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to analyze pending legislation for potential overlaps or duplication with existing federal programs.
S. 3363
Purpose: Increases transparency in disaster recovery public assistance under the "TRACK Act".
Key Provisions: Requires FEMA to create an interactive public assistance dashboard tracking disaster grant awards, cost estimates, project statuses, and approval delays.
S. 4400
Purpose: Improves workforce planning and management inside the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Key Provisions: Mandates a 5-year human capital plan, requires advance notice before reductions in force (RIFs), and establishes regular GAO compliance reviews.
Native American Lands and Tribal Affairs
Purpose: To transfer property, establish trust statuses, and adjust healthcare rules for Native American tribes.
H.R. 3620 / S. 2098
Purpose: Conveys specific federal property in Anchorage, Alaska, to the Southcentral Foundation (SCF).
Key Provisions: Directs the Secretary of HHS to transfer a 3.372-acre property via warranty deed without financial consideration, while exempting SCF from pre-conveyance environmental liabilities under CERCLA.
S. 1055
Purpose: Modifies emergency health notification timelines under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.
Key Provisions: Sets an alternative 15-day time limitation (down from 30 days) for notifying the Indian Health Service of emergency medical treatments or admissions for elderly or disabled beneficiaries treated by non-Service providers.
S. 1514
Purpose: Facilitates land management for the Quinault Indian Nation under the "Quinault Indian Nation Land Transfer Act".
Key Provisions: Transfers approximately 72 acres of land into trust to be administered by the Department of the Interior, prohibits gaming on the property, and preserves 1855 treaty rights.
S. 239
Purpose: Adjusts mineral rights and surface land statuses for the Crow Tribe under the "Crow Revenue Act".
Key Provisions: Takes specific mineral interests into trust for the Tribe, conveys surface lands, exempts mineral interests from state taxation, and requires a revenue-sharing agreement with the Hope Family Trust.
S. 3219
Purpose: Supports economic and cultural development for New Mexico tribes under the "Albuquerque Indian School Act of 2025".
Key Provisions: Transfers three tracts of federal land in Albuquerque into trust for the benefit of the 19 Pueblos for educational and health purposes, while explicitly prohibiting all classes of gaming.
Postal Service Operations and Pilot Programs
Purpose: To alter postal operational frameworks, postal executive incentives, and geographic sorting boundaries.
S. 3175
Purpose: Creates alternative funding mechanisms for ZIP Code boundary changes.
Key Provisions: Establishes a 7-year pilot program allowing the USPS to enter agreements with local, state, or tribal governments to offset net costs associated with realigning or changing ZIP Code boundaries.
S. 4505
Purpose: Designates unique ZIP Codes for specific underserved or growing communities across multiple states.
Key Provisions: Directs the USPS to establish unique ZIP Codes for specified communities across various states (including California, Colorado, Illinois, and others).
S. 5163
Purpose: Holds top USPS leadership financially accountable for mail delivery performance.
Key Provisions: Prohibits bonuses for the Postmaster General and Deputy Postmaster General if USPS fails to achieve at least 95% on-time delivery performance for each market-dominant product category.
Federal Contracting, Business Loans, and Bankruptcy
Purpose: To adjust corporate requirements, small business eligibility, bankruptcy limits, and contracting constraints.
H.R. 5235 / S. 79
Purpose: Relaxes rigid educational criteria for federal contractor personnel.
Key Provisions: Prohibits federal executive agencies from setting minimum educational hurdles in contract solicitations unless a formal written justification is provided, and requires OMB guidance and GAO compliance reports.
H.R. 6500
Purpose: Renews trade preferences and custom fees.
Key Provisions: Extends duty-free treatment under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) through December 31, 2028, and extends/adjusts merchandise processing and customs user fees through 2031.
S. 3977
Purpose: Modifies financial caps and debt limits under the "Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment Act of 2026".
Key Provisions: Adjusts debt eligibility thresholds for small business debtors and consumer bankruptcies (individuals and joint filers) to expand accessibility and reduce financial burdens.
S. 4411
Purpose: Clarifies small business loan eligibility under the "Investing in the American Dream Act".
Key Provisions: Establishes that small businesses owned by lawfully present eligible individuals (such as asylees, refugees, or those with deferred action) are eligible for SBA-guaranteed loans, without altering general ownership percentages.
S. 4410
Purpose: Regulates payment structures for mineral leasing.
Key Provisions: Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to mandate that bonus payments for coal leases be paid across 10 equal annual installments starting at the time of the bid.
Immigration, Border Security, and Law Enforcement
Purpose: To trial community support systems, adjust law enforcement cooperation grants, and regulate delivery market practices.
H.R. 3965 / S. 4079
Purpose: Establishes support-animal programs using shelter rescues via the "PEARL Act".
Key Provisions: Mandates that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) launch a 3-year pilot program within 60 days to adopt local shelter dogs and train them as emotional support/support canines for employees.
S. 4405
Purpose: Expands funding incentives for local law enforcement immigration cooperation under the "287(g) Expansion Act".
Key Provisions: Authorizes up to $20,000,000 annually (2027–2033) to increase Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants (JAGs) by up to 10% for jurisdictions maintaining active 287(g) immigration agreements.
S. 4401
Purpose: Regulates transparency and fee structures for third-party food/retail delivery apps.
Key Provisions: Makes it unlawful for third-party delivery platforms to use dynamic or changing delivery fee methodologies after an order has started, requires delivery fees to be calculated solely from item prices, and gives enforcement power to the FTC and state Attorneys General.
Energy, Environment, and Labor Standards
Purpose: To advance geothermal power frameworks, manage wildlife refuge land rules, protect missing personnel records, and support workforce standards.
S. 1732 (Note: Summarized as S. 3226) / S. 3226
Purpose: Preserves historical accountability under the "Bring Our Heroes Home Act".
Key Provisions: Establishes the Missing Armed Forces and Civilian Personnel Records Collection at the National Archives, requiring government offices to search, certify, and transfer all related records for public transparency.
S. 3296
Purpose: Broadens health provider recognitions for injured federal workers.
Key Provisions: Amends chapter 81 of title 5 to authorize physician assistants and nurse practitioners as eligible providers under the Federal Employees' Compensation program, requiring final rules within six months.
S. 4406
Purpose: Advances clean energy research under the "Next-Generation Geothermal Research and Development Act".
Key Provisions: Updates geothermal definitions, integrates machine learning tools into hydrothermal programs, establishes a next-gen geothermal R&D program for supercritical conditions, and funds milestone-based deep drilling grants.
S. 4409
Purpose: Streamlines registered apprenticeship program standards.
Key Provisions: Requires sponsors to submit complete apprenticeship standards within 90 days, demands online response-time transparency from the Secretary, limits state council approval interference, and allocates state grants based on apprentice populations.
S. 4412
Purpose: Blocks federal expansion efforts under the "No FED in West Texas Act".
Key Provisions: Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing the February 2023 Land Protection Plan (or similar plans) for the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge.
Civil Rights, Education, and Personnel Classifications
Purpose: To protect disability rights, support direct care workers, and establish baseline educational guarantees.
H.J.Res. 208
Purpose: Proposes a constitutional amendment regarding public education.
Key Provisions: Jointly obligates the U.S. and individual states to ensure a high-quality education for all persons within the United States, granting Congress enforcement powers.
H.Res. 1469
Purpose: Condemns the Department of Justice's legal interpretation regarding institutional isolation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Key Provisions: Condemns the DOJ's interpretation of the Olmstead decision, calls for its immediate rescission, urges bipartisan reversal of historical Medicaid cuts, increases home- and community-based service funding, and honors disability rights advocates.
S. 3211
Purpose: Recognizes direct support professionals (DSPs) under the "Recognizing the Role of Direct Support Professionals Act".
Key Provisions: Directs the OMB to evaluate creating a separate Standard Occupational Classification code for DSPs as a healthcare support occupation to help combat high industry turnover rates.
Legislative and Executive Nominations
Purpose: To fast-track executive branch confirmations.
S.Res. 817
Purpose: Streamlines executive branch confirmations in the Senate.
Key Provisions: Authorizes the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of 81 pending presidential nominations (including ambassadors and agency officials) to expedite the confirmation process.