Foreign Policy, Defense, and International Relations
H. CON. RES. 89
Purpose: To limit United States military involvement and hostilities with Iran.
Key Provisions: Directs the President to remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran unless explicitly authorized by a declaration of war or specific military force authorization; permits defensive actions, regional troop maintenance, and appropriate intelligence sharing.
S. 4549 (Water Assurance and Treaty Enforcement for Rio Grande Farmers Act)
Purpose: To ensure reliable water deliveries from Mexico under the 1944 Water Treaty and compensate U.S. agricultural producers for shortfalls.
Key Provisions: Requires annual determinations of Mexican water delivery compliance; imposes trade duties on Mexican goods (prioritizing agricultural products) if shortfalls occur for two consecutive years; establishes the South Texas Agricultural Compensation Trust Fund to pay affected producers.
Federal Property, Operations, and Land Management
H.R. 1276
Purpose: To remove restrictions from a specific federal land parcel in Paducah, Kentucky.
Key Provisions: Directs the Secretary of the Interior to execute instruments removing all deed restrictions, easements, and covenants from approximately 3.62 acres located at 2956 Park Avenue.
S. 2542 (Federal Building Threat Notification Act)
Purpose: To improve emergency protocols and communications for buildings protected by the Federal Protective Service.
Key Provisions: Directs the Federal Protective Service to establish guidance on emergency communication regarding law enforcement threats, designate facility security officials, conduct testing, and report to Congress.
S. 4606
Purpose: To permit certain population census tracts containing former military installations to be designated as qualified opportunity zones.
Key Provisions: Expands opportunity zone definitions to include areas with former Department of Defense facilities closed by base realignment and closure rounds, exempting them from standard state zone caps to stimulate reindustrialization.
Government Transparency, Spending, and Accountability
H.R. 2069
Purpose: To increase transparency and accountability in federal spending.
Key Provisions: Requires other transaction agreements (OTAs) to be reported with strict data standards on USAspending.gov; mandates annual reports on unreported funding and regular inspector general compliance audits.
Commemorative Works, Resolutions, and Tributes
H.R. 2196
Purpose: To extend the legislative authority of the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation (NEMSF).
Key Provisions: Extends the deadline from November 3, 2028, to November 3, 2032, for establishing a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs.
S. Res. 815
Purpose: To commend the Chicago Cubs baseball team on their 150th anniversary.
Key Provisions: Formally recognizes the team's history since 1876, legendary players, World Series championships, and contributions to Chicago sports culture.
S. Res. 820
Purpose: To designate August 7, 2026, as "National Lighthouse Day".
Key Provisions: Pays tribute to historic lighthouses and keepers, encourages public visits and preservation efforts, and honors maritime heritage.
S. 4538
Purpose: To direct a study on designating Washington's Trail—1753 as a national historic trail.
Key Provisions: Amends the National Trails System Act to define the roughly 500-mile route from Williamsburg, Virginia, to Waterford, Pennsylvania, for feasibility study as a national historic trail.
Financial Markets, Regulation, and Digital Assets
H.R. 3633
Purpose: To establish a comprehensive regulatory framework for digital assets and digital commodities under the SEC and CFTC.
Key Provisions: Provides statutory definitions for digital assets and commodities; establishes registration requirements for exchanges, brokers, dealers, and issuers; mandates studies on decentralized finance, non-fungible tokens, and financial literacy.
Taxation, Economy, and Trade
H.R. 5334
Purpose: To expand the educator expense deduction to include early childhood educators.
Key Provisions: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include early childhood, elementary, and secondary school teachers under qualifying education expenses starting January 1, 2025.
H.R. 5366
Purpose: To provide tax relief for individuals affected by major disasters and wildfires.
Key Provisions: Codifies special rules for qualified disaster-related personal casualty losses; excludes qualified wildfire relief payments received between 2025 and 2031 from gross income.
H.R. 6500
Purpose: To extend specific trade benefits and customs user fees.
Key Provisions: Retroactively extends duty-free treatment under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) through December 31, 2028; extends customs user fees and updates merchandise processing fee rates.
S. 1525 (Common Cents Act)
Purpose: To eliminate the production of one-cent coins and streamline cash transactions.
Key Provisions: Directs the Treasury to stop minting one-cent coins within one year; requires cash transactions to be rounded to the nearest five cents; preserves existing one-cent coins as legal tender.
Law Enforcement, Public Safety, and Veterans' Benefits
S. 3897
Purpose: To improve administrative procedures, transparency, and benefits for public safety officers.
Key Provisions: Expands definitions and deadlines for public safety officers' death, disability, and educational assistance claims; provides interim benefits; mandates annual audits of backlogged claims.
S. 4531 (Student Aid Fraud Oversight and Accountability Act of 2026)
Purpose: To prioritize oversight of higher education institutions disbursing federal financial aid without identity verification.
Key Provisions: Requires the Department of Education to prioritize program reviews for institutions dispensing Title IV aid to students flagged for reasonable suspicion of identity fraud.
S. 4553
Purpose: To prohibit civilians from purchasing, owning, or possessing enhanced body armor.
Key Provisions: Bans civilian ownership of body armor meeting or exceeding RF1 ballistic resistance standards; provides exemptions for government agencies and authorized law enforcement; sets penalties up to five years imprisonment and fines.
S. 4554
Purpose: To improve workers' compensation access for civilian federal employees exposed to toxic burn pits.
Key Provisions: Establishes a legal presumption that specific diseases associated with burn pit and toxin exposure during contingency operations are work-related.
S. 4562
Purpose: To address animal cruelty and its link to future human violence.
Key Provisions: Directs the Attorney General to conduct a study on animal cruelty as a predictor of future violence; establishes the "Stop Future Violence Grant Program" to fund intervention and rehabilitation programs.
Healthcare, Public Health, and Consumer Protection
S. 4189
Purpose: To reduce the price of insulin and expand patient cost protections.
Key Provisions: Requires group health plans and insurers to cover selected insulin products without deductibles or cost-sharing starting in 2027; reforms PBM rebate practices; accelerates generic and biosimilar drug development.
S. 4540
Purpose: To improve reproductive healthcare access and training for individuals with disabilities.
Key Provisions: Authorizes grants to create professional training programs focused on providing comprehensive, equitable, and accessible sexual and reproductive healthcare for individuals with disabilities.
S. 4550
Purpose: Data collection and program funding to protect maternal health during public health emergencies.
Key Provisions: Appropriates funding for CDC maternal health surveillance programs (such as PRAMS); mandates public data disclosure; establishes a task force on safe maternity care during emergencies.
S. 4552 (Moms Matter Act)
Purpose: To address maternal mental health conditions and substance use disorders.
Key Provisions: Establishes a $25,000,000 annual grant program (fiscal years 2027 through 2031) prioritized for community-based organizations serving high-risk populations.
S. 4555 (Gaming Advertisement to Minors Enforcement Act of 2026 / GAME Act of 2026)
Purpose: To protect minors from targeted online sports gambling advertisements.
Key Provisions: Prohibits digital advertising platforms with over 100 million monthly users from displaying targeted sports gambling ads to minors; enforces penalties up to $100,000 per violation through the FTC.
S. 4557 (Outage Refund Protection Act)
Purpose: To protect consumers by mandating automatic refunds during communication service outages.
Key Provisions: Requires telephone, cable, satellite, and internet providers to automatically credit customer accounts for outages lasting 4 hours or longer (calculated as 1/30th of the monthly rate per day).
Immigration, Citizenship, and Civil Rights
S. 4542
Purpose: To bar individuals who oppose the U.S. Constitution or support Sharia law from acquiring legal immigration status.
Key Provisions: Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to block good moral character, asylum eligibility, and lawful permanent residency for aliens who use violence or coercion against constitutional rights or advocate for Sharia law.
S. 4547 (America First Citizenship and Allegiance Act)
Purpose: To strengthen naturalization requirements and civic standards.
Key Provisions: Implements more rigorous civics and English tests for naturalization applicants; establishes stricter penalties for immigration fraud; blocks citizenship for individuals posing security threats.
Environment, Energy, and Infrastructure
S. 4548 (Growing and Restoring Operational Upland Species Ecosystems Act of 2026)
Purpose: To promote upland species habitat restoration on private forest lands.
Key Provisions: Establishes a USDA cost-share program covering up to 75% of restoration costs for eligible commercially logged forest lands (up to 250 acres per landowner) guided by wildlife biologists.
S. 4559
Purpose: To address grid reliability and large load electricity demands from data centers and industrial facilities.
Key Provisions: Establishes a formal interconnection queue for large loads exceeding 50 megawatts; requires such customers to pay 100% of study and network upgrade costs and meet strict reliability standards.
Judiciary, Courts, and Legal Procedures
S. 2677
Purpose: To expand information sharing to combat international intellectual property rights violations.
Key Provisions: Lowers the reporting threshold to "reasonable suspicion"; permits U.S. Customs and Border Protection to share suspect merchandise information with online marketplaces, freight forwarders, and interested private parties.
S. 4583
Purpose: To establish a Medicare payment option allowing patients and providers to contract freely without penalty.
Key Provisions: Guarantees Medicare beneficiaries freedom of choice to privately contract and negotiate payment terms with eligible professionals; preempts state laws that limit charging caps.
S. 4850 (Diversity Jurisdiction Inflation Adjustment Act)
Purpose: To adjust monetary thresholds for federal diversity jurisdiction.
Key Provisions: Increases the minimum amount in controversy requirement in federal diversity cases from $75,000 to $150,000, and establishes periodic cost-of-living adjustments based on the Consumer Price Index.
S. 5271
Purpose: To require photo identification for individuals voting in federal elections.
Key Provisions: Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to mandate government-issued photo ID for in-person voting; provides provisional ballot options and exemptions for absent uniformed services voters.
Intelligence, Maritime Security, and Defense Media
S. 4564 (Maritime Cybersecurity Act)
Purpose: To improve cybersecurity risk assessments within maritime transportation infrastructure.
Key Provisions: Requires annual cybersecurity risk assessments for hardware and software used in covered maritime facilities; mandates compliance with NIST standards; requires reports to Congress.
S. 4563
Purpose: To increase transparency regarding national security-related import investigations.
Key Provisions: Amends the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to require the Secretary to publish non-classified portions of Section 232 import investigation reports in the Federal Register within 270 days.
S. 4614
Purpose: To protect the editorial independence of the Stars and Stripes news organization.
Key Provisions: Requires the Secretary of Defense to maintain high journalistic standards for Stars and Stripes; prohibits censorship, propaganda, and the calculated withholding of unfavorable news; mandates that publishers be civilian employees with professional media backgrounds.
S. 4615 (Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027)
Purpose: To authorize appropriations and set policy for U.S. intelligence activities.
Key Provisions: Authorizes funding for intelligence management accounts and retirement systems; institutes countermeasures for AI security, cyber operations, and counterintelligence.
Sports, Education, and Social Services
S. 4556
Purpose: To modify case plan requirements and empower youth in foster care.
Key Provisions: Requires caseworkers to review health and education records with foster children; mandates that children 14 and older receive written documentation of their rights and crucial personal documents (such as Social Security cards and IDs).
S. 4668 (Protect College Sports Act of 2026)
Purpose: To protect name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights and ensure fair competition in intercollegiate athletics.
Key Provisions: Establishes guidelines for student-athlete compensation and antitrust consistency, prohibits anti-competitive agreements, and creates a Student Athlete Ombudsman office to manage grievances.