Technology, AI, & Cybersecurity
H.R. 10152 ("Open-Source AI Leadership Act")
Purpose: To promote the adoption and use of American open artificial intelligence models in commerce while addressing risks associated with foreign adversary models.
Key Provisions: Requires the Secretary of Commerce to establish a single point of contact, review relevant programs, identify barriers to adoption, foster private-sector and international agreements, and publish reports monitoring foreign adversary models.
H.R. 10163 ("American Quantum Competitiveness Act")
Purpose: To boost U.S. commercial leadership in quantum technology and secure trusted quantum supply chains.
Key Provisions: Directs the Secretary of Commerce to define key quantum terms, promote commercial leadership, encourage private sector investment, establish a national strategy report through public consultation, and manage supply chain risks.
H.R. 10238 ("Cybersecurity for Small Businesses Act of 2026")
Purpose: To equip small businesses with resources and information to strengthen cybersecurity and follow best practices.
Key Provisions: Directs the SBA Administrator to develop cybersecurity infrastructure resources, provide compliance info for federal contractors via a website, consult annually with the Chief Counsel for Advocacy, and mandate an annual report to Congress.
H.R. 7625 ("Marine Transportation System Cybersecurity Budget and Evaluation Report Act of 2026")
Purpose: To evaluate and improve the cybersecurity budget, resources, and capabilities of the Coast Guard as a Sector Risk Management Agency.
Key Provisions: Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a 270-day review of Coast Guard funding, personnel, training, and enforcement capabilities against statutory needs and industry best practices.
H.R. 8278 ("Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act")
Purpose: To modernize technological capabilities and procurement practices within financial supervisory agencies.
Key Provisions: Mandates that covered financial agencies assess their existing tech, evaluate procurement protocols, identify hurdles to real-time supervision, and submit a comprehensive report to Congress within 18 months.
Energy, Environment, & Natural Resources
H.R. 184
Purpose: To simplify environmental assessments and impact statements for collaborative forest management activities.
Key Provisions: Requires the Secretary to study, develop, and describe only two alternatives during forest management reviews: the proposed activity itself and a "no action" alternative, while evaluating ecosystem health and wildfire risks.
H.R. 2709
Purpose: To improve the health, resilience, and conservation of giant sequoias against climate threats, wildfires, and insects.
Key Provisions: Mandates a shared stewardship agreement between the Secretary of Agriculture and the Governor of California, establishes a Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition, requires health assessments, and creates emergency response strike teams.
H.R. 6633
Purpose: To promote efficient electricity transmission by establishing a standard for best-available transmission conductors.
Key Provisions: Directs FERC to set standards providing maximum capacity, electrical efficiency, and thermal sag mitigation, and establishes cost-recovery presumptions favoring these advanced conductors.
H.R. 9332 ("Load Forecasting Enhancement Act")
Purpose: To improve the accuracy, reliability, and transparency of electric load forecasting.
Key Provisions: Requires FERC to establish regional joint boards with state commissions to study forecasting best practices, report findings to Congress, and incorporate recommendations into federal policies.
Financial Services, Digital Assets, & Regulation
H.R. 10184
Purpose: To reform the governance, transparency, and accountability of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (BCFP).
Key Provisions: Brings the Bureau into the regular appropriations process, adjusts civil penalty fund rules, mandates detailed cost-benefit analyses for proposed rules, and increases accountability toward small businesses.
H.R. 10357 ("Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act")
Purpose: To simplify and clarify the tax treatment of digital assets to align them with traditional financial assets.
Key Provisions: Exempts small de minimis digital asset fees from taxation, establishes simplified accounting for widely traded digital assets, creates trading safe harbors, and applies existing anti-abuse wash/constructive sale rules.
H.R. 3633 ("Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025")
Purpose: To create a comprehensive regulatory framework for digital commodities under the SEC and CFTC.
Key Provisions: Regulates digital commodity exchanges, brokers, and dealers; establishes provisional registrations; sets out mature blockchain system requirements; and promotes consumer protection and market stability.
H.R. 7866 ("American Lending Fairness Act of 2026")
Purpose: To clarify and restore state-level authority regarding interest rate exportation parity for state-chartered banks.
Key Provisions: Allows states to opt out of federal preemption strictly for loans made by their own state-chartered institutions and credit unions, and repeals conflicting historical provisions.
Consumer Protection, Scams, & Fraud Prevention
H.R. 2978 ("Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception Act / GUARD Act")
Purpose: To empower law enforcement to combat financial fraud and scams targeting seniors and vulnerable populations.
Key Provisions: Permits state, local, and Tribal agencies to use federal grant funds to investigate elder fraud and "pig butchering" scams, and mandates reports from the Treasury on general financial fraud and scams.
H.R. 4936 ("Taskforce for Recognizing and Averting Payment Scams Act")
Purpose: To establish a cross-sector task force to combat growing payment scams.
Key Provisions: Creates a Treasury-led task force consisting of interagency and industry representatives to examine scam trends, formulate prevention guidelines, issue public reports, and operate for a 3-year term.
H.R. 5967 ("Strategic Task Force on Scam Prevention Act")
Purpose: To direct the FTC and DOJ to convene an interagency task force to develop a national anti-scam strategy.
Key Provisions: Coordinates responses using consumer sentinel networks, public awareness campaigns, industry collaborations, and international enforcement partnerships over a 10-year period.
H.R. 6152 ("Foreign Robocall Elimination Act")
Purpose: To combat unlawful cross-border robocalls originating from outside the United States.
Key Provisions: Establishes an interagency and private-sector taskforce to review caller ID authentication technologies, evaluate foreign cooperation incentives, recommend best practices, and report findings to Congress.
Public Health & Healthcare Access
H.R. 1538
Purpose: To designate the week of September 14–18, 2026, as "Malnutrition Awareness Week" and address public health impacts.
Key Provisions: Encourages support for federal nutrition programs, urges healthcare partnerships, improves access to medical nutrition therapy under Medicare, and facilitates implementation of the Malnutrition Care Score.
H.R. 2004 ("Tyler's Law")
Purpose: To promote the safe and routine implementation of fentanyl testing in hospital emergency departments for overdose patients.
Key Provisions: Directs HHS to conduct a 1-year study on fentanyl testing practices and costs, and subsequently issue clinical guidance to hospitals on routine overdose testing and patient care outcomes.
H.R. 5439 ("Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act")
Purpose: To test a Medicare delivery model providing medically tailored meals to improve clinical outcomes and reduce readmissions.
Key Provisions: Establishes a 6-year pilot program in at least 40 selected hospitals, mandates nutritional therapy screening tools, provides services without cost-sharing barriers, and requires intermediate/final evaluations.
H.R. 10356
Purpose: To improve support infrastructure for pregnant women and mothers by creating a centralized resource directory website ("moms.gov").
Key Provisions: Establishes the moms.gov clearinghouse website detailing local ZIP-code resources, launches state grant programs, bars funding or inclusion for "prohibited entities" (such as abortion service providers), and sets reporting requirements.
National Security, Foreign Policy, & Defense
H. Con. Res. 93
Purpose: To direct the President to remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities against Iran under the War Powers Resolution.
Key Provisions: Invokes section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution requiring military withdrawal unless Congress explicitly declares war/authorizes force, or if action is necessary to defend against an imminent attack.
H. Res. 1486
Purpose: A draft resolution to impeach President Donald Trump for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Key Provisions: Accuses the President of violating his constitutional oath, abusing executive powers (including using ICE/CBP as paramilitary forces), covering up unjustified killings, suppressing free speech, and steering the nation toward an authoritarian regime.
H.R. 10158 ("Automotive National and Economic Security Act of 2026")
Purpose: To examine national and economic security risks posed by foreign adversaries to the U.S. automotive industry.
Key Provisions: Requires the Secretary of Commerce to study manufacturer engagement in foreign adversary commercial arrangements, software/hardware vulnerabilities, critical technology transfers, and report findings within one year.
H.R. 6207
Purpose: To protect national security by blocking the acquisition of specific semiconductor manufacturing equipment from foreign entities of concern.
Key Provisions: Defines ineligible fully-assembled semiconductor equipment manufactured by foreign entities of concern, prohibits their purchase, and outlines narrow national security waiver criteria.
Infrastructure, Public Lands, & Transportation
H.R. 10136
Purpose: To transfer ownership of the Crossett Experimental Forest from the federal government to the State of Arkansas.
Key Provisions: Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to execute a quitclaim deed conveyance without consideration, mandating that Arkansas designate it as "Crossett State Forest" for ongoing research and education, with federal reversion rights if mismanaged.
H.R. 1682
Purpose: To grant lifetime National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Passes to families of fallen service members.
Key Provisions: Amends the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to award lifetime access passes to individuals entitled to a military death gratuity or dependency and indemnity compensation.
H.R. 9104 ("Rock Creek National Park Act of 2026")
Purpose: To officially redesignate Rock Creek Park in the District of Columbia as Rock Creek National Park.
Key Provisions: Upgrades the park's official title to reflect its national historical, cultural, and recreational significance, amending Title 40 code references accordingly.
Government Operations, Procedures, & Congressional Rules
H. Res. 1530
Purpose: A House Rules resolution setting guidelines for the floor consideration of multiple upcoming bills and joint resolutions.
Key Provisions: Provides rules for debating specific measures including the National Fraud Enforcement Division bill, EPA nonroad engine rule disapprovals, and early childhood educator tax deductions, while waiving regular points of order.
H.R. 10305
Purpose: To strengthen oversight of federal public buildings, handle building swing spaces, and reform the Public Buildings Reform Board.
Key Provisions: Requires the Comptroller General to receive independent leasing reports, allows GSA to retain properties as swing spaces during sales, and extends the Public Buildings Reform Board sale deadlines to December 31, 2028.
H.R. 6470 ("Increasing Baseline Updates Act")
Purpose: To enhance the transparency, frequency, and accuracy of federal budget updates.
Key Provisions: Requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to deliver at least two baseline budget updates annually (including underlying economic data), and mandates that the President submit technical budget data by February 1 each year.
Tribal Affairs & Indigenous Resources
H.R. 10306 ("Technical Correction to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of Duck Valley Reservation Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025")
Purpose: To execute a technical correction concerning the water rights settlement for the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes.
Key Provisions: Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize an appropriation of $5,124,902.12 for adjusted interest payments into the tribe's development fund.
H.R. 7954
Purpose: To assist Tribal governments in managing buffalo populations, restoring habitats, and strengthening government-to-government relations.
Key Provisions: Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to offer technical and financial assistance for buffalo restoration, allows surplus federal buffalo to be transferred to tribal lands, protects culturally sensitive tribal information from disclosure, and includes a 7-year sunset clause.
H.R. 8483
Purpose: To place specific lands in California into trust for the benefit of the Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians.
Key Provisions: Transfers administrative jurisdiction of designated parcels to the Secretary of the Interior to be managed as part of the Barona Reservation, preserves public access easements, explicitly bans class II/III gaming on the land, and maintains existing water rights.