This Week in Congress
Bills with legislative action since September 16, 2026, grouped by policy area. Updated daily.
Finance and Financial Sector
Native Americans
Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 675.
A bill to provide for the equitable settlement of certain Indian land disputes regarding land in Illinois, and for other purposes.
Presented to President.
Quinault Indian Nation Land Transfer Act
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 673.
Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 674.
Pit River Land Transfer Act of 2025
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 676.
Other Legislation
A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to establish the National Fraud Enforcement Division of the Department of Justice.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to provide for tailoring and indexing enhanced regulations.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
A bill to prohibit air carriers from imposing fees that are not reasonable and proportional to the costs incurred by the air carriers, and for other purposes.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to provide refunds for cancelled or significantly delayed or changed flights, and for other purposes.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the time period for the contribution of military death benefits to Roth IRAs and Coverdell education savings accounts.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
A bill to amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to exclude the audits of privately held, non-carrying brokers and dealers that are in good standing from certain requirements under title I of that Act, and for other purposes.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
A bill to adjust the rail safety inspections General Schedule classification, and for other purposes.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
A resolution celebrating the 65th anniversary of the establishment of the Peace Corps, and commending its volunteers and contributions to global peace, friendship, and development.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S4862)
A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Purple Heart Recognition Day.
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4882; text: CR S4862)
Alaska’s Right to Produce Act 2.0
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 678.
Marking the eighth anniversary of the unjust imprisonment of Dr. Gulshan Abbas by the Government of the People's Republic of China, condemning the use of transnational repression to retaliate against the exercise of free speech in the United States, and calling for her immediate and unconditional release.
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
To amend the National Housing Act to establish a mortgage insurance program for first responders, 911 call center operators and dispatchers, child care workers, and correctional officers or prison guards, and for other purposes.
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
To protect the independence of the Smithsonian Institution, and for other purposes.
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Tropospheric Ozone Research Act of 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create a Business Child Care Liaison within the Internal Revenue Service.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide refunds for cancelled or significantly delayed or changed flights, and for other purposes.
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Diversify Act
Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, to establish a Critical Infrastructure AI Cyber Defense Pilot Program, and for other purposes.
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
To provide restoration, economic development, recreation, and conservation in the State of Montana.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
To provide for research and improvement of cardiovascular health among the South Asian population of the United States, and for other purposes.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
To approve certain requests for a major disaster declaration, and for other purposes.
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish an above-the-line deduction for commuting expenses.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
To prohibit air carriers from imposing fees that are not reasonable and proportional to the costs incurred by the air carriers, and for other purposes.
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
To establish a settlement program for disputes relating to syndicated conservation easements and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify Congressional intent with respect to such easements.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Encouraging the recognition of a "National LGBTQ+ Servicemembers and Veterans Day".
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Celebrating the 65th anniversary of the establishment of the Peace Corps, and commending its volunteers and contributions to global peace, friendship, and development.
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
To amend the Natural Gas Act with respect to the judicial review of an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
To suspend the Presidential Proclamation relating to expanding foreign beef imports and establish a Beef Import and Domestic Supply Advisory Board to increase the domestic supply of beef and lower costs for consumers over the long term, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide American tariff rebates, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
To strengthen services provided in rural areas, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Agriculture, Education and Workforce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish enhanced penalties for certain frauds, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
To provide payments to United States taxpayers and dependents to compensate for the costs of the Iran war, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
To require a report on expanding the scope of jurisdiction under the terrorism exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act in cases where a terrorist attack resulted in injury but no death.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
To reauthorize the Tropical Forest and Coral Reef Conservation Act of 1998.
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
To require explicit Congressional approval for troops or armed persons at polling places for the only exception in the United States Code, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
To amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to exclude the audits of privately held, non-carrying brokers and dealers that are in good standing from certain requirements under title I of that Act, and for other purposes.
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
To amend the Communist Control Act of 1954 to provide that the Democratic Socialists of America shall be treated like the Communist Party of the United States of America, and for other purposes.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
To direct the National Institutes of Health to conduct a study on the effects of 750-kilovolt or greater transmission lines, and for other purposes.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
To confer in the Secretary of Agriculture the authority to use civil investigative demands for enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, and for other purposes.
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
To provide for the continuation of FEMA operations during a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
To authorize the Federal Wildland Firefighter Health and Wellbeing Program, a comprehensive initiative to improve the health of Federal wildland firefighters, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
To direct the Director of National Intelligence to submit to Congress a report on the use of artificial intelligence systems to acquire, analyze, query, disseminate, or otherwise access information under section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
To establish a Federal grant program to reimburse certain States for the costs incurred and damage caused by widespread deployment of Federal immigration officials, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Reversionary Interest Conveyance Act
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4882-4883)
A bill to redesignate the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming, as the "Barbara L. Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive Center".
Presented to President.
A bill to designate the General George C. Marshall House, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, as an affiliated area of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
Presented to President.
Vicksburg National Military Park Boundary Modification Act
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4882)
Canterbury Shaker Village National Heritage Area Study Authorization Act
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 643.
Education
A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Education from garnishing social security payments from individuals in default on their Federal student loans.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require that recipients of Pell Grants be citizens or nationals of the United States.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
To establish a human-centered Federal framework for artificial intelligence in education and the workforce, promote the ethical and responsible teaching and learning of artificial intelligence, provide for equitable access to artificial intelligence-ready workforce development, safeguard student and worker data privacy, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
To amend the Financial Literacy and Education Improvement Act to include secondary schools in best practices for teaching financial literacy, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Transportation and Public Works
Energy
A bill to reduce energy supply shortages and consumer fuel costs by lowering production cost barriers for domestic upstream oil and natural gas producers, providing temporary royalty and tax relief during periods of supply stress, streamlining permitting for additional production, encouraging State severance tax relief, and for other purposes.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a tax credit for installation of regionally significant electric power transmission lines.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Ratepayer Protection Act
Received in the Senate.
License to Drill Act
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 659.
To amend title VI of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal renewable electricity standard for retail electricity suppliers, and for other purposes.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Health
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve maternal health and promote safe motherhood.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise the regulations implementing the 5-star rating system under Medicare Advantage.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
To prohibit the obligation or expenditure of Department of Health and Human Services funds for the use of live dogs and live cats in biomedical research, to strengthen accountability for Federal research expenditures, and for other purposes.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Recognizing the importance of protecting continuous Medicaid coverage for individuals undergoing active cancer treatment.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Expressing support for the designation of September 22, 2026, as "National Hispanic Nurses Day" and recognizing the National Association of Hispanic Nurses as the leading organization representing and advocating for Hispanic nurses.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Families
Government Operations and Politics
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a surtax on income which is attributable to substantial favorable Federal government action and received by companies owned or controlled by covered public officials or their family members.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 501 West Memorial Drive in Muncie, Indiana, as the "Officer Blake A. Reynolds Post Office Building".
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Recognizing the 25th pastoral anniversary of Bishop C.T. Wells and the ministry of Emmanuel Church.
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
National Fossil Act of 2026
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 117 West Lovett Street in Charlotte, Michigan, as the "Francis C. Flaherty Post Office Building".
Received in the Senate.
PROOF Act
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Arts, Culture, Religion
Economics and Public Finance
Crime and Law Enforcement
Sports and Recreation
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Animals
Housing and Community Development
To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a pilot program to provide grants to eligible entities to fund pre-development activities associated with new construction or rehabilitation of housing that qualifies as affordable housing on land owned by such faith-based organizations, and for other purposes.
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
To amend title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to require project sponsors to offer substance use disorder treatment to persons admitted to emergency shelter, transitional housing, or permanent housing, and for other purposes.
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
International Affairs
Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026
Became Public Law No: 119-111.
A resolution honoring 35 years of independence for the countries of Central Asia and recognizing the importance of the United States growing relationship with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4790)
Social Welfare
Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
To provide temporary reauthorization of demonstration authority and to direct the Commissioner of Social Security to carry out a demonstration project related to individuals who receive disability insurance benefits under title II of the Social Security Act.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Water Resources Development
Environmental Protection
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".
Received in the Senate.
To restore and strengthen the obligation of the Environmental Protection Agency to protect human health and the environment, to halt unlawful deregulatory actions, to require enforcement of the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Immigration
Armed Forces and National Security
Covered AI Prohibition Act
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Dashboard for MILCON Projects Act
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Medal of Honor Access and Liaison Act
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Bone Marrow Radiation Shielding Act
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Quantum Benchmark Act
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Minuteman III Health and Safety Act
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
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