This bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the Scipio A. Jones House in Little Rock, Arkansas, to evaluate its historical significance and potential for federal protection or designation. The study will assess whether the house should become a National Historic Landmark, an Affiliated Area of the National Park System, or be included as part of the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site, while also exploring alternative preservation options through state, local, tribal, or private organizations. The Secretary must consult with relevant government agencies, tribes, and community organizations and provide cost estimates for any proposed alternatives, but the study explicitly excludes considering federal land acquisition options. The Secretary has three years from when funding becomes available to complete the study and submit findings and recommendations to Congress. This assessment will help determine the best path forward for preserving the historical significance of this Arkansas landmark.

This resolution provides a procedural mechanism for the House to take up H.R. 6644 from the Speaker's table, agree to the Senate's amendment, but replace its text with an amended version—effectively substituting the House's own comprehensive housing package for the Senate's version. The underlying bill, titled the "21st Century ROAD to Housing Act," is a sweeping housing policy package touching nearly every aspect of federal housing policy. Its major provisions include streamlining environmental reviews for HUD and USDA housing projects, expanding manufactured and modular housing standards, reforming the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, raising FHA loan limits, creating pilot programs for small-dollar mortgages and vacant building conversions, updating rural housing loan programs, and imposing new oversight and reporting requirements on housing regulators and public housing agencies. It also includes provisions strengthening community banks' role in housing finance, a temporary ban on large institutional investors purchasing single-family homes (with numerous exceptions), and a prohibition on the Federal Reserve issuing a central bank digital currency through 2030. The bill affects home buyers, renters, veterans, rural residents, manufactured housing owners, community banks, credit unions, public housing agencies, and federal housing regulators including HUD, USDA, and the Federal Reserve. Most provisions include specific implementation deadlines ranging from 90 days to several years after enactment, various pilot programs sunset between 3 and 15 years, and the bill explicitly states that no additional funds are authorized to be appropri

The IGNITE HBCU Excellence Act establishes a competitive grant program to help Historically Black Colleges and Universities improve their campus facilities, with grants awarded based on need and distributed geographically across the country. Priority is given to institutions with aging infrastructure, health and safety risks, limited financial resources, high numbers of low-income students, and those experiencing declining state funding support. The bill also automatically forgives outstanding loan balances from certain pre-2021 HBCU Capital Financing Program loans whenever participating institutions receive grant disbursements under the new program. Federal funding for the grant program is authorized for fiscal years 2027 through 2032, with Congress able to appropriate whatever amount it determines necessary to carry out the Act. Overall, the legislation aims to address longstanding facility and infrastructure challenges at HBCUs that lack the financial capacity to make necessary improvements on their own.

This bill requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to create and share guidance with federal, state, and local government agencies as well as private sector organizations on how to properly protect the personal information of government workers and contractors. The guidance will focus on best practices for handling sensitive personal data and steps these employees can take to keep themselves safe. The Secretary must first issue this guidance within one year of the bill becoming law, and then update it every four years after that. The bill applies broadly to officers, officials, employees, and contractors across all levels of government and relevant private sector entities that handle government employee information.

This bill establishes a Federal Clearinghouse on Grant Opportunities for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to serve as the primary government resource identifying and providing information about federal grant opportunities available to HBCUs for research and development and building research capacity. The clearinghouse will be created within the Department of Education in coordination with multiple federal agencies including the Departments of Commerce, Energy, Defense, and Agriculture, plus the National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency, and NASA. HBCUs currently receive less than one percent of the roughly 60 billion dollars in annual federal research and development funding at colleges and universities despite producing nearly 18 percent of Black STEM bachelor's degree recipients, and the bill aims to address this disparity by consolidating grant information and best practices in one accessible location. The Secretary of Education must notify all HBCUs and Congress when the clearinghouse is published and provide annual reports to Congress, with HBCUs having the option to receive quarterly updates on available opportunities. Each participating federal agency must annually review its grant programs to identify ways to implement the clearinghouse's recommendations and report to Congress on gaps where federal grant programs do not exist to support the best practices promoted by the clearinghouse.

The Ticket to Work Advertisement Act requires the Social Security Administration to inform disabled beneficiaries about the Ticket to Work program, which helps people with disabilities transition back to work. Under the bill, the Commissioner of Social Security must distribute this information to eligible disabled beneficiaries starting within one year of the law's enactment, and then every six months after that. The legislation aims to increase awareness of and participation in the work incentive program by ensuring disabled Social Security beneficiaries regularly receive details about how the program works. The bill does not specify new funding for the advertising effort, though the Social Security Administration would absorb these communication costs within existing resources. This straightforward measure targets millions of disabled Americans who receive Social Security benefits and may not be aware of the Ticket to Work program's availability.

H.R. 7180, the Countering Captagon and Narcotics Post-Assad Act, modifies an existing federal strategy to address drug production and trafficking in the Middle East in the aftermath of Syria's political change. The bill expands the scope of an earlier law to focus on the production and trafficking of Captagon, methamphetamine, and other amphetamine-type stimulants throughout the region—particularly in Iraq—rather than just drugs linked to Syria's former Assad regime. The legislation requires the Department of Defense and other relevant agencies to develop an unclassified strategy assessing which countries are major sources or transit points for these drugs, evaluating local counter-narcotics capabilities, reviewing current U.S. assistance programs, and recommending ways to disrupt trafficking networks connected to former Syrian officials, Hezbollah, and Iran-backed groups. Though the bill does not specify new funding amounts or implementation timelines in the provided text, it directs the federal government to take coordinated military and law enforcement action to address what lawmakers characterize as a growing threat to regional stability and U.S. interests.

Main Street Capital Access Act or the Main Street ActThis bill lessens and otherwise modifies banking regulations, including those regarding institution formation, supervision by federal financial regulators, and bank merger requirements. Under the bill, new banks have a three-year phase-in period to meet certain capital requirements. The bill also reduces the leverage ratio for certain rural community banks.Financial regulators must (1) tailor regulatory actions to limit burdens on financial institutions and must consider the institutions' risk profiles and business models, and (2) review their regulations more frequently and expand the scope of these reviews. The bill eases requirements regarding bank mergers, for example, by allowing financial regulators to approve certain bank mergers without considering if the merger is noncompetitive or monopolistic.The bill increases the dollar asset thresholds for various fees, reporting requirements, and other regulatory requirements so that more financial companies and banks are exempt from these requirements. For example, the bill increases the total asset threshold above which financial holding companies need Federal Reserve Board approval to acquire a company, thereby allowing for more acquisitions without board approval. The bill also raises certain asset thresholds so as to allow additional small bank holding companies to operate with higher debt levels and additional small banks to qualify for a longer examination cycle.The bill also provides flexibilities regarding the use of reciprocal deposits, the resolution of failed banks, and other regulated activities.

21st Century ROAD to Housing ActThis act establishes and modifies various federal housing programs.TITLE I--OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSING(Sec. 101) This section requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to review the performance of organizations that receive grants to provide housing counseling services. Such review may take into account the performance of individual counselors.HUD may terminate assistance for such organizations that are not in compliance with the program's requirements.(Sec. 102) This section requires HUD to establish best practices and provide technical assistance to state and local entities to support permitting for point-access block buildings (i.e., apartments with a single staircase to access the dwelling units and that are no more than six stories high).It also allows HUD to award competitive grants to state and local entities to assess the feasibility, safety, and cost-effectiveness of such buildings. This authority expires after seven years.(Sec. 103) This section exempts from environmental review specified rural housing projects located on an infill site (i.e., a site served by existing infrastructure, including water lines, sewer lines, and roads).(Sec. 104) This section requires Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) grantees to maintain a publicly accessible, searchable database identifying undeveloped land owned by the grantee.(Sec. 105) This section authorizes the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) to establish a four-year pilot program to increase the number of mortgages originated with a principal balance of $100,000 or less.(Sec. 106) This section requires HUD to establish a three-year pilot program to award grants to public housing agencies (PHAs) and owners of federally assisted rental housing to install temperature sensors in residential dwelling units.(Sec. 107) This section requires HUD to publish guidelines and best practices for state and local zoning frameworks that support production of adequate housing to meet the needs of communities and provide housing opportunities for individuals of all income levels.TITLE II--BUILDING MORE IN AMERICA(Sec. 201) This section allows HUD to give additional weight to competitive housing grant applications that include proposals for projects located in, or substantially benefiting, communities designated as Qualified Opportunity Zones (i.e., designated low-income areas for which economic investments may receive certain tax benefits).(Sec. 202) This section authorizes a pilot program through which HUD provides grants to state and local governments to support the ability of certain landlords and low- to moderate-income homeowners to make necessary modifications, repairs, or updates to their property.State and local governments must use the funds they receive under the program to award grants to homeowners and loans to landlords to make changes that address issues such as accessibility, habitability, and energy efficiency.The program ends on October 1, 2031.(Sec. 203) This section increases the cap on investments that state member banks of the Federal Reserve System and national banks supervised by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency may make to promote the public welfare, which include projects that provide housing, services, or jobs to low- and moderate-income communities or families.The section increases the aggregate amount of allowable investments by such banks from 15% to 20% of the bank's capital stock and unimpaired

The Helping Individuals Rejoin Employment Act extends and expands the work opportunity tax credit, a federal tax incentive that rewards employers for hiring workers from disadvantaged groups. The bill extends the credit's expiration date from December 31, 2025, to December 31, 2030, providing employers with five additional years to claim the benefit. More significantly, the legislation creates a new category of eligible workers by making Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries qualify for the credit if they are hired within 60 days of being certified as disabled benefit recipients. This change primarily affects employers in all industries and SSDI beneficiaries seeking to return to work. The tax credit incentive requires no new federal appropriations since it reduces tax liability rather than directly spending funds, and the expansion becomes effective for workers hired after December 31, 2025.

The Taiwan and American Space Assistance Act of 2025 directs NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to expand civilian space cooperation with Taiwan. Within 90 days of the bill's enactment, these agencies—working with the State Department—must begin discussions with Taiwan to identify mutual interests in areas such as satellite programs, space exploration, weather monitoring, personnel exchanges, and commercial space technology. The bill protects U.S. national security by requiring that all cooperation comply with existing laws, export regulations, and safeguards for sensitive information and intellectual property. NASA and NOAA must submit detailed progress reports to Congress within 270 days of enactment and annually for five years thereafter, describing activities conducted, challenges encountered, and efforts undertaken to advance this partnership.

H.Res. 776 is a non-binding resolution expressing congressional concern about the treatment of Coptic Christians in Egypt, who represent over 10 million people and comprise the largest Christian minority in the Middle East. The resolution highlights systematic religious discrimination, including disproportionate arrests on blasphemy charges, abductions and forced conversions of women and girls, and violence against Christians that often goes unpunished—particularly in rural areas. The House acknowledges the U.S.-Egypt partnership on counterterrorism and regional stability while urging the Egyptian government to extend equal rights to Coptic Christians and take stronger action to prosecute those who commit crimes against them, including holding accountable officials who fail to enforce the law. As a resolution rather than legislation, this measure does not authorize funding or establish legal requirements, but instead serves as a formal statement of congressional position intended to influence U.S. diplomatic engagement with Egypt on religious freedom and human rights issues.

H. Res. 738 is a non-binding resolution expressing concern about severe restrictions on religious freedom in twelve countries: Algeria, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Turkey, and Uzbekistan. The resolution details specific violations in each country, including prosecutions under blasphemy laws, detention of religious minorities, destruction of religious sites, and restrictions on worship and religious education. The resolution does not provide funding or set timelines, but instead calls on the Department of State to actively engage with allies and partners to promote religious freedom abroad and affirms the importance of the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom and the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism. This resolution is primarily a statement of congressional concern intended to encourage the executive branch to prioritize religious freedom in its diplomatic efforts with these nations.

Price Stability Act of 2026 This bill removes maximum employment as a goal of the monetary policy set by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Open Market Committee.

Community Bank Deposit Access Act of 2025This bill changes the treatment of certain types of deposits so they are no longer classified as brokered deposits. Brokered deposits are funds placed by a broker on behalf of a client in a depository institution to maximize interest rates and for depository insurance purposes. Currently, institutions that accept brokered deposits may be subject to additional oversight.In particular, under the bill, custodial deposits at insured depository institutions with less than $10 billion in total assets shall not be treated as brokered deposits if the deposits do not exceed 20% of the institution’s liabilities. The institution must be well-capitalized and have a specified minimum soundness rating, or be in possession of a waiver from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.The bill also generally applies existing interest rate limits applicable to institutions that are not well-capitalized to similar institutions that accept custodial deposits.

Unleashing AI Innovation in Financial Services Act This bill allows regulated financial entities to test artificial intelligence (AI) projects under waived or modified regulations upon the approval of an application by the appropriate federal financial regulatory agency. These agencies must establish AI innovation labs to enable such projects.Under the bill, regulated entities may engage in AI test projects associated with financial products, services, or activities. Regulated entities must apply to the appropriate agency with a description and proposed duration of the AI test project, propose an alternative compliance strategy, and explain how the AI test project serves the public interest and does not present certain risks. The alternative compliance strategy must include several elements, such as (1) identifying a regulation issued by an agency that the regulated entity requests to be waived or modified and (2) proposing an alternative method of compliance with the regulation's underlying statute. Upon approval, the agency may only enforce such a regulation according to the agreement. The bill also provides for agency review of such applications, establishes procedures for entities that are subject to regulation by multiple agencies, and allows agencies to file for injunctive relief if an AI test project presents certain risks or dangers.

This bill creates a new diplomatic tool allowing the U.S. State Department to officially designate foreign countries as "State Sponsors of Unlawful or Wrongful Detention" if they detain American citizens without legal basis or fail to release them within 30 days of being notified by the State Department. The designation can be based on direct government involvement, complicity, material support for detention, or patterns of hostage-taking that pose risks to American citizens abroad. Once designated, a country's designation lasts six months unless Congress approves it with a joint resolution; if Congress doesn't approve, the Secretary of State cannot re-designate that country for another six months without new congressional action. The bill requires the State Department to brief Congress within 60 days on whether nine specific countries—including Afghanistan, Iran, Russia, China, Venezuela, and others—should receive this designation, and mandates annual briefings for five years on efforts to deter wrongful detention. The legislation also directs the State Department to review existing authorities like economic sanctions, visa restrictions, and arms export controls that could be applied against designated countries, though no new funding is specified in the bill.

The RISE Act would modify federal tax law to cap the tax rate on long-term capital gains at 15 percent. Currently, the tax code allows for higher capital gains tax rates in certain situations; this bill eliminates that provision and ensures no capital gains are taxed above 15 percent. The legislation primarily benefits investors and business owners who earn income from selling stocks, real estate, and other investments. If passed, the changes would take effect starting with the tax year following the bill's enactment. The bill does not specify new funding or spending requirements, but it would reduce federal tax revenue by allowing lower tax rates on investment income.

Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 or the CLARITY Act of 2025This bill establishes a regulatory framework for digital commodities, defined by the bill as digital assets that rely upon a blockchain for their value.The Commodity Futures Trading Commission must generally regulate digital commodities transactions, including digital commodity exchanges, brokers, and dealers. To qualify for trade on an exchange (1) a digital commodity’s blockchain must be mature, or on a blockchain system that has achieved decentralized control as defined by the bill; or (2) the issuer of the digital commodity must file certain reports. The bill establishes requirements for trade monitoring, recordkeeping, and the commingling of customer assets. The bill exempts digital commodities on mature blockchains (and digital commodities on blockchains expected to mature within certain timeframes) from Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registration requirements if annual sales fall under a certain amount and other requirements are met. The bill provides the SEC with jurisdiction over digital commodity activities and transactions engaged in by certain brokers and dealers on alternative trading systems and by national securities exchanges. Digital commodity exchanges, brokers, and dealers are subject to the Bank Secrecy Act for anti-money laundering and related purposes.The bill also sets forth requirements for alternative trading systems, previously issued digital commodities, and provisional registration until the bill is implemented. For more information on this bill, see CRS Insight IN12583, Crypto Legislation: An Overview of H.R. 3633, the CLARITY Act.

Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts ActThis bill expands the eligibility criteria for an accredited investor for purposes of participating in private offerings of securities to include an individual determined by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to have qualifying professional knowledge through educational or professional experience. (Certain unregistered securities may only be offered to accredited investors.)The bill also provides statutory authority for certain existing criteria for an accredited investor, including licensure or registration in good standing as a broker or investment adviser, specified annual salary, and specified net worth.Further, the SEC is directed to revise the definition of accredited investor in Regulation D (which exempts certain offerings from SEC registration requirements) to conform to changes in this bill.

This bill directs the Forest Service to convey approximately one acre of land to Perry County, Arkansas, upon the request of the county. The county must use the land for public purposes, such as supporting education and youth development. If it ceases to be used for such purposes, then the property must, at the discretion of the Forest Service, revert to the United States.The exact acreage of land to be conveyed must be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Forest Service.The conveyance must be subject to valid existing rights, made without consideration, made by quitclaim deed, and subject to other terms and conditions that the Forest Service considers to be appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.As a condition of the conveyance, the county must pay costs associated with the conveyance, including the cost of a survey, any environmental analysis or resources survey required under federal law, and any analysis required to comply with the National Historic Preservation Act.The bill prohibits the Forest Service from having to provide any covenant or warranty for the property and improvements conveyed to the county.

The S-Corporation Additional Participation Act of 2025 would increase the maximum number of shareholders allowed in an S corporation from 100 to 250. S corporations are a common business structure that allows owners to avoid double taxation by passing income directly to shareholders' personal tax returns. This change would affect small and mid-sized businesses looking to bring in more investors or add new partners without losing their S corporation tax status. The bill would take effect for tax years beginning after December 31, 2025. The legislation does not specify any direct federal funding and simply amends the existing tax code to expand eligibility requirements for this business structure.

This bill provides tax relief for Americans who are unlawfully detained or held hostage abroad. It extends tax deadlines and suspends the accumulation of interest and penalties during the period of detention, treating that time as if it didn't exist for tax purposes. The legislation also establishes a program allowing affected individuals—or their spouses and dependents—to apply for refunds or abatement of penalties and interest they already paid for tax years between January 1, 2021, and the bill's enactment date. The Treasury Department must create this program by January 1, 2026, and coordinate with the State Department and Attorney General to identify eligible individuals and notify them of their rights. No specific funding amount is specified in the bill; rather, it directs the Treasury to process refunds and abate penalties as needed for qualifying cases.

Flatside Wilderness Additions Act This bill adds specified lands to the Flatside Wilderness in the Ouachita National Forest in Arkansas. The bill also redesignates the wilderness as the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness.

This bill directs the Treasury Secretary to use U.S. influence at international financial institutions like the World Bank and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to promote nuclear energy financing and establish dedicated "Nuclear Energy Assistance Trust Funds" at these institutions. The legislation aims to counter Chinese and Russian nuclear reactor exports by supporting Western-standard nuclear technologies in developing countries, removing current prohibitions against nuclear energy financing, and providing competitive loan terms to borrowing nations. The bill affects U.S. representatives at international banks, developing countries seeking nuclear energy, and indirectly impacts global nuclear energy markets by creating an alternative to Chinese and Russian financing. The legislation includes a 7-year reporting requirement for progress updates and automatically expires after 10 years, though it does not specify funding amounts for the trust funds, leaving those decisions to the international institutions themselves. The bill represents a strategic effort to expand U.S. influence in global nuclear energy development while reducing reliance on Chinese and Russian nuclear technology exports.