This resolution expresses the House of Representatives' support for the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, an INDYCAR racing event scheduled to take place in Washington, D.C. from August 21-23, 2026. The race will be held near the National Mall and will be the first motor race ever held in the nation's capital, with drivers navigating a course around iconic national monuments. The resolution celebrates American INDYCAR racing heritage, highlighting the sport's more than 100-year history and legendary drivers like A.J. Foyt and Mario Andretti, while also tying the event to America's 250th birthday celebration. This is a symbolic resolution that does not authorize any funding or create any legal requirements; it simply formally recognizes Congress's support for the racing event and its cultural significance to the nation.

This bill directs the President to speed up the modernization of the Global Positioning System (GPS), which is used by the military, transportation systems, utilities, and countless civilian applications. The legislation requires the development and deployment of newer GPS III satellites, an upgraded control system to manage the satellite constellation, and new signal technologies like L5 that would make GPS more secure and resistant to jamming and interference from foreign adversaries. Within 180 days of the bill's enactment, the President must create clear timelines for deploying a full constellation of 24 modernized satellites and upgrading ground infrastructure, while coordinating efforts across the Defense Department, Transportation Department, and other relevant agencies. The bill also requires the Secretary of Defense to submit progress reports to Congress every year for three years, detailing funding needs, modernization progress, and strategies to protect GPS from interference and spoofing attacks. No specific funding amount is allocated in the bill itself, but it identifies the need for additional resources and asks agencies to report on their budget requirements.

This bill prohibits the United States from providing any funding to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) beginning October 1, 2027. The legislation is based on a UN Security Council resolution that extended UNIFIL's mandate only until December 31, 2026, with Congress arguing that U.S. support should align with that timeline. If the United Nations extends UNIFIL's mandate beyond the December 2026 end date, the bill requires the U.S. to withhold from its regular UN peacekeeping contributions an amount equal to UNIFIL's annual budget until the force's mandate officially expires. The bill affects the Department of State, Department of Defense, and other federal agencies that might otherwise contribute to the mission. This legislation applies a financial pressure on the UN to let the mission end as scheduled rather than extending it further.

The VERIFY Act of 2026 modernizes the SAVE program, which is used by federal, state, local, and tribal agencies to verify whether individuals are eligible for government benefits based on immigration status. The bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to upgrade the system's technology to process queries faster, automatically reconcile data with source systems, and provide alerts when someone's immigration status changes after an initial verification. The legislation mandates that immigration status changes be reflected in SAVE within 24 hours and establishes data-sharing agreements with agencies like the Social Security Administration to improve accuracy. The bill includes safeguards prohibiting use of SAVE for general law enforcement, requiring human review of negative determinations, and establishing annual testing for algorithmic bias. The Secretary of Homeland Security must submit a modernization plan within 180 days, and the Inspector General must conduct annual audits to ensure compliance, with potential funding consequences if material violations occur.

The Rural Animal Shelter Investment Act would expand a federal lending and grant program to include animal shelters as eligible recipients of financial assistance. Currently, the Community Facility Direct Loan and Grant Program provides money to rural areas for essential public facilities like fire stations and libraries, but animal shelters are not included in the list of eligible projects. This bill would change that by officially designating animal shelters as essential community facilities, making them eligible to apply for direct loans and grants through the Department of Agriculture. The change would take effect 180 days after the bill becomes law. The legislation would help rural communities improve their animal shelter infrastructure and services without specifying particular funding amounts or appropriations.

This bill requires the U.S. flag to be prominently displayed on all American foreign assistance as the primary visual identifier. The legislation applies to all types of foreign aid, including physical infrastructure, equipment, food, medical supplies, and digital content like websites and social media posts. The Secretary of State can grant exceptions on a case-by-case basis when required by international agreements, when needed to identify partner organizations with the U.S. flag remaining most prominent, or for other reasons deemed necessary. The bill also allows the Secretary to waive these requirements in high-risk locations where flagging assistance could endanger personnel or beneficiaries. The Secretary of State must establish regulations specifying the flag's minimum size, color accuracy, and placement to ensure clear and prominent display. The requirements take effect immediately upon the bill's enactment, with no specific funding or timeline provisions included.

This bill requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to create and maintain a publicly available national list of private adoption agencies that are licensed and in good standing with their states. Each state participating in the federal child welfare program must submit an annual list of qualified private child placement agencies to the federal government by January 1st each year, and the federal government will compile these into a single national database. The Secretary must also submit a yearly report to Congress detailing which agencies are on the list, identifying any state-licensed agencies missing from it, and describing any disciplinary actions states have taken against adoption agencies. States that fail to comply with the annual list submission requirement will lose eligibility for federal adoption and legal guardianship incentive payments. The bill aims to increase transparency and oversight of the private adoption industry by creating a centralized, searchable resource for prospective adoptive families and policymakers.

This bill prohibits federal employees and agencies from downloading or using applications developed, owned, or controlled by Chinese entities on government devices, with limited exceptions for authorized research or intelligence work. The law applies to all executive branch agencies, the military, and independent regulatory agencies. Within 180 days of enactment, the Office of Management and Budget—working with the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense, and intelligence officials—must create and regularly update a list of prohibited Chinese applications, and agencies must remove identified apps from federal devices within 60 days. Any exceptions to the ban must be approved by agency heads and accompanied by cybersecurity safeguards and documented risk assessments, with detailed guidance required within 270 days of the law taking effect. The bill is designed to reduce national security risks from potential data collection or unauthorized access through Chinese-controlled software on sensitive government systems.

The BIS STRENGTH Act allows the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) to hire up to 25 highly specialized experts outside the traditional civil service hiring process to fill critical skill gaps the agency has struggled to address through normal recruitment channels. These appointees can be hired for up to five years (extendable by one additional year if needed for national security), with salaries up to the level paid to the Vice President, and the agency must conduct annual studies to identify which expertise areas are most needed. The bill requires the BIS to report to Congress every 180 days initially and then annually on who has been hired, their qualifications, and how they're helping the agency carry out its mission. This special hiring authority expires five years after the bill becomes law, and all background check and qualification requirements remain in effect.

H.Res. 931 is a symbolic resolution expressing House support for designating December 4, 2025, as "National Scam Prevention Day." The resolution does not create binding law or direct any government action; instead, it acknowledges the serious problem of financial scams affecting Americans and calls for increased awareness and prevention efforts. According to the resolution, Americans lost at least $16.6 billion to scams in 2024, with losses growing 33 percent from the previous year, and the Federal Trade Commission estimates true losses could exceed $158 billion when accounting for unreported cases. The resolution highlights that scam operations are increasingly coordinated internationally, with connections to criminal organizations in China, Southeast Asia, and Mexican drug cartels, and notes that hundreds of thousands of trafficking victims worldwide have been forced to conduct scams. The resolution emphasizes that combating scams requires coordinated efforts across government agencies, private industry partnerships, and public education campaigns to help Americans identify and report fraudulent activity.

The Mexico Cross-Border Crime Accountability Act requires the Secretary of State to develop and submit a comprehensive strategy to Congress within 180 days outlining how the United States will use security assistance to help Mexico combat transnational criminal networks involved in drug trafficking (particularly fentanyl), human trafficking, weapons smuggling, and money laundering. The strategy must detail specific goals, implementing agencies, performance measures, and an evaluation plan to track progress, while also assessing the effectiveness of previous U.S. assistance programs under the Mérida Initiative and identifying fraud risks in security cooperation efforts. The bill mandates annual briefings to Congress for two years following the initial report submission and requires a fraud risk assessment for State Department programs under the Bicentennial Framework for Security and Safe Communities. The legislation applies to U.S.-Mexico bilateral security cooperation and explicitly clarifies that it does not authorize any military force against Mexico. While no specific funding amount is mentioned in the bill, it establishes a timeline requiring the State Department to deliver its strategy and comprehensive reporting plan to help ensure accountability and effectiveness in how security assistance is deployed.

Dismantle Foreign Scam Syndicates ActThis bill requires the President to (1) impose applicable sanctions on foreign persons (individuals or entities) responsible for online financial scams against U.S. nationals, and (2) establish an interagency task force to shut down the criminal syndicates perpetuating such scams.Under the bill, the President must determine whether 43 specified foreign persons, and any other foreign persons the President determines are responsible for or complicit in online financial scams against U.S. nationals, are subject to sanctions under specified laws and Executive Order 13581. Upon such determination, the President must impose applicable sanctions (for example, blocking the sanctioned person's property transactions within the United States).The President must also establish an interagency task force to shut down transnational criminal syndicates that use large scam centers and forced labor of trafficked persons to perpetuate mass online scams against Americans. The task force must (1) submit a comprehensive strategy to Congress to combat these scam centers and dismantle the criminal elements involved with them, and (2) coordinate and oversee implementation of the strategy. Within 360 days of submitting the strategy to Congress and annually thereafter for five years the task force must submit to Congress a report addressing various topics related to such scam centers including a list of all foreign persons sanctioned by the United States for their scam center involvement.The Department of State is authorized to provide trauma-informed care, shelter, reintegration, and support services for victims of trafficking in persons within online scam centers.

The BANNED in Latin America Act requires the U.S. Secretary of State to develop a comprehensive strategy within 180 days to counter Iranian and Hezbollah influence operations throughout Latin America. The strategy must address Iranian cultural centers that promote Iranian ideology, restrict travel and activities of Iranian officials and agents in the region, strengthen U.S. intelligence capabilities to monitor and disrupt these networks, and take action against Iranian and Hezbollah media platforms like HispanTV and Al Mayadeen Espanol. Additionally, the bill directs the State Department to address Iran's Al Mustafa International University network, potentially designating it as a foreign terrorist organization. The strategy will be submitted to Congress in unclassified form with the option of including classified details, and the bill does not specify funding amounts or implementation costs. The measure targets policymakers and intelligence officials responsible for countering foreign influence operations in the Western Hemisphere.

The Water Quality Standards Attainability Act amends federal water pollution laws to require states to hold public hearings when reviewing water quality standards for bodies of water that receive discharges from combined storm and sanitary sewers. The bill specifically directs states to evaluate whether controls for combined sewer overflows are cost-effective as part of this review process. The legislation also requires the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to consider the cost and availability of treatment technologies when developing water quality standards, ensuring that standards take into account what pollution control technologies are actually feasible and affordable for municipalities and industries to implement. This change affects states, cities with combined sewer systems, and wastewater treatment facilities nationwide. The bill includes no specific funding appropriations or implementation timeline beyond the standard regulatory process.

H.R. 3523 would grant the Treasury Secretary authority to designate foreign organizations that commit fraud against Americans as "Foreign Financial Threat Organizations," with the first designations required within 90 days of the bill's enactment. Organizations receiving this designation would face the same restrictions as terrorist organizations, including asset freezes, blocked financial transactions, restricted internet and phone access, and inability to contact U.S. citizens or permanent residents. The Treasury Secretary must notify Congress and publish designations in the Federal Register, and can immediately freeze assets upon notification. The bill requires the Treasury Secretary to submit reports to Congress every two years detailing which organizations were designated, assets seized, and funds returned to fraud victims, with a public version available that excludes sensitive information.

Courthouse Affordability and Space Efficiency (CASE) Act of 2025This bill provides statutory authority for the General Services Administration (GSA) courtroom sharing policy and limits construction of new courthouses. Under the bill, GSA must ensure courtroom sharing by magistrate, bankruptcy, and senior district judges. Specificallyin courthouses with 10 or more active district judges, GSA must provide two courtrooms per 3 active district judges (except such courthouses may contain not less than 9 courtrooms for active district judges);in courthouses with 3 or more bankruptcy judges, GSA must provide one courtroom per 2 bankruptcy judges;in courthouses with 3 or more senior district judges, GSA must provide one courtroom per 2 senior district judges; andin courthouses with 3 or more magistrate judges, GSA must provide one courtroom per 2 magistrate judges.GSA is prohibited from constructing a new courthouse that does not comply with the courtroom sharing requirements. Additionally, if a new courthouse will add capacity in the GSA inventory, existing space in the same courthouse complex must be fully utilized or relinquished from such inventory.GSA must update the U.S. Courts Design Guide to reflect these requirements within 180 days after the bill's enactment. (The Design Guide sets forth the federal judiciary’s requirements for the design, construction, and renovation of court facilities and is intended for use by individuals involved in federal court construction projects.)

Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025This bill provides statutory authority for federal agencies to expedite the environmental review of certain mining infrastructure projects.Specifically, the bill permanently makes certain mining infrastructure projects eligible for expedited environmental review under the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act). This provides statutory authority for similar authorities that were included in the rule titled Adding Mining as a Sector of Projects Eligible for Coverage Under Title 41 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act and issued by the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (Permitting Council) on January 8, 2021. The bill also prohibits the Permitting Council from finalizing its proposed rule titled Revising Scope of the Mining Sector of Projects That Are Eligible for Coverage Under Title 41 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act and issued on September 22, 2023. Among other modifications, the rule proposes to limit the types of mining projects that are eligible for the expedited environmental review process. Specifically, the proposed rule limits the expedited process to critical minerals mining projects.

Build the Wall Act of 2025This bill establishes the Southern Border Wall Construction Fund to be used by the Department of Homeland Security to construct and maintain physical barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border. All unobligated amounts in the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds must be immediately deposited in the Southern Border Wall Construction Fund.