Josh Gottheimer

This resolution honors Captain Smit Machchhar and recognizes the crew and passengers of Flydubai Flight 1073 for preventing a terrorist attack on their aircraft. On September 30, 2026, the first officer attacked Captain Machchhar on the flight deck with an emergency crash axe and attempted to take control of the plane, causing it to drop over 14,000 feet in less than 30 seconds. Despite serious injuries, Captain Machchhar fought off the attacker and unlocked the cockpit door, allowing off-duty pilots to land the aircraft safely at Tabuk Airport in Saudi Arabia with all 174 passengers and crew members intact, including 4 American citizens and 27 children. The resolution condemns the attack as an act of terrorism, expresses support for the injured crew members' recovery, and calls for full investigations by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates with the United States and Israel kept fully informed. This symbolic measure does not provide funding or establish a timeline but serves to officially recognize the heroic actions that prevented a potential tragedy.

H.R. 10670 was introduced on October 1, 2026 by Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5) with 1 Republican cosponsor. The text for this legislation has not yet been released. A summary will be generated when there is text available.

H.R. 10671 was introduced on October 1, 2026 by Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5) with 2 Republican and 2 Democratic cosponsors. The text for this legislation has not yet been released. A summary will be generated when there is text available.

This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to create a Critical Infrastructure AI Cyber Defense Pilot Program within 120 days of enactment. The program will help owners and operators of critical infrastructure, such as power plants, water systems, and hospitals, use government-provided artificial intelligence tools and technical support to identify and fix cybersecurity vulnerabilities. The bill prioritizes participation for not-for-profit, publicly owned, rural, and small-sized infrastructure operators, which are often the most vulnerable to cyberattacks. The program is authorized to receive up to $100 million in funding over five fiscal years from 2027 through 2031, with no more than 5 percent of that amount used for administrative costs. The pilot program will run for five years and must submit monthly reports to Congress detailing how many grants have been awarded and to whom.

This bill, named Kylie's Voices for Childhood Cancer Act, makes changes to how childhood cancer is addressed within the nation's cancer control programs. It requires that State comprehensive cancer control coalitions include at least two pediatric cancer experts as members when they receive federal funding. The bill also directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to create a new advisory committee composed of representatives from major health agencies, nonprofit cancer organizations, pediatric cancer experts, survivors, and caregivers. This advisory committee will develop best practices and recommendations for addressing childhood cancer in State cancer control plans, meet annually with state representatives to share successful implementation models, and submit a report to Congress within two years of its first meeting before automatically ending. Additionally, the bill allows States to use Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant funds to support pediatric cancer initiatives and implement the advisory committee's recommendations.

The No Grounds for Discrimination Act would prohibit discrimination at coffee shops, cafes, tea houses, and similar informal dining establishments based on religion, race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status. The bill applies to any of these establishments that serve the public, primarily serve coffee, tea, or light refreshments, and either affect interstate commerce or are supported by state action. Violations would be enforced using the same procedures and penalties established under Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which currently covers discrimination at hotels, restaurants, and other public accommodations. The bill does not specify any new federal funding or implementation timeline beyond referencing existing enforcement mechanisms from the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

The Stop Rogue AI Act directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop comprehensive security standards and best practices for artificial intelligence agents within one year and update them annually. These standards will require organizations to continuously discover, inventory, and verify all AI agents operating in their systems, monitor their activities for threats like prompt injection and data theft, maintain cryptographically secure logs of AI agent actions, and establish clear identity verification for who created or operates each agent. The bill also requires the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to update federal procurement rules within 18 months to mandate that all federal contractors and agencies deploying AI agents comply with these standards, including maintaining machine-readable inventories and enabling government agencies to control which systems AI agents can access. The legislation affects organizations and federal agencies that develop or deploy AI agents, as well as contractors providing such technology to the government, and it emphasizes creating open, vendor-neutral standards that work across different platforms and systems rather than relying on proprietary solutions.

The AI LABS Act directs the Secretary of Education to establish a competitive grant program providing federal funding to states for developing and expanding artificial intelligence curricula in elementary and secondary schools. States receiving grants must use the funds to create AI educational programs through two main approaches: developing dedicated curricula that teach students how to use and understand artificial intelligence, and providing professional development to help teachers understand AI and integrate it into their teaching. The bill requires the Secretary of Education to study the grant program and submit a report to Congress within one year of enactment, analyzing how states are using the funds and making recommendations for future AI education initiatives to keep the United States competitive globally. The legislation does not specify the total funding amount or distribution formula for the grants in the provided text.

This bill directs the Secretary of Education to study how states, school districts, and public schools teach students about the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The study will examine all states and representative samples of school districts and schools to determine which require 9/11 education in their curriculum, which offer it as optional, and what standards and materials they use. The Secretary will also investigate teaching methods, professional development for teachers, involvement of museums and cultural organizations, and how schools assess student learning about 9/11 and terrorism more broadly. The study must begin within 180 days of the bill's enactment and the Secretary must submit a report to Congress within three years. The bill involves no specific appropriation amounts in the provided text, though it requires coordination between the Department of Education and the National September 11 Memorial and Museum.

This resolution honors New Jersey's first responders, including police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical personnel, who responded to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. The bill recognizes their crucial roles in rescue and recovery efforts, including managing the largest waterborne evacuation in history that transported approximately 500,000 people across the Hudson River to safety, and operating triage centers to treat the wounded. New Jersey Task Force 1, a statewide urban search and rescue team, deployed to Ground Zero to search the rubble for survivors and the fallen, while law enforcement secured critical infrastructure connecting New Jersey and New York. The resolution also acknowledges that New Jersey suffered more resident casualties on September 11 than any state except New York and that many first responders have since suffered or died from 9/11-related illnesses. The House reaffirms its federal commitment to the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund to support affected individuals.

This bill establishes a federal grant program to help states combat financial fraud targeting seniors age 62 and older. The Securities and Exchange Commission would distribute up to $10 million annually through 2030 to state securities commissions and insurance departments, with individual states receiving a maximum of $500,000 per year, or $1 million if a single entity oversees both securities and insurance. States would use these grants to hire investigators and prosecutors, develop technology and training tools, create public education programs about senior fraud, and strengthen state laws protecting older adults from financial exploitation. The bill responds to data showing that seniors face increasing risks from scams, with investment fraud losses exceeding $4.6 billion in 2023 alone. The SEC would track grant effectiveness through detailed reporting requirements and annual audits to ensure funds are used as intended.

This bill prohibits the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from laying off or reorganizing staff at its foodborne illness surveillance and outbreak response divisions for one year following a multi-state or nationally significant foodborne illness outbreak. The prohibition applies to any staffing action that would remove one percent or more of employees in those divisions within a 60-day period. The legislation is designed to ensure that the CDC maintains sufficient personnel to rapidly respond to and contain foodborne illness outbreaks during the critical period following an outbreak event. The bill does not specify any new funding amounts or create new appropriations, but rather restricts the CDC's ability to reduce staffing in these specific divisions during outbreak response periods. No timeline for implementation beyond the one-year protection period is specified in the legislation.

This bill requires the Secretary of State to submit annual reports to Congress assessing whether the Polisario Front, a militant group in Western Sahara, has cooperated with Iranian-backed terrorist organizations. The reports must examine whether the Polisario Front has received military aid, weapons, drones, air defense systems, or intelligence from designated Iranian terrorist groups or intermediaries over the preceding year. If the Secretary of State finds evidence of such cooperation, the President must automatically impose sanctions within 30 days, including designating the Polisario Front as a foreign terrorist organization and freezing its assets in the United States. The first report must cover the ten-year period before the law's enactment, with subsequent reports covering the period since the previous report was submitted. The bill was introduced in July 2026 and referred to the House Committees on Foreign Affairs and the Judiciary.

H.R. 9706, the "Facial Recognition to Protect Children Act," requires operators of online wagering and prediction market platforms to use facial recognition technology to verify that users are at least 18 years old before allowing access to betting services. The bill limits data collection to what is necessary for age verification and requires platforms to delete facial data once it is no longer needed, with the Federal Trade Commission responsible for enforcing these requirements as unfair or deceptive practices. The legislation also expands the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's authority to review and prohibit prediction market contracts involving illegal activity, terrorism, violence, or other harmful outcomes, while establishing new consumer protections including mandatory disclosure, anti-money laundering requirements, and self-exclusion programs for retail participants. The bill creates an Advisory Council on Consumer Protection that will meet quarterly to assess investor safeguards and marketing practices, and establishes an Office of the Retail Advocate to help individual investors with complaints and conduct annual reporting to Congress. These requirements apply to all licensed gaming facilities, online sports betting platforms, and prediction market operators offering services to the general public.

This bill addresses a tax issue affecting married couples who itemize deductions for state and local taxes. Currently, married couples filing jointly face a "marriage penalty" because the limit on how much state and local tax they can deduct does not double when two incomes are combined, unlike many other tax provisions. The legislation amends the tax code to eliminate this disparity by doubling the deduction limit for joint returns while keeping it at half the amount for married individuals filing separately. The changes apply to the $40,400 annual deduction cap and the $505,000 income threshold that triggers a phase-out of the deduction. The amendments take effect for tax years beginning after December 31, 2026, meaning they will first apply to taxes filed in 2027 for the 2026 tax year.

The Spot the Fakes Act requires anyone who creates or distributes AI-generated content to label it as such using metadata or other technological methods that verify its origin. The labeling requirement applies to all forms of AI-generated material, including images, videos, audio, text, and other media. The Federal Trade Commission, working with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, has six months after the bill's enactment to issue regulations specifying how these labels should be displayed. Violations of the labeling requirement would be treated as unfair or deceptive practices under existing FTC authority, allowing the agency to enforce the rule and impose penalties on violators. The legislation targets content creators and distributors but does not specify direct funding for implementation or enforcement.

The Cloud Security Act modifies federal wiretapping and privacy laws to allow telecommunications and cloud service providers to voluntarily disclose customer communications and records to the Commerce Department when they believe those communications relate to foreign entities using advanced artificial intelligence computing resources. The bill specifically targets "covered cloud products," defined as cloud computing services that use powerful semiconductors to develop or deploy large artificial intelligence models, and applies to activities by specified foreign entities or those acting on their behalf. Providers can share information necessary to comply with export control regulations under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 and related Commerce Department rules. The bill defines "covered integrated circuits" using technical performance specifications and export control classifications, with the Commerce Secretary authorized to modify these definitions beginning 24 months after enactment. The legislation creates a narrow exception to existing privacy protections, permitting disclosure only when providers have good faith beliefs about the connection to foreign entities and only to the extent information is reasonably necessary for compliance reporting.

This resolution condemns Hezbollah’s repeated violations of ceasefire agreements and calls on the Lebanese government to ensure Hezbollah immediately ceases all attacks against Israel and disarms in the South Litani Sector, in accordance with ceasefire terms.

Marcus's Law requires school districts that receive federal funding to mandate that students in grades 9 through 12 undergo an electrocardiogram and echocardiogram before participating in their first athletic competition, beginning in the 2026-2027 school year. The screenings must be completed anytime during the student's ninth-grade year up until they compete in their first athletic event. School districts must partner with public or private entities to offer these medical screenings at a cost of no more than twenty dollars per student, with the partnership in place by the start of the first sports season after the bill's enactment. The law includes exemptions for students whose families have religious objections to the screening or whose physicians document medical reasons they should not undergo testing. If a school district cannot secure a partnership meeting the cost requirement, it may request a waiver from the Secretary of Education and must attempt to establish a qualifying partnership the following sports season.

This bill reauthorizes federal grant funding for the National Police Athletic/Activities League, a nonprofit organization that operates youth programs in partnership with law enforcement agencies. The legislation directs the Department of Justice to award grants to establish 250 new PAL chapters in distressed areas and public housing projects and expand existing chapters nationwide from 2028 through 2032, targeting youth ages 5 to 18 who are at risk of crime, substance abuse, or dropping out of school. Each PAL chapter must offer at least two after-school programs that include mentorship, academics, athletics, technology training, character development, drug prevention, health counseling, job skills, and conflict resolution training led by law enforcement personnel and community volunteers. The bill authorizes $16 million annually for five years to fund these efforts, with the goal of reaching a total of 500 PAL chapters by January 1, 2032, and requires the National PAL organization and the Department of Justice to report regularly to Congress on program effectiveness and progress in reducing juvenile crime and school dropout rates.

The Stop the Doxx Act makes it a federal crime to publish or share personal information such as home addresses, phone numbers, or email addresses of law enforcement officers, prosecutors, judges, or their immediate family members with the intent to threaten, intimidate, or incite violence against them. The bill imposes escalating penalties, with first-time offenders facing up to 10 years in prison, second offenses up to 20 years, and offenses resulting in injury or death carrying sentences of up to 30 to 40 years depending on whether it is a first or repeat offense. Victims of doxxing under this law can also pursue civil lawsuits to recover damages and attorney's fees. Additionally, the bill directs the Attorney General to create and maintain a free online training program, updated annually, to help federal, state, and local public servants protect their personal information, and encourages state and local agencies to require participation in this training. The legislation does not specify a funding amount but authorizes whatever funding is necessary to establish and operate the training program.

The No Rigged Grocery Prices Act would ban large food retailers and third-party delivery services from using customers' personal data to charge different prices to different shoppers, a practice known as dynamic pricing. The law applies to grocery stores at least 15,000 square feet and food delivery companies, with exceptions for voluntary loyalty programs, promotional offers that consumers consent to, and price variations based on objective costs like shipping or taxes. The bill also requires retailers to disclose when items are out of stock or weighed for pricing, and mandates that delivery services get explicit customer approval before substituting ordered items. The Federal Trade Commission would enforce the law and treat violations as unfair or deceptive business practices. Additionally, the Secretary of Labor must report to Congress within one year on how grocery stores' use of electronic shelf labels affects employment.

The Feed Our Kids Act of 2026 establishes free breakfast and lunch programs for all enrolled school children, setting federal reimbursement rates at $2.80 per breakfast and eliminating reduced-price meal options. The bill also expands afterschool meal programs to provide free meals at $4.63 per meal, with all reimbursement rates adjusted annually for inflation. Schools are prohibited from collecting unpaid meal debt or using shaming practices against children unable to pay. The legislation requires the Food and Nutrition Service to report to Congress within one year on whether these changes improve student academic outcomes, increase access to nutritious food, and identify ways to expand the use of locally sourced farm products in school meals.

The Jersey Pride Tax Credit Act of 2026 creates a federal tax credit equal to 25 percent of sales revenues for businesses that sell products promoting New Jersey. The credit applies to taxpayers selling eligible products to unrelated parties and becomes effective for products sold after December 31, 2025. The bill also requires port authorities to give preference to businesses selling New Jersey-promoting products when renting commercial retail space at ports. The legislation affects businesses of all sizes that manufacture or sell New Jersey-branded merchandise, as well as port authorities that manage retail spaces. No specific funding amount is designated in the bill, as the tax credit's cost depends on the volume of eligible product sales claimed by taxpayers in future years.

This House resolution condemns antisemitic rhetoric and content spread by prominent online personalities, specifically naming streamer Hasan Piker and commentator Candace Owens for statements that include support for Hamas, conspiracy theories about Jewish control, Holocaust denial, and antisemitic tropes. The resolution documents specific examples of their statements and details the rise of antisemitic incidents in the United States, attributing part of this increase to online platforms spreading disinformation and extremist content. The resolution calls on social media platforms to enforce hate speech policies, urges public officials and community leaders to condemn antisemitism, and asserts that individuals with large online audiences have a responsibility to avoid promoting hatred or discrimination. This is a non-binding resolution expressing the sense of Congress rather than legislation that creates law or allocates funding, and it does not include specific timelines or enforcement mechanisms.