Morgan McGarvey

This bill establishes a National Task Force on Caregiving Youth to address the needs of young people under age 26 who provide unpaid care to veterans and active-duty service members with disabilities, illnesses, or injuries. The task force, led by the Department of Veterans Affairs and including representatives from the Departments of Health and Human Services, Education, and Defense plus three nonprofit organizations, must be created within 180 days and will operate for five years. The task force is required to commission a national study on caregiving youth (completed within two years), consult with stakeholders, develop policy recommendations for expanded support including school-based resources and mental health services, and create an advisory council with nonprofit caregiving advocates. Congress will receive an initial report within one year and annual progress reports thereafter documenting the task force's findings on the prevalence, demographics, impacts, and service gaps affecting these young caregivers, along with recommendations for federal, state, and local support improvements.

The Child Safety and Well-Being Act of 2026 establishes a new 15-member Children's Commission appointed by the Comptroller General to advise on child welfare policies, drawing expertise from child welfare specialists, doctors, educators, advocates, and young people with direct experience in the system. The Commission will be led by a full-time Children's Commissioner who serves a 5-year term and works to identify and recruit qualified candidates while consulting with child-focused organizations. The Commission must meet quarterly, actively incorporate children's voices into its deliberations, and members must disclose any financial conflicts of interest to ensure impartial advice. Congress will provide $7.5 million annually from 2027 through 2034 to fund the Commission's operations, with unspent funds carrying forward indefinitely to allow flexible budgeting across multiple years. Through this structure, the bill creates an independent body dedicated to improving child safety and well-being through informed policymaking rooted in expert knowledge and the lived experiences of children themselves.

Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act This bill expands special education and related services for children and youth who are deaf, hard of hearing, deafdisabled, blind, visually impaired, or deafblind.For example, the bill requires states to more specifically identify and evaluate children who are deaf, hard of hearing, deafdisabled, blind, visually impaired, or deafblind to better allow for the provision of appropriate services.In addition, a state's closure of a specialized school serving children who are blind or deaf shall result in a reduction of its financial support for special education and related services.The bill also authorizes support, including grants for training special education personnel, to prepare individuals to become qualified teachers and early intervention specialists for children who are deaf, hard of hearing, deafdisabled, blind, visually impaired, or deafblind.Finally, the bill establishes within the Department of Education the Anne Sullivan Macy Center on Visual Disability and Educational Excellence to better support students with visual disabilities receiving special education and related services.

This bill, known as the Helen Keller Education Act, aims to improve special education services for children and youth who are deafblind by addressing gaps in how these students are identified, evaluated, and served within the education system. The legislation modifies the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to ensure that deafblind children receive appropriate services regardless of how states classify their disabilities, and it adds intervener services as an eligible related service to help deafblind students communicate and access information. States must submit written plans to the federal government within two years describing how they will meet the unique language, communication, and academic needs of deafblind children, ensure they have qualified personnel including deafblind teachers and interveners, and provide opportunities for direct communication with peers and staff. The bill also requires federal agencies to develop policy guidance within one year and publish regulations defining deafblindness and intervener services, while establishing new programs to train teachers of deafblind children, interveners, and early intervention specialists who will work with infants and toddlers through school-age children who are deafblind.

The Young Adult Tax Credit Act would create a new monthly tax credit of $500 for U.S. residents ages 18-24, beginning in 2027, that would be paid directly to eligible recipients throughout the year rather than as a lump sum at tax time. The credit is refundable, meaning young adults receive payments even if they owe no federal income taxes, with amounts indexed for inflation beginning in 2028. The Treasury Department would establish a multilingual online portal allowing recipients to manage their accounts, report income changes, and choose between monthly or annual payments, with the IRS reconciling any overpayments when taxes are filed. The law requires the IRS to notify recipients by January 31st each year of payments received and amounts owed back if eligibility changed, and Treasury must launch an outreach campaign using direct mail and community organizations to ensure young adults, particularly underrepresented populations, know how to claim the credit. The program would take effect January 1, 2027.

The HELP Act of 2026 establishes a federal funding program to expand and improve 211 services, which help connect people to social assistance resources like food, housing, and healthcare. The bill designates a nonprofit organization with experience in community health services and disaster response to oversee the program, distribute grants to local 211 providers in each state, and ensure services are accessible to people with disabilities. The administering agency will also coordinate 211 services with emergency response systems and run public awareness campaigns about available resources. Congress authorizes $250 million annually from 2026 through 2032 to support the program, with the administering agency permitted to use up to 10 percent of those funds for its own administrative costs and to establish 211 networks in states that lack them. The agency must submit yearly reports to the Department of Health and Human Services on program effectiveness and outcomes.

This bill creates a new entrepreneurship counseling and training program specifically designed for people who have been released from federal prison. The program, administered through the Small Business Administration's Service Corps of Retired Executives, would provide mentoring, business planning assistance, workshops, and help identifying funding sources to help formerly incarcerated individuals start or expand small businesses. The services would include regular one-on-one mentoring sessions over the course of a year, assistance with developing business plans and transition plans, and connections to local small business resources. The SBA would be required to survey participants about their satisfaction with the program and submit annual reports to Congress detailing how many people were served, the hours of mentorship provided, participant demographics, and the effectiveness of the services offered. The bill does not specify dedicated funding amounts but requires implementation on a nationwide basis through existing SBA structures.

The Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2025 overhauls the federal program that provides medical and disability benefits to coal miners suffering from black lung disease and their survivors. The bill addresses longstanding barriers to accessing benefits by establishing an independent Office of Workers' Compensation Programs to streamline claims processing, reducing the case backlog to a 12-month resolution target, allowing miners previously denied benefits based on outdated chest X-ray interpretations to refile claims with retroactive benefits, and providing financial support for legal representation (up to $4,500) and medical expenses (up to $3,000) in contested cases. To strengthen the system's integrity, the legislation increases penalties on operators who fail to secure benefits from $1,000 to $25,000, establishes stricter financial standards for self-insured operators, and creates criminal penalties up to five years imprisonment for fraud or misconduct in claims. The bill also modernizes program language to be more inclusive and gender-neutral, updates cross-references to current tax law, and improves case processing by allowing the Social Security Administration to share earnings records with the Department of Labor, together addressing widespread problems of inadequate legal representation, benefit amounts that don't keep pace with inflation, and rising black lung disease rates among younger miners.

This bill makes it easier for families of deceased coal miners to receive Black Lung Benefits by changing the rules about how deaths are presumed to be caused by pneumoconiosis (a lung disease from coal dust). Instead of requiring survivors to prove their relative's death was caused by the disease, the bill shifts the burden to coal operators to prove it wasn't—making approvals more likely for miners who worked in coal mines for at least 10 years or were totally disabled by the disease. The legislation also establishes a new program to pay attorneys' fees (up to $4,500 per case) and medical expenses (up to $3,000 per case) for claimants whose cases take longer than a year to resolve, with coal operators required to reimburse the Black Lung Benefits fund when claims are approved. Additionally, the bill directs the Government Accountability Office to study interim benefit payments, whether current benefit amounts are sufficient for miners and survivors, and the possibility of allowing survivors to file subsequent claims after their initial cases are decided—with reports due to Congress within one year. The changes apply retroactively to claims filed within five years before enactment and any claims still pending when the bill becomes law.

Justice for Breonna Taylor Act This bill prohibits no-knock warrants, which generally permit law enforcement officers to enter a premises without first identifying their authority and purpose. Specifically, it requires federal law enforcement officers to provide notice of their authority and purpose before executing a warrant. State and local law enforcement agencies that receive funds from the Department of Justice must execute warrants that require the serving officer to provide notice of his or her authority and purpose before forcibly entering a premises.

This resolution expresses condolences to the families, friends, and loved ones of the victims of UPS Airlines flight 2976, which crashed in Louisville, Kentucky, on November 4, 2025.The resolution alsohonors those who lost their lives, andcommends the first responders and emergency personnel.

The Ohio River Restoration Program Act establishes a new Environmental Protection Agency program to coordinate environmental restoration efforts across the Ohio River Basin, which spans fifteen states from New York to South Carolina. The bill creates an EPA National Program Office headed by a director who will develop a restoration action plan and coordinate projects addressing water quality, flood resilience, habitat protection, invasive species control, and public access to the river. The program will prioritize nature-based solutions such as restoring wetlands and removing dams to restore ecological function. The legislation authorizes $350 million annually from 2026 through 2030 to fund restoration projects carried out by federal agencies, states, tribes, nonprofits, and other qualified entities, with the EPA director selecting projects in consultation with an advisory council representing each Ohio River state and affected tribal governments. Within one year of enactment, the program director must develop measurable restoration goals, followed by a comprehensive action plan within two years, with updates required every five years.

The SBIR/STTR Oversight Act improves transparency and efficiency for the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, which provide federal funding to help small companies develop innovative technologies. The bill requires federal agencies to publish their annual SBIR and STTR reports publicly on their websites and report them directly to Congress for better oversight. It directs the Government Accountability Office to complete a comprehensive review within three years assessing how well these programs serve new and underrepresented small businesses, including women-owned and minority-owned companies, and how effectively they support technology commercialization. The bill also extends federal reporting on award processing times to 11 years and requires the National Institutes of Health to establish a pilot program (running through September 2030) aimed at speeding up the award process to approximately 90 days between notification and funding. These changes primarily affect small business owners seeking federal research funding and federal agencies administering these innovation programs, with no new discretionary funding authorized in the bill itself.

The Appalachian Communities Health Equity Act would impose a moratorium on new federal permits for mountaintop removal coal mining in Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Virginia until federal health agencies complete a comprehensive study on the practice's health effects. The bill responds to scientific evidence linking mountaintop removal mining—which uses explosives to extract coal from steep slopes—to increased rates of birth defects, respiratory and heart disease, and other serious health problems in nearby communities. While the health study is underway, existing mining operations must conduct continuous monitoring of water, air, and soil pollution and submit monthly results to the Department of Health and Human Services for public access. The bill requires mining companies to fund the study and monitoring requirements through a one-time fee assessed by the Interior Department, ensuring no new federal permits can be issued or renewed until health officials determine that mountaintop removal mining poses no health risks to nearby residents.

The Supporting Premature Infant Nutrition Act of 2025 requires health insurance plans to cover human milk fortifier—a nutrient-enriched product made from donor breast milk—at no cost to families. The bill applies to premature and low-birth-weight infants under one year old whose doctors determine the product is medically necessary due to conditions like extreme prematurity (34 weeks or less), low birth weight, or congenital health issues. Coverage requirements take effect January 1, 2026, and apply across Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and private group and individual health insurance plans. No copayments, deductibles, or other cost-sharing is permitted for the covered product. The legislation aims to ensure vulnerable infants receive critical nutrition support without financial barriers for families, regardless of their insurance type or income level.

Cutting Copays ActThis bill eliminates cost-sharing for generic drugs for those with the lowest-income under the Medicare prescription drug benefit's Low-Income Subsidy Program beginning in 2026.

This bill directs the Federal Reserve Chair to establish a commission within 90 days to study whether the United States should create a national sovereign wealth fund—a government-owned investment vehicle that could accumulate and manage wealth for the nation. The 25-member commission will include representatives from the Federal Reserve, Treasury Department, Securities and Exchange Commission, Commerce Department, and trade office, plus 10 outside experts in economics and investment policy. The commission will examine potential funding sources (such as natural resources, tariffs, foreign exchange reserves, and tax revenue), what assets the fund could hold (stocks, bonds, real estate, and infrastructure), how the money could be used (from debt reduction to dividend payments), and the broader economic impacts on inflation, employment, and wealth inequality. The commission must submit a comprehensive report to Congress and the public within two years of its first meeting, including detailed legislative recommendations based on its findings.

This resolution condemns the acts of gun violence that led to the loss of life in Louisville, Kentucky, at (1) the Old National Bank building on April 10, 2023; (2) Jefferson Community and Technical College on April 10, 2023; and (3) Chickasaw Park on April 15, 2023.

H.R. 2303, the Board of Veterans' Appeals Attorney Retention and Backlog Reduction Act, aims to improve how the Department of Veterans Affairs processes veterans' appeals by making changes to attorney compensation and career advancement. The bill amends federal law to allow non-supervisory attorneys at the Board of Veterans' Appeals to be promoted to the highest General Schedule pay grade (GS-15), which is intended to help recruit and retain qualified legal talent. By improving staffing levels and career opportunities for attorneys, the legislation is designed to reduce the backlog of pending appeals and speed up the claims processing system for veterans seeking decisions on their cases. The bill affects veterans waiting for appeal decisions and the attorneys who work for the Board of Veterans' Appeals. The legislation does not specify particular funding amounts or implementation timelines in the provided text.

Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Reporting Act of 2025This bill requires the Small Business Administration to assess and report on the challenges that entrepreneurs with a disability encounter in starting and operating a business, including any recommendations for legislative actions to address those challenges.