# Summary The Families Deserve to Know Act requires U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to notify emergency contacts when individuals in their custody die, suffer serious illness, or are seriously injured. The agency must collect emergency contact information when taking custody and update it every 90 days, then notify those contacts within 12 hours of death and within 12 to 24 hours of serious illness or injury, depending on severity. Notifications must include specific medical details and be delivered compassionately in the person's preferred language. The bill applies to all ICE detention facilities, including contracted and private facilities, and requires contractors to include these notification requirements in their agreements, with daily civil penalties of $100,000 for violations and potential contract termination after two failures in a year. The legislation also authorizes families to sue the government or facility operators for damages of at least $100,000 per violation and creates reporting requirements for Congress and the public, with no additional federal funding needed for implementation.

The Duty of Transparency Act requires members of Congress to disclose when they expect to be absent from their duties for 21 or more consecutive calendar days. Members must file a disclosure statement within five days of knowing about the absence, explaining the expected dates, reason for the absence, whether they can perform duties remotely, and providing contact information for a staff member available if needed. The disclosure statements must be made public within two days of filing and updated every 30 days while the absence continues. Members are not required to disclose medical details or diagnoses but may voluntarily provide additional information beyond what is required. Violations of the disclosure requirement are handled by the House Ethics Committee or Senate Select Committee on Ethics, and the bill becomes effective immediately upon passage.

This bill prohibits group health plans from reclaiming payments they initially made for medical services when it's later discovered that a Medicare beneficiary was entitled to Medicare coverage during that time. The legislation specifically applies to situations where an individual has retroactive Medicare Part A coverage and was not behind on their employee contributions to the group health plan when the service was provided. The bill amends Medicare law to prevent these "clawback" situations, protecting individuals from having to repay their health insurance companies after Medicare retroactively covers their care. The legislation affects primarily working-age Medicare beneficiaries who are enrolled in both group health plans and Medicare, particularly those with retroactive coverage periods. No specific funding amounts or implementation timelines are outlined in the legislative text.

The Campaign Funds Integrity Act of 2026 prohibits candidates, campaign committees, and political organizations from using campaign donations to participate in prediction markets or similar betting contracts tied to elections, legislative actions, regulatory decisions, or other political or economic events. The bill applies to any federal candidate or political committee that receives contributions under campaign finance law and affects how they can invest or use donor money. Violations would be enforced by the Federal Election Commission through existing civil penalty procedures, with knowing and willful violations subject to criminal penalties of up to five years in prison and fines. The law carves out exceptions allowing campaigns to use funds for bank deposits, mutual funds, and other low-risk investments approved by the Federal Election Commission, which must issue detailed regulations within 120 days of the bill's enactment.

This bill prohibits campaign workers and consultants from trading in political prediction markets when they have access to confidential campaign information like internal polling, fundraising data, or candidate strategy. The legislation applies to anyone directly compensated by or working for federal candidates, political committees, or campaign-related organizations, as well as their immediate family members. The bill requires prediction market platforms to establish safeguards to detect suspicious trading by campaign-affiliated individuals and to report violations to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, with traders above certain thresholds required to disclose their campaign affiliations. Violations can result in civil penalties up to $250,000 or three times the profits gained, disgorgement of profits, and trading bans. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has 180 days after the bill's enactment to write implementing rules, and the bill carves out protections for public political analysis, journalism, academic research, and trading by individuals without access to confidential campaign information.

This bill designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5951 Riverdale Avenue in Bronx, New York, as the "Eliot L. Engel Post Office".

This joint resolution would block a decision by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to withdraw its guidance on deceptive marketing practices related to money transfers. The CFPB had issued guidance in 2024 warning against misleading claims about how fast or cheap it is to send remittance transfers, and in 2025 the agency moved to withdraw that guidance. This resolution uses the Congressional Review Act to disapprove of that withdrawal, which would prevent the CFPB from removing the consumer protections. If passed by both chambers and signed into law, the guidance would remain in effect and retain its legal force. The resolution affects money transfer companies and protects consumers, particularly immigrants who send money internationally, from deceptive marketing about transfer speeds and costs.

This resolution expresses congressional support for keeping U.S. military forces deployed as part of the Kosovo Force, a NATO peacekeeping mission that has operated in Kosovo since 1999. The measure highlights recent tensions between Kosovo and Serbia, including border incidents and military buildups in 2022 and 2023, and argues that the U.S. military presence is essential for maintaining regional stability and deterring conflict. Currently, approximately 600 U.S. military personnel serve in KFOR alongside roughly 5,000 other NATO troops operating under a United Nations mandate. The resolution calls for these American forces to remain in place until the peacekeeping mission is complete and notes that the Iowa National Guard provides strategic assistance to the mission and benefits from the operational training involved. The measure does not authorize new funding or establish a specific timeline, but instead urges that the existing deployment continue without reduction.

The Financial Access Protection Act would prohibit banks, credit unions, and consumer reporting agencies from collecting, keeping, or sharing information about customers' citizenship or immigration status. Financial institutions could not require consumers to disclose this information as a condition of opening or maintaining accounts, and federal banking regulators could not encourage or require banks to gather such data. The bill applies to all insured depository institutions, credit unions, national banks, and their subsidiaries. The legislation includes an exception that preserves banks' existing obligations under anti-money laundering laws and financial crime prevention requirements, meaning institutions could still share information when legally required for purposes like preventing terrorism financing or sanctions violations.

This bill designates the U.S. Chancery building in Pristina, Kosovo as the "Eliot L. Engel Building" in honor of former U.S. Representative Eliot L. Engel. The building, located at Arberia, Nr.25 Rr. 4 KORRIKU in Pristina, will officially carry this new name, and all government references to the building will reflect this designation. The bill contains no funding requirements or implementation timeline, as it is a symbolic naming designation. The legislation was introduced by Representative Torres of New York along with bipartisan co-sponsors and was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs for consideration.

This resolution honors the 87 victims of the Happy Land Social Club fire, a deadly arson that occurred on March 25, 1990, in the Bronx and designates March 25, 2026, as a national day of remembrance. The fire killed primarily young members of the Honduran and Garifuna-American communities, along with Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, and others, making it New York City's deadliest fire since 1911. The resolution recognizes how this tragedy exposed critical gaps in fire safety regulations and building code enforcement, ultimately prompting reforms including requirements for sprinkler systems and smoke alarms in public assembly buildings that continue protecting lives today. The measure expresses the House's support for remembering the victims, honoring their memory, and reaffirming the government's commitment to strong fire safety enforcement. No funding or budget impact is associated with this resolution, as it is a symbolic commemoration rather than legislation that creates new programs or spending.

The Community Health Profiles Act establishes a pilot program at the CDC to help up to 25 local and state health departments create neighborhood-level health data platforms that are freely available to the public. These platforms will combine health information with data on housing, education, economic conditions, and other social factors to help communities understand and address health disparities in specific neighborhoods. The grants prioritize areas that currently lack such systems and serve underserved populations, including low-income and environmentally burdened communities. All data collected through these grants will be submitted to a new National Neighborhood Health Data Repository, a searchable national database that allows comparisons across different communities while protecting privacy. The pilot program will run for four years, with Congress receiving progress reports on its effectiveness and recommendations about whether to expand it nationally.

This bill requires the Army Corps of Engineers District Commanders to provide annual briefings to members of Congress whose districts overlap with Corps projects in their region. Each briefing must cover all Corps-funded or Corps-led projects within the congressional district, including detailed information on project location, status, funding spent and needed, environmental impacts, community effects, and any delays. The District Commander must present this information virtually or in person at their discretion and allow time for questions from the member of Congress and staff. If a District Commander fails to provide the briefing by December 1st of each year, they must submit a written explanation by December 31st explaining the delay and outlining plans to reschedule. If even the written statement is not provided within 30 days, the Army Inspector General must investigate and report to both the relevant member of Congress and congressional committees on why the briefing was missed and recommend how to ensure it happens. The bill affects all members of Congress whose districts contain Corps of Engineers projects and applies starting in the calendar year after the bill is enacted, with no specific funding amounts authorized.

The Quick Recognition Act would require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers to wear scannable QR codes on their uniforms during law enforcement activities. The QR codes must be clearly visible and link to a Department of Homeland Security website displaying the officer's name, badge number, agency unit, and active employment status. The website would also allow the public to submit complaints about officer conduct and would make aggregated, anonymized complaint data publicly available, though personal contact information like home addresses and phone numbers would be protected. Officers must comply with this requirement within 180 days of the bill's enactment. The legislation aims to increase transparency and accountability in immigration enforcement while preserving any existing state and local oversight requirements.

The Food Rescue Act would establish a national food rescue system under the Department of Agriculture to recover surplus food from farms, retailers, and manufacturers and distribute it to food banks and communities in need. The bill directs the Agriculture Secretary to create a competitive grant program that provides funding to food rescue organizations, nonprofits, and government agencies to support activities like identifying surplus food sources, transporting goods, building storage infrastructure, and using technology to match available food with recipients. Eligible uses of grant funds include rescue and recovery operations, transportation and cold-storage logistics, processing facilities, real-time matching software, personnel, equipment, and administrative costs. The legislation applies to food rescue organizations working in partnership with food banks, retailers, producers, logistics providers, and local governments, with applicants required to detail their expected impact in pounds of food recovered and households served. The bill does not specify a funding amount, instead authorizing "such sums as may be necessary" to implement the program.

H.R. 7004 prohibits federal officials and employees from trading in prediction market contracts—financial bets on future political or government events—when they possess insider information unavailable to the general public. The law applies to elected federal officials, congressional staff, political appointees, and executive branch employees. Specifically, it bars these "covered individuals" from buying, selling, or trading contracts tied to government policies, government actions, or political outcomes if they have access to material nonpublic information relevant to those trades, either currently or through their official duties. The bill does not specify dedicated funding or enforcement timelines, instead establishing a legal prohibition with civil and criminal penalties for violations. This legislation aims to prevent government insiders from profiting off confidential information while performing their public duties.

Repealing the IMD Exclusion ActThis bill removes certain limitations relating to Medicaid coverage of services provided in institutions for mental diseases (IMDs).Current law generally prohibits federal payment under Medicaid for services provided in IMDs with more than 16 beds for individuals under the age of 65 (although states may receive payment through certain mechanisms, such as through a Medicaid demonstration waiver).The bill removes the age limitation and allows any institution to qualify as an IMD, regardless of the number of beds, if it primarily treats individuals with mental diseases and meets nationally recognized standards for mental health or substance use disorder programs, as approved by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

H.R. 6677, introduced in December 2025, seeks to reverse recent federal cuts to student loan availability for graduate and professional degree students. The bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to restore loan limits that were reduced under a previous law (Public Law 119-21), making more federal borrowing available to students pursuing advanced degrees like law, medicine, and master's programs. The legislation primarily affects graduate and professional students who have faced constraints on how much they can borrow for their education. While the bill text provided does not specify a particular funding amount or implementation timeline beyond references to loans issued after July 2012, it represents an effort to reverse recent policy changes that limited access to federal student loans for advanced degree holders.

H.R. 6603, known as the Our Parks Act, would waive entrance fees at national parks and national wildlife refuges on all federal holidays. Currently, visitors must pay entrance fees to access these sites year-round; this bill would eliminate those fees on the ten federal holidays recognized by the U.S. government, including Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and others. The legislation affects the National Park Service and anyone who visits federally managed parks and wildlife refuges, potentially increasing public access to these recreational areas on major holidays. The bill modifies the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act and contains no specified funding requirements or implementation timelines beyond directing the Secretary (of Interior) to implement the fee waiver policy.

The Anesthesia for All Act prohibits health insurance companies, including Medicaid managed care plans, from imposing arbitrary time limits on how long anesthesia services can be provided during medically necessary procedures. Instead of using preset time caps, insurers must base reimbursement decisions on what a qualified anesthesiologist or anesthesia provider determines is medically necessary for each patient. The bill prevents insurers from denying payment simply because a procedure took longer than expected, ensuring that patient safety and medical judgment—not cost-cutting measures—drive anesthesia care decisions. To enforce the law, the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General will monitor compliance through audits and investigations, with mandatory reports to Congress one year after enactment and every three years thereafter. The legislation affects all patients covered by private group health insurance, individual health plans, and Medicaid.

The Contracting Accountability and Transparency Act (CAT Act) requires public housing agencies across the country to publicly disclose detailed information about their contracts on their websites within one year of the law's enactment. Each disclosure must include what goods or services are being purchased, the vendor's identity, when the contract was solicited, the bids and quotes that were received, and which official initiated the contract. The bill, introduced in December 2025, applies to all public housing agencies and is overseen by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. This transparency requirement aims to make it easier for the public to see how housing agencies spend money and select contractors, potentially increasing accountability in government procurement.

The Point-Access Housing Guidelines Act of 2025 directs the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to create federal guidelines within 18 months to help states, cities, tribes, and localities build and permit "point-access block" residential buildings—a housing type where a single stairway serves all units in buildings up to five stories tall. The guidelines will address fire safety concerns (sprinklers, smoke detection, ventilation, and emergency exits), construction costs and affordability impacts, housing diversity, and alternative safety methods, developed in consultation with developers, architects, fire officials, and housing experts. The bill also allows HUD to award competitive grants to organizations and communities that want to pilot these buildings to test their safety and cost-effectiveness. Importantly, the legislation does not override existing state and local building codes, meaning communities can choose whether to adopt these guidelines. The bill aims to increase housing supply and affordability in expensive areas by streamlining the permitting process for this building type through standardized federal guidance.

H.R. 6346 would lock in the Coast Guard's current policy on divisive and hate symbols by prohibiting the Commandant from issuing new guidance that is less restrictive than the existing November 2025 memorandum on the subject. The bill essentially prevents the Coast Guard leadership from relaxing rules around what symbols and flags are banned in the service. This legislation affects Coast Guard operations and personnel policies going forward. The bill contains no specified funding or implementation timeline beyond the existing policy memo it references. The measure was introduced in December 2025 and referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

The Lung Cancer Screening Expansion Act of 2025 requires all health insurers—including private insurance plans and federal health programs—to provide full coverage at no cost to patients for annual lung cancer screenings using low-dose CT scans or similar technologies for adults ages 50 to 80 who are at increased risk for the disease. The bill defines eligibility broadly, allowing any treating healthcare provider to determine if a patient has elevated lung cancer risk based on personal, environmental, or family factors. To ensure access, the law prohibits insurance companies from imposing prior authorization requirements, step-therapy protocols, frequency limits stricter than once per year, or excessive documentation demands. Federal agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Office of Personnel Management, must develop implementing regulations within 180 days of the bill's enactment to enforce compliance across all covered programs. This expansion aims to increase early detection of lung cancer among high-risk populations by removing financial and procedural barriers to screening.

This bill would prohibit the appearance of any living person's portrait or likeness on U.S. coins or currency. More specifically, it bars images of a sitting or former president who is still alive from appearing on U.S. money, and extends that restriction to any living individual on any form of U.S. currency. The bill amends existing federal law governing coin and currency design (Title 31 of the U.S. Code) and was introduced in October 2025 by Representatives Torres of New York and Liccardo. The legislation does not specify any funding requirements or implementation timeline. If passed, this would effectively prevent the creation of commemorative coins or currency featuring living presidents or other living people, a departure from current practice which has occasionally featured living individuals on commemorative coins.