Ro Khanna

This concurrent resolution directs the President to withdraw U.S. Armed Forces from military operations against the Houthis in Yemen unless Congress explicitly authorizes such actions through a formal declaration of war or specific legislation. The resolution invokes the War Powers Resolution, a 1973 law that requires congressional approval for extended military operations, and argues that current U.S. military involvement against the Houthis lacks this authorization. The involvement includes direct airstrikes, intelligence sharing, targeting support, aerial refueling for Saudi warplanes, and the deployment of over 200 U.S. troops to a joint command center in Saudi Arabia. The resolution affects military personnel currently engaged in these operations and reflects a constitutional disagreement over whether the President can commit armed forces to hostilities without specific congressional approval. There is no funding amount or implementation timeline specified in the resolution, as concurrent resolutions express Congress's will but do not carry the force of law requiring the President's signature.

The Campus Accountability and Safety Act of 2026 establishes new requirements for colleges and universities to improve safety and support for students experiencing sexual violence and harassment. The bill requires the Department of Education to create a public website with campus crime data, information about Title IX coordinators, and details on how to file complaints, while colleges must hire trained sexual violence specialists as confidential resources, publish comprehensive reporting information, and implement amnesty policies protecting students who report incidents from discipline for related conduct violations. Institutions must also adopt trauma-informed practices when handling cases, notify both parties of disciplinary proceedings within 24 hours, and face civil penalties up to one percent of their operating budget for noncompliance. Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must study the effectiveness of federal grant programs addressing campus violence and submit findings to Congress within two years of the bill's enactment.

H.R. 10741 was introduced on October 5, 2026 by Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA-17) with 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 designates biotechnology and biomanufacturing infrastructure as critical infrastructure that should be protected by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency within the Department of Homeland Security. Currently, many biotech facilities lack formal designation as critical infrastructure, leaving them without coordinated federal cybersecurity and physical security protections. The bill requires the agency to develop a comprehensive work plan within 45 days of enactment that identifies stakeholders, creates outreach strategies, and ensures biotech companies are represented in relevant security councils and coordinating bodies. The bill also mandates an implementation report within one year and a final assessment within two years to determine whether any biotechnology areas remain inadequately protected. No specific funding amounts are included in the legislation, though it directs existing federal resources to be applied to this new protective mission.

This bill designates genetic and biometric data systems as critical infrastructure and assigns the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) responsibility for protecting them. Under the legislation, CISA would oversee security management of genetic data systems containing genomic sequences, provide training to federal personnel on protecting this sensitive data, and work with biotechnology companies and other stakeholders to develop security protocols. The bill also requires CISA to consult with the biotechnology sector and other relevant agencies to address emerging security threats, including risks at the intersection of digital genetic data and physical biological samples. No specific funding amount or implementation timeline is specified in the legislation, which was introduced in September 2026 and referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.

The Illegal War Refund Act would require the federal government to compensate U.S. taxpayers and their dependents for the economic costs of an Iran war by making annual payments starting in fiscal year 2027. Each year, the Office of Management and Budget would calculate the total economic costs to taxpayers from the war, including expenses related to interest rates, fuel prices, food prices, and inflation. The Treasury Department would then transfer funds from the Department of Defense's unobligated budget accounts to pay eligible individuals, with each taxpayer and dependent receiving an equal share of the calculated amount. Payments would be distributed by October 30 of each fiscal year to any individual who filed a tax return in the preceding year, plus their dependents, though the payments cannot include the names or signatures of elected officials. The bill does not specify the dollar amount of payments or how long the program would continue, leaving those details to be determined by annual calculations.

This House resolution expresses support for a "Data Center Bill of Rights" that would give communities greater control over artificial intelligence data center development. The resolution responds to concerns that AI data centers consume massive amounts of water and electricity, create air and noise pollution affecting public health, and often hide their operations through nondisclosure agreements. It calls for establishing community rights including the ability to ban data centers near homes and schools, reject projects through local voting processes, receive independent impact assessments before approval, and require data center operators to pay full taxes and create enforceable community benefit agreements. The resolution primarily affects communities where data centers are or may be built, along with data center developers and operators. No funding or specific timeline is designated in this resolution, as it is an expression of the House's position calling for future legislation rather than a binding law.

The AI Ads Act amends federal election law to explicitly prohibit using artificial intelligence-generated content to commit election fraud, including fraudulently misrepresenting campaign authority and deceiving people into giving money to campaigns. Currently, the Federal Election Campaign Act bans these fraudulent practices, but the law does not specifically mention AI-generated content, leaving a potential loophole. The bill applies these prohibitions more broadly to any person creating fraudulent political content through AI, not just candidates trying to damage opponents, and extends protections to cover fake political committees and organizations. The legislation does not include new funding or establish a timeline for implementation, as it primarily clarifies existing legal prohibitions to address modern technology. This bill would help ensure that deepfakes and other AI-manipulated content cannot be used to trick voters or donors in federal elections.

# Green New Deal for Health Act Summary This legislation establishes a comprehensive federal program to protect public health from climate change impacts while reducing the health care sector's contribution to greenhouse gas emissions. The bill creates new government structures, funds infrastructure improvements, and supports workforce development to build a climate-resilient health system. The law establishes an Office of Climate Change and Health Equity within the Department of Health and Human Services to coordinate federal responses to climate-related health threats. This office will develop a national strategic action plan within one year and work with other agencies to protect vulnerable populations disproportionately affected by climate change. It authorizes $10 million annually through 2033 for this office's operations. The bill includes $100 billion for hospital infrastructure upgrades to withstand climate disasters, such as installing renewable energy systems, improving cooling and air filtration, and protecting access routes from flooding and wildfires. An additional $5 billion funds planning grants to help hospitals and health facilities develop climate resilience plans. The legislation requires hospitals to notify the government 90 days before closing services or shutting down and prohibits discontinuing essential services during that period unless patient safety is at risk. For workforce development, the law dedicates $9 billion to train health professionals on climate-related health risks and $10 billion annually through 2036 to expand the community health worker workforce by 150,000 positions, including jobs addressing climate health impacts. It also authorizes $100 million through 2031 for community mental health and resilience programs to address climate anxiety and trauma. The legislation allocates $130 billion for community health center expansion in environmental justice communities and requires that 50 percent of community health funding benefit these historically underserved areas. It also adds Medicare coverage for home resilience services like heat pumps and solar batteries for individuals vulnerable to climate disasters, funded through regular Medicare channels. The bill directs the health care industry to reduce emissions by creating an Office of Sustainability within Medicare to track hospital emissions and establish "Climate-Friendly" designations for hospitals meeting sustainability goals. It requires drug and device manufacturers to disclose their products' climate impacts and establishes a working group to develop regulations supporting domestic, zero-emission medical supply manufacturing. The legislation dedicates $5 billion to research on climate change health impacts, sustainable health care delivery, and low-emissions medical innovations through 2036.

This bill prohibits federal candidates and officeholders from using campaign contributions or legal defense funds to pay settlements, judgments, or legal fees related to sexual assault, sexual abuse, or sexual harassment claims against them. The law would also ban the use of these funds to hire private investigators or conduct opposition research targeting individuals who bring such claims. The only exception allows reimbursement of legal fees if the candidate or officeholder is found not liable for the allegations. Additionally, the bill requires detailed public reporting of all legal expenses, including the nature of the legal matter and whether funds went toward settlements or judgments. These restrictions would apply retroactively to payments made within two years before the bill's enactment.

This bill establishes a new federal fund called the Industrial Bank for American Manufacturing to provide loans, investments, and grants to domestic manufacturers expanding or modernizing operations in critical technologies and supply chain sectors. The fund will receive up to $15 billion annually, with half coming from tariff revenues collected on Chinese goods and the remainder from congressional appropriations. Individual awards cannot exceed $500 million, and loans carry terms up to 25 years with interest rates based on Treasury costs. Recipients must meet strict eligibility requirements, including having no tax liabilities or foreign ownership, and must commit to prevailing wage standards, apprenticeship programs, and spending at least 1 percent of assistance on worker training. The law prioritizes manufacturers in areas that have lost manufacturing jobs, those injured by trade competition, and companies working on environmental sustainability, domestic supply sourcing, and national defense capabilities. The fund operates for 10 years, with all unspent money returned to the Treasury, and the Commerce Department must publicly report on job creation, fund usage, and effects on domestic manufacturing capacity.

# Summary of H.R. 9857: Protecting Americans from Doxing and Political Violence Act This bill aims to protect Members of Congress, their families, and congressional staff from having sensitive personal information publicly disclosed online, a practice known as doxing. The legislation defines "covered information" broadly to include home addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, Social Security numbers, vehicle license plates, children's identities, school locations and schedules, and precise location data. At-risk individuals—including current and former Members of Congress, their immediate family members, designated congressional employees, and anyone living in their households—can request that government agencies and data brokers remove this information from public records and databases within 72 hours of receiving the request. The bill places requirements on three categories of entities: government agencies must comply with removal requests, data brokers are prohibited from selling or licensing covered information about any U.S. person, and other businesses and websites must remove the information and stop transferring it to third parties after receiving a written request. The legislation includes carve-outs for legitimate news reporting, information voluntarily published by the individuals themselves, and information required by federal law. Violations can result in legal action by the Attorney General, state attorneys general, or affected individuals seeking injunctive or declaratory relief. The bill does not specify funding amounts or implementation timelines beyond the 72-hour removal deadline.

The Critical Defense Ownership Review Act requires the Department of Defense to review and approve any deal where investment firms acquire a 25 percent or greater stake in major defense contractors before the transaction can proceed. Investment firms and defense contractors involved in such deals must notify the Pentagon in advance, and the Defense Department has 30 days to assess national security risks, potential impacts on competition, financial stability concerns, and effects on the defense supply chain before submitting its findings to federal antitrust authorities. The bill also requires the Defense Department's Industrial Base Policy office to conduct a comprehensive review every three years on merger and acquisition activity involving major defense suppliers and report findings to Congress by December 31, 2027, and every three years thereafter. The legislation applies to all proposed mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic investments involving defense contractors that occur after the law's enactment. This bill aims to prevent foreign or domestic investment firms from gaining controlling interests in critical defense companies in ways that could threaten national security or disrupt the military supply chain.

This bill creates a Foreign Investment Review Authority to monitor and track foreign investment commitments made to the United States, with specific focus on designated countries including China, Japan ($550 billion), South Korea ($350 billion), and Taiwan ($500 billion), whose commitments are automatically recognized when the bill takes effect. The FIRA will maintain a public website identifying all covered investments, the investing parties, amounts, and potential conflicts of interest to ensure transparency. The bill grants FIRA enforcement powers to require investors to renegotiate investment terms through mediation or to suspend and prohibit investments that fail to meet qualified standards. To maintain oversight and accountability, FIRA must submit annual unclassified reports to Congress on reviewed investments and trends, publish semiannual public reports on job creation and supply chain origins, and have its Chief Ethics Officer issue quarterly public reports on complaints and resolutions.

This bill requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to assess the biotechnology workforce needs across 14 major federal agencies, including the Departments of Defense, Energy, and Health and Human Services, plus NASA and the National Science Foundation. The assessment must identify how many biotechnology positions each agency currently has and will need over the next 5 and 10 years, along with the qualifications required for these positions, security clearance needs, and funding gaps. The Director must also evaluate whether current job classification systems adequately track biotechnology positions and propose solutions to workforce challenges, including options like retraining existing employees, sharing workers between agencies, using outside experts, and establishing public-private talent exchanges. The Director must submit a complete report to Congress within 180 days of the bill's enactment with all assessment findings and recommendations. The bill does not specify funding amounts but requires agencies to determine what additional appropriations may be needed to obtain necessary security clearances for biotechnology positions.

This resolution expresses congressional support for protecting Americans from private equity's effects on essential services like housing, healthcare, child care, and nursing homes. The resolution contends that private equity ownership has driven up prices, reduced service quality, and limited consumer choices across these sectors, citing examples such as private equity firms purchasing one in five single-family homes and controlling roughly 30 percent of for-profit hospitals. The resolution does not authorize any spending or establish specific timelines but instead calls for a comprehensive federal plan that would include stricter staffing and safety standards, elimination of taxpayer subsidies for institutional home purchases, increased transparency requirements, and support for nonprofit and community-based alternatives to private equity ownership. The resolution references several previously introduced bills from the 117th and 118th Congresses that address specific sectors, though none of those proposals became law. As a resolution rather than a bill, this measure expresses the House's position without creating enforceable law or requiring implementation.

This concurrent resolution directs the President to remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities against Iran or any part of its government or military unless a declaration of war or authorization to use military force for such purpose has been enacted.The resolution specifies that it shall not be construed to prevent the United States from defending itself, its Armed Forces, its diplomatic facilities, or allied states from imminent attack.

The Stop Deadly Denials Act of 2026 would ban Medicare Advantage plans from requiring prior authorization for medical services starting January 1, 2027, with limited exceptions for drugs and supplemental benefits. The bill also prohibits the implementation of a specific Medicare pilot program called the WISeR Model that was testing prior authorization in traditional Medicare, and bars the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation from launching similar prior authorization experiments that rely on artificial intelligence to deny claims without physician review. The legislation affects Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in both Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare, as well as healthcare providers who deal with authorization requirements. The bill imposes penalties on Medicare Advantage plans that violate the prior authorization ban and requires any future Medicare innovation models to go through a public notice and comment process before implementation.

Gasoline Export Ban Act of 2026This bill prohibits the exportation of gasoline produced in the United States during certain periods of high gasoline prices.Specifically, the bill directs the President to prohibit the exportation of gasoline produced in the United States during periods when the average price for gasoline in the United States has been equal to or higher than $3.12 per gallon for each of the preceding seven days.The President may exempt from the prohibition exports of gasoline as the President determines to be consistent with the national interest and the purposes of the bill.

Government Audit and Accountability of Federally Funded State-Administered Programs ActThis bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on federally funded state-administered programs (including programs subject to federal single audit requirements) that are at high risk for waste, fraud, and abuse.Specifically, the report mustidentify program areas and administrative practices that make such programs systematically vulnerable to waste, fraud, and abuse;assess best practices that strengthen the administration of federally funded programs and prevent such vulnerabilities;identify federal tools, resources, and assistance to address vulnerability patterns; andinclude recommendations for addressing high-risk program areas and administrative practices.

H.R. 8108 would change federal tax law to end a particular tax credit connected to enhanced oil recovery. Specifically, it ends the use of carbon oxide as a “tertiary injectant” for facilities whose construction begins after the bill is enacted, and it strikes the existing enhanced oil recovery credit by removing Internal Revenue Code Section 43. The bill applies starting with taxable years beginning after enactment, affecting how companies can claim related tax incentives. It also makes technical changes to other parts of the Internal Revenue Code that reference the eliminated credit to keep the provisions consistent.

# Summary of H.R. 7960 — Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act This bill imposes a new federal excise tax on crude oil extracted or imported by major oil companies, with revenues returned to individual taxpayers through rebates. The tax applies to covered oil companies that extracted or imported an average of more than 300,000 barrels per day in 2025, and equals 50 percent of the amount by which the average quarterly price of Brent crude oil exceeds the 2025 baseline price, adjusted annually for inflation. The tax takes effect on January 1, 2026, with companies having until September 30, 2026, to pay taxes owed on the first two quarters of 2026. Revenue from the windfall profits tax flows into a new "Protect Consumers from Gas Hikes Fund" and is distributed back to eligible U.S. individuals as quarterly gasoline price rebates. Most taxpayers receive an equal rebate amount each quarter, while joint filers receive 150 percent of the individual amount. Higher-income earners face a phase-out, with the credit reduced by 5 percent for income exceeding $75,000 (single), $112,500 (head of household), or $150,000 (joint filers). U.S. territories with income tax systems mirroring federal law also receive payments to offset revenue losses.

The AI-Ready Bio-Data Standards Act directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop definitions, technical standards, and best practices to ensure that biological datasets created with federal research funding can be effectively used to train artificial intelligence models. The bill affects federal research agencies, academic institutions, and private biotechnology companies that receive federal funding for biological research. NIST must complete these standards within two years of enactment, establish an advisory group to guide the process, and conduct testing to ensure the standards don't create excessive burdens on researchers. The legislation requires annual progress reports to Congress and a comprehensive Government Accountability Office evaluation within five years, with the entire program sunsetting after ten years. No specific appropriations are mentioned in the bill text, suggesting implementation will occur within existing NIST budgets.

H.R. 7832, the “America’s Living Library Act,” creates a federal pilot project, managed by the Department of the Interior through the U.S. Geological Survey, to collect, sequence, and store biological samples from selected National Park System units and make the resulting genomic data available to the public. The bill directs the government to work with other federal agencies to set common standards for sampling and sequencing, store samples long term, and build a genomic database with safeguards to protect sensitive location information and personally identifiable data, along with cybersecurity protections. It requires Interior to choose 5 pilot park units within 180 days and add 20 more within two years using objective selection criteria, and to complete an implementation plan within 180 days that includes tribal consultation and steps for expanding to additional federal lands. It also sets reporting milestones, including a preliminary report at three years and a final report after the program ends, and it requires an approach for long-term funding such as a graduated subscription model. Funding is authorized for 2027 through 2031 across relevant agencies, and the program’s authority would expire 10 years after enactment.

The Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act proposes to fund major expansions in social programs by imposing a five percent annual tax on the net assets of billionaires, with the IRS required to audit at least fifty percent of billionaires annually to ensure compliance. The revenue generated would support expansions of Medicare to include dental, hearing, and vision coverage beginning in 2027 and 2028, a new universal child care and early learning program for children under age six starting in 2026, increased teacher salaries with minimum starting wages of $60,000 annually, $85.6 billion annually for affordable housing through 2035, and improvements to home and community-based long-term care services under Medicaid. The child care program would operate as a guaranteed federal entitlement with states receiving ninety percent reimbursement for direct services and requiring child care providers to pay staff wages comparable to elementary school teachers, while the teacher salary program would provide $14.5 billion annually in grants to states to reach competitive compensation levels. These initiatives would be implemented over the period from 2026 through the mid-2030s, with various funding allocations specified for each program component including $900 million for dental coverage, $370 million for audiology services, $500 million for vision care, and $130 million for long-term care planning grants.