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.

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.

# 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 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.

H.R. 9857 was introduced on July 22, 2026 by Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA-17) with no cosponsors. The text for this legislation has not yet been released. A summary will be generated when there is text available.

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.

H.Res. 1092 is a congressional resolution condemning Israeli settlement expansion, settler violence, and related human rights abuses in the West Bank. The resolution calls for the Israeli government to halt home demolitions, cancel land confiscation actions, stop approving new settlements, and hold settlers accountable for violence. It also urges the U.S. President and State Department to impose targeted sanctions on Israeli officials credibly implicated in human rights abuses, particularly Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, and to consider conditioning U.S. security assistance on a freeze of development in the E1 corridor between East Jerusalem and the Maale Adumim settlement. Additionally, the resolution expresses support for ending tax benefits that may indirectly subsidize settlement activity. The resolution does not involve direct federal funding or implementation timelines, as resolutions are statements of congressional sentiment rather than binding law.

This resolution acknowledges serious human rights abuses committed by Bhutan's government against over 100,000 Nepali-speaking citizens, primarily the Lhotshampa ethnic group, during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The resolution documents forced evictions, political detention, torture, and the stripping of citizenship rights that affected these minority populations, many of whom fled to refugee camps in Nepal where thousands still remain decades later. The House resolution does not provide funding or enforce action but instead urges Bhutan to release political prisoners, restore citizenship to affected communities, accept the voluntary return of refugees, and establish an independent Truth Commission to investigate the historical abuses and promote reconciliation. The resolution also acknowledges Bhutan's more recent positive developments, including its transition to democracy in 2008 and its climate leadership, while maintaining that these current actions do not excuse past violations. The resolution is directed at the Royal Government of Bhutan and affects Bhutanese refugees and their descendants, many of whom have resettled in countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom.

This resolution responds to recent deaths involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including two U.S. citizens shot during enforcement operations in Minneapolis and a detainee death in a Texas facility, calling for sweeping reforms to the agency. The resolution seeks to halt all new Department of Homeland Security funding, repeal ICE's $75 billion multi-year funding allocation, and initiate impeachment proceedings against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi for alleged constitutional violations and mischaracterizations of federal actions. The resolution also proposes structural changes including eliminating qualified immunity for ICE agents, establishing national use-of-force standards, replacing ICE with a new agency under the Department of Justice with civilian oversight, and implementing new protections in detention facilities such as independent inspections and mandatory body cameras. This resolution affects immigration enforcement operations across the country and would substantially reshape how federal immigration enforcement is conducted and overseen, though it represents one chamber's legislative intent rather than enacted law.

This bill restricts large investment firms and wealthy individuals from purchasing and profiting from single-family homes. Specifically, it targets "specified large investors"—entities with assets exceeding $100 million—by prohibiting them from deducting mortgage interest, insurance costs, and depreciation expenses on single-family homes (1-4 unit properties) they own. The bill also imposes a tax equal to the full sale price when these large investors sell single-family homes, and it bars federal mortgage agencies (Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae) from financing mortgages for such investors. The restrictions take effect 18 months after enactment and include exceptions for investors building new homes or substantially rehabilitating properties, as well as for non-profit organizations and government entities. Revenue generated from the excise tax would be deposited into the Housing Trust Fund to support affordable rental housing for low-income and homeless families.

H.Res. 1005 is a non-binding resolution expressing the House's support for better treatment of creators and digital workers—including content creators, freelancers, and gig workers—who earn income through online platforms. The resolution acknowledges that over 10 million Americans work as independent contractors on platforms but often lack transparency about how algorithms affect their earnings, face income volatility, and cannot access traditional employee benefits like health care or retirement plans. The resolution calls for several reforms: portable benefits that workers can carry across platforms, clear revenue-sharing terms from platforms, the ability for creators to maintain direct relationships with their audiences, better small business support resources, clearer appeal processes for account suspensions, and transparency about how artificial intelligence affects creators' work. This is a statement of congressional intent rather than binding legislation, so it does not establish new law or allocate funding, but it signals House support for future policy discussions and potential regulation of platform-based work.

This concurrent resolution affirms Congress's support for the United States' partnership with Denmark and Greenland, emphasizing respect for their sovereignty and territorial integrity. The resolution was prompted by recent public statements from executive branch officials suggesting the United States might seek to acquire Greenland, potentially through military force—a proposal that provoked objections from Denmark, Greenland, and other NATO allies. The resolution asserts that Congress has exclusive constitutional authority over declaring war and authorizing military force, and it states that any change to Greenland's status or military action involving the territory must comply with U.S. treaty obligations and receive congressional authorization. The measure calls on the U.S. to strengthen cooperation with Denmark and Greenland through diplomatic, economic, and security partnerships rather than coercion, reflecting that Arctic stability is best achieved through alliance-based engagement. This is a nonbinding concurrent resolution that expresses the sense of Congress rather than enacting law or appropriating funds.