The No ICE in Schools Act would prohibit schools and educational institutions from sharing student records and personally identifiable information with immigration enforcement agencies unless they receive written permission from parents. Schools that violate this rule would lose federal education funding. The bill applies to all types of student information, including education records and directory information, and requires that parents receive a copy of any information being released and understand the specific reasons for the release. This legislation is intended to protect immigrant students and their families by preventing immigration authorities from accessing school-based information for enforcement purposes.

This bill requires health insurance plans and government health programs to cover two specific cardiovascular blood tests—lipoprotein(a) and apolipoprotein B level testing—without charging patients any out-of-pocket costs. The coverage applies to individuals with risk factors for heart disease, including those with a family history of early cardiovascular disease, previous heart attacks or strokes, diabetes, obesity, or elevated cholesterol. The bill affects private group and individual health insurance plans, Medicare, and Medicaid programs. The requirements take effect 180 days after the bill becomes law for private insurance and the same date for Medicare and Medicaid. Congress included this legislation because cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, and these specific blood tests can better identify people at risk for heart attack or stroke than standard cholesterol tests alone.

The W.A.R. Act provides emergency relief to middle-income American households facing higher costs due to war-related disruptions in global energy markets caused by a conflict involving the United States, Israel, and Iran. The bill creates a refundable tax credit for households earning between $80,000 and $160,000 annually, calculated to offset increases in commuting, grocery, and utility costs, with the amount adjusted for family size and regional variations. Simultaneously, the legislation prohibits price gouging on fuel, home heating, and essential consumer goods by making it illegal under the Federal Trade Commission Act to charge prices that represent grossly excessive increases over pre-conflict levels unless justified by additional costs incurred by sellers. The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice are authorized to enforce these price controls, and the FTC must study existing state price-gouging laws and report recommendations to Congress within 18 months. All provisions automatically terminate at the end of the designated emergency period, which is defined as ending no later than 365 days after a ceasefire is certified by the President or when energy prices have materially normalized for 180 consecutive days.

The Empowering Women in Agriculture Act amends existing farm support programs to expand assistance specifically for women farmers and ranchers who face social or economic disadvantages. The bill modifies the definition of "socially disadvantaged farmers" to explicitly include gender-based prejudice alongside racial and ethnic prejudice, and creates a new category of eligible organizations by allowing women's nonprofit groups that have operated for at least ten years to provide outreach and assistance. The legislation extends the funding timeline for these agricultural support programs from fiscal years 2019 through 2023 to fiscal years 2021 through 2031, and requires that at least ten percent of program funds be dedicated to services addressing the specific needs of women farmers and ranchers. This bill directly benefits female agricultural operators across the country by ensuring they have dedicated funding streams and partner organizations to help them access USDA programs, loans, and technical assistance.

H.R. 7899 protects certain immigrant workers from being deported if their temporary protected status (a legal immigration category) is ended. The bill allows eligible workers to become permanent residents if they work in essential industries or professions where there are labor shortages, including healthcare, food service, agriculture, construction, childcare, and emergency response. These workers become eligible to apply for permanent residency 90 days after the law is enacted. The bill affects immigrants currently in the United States with temporary protected status who are employed in these designated essential sectors or healthcare shortage areas. No specific funding amount is specified in the legislation, as it primarily creates a pathway to adjust immigration status for workers already in the country.

H.R. 7820 extends and expands the Qualified Opportunity Zones (QOZ) program, which provides tax incentives for investments in economically distressed areas. The bill extends the investment deadline from 2026 to 2036 and doubles the period that zones can remain designated from 10 years to 20 years, giving investors more time to participate in the program. For residential rental projects specifically, the bill adds new requirements: at least 30 percent of units must be occupied by residents earning no more than the area's median income, annual rent increases are capped at 3 percent, and investors must receive 60 days' notice before any rent increase. The bill also increases the tax benefits for qualifying residential projects, raising the basis increase and holding period tax deferrals for these investments. These changes take effect upon the bill's enactment and are designed to encourage investment in affordable housing within opportunity zones while protecting low-income tenants from steep rent hikes.

This bill expands the Department of Veterans Affairs' focus beyond minority veterans to also serve "historically underserved veterans," a category that includes veterans facing barriers based on sexual orientation, gender identity, English language proficiency, citizenship status, religion, low socioeconomic status, rural residence, or other factors the VA determines appropriate. The legislation renames and restructures the Center for Minority Veterans and its Advisory Committee to reflect this broader mission, adds representatives from Housing, Education, Justice, Small Business Administration, and Drug Control Policy offices to the advisory committee, and requires the VA to conduct biennial reviews identifying disparities in veterans' access to benefits. Additionally, the bill mandates that the VA permanently reinstate its Office of Equity Assurance within 30 days, rehire any terminated employees, protect the office from future elimination, and provide Congress biannual briefings on equity-related research and data. The bill does not specify new funding amounts but requires implementation and reporting within specified timeframes.

H.Res. 829 is a symbolic resolution that acknowledges significant wage gaps experienced by disabled women in the United States. According to the resolution, disabled women earn substantially less than nondisabled men—averaging 56 cents per dollar overall and 68 cents per dollar when looking only at full-time workers—with disabled women of color facing even larger gaps. The resolution highlights that disabled women earn about 81 cents for every dollar paid to disabled men, and that these disparities persist across all disability types and education levels. The resolution does not create new laws or funding but rather expresses Congress's recognition of the problem and reaffirms a commitment to pursuing equal pay for disabled women while addressing systemic barriers such as workplace discrimination, inadequate rehabilitation services, and the subminimum wage system that allows employers to pay disabled workers less. The resolution was introduced by Representatives Cherfilus-McCormick, Pressley, Norton, and Simon and was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce.

Stop Stealing Our Jobs ActThis bill prohibits the President or the head of an executive agency from removing a federal employee from the civil service (e.g., as part of a reduction in force) during a lapse in discretionary appropriations (i.e., government shutdown) unless the employee is a political appointee.

The Federal Disaster Housing Stability Act of 2025 creates protections for renters and homeowners affected by major disasters or emergencies. The bill imposes a 120-day moratorium on evictions in disaster areas, during which landlords cannot file eviction cases for nonpayment of rent, charge late fees or penalties, raise rent, or remove tenants from their homes. Additionally, the bill establishes a six-month foreclosure moratorium preventing lenders from initiating foreclosure proceedings, scheduling foreclosure sales, or carrying out foreclosure-related evictions on residential properties in affected areas. These protections apply to any major disaster declared by the President or a state governor and cover occupied residential dwellings, including houses, condos, and cooperatives. The bill takes effect immediately for any ongoing disasters and applies to all future declared disasters, providing housing stability as families recover from emergencies.

H.R. 4586 establishes a comprehensive federal strategy to increase investment and financial flows from African and Caribbean diaspora communities to their countries of origin. The bill targets approximately 6.6 million first-generation African and Caribbean immigrants in the United States, recognizing remittances (money sent home) totaling over $91 billion annually to Africa and $19.5 billion to the Caribbean as a significant but underutilized economic development tool. The legislation reduces barriers to remittances by repealing federal excise taxes, allowing individuals to deduct up to $3,000 in remittances used for housing, education, healthcare, or small businesses, and exempting certain diaspora investments from federal income tax (up to $12,000 annually). It also directs the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation to provide up to $5,000 matching funds per investor for diaspora-led development projects and establishes a Remittance Innovation Fund to support fintech platforms and remove regulatory barriers for diaspora-owned remittance providers. The Treasury Department and related agencies must submit annual reports on progress toward the global goal of reducing remittance costs to 3 percent, with a comprehensive assessment due after ten years.

This bill would establish that Vietnam-era veterans who served in certain locations are presumed to have service-connected glioblastoma multiforme (a type of brain cancer), meaning they would automatically qualify for Veterans Affairs benefits for this condition without having to prove their illness was caused by military service. The legislation addresses the legacy of Agent Orange exposure, noting that between 1961 and 1971, the U.S. military sprayed approximately 19 million gallons of various herbicides—including 13 million gallons of Agent Orange—over southern Vietnam and portions of Laos and Cambodia, affecting tens of thousands of American service members. By creating this presumption of service connection, the bill would make it easier for affected veterans to access medical care and disability benefits related to glioblastoma. The bill does not specify new funding amounts or implementation timelines in the provided text, but it amends the Veterans' benefits law to add glioblastoma to the list of conditions automatically presumed to be service-related for eligible veterans.

This bill establishes formal recognition and pay provisions for medical physicists who work at Veterans Affairs medical facilities. Specifically, it creates official job categories for therapeutic and diagnostic medical physicists—specialists who use radiation and imaging technology to treat and diagnose cancer and other conditions—and sets qualification standards requiring post-graduate training and board certification. The bill removes pay caps that previously limited what these medical physicists could earn, allowing them to be compensated at levels comparable to other VA healthcare professionals like physicians and dentists. The legislation affects VA-employed medical physicists across the country and potentially increases the department's personnel costs, though the exact financial impact remains unclear. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs must report to Congress within one year on how the pay changes affect recruitment, retention, and overall department expenses.

The All-Americans Tax Relief Act of 2025 significantly expands tax credits and deductions for working families and introduces new tax burdens on higher earners and debt holders. The bill increases the Earned Income Tax Credit (up to 45% for families with three or more children) and makes the Child Tax Credit fully refundable at $2,000 per child for up to three children, plus $500 for additional children. It also creates six new deductions available to most taxpayers for medical expenses, childcare costs, public transit commuting, tutoring services, credit card interest, and rent payments, while eliminating income thresholds for excluding discharged debt from taxation. To offset these provisions, the bill raises the top long-term capital gains tax rate from 20 percent to 25 percent and prioritizes individual debt exclusions in the tax code. Most provisions take effect for tax years beginning after December 31, 2026.

The Caribbean Anti-Smuggling of Trafficked Arms Act (CAST Act) requires the Secretary of Defense to study whether the U.S. military's Joint Interagency Taskforce South—currently focused on drug trafficking in the Caribbean—should expand its mission to combat illegal gun smuggling from the United States to the region. Within 180 days of enactment, the Defense Department must submit a report to Congress in coordination with the State Department, Department of Homeland Security, and other relevant agencies that assesses the feasibility of this expansion, identifies any necessary changes to international agreements, calculates the costs and resources needed, evaluates impacts on military personnel, and outlines coordination requirements with other law enforcement agencies. The bill does not appropriate specific funding amounts but instead directs an analysis to inform future policy decisions about addressing illegal firearms trafficking in the Caribbean.

This bill requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to submit an annual report to Congress analyzing what states and local governments are doing to address the affordable housing shortage. The report will draw information from an existing federal clearinghouse that collects data on state and local housing laws, regulations, and policies, and will include policy recommendations Congress can use to support the most successful approaches. The bill aims to help Congress understand which state-level strategies are working to increase affordable housing and reduce the burden of high housing costs on renters and homebuyers, so the federal government can better support effective solutions. There is no specific funding amount or timeline mentioned beyond the requirement for annual reports going forward.

This resolution supports the urgent need to prevent, treat, and address obesity as a disease on World Obesity Day.

H.Res. 179 is a non-binding resolution expressing the House's support for strengthening partnerships between the United States and African countries to develop critical minerals supply chains. The resolution responds to concerns that China controls much of the global supply of minerals essential to U.S. national security, clean energy, and defense—minerals like cobalt, lithium, and nickel—and argues that Africa holds about 30 percent of the world's proven critical mineral reserves that remain largely underdeveloped. The resolution calls on the State Department, working with Commerce, Energy, Interior, Defense, and other federal agencies, to develop a five-year strategy that would mobilize investments, provide financing and technical assistance, and strengthen commercial partnerships to help African countries expand their own mineral production and processing capacity. No specific funding is authorized in the resolution, as it is a statement of congressional intent rather than legislation that appropriates money or creates binding policy. The resolution also encourages the administration to expand an existing 2022 agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia on electric vehicle battery supply chains into a broader continental model.

This bill allows federal civil service employees who were involuntarily fired between January 20, 2025, and January 1, 2026, to enroll in or continue coverage under the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (FEHBP). Eligibility applies to workers who meet specific criteria: they were removed without cause, had at least a "fully successful" performance rating, were pregnant at the time of removal, or had been diagnosed with cancer in the five years before being fired. The bill affects federal employees affected by recent workforce reductions and ensures they retain access to health insurance benefits. The government and employee contributions for this coverage would be paid from federal funds saved through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), meaning the cost would come from budgetary savings rather than new appropriations. The legislation applies only to removals occurring within the specified one-year window in 2025.

The L'Ouverture Economic Development Plan for Haiti Act of 2025 authorizes $1 billion annually from 2026 through 2031 to support Haiti's economic development, democratic governance, and security through a newly created Haiti Enterprise Fund. The bill commits the U.S. to strengthen Haiti's institutions, reduce gang violence and irregular migration, and promote infrastructure investment and entrepreneurship while respecting Haiti's sovereignty and ensuring solutions are Haitian-led. To protect taxpayer dollars, the legislation requires independent annual audits of the fund by certified public accountants and Government Accountability Office reviews whenever federal money is involved, along with strict recordkeeping by all recipients to prevent waste and fraud. The bill recognizes historical ties between the two nations while focusing on practical U.S. interests in regional security and reducing migration pressures through sustainable economic opportunity.