The Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2026 would amend federal bankruptcy law to provide special protections for people whose debt is primarily caused by medical expenses or medical-related job loss. The bill defines a "medically distressed debtor" as someone who incurred more than 10 percent of their annual income in unpaid medical debt within the past three years, or who lost income due to their own illness or caring for a sick family member. Medically distressed debtors would receive several benefits, including higher property exemptions up to $250,000 for their homes, waiver of certain bankruptcy filing requirements, exemption from mandatory credit counseling, and easier access to student loan forgiveness. Additionally, their bankruptcy records would be excluded from consumer credit reports, helping protect their future creditworthiness. The bill would take effect upon enactment and apply only to bankruptcy cases filed after that date.

The Latonya Reeves Freedom Act of 2026 creates a federal requirement that states and long-term care providers offer community-based services to people with disabilities who would otherwise face institutional placement, enforcing the Supreme Court's *Olmstead* decision and giving individuals maximum choice and control over their care. Community-based settings are defined as integrated environments—including people's own homes, apartments, or small group residences of up to four unrelated individuals—where people can maintain independence and personal choice. The Department of Justice will enforce the law while the Department of Health and Human Services will review state transition plans and coordinate federal compliance; affected entities must complete self-evaluations within 36 months and develop transition plans within 54 months with concrete annual targets to move people from institutions to community settings over a 12-year period. The Attorney General must issue implementing regulations within 2 years that specify how providers must offer daily assistance, support self-directed care, help discharge people from institutions, and establish grievance procedures. States and providers that submit inadequate transition plans will have 90 days to revise them, and all covered entities must designate compliance coordinators and submit annual progress reports.

This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to update how the federal government classifies and regulates drugs by incorporating modern medical and scientific understanding. The legislation adds detailed definitions for key terms like "accepted medical use," "dependence liability," "abuse," and "misuse" to replace outdated language and reflect current medical practices. It also clarifies that the Attorney General must defer to the Secretary of Health and Human Services' scientific evaluation when deciding whether to add, remove, or reclassify drugs, and requires that scheduling decisions consider both potential harms and benefits to society while preserving legitimate medical access. The bill affects pharmaceutical companies, medical researchers, healthcare practitioners, and regulatory agencies like the FDA and DEA. No specific funding or implementation timeline is included in the text provided.

This resolution proposes impeaching Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on six grounds: allegedly allowing the Supreme Court to become politicized by selectively applying voting procedure rules to favor Republicans, undermining voting rights protections in ways that entrench minority rule, dismantling campaign finance restrictions that protect against wealthy influence, granting former presidents absolute immunity from criminal prosecution, expanding use of unexplained emergency orders, and failing to recuse himself despite his spouse earning over $10 million in fees from law firms with cases before the Court. The resolution does not establish any funding or implementation timeline, as impeachment resolutions are formal charges requiring a House vote to impeach and a subsequent Senate trial for conviction and removal. If passed by the House, the charges would go to the Senate, where a two-thirds majority would be required to remove the Chief Justice from office. This is a highly unusual action, as impeachment of federal judges is rare and no Supreme Court justice has ever been removed through impeachment.

H.R. 8215, the Volume II Transparency Act of 2026, directs the Attorney General to publicly release volume II of the report prepared by Special Counsel Jack Smith on the Department of Justice's website within seven days of the bill's enactment. The legislation allows the Attorney General to redact certain sensitive information, including the names and identifying details of witnesses who did not participate in criminal activity, victims of crimes, and information that could harm national security. However, the Attorney General may choose to make public any national security-related redactions if deemed to be in the public interest. This bill affects the Department of Justice and would impact public access to the special counsel's investigative report, with no specific funding requirements mentioned in the legislation.

This House resolution condemns and censures President Donald Trump for reposting a video on February 5, 2026, that contained false claims about voter fraud in the 2020 election and depicted former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama as primates—a well-documented racist trope. The resolution, introduced by Representatives Cohen, Kennedy, Watson Coleman, and Green, argues that the post violated the President's oath to uphold the Constitution and notes that the image faced bipartisan criticism, including objections from Republican Senator Tim Scott, before the White House removed it hours later. The resolution calls on President Trump to apologize for the post and states that his refusal to do so and claims that a staff member posted it without his full review do not excuse the offensive content. Unlike legislation, this resolution carries no funding requirements or implementation timeline; it is a formal statement of congressional disapproval intended to place the President's actions on record.

The Stop Underrides Act 2.0 aims to reduce deaths and injuries from underride crashes, which occur when smaller vehicles or motorcyclists slide underneath large trucks or trailers. The bill requires the Department of Transportation to finalize safety regulations within 18 months mandating side underride guards on new trailers, semitrailers, and single unit trucks, with full compliance required within two years of the rule's finalization. The legislation also reestablishes and expands an advisory committee on underride protection, requiring it to meet monthly until regulations are finalized, and directs the creation of a public website with underride research and victim stories. Additionally, the bill requires studies by the National Academies of Sciences and the Government Accountability Office on front-end truck crashes and rear guard implementation, along with improved law enforcement training to better identify and document underride crashes. Since its creation over 50 years ago, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has documented over 25,000 underride crashes resulting in approximately 31,500 fatalities, prompting this legislative action.

This bill requires federal law enforcement agencies to establish standardized procedures for investigating whenever their officers use deadly force and to share all evidence with state and local authorities. It tasks federal inspectors general with independently reviewing these investigations to ensure they are thorough and follow established protocols, and mandates that any wrongdoing be reported for disciplinary action or prosecution. The Council of Inspectors General must develop uniform guidelines across all federal agencies for investigating deadly force incidents and submit detailed quarterly reports to Congress and the Comptroller General that include data on each incident, such as the date, location, type of force used, and demographic information about both the officer and person involved—though the reports will not publicly disclose the identities of individuals involved. The bill essentially creates a centralized system for tracking and investigating deadly force by federal law enforcement while protecting the privacy of all parties involved.

The Home Lead Safety Tax Credit Act creates a federal tax credit to help homeowners pay for removing lead hazards from homes built before 1978. Under the bill, taxpayers can claim a credit equal to 50 percent of their lead removal costs, with a maximum credit of $3,000 per year for full abatement measures (like removing lead paint or pipes) or $1,000 per year for less intensive interim control measures, capped at a cumulative $4,000 per home. Eligible costs include professional lead assessments, abatement work by certified contractors, interim control measures, cleanup and testing, and relocation expenses for occupants during the work. The legislation is aimed at addressing lead exposure in the approximately 22 million U.S. homes with lead hazards, particularly to protect children from the serious health effects of lead poisoning. The tax credit is temporary and expires on December 31, 2028, with the credit amounts adjusted annually for inflation starting in 2026.

The Community Development Block Grant Equity Act of 2025 changes how the federal government distributes community development funding to cities, counties, and states. Currently, these grants are allocated based on a complex formula, but this bill revises that formula to emphasize four key factors: poverty rates, female-headed households with children, older housing in poor condition, and overcrowded housing. The bill weighs poverty rates and older housing as more important factors in determining funding allocations. The legislation authorizes $3.425 billion for fiscal year 2026 and continues funding through 2029, with automatic annual adjustments for inflation. This change primarily affects metropolitan cities, urban counties, and state governments that receive Community Development Block Grants to fund affordable housing, infrastructure, and neighborhood revitalization projects.

This bill requires the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to significantly increase public participation in its planning processes by establishing a new Office of Public Participation and implementing more transparent integrated resource planning procedures. The TVA would need to create a formal public engagement process within one year of the bill's enactment, including opportunities for public comments, testimony, and evidentiary hearings, with the comment period beginning at least 100 days before a draft plan is released. The bill also requires the TVA Board to oversee these planning processes directly, share modeling assumptions publicly before releasing draft plans, and explain how public input shaped final decisions. Additionally, the legislation expands the TVA's planning requirements to consider resilience, extreme weather risk, and public health impacts alongside traditional cost factors. The changes affect anyone served by the TVA or interested in its energy decisions, though no new federal funding is specified in the legislation.

Clean Cloud Act of 2025This bill establishes an emissions standard and fee system regarding the electricity used by data centers or cryptomining facilities that exceed a specified size. Additionally, the bill appropriates collected fees for various purposes, including to fund zero-carbon electricity generation, long-duration energy storage, and grants to lower residential electricity consumer costs.The bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Energy Information Administration to annually determine the greenhouse gas emission intensity of the total annual electricity consumed by (1) covered facilities from the electric grid, and (2) covered facilities from electricity generation assets located behind the power meter of the facilities.The EPA must determine and publish the greenhouse gas emissions intensities of the electric grid of each region to establish a baseline for the assessment of fees. Each calendar year from 2027 through 2034, the baseline for each region is reduced by 11% of the original baseline. For 2035 and after, the baseline is set to zero emissions.The EPA must assess a fee on (1) owners of any electric utility providing power to a covered facility that exceeds the baseline emissions in that region for that year, and (2) covered facilities with respect to the greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation assets located behind the power meter of the facility above the baseline of the region for that year. The electric utilities may not recoup the cost of the fee by raising rates or assessing fees on customers that are not covered facilities.

H.Res. 843 is a symbolic resolution expressing the House of Representatives' support for designating October 30 as the International Day of Political Prisoners. The date marks the anniversary of when Ukrainian and Russian prisoners of conscience in the Soviet Gulag began an annual tradition in 1974 to draw attention to those imprisoned for their political or religious beliefs. The resolution condemns political imprisonment worldwide, highlights the estimated one million political prisoners globally held by authoritarian regimes in countries including China, Russia, Iran, Venezuela, and Belarus, and acknowledges recent U.S. diplomatic successes in securing the release of political prisoners from several nations. The measure calls on the U.S. government to continue condemning political imprisonment, holding accountable repressive regimes, and working through negotiations to secure prisoner releases. This resolution does not require funding or implement any binding policy—it is a nonbinding statement of congressional support for raising international awareness about political prisoners.

H.R. 5727, the End Racial and Religious Profiling Act of 2025, prohibits law enforcement agencies from making stops or investigative decisions based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation, except when based on specific information about an actual crime. The bill creates federal civil enforcement mechanisms allowing individuals or the government to sue for relief and establishes that statistical evidence of disparate impact can prove violations. To enforce these protections, the bill requires federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to collect and maintain standardized data on stops and investigations for four years, organized by demographic characteristics, which must be submitted to the Department of Justice for analysis. The Bureau of Justice Statistics will analyze the data for statistical disparities and publish annual public reports to Congress, while privacy protections ensure that officer and individual identifying information remains confidential except during litigation or Freedom of Information Act requests. This legislation aims to create transparency and accountability in law enforcement practices nationwide.

Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2025This bill provides continuing appropriations to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) if (1) an appropriations bill for the FAA has not been enacted before a fiscal year begins, or (2) a joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the FAA is not in effect.Specifically, the bill provides appropriations from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund at the rate of operations that was provided for the prior fiscal year to continue programs, projects, and activities that were funded in the preceding fiscal year.The bill provides the appropriations until the earlier of (1) the date on which the applicable regular appropriations bill for the fiscal year or a joint resolution making continuing appropriations becomes law, or (2) the date that is 30 days after the first day of a lapse in appropriations.

H.R. 5452 reauthorizes and modifies the Safe Streets and Roads for All program, which was established under the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The bill increases the minimum percentage of program funding dedicated to planning grants from an unspecified level to at least 20 percent, ensuring more resources go toward community planning projects that identify traffic safety improvements. Additionally, the legislation adds $5 billion in new funding for the program covering fiscal years 2027 through 2031, extending the program's reach beyond its initial funding period. This measure affects states, cities, and local governments that use federal grants to reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries on roadways. The bill was introduced with bipartisan support and referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

John Tanner and Jim Cooper Fairness and Independence in Redistricting ActThis bill establishes requirements regarding congressional redistricting, including that redistricting plans must be developed by an independent redistricting commission.A state that has been redistricted after an apportionment of Representatives may not be redistricted again until after the next apportionment, unless the state is ordered by a court to conduct a subsequent redistricting in order to comply with the Constitution or enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965.Each state must establish an independent redistricting commission to develop redistricting plans that meet specified criteria. If such a plan is not enacted into law, a state's highest court may select a plan developed by the state's commission. If the state court does not select a plan, a U.S. district court must develop a plan.The Election Assistance Commission must make payments to states to carry out redistricting.

H.R. 5427, introduced in September 2025, imposes an annual "mark-to-market" tax on billionaires and high-net-worth individuals (those with over $100 million in annual income or $1 billion in covered assets) to prevent indefinite tax deferral through asset appreciation and borrowing strategies. The bill closes over 30 tax loopholes affecting like-kind exchanges, small business stock exclusions, and opportunity zone investments, and requires detailed annual reporting of asset valuations, pass-through entity gains, and deferred compensation for affected individuals. Key provisions take effect in 2026, with initial taxpayers allowed to spread their tax liability over five years, while the bill eliminates several longstanding tax benefits for billionaires, including favorable treatment of life insurance, capital gains on small business stock, and qualified opportunity fund investments. The legislation also imposes a 3.8 percent net investment tax on all investment income for applicable taxpayers regardless of total earnings and applies special tax rules to wealthy individuals who leave the country or engage in complex ownership structures.

The Equal Employment for All Act of 2025 prohibits employers from using credit checks or credit-related information from consumer reports when making employment decisions, with limited exceptions. The bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to ban credit checks for hiring, firing, promotion, or other adverse employment actions for virtually all jobs. The law does carve out narrow exceptions: employers may still use credit reports for positions requiring national security clearances or when otherwise required by law. The bill applies to both prospective and current employees and does not allow employers to deny employment simply because a job candidate refuses to authorize a credit check. The legislation contains no specific funding or implementation timeline beyond the standard congressional processes.

The RESTORE Act removes federal restrictions that currently prevent individuals with drug-related convictions from accessing food assistance programs like SNAP (food stamps) and temporary cash assistance. Specifically, the bill amends a 1996 law that barred people with drug offenses from these benefits, allowing them to apply and receive aid based on their current financial need rather than their criminal history. The legislation also nullifies any state laws that impose similar restrictions on SNAP eligibility for people with drug convictions and expands the definition of eligible households to include incarcerated individuals scheduled for release within 30 days, helping them prepare for re-entry into society. The bill is intended to support people returning from incarceration by providing them with access to basic food and financial resources needed for successful reintegration. No specific funding amounts or implementation timelines are specified in the legislation.

The Reducing Obesity in Youth Act of 2025 creates a federal grant program to combat childhood obesity and food insecurity among children under age 5 in early childcare and education settings. The legislation authorizes $5 million annually from 2026 through 2030 for competitive grants to nonprofit organizations, universities, and research centers that will train childcare providers on healthy eating and physical activity, help states integrate nutrition programs into early care systems, and test new approaches to promoting healthy habits in these settings. The bill also allocates an additional $1.7 million in 2026 to track state progress and measure improvements in food security. Grants will prioritize serving diverse and underserved populations in both rural and urban areas, with an independent evaluator contracted to ensure compliance and measure outcomes, and Congress will receive a comprehensive report on program results one year after completion.

The Independent Acting IGs Act of 2025 changes how the federal government fills temporary vacancies in Inspector General positions. When an Inspector General office becomes vacant and the normal line of succession is unavailable, a federal judge randomly selected from the appropriate regional court of appeals will appoint a temporary acting Inspector General from candidates recommended by a committee of other Inspectors General. The bill requires this process to move quickly, with the committee recommending candidates within 14 days of the vacancy and the judge making an appointment within another 14 days. This legislation removes these vacancy appointments from the President's control, instead placing that authority with the judicial branch to ensure the Inspector General remains independent during leadership transitions. The bill applies to all federal agencies with Inspector General offices.

Protecting Our Students and Taxpayers Act of 2025 or the POST Act of 2025This bill requires proprietary (i.e., for-profit) institutions of higher education (IHEs) to derive a larger portion of their revenues from nonfederal sources by replacing the existing 90/10 rule with an 85/15 rule.Specifically, the bill requires a proprietary IHE to derive at least 15% of its revenue from sources other than federal education assistance funds. (Currently, a proprietary IHE must derive at least 10% of its revenue from sources other than federal education assistance funds.)Additionally, the bill specifies how revenue must be calculated for purposes of the 85/15 rule. (Currently, the Higher Education Act of 1965 and accompanying regulatory provisions specify how revenue must be calculated for purposes of the 90/10 rule.)Finally, the bill makes a proprietary IHE that fails to meet the 85/15 rule's requirements for a fiscal year ineligible to participate in federal student aid programs for at least two institutional fiscal years. However, the proprietary IHE may regain eligibility if it complies with all eligibility and certification requirements for at least two institutional fiscal years. (Currently, if a proprietary IHE fails to meet the 90/10 rule's requirement in a single year, then its certification to participate in federal student aid programs becomes provisional for two institutional fiscal years. Further, if a proprietary IHE fails to meet the rule's requirements in two consecutive years, then it loses its eligibility to participate in these programs for at least two institutional fiscal years.)

National Emergencies Reform Act of 2025This bill requires congressional approval for national emergencies, termination of national emergencies after five years, and related reporting by the President. It also repeals the exemption of funds for overseas contingency operations/global war on terrorism from sequestration, which is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals. The bill requires that the President’s declaration of a national emergency and specified emergency powers terminate after 20 Senate session days and 20 House legislative days unless Congress passes a joint resolution approving the declaration and emergency powers. Congress must similarly approve the President’s annual renewal of emergencies. The bill also establishes new procedures for expedited congressional review of national emergencies and removes the existing requirement for a congressional termination review every six months. Emergencies automatically terminate after five years.The bill continues to apply existing law to national emergencies for which the President proposes exercising certain international emergency powers. Additionally, the bill requires the President to provide to Congress a report on relevant circumstances when transmitting a declaration and status reports every three months during the emergency. Also, the President’s budget must include a report on the expenditure of funds pursuant to national emergencies and presidential emergency action documents must be submitted to Congress.

The Don't Miss Your Flight Act establishes a federal grant program to fund surface transportation projects that connect to public airports, including highways, bridges, public transit, and passenger rail improvements within five miles of an airport. The legislation is designed to reduce congestion, expand capacity, and improve access to underserved areas around major airports. Eligible recipients include states, Indian tribes, and local governments, though at least 50 percent of annual funding must go to projects serving large hub airports and at least 30 percent to medium hub airports. The bill authorizes $1 billion annually from the Highway Trust Fund for fiscal years 2027 through 2031, with local entities required to cover a portion of project costs but allowed to use airport fees and federal credit assistance toward their financial contribution.