H.R. 7485, also known as the “Immediate Stock Disclosure Act,” aims to change how quickly government officials must report their financial transactions. The bill requires that officials submit reports no later than 24 hours after being notified to report a transaction, but in...

H.R. 6972, titled the “Securing Chain of Command Continuity Act,” aims to ensure that when the head of an Executive agency who is a member of the National Security Council becomes medically incapacitated, a formal notification or report process is followed. It mandates that...

H.R. 9186, known as the “Private Smither Act of 2024,” aims to modify title 10 of the United States Code. The bill requires the Department of Defense to include information about the organizational affiliation of certain healthcare providers in its medical records. This applies to healthcare...

The bill S. 4700, titled the "Improving Federal Financial Management Act," aims to enhance financial oversight and efficiency across U.S. government agencies. It updates the responsibilities of agency Chief Financial Officers to include comprehensive planning and performance metrics for...

H.R. 8022 seeks to amend the Natural Gas Act by setting a deadline for reviewing applications for the export and import of natural gas. It requires the Secretary of Energy to make a decision within 180 days, or they must report the reason for any delay to Congress. If the...

H. R. 8108 aims to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to help military families maintain their Medicaid benefits when they are relocated. Starting January 1, 2028, the bill will ensure that active duty military personnel and their families, who move temporarily to...

H. R. 8649 aims to make sure that parents know if there is any foreign influence in their child's public school. The bill requires schools to allow parents to see and copy curriculum materials paid for by foreign governments. Schools must inform parents if any staff are paid...

H.R. 8112 proposes changes to the Medicaid program by requiring additional screening for healthcare providers. Starting January 1, 2027, states must regularly check providers against a database to see if they have been removed from participation in Medicare or Medicaid in any...

S. 5189 aims to amend the Social Security Act by waiving certain distance requirements for hospitals that elect to be designated as "critical access hospitals." This change would specifically apply to rural community hospitals that were part of a demonstration program under the Medicare...

H. R. 9721, titled the “Ensuring Access to Whistleblower Protections Act,” aims to amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 by enhancing whistleblower protections in certain government contracts. Specifically, it requires the Department of Housing and...

The GSA Technology Accountability Act aims to increase transparency in how the General Services Administration (GSA) spends funds on information technology services. The bill requires the GSA to provide annual reports to Congress, detailing each program funded by specific...

The bill S. 709, titled the "Federal Agency Performance Act of 2024," seeks to improve the way federal agencies evaluate and report on their performance and strategic goals. It requires agencies to conduct strategic reviews and use performance information to assess their progress towards set...

H. R. 7153 aims to reauthorize the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, which focuses on supporting the mental health and well-being of healthcare professionals. The bill proposes extending existing mental health and substance use disorder education...

The "Improving Federal Financial Management Act," as described in bill S. 4700, seeks to enhance the financial management across the U.S. federal government. It proposes modifications to existing laws to establish a 4-year governmentwide financial management plan, replacing the previous...

H.R. 8731, known as the “Time for Completion Act,” proposes changes to the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide more detailed information about how long students take to complete their degrees. The bill mandates that colleges and universities disclose specific percentages...

The Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2024 aims to change how the Financial Stability Oversight Council operates under the Financial Stability Act of 2010. It requires the Council to explore different options before deciding if a U.S. nonbank financial...

H.R. 9076, titled the “Protecting America’s Children by Strengthening Families Act,” aims to update and improve child welfare services in the United States. The bill seeks to expand the availability of prevention services to better support vulnerable families, boost support...

H. R. 6744, known as the “No VA Resources for Illegal Aliens Act,” aims to prevent the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from providing health care or processing health care claims for individuals unlawfully present in the United States who are not eligible under VA laws....

S. 656 aims to update the rules for approving commercial driver education programs so that veterans can receive educational benefits for these programs. It allows certain commercial driving programs that have been licensed and use an approved curriculum to be exempt from...

H.R. 7772, titled the "Safeguarding Benefits for Americans Act of 2024," aims to limit certain federal assistance benefits exclusively to individuals verified as U.S. citizens. The bill outlines that to qualify for these benefits, individuals must declare under penalty of...

H.R. 8296 proposes changes to chapter 8 of title 5 of the United States Code, requiring federal agencies to report to the Comptroller General whenever they revoke, suspend, replace, amend, or make a rule ineffective. The bill seeks to ensure transparency by mandating agencies...

H.R. 7161, known as the "Abortion Funding Awareness Act of 2024," requires states to report on Medicaid payments made to abortion providers. Each state that uses federal funds for Medicaid payments to these providers must send a detailed report to the Secretary of Health and...

The bill S. 4518 seeks to amend the Social Security Act to set new rules for prior authorization under Medicare Advantage plans. It aims to establish an electronic system for handling prior authorization requests and enforce transparency by requiring plans to report various...

H. R. 4428, also known as the "Guidance Clarity Act," aims to make government agency guidance more understandable to the public. It requires each agency to include a "guidance clarity statement" on any new guidance they issue, specifying that such documents are not legally...

H.R. 7032, titled the "Congressional Budget Office Data Sharing Act," seeks to enhance the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) capacity to obtain data from executive branch agencies. It amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 by allowing the CBO...

H.R. 7525, known as the "Special District Grant Accessibility Act," aims to ensure that special districts are recognized as local government entities for receiving federal financial aid. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) must issue guidance within 180 days of the...

H. R. 8649, introduced in the House of Representatives, is designed to ensure parents are aware of foreign influences in their children's public schools. The bill requires schools that receive federal funding to inform parents about educational materials funded by foreign...

The bill S. 4165, known as the “Illegal Alien NICS Alert Act,” proposes changes to the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act. It requires the national instant criminal background check system to notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and relevant state and...

S. 5425, also known as the "Bureaucratic Limitation and Overreach Control Act" or the "BLOCK Act," requires congressional approval for any federal rules expected to cost $50 million or more annually. The bill amends chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to set up a process where major...

The FEHB Protection Act requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to implement stricter verification processes for the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program. This includes verifying life events that allow enrollees to add family members to their...

H.R. 7153 aims to continue the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, which originally addressed mental health and substance use issues among health care workers. The bill proposes extending the time frame for educational initiatives and programs that encourage...

The bill, titled the "Safeguarding the Transparency and Efficiency of Payments Act" or "STEP Act," aims to improve the management and prevention of improper payments by amending title 31 of the United States Code. It introduces more robust definitions and requirements for chief financial...

S. 4035, also known as the “FEHB Protection Act,” requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to improve the verification process for adding family members to federal health insurance plans. The bill mandates stricter checks on eligibility when new family...

H. R. 7652 aims to improve oversight and transparency concerning Medicare billing codes. It requires the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services to study how Medicare adds, modifies, and removes billing codes, examining data types, trends, and...

H.R. 7734, also known as the "Personnel Integrity in Veterans Affairs Act of 2024," aims to amend title 38 of the United States Code. This bill requires a notation in the personnel record files of Department of Veterans Affairs employees who resign, retire, transfer, or...

The bill H. R. 8084, titled the “Leveraging Integrity and Verification of Eligibility for Beneficiaries Act” or the “LIVE Beneficiaries Act,” amends title XIX of the Social Security Act. It requires that every state must regularly verify the eligibility of individuals who are...

H.R. 8917 aims to create a system that allows for the expungement of low-level marijuana-related offenses from an individual's criminal record. The bill proposes a legal process where affected individuals can apply to have their records cleared and outlines the...

H.R. 6972 aims to amend title 5 of the United States Code by requiring an Executive agency, if its leader is a part of the National Security Council, to notify key federal officials within 24 hours if that leader becomes medically incapacitated. This notification should be...

H.R. 890, known as the "Guidance Out of Darkness Act of 2023" or the "GOOD Act of 2023," aims to make agency guidance documents more accessible to the public. The bill requires that all new and existing guidance documents be published on a single, publicly accessible website...

S. 3667, titled the “Consumer Advocacy and Protection Act of 2024,” seeks to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act by increasing the maximum civil penalties for certain product safety violations from $100,000 to $250,000. It also eliminates the existing cap of $15,000,000 on...

H.R. 8290, called the "Foreign Grant Reporting Act," proposes changes to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. It requires certain tax-exempt organizations to publicly disclose details about grants they give to foreign entities. These organizations need to report the foreign...

H. R. 8573, the “Union Members Right to Know Act”, is a proposed amendment to the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959. It requires labor organizations to provide their members with certain important information, including a copy and summary of the Act,...

H.R. 8784, also known as the “Full Responsibility and Expedited Enforcement Act” or the “FREE Act,” requires federal agencies to review their permitting systems and consider replacing them with a "permit by rule" process. This new process aims to reduce delays and costs by...

H. R. 7998 seeks to alter the Higher Education Act of 1965 by mandating that colleges and universities gather and document more detailed information on hate crimes. This bill introduces a requirement to categorize hate crime data not only by the type of prejudice but also by...

H.R. 9185, also known as the "Helping Student Parents Succeed Act," aims to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965. It requires colleges and universities to publicly share policies related to expectant and parenting students. These policies must cover matters like leave of...

H.R. 7105 is a bill aimed at setting new standards for certifying small businesses owned and controlled by women. The bill excludes self-certified businesses from government and agency goals unless they meet specific certification standards. It mandates the Small Business...

H.R. 9076, titled the “Protecting America’s Children by Strengthening Families Act,” aims to improve child welfare services by reauthorizing and modernizing parts of the Social Security Act. The bill proposes expanding prevention services for vulnerable families, enhancing...

The bill, titled the “Citizenship Verification in Emergency Healthcare Act,” requires hospitals participating in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program to ask patients if they are U.S. citizens or nationals or have a satisfactory immigration status during the...

H.R. 8744 aims to amend the Social Security Act to reduce administrative burdens on child welfare agencies. This bill proposes that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should streamline data collection, reduce paperwork, and consider input from funding recipients,...

The Full Responsibility and Expedited Enforcement Act or FREE Act requires each federal agency to evaluate their existing permit systems and determine if a more efficient "permit by rule" system could replace them. This bill aims to streamline agency...

The bill H. R. 7996, known as the “Improving CARE for Youth Act,” aims to change the Social Security Act so that Medicaid covers both mental health services and primary care services given to a patient on the same day. This would mean that if someone visits a clinic, they can...

The S. 4264 bill aims to amend title 5 of the United States Code to ensure that major regulatory rules are effective in meeting their goals by requiring regular reviews after they are implemented. It mandates that agencies create a plan to evaluate these rules, including...

H.R. 8029, titled the "VA Abortion Transparency Act of 2024," requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit regular reports to Congress about abortions facilitated by the Department of Veterans Affairs. The initial report is due within 30 days of the law's enactment, and subsequent...

H.R. 6614 proposes changes to the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 aimed at increasing transparency in licensing. The bill requires the Secretary to submit reports every 90 days to specific congressional committees. These reports must detail applications, enforcement...

S. 5422 aims to modify the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by introducing limits on contributions to certain retirement plans with large account balances and by increasing the required minimum distributions from these plans. The bill sets a contribution cap of $4,000,000,...

H.R. 7032 aims to update the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to enhance the ability of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to obtain information from executive branch agencies more quickly. The bill clarifies that no new laws will weaken CBO's...

H. R. 9032 aims to amend the Regulatory Flexibility Act to ensure that federal agencies provide a detailed analysis of how new rules might affect small businesses. It requires agencies to prepare a thorough statement explaining the rationale behind proposed rules, the potential impacts on...

H. R. 5914 aims to amend title 38 of the United States Code to enhance the approval processes for educational programs under the Department of Veterans Affairs' assistance programs. It introduces changes to allow certain educational institutions more flexibility when they...

H. R. 8500, known as the “Housing Market Transparency Act,” aims to improve transparency around properties receiving the low-income housing tax credit in the United States. It mandates that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regularly collect detailed data...

H.R. 6874, also called the “Department of Veterans Affairs Watching over Electronic Benefits Act” or the “VA WEB Act,” aims to enhance the monitoring of the main internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The bill mandates the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop a system...

H. R. 6972, known as the "Securing Chain of Command Continuity Act," seeks to amend title 5 of the United States Code. The bill mandates that if the head of an Executive agency who is part of the National Security Council becomes medically incapacitated, they must notify key...

The bill, H.R. 7517, proposes amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to rename and enhance Coverdell Education Savings Accounts into Coverdell Lifelong Learning Accounts. It aims to expand the use of these accounts by including new expenses that qualify for...

S. 3427, also known as the "Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2023," extends the time frame for which U.S. Secret Service employees can receive overtime pay beyond existing statutory limits until 2028. The bill excludes routine administrative tasks from being...

H. R. 8089 aims to update the Medicaid program by adding more rigorous screening processes for healthcare providers. Beginning January 1, 2027, states will be required to regularly check if enrolled providers or suppliers are listed as deceased in the Death Master File, and...

H.R. 8073, known as the "Northern Triangle Asylum Cooperative Agreement Reimplementation Act," aims to limit the use of funds for economic assistance to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. It states that funds cannot be used unless the U.S. Secretary of State certifies agreements with each...

H. R. 7032, also known as the "Congressional Budget Office Data Sharing Act," aims to improve the data-sharing process between executive branch agencies and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The bill allows the CBO director to request information from these agencies...

H. R. 3016, named the “IGO Anti-Boycott Act,” aims to modify the Anti-Boycott Act of 2018. The bill proposes extending the existing anti-boycott provisions, which currently apply to foreign countries, to include international governmental organizations as well. Additionally,...

H.R. 7279, also known as the "Remove Duplicative Unnecessary Clerical Exchanges Act" or the "REDUCE Act," seeks to alleviate some of the paperwork burden on doctors and physical or occupational therapists concerning care plan certification requirements. The bill proposes...

H.R. 8637, titled the "Preventing Environmental Hazards Act of 2024," seeks to expand flood insurance through the National Flood Insurance Program to cover damages related to shoreline erosion. The bill allows for federal assistance in demolishing or relocating structures at...