U.S. Federal Bills, Explained in Plain English

Doug LaMalfa Federal Disaster Tax Relief Certainty ActPassed Senate Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Passed Senate Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025Passed Senate Kay Hagan Tick Reauthorization ActPassed Senate Space Commerce Advisory Committee ActPassed Senate USMMA Athletics Act of 2026Passed Senate DeOndra Dixon INCLUDE Project Act of 2026Passed Senate Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review ActPassed Senate National Plan for Epilepsy ActPassed Senate Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Reauthorization Act of 2026Passed Senate Foreign Robocall Elimination ActPassed Senate Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment Act of 2026Passed Senate Youth Poisoning Protection ActPassed Senate Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025Passed House Stop Insider Trading ActPassed House Skills-Based Federal Contracting Act of 2025Passed House License to Drill ActPassed House National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027Passed House Gateway Partnership ActPassed House Geothermal Energy Advancement ActPassed House Wintergreen Emergency Egress ActPassed House EARLY Act Reauthorization of 2025Passed House Wabeno Economic Development ActPassed House ACRES ActPassed House Billion Dollar Boondoggle ActPassed House Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Reauthorization Act of 2026Passed House Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027Passed House Main Street Capital Access ActPassed House National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Passed House Kay Hagan Tick Act ReauthorizationPassed House FDA Modernization Act 3.0Passed House Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act of 2025Passed House Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2025Passed House Ukraine Support ActPassed House CLEAN ActPassed House Reimbursable Screening Services Program Extension Act of 2026Passed House Homeland Security Capabilities Preservation Reporting Act of 2026Passed House FEC Administrative Improvements ActPassed House Stop Foreign Funds in Elections ActPassed House Improving Travel for American Families ActPassed House One-Stop Pilot Program Extension ActPassed House Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act of 2025Passed House Improving Travel for Military Members ActPassed House ELO Realignment and Strategic Engagement Reform Act of 2026Passed House SAFEGUARDS Act of 2026Passed House Major Non-NATO Ally Terror Threat Assessment ActPassed House Survivor Justice Tax Prevention ActPassed House Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.Passed House Small Business Technological Advancement ActPassed House Small Business Lending Fraud Prevention ActPassed House Financial Exploitation Prevention Act of 2025Passed House SECURE Grid ActPassed House Energy Emergency Leadership ActPassed House Rural and Municipal Utility Cybersecurity ActPassed House Energy Threat Analysis Center Act of 2026Passed House KIDS ActPassed House TRIA Program Reauthorization Act of 2026Passed House Health Care Efficiency Through Flexibility ActPassed House Recover COVID Unemployment Fraud in Banks ActPassed House Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025Signed into Law 21st Century ROAD to Housing ActSigned into Law Directing the Committee on Ethics to preserve and publicly release records relating to monetary settlements involving acts of sexual harassment.Passed House Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities in Lebanon.Failed in House Lulu’s LawSigned into Law DLARAPassed House MAP for Broadband Funding ActPassed Senate Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act of 2025Passed House Cross-Boundary Wildfire Solutions ActPassed House ARTIST ActSigned into Law Stopping Fraudulent Payments ActPassed House ZOMBIE ActPassed House Fraud Prevention and Accountability ActPassed House Hydropower Licensing Transparency ActPassed House To amend the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands to make that Act applicable to hardrock minerals.Passed House Snow Water Supply Forecasting Reauthorization Act of 2025Passed House Faster Labor Contracts ActPassed House Secure America ActSigned into Law Fiscal Year 2025 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization ActSigned into Law Gerald E. Connolly Esophageal Cancer Awareness Act of 2025Signed into Law Legislative Branch Agencies Clarification ActPassed House Pre-Payment Fraud Prevention and Treasury Data Access ActPassed House Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027Passed House Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from LebanonFailed in House Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2025Passed House Florida Safe Seas Act of 2025Passed House A bill to amend chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to authorize an increase of the retirement age for members of the Capitol PoliceSigned into Law Smithsonian American Women's History Museum ActFailed in House Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025Signed into Law Investing in All of America Act of 2025Signed into Law Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline ActSigned into Law Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026Passed House Cashless Bail Reporting ActPassed House Monitor Accountability ActPassed House Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act of 2025Passed House Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove the United States Armed Forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran.Failed in House Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025Passed House A bill to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the time period during which licensees are required to commence construction of certain hydropower projects.Signed into Law Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2025Signed into Law Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2025Signed into Law Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act — Further Extension Through June 12, 2026Signed into Law Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026Signed into Law Clergy ActPassed House Taxpayer Experience Improvement ActPassed House Taxpayer Notification and Privacy ActPassed House New Opportunities for Business Ownership and Self-Sufficiency ActPassed House BARCODE Efficiency ActPassed House To amend title 5, United States Code, to authorize the increase of the retirement age in the United States Capitol Police.Passed House To expand the sharing of information with respect to suspected violations of intellectual property rights in trade.Passed House IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement ActPassed House Ensuring Children Receive Support ActPassed House Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to Public Land Order No. 7917 for Withdrawal of Federal Lands; Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, MN.Signed into Law FIRE ActPassed House Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventive Services Act of 2025Passed House Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025Passed House Emergency Reporting ActPassed House To amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 through April 30, 2026, and for other purposes.Signed into Law Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Failed in House Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025Passed House Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2025Signed into Law Small Business Innovation and Economic Security ActSigned into Law Defending American Property Abroad Act of 2026Passed House Pay Our Homeland Defenders ActPassed House Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Amendment Act of 2025Passed House Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2025Passed House Captain Accursio “Gus” Sanfilippo Young Fishermen's Development ActPassed House Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking ActPassed House ASCEND ActPassed House Law-Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate ActPassed House Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025Signed into Law Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule ActSigned into Law Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People ActSigned into Law Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 2025Signed into Law Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026Signed into Law Pregnant Students' Rights ActPassed House Trafficking Survivors Relief ActSigned into Law Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026Signed into Law To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.Failed in House Disabled Veterans Housing Support ActSigned into Law VA Budget Shortfall Accountability ActSigned into Law FAST VETS ActSigned into Law Financial Services and General Government and National Security, State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026Passed House Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025Signed into Law Flexibility for Workers Education ActFailed in House Save Local Business ActOn House Calendar Disaster Related Extension of Deadlines ActSigned into Law MAPWaters Act of 2025Signed into Law Great Lakes Fishery Research Reauthorization ActSigned into Law Congressional Award Program Reauthorization ActSigned into Law Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments ActSigned into Law National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026Signed into Law Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025Signed into Law Kayla Hamilton ActPassed House Protect America's Workforce ActPassed House Fairness for Servicemembers and their Families Act of 2025Signed into Law Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act of 2025Signed into Law Foundation of the Federal Bar Association Charter Amendments Act of 2025Signed into Law Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act of 2025Signed into Law Taiwan Assurance Implementation ActSigned into Law SBA Fraud Enforcement Extension ActPassed House Requesting the Secretary of the Interior to authorize unique and one-time arrangements for displays on the National Mall and the Washington Monument during the period beginning on December 31, 2025, and ending on January 5, 2026Signed into Law Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance ActPassed House Office of Rural Affairs Enhancement ActPassed House SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025Signed into Law Medal of Honor ActSigned into Law Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2025Signed into Law Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Enhancement ActSigned into Law Internal Revenue Service Math and Taxpayer Help ActSigned into Law Wetlands Conservation and Access Improvement Act of 2025Signed into Law Common-Sense Law Enforcement and Accountability Now in DC Act of 2025Passed House District of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act of 2025Passed House To repeal certain provisions relating to notification to Senate offices regarding legal process on disclosure of Senate data, and for other purposes.Passed House Epstein Files Transparency ActSigned into Law Disapproving the behavior of Representative Jesús G. Chuy García of Illinois.Passed House Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026Signed into Law National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026Passed House District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act of 2025Passed House District of Columbia Policing Protection Act of 2025Passed House To lower the age at which a minor may be tried as an adult for certain criminal offenses in the District of Columbia to 14 years of age.Passed House D.C. CRIMES ActPassed House Stop Illegal Entry Act of 2025Passed House Homebuyers Privacy Protection ActSigned into Law Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency ActSigned into Law ACES Act of 2025Signed into Law PRO Veterans Act of 2025Signed into Law Chief Herbert D. Proffitt Act of 2025Passed Senate VA Home Loan Program Reform ActSigned into Law Filing Relief for Natural Disasters ActSigned into Law Rescissions Act of 2025Signed into Law GENIUS ActSigned into Law Anti-CBDC Surveillance State ActPassed House HALT Fentanyl ActSigned into Law Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility ActSigned into Law Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025Signed into Law One Big Beautiful Bill ActSigned into Law Taiwan Non-Discrimination Act of 2025Passed House WIPPES ActPassed House Deploying American Blockchains Act of 2025Passed House Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025Signed into Law TAKE IT DOWN ActSigned into Law MEGOBARI ActPassed House Informing Consumers about Smart Devices ActPassed House Securing Semiconductor Supply Chains Act of 2025Passed House Hotel Fees Transparency Act of 2025Passed House ROUTERS ActPassed House Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2025Passed House American Music Tourism Act of 2025Passed House Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries ActPassed House Promoting Resilient Supply Chains Act of 2025Passed House SAVE ActPassed House Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025Signed into Law Laken Riley ActSigned into Law Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025Passed House