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Bill· HRH.R. 9535 (119th)referred

Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act of 2026

United States · United States Congress · 30 June 2026

Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act of 2026 This bill expands the H-2A agricultural visa program; creates online platforms for H-2A employers, workers, and agencies; and codifies certain wage calculations. Under current law, workers on H-2A visas are only allowed to perform agricultural work of a seasonal or temporary nature. Under the bill, the seasonal work requirement is removed, thus allowing H-2A workers to qualify for agricultural work that occurs year-round. The bill also expands the type of agricultural work that qualifies, including reforestation, aquaculture, and livestock work. The Department of Agriculture must issue rules to define agricultural labor or services for purposes of the H-2A program. The bill also establishes an H-2A visa pathway for current unauthorized agricultural workers who otherwise meet requirements. The Department of Labor must maintain a national, publicly accessible online job registry and database of all job offers submitted by employers seeking a labor certification required to employ H-2A workers. The Department of Homeland Security must establish an online platform for employers to submit information and documentation for review by federal agencies in the course of admitting H-2A workers. The H-2A program requires employers to provide workers with wage rates at or above those set in regulations and such wages must not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of workers similarly employed in the United States. The bill codifies the current calculation method for the adverse effect wage rate as set in regulation. 

Bill· HRH.R. 9504 (119th)reported

Tax Exempt Hospital Transparency Act

United States · United States Congress · 29 June 2026

Tax Exempt Hospital Transparency Act This bill requires tax-exempt hospital organizations to report additional information to the Internal Revenue Service. The bill defines a tax-exempt hospital organization as an organization that is licensed or recognized as a hospital and is required to conduct a community health needs assessment and adopt a strategy to meet the needs identified in the assessment, have a written financial assistance policy, limit charges for emergency and medically necessary care provided to individuals eligible for financial assistance and prohibit the use of gross charges, meet certain billing and collection requirements, and file IRS Form 990 (Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax). Under the bill, a tax-exempt hospital organization must include with Form 990 certain identifying information and a description of how the organization addresses the needs identified in the most recent community health needs assessment, the needs not addressed, and the reasons why needs are not being addressed; audited financial statements; the value (at cost) of the financial assistance provided; and the numbers of completed financial assistance applications received, granted, and denied during the tax year. Further information reporting requirements are imposed on certain large or high-revenue tax-exempt hospital organizations. Finally, the bill requires the Government Accountability Office to (1) study and report the costs associated with the additional information reporting requirements, and (2) estimate the amount of tax revenue that would be generated from the 25 tax-exempt hospital organizations with the highest gross revenue if such organizations were not exempt from tax.

Bill· HRH.R. 9468 (119th)reported

STAR Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 2026

Bill· HRH.R. 8892 (119th)referred

CAL Repayment Act

United States · United States Congress · 19 May 2026

Bill· HRH.R. 8163 (119th)reported

Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026

United States · United States Congress · 30 March 2026

Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026 This bill allows for larger annual adjustments to the Medicare physician fee schedule. It also requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to make certain corrections to compensate for expenditures under the fee schedule that exceed a certain amount in a given year, and it limits how much certain adjustment factors may vary each year. Current law prohibits annual adjustments to the Medicare physician fee schedule that would result in a more than $20 million difference between the adjusted amount and the non-adjusted amount of total expenditures. The bill increases this threshold to $54.3 million beginning in 2027, with adjustments for inflation every five years beginning in 2032. Additionally, for certain services, the bill requires the CMS to determine the difference between expenditures based on estimated utilization of the service and expenditures based on actual utilization. If this difference exceeds a certain percentage of total expenditures under the fee schedule, the CMS must reconcile this difference by adjusting payments for the following year. This requirement applies to services for which payment was bundled with another service and there was a separate or add-on payment during the previous year. Finally, the CMS must update the prices and rates of each category of direct costs that affect payments (e.g., prices of equipment) at least every five years, with updates made to each category in the same year. The bill also prohibits the CMS from varying a certain adjustment factor by more than 2.5% each year.

Bill· HRH.R. 7880 (119th)referred

Interstate Milk Freedom Act of 2026

United States · United States Congress · 9 March 2026

Interstate Milk Freedom Act of 2026 This bill prohibits federal regulation of the interstate traffic of unpasteurized milk or milk products packaged for direct human consumption under specified circumstances. Specifically, the prohibition applies if such products (1) would be considered in violation of federal law solely because they are unpasteurized; (2) are allowed by the state of origin to be distributed for direct human consumption by any means; (3) are produced, packaged, and moved in compliance with the laws of such state; and (4) are moved from the state of origin with the intent to transport them to another state that allows the distribution of such products for direct human consumption.

Bill· HRH.R. 7808 (119th)referred

Debt-to-GDP Transparency and Stabilization Act

United States · United States Congress · 4 March 2026

Debt-to-GDP Transparency and Stabilization Act This bill requires the President's annual budget and congressional budget resolutions to include (1) the ratio of the public debt to the estimated gross domestic product (GDP), and (2) the ratio of the surplus or deficit to the estimated GDP. 

Bill· HRH.R. 7306 (119th)referred

CLOSE Act

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 2026

Bill· HRH.R. 7008 (119th)open

Stop Insider Trading Act

United States · United States Congress · 12 January 2026

Stop Insider Trading Act This bill generally prohibits Members of Congress and their spouses and dependent children from purchasing stocks and requires public notice before these individuals may sell stocks. Specifically, Members of Congress and the spouses and dependent children of Members of Congress may not purchase covered investments. Between 7 and 14 days before a Member or a covered spouse or dependent sells a covered investment, the relevant Member must file public notice of the intent to sell with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate, as appropriate. The Clerk or Secretary must publish this notice online. If the individual decides not to sell the covered investment, the notice must be withdrawn. Under the bill, a covered investment is a security issued by a publicly traded company or a comparable economic interest. Some investments are exempt, including interest in a widely held investment fund and certain investments held in a trust. Violations of these provisions are subject to a fee and, in the case of a purchase, a requirement to sell the covered investment. The fee must equal (1) the greater of $2,000 or 10% of the transaction value, and (2) any net gain realized from the transaction during a specified period. The fee may not be paid using campaign donations or Members’ official allowances. Certain transactions by covered spouses and dependents are exempt, including transactions made on behalf of another person or made as part of compensation from the individual’s employer.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 981 (119th)referred

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should reduce and maintain the Federal unified budget deficit at or below 3 percent of gross domestic product.

United States · United States Congress · 7 January 2026

This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that (1) Congress should adopt a fiscal target to reduce the federal budget deficit to 3% of gross domestic product or less as soon as possible and no later than the end of FY2030; and (2) after the target is achieved, Congress should continue to pursue further deficit reduction with the goal of achieving a balanced federal budget.

Bill· HRH.R. 6895 (119th)referred

Debt Solution and Accountability Act

United States · United States Congress · 18 December 2025

Debt Solution and Accountability Act This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to submit to Congress a debt report and a statement of intent on (1) any date on which the debt subject to limit reaches 99.5% of the federal debt limit, and (2) the date that is one month before the expiration of a suspension of the debt limit.  The debt report must include the historical levels of the debt, current amount and composition of the debt, and future projections of the debt; the drivers and composition of future debt; and how the United States will meet debt obligations. The statement of intent must include a detailed explanation of proposals of the President to reduce or slow the growth of the debt, the impact of increasing the debt limit and of leaving the debt limit unchanged, and projections of the fiscal health and sustainability of major direct-spending entitlement programs (including Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid). Within 180 days after the effective date of an increase in or suspension of the debt limit, Treasury must submit to Congress a detailed report on the progress of implementing the President's proposals to reduce or slow the growth of the debt.  Treasury must make the information required by this bill available to the public on its website. Upon request, Treasury must submit to Congress specified financial and economic data relevant to determining the amount of the public debt.

Bill· HRH.R. 6766 (119th)referred

Essential Caregivers Act of 2025

United States · United States Congress · 16 December 2025

Essential Caregivers Act of 2025   This bill prohibits certain health care facilities from limiting the access of essential caregivers to residents of those facilities, including during designated emergency periods.   Specifically, the bill generally prohibits Medicare skilled nursing facilities, Medicaid nursing facilities, Medicaid intermediate care facilities, and associated inpatient rehabilitation facilities from restricting the access of essential caregivers to residents of the facilities, including during emergency periods in which visitation rights are otherwise restricted. During emergency periods, facilities may restrict access for an initial period of up to seven days and for one additional maximum seven-day period (if the additional period is approved by the state health department). Facilities may restrict access for a total of 7 days (or 14 days with the approval of the state health department) during an emergency period. Essential caregivers must agree to comply with any safety protocols set by the facility, which may be no more stringent for caregivers compared to those for staff. Caregivers who fail to comply with these requirements may be denied access, subject to an appeals process.

Bill· HRH.R. 6420 (119th)referred

ACCESS Act

United States · United States Congress · 4 December 2025

Bill· HRH.R. 6421 (119th)referred

IMPACT Act of 2025

United States · United States Congress · 4 December 2025

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 932 (119th)referred

Denouncing dangerous and seditious rhetoric by Members of Congress and expressing condemnation of Senator Mark Kelly, Senator Elissa Slotkin, Representative Jason Crow, Representative Christopher Deluzio, Representative Maggie Goodlander, and Representative Chrissy Houlahan for attempting to sow disallegiance amongst members of the United States military and intelligence community and encouraging them to act against the Commander in Chief and President of the United States and violate the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

United States · United States Congress · 4 December 2025

Bill· HRH.R. 6170 (119th)referred

ADOPT Act of 2025

United States · United States Congress · 20 November 2025

Bill· HRH.R. 6130 (119th)referred

ASAP Act

United States · United States Congress · 19 November 2025

Bill· HRH.R. 5492 (119th)referred

PAAF Act

United States · United States Congress · 18 September 2025

Bill· HRH.R. 5438 (119th)reported

Incentivize Savings Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 September 2025

Bill· HRH.R. 5401 (119th)referred

Pay Our Troops Act of 2026

United States · United States Congress · 16 September 2025

Pay Our Troops Act of 2026 This bill provides continuing appropriations for military pay for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for FY2026 are not in effect (i.e., a government shutdown). Specifically, the bill provides FY2026 continuing appropriations for the pay and allowances of (1) members of the Armed Forces, including reserve components, who perform active service during the period; and (2) civilian personnel and contractors of the Department of Defense (and the Department of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard) who are providing support to such members of the Armed Forces. If a government shutdown occurs, the bill provides the continuing appropriations until the earlier of (1) the enactment into law of specified appropriations legislation, or (2) January 1, 2027. 

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 719 (119th)passed

Honoring the life and legacy of Charles Charlie James Kirk.

United States · United States Congress · 16 September 2025

This resolution (1) condemns the assassination of Charles "Charlie" James Kirk and all forms of political violence; and (2) honors the life, leadership, and legacy of Charlie Kirk.

Bill· HRH.R. 5348 (119th)referred

Social Security Child Protection Act of 2025

United States · United States Congress · 15 September 2025

Social Security Child Protection Act of 2025 This bill directs the Social Security Administration to issue a new Social Security number to a child under the age of 14 if the child's Social Security card was lost or stolen while being mailed to the child.