House Bills on the Floor

This bill sets aside money for the 2027 fiscal year to fund several government agencies and programs. It covers U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects like flood control and water infrastructure, the Bureau of Reclamation under the Department of the Interior, and a wide range of Department of Energy programs including nuclear energy, science research, oil reserves, energy loans, and national nuclear security. It also funds independent agencies like the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and it includes rules about how the money can and cannot be spent.

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This bill stops payment card companies (like credit card networks) from using special codes that single out gun stores as different from general merchandise or sporting goods stores. The Department of Justice is required to enforce this rule and put out a yearly report on any investigations or cases that come from it.

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# HR 1 – Summary in Plain English This is a large bill — known as a "reconciliation bill" — that covers many areas of the federal government. It cuts taxes, changes spending for numerous federal programs, and raises the federal debt limit by $5 trillion. Here is a breakdown of its major parts: --- ## Food Assistance (SNAP/Food Stamps) The bill makes several changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): - **Limits how benefit amounts are calculated** by preventing the government from updating the basket of foods used to set benefit levels, except through a standard inflation measure. - **Expands work requirements** so that adults up to age 65 (currently age 55) must meet work rules to keep benefits. It also narrows who counts as a caretaker of a dependent child (only children under 14, down from 18) and removes exemptions for homeless individuals, veterans, and certain former foster youth. An exception is included for certain Native American individuals. - **Restricts a utility cost rule** so that only households with elderly or disabled members can automatically qualify for a standard utility cost allowance through energy assistance programs. - **Prohibits internet service fees** from being counted when calculating a household's shelter costs for SNAP. - **Requires states to help pay for SNAP benefits** starting in 2028,

0 votes · 7/1/2025

This bill sets up rules to help stop the federal government from making payments that are fraudulent or incorrect. It requires government agencies to pause or review payments if there are clear signs that the payments might be fraudulent or wrong, but these reviews must be based on documented evidence, apply only to the specific payments that seem risky, and last only as long as needed to check things out. The Department of the Treasury must send payment requests back to agencies for review if its fraud-detection system flags them as high risk. The bill also says that government workers cannot be held personally responsible for actions they take in good faith while following these rules.

4 votes · 6/10/2026

This bill gives the Bureau of the Fiscal Service at the Treasury Department the job of preventing fraud and wrong payments by the government, including running a system called "Do Not Pay" that checks if someone is eligible before they receive government money. It also creates a new Office of the Inspector General for Fraud, Accountability, and Recovery within the Treasury Department, which would investigate how certain federal funds are used, including coronavirus relief money, disaster relief spending, and any federal award of $50,000 or more. The bill requires the Treasury Department to share data with other government agencies and certain private organizations to help catch fraud, and the new inspector general's office must quickly report any suspected crimes to the Department of Justice.

1 vote · 6/10/2026

This bill changes the rules for the Small Business Administration's disaster loan program by requiring more oversight and regular reporting. The SBA would have to send monthly reports to Congress about how much money is left in the disaster loan fund, and if they don't submit reports on time, the SBA Administrator wouldn't be allowed to spend money on official travel. The President's yearly budget would need to include separate details about how much money is being requested for disaster loans, including loans related to COVID-19, and explain any differences from the average costs over the past ten years. The bill also requires the SBA to alert Congress when disaster loan funds are running low and calls for additional reviews by the Government Accountability Office on how disaster loans are being handed out and what certain rule changes have cost.

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This bill sets strict timelines for when employers and newly formed unions must start and try to finish their first contract. If the two sides can't reach a deal within 90 days, either side can bring in a federal mediator to help, and if mediation doesn't work within 30 days, the dispute goes to an arbitration panel that makes a binding decision lasting two years. During negotiations, employers must keep current pay, hours, and working conditions in place. The bill also requires a government report to Congress on how long it typically takes to finalize a first union contract.

1 vote · 6/9/2026

This bill sets aside money for the 2027 budget year to fund the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, and related agencies. It covers a wide range of programs, including farming research, food safety inspections, crop insurance, rural housing and utilities, and nutrition programs like school meals, WIC, and SNAP (food stamps). The bill also funds foreign food aid programs, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and the Farm Credit Administration. In addition, it includes rules about how the money can and cannot be used, along with provisions related to animal food regulation, liability for donating pet products, and payments for building a water project called the Arkansas Valley Conduit.

2 votes · 6/4/2026

This bill requires a government watchdog agency called the Government Accountability Office to study the federal programs and tools that currently help small businesses deal with cybersecurity threats. The study must look at the most common cyberattacks that small businesses face and provide recommendations for making federal cybersecurity programs work better and be more coordinated.

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This bill requires the Small Business Administration to include a yearly report as part of the President's budget that provides information about certain small business contracting programs. These programs include ones designed for specific groups, such as women-owned small businesses, businesses in certain underserved areas, and businesses owned by service-disabled veterans. The report must show how many small businesses are certified in each program, how many applied to more than one program, and what percentage of applicants got certified in two or more programs.

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This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to put out a report every year about how it uses artificial intelligence and machine learning. The report must cover the benefits and risks of using these technologies and explain what steps the SBA can take to manage those benefits and risks, including how to make sure humans stay involved in decisions that use AI. The SBA must also brief certain committees in Congress about the report within 30 days of submitting it.

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This bill requires the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission to send reports every two years to the Small Business Administration explaining how their work enforcing antitrust laws has helped promote competition and protect small businesses from unfair practices. These reports must include how many antitrust inquiries, investigations, and enforcement actions the agencies carried out. The Small Business Administration must then send Congress a summary of those reports, along with any recommendations for steps that could help boost competition and prevent unfair business practices. The bill also removes an existing requirement that the President send Congress a yearly report about the role of small businesses in the economy.

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This bill lets the Small Business Administration use its main loan program, called the 7(a) loan program, to help small businesses pay for business software or cloud computing services. These tools can include things like payroll systems, accounting software, inventory tracking, human resources programs, and tools that use artificial intelligence. The 7(a) loan program provides loan guarantees through participating lenders to small businesses that can't get reasonable loan terms on their own.

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This bill requires the Small Business Administration's inspector general to send Congress a report every three months about fraud connected to certain COVID-19 loan programs, like the Paycheck Protection Program. Each report must include details such as how many loans were involved, how much money was at stake, how many new and resolved fraud cases there were, and what types of fraud occurred. These reporting requirements would end two years after the bill becomes law.

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This bill creates rules for how digital assets that run on blockchain technology (like cryptocurrencies) are bought and sold. It puts the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in charge of overseeing most transactions involving these digital assets, including the exchanges, brokers, and dealers that handle them. The bill also sets conditions for when these digital assets do or don't have to follow Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules, depending on factors like how established and independent the blockchain system is. Additionally, businesses dealing in these digital assets must follow anti-money laundering laws.

2 votes · 7/17/2025

This bill sets aside money for the 2027 fiscal year to pay for military construction projects, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and some related programs. The military construction funding covers building projects for all branches of the armed forces, including the National Guard and Reserves, as well as military family housing and NATO security investments. The bill also funds veterans' benefits, veterans' health care, national cemeteries, and a fund for veterans exposed to toxic substances during war. In addition, it provides money for related programs like the American Battle Monuments Commission, the veterans' appeals court, and the Armed Forces Retirement Home, and it includes rules about how the money can and cannot be spent.

3 votes · 5/15/2026

This bill renews and changes Department of Agriculture programs through 2031. The programs cover farm support, land conservation, trade and international food aid, nutrition assistance, farm credit, rural development, research, forestry, energy, crops, crop insurance, livestock, and foreign investments in U.S. farmland.

6 votes · 4/30/2026

This bill sets the budget for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the 2026 fiscal year. It provides funding for a wide range of DHS agencies and programs, including border protection, immigration enforcement, the Transportation Security Administration, the Coast Guard, the Secret Service, cybersecurity, FEMA, and law enforcement training. The bill also includes rules and limits on how the money can be spent.

3 votes · 1 comment · 1/22/2026

This bill provides funding for the Department of Homeland Security for the rest of the 2026 fiscal year and ends a partial shutdown of the department that started on February 14, 2026, when its temporary funding ran out. It covers money for many DHS agencies, including Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Transportation Security Administration, the Coast Guard, the Secret Service, FEMA, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, among others. The bill also allows back pay for federal workers who were affected by the shutdown and officially approves certain costs that were made during the shutdown to protect life and property and wind down government operations in an orderly way.

5 votes · 1 comment · 3/26/2026

This bill gives the President the power to block ships from entering the United States if those ships have stopped at a port or marine terminal in a Western Hemisphere country that has a free trade agreement with the U.S. and that country's government seized the port from an American owner. The ban would stay in place until the country gives the property back, pays fair compensation, or the issue is resolved in a way the President accepts. The bill also makes exceptions for ships facing emergencies or situations where the American property owner gave permission to use the facility.

2 votes · 3/27/2026

This bill provides funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the rest of the 2026 fiscal year. It also ends a partial DHS shutdown that started on February 14, 2026, when temporary funding for the department ran out. The money covers a wide range of DHS activities, including border protection, immigration enforcement, the Transportation Security Administration, the Coast Guard, the Secret Service, cybersecurity, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), among others. The bill also authorizes back pay for federal employees affected by the shutdown and officially approves certain costs that were necessary during the shutdown to protect life and property.

3 votes · 3/5/2026

This bill requires employees at the Small Business Administration (SBA) who work on reviewing or approving SBA loans to sign a written statement saying they do not have any conflict of interest with the loan, that they will report any conflict that comes up later, and that they understand the rules about conflicts of interest. Current law already requires federal employees to report financial conflicts of interest and step aside from matters where they have one. The SBA would also be required to create official rules to carry out these new requirements.

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This joint resolution cancels a law passed by the Washington, DC Council in December 2025 that changed DC's tax rules. Because DC normally adopts federal tax changes automatically, a federal law (known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act) had automatically become part of DC's tax code — including bigger standard tax deductions, not taxing tips, and faster write-offs for certain business property. The DC Council passed its own law to separate DC's tax code from these and other federal changes and also made other tax updates, like bringing back a DC child tax credit. This joint resolution would undo what the DC Council did, putting DC's tax code back in line with the federal changes.

1 vote · 2/4/2026

This bill appears to deal with addressing delays or obstacles in government processes, possibly aiming to speed up decision-making or reduce political standstills in Congress or other parts of the federal government. No official summary is available for this bill.

1 vote · 1/8/2026

This bill provides funding for the rest of the 2026 fiscal year to several major parts of the federal government, including the Departments of Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, the Treasury, and the State Department, among others. It also gives temporary funding to the Department of Homeland Security at 2025 spending levels until February 13, 2026, or until a separate funding bill is passed for that department. In addition, the bill extends a number of programs and authorities that were set to expire, covering a wide range of areas such as flood insurance, food safety standards, cybersecurity, immigration programs, trade preferences for certain countries, welfare assistance (TANF), and several health care programs.

33 votes · 4 comments · 1/30/2026

This bill sets rules for the people who manage employer-sponsored retirement plans. It says that when they make investment decisions, they must focus on financial factors — meaning things that are expected to affect how much money an investment makes or how risky it is. They can only consider non-financial factors in limited situations, like when they can't tell the difference between investments based on finances alone. The bill also requires these managers to act in the best interest of the people in the plan when exercising rights like voting on company matters, and it requires them to give certain notices to plan participants who get to choose their own investments.

1 vote · 1/15/2026

This bill provides funding for the 2026 budget year to several federal departments and agencies. It covers three major spending areas: commerce, law enforcement, and science; energy and water projects; and public lands and the environment. Some of the agencies funded include the Department of Justice, NASA, the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the Indian Health Service. The bill also includes rules about how the money can and cannot be spent.

3 votes · 1/15/2026

This bill provides funding for the 2026 fiscal year to several parts of the federal government. It covers two major spending areas: one related to financial services and general government operations, and another related to national security, the Department of State, and related programs. The money would go to places like the Department of the Treasury, the Executive Office of the President, the court system, the District of Columbia, the Department of State, and programs that handle foreign aid and international security. The bill also includes rules about how the money in this and other spending bills can and cannot be used.

0 votes · 1/14/2026

This bill changes the rules about what counts as work time under federal labor law. It says that if an employer offers voluntary training outside of an employee's normal work hours, that training time does not have to be counted as hours worked. This only applies if the employee won't face any negative consequences for skipping the training and doesn't do any actual work for the employer during the training.

1 vote · 1/13/2026

This bill would cancel a presidential executive order from March 27, 2025, that removed certain federal agencies from rules allowing their employees to participate in collective bargaining (the process where workers negotiate as a group over things like pay and working conditions). The bill would restore those collective bargaining rights for federal employees at the affected agencies. It also says that any collective bargaining agreements that were already in place as of March 26, 2025, must be honored for their full duration.

0 votes · 12/11/2025

This bill lets a certain type of investment fund, called a closed-end fund, put more of its money into private investment funds. A closed-end fund is basically a collection of investments that sells a set number of shares that people can buy and sell on a stock exchange. The bill stops the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from placing limits on selling or listing shares of closed-end funds that invest in private investment funds. It also applies to a similar type of company called a business development company.

0 votes · 12/11/2025

This bill provides funding for the Department of Defense for the 2026 fiscal year, covering areas like military personnel, operations, equipment purchases, and research. It does not cover military construction, military family housing, Army Corps of Engineers projects, or nuclear warheads, which are funded through separate bills. The bill also funds related programs like military healthcare, drug interdiction activities, the Inspector General's office, and certain intelligence community accounts. It includes rules about how the money in this bill and other funding bills can and cannot be spent.

1 vote · 7/18/2025

This bill, called the DUMP Red Tape Act, requires a part of the Small Business Administration called the Office of Advocacy to keep running a "Red Tape Hotline." This hotline lets small businesses and other small organizations report when federal rules, guidance, or policies are too burdensome for them to follow. The office must also send a yearly report to the Small Business Administration and Congress about the complaints and notifications it receives through the hotline.

0 votes · 12/3/2025

This bill says the Small Business Administration (SBA) must make sure that the total cost of its rules and regulations on small businesses each year is zero or less. That means if the SBA creates any new rule that costs small businesses money, it would need to reduce or remove other rules to offset that cost. The "small business regulatory budget" includes the costs from new rules as well as any savings from changing or getting rid of existing rules.

0 votes · 12/3/2025

This resolution officially speaks out against socialism and says the United States should not adopt socialist policies.

1 vote · 11/21/2025

# Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 (HR 5371) ## What This Law Does This law does several major things at once: it ends the government shutdown that started on October 1, 2025, keeps most of the federal government funded temporarily through January 30, 2026, provides full-year funding for agriculture programs, Congress, and military construction/veterans programs, and extends many programs that were set to expire. --- ## Division A: Temporary Government Funding (Continuing Resolution) This part keeps most federal agencies running through January 30, 2026, generally at the same funding levels as the previous year. It ends the government shutdown that happened because regular funding bills weren't passed by October 1, 2025. **Key provisions include:** - **Back pay for federal workers:** Employees who were furloughed (sent home without pay) during the shutdown will receive their regular pay for that period. - **No layoffs allowed:** Federal agencies cannot carry out reductions in force (mass layoffs) through January 30, 2026. Any layoffs that happened between October 1 and the date this law was signed are reversed. - **Reimbursing states:** States or other organizations that used their own money to keep federal programs running during the shutdown will be paid back

1 vote · 11/11/2025

This bill lets investment companies and their agents delay when older or impaired adults can take money out of their investments if they think the person is being financially exploited. The bill applies to people 65 or older, or people 18 or older who cannot protect themselves due to mental or physical problems. Companies can delay the withdrawal for up to 15 days, and then another 10 days if they determine exploitation is happening. During the delay, the money must be kept in a bank account, and companies must notify government regulators about using these procedures.

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This bill provides funding for the 2026 fiscal year to several parts of the federal government, covering three main areas: military construction and veterans' services, agriculture and food safety, and the operations of Congress. The money would go to places like the Department of Defense (for building projects and military housing), the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, the Senate, and agencies that support Congress. The bill also includes rules about how the money can and cannot be spent.

0 votes · 8/1/2025

This bill sets aside money for the 2026 budget year to pay for several government programs. It funds U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects like flood control and water infrastructure, the Bureau of Reclamation (which manages water resources), and a wide range of Department of Energy programs covering things like energy efficiency, nuclear energy, oil reserves, science research, and nuclear security. It also funds independent agencies like the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and includes rules about how the money can and cannot be spent.

0 votes · 9/4/2025

This law takes back certain government funds that had been set aside but not yet spent. These funds were originally given to agencies like the Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, among others. The President proposed pulling back this money using a process allowed under existing law, and Congress passed this law to make those cuts official. Some programs are protected from the cuts, including funding for efforts to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and hunger, as well as aid to certain countries like Jordan and Egypt.

0 votes · 7/17/2025

This bill stops the Federal Reserve from creating or using a digital version of the U.S. dollar, known as a central bank digital currency. It also prevents Federal Reserve banks from offering services directly to individual people or holding accounts for them. Additionally, the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors is not allowed to test, study, create, or use a digital dollar to manage the economy, though the bill does include some exceptions.

0 votes · 7/17/2025

This bill would make it illegal for people who are not U.S. citizens to vote in local elections in Washington, D.C. In 2022, D.C. passed its own law allowing noncitizens who live there and meet certain requirements to vote in local elections. This bill would cancel that D.C. law, which took effect on February 23, 2023. Federal law already prevents noncitizens from voting in federal elections.

0 votes · 6/10/2025

This bill changes the rules for two types of small business loans offered by the government. To apply, people would now need to provide their date of birth and confirm that they and all owners of the business are U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or lawful permanent residents. The bill also lists specific groups of people who would not be allowed to get these loans, including refugees, asylees, people on visas, people classified as nonimmigrants, people covered by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, and people without legal immigration status.

0 votes · 6/6/2025

This bill limits the number of for-profit small business lending companies that are allowed to make a certain type of government-backed small business loan (called 7(a) loans) to no more than 16 companies at any given time.

0 votes · 6/5/2025

This bill says that if the Small Business Administration (SBA) publicly decides that one of its offices is located in a "sanctuary jurisdiction," it must move that office within 60 days to a place that is not a sanctuary jurisdiction. A sanctuary jurisdiction is defined as a state or local area that limits its officials from sharing information about someone's citizenship or immigration status with other government agencies, or from following certain requests from the Department of Homeland Security. The bill also says the SBA cannot open any new offices in sanctuary jurisdictions.

0 votes · 6/5/2025

This resolution sets up the federal government's budget plan for 2025 and outlines spending and revenue levels through 2034. It tells 11 House committees to write new laws that would change the deficit and raise the government's borrowing limit, with a deadline of March 27, 2025. The resolution also includes a rule saying that if certain committees don't find at least $2 trillion in deficit reduction, then the amount of deficit increase allowed for the House Ways and Means Committee (up to $4.5 trillion) must be lowered. It also sets rules for how the budget handles things like administrative costs for the Social Security Administration and the U.S. Postal Service.

0 votes · 4/10/2025

This bill says that anyone registering to vote in a federal election must show documents proving they are a U.S. citizen, such as an ID that meets certain federal standards. States would not be allowed to register someone to vote without this proof, but they must offer another way for people to show their citizenship if they don't have the standard documents. States would also be required to regularly check their voter lists and remove anyone who is not a U.S. citizen. The bill creates punishments, including criminal penalties, for election officials who register someone without proper citizenship proof, and it allows private individuals to sue officials who do so.

0 votes · 4/10/2025

This joint resolution cancels a rule from the IRS that would have required people and platforms involved in decentralized finance (DeFi) transactions to report certain information about digital asset sales to the IRS. Decentralized finance refers to financial activities that use cryptocurrency and are designed to work without traditional banks or financial middlemen. The IRS rule being canceled was issued on December 30, 2024, and dealt with how brokers who help carry out digital asset sales must report the money made from those sales.

0 votes · 3/11/2025

This bill keeps the federal government funded for the rest of the 2025 fiscal year by continuing to pay for most programs at the same levels as the year before, with some programs getting more or less money. It prevents a government shutdown that would have happened if regular funding bills weren't passed by March 14, 2025. The bill also extends a number of programs that were set to expire, including health programs like Medicare and Medicaid, flood insurance, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, immigration-related programs, rules classifying fentanyl-related substances as controlled drugs, and several other government authorities and programs.

0 votes · 3/14/2025

This bill gives the government more time to go after people who committed fraud in unemployment insurance programs created during the COVID-19 pandemic. It doubles the deadline for bringing criminal charges or civil lawsuits related to that fraud from 5 years to 10 years, covering crimes like identity theft, wire fraud, and filing false claims. However, if the original deadline for a particular case has already passed before this bill becomes law, the extension does not apply. The bill also takes back certain leftover funds that were given to the Department of Labor under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for fighting fraud and ensuring program integrity.

0 votes · 3/11/2025