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Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act

House

Repeals the Corporate Transparency Act and ends its beneficial ownership reporting requirements for companies to Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Latest action: Thu Jun 18 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Small Business Prosperity Act of 2025

House

Amends federal tax law to advance small business prosperity through tax policy changes

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Prior Approval Reform Act

House

Allows trade associations and their separate segregated funds to solicit political contributions from member corporations' stockholders and executive or administrative personnel and their families without prior corporate approval

Latest action: Tue Feb 18 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Enhancing Bank Resolution Participation Act

House

Establishes a framework to expand participation in bank resolution processes under the Enhancing Bank Resolution Participation Act

Latest action: Wed Feb 25 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Clarity for Compensation Act

House

Establishes clearer rules for compensation by amending federal law governing payment standards and determinations

Latest action: Tue Jun 30 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Bank-Fintech Partnership Enhancement Act

House

Enhances bank and financial technology company partnership frameworks under federal banking policy

Latest action: Wed Feb 25 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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HUMPS Act of 2025

House

Amends federal tax law to change the treatment of employer payments for student loans under the HUMPS Act of 2025

Latest action: Wed Jun 25 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act

House

Require securities issuers with multi-class share structures to disclose major holders' shares and voting power in proxy and consent solicitation materials

Latest action: Thu Jul 24 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Algorithmic Transparency and Choice Act

House

Establishes requirements for algorithmic transparency and user choice over automated systems

Latest action: Thu Dec 11 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Shell Company Abuse Act

House

Prohibits using shell companies to conceal foreign national election contributions or donations and imposes criminal penalties for violations

Latest action: Thu Apr 10 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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ACCESS Act of 2025

House

Expands the crowdfunding disclosure exemption by raising the offering amount threshold for issuers that need not provide independently reviewed financial statements

Latest action: Tue Jul 15 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Advancing the Mentor-Protégé Program for Small Financial Institutions Act

House

Establishes a Treasury mentor protégé program to prepare minority rural and small financial institutions to improve services or serve as federal financial agents

Latest action: Wed May 13 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Restoring the Secondary Trading Market Act

House

Prohibits states from restricting off exchange secondary trading of securities when issuers publicly disclose financial information under federal rules

Latest action: Wed Mar 25 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Expanding WKSI Eligibility Act

House

Reduces the equity market value threshold for securities issuers to qualify as well-known seasoned issuers eligible for automatic shelf registrations

Latest action: Tue Dec 02 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Merger Agreement Approvals Clarity and Predictability Act

House

Clarifies approval standards for merger agreements to make merger review decisions more predictable

Latest action: Wed Feb 25 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Protect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025

House

Extends to January 1, 2026, the deadline for certain pre-2024 companies to file beneficial ownership information with FinCEN

Latest action: Tue Feb 11 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Main Street Depositor Protection Act

Senate

Establishes protections aimed at safeguarding Main Street bank depositors through banking policy changes

Latest action: Thu Feb 05 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

American FIRST Act of 2025

House

Authorize an America First trade and economic policy framework for 2025 under the bill's stated program

Latest action: Wed Feb 25 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Community Bank LIFT Act

House

Eases community bank leverage ratio standards by expanding bank eligibility, lowering the statutory ratio range, and requiring regulators to update the framework

Latest action: Tue Nov 04 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Stop Woke Investing Act

House

Requires the SEC to tighten proxy statement rules by limiting shareholder proposals to those materially affecting company financial performance

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Improving Disclosure for Investors Act of 2025

House

Requires the SEC to set up electronic delivery of investor regulatory documents with a paper opt out and a fallback if rules are not finalized on time

Latest action: Wed Jun 04 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Financial Privacy Act of 2025

House

Requires annual Treasury reporting and review on FinCEN suspicious activity and beneficial ownership report access to protect U.S. persons' legal rights

Latest action: Fri Mar 21 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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TRUST Act of 2025

House

Permits more well capitalized and well managed small insured depository institutions to receive less frequent federal supervisory examinations by raising the qualifying asset threshold

Latest action: Wed May 13 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Protecting Americans’ Retirement Savings From Politics Act

House

Protect retirement savings investment decisions from political considerations in retirement plans and related investing

Latest action: Wed Jun 24 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Bank Failure Prevention Act of 2025

House

Revises Federal Reserve review of bank holding company merger and acquisition applications by setting firm notice and decision deadlines and limiting outside information in determinations

Latest action: Wed Jun 04 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Merger Process Review Act

House

Requires periodic Inspector General reviews of federal banking and credit union regulators' merger application procedures and follow-up implementation plans

Latest action: Wed Feb 25 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Credit Union Board Modernization Act

House

Reduces how often certain credit union boards must meet by allowing most to hold six meetings yearly instead of monthly while keeping stricter rules for new and low-rated credit unions

Latest action: Tue Feb 11 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

SMART Act of 2025

House

Limits federal examination requirements for well capitalized small depository institutions and credit unions by requiring limited scope reviews and allowing combined compliance exams

Latest action: Wed May 13 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Bank Competition Modernization Act

House

Allows financial regulators to approve certain small bank mergers without applying antitrust and competition review standards, using an annually adjusted $10 billion asset threshold

Latest action: Tue Nov 04 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency of the Department of the Treasury relating to the review of applications under the Bank Merger Act.

Senate

Nullifies the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's final rule revising review procedures for bank merger applications under the Bank Merger Act

Latest action: Fri Jun 20 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Don’t Sell Kids’ Data Act of 2025

House

Prohibit the sale of children’s data in 2025 through a consumer privacy measure focused on minors’ information

Latest action: Thu Dec 11 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act

Senate

Requires the FCC to annually publish a list of FCC license holders with specified ownership ties or control links to entities connected to China, Iran, North Korea, or Russia

Latest action: Fri Oct 24 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Least Cost Exception Act

House

Allows the FDIC to waive least cost resolution rules for failed banks when a qualifying non G SIB alternative limits banking concentration and stays within set cost bounds

Latest action: Mon Feb 02 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Failing Bank Acquisition Fairness Act

House

Tightens waiver standards for bank acquisitions that exceed deposit concentration limits when a failing insured depository institution is involved

Latest action: Wed Jul 15 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act

House

Require the FCC to publish annual lists of FCC-authorized entities with ownership or control ties to China, Iran, North Korea, or Russia, including through new ownership reporting rules for certain licensees

Latest action: Tue Apr 29 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

MAIN Event Ticketing Act

Senate

Prohibits automated software from bypassing online ticketing rules and strengthens cybersecurity and enforcement for event ticket sales

Latest action: Tue Sep 02 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Main Street Act

House

Loosens banking regulations by easing capital, supervision, merger, and reporting requirements for banks and financial companies

Latest action: Wed Jul 22 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

To advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock.

House

Establishes procedures to break legislative gridlock by changing how measures advance through Congress

Latest action: Tue Feb 10 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that corporations should commit to utilizing the benefits of women in boards of directors and other senior management positions.

House

Expresses the House's view that corporations should commit to using the benefits of women in board and senior management positions

Latest action: Thu Jan 15 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)