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To direct the Librarian of Congress to promote the more cost-effective, efficient, and expanded availability of the Annotated Constitution and pocket-part supplements by replacing the hardbound versions with digital versions.

House

Directs the Library of Congress to replace hardbound Constitution Annotated volumes and pocket-part supplements with digital editions published online beginning with the 2025 Supreme Court term supplement

Latest action: Tue Apr 01 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Affordable College Textbook Act

House

Establishes federal grants for colleges and states to expand the use of open textbooks in higher education and requires a study of textbook costs

Latest action: Wed Mar 05 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Affordable College Textbook Act

Senate

Establishes statutory authority for Education Department grants that help colleges and states expand the use of open textbooks in higher education

Latest action: Wed Feb 26 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

A resolution designating June 23, 2026, as "Social Media Harms Victim Remembrance Day".

Senate

Designates June 23, 2026, as Social Media Harms Victim Remembrance Day and urges action to prevent social media-related harm

Latest action: Mon Jun 22 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

MEGOBARI Act

Senate

Authorize sanctions and other restrictions to counter malign Russian influence and corruption in Georgia

Latest action: Mon Apr 28 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

MEGOBARI Act

House

Require the President to impose sanctions on foreign persons, including Georgian officials, involved in corruption, violence, intimidation, or other actions that undermine Georgia's security, stability, or Euro-Atlantic integration

Latest action: Tue May 06 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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NO FAKES Act of 2025

House

Establishes federal protections against unauthorized digital voice and visual replicas by targeting nonconsensual AI deepfakes

Latest action: Wed Apr 09 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

NO FAKES Act of 2025

Senate

Creates a federal right over unauthorized digital replicas of a person's voice and visual likeness, with civil liability, takedown rules, and limits on conflicting state laws

Latest action: Wed Apr 09 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

NO FAKES Act of 2026

Senate

Creates a federal intellectual property right over unauthorized digital replicas of a person's voice or visual likeness, including AI-generated replicas, with civil liability, takedown procedures, and limited exceptions

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

Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act

House

Prohibits Federal Reserve banks and the Federal Reserve Board from issuing or using a central bank digital currency, including direct retail accounts and most CBDC testing or implementation

Latest action: Thu Jul 17 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Digital Commodity Intermediaries Act

Senate

Establishes a federal framework for digital commodity intermediaries named in the bill title

Latest action: Mon Feb 02 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service relating to "Gross Proceeds Reporting by Brokers That Regularly Provide Services Effectuating Digital Asset Sales".

House

Nullifies an IRS rule requiring certain decentralized finance brokers to report digital asset sale information to the agency

Latest action: Thu Apr 10 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 Internal Revenue Service relating to "Gross Proceeds Reporting by Brokers That Regularly Provide Services Effectuating Digital Asset Sales".

Senate

Nullifies the IRS rule requiring certain decentralized finance brokers to report digital asset sale information and gross proceeds

Latest action: Wed Mar 12 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Digital Asset Market Clarity Act

House

Establishes a federal regulatory framework for digital commodities, assigning primary oversight to the CFTC while setting exchange trading, reporting, and securities registration rules

Latest action: Sat Aug 08 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Drone Espionage Act

House

Prohibits drone espionage through a measure titled the Drone Espionage Act now before the Judiciary Committee

Latest action: Thu Apr 17 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

DEFIANCE Act of 2025

Senate

Expands civil remedies for nonconsensual intimate images and creates a federal civil action for intimate digital deepfakes disclosed without consent

Latest action: Tue Jan 13 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

DEFIANCE Act of 2025

House

Expand civil remedies for nonconsensual intimate image disclosures and create a federal civil action for intimate digital deepfakes

Latest action: Wed May 21 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Aviation Supply Chain Safety and Security Digitization Act of 2025

House

Directs a GAO study on expanding digital documentation and verification in the aviation supply chain to detect falsified records and counterfeit parts

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

Stop VOYEURS Act of 2025

House

Prohibits video voyeurism conduct targeted by the Stop VOYEURS Act of 2025 under federal criminal law

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

ADS for Mental Health Services Act

Senate

Authorize the use of advertising services for mental health services under the ADS for Mental Health Services Act

Latest action: Wed Dec 10 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Financial Technology Protection Act of 2025

House

Establishes a financial technology working group to study terrorist and illicit use of digital assets and strengthen anti money laundering and counterterrorist financing efforts

Latest action: Tue Jul 22 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Sue VOYEURS Act

House

Authorize victims of nonconsensual intimate visual recordings to bring civil lawsuits against those responsible for the voyeurism

Latest action: Tue Feb 11 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Keep Your Coins Act of 2025

House

Prohibits federal agencies from limiting a person's use of convertible virtual currency or transactions through a self hosted wallet

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

GRACIE Act of 2025

Senate

Establishes the GRACIE Act of 2025 as a Judiciary Committee measure with an unspecified justice-related purpose

Latest action: Thu Feb 20 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

RESPECT Act

House

Establishes the RESPECT Act as introduced for Energy and Commerce and Judiciary committee consideration

Latest action: Tue Jul 22 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

SPY Kids Act

House

Establishes the SPY Kids Act as a measure amended in subcommittee for further committee consideration

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

Drone Espionage Act

Senate

Extends Espionage Act criminal prohibitions to obtaining, receiving, or transmitting national defense information by video

Latest action: Mon Feb 09 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

BARCODE Efficiency Act

House

Requires the IRS to digitize paper tax returns and correspondence using barcodes, scanning, and optical character recognition when those tools are not slower or less reliable

Latest action: Tue Apr 28 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Parents Over Platforms Act

House

Establishes a framework prioritizing parental authority over online platforms in regulating children's internet and social media use

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

Deploying American Blockchains Act of 2025

Senate

Directs federal efforts to advance deployment and competitiveness of American blockchain technology

Latest action: Tue Oct 21 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Deploying American Blockchains Act of 2025

House

Requires the Department of Commerce to lead federal policy advice, adoption efforts, and reporting on blockchain technology, distributed ledger applications, tokens, and tokenization

Latest action: Tue Jun 24 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Veterans Claims Education Act of 2025

House

Require the VA to notify unrepresented veterans filing initial benefits claims about accredited assistance, free veterans service organization representation, fee restrictions, and reporting improper paid help

Latest action: Tue May 20 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Safe Cloud Storage Act

House

Establishes protections for cloud storage safety and security under a measure titled the Safe Cloud Storage Act

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

Protecting Consumers from Deceptive AI Act

House

Prohibit deceptive uses of artificial intelligence to protect consumers from AI-based fraud and misrepresentation

Latest action: Thu Jun 25 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

AI PLAN Act

House

Require Treasury, DHS, and Commerce to report on artificial intelligence risks in financial crimes by adversarial actors and recommend legislative and operational responses

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

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the comments made by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, threatening to penalize ABC and Disney for the political commentary of ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel were dangerous and unconstitutional.

Senate

Expresses the Senate's view that FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's comments threatening penalties against ABC and Disney over Jimmy Kimmel's political commentary were dangerous and unconstitutional

Latest action: Thu Sep 18 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

TAKE IT DOWN Act

Senate

Prohibits sharing nonconsensual intimate images online, including deepfakes, and requires covered platforms to remove reported content within 48 hours

Latest action: Mon May 19 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

TAKE IT DOWN Act

House

Prohibit nonconsensual online publication and threats involving intimate visual depictions, including deepfakes, and require covered platforms to remove reported images within 48 hours

Latest action: Mon Apr 28 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Sammy’s Law

House

Requires large social media platforms to let approved safety software monitor and manage accounts and data for users under age 17

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

Foreign Adversary AI Risk Assessment and Diplomacy Act

House

Directs diplomatic and policy work to assess artificial intelligence risks involving foreign adversaries and inform a coordinated response

Latest action: Thu Mar 26 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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