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District of Columbia Local Funds Act, 2025

Senate

Approves the District of Columbia's FY2025 local budget and permits spending of local funds for budgeted programs and activities

Latest action: Tue Mar 18 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Recover COVID Unemployment Fraud in Banks Act

House

Extends to 10 years the time limit for criminal and civil actions involving fraud in specific COVID-19 unemployment programs and creates a task force to recover fraudulent payments

Latest action: Mon Jul 13 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Affordable Housing Bond Enhancement Act

Senate

Enhances affordable housing bond financing to improve support for housing development and preservation

Latest action: Tue Oct 21 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Equal Federal Funding for the District of Columbia Act

House

Establishes equal federal funding treatment for the District of Columbia under federal law

Latest action: Mon Feb 10 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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D.C. Taxing Authority Review Act

House

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 18.

Latest action: Wed Jul 22 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Small County PILT Parity Act

Senate

Adjusts Payments in Lieu of Taxes treatment to give small counties more equal compensation tied to public lands

Latest action: Thu Jul 23 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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COVER Now Act

House

Establishes a demonstration program letting local governments offer Medicaid expansion coverage in nonexpansion states, with temporary full federal matching and protections against state retaliation

Latest action: Wed Jan 22 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Medicaid Improvement and State Flexibility Act of 2025

House

Authorizes states to approve certain Medicaid demonstration projects that use EBT cards for primary care, yearly cash payouts of unused balances, and catastrophic health insurance

Latest action: Tue Feb 04 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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A joint resolution 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 2025.

Senate

Disapproves the District of Columbia Council's temporary 2025 measure revising income and franchise tax conformity rules

Latest action: Wed Feb 04 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act

House

Denies certain federal funds to sanctuary jurisdictions that restrict immigration status information sharing or fail to honor immigration detainers, with an exception for crime victims and witnesses

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Racehorse Health and Safety Act of 2025

Senate

Establishes federal protections for racehorse health and safety standards in horse racing oversight

Latest action: Wed May 14 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Racehorse Health and Safety Act of 2025

House

Establishes federal racehorse health and safety standards for the horse racing industry in 2025

Latest action: Wed May 14 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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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 2025.

House

Nullifies the District of Columbia’s temporary tax conformity law and restores DC tax provisions aligned with the 2025 federal tax changes, including deductions and business cost recovery rules

Latest action: Wed Feb 18 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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SCHOOL Act of 2025

House

Allows certain federal K through 12 education funds to follow students to the public private or home school they attend including remote learning settings

Latest action: Fri Mar 21 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Preventing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in TANF Act

House

Limit TANF-funded assistance to families under 200% of the federal poverty guidelines and tighten state rules for using, tracking, and reporting federal TANF funds

Latest action: Wed Jun 03 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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States’ Education Reclamation Act of 2025

House

Abolishes the Department of Education, repeals its programs, and shifts education funding and selected program administration to states and other federal agencies

Latest action: Mon Jan 13 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Disaster Survivors Fairness Act of 2025

House

Establishes fairer treatment for disaster survivors in federal disaster assistance policy and administration

Latest action: Tue Feb 25 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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FEMA Act of 2025

House

Reestablishes FEMA as an independent cabinet-level agency and broadly revises disaster assistance and hazard mitigation programs

Latest action: Wed Sep 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Health Care Freedom for Patients Act of 2025

Senate

Allows certain exchange enrollees with health savings accounts to receive federal deposits, expands catastrophic plan eligibility, and restricts some Medicaid CHIP and exchange coverage rules

Latest action: Thu Dec 11 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Fix Our Forests Act

House

Establishes federal forest management requirements to reduce wildfire risk, speed review of certain projects, and carry out restoration and firefighter assistance activities

Latest action: Thu Mar 06 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026

Senate

Appropriate FY2026 funding for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, related agencies, and rules on fund use

Latest action: Thu Jul 31 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.

House

Implement reconciliation under title II of H. Con. Res. 14 through an enacted budget reconciliation measure

Latest action: Fri Jul 04 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Restoring State Mineral Revenues Act

Senate

Increase state mineral revenue payments from onshore federal land by ending the Bureau of Land Management's 2% administrative deduction for specified natural resource revenues

Latest action: Tue Dec 02 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act of 2025

House

Increase accountability and transparency requirements for unfunded federal mandates imposed on state, local, and tribal governments and the private sector

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

House

Repeals specified K–12 Education Department formula grant allocations and shifts those programs to state block grants starting in FY2026 based on FY2025 funding

Latest action: Fri Jan 31 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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A PLUS Act

House

Creates a framework letting states receive consolidated federal K-12 education funds and use them for any educational purpose allowed under state law

Latest action: Fri Jan 31 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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A PLUS Act

Senate

Creates a framework allowing states to receive consolidated federal K-12 education funds and use them for any educational purpose allowed under state law

Latest action: Wed Jan 29 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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No More D.C. Waste Act

House

Limit wasteful spending by the District of Columbia government under the No More D.C. Waste Act

Latest action: Thu Feb 27 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Transportation Asset Management Simplification Act

Senate

Simplifies transportation asset management requirements for transportation infrastructure planning and oversight

Latest action: Wed Jul 23 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Protect Medicaid Act

House

Prohibits Medicaid federal payments for administrative costs tied to health benefits for certain noncitizens ineligible because of immigration status, and requires reporting on states that offer such benefits

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

Senate

Prohibit Medicaid federal payments for administrative costs tied to health benefits for certain noncitizens ineligible because of immigration status, and require federal reporting on states that provide those benefits

Latest action: Tue Feb 11 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Keep America’s Waterfronts Working Act of 2025

House

Establishes a program to keep working waterfronts in use and protect waterfront access tied to natural resources

Latest action: Mon Mar 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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TCJA Permanency Act

House

Makes permanent major individual tax provisions from the 2017 tax law and expands tax free 529 education expenses for homeschool and K 12 costs

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to cover into the treasury of the Virgin Islands revenue from tax on fuel produced in the Virgin Islands and entered into the United States.

House

Amend the Internal Revenue Code to deposit into the Virgin Islands treasury federal tax revenue from fuel produced there and brought into the United States

Latest action: Mon Jan 13 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025

Senate

Extends and modifies the Secure Rural Schools program by continuing federal land payments and project authorities for schools, roads, and local services

Latest action: Thu Dec 18 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025

House

Extends and updates Secure Rural Schools payments and project authorities for counties containing federal land through specified fiscal years

Latest action: Fri Feb 28 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Contaminated Wells Relocation Act

Senate

Permits NASA to reimburse Chincoteague, Virginia, for relocating drinking water wells from NASA property after PFAS contamination

Latest action: Mon Sep 08 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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KAMALA Act

House

Prohibits Community Development Block Grant funds from assisting noncitizens who are not lawful permanent residents and bars HUD grants to jurisdictions that run such programs

Latest action: Fri Jan 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Enhancing Stakeholder Support and Outreach for Preparedness Grants Act

House

Requires FEMA to expand outreach and technical assistance for homeland security preparedness grants protecting communities from terrorist attacks

Latest action: Thu Nov 20 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Ohkay Owingeh Rio Chama Water Rights Settlement Act of 2025

House

Settles Ohkay Owingeh water rights claims in New Mexico by approving a Rio Chama agreement, defining pueblo water rights, and creating a settlement trust fund

Latest action: Thu Feb 13 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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