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Ensuring Children Receive Support Act

House

Requires the State Department to revoke passports for people who owe more than $2,500 in child support and allows limited passports for direct return to the United States

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

To require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to link together applications of family members throughout the NEXUS application process, and for other purposes.

House

Require Customs and Border Protection to link family members' NEXUS applications throughout the trusted traveler application process

Latest action: Wed Jun 24 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Stop Illegal Fishing Act

House

Requires the President to impose sanctions on foreign vessels and non-U.S. persons involved in illegal unreported and unregulated fishing, with reporting and limited waiver authority

Latest action: Tue Jun 09 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2025

House

Requires sanctions on people and entities involved in forced organ harvesting or organ trafficking, and allows passport denial or revocation for certain organ trafficking offenders

Latest action: Thu May 08 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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CCP IP Act

Senate

Strengthens protections against intellectual property theft tied to the Chinese Communist Party

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

Sanction Sea Pirates Act of 2025

House

Require the President to impose visa and property blocking sanctions on foreign persons who knowingly engage in piracy, with penalties for violating the sanctions rules

Latest action: Tue Jun 24 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Falun Gong Protection Act

Senate

Prohibits involvement in forced organ harvesting tied to Falun Gong practitioners and seeks protections through foreign relations policy

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

A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require voters to provide photo identification.

Senate

Require photo identification for voting in federal elections, with provisional ballot procedures and identification rules for non in-person voting

Latest action: Sat Aug 08 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 (XXVI) and the harmful conflation of China's "One China Principle" and the United States "One China Policy".

House

Expresses the House's position on U.N. General Assembly Resolution 2758 and the distinction between China's One China Principle and the United States One China Policy

Latest action: Fri Feb 21 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Laken Riley Act

Senate

Requires DHS to detain certain non-U.S. nationals tied to specified crimes and lets states sue over certain immigration enforcement decisions or failures

Latest action: Wed Jan 29 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Protecting Global Fisheries Act of 2026

Senate

Strengthens protections against illegal global fishing practices and seafood imports tied to fisheries violations

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

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 (XXVI) and the harmful conflation of China's "One China Principle" and the United States'"One China Policy".

Senate

Expresses the Senate's view on U.N. General Assembly Resolution 2758 and distinguishes China's One China Principle from U.S. One China Policy regarding Taiwan

Latest action: Mon Apr 28 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Falun Gong Protection Act

House

Requires the President to impose visa and property blocking sanctions on foreign persons involved in involuntary organ harvesting in China, with exceptions for imports and humanitarian transactions

Latest action: Tue May 06 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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STOP China and Russia Act of 2025

Senate

Prohibits specified activities or transactions involving China and Russia under the STOP China and Russia Act of 2025

Latest action: Thu Oct 30 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

No Paydays for Hostage-Takers Act

House

Prohibit payments to hostage-takers by barring ransom-related paydays under federal law

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

Sanction Russian Nuclear Safety Violators Act of 2025

House

Requires sanctions on foreign persons who endanger the safety or integrity of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant or undermine Ukrainian control of it

Latest action: Thu Jan 16 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 2025

House

Require sanctions on foreign individuals and entities tied to prominent Haitian criminal gangs, backed by congressional reporting on links to Haiti’s political and economic elites

Latest action: Wed Sep 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act

House

Imposes sanctions and cuts U.S. funding when foreign persons assist International Criminal Court actions against protected U.S. persons and certain allied nationals

Latest action: Tue Jan 28 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

No Hezbollah In Our Hemisphere Act

Senate

Directs U.S. policy toward countering Hezbollah activity in the Western Hemisphere through a dedicated legislative framework

Latest action: Mon Apr 28 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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SHADOW Fleet Sanctions Act of 2026

Senate

Authorize sanctions targeting the shadow fleet used to transport cargo in ways covered by the act

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

Laken Riley Act

House

Require DHS to detain certain undocumented or inadmissible non-U.S. nationals tied to burglary or theft offenses and let states seek court orders over specified immigration enforcement failures

Latest action: Mon Feb 10 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

No Russian Tunnel to Crimea Act

House

Require the President to impose visa and asset blocking sanctions on foreign persons involved in building, maintaining, or repairing a Russia Crimea tunnel or bridge connection, with limited exceptions and waivers

Latest action: Thu Jan 16 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Economic Espionage Prevention Act

House

Authorize sanctions on foreign adversary entities engaged in economic and industrial espionage against U.S. trade secrets, while narrowing certain emergency economic powers exemptions for sensitive data and related transactions

Latest action: Tue May 06 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Strategic Subsea Cables Act of 2026

Senate

Establishes a strategic framework for undersea communications cables through the Strategic Subsea Cables Act of 2026

Latest action: Tue Feb 10 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests Act of 2025

Senate

Combat foreign illegal seafood harvesting by strengthening federal restrictions and enforcement against unlawfully caught imported seafood

Latest action: Tue Mar 24 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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FISH Act of 2025

House

Establishes the FISH Act of 2025 as a fisheries measure advancing through House committee consideration

Latest action: Tue Apr 21 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

To provide for the management authorities of the Department of State.

House

Establishes management authorities for the Department of State to govern its internal administration and operations

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

Critical Undersea Infrastructure Resilience Initiative Act

Senate

Establishes a resilience initiative to protect critical undersea infrastructure from disruption and damage

Latest action: Tue Feb 10 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

To impose sanctions with respect to persons engaged in significant transactions related or incidental to the processing, refining, export, transfer or sale of oil, condensates, or other petroleum or petrochemical products in whole or in part from the Islamic Republic of Iran

House

Imposes sanctions on foreign persons involved in Iran's petroleum and petrochemical trade and strengthens enforcement of those sanctions

Latest action: Tue Mar 17 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026

House

Expands the above-the-line federal tax deduction for educator expenses to include early childhood educators in prekindergarten schools

Latest action: Mon Aug 10 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2025

House

Directs the federal government to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization under U.S. law

Latest action: Wed Dec 03 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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SHIELD Against CCP Act

House

Require the Department of Homeland Security to create a working group and related research efforts to counter Chinese Communist Party threats involving homeland security, immigration, trade, illicit finance, and drug trafficking

Latest action: Tue Mar 11 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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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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Ukraine Support Act

House

Establishes Ukraine reconstruction and security assistance, revives lend-lease authority, and imposes sanctions and steep tariffs on Russia when the President makes specified aggression or peace-related determinations

Latest action: Mon Jul 20 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026

House

Appropriate FY2026 funding for the Department of Homeland Security and set conditions and restrictions on how those funds may be used

Latest action: Thu Jun 26 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

Senate

Authorize intelligence and intelligence-related activities and set fiscal year 2026 oversight and funding rules for U.S. intelligence programs

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

Department of State Policy Provisions Act

House

Sets Department of State policy across management, security, economic affairs, foreign assistance, and public diplomacy, including China-linked facilities limits, Africa trade initiatives, Caribbean security planning, and diplomatic authorities

Latest action: Thu Sep 18 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026

House

Appropriates FY2026 funding for the Department of State, national security activities, foreign assistance, international organizations, and related programs, while setting limits on how funds may be used

Latest action: Fri Jul 25 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027

House

Appropriates FY2027 funding for national security, the Department of State, and related foreign affairs, assistance, and international programs, while setting conditions on how those funds may be used

Latest action: Wed Jul 29 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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