🏛️ Legislative Branch |
Congressional Bills |
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If signed into law, this bill would continue and change many federal programs that prevent and treat drug use and help people recover, mostly by extending funding and rules for fiscal years 2026 through 2030 (for example, $505,579,000 a year for overdose prevention programs and $4,250,000 a year for prenatal/postnatal health work), create new actions like a federal work group on fentanyl in illegal drugs, require the 9‑8‑8 suicide hotline to report and fix cybersecurity problems and have a government study of those risks within 180 days, and ask HHS to review certain addiction medicines and issue guidance on at‑home drug disposal; the enrolled bill was presented to the President on November 25, 2025. The people affected include people with substance use disorders, pregnant and postpartum women, youth, families, first responders, health care and recovery workers, Tribal and State programs, and community groups that get grants. It matters because it keeps money flowing for prevention, treatment, and recovery services, supports workers who provide those services, aims to reduce deadly overdoses (including from fentanyl), and tries to protect the national suicide hotline from cyberattacks—actions that can directly save lives and help families and communities. Read full document →
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If passed, this law would make the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) write rules, within 90 days after the law starts, to keep breast milk, baby formula, special infant water, juice and their cooling packs clean and safe when they must be checked again at airport security; those rules must be reviewed every five years. The law would cover TSA screeners and private companies that do airport screening, and the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector who checks agencies must audit how the rules are followed and send a report to Congress within one year. This would affect parents, caregivers, babies, airport security workers, and airlines because it aims to reduce the chance of germs, spillage, or having milk or formula thrown away during extra screening. The bill was introduced on January 27, 2025, and was sent to the President on November 25, 2025. Read full document →
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If passed, this law would raise the monthly special pension paid by the Department of Veterans Affairs to each living Medal of Honor recipient from $1,406.73 to $8,333.33, set the monthly special pension for surviving spouses at $1,406.73, require those amounts to be adjusted each year for inflation, and extend a related pension rule until January 31, 2033; the bill was passed by Congress and was presented to the President on November 25, 2025, so it is now waiting for his signature, veto, or pocket veto; the people affected are living Medal of Honor recipients, their surviving spouses, and the VA (which will make the payments), and it matters because it gives large, ongoing financial help to highly honored veterans and their families while increasing federal spending paid from government funds. Read full document →
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If passed, H.R. 998 would make the IRS send much clearer letters when it finds a math or small paperwork mistake on your tax return: the letter must go to your last known address, explain in plain words the type of error, the law section and the exact line on the return, give an item-by-item math showing how things like adjusted gross income, taxable income, deductions, credits, tax owed or refund change, list the automated transcript phone number, and show in large bold type the date you have to ask to cancel or reduce (an “abatement”) the extra tax. The bill was introduced on February 5, 2025, has passed both Houses, and was presented to the President on November 25, 2025, so it is waiting for the President’s signature. People who would be affected include any taxpayer who gets a math-or-clerical-error notice, tax preparers, and IRS staff (the National Taxpayer Advocate is consulted for a pilot program). It also requires the Treasury to set up ways to ask for an abatement within 180 days after the law is signed, makes the new notice rules apply to notices sent after 12 months from enactment, and requires a pilot within 18 months to test certified/registered mail and report results to Congress—steps meant to help ordinary people understand and respond to IRS changes faster and avoid losing refunds or paying wrong amounts. Read full document →
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If signed, this law would raise the monthly payments the VA gives to veterans with service-connected disabilities, the extra money for their dependents, the clothing allowance, and the payments to surviving spouses and children by the same percentage as the Social Security cost‑of‑living increase that takes effect December 1, 2025. The bill was introduced July 23, 2025, and the enrolled measure was presented to the President on November 25, 2025 for signature. The people affected are veterans who receive disability compensation, their spouses and children who get survivor payments, and a small group covered by an older veterans’ law. It matters because the increase keeps benefits from losing buying power as prices go up, so veterans and their families will receive higher payments starting December 1, 2025. Read full document →
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This bill would change one number in the law so that interest money held in the Federal Aid to Wildlife Restoration Fund (also called the Wildlife Restoration Trust Fund) cannot be given out to states until the start of fiscal year 2033 (which begins October 1, 2032) instead of fiscal year 2026; in other words it delays when that extra interest money becomes available. The bill has passed Congress and was sent to the President on November 25, 2025 and now waits for his signature or veto. The people affected would be state wildlife agencies, hunters and shooting-sports groups, and communities and conservation groups that use those federal funds for habitat work, wetland projects, and public access to wildlife areas. It matters because delaying this money means less funding for those state conservation and access projects in the near term, slowing work on wetlands, wildlife habitat, and outdoor access until the money becomes available in 2033. Read full document →
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