WHAT THE LAW DOINCongress, in plain words

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Bills moved forward 8 times this day: committee reports, floor votes, bills sent to the President and new laws.

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Became law 2 bills

H.R. 618

Apex Area Technical Corrections Act

Sponsor: Steven Horsford D-NV

H.R. 2215

Salem Maritime National Historical Park Redesignation and Boundary Study Act

Sponsor: Seth Moulton D-MA

Passed the House 1 bill

H.R. 1717

Communications Security Act

380–33 (roll call 196). Sponsor: Robert Menendez D-NJ

Passed the Senate 1 bill

H.R. 1815

VA Home Loan Program Reform Act

Sponsor: Derrick Van Orden R-WI

Failed a vote 1 bill

H.Res. 580

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4016) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3633) to provide for a system of regulation of the offer and sale of digital commodities by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1919) to amend the Federal Reserve Act to prohibit the Federal reserve banks from offering certain products or services directly to an individual, to prohibit the use of central bank digital currency for monetary policy, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (S. 1582) to provide for the regulation of payment stablecoins, and for other purposes; and waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.

196–223 (roll call 195). Sponsor: Brian Jack R-GA

Reported by committee 1 bill

Approved by a committee and ready for the floor

H.R. 3486

Stop Illegal Entry Act of 2025

Sponsor: Stephanie I. Bice R-OK

Introduced 3 House bills · 2 Senate bills

Most bills never get a vote. We list them here and write full breakdowns once they start to move.

H.R. 4398

Veteran Burial Timeliness and Death Certificate Accountability Act

Sponsor: Tom Emmer R-MN

Iowa 2 cosponsors: Ashley Hinson, Randy Feenstra
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H.R. 4405

Epstein Files Transparency Act

Sponsor: Ro Khanna D-CA

H.R. 4423

No New Burma Funds Act

Sponsor: Nikema Williams D-GA

S. 2283

A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 201 West Oklahoma Avenue in Guthrie, Oklahoma, as the "Oscar J. Upham Post Office".

Sponsor: James Lankford R-OK

S. 2294

Kay Hagan Tick Reauthorization Act

Sponsor: Susan M. Collins R-ME