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31 bills153 points
H.R. 1721
Latest official action Oct 20, 2026 · Drafted by AI, awaiting review
If you work in manufacturing
A look at which imports could be made here
- The study must look at how making these products here would affect jobs and working conditions.
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analyze the costs and benefits of manufacturing in the United States any product identified under paragraph (1)
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 2(a)(2)jobs, employment rates, and labor conditions in the United States
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 2(a)(2)(A) - It covers 16 key sectors, such as energy, communications, transportation and health care.
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the term critical infrastructure sector means each of the 16 designated critical infrastructure sectors identified in Presidential Policy Directive 21
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 2(d)spanning 16 designated sectors including energy, communications, transportation, healthcare, military, and more
[9] Congressional Record, House, April 28, 2025 (H1651-H1652) · H1652, Rep. Miller-Meeks
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S. 766
Latest official action Oct 7, 2026 · Drafted by AI, awaiting review
If you work for a company or group paid by a federal project
Your project could be named in public
- If your project qualifies, the report names the main contractors, subcontractors and grant winners.
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each primary contractor, subcontractor, grant recipient, and subgrantee recipient of the covered project
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 2(b)(1)(A)(vi) - It also lists any bonuses or incentive fees paid and why.
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the amount of and rationale for any award, incentive fee, or other type of bonus, if any, awarded for the covered project
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 2(b)(1)(H)
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S. 4668
Latest official action Oct 5, 2026 · Drafted by AI, awaiting review by two people
If you have an agent, or work as one
Agents would have to register and could take no more than 5 percent of endorsement deals
- An agent would have to register with a state before working on an athlete's endorsement deal.
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register with a State before representing a student athlete for an endorsement contract; and
[4] S. 4668 as passed by the Senate (September 28, 2026) · Sec. 102(a)(4) → inserted 9(a)(1) - An agent could not charge more than 5 percent of an endorsement deal.
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charge a student athlete a fee in connection with an endorsement contract that exceeds 5 percent of the value of the endorsement contract;
[4] S. 4668 as passed by the Senate (September 28, 2026) · Sec. 102(a)(2)(A)(iii) → inserted (5) - An agent's contract could not last past the athlete's college playing years, and it would have to be in writing.
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enter into an agency contract with an athlete for a term that extends beyond the eligibility of the student athlete to participate in intercollegiate sport;
[4] S. 4668 as passed by the Senate (September 28, 2026) · Sec. 102(a)(2)(A)(iii) → inserted (6)in paragraph (1), by striking an oral or written agreement and inserting a written agreement;
[4] S. 4668 as passed by the Senate (September 28, 2026) · Sec. 102(a)(1)(A) - Athletes could sue agents who break these rules and ask a court to cancel the contract.
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Any current or former student athlete alleging a violation of paragraphs (4) through (8) of section 3(a), section 9, or section 10 may bring a civil action
[4] S. 4668 as passed by the Senate (September 28, 2026) · Sec. 102(a)(3) → inserted 5A.(a)or an agency contract, as applicable, is null and void; and
[4] S. 4668 as passed by the Senate (September 28, 2026) · Sec. 102(a)(3) → inserted 5A.(b)(1) - Schools, conferences, and the NCAA could not keep athletes from playing because they hired an agent or lawyer.
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based on the prospective student athlete or student athlete having obtained an athlete agent or legal representative.
[4] S. 4668 as passed by the Senate (September 28, 2026) · Sec. 101(d)
If you work in a college athletic department
New pay limits, reports, and safety duties
- For up to 9 years, a school could go over the pay cap by up to $22,500,000 a year to keep athletes who have played a full season there.
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an institution may exceed the revenue share cap by not more than $22,500,000 per academic year for the purpose of retaining a student athlete or group of student athletes who have spent at least one full competitive season at the institution.
[4] S. 4668 as passed by the Senate (September 28, 2026) · Sec. 114(a)(2)(A)The exception described in subparagraph (A) shall apply only during the nine-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
[4] S. 4668 as passed by the Senate (September 28, 2026) · Sec. 114(a)(2)(C) - That retention fund would end sooner if the court settlement ends and Congress does not vote to keep it.
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the revenue share cap, and, notwithstanding section 114(a)(2)(C), the retention fund, shall
[4] S. 4668 as passed by the Senate (September 28, 2026) · Sec. 115(a)(1)and, only if specified in the joint resolution of approval, the retention fund
[4] S. 4668 as passed by the Senate (September 28, 2026) · Sec. 115(a)(2) - Schools that miss graduation and academic progress goals set by the NCAA or a conference could not use it.
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An institution shall not be eligible for the exception described in subparagraph (A) if the institution fails to meet uniform benchmarks established by the relevant intercollegiate athletic association or conference related to graduation rates and the academic progress of its student athletes
[4] S. 4668 as passed by the Senate (September 28, 2026) · Sec. 114(a)(2)(D) - A school with more than $80,000,000 in sports revenue could pay a coach more than $500,000 only from sports revenue or gifts to the athletic department.
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may not compensate or otherwise provide or promise any type of payment or benefit of more than $500,000 to any coach, assistant coach, general manager, or other person who coaches or manages a varsity sports team by using, diverting, budgeting, or otherwise obtaining funds from any source other than college sports revenue or a donation or contribution to the athletic department of the institution.
[4] S. 4668 as passed by the Senate (September 28, 2026) · Sec. 114(e)(1)An institution described in this paragraph is an institution with more than $80,000,000 in total annual athletics revenue during the preceding academic year.
[4] S. 4668 as passed by the Senate (September 28, 2026) · Sec. 114(e)(2) - In top-level college football, a head coach or coordinator could not take on head coach duties at another school during the same season.
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shall not, during that same competitive season, perform for another institution any duties or responsibilities customarily associated with a head coach of a varsity sports team for intercollegiate football
[4] S. 4668 as passed by the Senate (September 28, 2026) · Sec. 110(a)as the head coach or a coordinator
[4] S. 4668 as passed by the Senate (September 28, 2026) · Sec. 110(f)(3)This section applies only to institutions that compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision
[4] S. 4668 as passed by the Senate (September 28, 2026) · Sec. 110(e) - Each school would name a health and safety officer who works outside the athletic department.
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Each institution shall designate an employee, who is independent of the athletic department, as the athletic health and safety officer for the institution.
[4] S. 4668 as passed by the Senate (September 28, 2026) · Sec. 107(d)(1) - Division I schools would send yearly reports on deals, each sport's money, athletes' hours, and athletes' academic results and majors.
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each institution shall disclose to the intercollegiate athletic association of which the institution is a member, in an anonymized manner, the following data:
[4] S. 4668 as passed by the Senate (September 28, 2026) · Sec. 104(a)(1)The amount of revenues and expenditures of each such sports program
[4] S. 4668 as passed by the Senate (September 28, 2026) · Sec. 104(a)(2)(A)The average number of hours student athletes spent on intercollegiate athletic events
[4] S. 4668 as passed by the Senate (September 28, 2026) · Sec. 104(a)(2)(B)The academic outcomes and majors for student athletes, disaggregated by sports program.
[4] S. 4668 as passed by the Senate (September 28, 2026) · Sec. 104(a)(2)(C)This section shall apply only to institutions whose primary membership is in Division I
[4] S. 4668 as passed by the Senate (September 28, 2026) · Sec. 104(c) - Coaches and other staff who are not medical workers could not try to sway medical staff's decisions on treatment or return to play.
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No coach or other nonmedical personnel of an institution may attempt to influence or disregard the decisions of medical personnel with respect to the medical management and return to play decisions
[4] S. 4668 as passed by the Senate (September 28, 2026) · Sec. 107(e)(2) - Athletic staff could not pressure athletes over their classes or majors.
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An employee or volunteer of an athletic department of an institution may not
[4] S. 4668 as passed by the Senate (September 28, 2026) · Sec. 105(a)(1)exert undue pressure over or prevent a student athlete from selecting a course or an academic major of the student athlete’s choice;
[4] S. 4668 as passed by the Senate (September 28, 2026) · Sec. 105(a)(1)(A) - Staff who report possible violations of this law or Title IX to the government or police would be protected from retaliation.
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may discharge, demote, suspend, withdraw or reduce benefits from, threaten, harass, or in any other manner discriminate against an employee
[4] S. 4668 as passed by the Senate (September 28, 2026) · Sec. 120(a)to provide information to, or cause information to be provided to, an agency of the Federal Government, an agency of State government, Congress, or any law enforcement agency regarding any act or omission that such individual reasonably believes to be a violation of this title or title IX
[4] S. 4668 as passed by the Senate (September 28, 2026) · Sec. 120(a)(1)
If you work at or attend a historically Black college
Grants for broadband and sports media, if Congress funds them
- Your school could apply for grants for broadband, media studios, and gear to broadcast its games.
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shall award grants to eligible entities, on a competitive basis, to support long-term improvements to broadband, information technology, media infrastructure, including infrastructure for the production, transmission, and distribution of live coverage of intercollegiate athletic events
[4] S. 4668 as passed by the Senate (September 28, 2026) · Sec. 302(a)(1)a part B institution; or
[4] S. 4668 as passed by the Senate (September 28, 2026) · Sec. 306(4)(A)the term historically Black college or university has the meaning given the term part B institution in section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965
[4] S. 4668 as passed by the Senate (September 28, 2026) · Sec. 116(b)(4) - The bill allows $180,000,000 a year for fiscal years 2027 through 2032, if Congress provides the money.
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There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title $180,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2032.
[4] S. 4668 as passed by the Senate (September 28, 2026) · Sec. 307
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H.Con.Res. 89
Latest official action Sep 24, 2026 · Drafted by AI, awaiting review by two people
If you work in intelligence or with U.S. allies
It failed, and its text kept intelligence work out of it
- The Senate rejected the resolution, so Congress gave no direction under it.
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The concurrent resolution (H. Con Res. 89) was rejected.
[9] Congressional Record, Senate debate and vote, September 24, 2026 (S4962-S4969), roll call vote no. 244 · S4969 - Its text said it could not be read to affect or disrupt intelligence work on threats in or from Iran or nearby countries.
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Nothing in this resolution may be construed to influence or disrupt any intelligence, counterintelligence, or investigative activities relating to threats in or emanating from Iran or surrounding countries
[3] H. Con. Res. 89 as agreed to by the House (July 23, 2026) · Sec. 2 - That covered collecting and studying intelligence.
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the collection of intelligence
[3] H. Con. Res. 89 as agreed to by the House (July 23, 2026) · Sec. 2(1)the analysis of intelligence
[3] H. Con. Res. 89 as agreed to by the House (July 23, 2026) · Sec. 2(2) - It also covered sharing it with a coalition partner, if the President decides that is appropriate and in the nation's security interests.
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the sharing of intelligence between the United States and any coalition partner, if the President determines such sharing is appropriate and in the national security interests of the United States
[3] H. Con. Res. 89 as agreed to by the House (July 23, 2026) · Sec. 2(3)
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H.R. 2978
Latest official action Sep 16, 2026 · Drafted by AI, awaiting review
If you work at a bank or credit union
Closer ties with local police
- Police could name a contact person for banks and hold joint practice drills to stop scams.
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designating a financial sector liaison to serve as a point of contact for financial institutions
[3] Engrossed in House (September 15, 2026) · Sec. 3(a)(6)supporting training and tabletop exercises to enhance coordination and communication between financial institutions and State, local, Tribal, and Federal law enforcement agencies
[3] Engrossed in House (September 15, 2026) · Sec. 3(a)(5)
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H.R. 3633
Latest official action Sep 15, 2026 · Drafted by AI, awaiting review by two people
If you work at a bank or credit union
Banks could use blockchain for work they already do
- A national bank could use a digital asset or blockchain to do anything it is already allowed to do.
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A national bank may use a digital asset or blockchain system to perform, provide, or deliver any activity, function, product, or service that the national bank is otherwise authorized by law to perform, provide, or deliver.
[4] Engrossed in House (July 17, 2025) · Sec. 312(b)(1) - Regulators could not make banks list crypto they hold for customers as a liability on their balance sheet.
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may not require a depository institution, national bank, Federal credit union, State credit union, trust company, broker, or dealer, or any affiliate thereof
[4] Engrossed in House (July 17, 2025) · Sec. 310(a)to include assets held in custody that are not accounted for as assets of the entity as a liability on the financial statement or balance sheet of the entity, including digital commodity or permitted payment stablecoin custody or safekeeping services
[4] Engrossed in House (July 17, 2025) · Sec. 310(a)(1)
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H.R. 1869
Latest official action Sep 14, 2026 · Drafted by AI, awaiting review
If you work in manufacturing or run a business that competes with imports
More prosecutors aimed at import cheating
- The bill targets people who evade duties and tariffs, which supporters say undercuts American companies and workers.
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in furtherance of the evasion of duties, tariffs, and other import- and export-related fees, import and export restrictions
[2] Engrossed in House (August 31, 2026) · Sec. 2undercutting American wages and gutting rural manufacturing towns that once thrived with good-paying jobs
[6] Congressional Record, House, August 31, 2026 (H5273-H5275) · H5274, Rep. Hinson - The team would also work with industry and the public on trade crime cases.
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promote and ensure effective interaction with law enforcement, industry representatives, and the public in matters relating to trade-related crimes
[2] Engrossed in House (August 31, 2026) · Sec. 3(b)(3)
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H.R. 6500
Latest official action Sep 2, 2026 · Drafted by AI, awaiting review
If you drive, ride transit, or work on roads
Highway and transit programs continue until December 11, 2026
- Federal highway, transit, and road safety programs keep going until December 11, 2026.
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This section extends federal highway, transit, and road safety programs of the Department of Transportation through December 11, 2026.
[1] Official bill status record for H.R. 6500 · CRS summary (Public Law), Sec. 3101 - Programs are authorized a share of their 2026 amounts, based on the days in the extension divided by 365.
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the number of days in the extension period; by
[2] H.R. 6500 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Div. C, Sec. 3002(3)365
[2] H.R. 6500 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Div. C, Sec. 3002(3)(B)an amount equal to the extension fraction of the amount authorized for appropriation with respect to the program from such account under the covered laws for fiscal year 2026
[2] H.R. 6500 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Div. C, Sec. 3101(b)(1)(A) - Some highway grant money that would have lapsed on September 30, 2026, can now be used until September 30, 2027.
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that would otherwise lapse on September 30, 2026, shall be available until September 30, 2027
[2] H.R. 6500 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Div. C, Sec. 3104(a)
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H.R. 7266
Latest official action Jul 13, 2026 · Drafted by AI, awaiting review
If you work at a small utility
Applying would be simpler
- The Energy Department could give help without a contest. Today it must hold one.
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shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, provide technical assistance, and award funding, including grants, cooperative agreements, and prizes, to eligible entities on a competitive or noncompetitive basis
[3] Engrossed in House (June 29, 2026) · Sec. 2 → inserted 40124(d)(1)(A)shall award grants and provide technical assistance under the Program to eligible entities on a competitive basis
[8] 42 U.S.C. 18723, Rural and municipal utility advanced cybersecurity grant and technical assistance program (U.S. Code, 2024 edition, before this bill) · (d)(1)(A) - It must try to tell every small utility when it can apply.
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shall establish a process to ensure, to the extent practicable, that all eligible entities are informed about opportunities
[3] Engrossed in House (June 29, 2026) · Sec. 2 → inserted 40124(d)(1)(D)
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H.R. 6644
Latest official action Jul 11, 2026 · Drafted by AI, awaiting review by two people
If you run a community bank or credit union
Some exam and deposit rules get easier
- Banks with under $6 billion in assets, up from $3 billion, can now qualify for full exams every 18 months instead of every 12. They must be well capitalized and well managed and meet other tests.
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shall apply with "18-month" substituted for "12-month" if
[27] 12 U.S.C. 1820, U.S. Code 2024 edition (bank examinations; law before the Act) · (d)(4)by striking $3,000,000,000 and inserting $6,000,000,000
[2] H.R. 6644 as passed by both chambers (enrolled), Public Law 119-101 · Sec. 903(1)the institution is well capitalized
[27] 12 U.S.C. 1820, U.S. Code 2024 edition (bank examinations; law before the Act) · (d)(4)(B)it was found to be well managed
[27] 12 U.S.C. 1820, U.S. Code 2024 edition (bank examinations; law before the Act) · (d)(4)(C) - More of a bank's reciprocal deposits no longer count as brokered deposits.
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This section increases the amount insured depository institutions may accept as reciprocal deposits.
[1] Official bill status record for H.R. 6644 (actions, votes, cosponsors, CRS summaries) · CRS summary (Public Law, July 11, 2026) - Federal credit unions rated 1 or 2, overall and for management, may now hold board meetings six times a year instead of monthly. They must meet at least once a quarter. New credit unions must still meet monthly for their first five years.
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Not less than six times annually, with at least one meeting held during each fiscal quarter
[2] H.R. 6644 as passed by both chambers (enrolled), Public Law 119-101 · Sec. 904(4) → inserted (b)(2)with a composite rating of either 1 or 2
[2] H.R. 6644 as passed by both chambers (enrolled), Public Law 119-101 · Sec. 904(4) → inserted (b)(2)(A)with a capability of management rating under such composite rating of either 1 or 2
[2] H.R. 6644 as passed by both chambers (enrolled), Public Law 119-101 · Sec. 904(4) → inserted (b)(2)(B)With respect to a de novo Federal credit union, not less frequently than monthly during each of the first five years
[2] H.R. 6644 as passed by both chambers (enrolled), Public Law 119-101 · Sec. 904(4) → inserted (b)(1)
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S. 736
Latest official action Jun 15, 2026 · Drafted by AI, awaiting review
If you work in a federal prison
Tougher penalties for people who smuggle phones in
- Anyone who gives an inmate a phone could get up to 2 years in prison instead of 1.
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in the case of a violation of subsection (a)(1), imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or both, if the object is specified in subsection (d)(1)(F) of this section
[2] Engrossed in Senate (June 10, 2026) · Sec. 2(2) → inserted (4)imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, if the object is specified in subsection (d)(1)(D), (d)(1)(E), or (d)(1)(F) of this section
[7] 18 U.S.C. 1791, Providing or possessing contraband in prison (U.S. Code, 2024 edition, before this bill) · (b)(4) - The Bureau of Prisons would review its rules to better protect staff and inmates.
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update those policies as needed to improve protections for incarcerated individuals and staff
[2] Engrossed in Senate (June 10, 2026) · Sec. 3(2)
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S. 825
Latest official action Jun 15, 2026 · Drafted by AI, awaiting review
If you are a police officer, firefighter, EMT or 911 dispatcher
A federal plan for trauma care could be on the way
- The plan must cover ways to reach you in person and by telehealth.
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at the State, Tribal, territorial, and local levels, taking into account in-person and telehealth capabilities
[2] Engrossed in Senate (June 10, 2026) · Sec. 3(b)(3) - It must include rules to keep your care private.
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a draft of any necessary grant conditions required to ensure that confidentiality is afforded to public safety officers on account of seeking the care or services
[2] Engrossed in Senate (June 10, 2026) · Sec. 3(b)(2) - Groups that speak for first responders and their families must be consulted.
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In developing the report required under subsection (b), the Attorney General shall consult relevant stakeholders
[2] Engrossed in Senate (June 10, 2026) · Sec. 3(c)organizations that support the interests of public safety officers, public safety telecommunicators, and family members
[2] Engrossed in Senate (June 10, 2026) · Sec. 3(c)(2)
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S. 2
Latest official action Jun 10, 2026 · Drafted by AI, awaiting review by two people
If you work in state or local law enforcement
Money for 287(g) agreements and training
- ICE may use its money to expand and carry out 287(g) agreements with state and local authorities.
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Supporting coordination with state and local authorities by expanding, facilitating, and implementing agreements under section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 202(6) - The $108.5 million for child sex abuse cases also pays to train state and local police to identify child victims.
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of which $108,500,000 shall be used to hire, pay, and equip additional child exploitation investigators and forensics analysts
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 102to train such personnel and State and local law enforcement regarding identifying victims of child sexual exploitation and abuse
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 102 - Section 203 gives DHS another $2.5 billion.
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there is appropriated to the Secretary of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2026, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $2,500,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2029, for the purposes provided in this title or in paragraph (3) or (7) of section 100051 of Public Law 119–21
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 203 - The official summary says this money can pay to assign some state officers to immigration work.
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(2) the assignment of certain DHS employees and state officers to carry out immigration enforcement activities, or (3) the participation of state and local agencies in certain homeland security efforts
[1] Official bill status record (actions, votes, cosponsors) · CRS summary (Public Law, June 10, 2026), Sec. 203 - It can also help state and local agencies take part in some homeland security efforts.
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(2) the assignment of certain DHS employees and state officers to carry out immigration enforcement activities, or (3) the participation of state and local agencies in certain homeland security efforts
[1] Official bill status record (actions, votes, cosponsors) · CRS summary (Public Law, June 10, 2026), Sec. 203
If you work for CBP or ICE
Money for hiring, pay, training, and gear
- The law pays to hire, pay, train, and equip Border Patrol agents, other CBP agents, ICE staff, and support staff.
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$9,550,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2029, to hire, pay, train, and equip Border Patrol agents and Border Patrol support personnel to conduct functions other than immigration enforcement and customs functions
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 101(a)$13,020,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2029, for hiring, paying, training, and equipping U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents, and the necessary support staff
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 201Hiring, paying, training, and equipping U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel and the personnel for all its directorates, including officers, agents, investigators, attorneys and support staff, to carry out immigration enforcement activities.
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 202(1) - ICE can also use its money to improve body-worn cameras.
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Funding for information technology maintenance and sustainment to support enforcement and removal operations, including improvements to fee collections and body-worn cameras.
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 202(3) - After October 31, 2028, the Border Patrol money in Section 101 cannot be used to recruit, hire, or train processing coordinators.
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None of the funds made available by subsection (a) may be used to recruit, hire, or train personnel for the duties of processing coordinators after October 31, 2028.
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 101(b)
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S. 1884
Latest official action Apr 13, 2026 · Drafted by AI, awaiting review
If you run, work at or give to a museum
Fewer ways to end a claim early
- A museum can no longer win just by saying it held the art for a long time.
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all defenses or substantive doctrines based on the passage of time, including laches, adverse possession, acquisitive prescription, and usucapion, may not be applied with respect to the claim
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 2(a)(3)(G) → inserted (f)(1) - It can still argue the facts, such as whether the art was really taken. The law does not decide who wins.
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It does not decide who wins and loses any case.
[8] Congressional Record, House, March 16, 2026 (H2497-H2500) · H2498, Rep. Nadlerthis bill does not guarantee outcomes
[8] Congressional Record, House, March 16, 2026 (H2497-H2500) · H2499, Rep. Fitzpatrick
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S. 3424
Latest official action Feb 6, 2026 · Drafted by AI, awaiting review
If you work as a chapter 7 trustee
Your flat pay per case doubles, from $60 to $120
- In cases where the filing fee is paid, you get $105 from it, plus $15 from other fees, for $120 per case.
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in subsection (b)(1) by striking $45 and inserting $105
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 3(a)(1)There shall be paid from the filing fee in a case under chapter 7 of this title $45 to the trustee serving in such case
[7] 11 U.S.C. 330 (2024 edition), compensation of officers · (b)(1)to pay $15 to trustees serving in cases after such trustees' services are rendered
[7] 11 U.S.C. 330 (2024 edition), compensation of officers · (b)(2)by increasing the total compensation of trustees to $120 per case
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 2(9)(A) - The raise covers chapter 7 cases filed on or after the first October 1 after enactment.
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shall apply to any case under title 11, United States Code, commenced on or after October 1 that first occurs after the date of enactment of this Act
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 6(b)(1)under chapter 7 of title 11, United States Code; or
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 6(b)(1)(A) - It also covers cases filed under chapter 11, 12, or 13 on or after that date that later become chapter 7 cases.
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under chapter 11, 12, or 13 of title 11, United States Code, that is converted to a case under chapter 7 of title 11, United States Code
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 6(b)(1)(B) - The law ends the Chapter 7 Trustee Fund, set up in 2021.
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by striking subsection (e)
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 3(a)(2)to be known as the "Chapter 7 Trustee Fund"
[7] 11 U.S.C. 330 (2024 edition), compensation of officers · (e)(1)In 2021, Congress attempted to implement a mechanism that would give chapter 7 trustees a raise, but the trustees only received increased compensation for 1 fiscal year.
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 2(8) - That fund could pay up to $60 more per case for fiscal years 2021 through 2026.
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For fiscal years 2021 through 2026, the Chapter 7 Trustee Fund shall be available to pay the trustee
[7] 11 U.S.C. 330 (2024 edition), compensation of officers · (e)(3)The amount described in this paragraph shall be the lesser of
[7] 11 U.S.C. 330 (2024 edition), compensation of officers · (e)(4)(A) $60; or
[7] 11 U.S.C. 330 (2024 edition), compensation of officers · (e)(4)(A)
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H.R. 7148
Latest official action Feb 3, 2026 · Drafted by AI, awaiting review by two people
If you work for the federal government
Pay for the funding gap
- If you were sent home during the gap that began on or about January 31, 2026, you are paid for that time.
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the time covered by such division shall be considered to include the period which began on or about January 31, 2026, during which there occurred a lapse in appropriations.
[2] Enrolled Bill · Div. H, Sec. 102for personnel pay, allowances, and benefits in each department and agency shall be available for payments pursuant to subsection (c) of section 1341 of title 31, United States Code and such payments shall be made.
[2] Enrolled Bill · Div. H, Sec. 103furloughed as a result of a covered lapse in appropriations shall be paid for the period of the lapse in appropriations
[25] 31 U.S.C. 1341 (pay for federal employees after a lapse in appropriations) · (c)(2) - If you had to keep working, you are paid for that work at your standard rate.
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for personnel pay, allowances, and benefits in each department and agency shall be available for payments pursuant to subsection (c) of section 1341 of title 31, United States Code and such payments shall be made.
[2] Enrolled Bill · Div. H, Sec. 103each excepted employee who is required to perform work during a covered lapse in appropriations shall be paid for such work, at the employee's standard rate of pay
[25] 31 U.S.C. 1341 (pay for federal employees after a lapse in appropriations) · (c)(2) - If you work for Homeland Security, this law funds your agency only through February 13, 2026, unless its full-year bill passes first.
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provides continuing FY2026 appropriations to DHS through the earlier of February 13, 2026, or the enactment of the DHS appropriations act
[1] Official bill status record (actions, votes, cosponsors) · CRS summary (House agreed to Senate amendment, February 3, 2026)
If you serve in the military or work for the Defense Department
Full-year defense money
- The Army's military personnel account, which covers pay and allowances, gets $54,538,366,000.
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Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $54,538,366,000
[2] Enrolled Bill · Div. A, Title I, Military Personnel, ArmyMilitary Personnel, ArmyFor pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence
[2] Enrolled Bill · Div. A, Title I - The Defense Health Program, for the department's medical care, gets $41,770,246,000.
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for medical and health care programs of the Department of Defense as authorized by law, $41,770,246,000
[2] Enrolled Bill · Div. A, Title VI, Defense Health Program - Sen. Susan Collins said the bill fully funds a 3.8 percent pay raise for service members.
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The bill fully funds the 3.8-percent pay raise for servicemembers
[13] Congressional Record, Senate, January 29, 2026: cloture vote on the motion to proceed (Record Vote 13) · S360, Sen. Collins
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H.R. 6359
Latest official action Jan 26, 2026 · Drafted by AI, awaiting review by two people
If you work at a college
A new notice to send
- Every college in the federal student aid programs would have to send and post this notice.
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Each institution of higher education participating in any program under this title shall carry out the information dissemination activities described in paragraph (3)
[3] Engrossed in House (January 22, 2026) · Sec. 2 → inserted (n)(1) - The Education Department could not require more information or create new rights under this section.
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Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to authorize the Secretary to require the dissemination of additional information, or establish additional rights, beyond the information and rights included in this subsection.
[3] Engrossed in House (January 22, 2026) · Sec. 2 → inserted (n)(4)
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S. 222
Latest official action Jan 14, 2026 · Drafted by AI, awaiting review
If you work in a school cafeteria
Your training must now cover food allergies
- Your required training must include a module on food allergies.
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a training program carried out under this subparagraph shall include training modules on
[12] 42 U.S.C. 1776, U.S. Code 2024 edition (State administrative expenses; training of school food service staff, before the Act) · (g)(2)(B)(iii)food allergies, including information on the best practices to prevent, recognize, and respond to food-related allergic reactions
[5] S. 222 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Sec. 3(a)(2) → inserted (II) - It covers how to prevent, spot, and respond to allergic reactions to food.
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the best practices to prevent, recognize, and respond to food-related allergic reactions
[5] S. 222 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Sec. 3(a)(2) → inserted (II) - Each year, you must show you learned it, along with the other modules.
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local food service personnel shall complete annual training and receive annual certification
[12] 42 U.S.C. 1776, U.S. Code 2024 edition (State administrative expenses; training of school food service staff, before the Act) · (g)(2)(B)(ii)is amended by striking clause (i) and inserting clauses (i) and (iii)
[5] S. 222 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Sec. 3(b)
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H.R. 6703
Latest official action Dec 18, 2025 · Drafted by AI, awaiting review by two people
If you own a small business or work for yourself
You could join an association health plan
- Employers in different lines of work could band together to offer one plan.
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A group or association of employers may maintain a group health plan, regardless of whether the employers composing such group or association are in the same industry, trade, or profession
[2] Introduced in House (December 15, 2025) · Sec. 101 → inserted 736(a) - The group must have existed for 2 years for some other purpose, and cover at least 51 workers.
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have existed for at least 2 years prior to offering a group health plan to the employees of such group or association
[2] Introduced in House (December 15, 2025) · Sec. 101 → inserted 736(a)(1)(A)(iii)have been formed and maintained in good faith for purposes other than providing health insurance coverage through a group health plan
[2] Introduced in House (December 15, 2025) · Sec. 101 → inserted 736(a)(1)(A)(i)to at least 51 employees; and
[2] Introduced in House (December 15, 2025) · Sec. 101 → inserted 736(a)(1)(A)(iv)(I) - It cannot turn people away for pre-existing conditions.
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deny coverage under such plan on the basis of a pre-existing condition
[2] Introduced in House (December 15, 2025) · Sec. 101 → inserted 736(a)(3)(C) - Your business's share of the cost could still depend on its own risk profile.
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utilize the specific risk profile of each employer member of such group or association to determine contribution rates for each such employer member’s share of a premium
[2] Introduced in House (December 15, 2025) · Sec. 101 → inserted 736(b)(1)(B)
If your employer offers you money for health coverage
A way to shop for your own plan would be in law
- Employers could fund an account you use to buy your own plan, with amounts allowed to rise with age, up to 300 percent of the lowest amount.
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which is an employer-provided group health plan funded solely by employer contributions to provide payments or reimbursements for medical care subject to a maximum fixed dollar amount for a period
[2] Introduced in House (December 15, 2025) · Sec. 103 → inserted (2)(B)(i)increases with respect to a participant as the age of the participant increases, but not in excess of an amount equal to 300 percent of the lowest maximum dollar amount
[2] Introduced in House (December 15, 2025) · Sec. 103 → inserted (2)(C)(v)(II) - You would get written notice of your rights at least 60 days before the plan year.
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not later than 60 days before the beginning of the plan year, given written notice of the employee’s rights and obligations
[2] Introduced in House (December 15, 2025) · Sec. 103 → inserted (2)(E)(i)
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S. 1071
Latest official action Dec 18, 2025 · Drafted by AI, awaiting review by two people
If you work for the Defense Department as a civilian
Limits on shipyard hiring freezes and some firings
- No 2026 defense funds may be used for hiring freezes or layoffs (reductions in force) at public shipyards.
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None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2026 for the Department of Defense may be used to—
[2] S. 1071 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Sec. 1101carry out a hiring freeze at a public shipyard;
[2] S. 1071 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Sec. 1101(1)carry out a reduction in force at a public shipyard; or
[2] S. 1071 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Sec. 1101(2) - Also, 2026 defense funds may not be used to fire teachers in Defense Department schools or military child care workers.
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None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2026 for the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended to terminate a teacher employed in a school operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity or a child care employee
[2] S. 1071 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Sec. 585(c) - There are exceptions for documented poor work or misconduct, or for certain drops or shifts in enrollment.
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the teacher or child care employee was documented as not performing or engaging in misconduct;
[2] S. 1071 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Sec. 585(c)(1)there was a reduction in enrollment of 20 percent or more at the school at which the teacher works
[2] S. 1071 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Sec. 585(c)(2)in the case of a child care employee, there was a change in staffing requirements based on enrollment.
[2] S. 1071 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Sec. 585(c)(3) - Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) said the final bill dropped a bipartisan House amendment.
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The bill before us strips out a House-passed bipartisan amendment to restore collective bargaining rights of DOD employees.
[15] Congressional Record, Senate, December 17, 2025 (S8795-S8803): debate and final vote, Rollcall Vote No. 648 · S8801-S8802 (Sen. Van Hollen) - He said it would have restored union bargaining rights for Defense Department workers.
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The bill before us strips out a House-passed bipartisan amendment to restore collective bargaining rights of DOD employees.
[15] Congressional Record, Senate, December 17, 2025 (S8795-S8803): debate and final vote, Rollcall Vote No. 648 · S8801-S8802 (Sen. Van Hollen) - In the House, a motion to bar 2026 defense funds from carrying out Executive Order 14251 failed 209 to 216.
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[7] House roll call 319 (December 10, 2025): motion to commit · Roll call 319None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2026 may be used to implement Executive Order 14251
[8] Congressional Record, House, December 10, 2025 (H5136-H5518), including the floor debate and motion to commit (H5510-H5518) · H5518 (motion to commit) - That order deals with exclusions from federal labor-management programs.
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relating to Exclusions from Federal labor management relations programs
[8] Congressional Record, House, December 10, 2025 (H5136-H5518), including the floor debate and motion to commit (H5510-H5518) · H5518 (motion to commit)
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S. 856
Latest official action Dec 17, 2025 · Drafted by AI, awaiting review
If you work as a lobbyist
One more thing to report
- You would have to list the name and address of any such foreign government or party, other than your client.
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the name and address of each government of a foreign country (including any agency or subdivision of a government of a foreign country, such as a regional or municipal unit of government) and foreign political party, other than the client, that participates in the direction, planning, supervision, or control of any lobbying activities of the registrant
[2] Engrossed in Senate (December 16, 2025) · Sec. 2(2) → inserted (8)
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H.R. 2550
Latest official action Dec 15, 2025 · Drafted by AI, awaiting review by two people
If you work at an agency the March 2025 order covered
The order that took your agency out of the union law would be canceled
- The bill says the March 27, 2025 order would have no force or effect.
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issued on March 27, 2025, shall have no force or effect
[3] H.R. 2550 as passed by the House (December 11, 2025) · Sec. 2 - That order listed departments by name, like State, Veterans Affairs, and Justice. It also listed parts of others, like the FDA and FEMA.
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1-401. The Department of State.
[11] Executive Order 14251, Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, 90 FR 14553 (April 3, 2025) · Sec. 2(b) → inserted 1-4011-404. The Department of Veterans Affairs.
[11] Executive Order 14251, Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, 90 FR 14553 (April 3, 2025) · Sec. 2(b) → inserted 1-4041-405. The Department of Justice.
[11] Executive Order 14251, Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, 90 FR 14553 (April 3, 2025) · Sec. 2(b) → inserted 1-405(b) Food and Drug Administration.
[11] Executive Order 14251, Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, 90 FR 14553 (April 3, 2025) · Sec. 2(b) → inserted 1-406(b)(l) Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[11] Executive Order 14251, Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, 90 FR 14553 (April 3, 2025) · Sec. 2(b) → inserted 1-407(l) - It kept some units under the union law, such as local police, guard, and firefighter offices outside federal prisons, and some U.S. Marshals units.
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Notwithstanding the forgoing, nothing in this section shall exempt from the coverage of Chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code:
[11] Executive Order 14251, Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, 90 FR 14553 (April 3, 2025) · Sec. 2(b) → inserted 1-499the immediate, local employing offices of any agency police officers, security guards, or firefighters, provided that this exclusion does not apply to the Bureau of Prisons
[11] Executive Order 14251, Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, 90 FR 14553 (April 3, 2025) · Sec. 2(b) → inserted 1-499(a)(b) subdivisions of the United States Marshals Service not listed in section 1-209 of this order; or
[11] Executive Order 14251, Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, 90 FR 14553 (April 3, 2025) · Sec. 2(b) → inserted 1-499(b) - It let the Defense and Veterans Affairs Secretaries bring units back under the union law if they acted within 15 days. The August order gave them more time.
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thereby bringing such subdivisions under the coverage of the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute
[11] Executive Order 14251, Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, 90 FR 14553 (April 3, 2025) · Sec. 4(a)such certification is submitted for publication in the Federal Register within 15 days of the date of this order
[11] Executive Order 14251, Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, 90 FR 14553 (April 3, 2025) · Sec. 4(b)(ii)(c) any subdivisions of the Departments of Defense or Veterans Affairs for which the applicable Secretary has issued an order suspending the application of this section pursuant to section 4 of the Executive Order
[11] Executive Order 14251, Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, 90 FR 14553 (April 3, 2025) · Sec. 2(b) → inserted 1-499(c)Sec. 3. Extension of Deadline.
[12] Executive Order 14343, Further Exclusions From the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program, 90 FR 42683 (September 3, 2025) · Sec. 3shall have full force and effect if it is issued prior to the date that is 15 days from the date of this order, notwithstanding section 4(b)(ii) of Executive Order 14251
[12] Executive Order 14343, Further Exclusions From the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program, 90 FR 42683 (September 3, 2025) · Sec. 3 - It let the Transportation Secretary remove units from the union law, including the Federal Aviation Administration.
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to issue orders excluding any subdivision of the Department of Transportation, including the Federal Aviation Administration, from Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute coverage
[11] Executive Order 14251, Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, 90 FR 14553 (April 3, 2025) · Sec. 5(b) - It also took State Department and USAID units, including every U.S. embassy and consulate, out of the Foreign Service's own union law.
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The subdivisions set forth in section 1-5 of this order are hereby excluded from coverage under Subchapter X of Chapter 52 of title 22, United States Code.
[11] Executive Order 14251, Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, 90 FR 14553 (April 3, 2025) · Sec. 3(b) → inserted 1-103(j) Each United States embassy, consulate, diplomatic mission, or office providing consular services.
[11] Executive Order 14251, Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, 90 FR 14553 (April 3, 2025) · Sec. 3(c) → inserted 1-501(j)1-502. Subdivisions of the United States Agency for International Development:
[11] Executive Order 14251, Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, 90 FR 14553 (April 3, 2025) · Sec. 3(c) → inserted 1-502SUBCHAPTER X - LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS
[17] 22 U.S.C. 4103, U.S. Code 2024 edition (Foreign Service labor-management relations: exclusions) · Title 22, chapter 52, subchapter X - Under the main federal union law, covered workers can form or join a union and bargain over working conditions. Foreign Service members fall under their own law instead.
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Each employee shall have the right to form, join, or assist any labor organization, or to refrain from any such activity, freely and without fear of penalty or reprisal
[14] 5 U.S.C. 7102, U.S. Code 2024 edition (federal employees' rights) · 5 U.S.C. 7102to engage in collective bargaining with respect to conditions of employment through representatives chosen by employees under this chapter
[14] 5 U.S.C. 7102, U.S. Code 2024 edition (federal employees' rights) · 5 U.S.C. 7102(2)(iv) an officer or employee in the Foreign Service of the United States employed in the Department of State
[15] 5 U.S.C. 7103, U.S. Code 2024 edition, with notes (definitions; the President's power to exclude agencies; Executive Order 12171 and later orders) · (a)(2)(iv)This subchapter applies only with respect to the Department of State, the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the Agency for International Development, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Commerce.
[17] 22 U.S.C. 4103, U.S. Code 2024 edition (Foreign Service labor-management relations: exclusions) · 22 U.S.C. 4103(a) - Members who backed the bill gave figures from thousands to more than 1 million affected workers. The order itself lists agencies, not a number of workers.
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he moved to take away unionization rights from thousands of government workers
[6] Congressional Record, House debate, December 11, 2025 (H5795-H5802) · H5799, Rep. Titusnow thousands of workers have had those rights taken away
[6] Congressional Record, House debate, December 11, 2025 (H5795-H5802) · H5801, Rep. Dingellwhich will restore collective bargaining rights for more than 1 million Federal workers
[6] Congressional Record, House debate, December 11, 2025 (H5795-H5802) · H5796, Rep. Garcia1-4. Additional Exclusions.
[11] Executive Order 14251, Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, 90 FR 14553 (April 3, 2025) · Sec. 2(b) → inserted 1-4
If your union had a contract on March 26, 2025
Your contract would have full force through its written end date
- Any union contract a federal agency had in effect on March 26, 2025, would have full force through the end date written in the contract.
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Any collective bargaining agreement in effect as of March 26, 2025
[3] H.R. 2550 as passed by the House (December 11, 2025) · Sec. 3shall have full force and effect through the stated term of the applicable agreement
[3] H.R. 2550 as passed by the House (December 11, 2025) · Sec. 3 - This applies at any executive branch agency, not only the ones the order named.
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between any executive branch Federal agency and any labor organization that is an exclusive representative of Federal employees
[3] H.R. 2550 as passed by the House (December 11, 2025) · Sec. 3 - At the agencies it named, the order said that once a contract ended, the agency must end paid union time. It also had to drop out of open grievance cases, appeals of arbitration awards, and unfair labor practice cases.
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With respect to employees in agencies or subdivisions thereof that were previously part of a bargaining unit but have been excepted under this order
[11] Executive Order 14251, Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, 90 FR 14553 (April 3, 2025) · Sec. 6each applicable agency head shall, upon termination of the applicable collective bargaining agreement
[11] Executive Order 14251, Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, 90 FR 14553 (April 3, 2025) · Sec. 6to performing solely agency business
[11] Executive Order 14251, Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, 90 FR 14553 (April 3, 2025) · Sec. 6(a)terminate agency participation in any pending grievance proceedings under section 7121 of title 5, United States Code, exceptions to arbitral awards under section 7122 of title 5, United States Code, or unfair labor practice proceedings under section 7118 of title 5 or section 4116 of title 22, United States Code, that involve such employees
[11] Executive Order 14251, Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, 90 FR 14553 (April 3, 2025) · Sec. 6(b) - The bill would cancel that order, including those steps.
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shall have no force or effect
[3] H.R. 2550 as passed by the House (December 11, 2025) · Sec. 2
If you work at NASA, the National Weather Service, or another office added in August 2025
The bill does not say what happens to the later order
- A second order, signed August 28, 2025, added NASA, the National Weather Service, and some other offices.
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Executive Order 14343 of August 28, 2025
[12] Executive Order 14343, Further Exclusions From the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program, 90 FR 42683 (September 3, 2025) · Heading1-420. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
[12] Executive Order 14343, Further Exclusions From the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program, 90 FR 42683 (September 3, 2025) · Sec. 2(c) → added 1-420(2) National Weather Service.
[12] Executive Order 14343, Further Exclusions From the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program, 90 FR 42683 (September 3, 2025) · Sec. 2(b) → revised 1-411(c)(2) - It did this by adding to the list the March order created, and it gave more time for a step the March order allowed.
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Adding after section 1-3 a new section 1-4 that reads:
[11] Executive Order 14251, Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, 90 FR 14553 (April 3, 2025) · Sec. 2(b)In section 1-101, adding and Section 1-4 after Section 1-2 in both places that term appears.
[11] Executive Order 14251, Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, 90 FR 14553 (April 3, 2025) · Sec. 2(a)(a) In section 1-408, adding at the end:
[12] Executive Order 14343, Further Exclusions From the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program, 90 FR 42683 (September 3, 2025) · Sec. 2(a)(b) Revising section 1-411 to read:
[12] Executive Order 14343, Further Exclusions From the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program, 90 FR 42683 (September 3, 2025) · Sec. 2(b)(c) Adding the following after section 1-419:
[12] Executive Order 14343, Further Exclusions From the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program, 90 FR 42683 (September 3, 2025) · Sec. 2(c)notwithstanding section 4(b)(ii) of Executive Order 14251
[12] Executive Order 14343, Further Exclusions From the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program, 90 FR 42683 (September 3, 2025) · Sec. 3 - The bill names only the March 27, 2025 order. It does not say what happens to the August 28 order.
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The Executive order titled Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, issued on March 27, 2025
[3] H.R. 2550 as passed by the House (December 11, 2025) · Sec. 2Executive Order 14343 of August 28, 2025
[12] Executive Order 14343, Further Exclusions From the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program, 90 FR 42683 (September 3, 2025) · Heading - The bill's words did not change between its introduction on April 1, 2025, and House passage.
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[1] Official bill status record for H.R. 2550 · Actions, April 1, 2025The Executive order titled Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, issued on March 27, 2025, shall have no force or effect and no Federal funds may be obligated or expended to carry out such Executive order.
[2] H.R. 2550 as introduced in the House (April 1, 2025) · Sec. 2The Executive order titled Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, issued on March 27, 2025, shall have no force or effect and no Federal funds may be obligated or expended to carry out such Executive order.
[3] H.R. 2550 as passed by the House (December 11, 2025) · Sec. 2 - Its contract rule covers any agency's union contract in effect on March 26, 2025.
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Any collective bargaining agreement in effect as of March 26, 2025, between any executive branch Federal agency
[3] H.R. 2550 as passed by the House (December 11, 2025) · Sec. 3
If you don't work for the federal government
The bill is about federal agencies and their unions
- The bill deals only with federal agencies and the unions that speak for their workers.
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between any executive branch Federal agency and any labor organization that is an exclusive representative of Federal employees
[3] H.R. 2550 as passed by the House (December 11, 2025) · Sec. 3 - It would bar the government from spending money to carry out the March 2025 order.
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issued on March 27, 2025, shall have no force or effect and no Federal funds may be obligated or expended to carry out such Executive order
[3] H.R. 2550 as passed by the House (December 11, 2025) · Sec. 2
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H.R. 2483
Latest official action Dec 1, 2025 · Drafted by AI, awaiting review
If you are a first responder
Overdose training grants grow and cover more drugs
- Grants to train and equip first responders are authorized at $57 million a year for fiscal years 2026 through 2030, up from $36 million.
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by striking $36,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 and inserting $57,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 106(4) - The grants now cover overdoses from other drugs, not only opioids.
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by striking opioid each place it appears
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 106(2)(B)The section expands the program to include (1) treatment and training for overdoses from other drugs besides opioids
[1] Official bill status record (actions, votes, cosponsors) · CRS summary (Public Law) - They can pay for drugs or devices that are otherwise legally marketed, not only ones the FDA approved or cleared.
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by striking approved or cleared each place it appears and inserting approved, cleared, or otherwise legally marketed
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 106(2)(A)
If you are a parent or work with young people
Youth programs grow and add fentanyl warnings
- Youth prevention and recovery grants are authorized at $10 million for fiscal year 2026, rising to $15 million for 2030.
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$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2026;
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 304(7) → inserted (9)(A)$15,000,000 for fiscal year 2030.
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 304(7) → inserted (9)(E) - The yearly amounts in between are $12 million, $13 million, and $14 million.
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$12,000,000 for fiscal year 2027;
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 304(7) → inserted (9)(B)$13,000,000 for fiscal year 2028;
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 304(7) → inserted (9)(C)$14,000,000 for fiscal year 2029; and
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 304(7) → inserted (9)(D) - These grants may now teach about the dangers of drugs laced with fentanyl.
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which may include strategies to increase education and awareness of the potency and dangers of synthetic opioids (including drugs contaminated with fentanyl)
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 110(a)(1) - Groups of school districts can now apply together.
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or a consortium of local educational agencies
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 304(1)(A)(i)(I) - A program for children and families after trauma is authorized at $98,887,000 a year for 2026 through 2028, and $100 million a year for 2029 and 2030.
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$98,887,000 for fiscal year 2026;
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 107(b)(7) → inserted (j)(1)$98,887,000 for fiscal year 2028;
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 107(b)(7) → inserted (j)(3)$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2029; and
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 107(b)(7) → inserted (j)(4)$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2030.
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 107(b)(7) → inserted (j)(5)
If you work in addiction treatment or recovery
More help for the workforce
- Loan repayment for people who treat substance use disorders is authorized at $40 million a year, up from $25 million.
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by striking $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 and inserting $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 204 - Training grants for mental and behavioral health workers keep a $50 million yearly limit, now for fiscal years 2026 through 2030.
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by striking fiscal years 2023 through 2027 and inserting fiscal years 2026 through 2030
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 203For each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027, there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000
[20] 42 U.S.C. 294e-1 (2024 edition), mental and behavioral health education and training grants · (f) - A national peer support center is authorized at $2 million a year, up from $1 million.
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by striking $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 and inserting $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 302(4)
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S. 260
Latest official action Nov 25, 2025 · Drafted by AI, awaiting review
If you work as an airport security screener
The guidance covers TSA and private screeners
- The guidance applies to TSA screeners. It also applies to workers at private companies that do security screening under federal law.
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apply to security screening personnel of the Administration and personnel of private security companies providing security screening pursuant to section 44920 of title 49, United States Code
[2] Enrolled Bill · Sec. 2 → inserted Sec. 3(4) - A 2016 law already required training for screeners on special screening procedures.
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Pub. L. 114–293, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1503, provided that
[9] 49 U.S.C. 44901 note, Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Act of 2016 (U.S. Code, 2024 edition, before this bill) · Note: Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screeninginclude training on special screening procedures
[9] 49 U.S.C. 44901 note, Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Act of 2016 (U.S. Code, 2024 edition, before this bill) · Note, Sec. 2(2)
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H.R. 5371
Latest official action Nov 12, 2025 · Drafted by AI, awaiting review by two people
If you work for the federal government
Back pay, and shutdown layoffs undone
- If you were sent home during the shutdown, you get paid for that time at your normal rate.
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shall be available for payments pursuant to subsection (c) of section 1341 of title 31, United States Code and such payments shall be made
[5] H.R. 5371 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Div. A, Sec. 116furloughed as a result of a covered lapse in appropriations shall be paid for the period of the lapse in appropriations
[19] 31 U.S.C. 1341, U.S. Code 2024 edition (limits on spending, and pay after a funding lapse) · (c)(2)at the employee's standard rate of pay
[19] 31 U.S.C. 1341, U.S. Code 2024 edition (limits on spending, and pay after a funding lapse) · (c)(2) - If you had to keep working, you get paid for that work.
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each excepted employee who is required to perform work during a covered lapse in appropriations shall be paid for such work, at the employee's standard rate of pay
[19] 31 U.S.C. 1341, U.S. Code 2024 edition (limits on spending, and pay after a funding lapse) · (c)(2) - The pay comes at the earliest date possible after the shutdown ends, without waiting for your usual payday.
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at the earliest date possible after the lapse in appropriations ends, regardless of scheduled pay dates
[19] 31 U.S.C. 1341, U.S. Code 2024 edition (limits on spending, and pay after a funding lapse) · (c)(2) - If you got a layoff notice between October 1, 2025, and the day the law was signed, it is canceled.
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any reduction in force proposed, noticed, initiated, executed, implemented, or otherwise taken by an Executive Agency between October 1, 2025, and the date of enactment, shall have no force or effect
[5] H.R. 5371 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Div. A, Sec. 120(e)Any employee who received notice of being subject to such a reduction in force shall have that notice rescinded and be returned to employment status as of September 30, 2025, without interruption.
[5] H.R. 5371 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Div. A, Sec. 120(e)(1) - Your job status is restored as of September 30, 2025, without a break, with all the pay you would have gotten, including back pay.
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Any employee who received notice of being subject to such a reduction in force shall have that notice rescinded and be returned to employment status as of September 30, 2025, without interruption.
[5] H.R. 5371 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Div. A, Sec. 120(e)(1)Such employees shall receive all pay to which they otherwise would have been entitled in the absence of receiving such notice, including backpay in accordance with section 116 of this Act.
[5] H.R. 5371 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Div. A, Sec. 120(e)(1) - Within 5 days of the signing, your agency had to send you notice that the layoff was withdrawn, with your reinstatement date and back pay amount, if applicable.
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Within 5 days of date of enactment of this Act, each Federal agency shall send notice to all affected employees
[5] H.R. 5371 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Div. A, Sec. 120(e)(2)Notices must include reinstatement date and the amount of back pay determined in paragraph (1), if applicable.
[5] H.R. 5371 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Div. A, Sec. 120(e)(3) - From the day the law was signed through January 30, 2026, no federal money may be used to start, carry out, or give notice of layoffs. This covers all civilian jobs, including temporary and part-time ones.
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during the period between the date of enactment of this Act and the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act
[5] H.R. 5371 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Div. A, Sec. 120(a)no federal funds may be used to initiate, carry out, implement, or otherwise notice a reduction in force to reduce the number of employees within any department, agency, or office of the Federal Government
[5] H.R. 5371 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Div. A, Sec. 120(a)January 30, 2026.
[5] H.R. 5371 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Div. A, Sec. 106(3)shall apply to all civilian positions, whether permanent, temporary, full-time, part-time, or intermittent
[5] H.R. 5371 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Div. A, Sec. 120(b) - That ban does not cover people who leave or retire by choice, steps needed to comply with a court order, or steps needed for an orderly shutdown, taken starting on the first day of a funding lapse.
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voluntary separations or retirements;
[5] H.R. 5371 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Div. A, Sec. 120(c)(1)actions necessary to comply with a court order; or
[5] H.R. 5371 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Div. A, Sec. 120(c)(2)actions taken, beginning only on the first day of a lapse in appropriations, necessary to implement or maintain an orderly shutdown of government operations.
[5] H.R. 5371 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Div. A, Sec. 120(c)(3)
If you work for a state agency or group that runs a federal program
Repayment for covering shutdown costs
- If your state or group furloughed workers whose pay the federal government pays or helps pay, those workers are paid their normal rate for that time.
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furloughed State employees (or the grantee’s employees) whose compensation is advanced or reimbursed in whole or in part by the Federal Government
[5] H.R. 5371 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Div. A, Sec. 118(a)such furloughed employees shall be compensated at their standard rate of compensation for such period;
[5] H.R. 5371 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Div. A, Sec. 118(a)(1) - If a state or group used its own money to keep a federal program going, it is repaid, with interest, for costs the federal government would have paid.
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used State funds (or the grantee’s non-Federal funds) to continue carrying out a Federal program
[5] H.R. 5371 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Div. A, Sec. 118(a)the State (or such other grantee) shall be reimbursed for expenses that would have been paid by the Federal Government during such period
[5] H.R. 5371 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Div. A, Sec. 118(a)(2)together with interest thereon calculated under section 6503(d) of title 31, United States Code
[5] H.R. 5371 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Div. A, Sec. 118(a)(2) - These payments are made only to the extent, and in the amounts, that Congress provides in advance in spending laws.
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Payments and reimbursements under this authority shall be made only to the extent and in amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts
[5] H.R. 5371 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Div. A, Sec. 118(c)
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H.R. 4
Latest official action Jul 24, 2025 · Drafted by AI, awaiting review by two people
If you work on or follow U.S. aid abroad
Several aid accounts lose money, but the law shields some programs
- Global health aid loses $500,000,000. None of that cut may come from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, nutrition, or maternal and child health.
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$500,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, That none of the amounts rescinded under this paragraph shall be from the unobligated balances for the following programs: HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria, Nutrition, or Maternal and Child Health
[4] H.R. 4 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Sec. 2(b)(5) - Family planning and reproductive health programs do not get that shield.
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Provided further, That the preceding proviso does not apply to family planning and reproductive health programs.
[4] H.R. 4 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Sec. 2(b)(5) - The $1,650,000,000 cut to the Economic Support Fund may not come from aid to Jordan or Egypt, or from the Countering PRC Influence Fund (PRC means China).
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$1,650,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, That none of the funds rescinded under this paragraph shall be from the unobligated balances for assistance to Jordan, Egypt, or the Countering PRC Influence Fund.
[4] H.R. 4 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Sec. 2(b)(9) - Disaster aid loses $496,000,000, and refugee aid loses $800,000,000.
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International Disaster Assistance made available by the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public Law 119–4), $496,000,000 are rescinded
[4] H.R. 4 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Sec. 2(b)(14)Migration and Refugee Assistance made available by the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of Public Law 119–4), $800,000,000 are rescinded.
[4] H.R. 4 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Sec. 2(b)(6) - Each of these aid cuts comes from money that had not yet been committed, which the law calls unobligated balances.
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Of the unobligated balances under the heading International Organizations—Contributions to International Organizations
[4] H.R. 4 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Sec. 2(b)(1)
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S. 1582
Latest official action Jul 18, 2025 · Drafted by AI, awaiting review by two people
If you work at a bank or credit union
You can still offer digital deposits and hold coins
- You can still offer deposits in digital form and hold stablecoins for customers.
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accepting or receiving deposits or shares (in the case of a credit union), and issuing digital assets that represent those deposits or shares
[4] S. 1582 as passed by both chambers (enrolled), signed as Public Law 119-27 · Sec. 16(a)(1)providing custodial services for payment stablecoins, private keys of payment stablecoins, or reserves backing payment stablecoins
[4] S. 1582 as passed by both chambers (enrolled), signed as Public Law 119-27 · Sec. 16(a)(3) - Regulators may not make you count digital assets you hold for customers as your own debts.
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may not require a depository institution, national bank, Federal credit union, State credit union, or trust company, or any affiliate thereof
[4] S. 1582 as passed by both chambers (enrolled), signed as Public Law 119-27 · Sec. 16(c)to include digital assets held in custody that are not owned by the entity as a liability on the financial statement or balance sheet of the entity
[4] S. 1582 as passed by both chambers (enrolled), signed as Public Law 119-27 · Sec. 16(c)(1)
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H.R. 1
Latest official action Jul 4, 2025 · Drafted by AI, awaiting review by two people
If you earn tips or overtime pay
New deductions through 2028, with limits
- You can deduct up to $25,000 a year in tips, if your job is one that customarily got tips on or before December 31, 2024.
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The amount allowed as a deduction under this section for any taxable year shall not exceed $25,000.
[6] H.R. 1 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Sec. 70201(a) → inserted 224(b)(1)The term qualified tips means cash tips received by an individual in an occupation which customarily and regularly received tips on or before December 31, 2024, as provided by the Secretary.
[6] H.R. 1 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Sec. 70201(a) → inserted 224(d)(1) - The tips must be paid by choice, not as a set charge, and cannot come from what the tax code calls a specified service trade or business.
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such amount is paid voluntarily without any consequence in the event of nonpayment, is not the subject of negotiation, and is determined by the payor,
[6] H.R. 1 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Sec. 70201(a) → inserted 224(d)(2)(A)the trade or business in the course of which the individual receives such amount is not a specified service trade or business (as defined in section 199A(d)(2)), and
[6] H.R. 1 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Sec. 70201(a) → inserted 224(d)(2)(B) - You can deduct the part of required overtime pay that is above your regular rate, up to $12,500 a year, or $25,000 on a joint return.
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the term qualified overtime compensation means overtime compensation paid to an individual required under section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 that is in excess of the regular rate (as used in such section) at which such individual is employed.
[6] H.R. 1 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Sec. 70202(a) → inserted 225(c)(1)The amount allowed as a deduction under this section for any taxable year shall not exceed $12,500 ($25,000 in the case of a joint return).
[6] H.R. 1 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Sec. 70202(a) → inserted 225(b)(1) - Both deductions shrink by $100 for every $1,000 of income above $150,000, or $300,000 on a joint return.
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shall be reduced (but not below zero) by $100 for each $1,000 by which the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income exceeds $150,000 ($300,000 in the case of a joint return).
[6] H.R. 1 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Sec. 70201(a) → inserted 224(b)(2)(A)shall be reduced (but not below zero) by $100 for each $1,000 by which the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income exceeds $150,000 ($300,000 in the case of a joint return).
[6] H.R. 1 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Sec. 70202(a) → inserted 225(b)(2)(A) - You can take them even if you do not itemize, but you need a Social Security number, and married people must file jointly.
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the deduction provided in section 224.
[6] H.R. 1 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Sec. 70201(b) → inserted (5)No deduction shall be allowed under this section unless the taxpayer includes on the return of tax for the taxable year such individual's social security number.
[6] H.R. 1 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Sec. 70201(a) → inserted 224(e)(1)If the taxpayer is a married individual (within the meaning of section 7703), this section shall apply only if the taxpayer and the taxpayer's spouse file a joint return for the taxable year.
[6] H.R. 1 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Sec. 70201(a) → inserted 224(f)the deduction provided in section 225.
[6] H.R. 1 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Sec. 70202(b) → inserted (6)No deduction shall be allowed under this section unless the taxpayer includes on the return of tax for the taxable year such individual's social security number.
[6] H.R. 1 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Sec. 70202(a) → inserted 225(d)(1)If the taxpayer is a married individual (within the meaning of section 7703), this section shall apply only if the taxpayer and the taxpayer's spouse file a joint return for the taxable year.
[6] H.R. 1 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Sec. 70202(a) → inserted 225(e) - Both end after 2028.
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No deduction shall be allowed under this section for any taxable year beginning after December 31, 2028.
[6] H.R. 1 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Sec. 70201(a) → inserted 224(h)No deduction shall be allowed under this section for any taxable year beginning after December 31, 2028.
[6] H.R. 1 as passed by both chambers (enrolled) · Sec. 70202(a) → inserted 225(g)
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H.R. 22
Latest official action Apr 10, 2025 · Drafted by AI, awaiting review by two people
If you work in an election office
Officials could face lawsuits and criminal charges
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H.R. 471
Latest official action Mar 6, 2025 · Drafted by AI, awaiting review by two people
If you are a firefighter or a firefighter's family
New help for families and payment timelines for local fire departments
- The Interior Department would have 6 months to set up a program to help families when a firefighter gets sick, is badly hurt, or dies on duty. It also covers fire support staff who are badly hurt or killed. It would cover telling families, paying for their travel to visit, and giving them facts on federal benefits.
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Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall develop a Wildland Fire Management Casualty Assistance Program
[2] H.R. 471 as passed by the House (January 23, 2025) · Sec. 401(a)to provide assistance to the next-of-kin of
[2] H.R. 471 as passed by the House (January 23, 2025) · Sec. 401(a)firefighters who, while in the line of duty, suffer illness or are critically injured or killed
[2] H.R. 471 as passed by the House (January 23, 2025) · Sec. 401(a)(1)wildland fire support personnel critically injured or killed in the line of duty
[2] H.R. 471 as passed by the House (January 23, 2025) · Sec. 401(a)(2)The initial and any subsequent notifications to the next-of-kin
[2] H.R. 471 as passed by the House (January 23, 2025) · Sec. 401(b)(1)The reimbursement of next-of-kin for expenses associated with travel to visit firefighters or wildland fire support personnel
[2] H.R. 471 as passed by the House (January 23, 2025) · Sec. 401(b)(2)personalized, integrated information on the benefits and financial assistance available to such survivors from the Federal Government
[2] H.R. 471 as passed by the House (January 23, 2025) · Sec. 401(b)(6) - Within 1 year, agencies would have to set rules on payment timelines for fire cost-share deals. The rules must require paying back a local fire department that sends a bill following the cost settlement rules.
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Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretaries shall
[2] H.R. 471 as passed by the House (January 23, 2025) · Sec. 207(a)establish standard operating procedures relating to payment timelines for fire suppression cost share agreements
[2] H.R. 471 as passed by the House (January 23, 2025) · Sec. 207(a)(1)the Federal paying entity reimburse a local fire department if such fire department submits an invoice in accordance with cost settlement procedures
[2] H.R. 471 as passed by the House (January 23, 2025) · Sec. 207(c) - The bill says agencies "should" pay back within 1 year after the fire is fought, and as soon as they can. This is stated as the "sense of Congress," not as a requirement.
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It is the sense of Congress that the Secretaries should carry out reciprocal fire suppression cost share agreement repayments to local fire suppression organizations as soon as practicable after fire suppression occurs but not later than 1 year after fire suppression occurs.
[2] H.R. 471 as passed by the House (January 23, 2025) · Sec. 207(d)
If you work for a power company with lines on federal land
More room to clear trees near lines
- A tree that is dead or likely to die or fail could be marked a hazard tree if, when it falls, it would likely come within 150 feet of a power line. Today that distance is 10 feet.
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dead, likely to die within the routine vegetation management cycle, or likely to fail within the routine vegetation management cycle
[16] 43 U.S.C. 1772 (Utility rights-of-way vegetation management) · (a)(1)(A)if the tree or part of the tree failed, likely to
[16] 43 U.S.C. 1772 (Utility rights-of-way vegetation management) · (a)(1)(B)come within 10 feet of an electric power line
[16] 43 U.S.C. 1772 (Utility rights-of-way vegetation management) · (a)(1)(B)(ii)(43 U.S.C. 1772(a)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking 10 and inserting 150.
[2] H.R. 471 as passed by the House (January 23, 2025) · Sec. 203(a) - A new tree and line upkeep plan from a utility would be approved on its own 120 days after it is sent in. For a change to a plan, if it is not approved in 120 days, the agency must send a timeline to finish within 165 days. It must also list any problems.
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a plan submitted without a modification under clause (iii) shall be automatically approved 120 days after being submitted
[2] H.R. 471 as passed by the House (January 23, 2025) · Sec. 203(c) → inserted (iv)(I)includes a process for modifications to a plan in a prompt manner if changed conditions necessitate a modification to a plan
[16] 43 U.S.C. 1772 (Utility rights-of-way vegetation management) · (c)(4)(A)(iii)with respect to a plan submitted with a modification under clause (iii), if not approved within 120 days after being submitted, the Secretary concerned shall develop and submit a letter to the owner and operator describing
[2] H.R. 471 as passed by the House (January 23, 2025) · Sec. 203(c) → inserted (iv)(II)a detailed timeline (to conclude within 165 days after the submission of the plan) for completing review of the plan
[2] H.R. 471 as passed by the House (January 23, 2025) · Sec. 203(c) → inserted (iv)(II)(aa)any identified deficiencies with the plan
[2] H.R. 471 as passed by the House (January 23, 2025) · Sec. 203(c) → inserted (iv)(II)(bb) - The Forest Service could let your company cut and remove trees near lines without a separate timber sale. The work must fit the forest plan and environmental laws. If you sell the wood, the money, minus shipping costs, goes to the Forest Service.
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In any special use permit or easement on National Forest System land provided to an electrical utility
[2] H.R. 471 as passed by the House (January 23, 2025) · Sec. 309(a)the Secretary may provide permission to cut and remove trees or other vegetation from within the vicinity of distribution lines or transmission lines without requiring a separate timber sale
[2] H.R. 471 as passed by the House (January 23, 2025) · Sec. 309(a)if that cutting and removal is consistent with
[2] H.R. 471 as passed by the House (January 23, 2025) · Sec. 309(a)the applicable land and resource management plan; and
[2] H.R. 471 as passed by the House (January 23, 2025) · Sec. 309(a)(1)other applicable environmental laws (including regulations)
[2] H.R. 471 as passed by the House (January 23, 2025) · Sec. 309(a)(2)the electrical utility shall provide to the Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, any proceeds received from the sale, less any transportation costs incurred in the sale
[2] H.R. 471 as passed by the House (January 23, 2025) · Sec. 309(b)
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S. 5
Latest official action Jan 29, 2025 · Drafted by AI, awaiting review by two people
If you work in a jail or police department
Expect detainers for people the law covers
- This law puts the duty on Homeland Security, not on your agency. Homeland Security must issue a detainer for each person the law covers.
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The Secretary of Homeland Security shall issue a detainer for an alien described in paragraph (1)(E)
[4] S. 5 as passed by both chambers (enrolled), signed as Public Law 119-1 · Sec. 2(3) → inserted (c)(3) - A Homeland Security rule says a detainer tells you that immigration officers want a person you hold.
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A detainer serves to advise another law enforcement agency that the Department seeks custody of an alien presently in the custody of that agency
[13] 8 CFR 287.7, Homeland Security rule on immigration detainers (Code of Federal Regulations, revised as of Jan. 1, 2025) · 8 CFR 287.7(a) - The rule calls it a request: tell immigration officers before you let the person go.
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The detainer is a request that such agency advise the Department, prior to release of the alien
[13] 8 CFR 287.7, Homeland Security rule on immigration detainers (Code of Federal Regulations, revised as of Jan. 1, 2025) · 8 CFR 287.7(a) - The same rule says to hold the person up to 48 hours, not counting weekends and holidays, so officers can take custody. That 48-hour language is in the rule, not in this law.
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such agency shall maintain custody of the alien for a period not to exceed 48 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays in order to permit assumption of custody by the Department
[13] 8 CFR 287.7, Homeland Security rule on immigration detainers (Code of Federal Regulations, revised as of Jan. 1, 2025) · 8 CFR 287.7(d)The Secretary of Homeland Security shall issue a detainer for an alien described in paragraph (1)(E)
[4] S. 5 as passed by both chambers (enrolled), signed as Public Law 119-1 · Sec. 2(3) → inserted (c)(3) - Whether an arrest counts depends on the law of the place where the acts happened.
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have the meanings given such terms in the jurisdiction in which the acts occurred
[4] S. 5 as passed by both chambers (enrolled), signed as Public Law 119-1 · Sec. 2(3) → inserted (c)(2)
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