Rep. Carol D. Miller

Maddy summaryThis resolution expresses support for designating April 2026 as "Second Chance Month" to raise awareness about barriers faced by people with criminal records. The bill does not create new laws or change existing policies but serves as a symbolic gesture to highlight challenges in employment, housing, and education for formerly incarcerated individuals. It calls on communities, employers, and organizations to promote awareness of these obstacles and encourage efforts to help people reintegrate into society. The resolution honors the bipartisan First Step Act of 2018 and the Second Chance Act of 2007, which provide reentry services to incarcerated individuals.

Maddy summaryThis bill, titled the Ensuring Better Interest Treatment and Deductibility Act, would change how businesses calculate the limit on interest expenses they can deduct on their taxes. It directly affects corporations and other businesses that pay interest on loans by modifying the rules for determining adjusted taxable income. The key provision removes a specific clause from the tax code that currently limits how much interest can be deducted based on a company's earnings, effectively allowing more interest to be treated as a deductible business expense. These changes would apply to tax years starting after December 31, 2025, meaning businesses would need to adjust their financial planning for future tax filings.

Love Lives On Act of 2025 This bill extends entitlement for various benefit programs and services for surviving spouses of deceased members of the Armed Forces or veterans. The bill provides that the remarriage of a surviving spouse must not bar the furnishing of dependency and indemnity compensation or special pension benefits to such spouse. Additionally, the Department of Defense may not terminate the payment of an annuity for a surviving spouse under the Survivor Benefit Plan solely because the surviving spouse remarries. The bill also expands the definition of a dependent under TRICARE to include a remarried widow or widower whose subsequent marriage has ended due to death, divorce, or annulment.

Maddy summaryThis bill directs the U.S. Trade Representative to investigate whether Canada's Online Streaming Act unfairly targets American streaming companies by imposing discriminatory taxes and content requirements. It authorizes the Trade Representative to consult with affected U.S. businesses and trade partners, then potentially take retaliatory trade actions if Canada does not amend the measures. The legislation also requires regular reporting to Congress on Canada's implementation of these policies and extends similar investigative powers to other countries with comparable digital trade restrictions.

Maddy summaryThis bill creates a new tax credit for employers who increase the wages they pay to child care workers. It directly affects businesses that operate eligible child care facilities, which are defined as places serving at least six children and following state regulations. To qualify, an employer must pay higher average hourly wages to child care staff in the current year compared to the previous year, and the credit amount is based on the increase in those wages. The credit is generally 5% of the wage increase, but rises to 7% for facilities located in rural areas. Employers can choose to opt out of the credit if they prefer, and the bill also clarifies how the credit interacts with other tax provisions to prevent double benefits.

Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025 This bill imposes sanctions on certain foreign persons (individuals and entities) that are involved in Iran's petroleum sector as well as certain associated persons. The bill also requires or authorizes actions to facilitate the enforcement of sanctions on Iran. Specifically, the bill requires the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on any foreign person that, after the bill's enactment, knowingly engages in any transaction related to the processing, export, or sale of oil, condensates, gas, liquefied natural gas, or other petrochemical products in whole or in part from Iran. The President must also impose sanctions on certain foreign persons associated with a sanctioned individual or entity. For example, the President must sanction the subsidiaries and corporate officers of a sanctioned business. The bill provides certain exceptions to these sanctions, including specifying that sanctions do not apply to the importation of goods or to conducting or facilitating transactions for humanitarian assistance. The Department of State must establish an interagency working group that shall seek to establish a multilateral contact group to coordinate international efforts to enforce sanctions on Iran. The bill expands the State Department rewards program to authorize a reward payment to any individual who furnishes information leading to the identification of a person (1) subject to sanctions under this bill, or (2) that has attempted or is attempting to evade sanctions under this bill.

Maddy summaryThis bill, known as the Diabetes Foot Health Access and Modernization Act of 2026, makes two main changes to federal healthcare programs. First, it allows Medicaid to cover foot and ankle care services provided by podiatric physicians, ensuring patients have access to this specialized care. Second, it updates Medicare rules to clarify documentation requirements for diabetic shoes, specifying conditions under which patients can receive extra-depth or custom-molded footwear. The changes take effect on January 1, 2026, for Medicaid services and January 1, 2028, for Medicare shoe coverage.

Maddy summaryHR 6062 transfers approximately 25 acres of federal land from the Department of the Interior (DOI) to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for its Advanced Training Center in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, while returning about 71.51 acres from CBP back to DOI to expand Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. The bill requires adjusting park boundaries to exclude the transferred CBP land and include the returned land, with a survey finalizing exact boundaries. It specifies no monetary reimbursement for the transfers and allows CBP to revert unused land back to DOI for park inclusion. The transfer relies on a specific 2021 National Park Service map for land descriptions.

Maddy summaryThis bill, titled the Expanding Support for Living Donors Act of 2026, amends the Public Health Service Act to expand financial assistance for individuals who donate organs while alive. It directly affects living organ donors by removing income restrictions and increasing the maximum reimbursement amount for their qualifying medical expenses. The legislation sets a new maximum reimbursement of $10,000 for fiscal year 2027, with automatic annual adjustments based on inflation, and requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to submit detailed annual reports on program funding, participation, and outcomes. Additionally, the bill mandates a Government Accountability Office study to examine how Medicare could potentially cover costs currently reimbursed through this program.

Maddy summaryThis bill, titled the Stop Unemployment Fraud Act, requires states to verify the identity of unemployment compensation claimants using government-issued IDs and supporting documents like utility bills or lease agreements. It mandates that states use data-matching systems to cross-check claimant information against employment records, new hire directories, and databases of incarcerated or deceased individuals to detect and prevent fraud. The legislation also prohibits relying solely on a claimant's self-attestation to prove eligibility and strengthens work search requirements by mandating that claimants maintain and submit weekly records of job search activities. Additionally, the bill allows states to use up to 5% of recovered overpayments or collected contributions to fund fraud prevention efforts, technology modernization, and proper employment classification programs.