The Protecting Elders From Government Error Act limits how the Social Security Administration can recover overpayments from individuals who received old-age benefits due to government error. If an overpayment occurred more than six months before it was discovered and resulted from a mistake by the agency, the government is prohibited from recovering the funds directly from the person. Additionally, when recovery is permitted for errors made by the agency, the bill caps any reduction in monthly benefits at 5 percent of the payable amount to prevent severe financial hardship. These protections do not apply if the recipient has ever committed fraud or similar fault regarding the program.
The Janie Wynn Protecting Elders from Financial Exploitation Act requires the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to issue rules within 180 days that mandate fraud alerts and enhanced training for financial institutions serving senior citizens. Card issuers must send fraud alerts to both the senior cardholder and a designated adult contact, unless the cardholder signs a waiver acknowledging the increased risk of exploitation. Banks and credit unions are required to train employees on identifying specific account activities indicative of abuse and must notify seniors within 24 hours if such activity is detected. These provisions directly affect financial institutions by imposing new monitoring and communication duties aimed at protecting older adults from financial fraud.
The I-47 Future Interstate Act of 2026 designates a specific stretch of United States Route 287 as a high-priority transportation corridor. This route runs from State Highway 87 in Port Arthur, Texas, to United States Route 89 in Choteau, Montana. The bill formally assigns the number I-47 to this designated path within the national interstate highway system.
The Behavioral Health Crisis Services Expansion Act of 2026 mandates that Medicare, Medicaid, and most private health insurance plans cover mental health and substance use crisis response services for individuals experiencing acute episodes. These covered services include care provided by mobile crisis teams, urgent care facilities, and stabilization centers that offer short-term observation without rejecting patients based on their ability to pay or other factors. The legislation also requires ambulance providers to transport individuals in crisis to appropriate facilities and extends coverage requirements to TRICARE, veterans' benefits, federal employee health plans, and the Children's Health Insurance Program. These new coverage mandates generally take effect three years after the bill is enacted, with specific provisions ensuring that financial restrictions on these services are no more severe than those applied to standard medical care.
This bill, titled the Water Resources Development Act of 2026, authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to improve rivers, harbors, and water resources across the United States while establishing new administrative offices to better manage inland navigation, water supply, and community outreach. It introduces specific mechanisms such as creating a new board for levee owners to advise on flood safety, allowing for categorical permissions to streamline certain environmental reviews, and mandating a prohibition on diverting water from the Missouri River without approval from all relevant state governors. The legislation also authorizes numerous specific projects for flood risk management, ecosystem restoration, and water supply in locations ranging from Alaska to Texas, while simultaneously deauthorizing or modifying older projects that are no longer needed or require changes to better align with current environmental and safety standards.
This bill aims to reform the Securities and Exchange Commission by requiring the agency to analyze the costs and benefits of new regulations before issuing them and to conduct regular reviews of their impact. It mandates that the SEC Chairman testify to Congress every six months on the Commission's activities and requires an independent audit of the agency's cybersecurity and information technology systems. Additionally, the legislation transfers the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to the SEC, establishes a minimum 60-day public comment period for new rules, and clarifies how penalties are calculated for multiple violations. The bill also directs the SEC to streamline its internal organization and consolidate regional offices to improve efficiency.
This bill modifies tax rules to provide relief for individuals affected by major disasters. It allows taxpayers to deduct disaster-related losses (like damaged homes or personal property) more easily by creating a new "disaster loss deduction" that combines certain casualty losses and adjusts for income limits. It also excludes wildfire relief payments (such as compensation for lost wages or home damage not covered by insurance) from taxable income for people in federally declared wildfire areas, effective 2026 through 2030. These changes apply to losses incurred in taxable years starting after 2024, specifically for disasters declared between 2025 and 2027.
This bill requires U.S. colleges and universities receiving federal student aid (Title IV) or specific grants (Title VI) to annually certify by July 31 that they will not engage in "nonexpressive commercial boycotts" of countries designated as strategic partners of the U.S. (such as Israel under existing law). The certification must confirm these institutions will permit equal academic exchanges - like study abroad programs, conferences, and research - with strategic partner countries as they do with other nations. Failure to submit the certification results in loss of federal funding eligibility for the following fiscal year. It directly affects all higher education institutions relying on federal financial aid programs.
National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Extension Act This bill reauthorizes the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation to establish in Washington, DC, a monument to commemorate the commitment and service represented by emergency medical services. This authorization expires seven years after enactment of the bill.
Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025 This bill expands a requirement for federal agencies to report expenditures on the USAspending.gov website to include other transaction agreement expenditures. (Other transaction agreements, or OTAs, are contractual instruments other than standard procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements; they are exempt from many federal procurement laws and regulations). Under current law, federal agencies must report expenditures on federal awards to USAspending.gov with the term federal award defined as federal grants, loans, cooperative agreements, contracts, and certain other types of expenditures. This bill expands the definition of federal award to include expenditures under OTAs, and therefore such expenditures must be included on the USAspending.gov website. The Department of the Treasury must ensure that data relating to OTAs are automatically transmitted to the website and a centralized view of this data is available on the website. Treasury must also annually post on the USAspending.gov website a report that includes (1) the total amount of federal spending on federal awards for which data has not been posted on the website, and (2) the reason why such spending data was not posted. For 10 years after enactment, the Office of Inspector General of specified federal agencies must periodically submit to Congress and make publicly available a report assessing the agency's spending data and use of data standards.
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to remove all deed restrictions from approximately 3.62 acres located at 2956 Park Avenue, on the Paducah Memorial Army Reserve Center in Paducah, Kentucky. The restrictions include easements, exceptions, reservations, terms, conditions, and covenants described in the quitclaim deed that was executed on April 27, 2012. The deed conveyed land from Interior to the City of Paducah, Kentucky.
This House concurrent resolution directs the President to withdraw U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities with any presidentially designated terrorist organization in the Western Hemisphere. The directive is issued under section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution and applies unless Congress has separately authorized military action through a declaration of war or specific legislation.
