The ADAPT Act (S 2356) expands Medicare coverage to include services provided by advanced psychology trainees - such as doctoral interns and postdoctoral residents in APA-accredited programs - under the general supervision of a licensed clinical psychologist (without requiring the supervisor's physical presence during services). It mandates the creation of a new billing code (GC modifier) for these services and directs the Department of Health and Human Services to issue guidance to states on covering these services under Medicaid and CHIP. This bill directly affects trainees, Medicare beneficiaries, and state Medicaid programs by streamlining access to mental health care through standardized billing and coverage mechanisms.
HR 1919, the "Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act," prohibits the Federal Reserve from developing, testing, or issuing any central bank digital currency (CBDC) or similar digital assets. It specifically bans the Fed from offering direct financial products to individuals, maintaining individual accounts, or issuing CBDCs directly or indirectly through intermediaries like banks. The bill also blocks the Fed from using any digital asset for monetary policy and clarifies that physical currency's privacy protections remain intact. This policy directly affects the Federal Reserve System's ability to create or manage digital monetary tools.
This bill repeals the federal charter granted to the National Education Association (NEA) under 36 U.S. Code Chapter 1511. It directly affects the NEA by removing its status as a federally chartered organization, ending its specific legal recognition under this federal code. The key mechanism is the repeal of Chapter 1511 from Title 36 of the U.S. Code, with a minor clerical update to the code's table of chapters. This is a procedural change with no new education policies or funding impacts.
HR 4454, the SOIL Act of 2025, prohibits China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia (or entities controlled by them) from buying or leasing property within 10 miles of designated sensitive sites. These sites include U.S. military installations, ports, government facilities, and any property that could enable foreign intelligence gathering or expose national security activities to surveillance. The bill amends the Defense Production Act to create this restriction, effective upon enactment, and requires the Committee to notify Congress of any violations. It directly affects foreign entities from the specified countries seeking to acquire property near these defined national security locations.
This bill prohibits federal agencies from restricting individuals' use of convertible virtual currency for personal purchases or self-custodying digital assets via self-hosted wallets. It directly affects people who use crypto to buy goods/services for themselves, regardless of how they obtained the currency. Key provisions prevent agencies from blocking personal transactions or interfering with user-controlled wallets (where owners retain full control over their assets). The law defines "covered users" broadly to include anyone purchasing items for their own use with convertible virtual currency. It does not regulate businesses, exchanges, or government use of digital assets.
This bill prohibits the use of autopen devices or any other automatic signing mechanism for the President to sign engrossed bills, executive orders, pardons, or commutations. It requires the President to personally sign these documents, banning all other individuals or machines from doing so. The law also retroactively invalidates any past document signed in violation of this rule, regardless of when it was signed. This directly affects the President's signing authority and the legal validity of past executive actions involving machine signatures.
This bill authorizes the minting of commemorative coins for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic Games and the 2034 Salt Lake City Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. It specifies four coin types ($5 gold, $1 silver, half-dollar, and proof silver $1) with defined quantities and designs reflecting U.S. athletic participation. A surcharge on each coin sale (e.g., $35 for $5 coins) funds the respective Olympic committees' legacy programs, including youth sports initiatives. The coins are legal tender but intended solely for commemoration, with surcharges directed to the organizing committees after covering minting costs.
This bill adds the Secretary of Agriculture to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) for reviews involving agricultural land, biotechnology, or agriculture industry transactions. It requires CFIUS to review certain acquisitions of U.S. agricultural land by foreign entities from China, North Korea, Russia, or Iran, based on reports from the Agriculture Secretary. The review process applies specifically to transactions meeting criteria under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978. The provisions sunset when those countries are removed from a federal list of foreign adversaries.
The Wyoming Education Trust Modernization Act (HR 4328) updates the language of the 1890 law governing Wyoming's education trust to use modern terms. It replaces outdated phrases like "interest of" and "income thereof" with "earnings on" in sections 5, 7, and 8 of the original law. This is a technical language update with no change to how the trust manages public lands or funds educational programs. The bill affects the legal framework of the trust but does not alter its operations or funding mechanisms.
This bill requires online contact lens sellers to provide a secure electronic method for customers to transmit their contact lens prescriptions, directly affecting online retailers. It mandates that such electronic transmissions comply with HIPAA privacy rules and that any protected health information sent via email must be encrypted. The law updates existing rules to modernize prescription verification for online sales while maintaining privacy protections.
S 2207 defines digital assets for tax purposes and creates a de minimis rule allowing taxpayers to exclude small gains or losses from digital asset transactions (under $300 per transaction, with a $5,000 annual limit). The bill amends tax treatment for digital asset lending agreements, wash sales (with specific exceptions for payment stablecoins), and creates a mark-to-market election for dealers and traders in digital assets. It also defers income recognition for digital asset mining and staking activities until the assets are sold, and allows charitable contributions of actively traded digital assets. These provisions apply to taxable years beginning after 2025 and will terminate after December 31, 2035.
This bill requires adding a citizenship checkbox to the 2030 and future decennial censuses, asking respondents about their U.S. citizenship status for themselves and all household members. It mandates that the Census Bureau publicly release each state's total citizen and noncitizen population counts within 120 days after each census. The bill then changes how congressional representation is calculated by excluding noncitizens from the population numbers used to apportion House seats and electoral votes starting with the 2030 census. This directly affects how states' representation in Congress and the Electoral College is determined based on citizen population counts rather than total population.
