What moved in Congress - 06-SEP-2026 to 13-SEP-2026
Became law
Removes deed restrictions from a 3.62-acre parcel at the Paducah Memorial Army Reserve Center in Kentucky, subject to conditions that the city cannot sell it except to the Oscar Cross Boys & Girls Club of Paducah and that any future use remain compatible with public recreation.
- The Secretary of the Interior removes all restrictions, easements, and covenants on the property conveyed to Paducah in 2012.
- The city must not transfer or sell the land to any entity other than the Oscar Cross Boys & Girls Club of Paducah.
- If the Boys & Girls Club receives the property, it must offer to convey it back to the Secretary before selling to anyone else.
- New uses or development must remain compatible with public use or recreation purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. James Comer (R-Kentucky)
Cosponsors: none
Cosponsors: none
Became law
Requires other transaction agreements to be reported on USAspending.gov and establishes reporting timelines and transparency requirements for federal spending data.
- Mandates that data on other transaction agreements (a type of federal contract arrangement) automatically transmits to USAspending.gov within 3 years, with a centralized view available on the website.
- Requires the Treasury Secretary to post an annual report showing the total amount of unreported federal spending and reasons it has not been disclosed, such as national security classification or legislative branch awards.
- Directs inspector generals of major federal agencies to report annually on data posting compliance for the first year, then every 2 years for 10 years.
- Establishes quality standards for federal spending data posted by agencies and requires the Treasury Secretary to determine which agencies must report and publish that list.
Sponsor: Rep. Barry Moore (R-Alabama)
Cosponsors: 2 Democrats / 1 Republican
Cosponsors: 2 Democrats / 1 Republican
Became law
Allows individuals to deduct personal casualty losses from major disasters declared on or after December 28, 2019, and excludes wildfire disaster relief payments from income.
- Raises the personal casualty loss floor from $100 to $500 for losses arising from federally declared major disasters, and allows the disaster loss deduction to be taken even by those who do not itemize.
- Applies to disasters declared between December 28, 2019, and January 1, 2027, with the deduction allowed for tax years beginning after December 31, 2024.
- Excludes from gross income any compensation received for losses from forest or range fires declared as federal disasters between December 31, 2014, and January 1, 2027, such as payments for lost wages, additional living expenses, personal injury, or death.
- Prevents double-deduction or credit claims on the same loss or damage amount and prevents basis increases from excluded relief payments.
Sponsor: Rep. W. Gregory Steube (R-Florida)
Cosponsors: 8 Democrats / 6 Republicans
Cosponsors: 8 Democrats / 6 Republicans
Also this week
HR 2196 — Became law
Extends the deadline for the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs by 7 years from the date of enactment.
Rep. Richard Hudson (R-North Carolina) · Cosponsors:
5 Democrats / 1 Republican
S 858 — Became law
Authorizes placement of a National Medal of Honor Monument on the National Mall within the Reserve, overriding the standard prohibition on new commemorative works in that area.
Sen. James C. Justice (R-West Virginia) · Cosponsors:
12 Republicans / 1 Democrat
HRES 1520 — Passed a chamber
The source material provided is insufficient to summarize meaningfully. The title indicates this is a sense-of-the-House resolution commemorating September 11, but the text of the resolution itself is not included, so the specific provisions or statements cannot be determined.
Rep. Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) · Cosponsors:
none
HR 9360 — Advanced toward a vote
Eliminates the Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress and shifts oversight of congressional records management to the Archivist, Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the House, who must review records preservation annually.
Rep. Mary E. Miller (R-Illinois) · Cosponsors:
none
HR 9340 — Advanced toward a vote
Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require electric utilities to recover the full, incremental cost of generation, transmission, and distribution upgrades from large-load customers (those with peak demand of 100 megawatts or more serving data centers and IT infrastructure) and to obtain financial assurances from such customers before making upgrades.
Rep. Gabe Evans (R-Colorado) · Cosponsors:
35 Republicans / 7 Democrats
HR 9342 — Advanced toward a vote
Modernizes the Government Publishing Office's authorities and the depository library system by streamlining document sales and distribution, expanding digital access to government publications, restructuring oversight through a renamed Joint Committee on Publishing, and shifting the Constitution Annotated from hardbound to digital-only format.
Rep. Stephanie I. Bice (R-Oklahoma) · Cosponsors:
none
HR 4931 — Advanced toward a vote
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to extend existing leases in National Park System units without competitive bidding if the lessee has held the lease for at least five years, is in compliance, and the extension serves the park's purposes.
Rep. Gregory F. Murphy (R-North Carolina) · Cosponsors:
none
HR 2317 — Advanced toward a vote
Transfers and sells Federal lands across northern Nevada to state and local governments while designating new wilderness areas, with proceeds funding conservation and a regional federal office complex.
Rep. Mark E. Amodei (R-Nevada) · Cosponsors:
none
HR 9394 — Advanced toward a vote
Requires the Department of Homeland Security to conduct a large-scale exercise within four years to test preparedness for biological attacks on agriculture and food systems, including coordination across federal, state, local, and private sector participants.
Rep. Dale W. Strong (R-Alabama) · Cosponsors:
1 Democrat
HR 9327 — Advanced toward a vote
Establishes a pilot program in U.S. Customs and Border Protection to adopt dogs from local animal shelters and train them as support dogs for the agency's Support Canine Program.
Rep. David P. Joyce (R-Ohio) · Cosponsors:
4 Democrats / 3 Republicans
HR 9498 — Advanced toward a vote
Authorizes the National Taxpayer Advocate to appear as a friend of the court in Federal tax cases and present views on issues that broadly affect taxpayer rights.
Rep. W. Gregory Steube (R-Florida) · Cosponsors:
1 Democrat
HR 9499 — Advanced toward a vote
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit the statute of limitations for tax assessments against victims of tax preparer fraud and makes a technical correction to disaster relief tax deadline rules.
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-New York) · Cosponsors:
none
HR 9501 — Advanced toward a vote
Establishes a pilot program at the Treasury Department to use artificial intelligence to detect fraudulent and inaccurate tax returns, and requires the Comptroller General to report Congress on the program's results, cost recovery, and accuracy.
Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Florida) · Cosponsors:
2 Republicans / 1 Democrat
HR 7972 — Advanced toward a vote
Requires the Internal Revenue Service to establish a fellowship program recruiting data scientists from the private sector to work alongside tax law specialists on complex and emerging tax cases, audit case selection, data analytics development, and offshore tax evasion detection.
Rep. David Schweikert (R-Arizona) · Cosponsors:
none
HR 9496 — Advanced toward a vote
Postpones tax deadlines and refunds or abates penalties and interest for U.S. nationals unlawfully detained or held hostage abroad, and extends the refund period for those who paid such fees before being identified as eligible.
Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-New York) · Cosponsors:
2 Democrats
Also acted this week
Everything else that moved this week. Title only, no summary.
Advanced toward a vote
HR 8781 Title IX Clarification Act of 2026
HR 5267 American Franchise Act
HR 7834 Safe Cloud Storage Act
HR 9203 Student Protection and University Accountability Act
HR 9098 Congressional Records Protection Act of 2026
HR 5634 Veterans Flight Training Responsibility Act of 2026
Other action
HR 9191 National Fossil Act of 2026
HR 3495 Direct Seller and Real Estate Agent Harmonization Act
Bills introduced this week: 63.
Not listed above. Introducing a bill is not news on its own, and most
never leave the committee they are sent to.
How these were picked.
This newsletter ranks bills by how far they actually moved, so anything
that became law, passed a chamber, or cleared committee comes first. The
most significant get a summary, and everything else that moved is listed
by title at the end. Bills that were only introduced, or sent to a
committee that may never take them up, are left out, which is most of
what Congress does in a week.
Summaries are written by an AI model from the latest official text of
each bill. Every bill links to its page on congress.gov, where you can
verify the summary and learn more about the bill.
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