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Legislative Brief

Thursday, July 16, 2026

Legislative Brief — 2026-07-16

Summary

  • Total tracked bills: 60
  • Priority items: 6
  • Minnesota: 0
  • Federal: 60

Categories

Minnesota priority items0 bills

No bills in this category.

Notes

No new priority MN bills.

Minnesota other tracked bills0 bills

No bills in this category.

Federal priority items6 bills

house bill 9665: H.R. 9665

To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the jurisdiction of Department of Veterans Affairs police officers, and for other purposes.

House/Other Source

house bill 9666: H.R. 9666

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program to use four-dimensional functional lung imaging software product to identify respiratory disorders and lung disease in veterans, and for other purposes.

House/Other Source

house bill 9686: H.R. 9686

To increase access to artificial intelligence through programs of the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

Topic: ai House/Other Source

house bill 9692: H.R. 9692

To require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to support the development of a voluntary technical standard for setting a screentime limit across certain devices, and for other purposes.

Topic: tech House/Other Source

senate bill 4958: S. 4958

A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to enable schools to teach elementary school and secondary school students about the dangers, limitations, and responsible use of artificial intelligence technologies, and for ot

Topic: ai Senate Source

senate bill 4969: S. 4969

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of educational assistance paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to an eligible individual during the first year of a full-time program of apprenticeship or other on-job tra

Senate Source
Federal other tracked bills54 bills

house resolution 1429: H.Res. 1429

Expressing support for continued efforts to safeguard the supplemental nutrition assistance program under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 from fraud, waste, and abuse for the Nation’s most vulnerable.

House/Other Source

house bill 9661: H.R. 9661

To amend the Public Health Service Act to codify that the default expectation for licensure of biological products as biosimilar does not include clinical studies assessing pharmacodynamics or comparative clinical efficacy, and for other purpo

House/Other Source

house bill 9662: H.R. 9662

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to impose limits on birthright citizenship for aliens and illegal migrants.

House/Other Source

house bill 9664: H.R. 9664

To require the establishment of a grant program to assist with certain veterinary expenses of retired Federal working dogs, and for other purposes.

House/Other Source

house bill 9667: H.R. 9667

To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to restrict eligibility for Federal welfare programs to citizens of the United States, and for other purposes.

House/Other Source

house bill 9668: H.R. 9668

To authorize financial institutions to delay or refuse transactions that may involve the financial exploitation of older adults and vulnerable persons, and for other purposes.

House/Other Source

house bill 9669: H.R. 9669

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, to establish a 5-year pilot program under which the Secretary will award grants to eligible entities for purposes

House/Other Source

house bill 9671: H.R. 9671

To expand access for workers experiencing symptoms related to menopause and the menopause transition to reasonable accommodations that enable them to perform the essential functions of their job without risking their health or economic securit

House/Other Source

house bill 9672: H.R. 9672

To amend the Public Health Service Act to make updates to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, and for other purposes.

House/Other Source

house bill 9673: H.R. 9673

To require the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish an assessment program for commercial-scale offshore aquaculture through demonstration projects, to establish Aquaculture Centers of Excellence, to

House/Other Source

house bill 9674: H.R. 9674

To direct the Commandant of the Coast Guard to establish a pilot program to provide corrosion prevention and control assistance to Coast Guard field units, and for other purposes.

House/Other Source

house bill 9675: H.R. 9675

To authorize the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, acting through the Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, to award grants to States to expand access to clinically appropriate services for opioid abuse,

House/Other Source

house bill 9676: H.R. 9676

To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to evaluate and report on the inpatient and outpatient treatment capacity, availability, and needs of the United States with respect to opioid-use disorders, and for other purposes.

House/Other Source

house bill 9677: H.R. 9677

To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a program to provide housing assistance to graduate students.

House/Other Source

house bill 9680: H.R. 9680

To require the Secretary State to submit to Congress a strategy to dismantle United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East operations, and for other purposes.

House/Other Source

house bill 9681: H.R. 9681

To amend the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to limit intellectual property protection for plants, and for other purposes.

House/Other Source

house bill 9682: H.R. 9682

To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out activities to eliminate hepatitis C virus in the United States.

House/Other Source

house bill 9683: H.R. 9683

To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report to Congress on case management personnel turnover of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes.

House/Other Source

house bill 9684: H.R. 9684

To direct the Secretary of Labor to support the development of pre-apprenticeship programs in the building and construction trades that serve underrepresented populations, including individuals from low income and rural census tracts.

House/Other Source

house bill 9685: H.R. 9685

To prohibit the use of Federal, State, foreign, or private funds to install permanent fencing around the White House complex.

House/Other Source

house bill 9687: H.R. 9687

To require a review of the national security risk posed by communications equipment and services produced or provided by certain entities, and for other purposes.

House/Other Source

house bill 9688: H.R. 9688

To prohibit Federal judges from receiving gifts valued over $50 in an instance or $100 in the aggregate in a year from a source unless excepted, and for other purposes.

House/Other Source

house bill 9690: H.R. 9690

To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize emergency technical assistance, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize emergency technical assistance and grants, and for other purposes.

House/Other Source

house bill 9691: H.R. 9691

To amend the Small Business Act to modify the annual report of the Office of Credit Risk Management, and for other purposes.

House/Other Source

senate bill 4959: S. 4959

A bill to amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to require that States pay child care providers on the basis of attendance, to allow States to pay the providers through reimbursement, and to establish requirements relating

Senate Source

senate bill 4960: S. 4960

A bill to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to increase the frequency of lease sales, to require replacement sales, and for other purposes.

Senate Source

senate bill 4961: S. 4961

A bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to support the development of pre-apprenticeship programs in the building and construction trades that serve underrepresented populations, including individuals from low income and rural census tracts.

Senate Source

senate bill 4962: S. 4962

A bill to establish an Office of Water Supply, Water Conservation, and Drought Resiliency within the Directorate of Civil Works in the Corps of Engineers, and for other purposes.

Senate Source

senate bill 4963: S. 4963

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers under the Medicare program.

Senate Source

senate bill 4964: S. 4964

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that the exception to the general statute of limitations for fraudulent returns applies only when a taxpayer seeks to evade their tax obligations.

Senate Source

senate bill 4965: S. 4965

A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to establish a Railroad Retirement Board Administrative Account, and for other purposes.

Senate Source

senate bill 4967: S. 4967

A bill to amend chapter 45 of title 18, United States Code, by providing for a sentencing enhancement for transnational repression committed against United States citizens or individuals who are physically present in the United States, and for o

Senate Source

senate bill 4970: S. 4970

A bill to require the Secretary of the Army to conduct certain wildfire risk assessments, and for other purposes.

Senate Source

senate bill 4971: S. 4971

A bill to amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 to modify the Federal share with respect to certain Western rural water infrastructure projects, and for other purposes.

Senate Source

senate bill 4972: S. 4972

A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, to provide bankruptcy protections for medically distressed debtors, and for other purposes.

Senate Source

senate bill 4973: S. 4973

A bill to amend section 301 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify the meaning of the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, and for other purposes.

Senate Source

senate bill 4975: S. 4975

A bill to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to waive the requirement for a Federal drilling permit for certain activities, to exempt certain activities from the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and for other pu

Senate Source

senate bill 4976: S. 4976

A bill to improve outcomes for Native children by empowering Tribal communities, strengthening families, and increasing access to critical services, and for other purposes.

Senate Source

senate bill 4977: S. 4977

A bill to provide a private cause of action for exposure of personally identifiable information of victims or victims’ personal or medical files or similar files the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal

Senate Source

senate bill 4978: S. 4978

A bill to limit donations made pursuant to settlement agreements to which the United States is a party, and for other purposes.

Senate Source

senate bill 4979: S. 4979

A bill to establish a process to assure the long-term fiscal stability of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.

Senate Source

senate bill 4980: S. 4980

A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize emergency technical assistance, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize emergency technical assistance and grants, and for other purposes.

Senate Source

senate bill 4981: S. 4981

A bill to place Federal minimum wage on a durable path toward a living wage aligned with the national median wage, to require large, highly profitable corporations to lead the transition, to end all subminimum wages, and for other purposes.

Senate Source

senate bill 4982: S. 4982

A bill to require employers of airport service workers at small, medium, and large hub airports to ensure that airport service workers are paid the prevailing wage and provided fringe benefits, and for other purposes.

Senate Source