Legislation Archive

Directs the Department of the Interior to hold more frequent geothermal lease sales on federal land and set deadlines for drilling permit responses

Ends regular penny production and requires cash payments, transfers, and wages to be rounded to the nearest five cents

Restores and expands authority for care providers serving children, older adults, and people with disabilities to request national criminal history background checks for contractors and licensed or certified caregivers

Conditions Medicare payment for remote patient monitoring services on practitioner responsiveness data interoperability and CMS reporting while setting a payment floor

Establishes Medicare Advantage prior authorization standards, including electronic processing, public reporting, and federal review of timeliness and AI effects on patient access

Directs the Department of the Interior to speed hardrock mineral development on federal lands and reduce domestic mineral supply chain vulnerabilities

Exempts certain geothermal exploration and production on state and private non-Indian lands from federal drilling permits and several environmental and historic preservation reviews when the federal geothermal ownership share is under 50%

Expands Controlled Substances Act regulation of pill presses and critical parts by adding transaction tracking, serial number requirements, and criminal penalties for tampered equipment

Allows importation of polar bear trophies from sport hunts in Canada that occurred before polar bears were listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act

Authorize the Forest Service to convey about 150 acres in the Mount Hood National Forest to the City of The Dalles, Oregon, if the city requests the transfer within one year

Tightens waiver standards for bank acquisitions that exceed deposit concentration limits when a failing insured depository institution is involved

Establishes the PRESS Act as a new measure introduced for committee consideration in Congress

Require informed consent and age-related limits for gender transition procedures under the Chloe Cole Act of 2026

Establishes photo identification requirements for voting in federal elections, including rules for provisional and non in person ballots and grants for free IDs

Amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to adjust Medicare payment rates for long term care hospitals

Transfers foreign gift and contract disclosure duties for higher education institutions from the Department of Education to the Department of State, along with related staff and funding

Transfers federal higher education international and foreign language studies programs and the Fulbright-Hays Program from the Department of Education to the Department of State while eliminating a related institute

Transfers federal oversight of foreign medical school accreditation from the Department of Education to the Department of Health and Human Services, including related staff and funding

Transfer federal career, technical, and adult education program functions from the Department of Education to the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration

Less Bureaucracy, Better Student Aid Act This bill transfers specified functions relating to federal student aid from the Department of Education (ED) to the Department of the Treasury. Specifically, the bill transfers to Treasury all the functions and authorities exercised by ED related to servicing and collections of defaulted federal student loan debt, servicing of non-defaulted federal student loan debt, and other specified programs (e.g., Federal Pell Grants and Federal Direct Loans). ED and Treasury must jointly determine effective dates for these transfers in accordance with the bill's requirements. (On March 19, 2026, ED announced an interagency agreement with Treasury for Treasury to assume operational responsibility for collecting on defaulted federal student loans, while ED must maintain its statutory responsibilities.) Additionally, the bill transfers to Treasury all personnel and appropriations related to the functions that are transferred under this bill. The bill outlines the authority of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) related to the functions that are transferred under this bill, including that OMB must ensure that this bill does not create a net increase in full-time equivalent employees at Treasury or ED. Further, OMB must certify compliance with the bill to specified congressional committees. The transfer of these functions does not affect any suits, proceedings, or applications for benefits, services, licenses, permits, certificates, or financial assistance that are pending on the date of this bill's enactment. The bill also terminates the authority to exempt delinquent or defaulted federal student loans from the Debt Collection Improvement Act.

Transfers federal elementary and secondary education functions, staff, and appropriations from the Department of Education to the Department of Labor

Transfer administration of federal postsecondary education programs from the Department of Education to the Department of Labor, while repealing several higher education grant and scholarship programs