Congress
Earthquake Losses Reach Nearly $15 Billion Yearly
Portions of all 50 states, plus territories and the District of Columbia, face varying earthquake vulnerability as annualized losses reach $14.7 billion per...
Temporary Protected Status Shrinks to 274,000 After Terminations
Temporary Protected Status fell from about 1.4 million people across 17 countries at the start of the second Trump administration to about 274,000 after...
Housing Act Enacted Without Funding for Most Programs, Congress Says
A law addressing rental affordability, homeownership access and banking regulations fails to appropriate funds for most of its programs, according to a...
Senate Indians Committee Weighs Tribal Land and Sovereignty Bills
Lawmakers are weighing four bills to resolve long-running disputes over tribal lands and membership, as tribes continue to seek congressional action to...
Congress Pushes Back on Army Corps Project Pauses
Both chambers of the 119th Congress are advancing competing Water Resources Development Act of 2026 (WRDA 2026) bills that include provisions designed to...
Overview
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce met in open markup session on Sept. 2, considering 10 bills spanning diesel emissions, rail commerce, bus safety,...
Fuel Standards Face Structural Changes as Penalties Drop to Zero
The federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program, which sets minimum fuel efficiency targets for vehicles sold in the United States, is facing its...
Congress Examines College Sports Media Rights
College sports media rights contracts are reshaping school finances and the daily lives of student athletes, according to a new Congressional Research...
Congress Examines Federal Legislation on Search and Seizure
After the surveillance tool Congress relied on most heavily after Sept. 11 was automatically repealed in April, Congress is examining federal legislation...
Defense Contractors' IP Rights Limit DOD Repairs
The Department of Defense (DOD) frequently cannot repair or maintain weapons systems it has purchased because contractors retain intellectual property (IP)...
Tax Deduction Hike to 25% Could Cost Up To $200 Billion
Raising the Section 199A pass-through deduction from 20 percent to 25 percent would carry a federal revenue cost estimated between $69.3 billion and $199...
Farm Bill Reauthorization Stalls as 2026 Deadline Looms
The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-334) expired in 2023 and has since been extended three times, making the current reauthorization the...
PCSA's Title IX Application Remains Legally Unresolved
A Congressional Research Service (CRS) report published Sept. 23 found that the Protect College Sports Act of 2026 (PCSA), a bipartisan Senate bill designed...
Lame-Duck Sessions a Regular Venue for Lawmaking
A new A new Congressional Research Service (CRS)analysis in “Lame Duck Sessions of Congress, 1935-2024 (74th-118th Congresses)” shows that the period after...
House Transportation Panel Advances Bills on Drones, Aviation Safety
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee advanced 10 bills in a markup session on September 15, all approved by voice vote. The package...
Federal Wiretaps and Fourth Amendment Tensions Unresolved
Emerging technologies continue to challenge the existing wiretap framework, and Congress has repeatedly amended Title III to keep pace with technological...
Case-Zablocki Act: Tensions Over Executive Agreement Disclosure
The State Department's handling of international agreements is facing legal and legislative pressure as Congress seeks greater transparency into executive...
House Panel Examines Medicare Payments and Cybersecurity
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health examined 17 bills addressing Medicare payment reform and cybersecurity on September 15, as healthcare...