Rep. Kevin Kiley

Maddy summaryHR 2488 designates the U.S. Postal Service facility at 3817 Marysville Boulevard in Sacramento, California, as the "Grantland Johnson Post Office." This bill updates all federal references in laws, maps, and documents to use the new name for that specific location. It directly affects the postal service facility and any federal records mentioning it. The bill is purely procedural, with no policy changes or financial impacts beyond the name designation.

Maddy summaryThe Public Lands Workforce Stability Act prevents the Department of the Interior and the United States Forest Service from firing employees or cutting jobs between now and September 30, 2030, unless specific conditions are met. Under this law, agencies cannot reduce staff numbers or separate employees for reasons like poor performance or misconduct without first getting approval from the chairs and ranking members of both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees. This restriction applies to all federal funds used for these actions and aims to maintain workforce stability within these agencies for the next several years.

Maddy summaryThis bill, known as the Gas Tax Reduction Act, directs the federal government to withhold 8% of transportation funding from any state that raises its gasoline tax to $0.50 per gallon or higher. The affected states would receive reduced federal highway and transportation funds until they lower their gas tax below the specified threshold. The mechanism automatically triggers the withholding on the first day of each fiscal year following the tax increase, without requiring additional federal approval. This policy change directly impacts state budgets and transportation infrastructure projects by linking federal funding to state-level gas tax decisions.

Maddy summaryThis bill is a House resolution that expresses support for designating the weeks of March 29 through April 11, 2026, as National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week. It directly affects the nonprofit organization Young Audiences Arts for Learning and its network of affiliates across the United States, which provide arts education programs to students in schools and community centers. The resolution honors the contributions of these programs to student development and encourages communities to observe the designated week with ceremonies and activities promoting arts education. The bill does not create new laws or funding but serves as a formal recognition of the organization's work in integrating arts into education nationwide.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires group health plans and health insurers that cover obstetrical services to also cover infertility and iatrogenic infertility treatments, including procedures like in vitro fertilization and egg freezing. It defines infertility as the inability to achieve pregnancy after 12 months of unprotected intercourse or after standard medical treatment, and iatrogenic infertility as fertility damage caused by medical procedures such as chemotherapy or radiation therapy. The legislation establishes coverage standards that cannot be more restrictive than those applied to other medical benefits, prohibits penalties against providers for offering these services, and requires annual compliance reporting to the federal government.

Love Lives On Act of 2025 This bill extends entitlement for various benefit programs and services for surviving spouses of deceased members of the Armed Forces or veterans. The bill provides that the remarriage of a surviving spouse must not bar the furnishing of dependency and indemnity compensation or special pension benefits to such spouse. Additionally, the Department of Defense may not terminate the payment of an annuity for a surviving spouse under the Survivor Benefit Plan solely because the surviving spouse remarries. The bill also expands the definition of a dependent under TRICARE to include a remarried widow or widower whose subsequent marriage has ended due to death, divorce, or annulment.

Home School Graduation Recognition Act This bill clarifies that students who complete their secondary education in a home school setting recognized under state law are high school graduates for purposes of eligibility for federal student aid.

Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025 This bill imposes sanctions on certain foreign persons (individuals and entities) that are involved in Iran's petroleum sector as well as certain associated persons. The bill also requires or authorizes actions to facilitate the enforcement of sanctions on Iran. Specifically, the bill requires the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on any foreign person that, after the bill's enactment, knowingly engages in any transaction related to the processing, export, or sale of oil, condensates, gas, liquefied natural gas, or other petrochemical products in whole or in part from Iran. The President must also impose sanctions on certain foreign persons associated with a sanctioned individual or entity. For example, the President must sanction the subsidiaries and corporate officers of a sanctioned business. The bill provides certain exceptions to these sanctions, including specifying that sanctions do not apply to the importation of goods or to conducting or facilitating transactions for humanitarian assistance. The Department of State must establish an interagency working group that shall seek to establish a multilateral contact group to coordinate international efforts to enforce sanctions on Iran. The bill expands the State Department rewards program to authorize a reward payment to any individual who furnishes information leading to the identification of a person (1) subject to sanctions under this bill, or (2) that has attempted or is attempting to evade sanctions under this bill.

Maddy summaryThis bill, known as the Keep Jobs in California Act of 2026, prevents states from levying taxes on nonresident individuals that apply to assets held before the tax law was enacted. It directly affects states that might otherwise tax the assets of people who do not live in those states, specifically targeting retroactive taxation. The law prohibits states from imposing such taxes if the asset value is attributed to a time period prior to when the tax was established. The measure would become effective on January 1, 2026, and applies to any state attempting to tax nonresident assets retroactively.

Maddy summaryHR 1320, the Modern Worker Security Act, changes how federal law determines if a worker is an employee or independent contractor. It prohibits considering whether a worker has access to "portable benefits" (like health insurance, retirement savings, or paid leave that they can keep after leaving a job) when making this classification. This directly affects workers who might currently be misclassified as independent contractors, denying them employee benefits. The key mechanism is removing portable benefits from the employee status determination process, aiming to ensure workers who perform regular work for an employer qualify for standard employee protections.