Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025 This bill reauthorizes through FY2030, modifies, and establishes programs under the Older Americans Act, which supports social services and activities for individuals aged 60 years or older. Reauthorized programs and activities include the national eldercare locator service; regional aging and disability resource centers; grants to support counseling and assistance on pensions and other retirement benefits; grants to support home-delivered nutrition services (sometimes referred to as meals on wheels programs); programs to facilitate the delivery of supportive services to tribal organizations; and programs to prevent elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation. The bill also modifies existing programs for older individuals, including by explicitly permitting states to use certain grant funds to make carryout meals available at congregate meal sites or community locations. (Some providers began offering carryout meals to seniors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.) Further, the bill permits the Administration on Aging to establish and operate, through grants to or contracts with eligible entities, a national resource center to support growth of the direct care workforce. The center’s activities may include the provision of training and technical assistance and the promotion of strategies to recruit and retain direct care workers. Finally, the bill establishes or reconvenes certain advisory groups, including (1) an advisory committee to provide guidance regarding the needs of older Native Americans and the implementation of related programs, and (2) a White House Conference on Aging to recommend improvements to federal programs that serve older individuals.
Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act This bill prohibits payment card networks from using merchant codes that distinguish firearms retailers from general-merchandise retailers or sporting-goods retailers. The Department of Justice must enforce this bill and report annually on the resulting investigations and cases.
The Sunshine Protection Act of 2025 would make daylight saving time permanent across the United States, ending the current practice of changing clocks twice yearly. It repeals the 1966 law requiring seasonal time changes and adjusts time zone offsets to reflect permanent daylight saving time (e.g., shifting from "4 hours" to "3 hours" in historical references). States that currently opt out of daylight saving time (like Arizona and Hawaii) would retain their existing arrangements, while all other states would adopt permanent daylight saving time unless they choose to stay on standard time. This change would directly affect all U.S. residents by eliminating the need to reset clocks in spring and fall.
This bill extends a pilot program that allows checked luggage to bypass additional security screening when traveling from specific foreign airports to the United States. Under the new rules, passengers can keep their bags with them until reaching their final destination without needing to re-screen them at U.S. airports, provided the bags were initially checked using explosives detection systems and U.S. Customs and Border Protection has received and reviewed images of the luggage. The extension also increases the program's duration from six years to ten years, allowing the Transportation Security Administration to continue testing this streamlined process for direct international flights.
The Homeland Security Capabilities Preservation Reporting Act of 2026 requires the Department of Homeland Security to submit a report every three years. This report will detail how the Urban Area Security Initiative has transitioned to jurisdictions that are no longer eligible for its funding. The law mandates that the first report be provided within 18 months of the act's enactment.
The FEC Administrative Improvements Act updates federal election laws to modernize how political committees report and make payments. It requires that filings for electioneering communications be submitted electronically, streamlining the reporting process for these groups. Additionally, the bill permits political committees to make financial disbursements using methods other than traditional checks, such as electronic transfers. These provisions adjust administrative requirements under the Federal Election Campaign Act without changing spending limits or campaign rules.
This bill establishes an Energy Threat Analysis Center to enhance cybersecurity collaboration between the U.S. government and the energy sector. It creates mechanisms for sharing classified and unclassified threat information, conducting joint threat analysis, and developing technical infrastructure for real-time threat detection and mitigation. The Center’s activities are exempt from public disclosure laws, and the Secretary has sole discretion over providing assistance to energy entities without creating enforceable rights for other entities. The bill directly affects energy sector operators (both private companies and government entities) by enabling structured threat intelligence sharing to improve sector-wide cyberresilience.
The Energy Emergency Leadership Act (HR 7258) assigns new responsibilities to Assistant Secretaries at the Department of Energy (DOE) for managing energy infrastructure security, emergency response, and resilience. It requires them to handle cybersecurity, supply chain issues, and coordinated planning for energy security threats, risks, and incidents. The bill mandates that the DOE provide technical assistance to states, local governments, tribes, or energy companies upon their request, while working with other federal agencies. This change directly affects the DOE’s internal operations and the entities that can seek federal support during energy emergencies.
This bill requires the Medicare program to ensure specific electronic reporting methods (like digital clinical quality measures) are available for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program from 2025 through 2029. It clarifies that ACOs won’t be penalized for missing data from certain participants if they meet other reporting rules and demonstrate the participant couldn’t collect data via the required digital method. Additionally, it creates a voluntary pilot program (2028-2032) where selected ACOs report only two quality measures digitally instead of all required measures, with special rules about how this data affects performance scoring. The bill directly affects MSSP ACOs and changes their quality reporting requirements and flexibility.
This resolution expresses support for designating July 10, 2026, as Journeyman Lineworkers Recognition Day to honor the workers who maintain the nation's electricity grid. The bill honors these employees for their critical role in keeping power running daily and for their dangerous work restoring service during disasters and extreme weather. It also commemorates the 130th anniversary of the death of Henry Miller, the first president of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, who died while restoring power. Finally, the resolution encourages Americans to observe this day with reflection on the sacrifices made by lineworkers over the past century.
The Disaster Loan Accountability and Reform Act (DLARA) requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to improve transparency and accountability for disaster loans. It mandates monthly reports detailing loan funding status, new budget requests with historical cost comparisons, and strict limits on loan obligations when funds fall below 10% of a 10-year average. The bill also requires GAO and SBA Inspector General reviews of funding shortfalls, cost impacts of recent policy changes, and enhanced forecasting for disaster loan budgets. These provisions directly affect the SBA’s operations and its reporting to Congress, aiming to prevent future funding crises through better data and oversight.
COVID Fraud Transparency Act of 2026 This bill requires the Small Business Administration's Office of Inspector General to report quarterly to Congress about fraud cases involving certain COVID-19 loans (e.g., Paycheck Protection Program loans). The report must include the number and total dollar amount of such loans, number of new cases of fraud and suspected fraud, number of fraud cases resolved, and types of such cases of fraud. The reporting requirements terminate two years after this bill is enacted.
