This Week in Congress
Both chambers of Congress are in session this week and will be in recess next week.
The House considered four bills including the SAVE Act (S. 1383), which would require proof of citizenship for voter registration and photo identification to vote in federal elections; the Law-Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act (H.R. 2189), which would reclassify conducted electrical weapons, such as Tasers, and exempt them from an excise tax applicable to firearms; the Securing America's Critical Minerals Supply Act (H.R. 3617), to mandate assessments of the U.S. supply of critical energy resources; and the Undersea Cable Protection Act (H.R. 261) to prohibit additional permitting requirements on previously approved undersea fiber optic cables.
Also, the chamber considered seven bills including the Housing for the 21st Century Act (a modified version of H.R. 6644), a bipartisan bill to address housing affordability issues; a bill (H.R. 3682) to limit the authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council to designate a non-bank financial institution as “systemically important” and subject to heightened supervision; a bill (H.R. 3390) that would require the Federal Reserve to create a plan to update its discount window lending program; and a bill (H.R. 1531) to require federal financial regulators to try to exclude China from participating in certain international banking and economic organizations if the president declares that China is threatening Taiwan. The remaining three bills on the list would mandate creation of a congressional time capsule (S. 3705), create a commemorative coin (H.R. 5616), and provide guidelines for sanctions on Myanmar (H.R. 3190).
Finally, Republicans are retiring at faster rates than Democrats. To date, 52 members of the House have announced they will not seek reelection—31 Republicans and 21 Democrats.
Meanwhile in the Senate, they proceeded with confirmation votes of administration nominees, along with consideration of a resolution to effectively repeal a D.C. law that decouples the city’s tax code from certain tax provisions included in last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Finally, the chamber proceeded with votes to fund Homeland Security departments and programs.