Economy bills in Congress
Federal spending, debt, trade policy, tariffs, and wages.
- Bills this Congress
- 1,684
- Enacted
- 7
What's moving
The most recent recorded action on any bill in this issue area — committee referrals, floor votes, signatures.
- H.R. 3872To amend the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands to make that Act applicable to hardrock minerals.IntroducedPat FallonRTXSep 17, 2026
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 669.
- H.R. 9340
- H.R. 7831License to Drill ActIntroducedMike KennedyRUTSep 17, 2026
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 665.
- S. 3732Water Security and Drought Resilience ActIntroducedRuben GallegoDAZSep 17, 2026
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 650.
- S. 4395Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2026CommitteeDavid McCormickRPASep 17, 2026
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- H.R. 10509To suspend the Presidential Proclamation relating to expanding foreign beef imports and establish a Beef Import and Domestic Supply Advisory Board to increase the domestic supply of beef and lower costs for consumers over the long term, and for other purposes.CommitteeGabe VasquezDNMSep 17, 2026
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- H.R. 10494To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide American tariff rebates, and for other purposes.CommitteeValerie FousheeDNCSep 17, 2026
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- H.R. 7730
- H.R. 10506To confer in the Secretary of Agriculture the authority to use civil investigative demands for enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, and for other purposes.CommitteeMary Gay ScanlonDPASep 17, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- H.R. 10477To amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to exclude the audits of privately held, non-carrying brokers and dealers that are in good standing from certain requirements under title I of that Act, and for other purposes.CommitteeJ. HillRARSep 17, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- S. 5442A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide that any estimate prepared by the Congressional Budget Office or the Joint Committee on Taxation shall include costs relating to servicing the public debt, and for other purposes.CommitteeRick ScottRFLSep 17, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
- S. 5429A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to allow benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program to be used to purchase on-campus meals.CommitteeAdam SchiffDCASep 17, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- S. 5432A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to certain institutions of higher education to provide free meals to low-income students, and for other purposes.CommitteeAdam SchiffDCASep 17, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- H.R. 10508To strengthen services provided in rural areas, and for other purposes.CommitteeMike ThompsonDCASep 17, 2026
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Agriculture, Education and Workforce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- H.R. 10490To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to develop model guidance for States to assist with the establishment of certain tax-favored accounts for children.CommitteeSharice DavidsDKSSep 17, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 9497
- S. 3792Water Project Navigators ActIntroducedJohn HickenlooperDCOSep 17, 2026
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 654.
- S. 1568LIT Act of 2025CommitteeMike LeeRUTSep 16, 2026
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
- H.R. 10346Stop China’s Exploitation of Congolese Children and Adult Forced Labor through Cobalt Mining ActCommitteeChristopher SmithRNJSep 16, 2026
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 8.
- H.R. 10329Combating Foreign Threats to Main Street Act of 2026CommitteeRoger WilliamsRTXSep 16, 2026
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 0.
Recently introduced
The latest bills filed in this area, newest first.
- S. 5442
- S. 5429
- H.R. 10490
- H.R. 10509
- H.R. 10506
- H.R. 10494To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide American tariff rebates, and for other purposes.CommitteeValerie FousheeDNCSep 17, 2026
- H.R. 10508To strengthen services provided in rural areas, and for other purposes.CommitteeMike ThompsonDCASep 17, 2026
- H.R. 10477
- S. 5432
- H.R. 10443
- H.R. 10402To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to require financial assistance provided by the Department of Energy to promote high labor standards, community benefits, domestic manufacturing, and investments in small and disadvantaged communities, and for other purposes.CommitteePaul TonkoDNYSep 15, 2026
- S. 5401A bill to amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to require that financial assistance provided by the Department of Energy promote high labor standards, community benefits, domestic manufacturing, and support for small or disadvantaged communities, and for other purposes.CommitteeMartin HeinrichDNMSep 15, 2026
- H.R. 10393
- S. 5400A bill to provide for multilateral semiconductor technology supply chain coordination, and for other purposes.CommitteeJohn CurtisRUTSep 15, 2026
- H.R. 10373Protecting Workers' Wages from Medical Debt ActCommitteeRobert ScottDVASep 14, 2026
- S. 5391
- H.R. 10352504 Program Level Flexibility ActCommitteeLateefah SimonDCASep 14, 2026
- H.R. 10375504 Modernization and Small Manufacturer Enhancement Act of 2026CommitteeNydia VelázquezDNYSep 14, 2026
- H.R. 10353SBIC Reporting Modernization Act of 2026CommitteeBrad FinstadRMNSep 14, 2026
- S. 5384
- S. 5390A bill to terminate and refund certain duties imposed by the President, and for other purposes.CommitteeCharles SchumerDNYSep 14, 2026
- H.R. 10356Empowering Moms ActCommitteeMichelle FischbachRMNSep 14, 2026
- S. 5388A bill to establish a student loan forgiveness plan for certain borrowers who are employed at a qualified farm or ranch.CommitteeChristopher MurphyDCTSep 14, 2026
- S. 5389A bill to prevent corruption in banking applications, to prohibit Presidents from owning or controlling banks, and for other purposes.CommitteeElizabeth WarrenDMASep 14, 2026
- H.R. 10355Disaster Loan Outreach Consistency ActCommitteeAnalilia MejiaDNJSep 14, 2026
- H.R. 10371Ensuring SBA Implementation of GAO Recommendations Act of 2026CommitteeLaMonica McIverDNJSep 14, 2026
- H.R. 10328To amend the Small Business Act to provide no-collateral express loans for qualified career law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.CommitteeRobert BresnahanRPASep 10, 2026
- H.R. 10350To protect elders from wire fraud by imposing requirements on covered financial institutions, and for other purposes.CommitteeGeorge WhitesidesDCASep 10, 2026
- H.R. 10344
- H.R. 10329Combating Foreign Threats to Main Street Act of 2026CommitteeRoger WilliamsRTXSep 10, 2026
Enacted this Congress (7)
Signed into law or enacted over a veto.
- H.R. 2069
- H.R. 6500Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027EnactedJason SmithRMOSep 2, 2026
Signed by President.
- H.R. 2066
- S. 723Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2025EnactedJohn ThuneRSDMay 4, 2026
Became Public Law No: 119-88.
- H.J.Res. 140Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to Public Land Order No. 7917 for Withdrawal of Federal Lands; Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, MN.EnactedPete StauberRMNApr 27, 2026
Became Public Law No: 119-85.
- S. 3971Small Business Innovation and Economic Security ActEnactedJoni ErnstRIAApr 13, 2026
Became Public Law No: 119-83.
- H.R. 1An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.EnactedJodey ArringtonRTXJul 4, 2025
Became Public Law No: 119-21.