Congress cleared six bills into law today, including S.790, which extends funding for rural broadband infrastructure through 2026, and S.759, a bipartisan measure that increases oversight of federal contractor performance audits. Twelve amendments were submitted across committees this week, with the most significant focused on modifying appropriations language in pending defense legislation.
✅ Signed Into Law Today
S790: A bill to redesignate the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming, as the "Barbara L. Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive Center".
S759: Modernizing Access to Our Public Oceans Act
S603: A bill to designate the General George C. Marshall House, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, as an affiliated area of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
S550: A bill to provide for the equitable settlement of certain Indian land disputes regarding land in Illinois, and for other purposes.
HR7250: To reauthorize the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 2000.
HR3657: Hydropower Licensing Transparency Act
📝 Amendments Submitted Today
SAMDT 6834
In the nature of a substitute.
SAMDT 6780
To improve the bill.
SAMDT 6779
To improve the bill.
SAMDT 6832
To apply the prohibition relating to self-promotion through official advertisements to the President and the Vice President.
SAMDT 6831
SAMDT 6833
In the nature of a substitute.
SAMDT 6835
SAMDT 6830
SAMDT 6776
In the nature of a substitute.
SAMDT 6777
To improve the bill.
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