Open America · weekly digest
This week in Congress: 3 bills became law · 10 close votes · 10 new bills
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Jun 5, Jun 12, 2026
3 bills became law this week.
Now law
- 119-S-2 , Secure America Act enacted Jun 10
- 119-S-2393 , Fiscal Year 2025 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act enacted Jun 9
- 119-HR-3490 , Gerald E. Connolly Esophageal Cancer Awareness Act of 2025 enacted Jun 9
Close votes this week
- Senate vote #171 , On the Cloture Motion PN851-7 47–43 · Agreed To
- Senate vote #170 , On the Nomination PN901-4 49–44 · Confirmed
- House vote #219 , vote on 119-HR-8464 Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act 209–213 · Failed
- Senate vote #169 , On the Cloture Motion PN901-4 51–44 · Agreed To
- Senate vote #168 , On the Nomination PN851-5 50–44 · Confirmed
- Senate vote #167 , On the Cloture Motion PN851-5 48–45 · Agreed To
- House vote #214 , vote on 119-S-2 Secure America Act 214–212 · Passed
- House vote #213 , vote on 119-S-2 Secure America Act 211–215 · Failed
- House vote #211 , vote on 119-HRES-1345 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8312) to establish fraud prevention and program integrity functions and data sharing authorities … 213–211 · Passed
- Senate vote #166 , On the Nomination PN851-4 51–46 · Confirmed
New bills this week
- 119-S-4745 , A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 201 East Grant Avenue in Georgetown, Ohio, as the "Ulysses S. … sponsor: Jon Husted (R-OH)
- 119-S-4733 , A bill to establish a grant program supporting teacher and school leader induction programs in public schools, and for other purposes. sponsor: Tim Kaine (D-VA)
- 119-S-4743 , A bill to require the Office of Financial Research to compel data relating to the financing of artificial intelligence development, provide that data to Congress, … sponsor: Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- 119-S-4728 , A bill to require the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to work with Sector Risk Management Agencies to update sector-specific plans, and … sponsor: Mark R. Warner (D-VA)
- 119-HR-9244 , To regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce, and for other purposes. sponsor: Pat Harrigan (R-NC)
- 119-S-4740 , A bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to improve transparency, and for other purposes. sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- 119-S-4736 , A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide additional opportunities for older individuals to volunteer at facilities that serve older individuals … sponsor: Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)
- 119-S-4739 , A bill to implement reforms relating to foreign intelligence surveillance authorities, to prohibit reverse targeting of United States persons and persons located in the United … sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- 119-S-4741 , A bill to require certain commercial entities to implement age verification methods. sponsor: Jim Banks (R-IN)
- 119-S-4730 , A bill to amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to authorize capacity building grants for community college agriculture and … sponsor: John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)
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