Congressional Digest — July–August 2025: 26 Bills That Moved Past Committee
I tracked every bill that made it past committee in July and August 2025 — 26 in all, including 11 signed into law. The list below is the complete record: a short plain-language summary of each, plus the full analysis linked.
Signed into law
HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. This major reconciliation bill reduces taxes, adjusts spending across numerous federal programs, and raises the statutory debt limit.
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14
HR 4 — Rescissions Act of 2025. The Rescissions Act of 2025 cancels unobligated federal funds previously appropriated to the State Department, USAID, and several other agencies, including the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The rescissions were proposed by the President and required an act of Congress to take effect.
HR 42 — Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act. This law excludes certain payments made to Alaska Natives or their descendants from Alaska Native Settlement Trusts when calculating eligibility for need-based federal programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, specifically for individuals who are aged, blind, or disabled.
Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act
HR 43 — Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025. This act changes a requirement under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act by removing the obligation for Alaska Native village corporations to convey certain lands to the state of Alaska to be held in trust for future municipal governments.
Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025
S 201 — ACES Act of 2025. This law requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to work with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study cancer rates and cancer-related deaths among veterans who served as aircrew members on fixed-wing aircraft.
S 331 — HALT Fentanyl Act. The HALT Fentanyl Act permanently places fentanyl-related substances as a class into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, subjecting them to strict regulatory controls and criminal penalties.
S 423 — PRO Veterans Act of 2025. The PRO Veterans Act of 2025 requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to give Congress quarterly budget briefings including any shortfalls, bans certain bonus pay for senior VA executives, and creates a new Veterans Experience Office through FY2028 to improve veteran satisfaction with VA services.
HR 517 — Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act. This act allows the IRS to postpone federal tax deadlines for taxpayers affected by state-declared disasters, not just federally declared ones, when a governor requests it in writing.
Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act
HR 618 — Apex Area Technical Corrections Act. This act directs the Department of the Interior to grant utility and transportation rights-of-way to Clark County, the city of North Las Vegas, and the Apex Industrial Park Owners Association to support expansion of the Apex industrial park in Nevada.
Apex Area Technical Corrections Act
HR 1316 — Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency Act. This law requires the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) to submit an annual report to Congress on export control licensing activity involving entities on restricted lists in countries subject to U.S. arms embargoes.
Maintaining American Superiority by Improving Export Control Transparency Act
HR 2215 — Salem Maritime National Historical Park Redesignation and Boundary Study Act. This law renames the Salem Maritime National Historic Site in Massachusetts to the Salem Maritime National Historical Park.
Salem Maritime National Historical Park Redesignation and Boundary Study Act
Passed the House
HR 1442 — To ban the sale of products with a high concentration of sodium nitrite to individuals, and for other purposes. This bill would classify any consumer product containing 10% or more sodium nitrite as a banned hazardous product. The restriction would not apply to certain drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, or food products.
HR 1450 — OFAC Licensure for Investigators Act. This bill requires the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to create a pilot program that licenses eligible private sector firms to conduct small financial transactions as part of their sanctions-related investigations. Licensed firms must submit monthly activity reports to OFAC.
OFAC Licensure for Investigators Act
HR 1455 — ITS Codification Act. This bill gives the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS) a formal legal basis in statute and directs it to develop emergency communication and tracking technologies for locating people trapped in confined spaces, such as underground mines, where standard radio signals do not work.
HR 1469 — Senior Security Act of 2025. This bill creates a Senior Investor Taskforce inside the Securities and Exchange Commission to study issues affecting investors over age 65, report on industry trends, and recommend legislative or regulatory actions.
HR 1549 — China Financial Threat Mitigation Act of 2025. This bill requires the Department of the Treasury, working with federal financial agencies, to produce a report on how activity in China's financial sector affects the United States and global financial systems. The report must cover risks posed by China's financial sector, U.S.
China Financial Threat Mitigation Act of 2025
HR 1917 — Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025. This bill gives the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service formal legal authority to expand its Great Lakes Mass Marking Program, which tags hatchery-raised fish to distinguish them from wild fish.
Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025
HR 1919 — Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act. This bill would prohibit Federal Reserve banks from offering financial products or services directly to individuals and would ban the creation, testing, or issuance of a central bank digital currency (a digital dollar). The Federal Reserve would also be barred from using a digital dollar to carry out monetary policy.
Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act
HR 2384 — Financial Technology Protection Act of 2025. This bill creates a new federal working group to study how terrorists and criminals use digital assets and emerging financial technologies, and to propose improvements to anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing efforts.
Financial Technology Protection Act of 2025
HR 2625 — VERY Act of 2025. The VERY Act of 2025 would update the language used in the federal Veteran Readiness and Employment program by replacing the term 'employment handicap' with 'employment barrier' throughout relevant statutes.
HR 3095 — To direct the United States Postal Service to designate single, unique ZIP Codes for certain communities, and for other purposes. This bill would require the U.S. Postal Service to assign a single, unique ZIP Code to each of 74 specific communities across the country that currently share ZIP Codes with neighboring areas. The goal is to give each listed community its own distinct postal identifier.
HR 3339 — Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act of 2025. This bill would expand who qualifies as an 'accredited investor'—a status that allows individuals to invest in private securities offerings not registered with the SEC.
Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act of 2025
HR 3343 — Greenlighting Growth Act. This bill reduces the financial disclosure requirements for emerging growth companies (EGCs) — smaller companies that recently went public — when reporting to the SEC.
HR 3351 — Improving Access to Small Business Information Act. This bill exempts the Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation, part of the Securities and Exchange Commission, from the procedural requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act when gathering information from the public.
Improving Access to Small Business Information Act
HR 3357 — Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act. This bill requires companies with multi-class share structures—where different classes of shares carry different voting rights—to disclose specific ownership and voting power information in proxy or consent solicitation materials.
Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act
HR 3382 — Small Entity Update Act. This bill requires the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to study how its rules affect small businesses, make recommendations to Congress on updating the definition of 'small entity,' and revise its rules accordingly.
That is the complete record for July and August 2025. Every linked page has the full neutral breakdown — stated purpose, who is affected, the arguments on both sides, and the recorded votes. Follow the bills you care about and NewsClear will track what happens next.
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