Congressional Digest — October–November 2025: 13 Bills That Moved Past Committee
My turn on the digest. In October and November 2025, 13 bills moved past committee, including 3 signed into law. Below is the complete record with a plain-language line on each and the full breakdown linked.
Signed into law
HR 998 — Internal Revenue Service Math and Taxpayer Help Act. This law requires the IRS to include specific details in notices sent to taxpayers about math or clerical errors on their tax returns, such as a clear description of the error, the exact return line affected, and the deadline to request a correction.
Internal Revenue Service Math and Taxpayer Help Act
HR 2316 — Wetlands Conservation and Access Improvement Act of 2025. This act extends through FY2033 a requirement that interest earned on excise taxes from firearms, ammunition, and archery equipment in the Federal Aid to Wildlife Restoration Fund be directed to wildlife conservation and restoration programs under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act.
Wetlands Conservation and Access Improvement Act of 2025
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026. This act ends the federal government shutdown that began on October 1, 2025, by providing continuing appropriations at FY2025 funding levels for most federal agencies through January 30, 2026, while providing full-year FY2026 funding for agriculture, military construction and veterans affairs, and l…
Passed the House
HR 197 — Lake Winnibigoshish Land Exchange Act of 2025. This bill directs the U.S. Forest Service to exchange specified federal land along the shoreline of Lake Winnibigoshish in Minnesota's Chippewa National Forest for land owned by Big Winnie Land and Timber, LLC, if the company chooses to initiate the exchange.
Lake Winnibigoshish Land Exchange Act of 2025
Passed the Senate
SJRES 77 — A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Canada. This joint resolution would end the national emergency declared by President Trump on February 1, 2025, which imposed a 25% tariff on most imports from Canada and a 10% tariff on Canadian energy and energy resources.
SJRES 81 — A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Brazil. This joint resolution would terminate the national emergency declared by President Trump on July 30, 2025, which imposed an additional 40% tariff on certain imports from Brazil. Ending the national emergency would also end the legal basis for that tariff.
SJRES 88 — A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose global tariffs. This joint resolution would end the national emergency declared by President Trump on April 2, 2025, which imposed a 10% tariff on most imports to the United States along with additional duties on certain trading partners.
A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose global tariffs
S 99 — Strengthening Support for American Manufacturing Act. This bill would require the Department of Commerce to contract with the National Academy of Public Administration to study and report on Commerce Department offices involved in supply chain resilience and manufacturing innovation.
Strengthening Support for American Manufacturing Act
S 351 — STEWARD Act of 2025. The STEWARD Act of 2025 directs the EPA to establish a pilot grant program to improve recycling and composting access, particularly in underserved communities, and to collect national data on recycling and composting infrastructure.
S 503 — NET Act. The NET Act requires the Federal Communications Commission to include an assessment of how network equipment availability affects broadband deployment in its biennial reports to Congress on the state of the communications marketplace.
S 778 — Lactation Spaces for Veteran Moms Act. This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide a dedicated, hygienic lactation space at each of its medical centers. The spaces must not be bathrooms and must meet certain standards, including being easy to locate.
Lactation Spaces for Veteran Moms Act
S 1728 — Employee Ownership Representation Act of 2025. This bill would add two representatives of employee ownership organizations to the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, which advises the Department of Labor on its functions under ERISA.
Employee Ownership Representation Act of 2025
S 2296 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 sets defense policies and authorizes spending for Department of Defense programs, military construction, and Department of Energy national security programs for FY2026.
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
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