Congressional Digest — June 2026, Part 2: 36 Bills Through the House
This installment is all House action: 36 bills that passed the House in June 2026. Plain-language summaries below, complete neutral breakdowns linked.
Passed the House
HR 826 — COVID Fraud Transparency Act of 2026. This bill requires the Small Business Administration's Office of Inspector General to submit quarterly reports to Congress on fraud cases related to COVID-19 loan programs, such as the Paycheck Protection Program.
COVID Fraud Transparency Act of 2026
HR 915 — Small Business Technological Advancement Act. This bill expands the SBA's 7(a) loan program to allow small businesses to use guaranteed loans to finance business software and cloud computing services, including AI-based tools, that support core business operations such as payroll, human resources, sales, billing, and accounting.
Small Business Technological Advancement Act
HR 2478 — Financial Exploitation Prevention Act of 2025. This bill lets mutual fund companies and transfer agents temporarily delay cashing out securities if they reasonably suspect a person aged 65 or older, or an adult with a mental or physical impairment, is being financially exploited.
Financial Exploitation Prevention Act of 2025
HR 2481 — Romance Scam Prevention Act. This bill requires online dating apps and websites to notify users when they have communicated with an account that has been banned for fraud. The notification must include specific details about the banned user, warnings about false identities, and tips for avoiding scams.
HR 2860 — Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2025. This bill reauthorizes the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative and its Advisory Commission for seven years.
Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2025
HR 2913 — Ukraine Support Act. The Ukraine Support Act provides assistance to Ukraine and certain European countries while imposing penalties on Russia in connection with the ongoing war. It establishes a reconstruction trust fund for Ukraine, revives and extends U.S.
HR 2916 — To authorize, ratify, and confirm the Agreement of Settlement and Compromise to Resolve the Akwesasne Mohawk Land Claim in the State of New York, and for other purposes. This bill formally recognizes and settles a land claim by the Akwesasne Mohawk in northern New York, authorizing a negotiated agreement among the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, New York State, two counties, two towns, and the New York Power Authority.
HR 3429 — US-Japan-ROK Trilateral Cooperation Act. This bill directs the State Department to pursue negotiations with Japan and South Korea to establish a formal series of regular trilateral meetings called the US-Japan-ROK Inter-Parliamentary Dialogue, bringing together legislators from all three countries to cooperate on shared interests. It defines how the U.S.
US-Japan-ROK Trilateral Cooperation Act
HR 3633 — Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. The CLARITY Act of 2025 establishes a regulatory framework for digital assets (cryptocurrencies and similar assets) that rely on a blockchain.
Digital Asset Market Clarity Act
HR 3657 — Hydropower Licensing Transparency Act. This bill requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to submit an annual report to Congress on the status of every pending hydropower dam relicensing application. It aims to increase transparency and congressional oversight of the relicensing process.
Hydropower Licensing Transparency Act
HR 3831 — Florida Safe Seas Act of 2025. This bill would ban shark feeding in federal waters off the coast of Florida—specifically in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone, which extends from state waters out to about 200 miles offshore—unless the purpose is to harvest sharks.
HR 3857 — Snow Water Supply Forecasting Reauthorization Act of 2025. This bill reauthorizes the Bureau of Reclamation's Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program through FY2031 and updates its requirements.
Snow Water Supply Forecasting Reauthorization Act of 2025
HR 3872 — To amend the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands to make that Act applicable to hardrock minerals. This bill would expand the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands to cover hardrock minerals, making all federally acquired lands eligible for hardrock mineral leasing.
To amend the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands to make that Act applicable to hardrock minerals
HR 3937 — Wabeno Economic Development Act. This bill requires the U.S. Forest Service to sell approximately 14 acres of federal land, including mineral rights, in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in Wisconsin to Tony's Wabeno Redi-Mix, LLC at market value.
Wabeno Economic Development Act
HR 5347 — Health Care Efficiency Through Flexibility Act. This bill delays a 2025 Medicare requirement that accountable care organizations (ACOs) use a specific electronic system to report quality measures, allowing them to use older reporting methods through 2029.
Health Care Efficiency Through Flexibility Act
HR 6297 — PEACE Act. The PEACE Act requires the State Department to periodically brief Congress over three years on antisemitism and international terrorism threats in Europe, as well as U.S. diplomatic efforts with European governments to counter those threats.
HR 7128 — TRIA Program Reauthorization Act of 2026. This bill reauthorizes the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program, which covers a portion of losses that private insurers face from terrorism-related property and casualty claims, through 2034.
TRIA Program Reauthorization Act of 2026
HR 7257 — SECURE Grid Act. The SECURE Grid Act extends through FY2031 a requirement that states submit energy security plans to the Department of Energy in order to qualify for federal funding for state energy conservation programs.
HR 7258 — Energy Emergency Leadership Act. This bill requires the Secretary of Energy to assign energy emergency and energy security functions—including responsibilities for energy infrastructure and cybersecurity—to assistant secretaries within the Department of Energy. The department must also coordinate these functions with other relevant federal agencies.
Energy Emergency Leadership Act
HR 7266 — Rural and Municipal Utility Cybersecurity Act. This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 a Department of Energy program that provides cybersecurity assistance and funding to rural electric cooperatives and small electric utilities.
Rural and Municipal Utility Cybersecurity Act
HR 7305 — Energy Threat Analysis Center Act of 2026. This bill reauthorizes through FY2031 and expands a Department of Energy pilot program designed to protect energy infrastructure from cyber and other threats by increasing collaboration between the federal government and the energy sector.
Energy Threat Analysis Center Act of 2026
HR 7401 — Small Business Lending Fraud Prevention Act. This bill requires SBA employees involved in originating, reviewing, or approving SBA loans to certify in writing that they have no conflict of interest before participating, and to disclose any conflict that arises afterward. The SBA would be required to issue regulations to implement these requirements.
Small Business Lending Fraud Prevention Act
HR 7757 — KIDS Act. The KIDS Act requires online platforms to implement safety measures for minors, including restricting access to sexual content, adding parental controls on social media and video games, and requiring AI chatbots to disclose their non-human nature to young users.
HR 7831 — License to Drill Act. This bill extends the Bureau of Land Management's authority to collect oil and gas permit processing fees through FY2037, eleven years beyond the current FY2026 expiration. Fees collected from new permit applications are deposited into the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund.
HR 7892 — No Aid for Ghost Students Act of 2026. This bill requires the Department of Education to build and use an identity fraud detection system to screen every FAFSA application for signs of identity fraud starting October 1, 2026.
No Aid for Ghost Students Act of 2026
HR 8107 — Government Audit and Accountability of Federally Funded State-Administered Programs Act. This bill requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to produce a report on federally funded, state-administered programs that are at high risk for waste, fraud, and abuse.
Government Audit and Accountability of Federally Funded State-Administered Programs Act
HR 8312 — Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act. This bill reorganizes federal anti-fraud functions by assigning financial integrity and improper payment prevention duties to the Bureau of the Fiscal Service within the Treasury Department, and creates a new Office of the Inspector General for Fraud, Accountability, and Recovery (OIGFAR) within Treasury.
Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act
HR 8340 — Taxpayer Funds Oversight and Accountability Act. This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget to create a four-year government-wide financial management plan and submit it to Congress, with annual status updates.
Taxpayer Funds Oversight and Accountability Act
HR 8428 — Federal Fraud Prevention Workforce Training Act. This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of the Treasury to create a mandatory training program teaching federal employees how to detect and prevent fraud and improper payments in federal programs.
Federal Fraud Prevention Workforce Training Act
HR 8463 — Pre-Payment Fraud Prevention and Treasury Data Access Act. This bill strengthens efforts to prevent improper federal payments by requiring agencies to verify payee information before Treasury disburses funds.
Pre-Payment Fraud Prevention and Treasury Data Access Act
HR 8464 — Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act. This bill requires federal agencies to pause, condition, or segment payment requests that show elevated signs of fraud or improper payments before approving them. Agencies must base any holds on objective, documented fraud-risk indicators and limit them to the minimum time needed to verify eligibility or accuracy.
Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act
HR 8466 — TRUE Accountability Act. The TRUE Accountability Act requires federal agencies to create and submit plans to prevent fraud and improper payments in federal emergency spending, such as disaster or pandemic relief funds.
HR 8467 — ZOMBIE Act. The ZOMBIE Act tightens federal rules on improper payments that cause actual financial loss to the government, requiring agencies to assess payment programs every three years for risk, improve reporting on prevention efforts, and include improper payment estimates in annual budget requests.
HR 8646 — Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2027. This bill provides fiscal year 2027 appropriations for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, and related agencies.
HR 8665 — Allied Defense Sales Act. This bill directs the State Department to develop and implement a strategy encouraging foreign countries to participate in a multinational military procurement process, where the U.S. sells defense articles or services to a lead foreign nation that then transfers them to other qualifying countries.
HR 8873 — Recover COVID Unemployment Fraud in Banks Act. This bill extends the time the federal government has to prosecute or sue for fraud related to COVID-19 pandemic unemployment programs, and creates a task force to find and recover fraudulent payments.
Recover COVID Unemployment Fraud in Banks Act
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