What Happened in Congress on Tuesday?

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7744) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.

To strengthen and standardize "first look" protections for covered properties to ensure first-time homebuyers have priority access to foreclosed homes, and for other purposes.

To require a study on the feasibility and potential impacts of portable Federally backed mortgage loans, and for other purposes.

To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to submit a report to the Congress with respect exempting any downpayment requirement for mortgage insurance offered by the Federal Housing Administration for first-time homebuyers who are first responders or school teachers, and for other purposes.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish tax-advantaged homeowner savings accounts.

KIDS Act

To prohibit the issuance of commercial driver's licenses to individuals who are not citizens or lawful permanent residents of the United States or holders of certain work visas, and for other purposes.

To require verification of the personal and biometric information of all individuals evacuated from Afghanistan, to require in-person interviews of such individuals, and to prohibit Afghan evacuees who do not provide such information or submit to such interviews from receiving Federal assistance, and for other purposes.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income payments from funds established by a State for purposes of the welfare of the individual residents of such State.

To reauthorize and improve the relending program to resolve ownership and succession on farmland, and for other purposes.

To amend the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a pilot program to provide recovery payments to producers of seasonal and perishable crops that experience low prices caused by imports, and for other purposes.

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to restore interpretive and educational exhibits at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

To provide for the transfer to the Office for State and Local Law Enforcement of the Department of Homeland Security of the National Threat Evaluation and Reporting Program of the Department, and for other purposes.

To amend the Fair Housing Act to repeal the Thurmond amendment.

To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Defense to make certain limitations on the transfer of personal property to Federal and State agencies, and for other purposes.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an annual tax on the net value of assets held by a taxpayer, and for other purposes.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a deduction for certain amounts paid for rent for a primary residence.

MINT Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for the purchase of hearing aids.

Agency Wide Resource Synchronization and Enterprise Network for Authoritative Logistics Act of 2026

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to revise the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards to establish a maximum allowable brightness standard for low beam headlamps on motor vehicles, and for other purposes.

To provide for the decentralization of operation of the DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis, and for other purposes.

To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to codify and amend certain grant programs under which the Secretary of Transportation may issue grants for use in the provision of passenger ferry services, and for other purposes.

To amend the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 to require annual testimony to Congress on the operations of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.

To modify a provision relating to adjustments of certain State apportionments for Federal highway programs, and for other purposes.

To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to ensure the supply of certain medical materials essential to national defense, and for other purposes.

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase under the Medicaid program the minimum monthly personal needs allowance for institutionalized individuals and couples.

To amend the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program for the conduct and support of research, training, and health information dissemination with respect to environmental risk factors of neurodegenerative diseases, and for other purposes.

To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from admitting to the United States any national of the People's Republic of China without a valid visa, and for other purposes.

To provide that employees of tribally controlled schools are eligible to receive a pension under the Federal Employees Retirement System and to participate in the Thrift Savings Plan, and for other purposes.

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4213) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.

Of inquiry requesting the President of the United States, and directing the Secretaries of the Treasury and Homeland Security, to furnish certain information to the House of Representatives relating to the implementation and enforcement of the "Memorandum of Understanding for the Exchange of Information for Nontax Criminal Enforcement" between the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Homeland Security.

Expressing support for the designation of March 3, 2026, as "National Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Day".

A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide overtime compensation exceptions to employers of emergency medical technicians and paramedics in rural areas.

A bill to amend the Small Business Act to establish a goal for participation by small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans in procurement contracts, and for other purposes.

A bill to require the establishment and use of short form applications for rural communities applying for economic development grant programs, and for other purposes.

A bill to prohibit the enforcement of certain contractual clauses that restrict disclosure of sexual abuse of minors, and for other purposes.

A bill to establish a rural area digital infrastructure technology grant program, and for other purposes.

A bill to require the Government Accountability Office to study and recommend a definition for workforce housing.

A bill to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study that identifies options to remove barriers and improve housing for persons who are elderly or disabled.

A bill to exempt from the requirements of NEPA the provision of certain assistance for the construction or modification of residential housing on infill sites, and for other purposes.

A bill to modify a provision relating to adjustments of certain State apportionments for Federal highway programs, and for other purposes.

A bill to reauthorize the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium, and for other purposes.

A bill to establish uniform accessibility standards for web content and applications of employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, joint labor-management committees, public entities, public accommodations, testing entities, and commercial providers, and for other purposes.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow charitable rollovers from individual retirement accounts to donor advised funds.

A bill to interconnect the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to its neighbors, and for other purposes.

A bill to increase the Federal operating share for rural transit, and for other purposes.

Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act

Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment Act of 2026