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Establishes a range of new requirements, studies, reforms, and spending: it directs creation and burial of a Capitol time capsule, standardizes federal payment rules for local fire suppression costs, updates several veterans and small‑business reporting rules, funds pilot grants for veterans treatment/drug courts, requires multiple studies (Nigeria/Boko Haram strategy, TSA commuting-time study, and U.S. exposure to China’s financial sector), orders review and notices related to certain DoD severance/tax withholdings, bans data brokers from transferring sensitive U.S. personal data to foreign adversaries, requires federal agencies to buy U.S.-made flags when available, changes House rules on whistleblower protections and mandates committee hearings, and provides an FY2026 appropriation to implement the law.
The bill mixes program authorizations, administrative reforms, national security and privacy measures, procurement rules, reporting deadlines, and one appropriations provision. Many deadlines for studies, reviews, updates, and reports are set (ranging from months to specified dates in 2026 and beyond), and enforcement roles are assigned to agencies including the Architect of the Capitol, Treasury, DoD, State, FBI/BJA (Justice), FTC, and the SBA.
Introduced March 4, 2025 by James P. McGovern · Last progress January 12, 2026
Received in the Senate.