Public Briefing · Open Source Intelligence
What your representatives are actually doing.
Plain-language analysis of bills and executive orders, paired with the campaign finance and lobbying records that surround them. Sourced from federal records. Free to read.
- HR 7567May 19, 2026
Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026
Sponsored by Rep. Thompson, Glenn
QUICK SUMMARY This is the 2026 Farm Bill, a massive piece of legislation that renews and changes farm subsidies, food assistance, conservation programs, rural development, trade, credit, research, forestry, energy, and crop insurance programs through 2031. It affects virtually every American because it shapes what food costs, how land is managed, what aid goes to low-income families for groceries, and how rural communities get funded.
- HR 6260May 18, 2026
Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act of 2025
Sponsored by Rep. Fitzgerald, Scott
QUICK SUMMARY This bill makes it a federal crime to commit fraud when posting bail, including criminal bail bonds and immigration bail bonds. Right now, federal law already bans fraud in the insurance business, and this bill clarifies that posting bail counts as part of that business.
- HR 8845May 15, 2026
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027
Sponsored by Rep. Rogers, Harold
QUICK SUMMARY This is the annual spending bill that funds the Departments of Commerce and Justice, NASA, the National Science Foundation, and several smaller agencies for the federal budget year ending September 30, 2027. It sets specific dollar amounts for everything from the FBI and federal prisons to weather forecasting and space exploration.
- HR 3159May 14, 2026
Improving SCRA Benefit Utilization Act
Sponsored by Rep. McClain Delaney, April
QUICK SUMMARY This bill requires the military to teach service members about their legal right to have interest rates on pre-service debts capped at 6% during active duty. It also makes it easier for service members to get that protection by requiring lenders to automatically apply the rate cap to all of a service member's debts once notified, and by letting service members submit paperwork online, by mail, or by fax.
- HR 7764May 14, 2026
National Threat Evaluation and Reporting Program Reassignment and Funding Reform Act of 2026
Sponsored by Rep. Evans, Gabe
QUICK SUMMARY This bill moves a Department of Homeland Security program that helps state and local police identify and prevent targeted violence threats. It shifts the program from the intelligence side of DHS to the office that works directly with local law enforcement, and it changes how the program gets its money from intelligence funds to non-intelligence funds.
- SRES 680May 14, 2026
A resolution commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Columbine Day of Service and honoring the memories of the victims, survivors, and their families.
Sponsored by Sen. Bennet, Michael F.
QUICK SUMMARY This is a Senate resolution that honors the victims and survivors of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting and marks the 10th anniversary of the Columbine Day of Service. It encourages Americans to participate in community service in their memory.
- EO 14404Signed May 1, 2026
Imposing Sanctions on Those Responsible for Repression in Cuba and for Threats to United States National Security and Foreign Policy
QUICK SUMMARY This executive order imposes new sanctions on people and organizations connected to the Cuban government. It freezes their assets in the United States, bans them from entering the country, and threatens penalties against foreign banks that do business with them.
- EO 14403Signed April 30, 2026
Promoting Retirement-Savings Access for American Workers by Establishing TrumpIRA.gov
QUICK SUMMARY This executive order tells the Treasury Department to build a government website called TrumpIRA.gov by January 1, 2027, to help workers without employer retirement plans find low-cost individual retirement accounts (IRAs).
- EO 14402Signed April 30, 2026
Promoting Efficiency, Accountability, and Performance in Federal Contracting
QUICK SUMMARY This executive order tells federal agencies to stop using "cost-reimbursement" contracts, where the government pays whatever a contractor spends plus profit, and instead use "fixed-price" contracts, where the contractor agrees to deliver a specific result for a set price. The goal is to save taxpayer money by making contractors responsible for controlling their own costs.
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