August Pfluger

This bill would create a new program at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to find and recover important materials from polluted sites. It would also offer money to states, local groups, and nonprofits to help with these cleanup and recovery efforts. This aims to boost domestic supply chains and protect health.

This bill would make it easier for people to understand their health insurance. It would require health insurers and Medicare Advantage plans to publish details about their overhead costs and how they spend premium money. It would also make sure benefit information is provided in a clear, standardized format.

This bill would let the President award the Medal of Honor to Robert Lodge, a Vietnam War veteran. Current rules prevent this award because of how much time has passed since his acts of valor on May 10, 1972. This bill would remove those time limits specifically for Mr. Lodge.

This bill, called the "Protect Domestic Oil and Gas Small Business Act of 2026," would stop certain federal clean air rules from applying to small oil and natural gas wells, known as "marginal wells." It would also end any ongoing legal actions against these wells for those specific rules. This means owners of these smaller wells would have fewer environmental requirements to follow, and states would have more flexibility in their own plans.

A new bill would require federal agencies to improve how they find and stop dangerous nitazene drugs. This means the Department of Homeland Security and the DEA would work together. Their goal is to detect these substances, even in tiny amounts, and reduce their availability to the public.

This bill would move many Department of Homeland Security intelligence staff out of Washington, DC, and into local communities across the country. It would place intelligence officers and analysts directly in regional fusion centers and task forces to improve local security efforts and information sharing. This aims to make homeland security intelligence more effective by being closer to the areas it supports.

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This bill would make sure that local police, tribal governments, and private businesses get the same level of intelligence support from the Department of Homeland Security as other federal agencies. It aims to improve how information is shared both ways, helping these groups better prepare for threats. These changes would take effect immediately if the bill becomes law.

This bill would create new rules for ships entering U.S. waters. If a ship has used a foreign port where a U.S. company's property was seized by a Western Hemisphere government, it could be blocked from U.S. ports. This aims to protect American property owners abroad by pressuring foreign governments.

This bill would create a way for mobile phone companies to voluntarily send emergency alerts to their customers using satellites. If companies choose to do this, they would need to follow new rules set by the government. They would also need to let customers opt out of these satellite alerts. This could mean more reliable alerts, especially in areas where traditional cell service is weak.

This bill would require the government to create a new plan to fight international money laundering. The plan would focus on improving how different U.S. agencies and foreign partners share information through special groups called Trade Transparency Units. This aims to make it harder for criminals to move illegal money across borders.

This bill would let states opt out of some federal health insurance rules, like those from the Affordable Care Act. Instead, people in those states would get federal funds for health costs deposited into new 'Trump Health Freedom Accounts.' However, these accounts couldn't pay for certain services. Small businesses in these states would also get bigger and longer-lasting tax breaks for offering health insurance.