FISH Act of 2025

HR3151 — SHIPS for America Act of 2025

Rebuild U.S. commercial shipbuilding and a U.S.-flag strategic fleet by pairing new tax credits, grants, and operating payments with stronger cargo-preference rules and workforce and innovation programs to restore domestic capacity and sealift readiness. It centralizes maritime strategy in a White House advisor and a Maritime Security Board and funds a broad set of industrial, port, and training programs to favor U.S.-built, U.S.-crewed vessels.

HR5401 — Pay Our Troops Act of 2026

Guarantees continued pay for military personnel during a federal funding gap. This bill would create a temporary appropriation to keep pay and allowances flowing for active-duty service members and the civilians and contractors who directly support them if FY2026 regular appropriations are not in effect.

HR3277 — Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act

Uniform coverage for medically necessary diagnosis and treatment of congenital anomalies affecting the eyes, ears, teeth, mouth, or jaw. The bill would require group and individual health plans to cover inpatient and outpatient services needed to repair or restore function or appearance, and to include reconstructive and dental, orthodontic, or prosthodontic support from birth until treatment is complete, with cost-sharing no more restrictive than the predominant medical and surgical benefits, while excluding non-medical cosmetic surgery. - Families: People born with covered anomalies would have explicit insurance protection for reconstructive care and related dental or orthodontic treatment, reducing the chance those services are denied as cosmetic. - Health plans and insurers: Group health plans and issuers offering individual or group coverage, including employer-sponsored plans, would have to add these benefits and provide notice to enrollees by January 1, 2026; the rule applies to plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. - Access and oversight: The Department of Health and Human Services must study network adequacy and changes in out-of-pocket and procedure costs and report findings by December 31, 2027.

HR1422 — Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025

Targets Iran's energy revenue through global sanctions. This bill would create a broad sanctions framework to punish foreign persons who process, export, or sell Iran-origin oil, condensates, gas, LNG, or petrochemical products. It pairs blocking of assets and visa bans with ownership-based triggers, waivers, humanitarian carve-outs, and new reporting to limit Iran's access to energy markets and finance for weapons and terrorism. - Foreign energy firms and financial institutions would face blocking of property and bans on transactions if they knowingly handle Iran-origin energy or are 50% or more owned by such actors. Associated aliens could become inadmissible and have visas revoked. - Maritime operators, insurers, flag registries, and LNG pipeline facilities would be exposed to sanctions risk when linked to Iran-origin shipments, though safety-of-crew rules and specific exemptions for imports remain. - Humanitarian organizations would keep explicit exemptions for agricultural commodities, food, medicine, medical devices, and humanitarian assistance to avoid disrupting aid. - U.S. agencies and private companies would see new duties: an interagency working group and multilateral contact group would coordinate enforcement, and private-sector reporting would be required to flag evasion and proceeds from intercepted Iran-origin energy sales.

HR4398 — Veteran Burial Timeliness and Death Certificate Accountability Act

48-hour certification deadline for VA clinicians to sign death certificates for veterans who die of natural causes, plus annual reports tracking compliance and reasons for delays. The bill aims to reduce long waits that block burials and survivor benefits.

HR979 — AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025

This bill would require AM broadcast capability to be installed as standard equipment in passenger motor vehicles. It focuses on driver-accessible AM reception, allows digital AM audio to count for compliance, and links vehicle AM capability to emergency alerting through IPAWS. - Drivers and households: Built-in, driver-accessible AM reception would make it easier for people to get local AM stations and emergency alerts from their vehicles. The bill allows devices that receive digital AM to meet the requirement. - Vehicle manufacturers: The Department of Transportation would need to issue a rule within 1 year, with a general compliance deadline no later than 2 years after the rule is issued. Small manufacturers that produced no more than 40,000 passenger vehicles in 2022 would get at least 4 years to comply. - Oversight and emergency systems: States would be barred from imposing their own AM-access rules. The bill mandates interim labels and pricing protections for cars without AM, authorizes civil penalties and DOJ injunctions for violations, requires a GAO study and a congressional briefing within 1 year, and includes an 8-year sunset for the authority.