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During the week of July 13, 2026, the House passed several measures, including the Sunshine Protection Act of 2025 (H.R. 139) to make daylight savings time permanent and the Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act (H.R. 1181). Lawmakers also approved the Improving Travel for American Families Act (H.R. 8897) and a weatherization and terrorism readiness bill (H.R. 3106). The Senate confirmed Matthew A. Schwartz, Arthur Roberts Jones, and Jeffrey T. Kuntz to federal positions, though it rejected a cloture motion to proceed on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (S. 4784). Committees held hearings on the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy, PACT Act implementation, and the impact of DEI on medical schools.

In the coming week, the House is scheduled to consider a broad slate of healthcare and administrative legislation, including the FDA Modernization Act 3.0 (H.R. 2821), the NIH IMPROVE Act (H.R. 6238), and the EARLY Act Reauthorization of 2025 (H.R. 4541). Other scheduled bills include the Destruction of Hazardous Imports Act (H.R. 2715) and the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2025 (H.R. 5160). Oversight and rules committees will hold hearings on the fiscal year 2027 congressional budget, the Permanent Trump Secure Border Act, and the next generation of threats 25 years after 9/11.