Laws

The 118 laws passed since the current Congress began on January 3, 2025. 2 have a plain-language account written from the law's official text, 115 have an account written from the official description of the bill and 1 has no full account yet. 117 of 118 laws have saved official text. The text of 1 law is Not published yet: Public Law 119-116.

118 laws
61 with a recorded vote · 57 passed by voice vote or without objection

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Privacy and online life: 8 laws

Public Law 119-89 · Signed May 11, 2026Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2025

Requires the FCC to check that companies applying for rural broadband subsidies can deliver what they promise.

House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
S. 4465 · Signed April 30, 2026Public Law 119-87

Extends again the surveillance authority that lets intelligence agencies collect the communications of foreigners abroad from U.S. providers without individual warrants.

House 261–111Senate: voice vote
H.R. 8322 · Signed April 18, 2026Public Law 119-84

Extends through April 30, 2026 the surveillance authority that lets intelligence agencies collect the communications of foreigners abroad from U.S. providers without individual warrants.

House: without objectionSenate: voice vote
Public Law 119-36 · Signed September 5, 2025Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act

Stops credit bureaus from selling a person's information to other lenders the moment they apply for a mortgage, unless the person agrees or already does business with that lender.

House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 119-27 · Signed July 18, 2025GENIUS Act

Creates the first federal rules for payment stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar).

House 308–122Senate 68–30
Public Law 119-12 · Signed May 19, 2025TAKE IT DOWN Act

Makes it a federal crime to publish intimate images of a person without consent, including AI-generated ones, and requires online platforms to remove them within 48 hours of a victim's request.

House 409–2Senate: without objection
S.J.Res. 28 · Signed May 9, 2025Public Law 119-11

Cancels a rule that would have put the largest digital payment apps under the consumer bureau's regular supervision.

House 219–211Senate 51–47
H.J.Res. 25 · Signed April 10, 2025Public Law 119-5

Cancels an IRS rule that would have required decentralized finance platforms to report their customers' digital asset sales the way stockbrokers do.

House 292–132Senate 70–28