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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Tribal and Alaska Native communities: 12 laws

S. 550 · Signed September 25, 2026Public Law 119-114

Lets the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma bring its treaty land claim in federal court.

House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 7250 · Signed September 25, 2026Public Law 119-113

Renews funding authority for the drinking water system serving the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana.

House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 119-99 · Signed June 12, 2026Alaska's Right to Ivory Sales and Tradition Act

Protects Alaska Native artists' right to make and sell handicrafts from walrus ivory and other marine mammal materials.

House 404–14Senate: without objection
Public Law 119-93 · Signed May 19, 2026Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025

Settles the land entitlement of the Alaska Native village corporation for Saxman, Alaska.

House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 119-88 · Signed May 4, 2026Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2025

Sets deadlines for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to process mortgage paperwork for homes and businesses on tribal land.

House 384–40Senate: without objection
Public Law 119-63 · Signed December 26, 2025Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment Extension Act of 2025

Gives Alaska Native veterans of the Vietnam era more time to apply for a land allotment.

House: voice voteSenate: voice vote
Public Law 119-61 · Signed December 19, 2025Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act

Protects 40 acres at the Wounded Knee massacre site as land owned by the Oglala Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribes.

House 416–0Senate: without objection
H.J.Res. 131 · Signed December 11, 2025Public Law 119-52

Cancels a land agency decision that limited oil and gas leasing on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

House 217–209Senate 49–45
H.J.Res. 106 · Signed December 11, 2025Public Law 119-50

Cancels a land agency plan for central Alaska that set aside large areas for conservation and limited development.

House 215–210Senate 50–46
S.J.Res. 80 · Signed December 5, 2025Public Law 119-47

Cancels a land agency plan that limited oil and gas leasing in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.

House 216–209Senate 52–45
Public Law 119-23 · Signed July 7, 2025Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025

Changes the rule that required Alaska Native village corporations to hand land to the State of Alaska to be kept for future cities.

House 412–1Senate: voice vote
Public Law 119-22 · Signed July 7, 2025Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act

Payments from Alaska Native settlement trusts no longer count against aged, blind or disabled Alaska Natives when agencies decide whether they qualify for certain assistance programs.

House: voice voteSenate: voice vote