Congress Weekly2026-W28July 10, 2026

Congress Weekly — 2026-07-10

TITLE: Congress Weekly — Wildfire, wildlife, and workforce data bills move as Independence Day recess looms

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Passed / Enacted

H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, was enacted as Public Law 119-75 on February 3, funding the government for the current fiscal year and remaining the baseline against which this session's supplemental and authorization work is measured.

Introduced

Public lands, wildfire, and natural resources

S. 4812, the FIRE SMART Act of 2026, was read twice on June 17 and referred to Senate Environment and Public Works, with sponsor introductory remarks at CR S2895; the bill targets federal wildfire mitigation and land-management coordination.
H.R. 5709 (House Natural Resources, Oct. 2025) and its Senate companion S. 4846 (Energy and Natural Resources, June 22) — both titled the TAAP Act — now form a two-chamber vehicle to watch as sponsors seek matched movement.
S. 4838, the Outdoor Recreational Outfitting and Guiding Act, was referred to Senate HELP on June 18, an unusual jurisdictional landing for a guiding-industry bill that typically draws Interior or Commerce interest.
H.R. 9299, the Advancing Next-Generation Genetic Learning for Effective Resource Strategy Act, was referred to House Natural Resources on June 11, signaling a push to bring genetic tools into federal wildlife and fisheries management.

Health, workforce, and oversight

H.R. 9486, the Health DATA Act of 2026, was referred to House Education and Workforce on June 25 — committee choice suggests an ERISA/employer-plan data angle rather than a pure HHS bill.
H.R. 9558, the 21st Century Federal Writers' Project Act, went to House Education and Workforce on June 30, reviving a New Deal-era model as a modern workforce program.
H.R. 9576, the National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026, was referred to House Judiciary on July 2, proposing a dedicated DOJ unit as fraud enforcement remains a bipartisan pressure point.

Trade and tax

H.Res. 1340 (June 4) was referred jointly to Ways and Means and Foreign Affairs, expressing opposition to foreign digital services taxes on U.S. firms — a marker resolution likely to precede statutory retaliation authority debates.

Defense and administration

H.R. 9549 was referred to House Armed Services on June 30 to repeal unfunded-priorities reporting requirements imposed by the FY22 NDAA and the FY18 Military Construction Authorization — a quiet but consequential rollback of a key oversight tool Congress uses to identify service wish-list items.
H.R. 9577, the COCOA-VIP Act, was referred to House Administration on July 2; committee jurisdiction points to a Capitol operations or member-services measure rather than an agriculture bill despite the acronym.

Symbolic and commemorative (noted, not tracked)

Several Independence Day–week resolutions were introduced and referred but are purely symbolic: H.Con.Res. 16 / S.Con.Res. 35 providing for the July 2 joint session in Philadelphia marking the semiquincentennial (companion pair); H.Res. 1412 (National Fireworks Month), H.Res. 1413 (Laredo anniversary), H.Res. 1416 (consent of the governed at 250 years), and H.Res. 1417 (Highland Park shooting remembrance). H.R. 9570, a post office naming in Charlotte, Michigan, falls in the same skip category.

Rules activity to watch

H.Res. 1414 was referred to House Rules on July 2 to structure floor consideration of H.R. 1589, which would authorize cancellation of removal and status adjustment for certain aliens — the first procedural step toward a floor immigration vote after recess.

Editor's note

No markups or committee reports surfaced in this week's feed; activity is dominated by introductions and referrals ahead of the July recess. Watch the TAAP Act companion pair and H.Res. 1414's rule for the earliest post-recess floor signals.