🏛️ Daily Policy Brief – July 21, 2026

Your daily breakdown of legislative activity.

Federal

H.R. 9748 (IH) –
Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act

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Big picture: Reflects broader legislative trends.

H.R. 9782 (IH) –
Security Sector Governance Compacts Act

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Why it matters: Could impact policy direction.

H.R. 9758 (IH) –
Child Marriage Prevention Act of 2026

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H.R. 9572 (IH) –
Building Up Farmland Frontiers for Ecological Resilience Act

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Big picture: Reflects broader legislative trends.

H.R. 9719 (IH) –
Federal Lands Lawful Carry Act

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Big picture: Reflects broader legislative trends.

H.R. 9744 (IH) –
Family Grocery and Farmer Relief Act

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Why it matters: Could impact policy direction.

H. Res. 1439 (IH) –
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Senate’s current cloture and filibuster rules are contrary to the constitutional design of two co-equal majoritarian legislative bodies, are non-deliberative in practice, disenfranchise Members of the House of Representatives and their constituents, and disrupt the proper balance of powers between the two chambers of Congress, and for other purposes.

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H. Res. 1442 (IH) –
Supporting the designation of July 20, 2026, as “National Moon Landing Day”.

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Big picture: Reflects broader legislative trends.

H. Res. 1440 (IH) –
Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the city of Miami Springs, Florida.

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H.R. 9747 (IH) –
Welcome Back to the Health Care Workforce Act

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Big picture: Reflects broader legislative trends.

H. Res. 1438 (RH) –
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8800) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8884) to amend title II of the Social Security Act to reauthorize demonstration authority for the disability insurance program; providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 113) establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7008) to amend chapter 131 of title 5 to require certain restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6955) to make improvements to the Federal banking laws, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9770) making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.

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H.R. 9756 (IH) –
Maternal Access to Treatment Act of 2026

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H.R. 9694 (IH) –
Epstein Files Transparency Act II

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Big picture: Reflects broader legislative trends.

H.R. 9774 (IH) –
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for expedited approval of priority nonprescription drugs, and for other purposes.

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H. Res. 1441 (IH) –
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9586) to deliver priority legislation.

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