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No weekly summary this week, House and Senate both had 'state/district work period' so no legislative movement. I'll be posting some deep dives on the bills from last week. Big UI overhaul arriving soon, it's a good one :)

Read and Track the full bill: chamberzero.com/congresses/119…

Three forestry provisions in the new Farm Bill move the same direction: Triples the acreage that can skip full NEPA review (3k → 10k) Creates a new fast-track for hazard tree removal Ends plan-level ESA reconsultation when new species are listed Faster work. Fewer venues to push back.

Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026: The 409-section bill passed the House 224-200 (Yea-Nay 🟥R 209-3 🟦 D 14-197 ) -School cafeterias: 95% Buy American per food category. China and Russia poultry and seafood: prohibited. -The bill bars assistance for most projects converting farmland to solar energy -Food for Peace transfers from USAID to USDA. Statutory food aid minimums repealed. -Limits states' ability to impose production standards (like minimum pen sizes for breeding pigs and egg-laying hens) on livestock raised in other states as a condition of selling the resulting products in-state. A direct response to California's Proposition 12. NPPC challenged the law in 2023; the Supreme Court upheld it in a fractured opinion, with multiple justices noting that resolving conflicts of this kind is Congress's job. This provision is Congress taking that cue. -Agricultural trade promotion rises to $533M/year. A new WTO task force is directed to target India's price supports.

The bill now heads to the Senate; read the full text of the Foreign Intelligence Accountability Act at the link below. chamberzero.com/congresses/119…

The Fed can't even study a CBDC, but open, private digital dollars are explicitly protected The Board of Governors is barred from testing, studying, developing, or implementing a CBDC, and may not use one for monetary policy. One carve-out: open, permissionless, and private digital dollars that match the privacy of physical cash are explicitly not banned.

House Passes the "Foreign Intelligence Accountability Act" Fed CBDC ban and FISA renewal in a single bill -FISA Section 702 (warrantless wiretapping of foreign targets) reauthorized for 3 more years, to April 2029 -FBI agents face up to 5 years in prison for willfully misusing US person queries -Federal Reserve banned from developing, testing, or issuing any form of digital dollar House vote: 🟦 D 42-169 · 🟥 R 192-22 (235-191) 13 sections - 11,878 chars here's everything it does ↓