The 119th Congress is in full swing and based on the responses received from the Member Issue Survey, we believe these are the current Federal Bills to Watch. If you would like to read the language of a bill or if you want to track its progress, please go to www.congress.gov . You can also use that address to share your views with your Congressional representatives.
Tracking Legislation
There are several free or low cost services that can help you track legislation in Congress and in your states.
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Below are some that seem to be
objective and accurate.
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OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT PLATFORMS:
www.congress.gov
can ask for specific alerts, track by topic, bill, or by legislator
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U.S. Senate: Bills, Acts, & Laws- - Office of The Clerk;
US House of Representatives:
Office of the Clerk,
U.S. House of Representatives - Votes
THIRD-PARTY PLATFORMS:
GovTrack.us : Tracking the U.S. Congress with ability to sign up for specific bill alerts
LegiScan:
US Congress Legislature | 2025-2026 | 119th Congress |
Fast Democracy: Free bill tracking for US Congress and states with ability to ask for specific bill alerts.
LOCAL NEWS AND ADVOCACY GROUPS
in Congress
Congress is considering the next budget
request from the White House. You can check out where cuts are being propsed and which offices of the Department of
Education are proposed for movement to
another agency by looking at document submitted by the Office of Budget Management: Budget of the U.S. Government. See page 11 - 15 for details
action alert
7-11-26
Several bills have been introduced to the House of Representatives and referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce which transfer the management of various offices of the Department of Education to other Departments. HR 9610 Less Byreaucracy, Better Kae12 Education Act, and HR 9611, Less Bureaucracy, Better Higher Education Act, both proposed by Representative Harris of North Carolina, send these offices to the Labor Department. HR 9604, Less Bureaucracy, Better Tribal Education, prposed by Representative Owens sends Native Education services to the Department of the
Interior, and HR 9609, Less Bureaucracy, Better Student Aid Act, sponsored by Representative Wahlberg places that Office with the Treasury Department.
Congress goes into recess in August, so now is the time to comment on these
bills to your legislators. A quick phone call would be the ideal tool. See, for example, Five Calls.org.
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