Scott Fitzgerald

This bill permanently extends and expands judicial authority under the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016. The law allows and establishes procedures for civil claims and causes of action to recover artwork and other property lost between 1933 and 1945 because of Nazi persecution.

Among the changes, the bill removes the deadline for filing civil claims or causes of action. Currently, the filing deadline is December 31, 2026. (Claims must still be filed within six years of the claimant's discovery of the property in question.)

The bill permits courts to exercise jurisdiction over civil claims or causes of action against a foreign state without regard to the nationality or citizenship of the alleged victim. The art or property at issue must still have a connection to the foreign state's commercial activities in the United States.

Additionally, the bill authorizes nationwide service of process, which allows courts to exercise personal jurisdiction over defendants in any judicial district where they may be found, reside, have an agent, or transact business.

Finally, the bill limits the defenses that may be asserted against civil claims or causes of action, including by prohibiting

• defenses based on the passage of time, including equitable defenses such as laches (i.e., unreasonable delays); and

• discretionary bases for dismissal that are unrelated to the merits of the claim, including international comity (i.e., deference to the laws of other countries).

These changes apply to pending and future civil claims or causes of action.

Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act

This bill requires manufacturers to report production cost and product yield information for all dairy products processed in the same facility or facilities to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting Program. Further, USDA must publish a report containing the information obtained under these new requirements and publish a report every two years thereafter.

As background, under the Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting Program, USDA must collect certain dairy product sales information from manufacturers and release the data on a weekly basis.

Locating Every Disbursement in Government Expenditure Records Act or the LEDGER Act

This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to implement a system that tracks all outlays from each appropriation, receipt, or other fund account in the Treasury by each department, agency, office, or other establishment in the executive, legislative, or judicial branches of the federal government. The system must also track the period of availability of the amounts in the applicable appropriation, receipt, or other fund account.

American Flags to Honor Our Veterans Act of 2025

This bill authorizes the display of the American flag in an upright position directly adjacent to the grave site of a deceased member of the Armed Forces or veteran, regardless of other time and display requirements.

This bill designates the women’s health clinic of the Clement J. Zablocki Veterans' Administration Medical Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as the Anna Mae Robertson VA Well Woman Clinic.

This bill lengthens the amount of time for which drug products must have market approval in order for the products to qualify for negotiation under the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program.

The Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to negotiate the prices of certain prescription drugs under Medicare beginning in 2026. Among other requirements, drugs must have had market approval for at least 7 years (for drug products) or 11 years (for biologics) to qualify for negotiation.

The bill modifies these provisions so as to require drug products to also have had at least 11 years of market approval in order to qualify for negotiation.

The bill's changes apply retroactively.

Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act

This bill expands the expenses eligible for tax-free withdrawals from a qualified tuition program (known as a 529 plan) to include tuition, fees (including test fees), books, supplies, equipment, and other expenses related to the enrollment or attendance in a recognized postsecondary credentialing program.

Under the bill, a recognized postsecondary credentialing program includes certain programs identified by a state as providing training services, a program listed in the Web Enabled Approval Management System (WEAMS) maintained by the Department of Veterans Affairs, certain examinations required to obtain or maintain a credential, and other reputable credentialing programs.

Further, under the bill, such programs must be designed for an individual to obtain

• an industry-recognized postsecondary employment credential (e.g., project management professional certificate, advanced emergency medical technician certificate, and welding supervisor certificate),

• a certificate of completion of a registered and certified apprenticeship,

• an occupational or professional license issued or recognized by a state or the federal government (and any certification required for obtaining such license), or

• an associate or baccalaureate degree.

Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act

This bill restructures the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and creates a five-member commission to manage the bureau. Currently, the CFPB is an autonomous bureau within the Federal Reserve System and is led by a director who is appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate.

The bill removes the CFPB from the Federal Reserve System and reestablishes it as an independent agency.

The commission established by this bill is composed of five members appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, with one member selected by the President to serve as chair of the commission. No more than three commissioners may be members of the same political party. The bill also sets forth provisions regarding terms, quorums, and vacancies. The bill specifies that the President may a remove a commissioner for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.

The bill also revises the membership requirements of the Consumer Advisory Board. The board advises and consults with the CFPB regarding relevant consumer financial laws and provides information on emerging practices in the consumer financial products and services industry. Currently, at least six members must be appointed upon recommendation of the regional Federal Reserve Bank presidents. The bill removes this requirement and requires at least half of all members to have private sector experience.

Love Lives On Act of 2025

This bill extends entitlement for various benefit programs and services for surviving spouses of deceased members of the Armed Forces or veterans.

The bill provides that the remarriage of a surviving spouse must not bar the furnishing of dependency and indemnity compensation or special pension benefits to such spouse.

Additionally, the Department of Defense may not terminate the payment of an annuity for a surviving spouse under the Survivor Benefit Plan solely because the surviving spouse remarries.

The bill also expands the definition of a dependent under TRICARE to include a remarried widow or widower whose subsequent marriage has ended due to death, divorce, or annulment.

This bill requires the U.S Postal Service to designate a single, unique ZIP Code for each of the following 74 communities:

• Canyon Lake, California

• Eastvale, California

• Hidden Hills, California

• Industry, California

• North Tustin, California

• Tehachapi, California

• Castle Pines, Colorado

• Centennial, Colorado

• Cherry Hills Village, Colorado

• Greenwood Village, Colorado

• Highlands Ranch, Colorado

• Keystone, Colorado

• Lone Tree, Colorado

• Mountain Village, Colorado

• Mt Crested Butte, Colorado

• Severance, Colorado

• Silver Cliff, Colorado

• Sterling Ranch, Colorado

• Superior, Colorado

• Telluride, Colorado

• Scotland, Connecticut

• Estero, Florida

• Ft Myers, Florida

• Hollywood, Florida

• Oakland Park, Florida

• Lighthouse Point, Florida

• Coconut Creek, Florida

• Parkland, Florida

• Deerfield Beach, Florida

• Wilton Manors, Florida

• Burr Ridge, Illinois

• Carmel, Indiana

• Noblesville, Indiana

• Westfield, Indiana

• Zionsville, Indiana

• Urbandale, Iowa

• Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

• Montz, Louisiana

• Springwater Township, Minnesota

• Grass Valley, Nevada

• Swanzey, New Hampshire

• Kinnelon, New Jersey

• Mendham Township, New Jersey

• Flanders, New York

• Glendale, New York

• Riverside, New York

• Pendelton, New York

• Northampton, New York

• Harnett County, North Carolina

• Weddington, North Carolina

• Goose Creek, South Carolina

• Fairview, Texas

• Fate, Texas

• Heath, Texas

• Murphy, Texas

• Northlake, Texas

• Parker, Texas

• Sargent, Texas

• Fairlawn, Virginia

• Caledonia, Wisconsin

• Franklin, Wisconsin

• Glendale, Wisconsin

• Greenfield, Wisconsin

• Village of Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin

• Village of Somers, Wisconsin

• Village of Harrison, Wisconsin

• Mills, Wyoming

• Hochatown, Oklahoma

• North Enid, Oklahoma

• Green, Ohio

• Rochester, Wisconsin

• Quartzite Township, Minnesota

• Frederick, Colorado

• Camargo, Kentucky

Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception Act of 2026 or the GUARD Act of 2026

This bill allows state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies and grantees that receive funds from certain law enforcement grant programs to use the funds to investigate general financial fraud, elder financial fraud, and pig butchering. Pig butchering refers to a confidence and investment fraud in which a victim is gradually lured into transferring increasing amounts of money, generally in the form of cryptocurrency, into a fake virtual investment.

The bill allows federal law enforcement agencies to assist state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies and fusion centers in the use of tracing tools for blockchain and related technology tools.

Finally, the bill requires the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to report on efforts to combat general financial fraud, elder financial fraud, pig butchering, and scams, including an evaluation of any legislative recommendations to improve the efforts. The bill also requires FinCEN to report on the state of general financial fraud, elder financial fraud, pig butchering, and scams in the United States, including trends in the crimes.