Delivering Priority Legislation Act

Bill Number

H.R. 9586

Origin Chamber

House

Congress

119th Congress, Session 2

Status

Introduced

Latest Action

2026-07-02: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Homeland Security, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, Financial Services, Veterans' Affairs, Intelligence (Permanent Select), the Judiciary, Rules, Ethics, the Budget, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Last Updated

2026-07-07T08:53:25Z

AI-Generated Summary

Purpose This legislation, titled the Delivering Priority Legislation Act, enacts a series of provisions across multiple policy areas, including small business programs, outdoor education access, nuclear security, family medical leave, housing finance, tax credits, intelligence assessments, election integrity, congressional procedures, ethics rules, and appropriations.

Key Provisions

• Title I: Extends and modifies Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program assistance through September 30, 2030, increasing the allocation from 3 percent to 3.3 percent and requiring certain agencies to transfer at least 10 percent of relevant funds to the Small Business Administration. It also updates outreach provisions for underserved populations.
• Title II: Reauthorizes the Every Kid Outdoors program, adjusts eligibility to include fifth graders or home-schooled learners aged 10 or 11, and authorizes $25 million annually for operational support, promotion, transportation, and outreach to underserved communities.
• Title III: Establishes a National Nuclear Forensics Center within the National Nuclear Security Administration to coordinate federal nuclear forensics and attribution activities. It repeals the Nuclear Forensics and Attribution Act and makes conforming amendments to the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
• Title IV: Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to permit intermittent leave under specified conditions and removes certain certification requirements for such leave.
• Title V: Expresses the sense of Congress regarding the use of second mortgages to facilitate assumptions of insured first mortgages. It authorizes the Federal Housing Administration, Department of Agriculture, and Department of Veterans Affairs to insure or guarantee second mortgages on properties with existing insured first mortgages and requires public disclosure of related loan information.
• Title VI: Creates a nonrefundable tax credit of up to $1,000 for qualified hearing aids, subject to income limits and an election once every five years, effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2026.
• Title VII: Directs the Director of National Intelligence to submit a National Intelligence Estimate within 180 days on artificial intelligence systems developed or deployed by entities in the People's Republic of China, covering bias, training data, potential influence operations, and recommendations.
• Title VIII: Adds a criminal prohibition in title 18 of the United States Code against establishing or using corporations to conceal prohibited election contributions or donations by foreign nationals, with penalties of up to five years imprisonment, fines, or both.
• Title IX: Requires each standing committee of the House of Representatives to hold a hearing on the implementation of the Act within one year, enacted as an exercise of House rulemaking authority.
• Title X: Amends the Code of Official Conduct in the Rules of the House of Representatives to require adherence to the spirit and letter of House and committee rules.
• Title XI: Provides for determination of budgetary effects under the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 via a specified statement.
• Title XII: Appropriates $1 million each to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Joint Economic Committee, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Space Force military personnel, Environmental Protection Agency science and technology, and Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy for fiscal year 2027.

Significant Changes to Existing Law The bill extends expiration dates and modifies funding mechanisms in the Small Business Act; updates eligibility and funding in the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act; creates a new statutory center and repeals prior legislation in nuclear forensics; alters leave and certification rules in the Family and Medical Leave Act; expands mortgage insurance authorities in the National Housing Act and related statutes; introduces a new Internal Revenue Code section for a tax credit; adds a new criminal offense in title 18; and amends House rules on conduct and procedures. It also shifts certain functions from the Department of Homeland Security to the National Nuclear Security Administration.

Potential Impacts

• Government agencies: Increases administrative responsibilities for the Small Business Administration, National Nuclear Security Administration, Federal Housing Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Agriculture, intelligence community elements, and various House committees; provides additional funding to specified agencies.
• Citizens: Expands access to SBIR/STTR programs, outdoor education, intermittent family leave, second-mortgage financing options, and tax relief for hearing aids; enhances public disclosure of certain mortgage data.
• International relations: Supports assessments of foreign AI systems and restricts foreign election-related activities through new prohibitions.

Main Stakeholders Affected Small businesses and research entities participating in SBIR/STTR programs; families, schools, and youth organizations using outdoor programs; federal agencies involved in nuclear forensics and intelligence; employees eligible for family medical leave; homebuyers and lenders in FHA, VA, and USDA programs; taxpayers purchasing hearing aids; the intelligence community; foreign nationals subject to election laws; Members and staff of the House of Representatives; and agencies receiving appropriations.

Notable Legal, Constitutional, or Political Implications The legislation introduces a new federal criminal offense related to election contributions, modifies House internal rules as an exercise of congressional rulemaking authority, shifts interagency responsibilities in nuclear forensics, and includes a sense-of-Congress statement on housing policy. It also contains appropriations and budgetary compliance mechanisms.

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Sponsor

Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]

Recent Actions

• 2026-07-02: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Homeland Security, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, Financial Services, Veterans' Affairs, Intelligence (Permanent Select), the Judiciary, Rules, Ethics, the Budget, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• 2026-07-02: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Homeland Security, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, Financial Services, Veterans' Affairs, Intelligence (Permanent Select), the Judiciary, Rules, Ethics, the Budget, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• 2026-07-02: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Homeland Security, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, Financial Services, Veterans' Affairs, Intelligence (Permanent Select), the Judiciary, Rules, Ethics, the Budget, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• 2026-07-02: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Homeland Security, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, Financial Services, Veterans' Affairs, Intelligence (Permanent Select), the Judiciary, Rules, Ethics, the Budget, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• 2026-07-02: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Homeland Security, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, Financial Services, Veterans' Affairs, Intelligence (Permanent Select), the Judiciary, Rules, Ethics, the Budget, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• 2026-07-02: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Homeland Security, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, Financial Services, Veterans' Affairs, Intelligence (Permanent Select), the Judiciary, Rules, Ethics, the Budget, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• 2026-07-02: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Homeland Security, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, Financial Services, Veterans' Affairs, Intelligence (Permanent Select), the Judiciary, Rules, Ethics, the Budget, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• 2026-07-02: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Homeland Security, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, Financial Services, Veterans' Affairs, Intelligence (Permanent Select), the Judiciary, Rules, Ethics, the Budget, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• 2026-07-02: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Homeland Security, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, Financial Services, Veterans' Affairs, Intelligence (Permanent Select), the Judiciary, Rules, Ethics, the Budget, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• 2026-07-02: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Homeland Security, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, Financial Services, Veterans' Affairs, Intelligence (Permanent Select), the Judiciary, Rules, Ethics, the Budget, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• 2026-07-02: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Homeland Security, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, Financial Services, Veterans' Affairs, Intelligence (Permanent Select), the Judiciary, Rules, Ethics, the Budget, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• 2026-07-02: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Homeland Security, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, Financial Services, Veterans' Affairs, Intelligence (Permanent Select), the Judiciary, Rules, Ethics, the Budget, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• 2026-07-02: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Homeland Security, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, Financial Services, Veterans' Affairs, Intelligence (Permanent Select), the Judiciary, Rules, Ethics, the Budget, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• 2026-07-02: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Homeland Security, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, Financial Services, Veterans' Affairs, Intelligence (Permanent Select), the Judiciary, Rules, Ethics, the Budget, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• 2026-07-02: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Homeland Security, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, Financial Services, Veterans' Affairs, Intelligence (Permanent Select), the Judiciary, Rules, Ethics, the Budget, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Bill Versions

• Delivering Priority Legislation Act — issued 2026-07-02 — PDF (23 pages)