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A bipartisan House bill would establish a voluntary Agriculture Department certification program for swine facilities, working with states and the swine industry. Supporters say it could strengthen disease preparedness and market continuity, while questions remain about standards, oversight and participation.
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Rep. Eugene Vindman introduced a House bill that would prohibit individualized pricing, dynamic pricing and facial-recognition-based pricing at large retail food stores and their online platforms. The measure has been referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, with its detailed legal terms not yet available in the retrieved record.
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WASHINGTON — The House has recorded the Common Cents Act as signed by the speaker pro tempore after the Senate passed it without amendment. The bill would stop routine penny production, preserve existing pennies as legal tender and allow specified cash amounts to be rounded to five-cent increments when exact change is unavailable. It has not yet become law.
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The Senate moved S. 4668, the Protect College Sports Act of 2026, toward a scheduled Sept. 28 final-passage vote after adopting a substitute amendment, 77-23, and invoking cloture, 74-25. The bill would set federal rules for college-athlete NIL deals, transfers, agents, revenue sharing, nonrevenue sports and certain media-rights agreements.
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A Senate amendment filed to a college-sports bill would make broad changes to energy and mineral permitting, including pipeline reviews, water-quality certifications, mining mill sites and environmental litigation. The proposal was ordered to lie on the table, meaning it was submitted but not adopted.