Improving the Lives of the American People Act
Latest action · Jul 7, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 18, 2026
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 21
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 7, 2026Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- Jul 7, 2026Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability.
- Jun 18, 2026Introduced in House
- Jun 18, 2026Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, Education and Workforce, Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, Armed Services, Veterans' Affairs, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Financial Services, Appropriations, the Budget, Energy and Commerce, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Rules, Ethics, the Judiciary, Small Business, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 172, no. 103, June 18, 2026, page H4127.
CRS reports 3
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 3
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R40962 | Members’ Representational Allowance: History and Usage | Report | Oct 13, 2026 |
| R44399 | Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense Account (SOPOEA): History and Usage | Report | Aug 4, 2026 |
| R44692 | Five-Year Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Program: Status and Issues in Brief | Report | Jul 29, 2026 |
Related bills 7
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 494 | To amend the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 to make improvements to the Federal Cyber Scholarship for Service Program, and for other purposes. | Related bill | Jan 16, 2025 |
| S 2831 | Stand Strong for Medicare Act | Related bill | Sep 17, 2025 |
| S 3649 | Restore Trust in Congress Act | Related bill | Jan 15, 2026 |
| HR 5106 | Restore Trust in Congress Act | Related bill | Sep 3, 2025 |
| HR 5554 | Stand Strong for Medicare Act of 2025 | Related bill | Sep 23, 2025 |
| HR 6731 | Restore Trust in Government Act | Related bill | Dec 16, 2025 |
| HR 7435 | DHS Intelligence Transparency and Oversight Program Office and Ombuds Act | Related bill | Feb 10, 2026 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To improve the lives of the American people, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Improving the Lives of the American People Act
- Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Restore Trust in Government Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 18, 2026Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
