The TAKE IT DOWN Act: A Federal Law Prohibiting the Nonconsensual Publication of Intimate Images
On April 28, 2025, Congress passed S. 146, the TAKE IT DOWN Act, a bill that criminalizes the nonconsensual publication of intimate images, including “digital forgeries” (i.e., deepfakes), in certain ...
District Court Rules FDA Lacks Authority to Regulate Laboratory Developed Tests
On March 31, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas ruled—in two consolidated cases, American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA) v. FDA and Association for Molecular Patho...
Supreme Court Hears Challenges to Nationwide Injunctions
On May 15, 2025, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Trump v. CASA, Inc., Trump v. Washington, and Trump v. New Jersey, a trio of cases involving nationwide injunctions against the federal govern...
Agriculture and Related Agencies: FY2025 Appropriations
The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (Agriculture appropriations) funds the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), except for the U...
Stablecoin Legislation: An Overview of S. 919, GENIUS Act of 2025
On March 18, the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee reported S. 919, the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act of 2025, or GENIUS Act. The bill would e...
Recent Executive Actions Related to Gain-of-Function Research and Laboratory Biosafety
In the United States, oversight of the life sciences, in particular laboratory biosafety and biosecurity, is exercised pursuant to a mixture of federal law, federal guidance, and self-governance, depe...
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations for FY2025
The House and the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations Subcommittees are charged with providing annual appropriations for the U.S. Departmen...
Army Security Force Assistance Brigades (SFABs)
What Is Security Force Assistance (SFA)?
Security Force Assistance (SFA) is defined as “unified action to generate, employ, and sustain local, host-nation, or regional security forces in support of a ...
House Oversight and Government Reform (HOGR) Reconciliation Committee Print Pursuant to H.Con.Res. 14
On April 30, 2025, HOGR held a markup in response to the reconciliation directives included in H.Con.Res. 14, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for FY2025. Specifically, Section 2001(a)(9) of H....
Trump Administration Actions: Geographic Naming
On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order (E.O.) 14172, “Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness,” to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, reinstate th...