New Economy and Commerce Bills

Requires the Small Business Administration to report on its use of AI.

Requires reports on how antitrust laws are enforced to protect small businesses.

Authorizes funding for highways, bridges, transit, rail, and safety programs.

Creates a tax credit for issuers of bonds for local infrastructure projects.

Sets the yearly budget for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and Science.

Requires the Coast Guard to buy certain equipment from American sources.

Bans certain investment firms from owning or controlling youth sports entities.

Allows private companies to extract minerals from Army industrial base lands.

Makes the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program for foreign students a formal law.

Establishes a State Department program to promote U.S. small modular reactors.