Congressional Bills H.R. 227, H.R. 837, H.R. 1721, H.R. 2388, H.R. 2481, H.R. 3620, H.R. 4307, H.R. 4467, H.R. 6380, and H.R. 7831 Signed into Law

On Tuesday, October 20, 2026, the President signed into law:

H.R. 227, the “Clergy Act,” which allows a 2-year period in which ministers of a church, members of a religious order, and Christian Science practitioners may submit an application to the Internal Revenue Service to revoke their exemption from Social Security coverage;

H.R. 837, which requires the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site, located on the Tonto National Forest, to Gila County, Arizona;

H.R. 1721, the “Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act,” which requires the Department of Commerce to conduct a study on the costs, benefits, and feasibility of manufacturing any high-demand product in the United States that is being imported due to a manufacturing, material, or supply chain constraint; 

H.R. 2388, the “Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Project Lands Restoration Act,” which takes certain land in the State of Washington into trust for the benefit of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe;

H.R. 2481, the “Romance Scam Prevention Act,” which requires online dating service providers to provide to a member of the online dating service a fraud ban notification if the member has received a message through the service from a member who was banned due to fraudulent activity;

H.R. 3620, the “Southcentral Foundation Land Transfer Act of 2025,” which requires the warranty deed conveyance of land in Anchorage, Alaska, to the Southcentral Foundation;

H.R. 4307, the “Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act,” which requires the Secretary of Labor to provide training to certain employees of the Department of Labor on how to detect and assist law enforcement in preventing human trafficking during the course of their official duties;

H.R. 4467, the “Vicksburg National Military Park Boundary Modification Act,” which directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey approximately seven acres of Federal land, located within the boundaries of the Vicksburg National Military Park, to the State of Mississippi for construction of a new interpretive center;

H.R. 6380, the “Chiricahua National Park Act,” which redesignates the Chiricahua National Monument, located in southeastern Arizona, as the Chiricahua National Park;

H.R. 7831, the “License to Drill Act,” which extends the authority of the Department of the Interior to collect certain oil and gas permit application processing fees.

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