Congress.gov: Bills Presented to the President Update

09/04/2026

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Doug LaMalfa Federal Disaster Tax Relief Certainty Act

H.R.2069

Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025

H.R.1276

To remove restrictions from a parcel of land in Paducah, Kentucky.

Today in History - September 4

09/04/2026

Today in History - September 4

On September 4, 1781, the eleven men, eleven women, and twenty-two children recruited by Alta California Governor Felipe de Neve founded El Pueblo de la Reyna de Los Angeles (The Town of the Queen of Angels). Continue reading.

Architect and city planner Daniel Hudson Burnham was born in Henderson, New York on September 4, 1846. Continue reading.

On the afternoon of Sunday, September 4, 1949, violence broke out after renowned but controversial African American baritone Paul Robeson sang at an outdoor concert near Peekskill, New York. Continue reading.

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Join Us on September 24 for the 2026 Congress.gov Public Forum

09/04/2026

Join Us on September 24 for the 2026 Congress.gov Public Forum

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This post invites readers to join the Congress.gov Public Forum to learn about the enhancements made to the site over the past year and to provide their feedback on enhancements they would like to see added to the site.

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New Online Collection: Miami’s Goombay Festival and Little Bahamas of Coconut Grove

09/04/2026

New Online Collection: Miami’s Goombay Festival and Little Bahamas of Coconut Grove

09/04/2026 08:00 AM EDT

This Folklife Today blog post is guest written by Dr. Aarti Mehta-Kroll, who co-led the 2024 AFC Community Collections Grant project, Documenting Goombay and Little Bahamas of Coconut Grove, which has now been made available as an online collection on loc.gov. The post discusses the longstanding Goombay Festival and its importance to the Bahamian community of Miami, as well as highlights from the collection.

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Join Us on September 24 for the 2026 Congress.gov Public Forum

09/04/2026

Join Us on September 24 for the 2026 Congress.gov Public Forum

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[tentative list] LCSH/LCC Tentative Lists 09a, 2026

09/04/2026

LCSH and LCC Tentative Lists have been posted. These lists contain proposals for new or revised subject headings currently being reviewed by the Policy, Training, and Cooperative Programs (PTCP) Division of the Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access (ABA) Directorate.

The proposals on this list are NOT YET APPROVED and are not yet available for use in current cataloging.

Library of Congress Subject Headings Tentative List 09a, 2026

Library of Congress Classification Tentative List 09a, 2026

Latest News: Library Makes Nearly 500 First-Hand 9/11 Responder Accounts Available Online

09/04/2026

Library Makes Nearly 500 First-Hand 9/11 Responder Accounts Online

The Library of Congress has launched an online collection of nearly 500 first-hand accounts from 9/11 responders to mark the 25th anniversary of the World Trade Center attack.

Housed in the American Folklife Center, the collection includes 484 full-length video interviews conducted between April 2010 and September 2024, along with their corresponding transcripts, which document what responders witnessed, why they responded, what they endured, and how the experience affected their health, families and lives in the years that followed. The collection finding aid contains a full inventory of the collection.

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The Asian Division’s Florence Tan Moeson Fellowship: Now Accepting Applications for 2027

09/04/2026

The Asian Division’s Florence Tan Moeson Fellowship: Now Accepting Applications for 2027

09/04/2026 09:00 AM EDT

The Asian Division is now accepting applications for its Florence Tan Moeson Fellowship, which supports short-term research visits to the Asian Reading Room at the Library of Congress. This year's application deadline is before midnight, Sunday, November1, 2026 U.S. Eastern Time for the 2027 fellowship cycle.

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Machine Capabilities at a Human Scale: Get to Know the Revolution Crossroads Initiative

09/04/2026

Machine Capabilities at a Human Scale: Get to Know the Revolution Crossroads Initiative

09/04/2026 11:22 AM EDT

For the 2026 American Semiquincentennial year, the Library of Congress is working with the Smithsonian Institution to look at how artificial intelligence technologies can help make new discoveries about history. Dubbed “Revolution Crossroads,” the initiative aims to demonstrate what AI could do to enable new insights and explorations with collections. An introductory video from Inside Smithsonian Digital and the Library of Congress asks, “Can AI Help Historians?” It explains how leaders, curators, and technology experts are coming together to explore and explain AI’s capabilities to augment learning, research, and discovery.

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