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White House · Sunday, September 13, 2026

President signs four House bills into law

The File desk · Sep 13, 2026, 10:16 AM UTC

Status

Confirmed from a White House briefing statement dated Sept. 11, 2026. Effective dates and implementing agency guidance beyond the White House one-paragraph summaries were not fetched here.

Four House bills became law on Friday. A White House statement dated Sept. 11 says the President signed , , , and . clears a deed restriction on about 3.62 acres the Interior Department once conveyed to Paducah, Kentucky. , the , widens federal spending transparency rules to cover other transaction agreements. , the , extends authority for a National Emergency Medical Services memorial on federal land in the District of Columbia. , the , extends and writes into law a federal tax deduction for certain disaster-related personal casualty losses and an exclusion for qualified wildfire relief payments.

Four House bills became law on Friday.

A White House statement dated Sept. 11 says the President signed , , , and .

directs the Interior Department to remove the deed restriction on an about 3.62-acre parcel previously conveyed to Paducah, Kentucky.

, the , expands federal spending transparency rules to cover other transaction agreements and to change related standards, oversight, and reporting.

, the , extends the authority of the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation to put a commemorative work on federal land in Washington, D.C.

, the , extends and writes into law a federal tax deduction for qualified disaster-related personal casualty losses and an exclusion from income for qualified wildfire relief payments.

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Primary sources

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  1. Source 1

    Congressional Bills H.R. 1276, H.R. 2069, H.R. 2196 and H.R. 5366 Signed into Law

    The White House · September 11, 2026

    On Friday, September 11, 2026, the President signed into law (Paducah deed restriction, about 3.62 acres); , the ; , the ; and , the .

    https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2026/09/congressional-bills-h-r-1276-h-r-2069-h-r-2196-and-h-r-5366-signed-into-law/