The White House said the President signed four bills into law on Friday, September 11, 2026, covering federal spending disclosure, disaster-related tax provisions, a land deed restriction in Kentucky and a commemorative work in the District of Columbia.
The announcement, posted in the White House’s briefings and statements section, lists the four measures and describes what each does. The descriptions below are those given in the White House statement.
Spending disclosure
H.R. 2069, the “Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025,” expands federal spending transparency requirements to include other transaction agreements, and modifies related standards, oversight and reporting, according to the statement.
Other transaction agreements are a contracting instrument distinct from standard procurement contracts and grants. The statement does not specify which agencies or dollar thresholds the new requirements apply to, nor when they take effect.
Disaster tax provisions
H.R. 5366, the “Doug LaMalfa Federal Disaster Tax Relief Certainty Act,” extends and codifies the federal tax deduction for qualified disaster-related personal casualty losses and the exclusion from gross income of qualified wildfire relief payments, the statement said.
A personal casualty loss deduction allows taxpayers to deduct certain losses to property; an exclusion from gross income means qualifying payments are not counted as taxable income. The statement does not give the length of the extension, effective dates, or a cost estimate.
Land and commemorative measures
H.R. 1276 directs the Department of the Interior to remove all deed restriction from an approximately 3.62-acre parcel of land conveyed from the department to the City of Paducah, Kentucky, according to the statement.
H.R. 2196, the “National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Extension Act,” extends the authority of the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work on federal lands in the District of Columbia to commemorate the commitment and service represented by emergency medical services personnel, the statement said. It does not state the new expiration date of that authority.
The statement does not include vote tallies, sponsors or the legislative history of any of the four bills, and contains no quotation from the President or other officials.
Source: White House, “Congressional Bills H.R. 1276, H.R. 2069, H.R. 2196 and H.R. 5366 Signed into Law” (Briefings & Statements), released September 11, 2026. The document is a summary announcement; descriptions of each bill’s effect are the White House’s own characterizations and the statement provides no effective dates, cost estimates or legislative details.