The bill is not dead. It passed the House in 2025 and a Senate committee in May 2026, but it never reached a floor vote before the deadline arrived.
Lawmakers come back on September 14 with about three weeks of floor time that also has to fit government funding and a Russia sanctions bill.
If Thune files a cloture motion, the first procedural vote could land around September 15 or 16. That is a step toward a vote, not final passage.
Advancing past a filibuster needs 60 votes. Reporting says it is unclear the bill even has 50 right now, with holdouts in both parties.
Track whether cloture gets filed and whether negotiators reach a deal before mid-September. Until then, the bill is advanced but unfinished.
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