Bills with new activity from December 16 - December 23, 2025
Last updated: December 23, 2025 at 09:05 PM ET
273
Total Bills
i
All data comes from the Congress.gov API.
81
With Summaries
i
Summaries are generated when the Congress.gov API provides a link to the bill full text. AI summaries have not yet been reviewed by humans. We are currently integrating our AI-summary reviewer feedback pipeline.
Bills Discharged
i
A proposed piece of legislation is brought for floor consideration without being finalized in committee (requires majority vote in the House and super majority vote in the Senate)
1 bills
▼
H.Res. 780
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1834) to advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock.
📅 Dec 17, 2025
Summary:
• Provides for House consideration of bill H.R. 1834 "to advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock" • Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill and its provisions • Allows one hour of debate divided between majority and minority leaders before final passage
Additional Details:
• Permits an amendment in the nature of a substitute if submitted by the ranking minority member of the Committee on Rules and printed in the Congressional Record at least one day before consideration • Suspends clause 1(c) of rule XIX and clause 8 of rule XX for consideration of H.R. 1834 • Requires the Clerk to transmit a message to the Senate within one calendar day after the House passes H.R. 1834
Bills Placed on Calendar
i
A proposed piece of legislation is out of committee and put on a type of waiting list/agenda for one of the houses
1 bills
▼
H.R. 3187
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey a parcel of property of the Forest Service to Perry County, Arkansas, and for other purposes.
📅 Dec 16, 2025
Summary:
• Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to convey approximately 0.81 acres of Forest Service land in Perryville, Arkansas to Perry County if the County requests it within 180 days of enactment • The conveyance is made without consideration (free) but Perry County must pay all costs associated with the transfer including surveys and environmental analyses • The property must be used only for public purposes such as supporting education and youth development, or it reverts back to the United States
Additional Details:
• The specific property is parcel 850-10555-001 located at 1069 Fourche Avenue, Perryville, Arkansas 72126, with exact acreage to be determined by survey • The conveyance will be made by quitclaim deed and is subject to valid existing rights and other terms the Secretary considers appropriate to protect U.S. interests • The Secretary is not required to provide any environmental covenant or warranty for the property being conveyed
• Modifies repayment terms for the Arkansas Valley Conduit in Colorado to require payment of 35 percent of the conduit's cost • Allows funding provided during construction from non-Secretary entities to count toward the 35 percent payment requirement • Requires contracting parties to assume responsibility for care, operation, maintenance, and replacement of the conduit
Additional Details:
• Establishes that the conduit is intended to provide domestic water supplies to communities and households that do not have reliable access to domestic water supplies • Permits repayment of any remaining balance after construction funding for up to 75 years with simple interest at 50 percent of the Treasury rate, based on demonstration of financial hardship • Allows revenue from excess capacity contracts or exchange contracts using Fryingpan-Arkansas project facilities to be applied toward repayment obligations
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
📅 Dec 18, 2025
Summary:
• Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas within one year of enactment • Mandates notification of Fernando V. Cota's next of kin before the disinterment can be carried out • Directs that the remains be given to the next of kin, or if no response, disposed of as the Secretary determines appropriate
Additional Details:
• The bill was passed by the Senate on August 1, 2025 • The Secretary may not proceed with disinterment until after the next of kin notification requirement is fulfilled • If next of kin do not respond to the notification, the Secretary has discretion to arrange for appropriate disposition of the remains
Bills in Committee
i
A proposed piece of legislation has been assigned to a specific standing committee/subcommittee for detailed review, analysis, and potential revision
22 bills
▼
S. 1508
Shivwits Band of Paiutes Jurisdictional Clarity Act
📅 Dec 17, 2025
Summary:
• Grants the State of Utah jurisdiction over civil lawsuits involving the Shivwits Band of Paiutes that arise on or within their Indian lands • Establishes that contracts and agreements involving the Shivwits Band of Paiutes or their Indian lands fall under federal court jurisdiction as matters of commerce and federal law • Preserves the Shivwits Band of Paiutes' sovereign immunity from lawsuits unless they consent to be sued
Additional Details:
• Defines "Indian lands" as lands held in trust by the United States for the Shivwits Band of Paiutes or subject to federal restrictions against sale • Defines "Shivwits Band of Paiutes" to include the tribe itself, its governing body, tribal enterprises, and corporations chartered under the Indian Reorganization Act • Amends existing federal law to grant the Shivwits Band of Paiutes specific leasing authority for their trust lands
Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Land Transfer Act of 2025
📅 Dec 17, 2025
Summary:
• Revokes Public Land Order 3309 from January 17, 1964, and transfers jurisdiction of that land to the Secretary of the Interior • Requires the Secretary to place approximately 265 acres of specified California land (80 acres of BLM land and 185 acres of Indian Creek Ranch land) into trust for the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians within 180 days of enactment • Prohibits any class II or class III gaming on the trust land under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
Additional Details:
• Declares the trust land to be part of the Tribe's reservation and requires it to be administered according to laws and regulations generally applicable to property held in trust by the United States for an Indian Tribe • Requires the Secretary to conduct a review to determine if a survey is needed and, if so, perform the survey with authority to make minor corrections for clerical, typographical, and surveying errors • Specifies that the trust transfer is subject to valid existing rights and references a Bureau of Land Management map titled "Proposed Bureau of Land Management Land Transfer to Shingle Springs Rancheria" dated May 2, 2025
Improving SBA Engagement on Employee Ownership Act
📅 Dec 17, 2025
Summary:
• Requires the SBA Administrator to attend working groups, meetings, and other engagements on cooperatives or employee ownership hosted by other Federal agencies when invited or when having previous relationships • Amends Small Business Investment Company Program outreach to include outreach to investors and limited partners of such companies • Directs the SBA Administrator to carry out specified requirements through the Small Business Employee Ownership and Cooperatives Promotion Program within 180 days of enactment
Additional Details:
• The bill may be cited as the "Improving SBA Engagement on Employee Ownership Act" • The bill amends Section 7(a)(35) of the Small Business Act by adding new cooperative working group participation requirements • The specific requirements to be carried out reference section 862(e) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, though the content of those requirements is not provided by the bill
• Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to restrict public comments on Bureau of Land Management rulemaking to only citizens of the United States • Requires the Secretary to implement CAPTCHA processes to deter artificial intelligence attempts at public involvement for Bureau-managed public lands • Maintains that land shall be administered under existing rules and regulations before new rules are promulgated
Additional Details:
• Establishes that rulemaking shall be conducted in accordance with chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, without regard to section 553(a)(2) • Applies different standards to National Forest System lands, where the Secretary of Agriculture promulgates rules without the citizenship restriction that applies to Bureau lands • The bill is titled the "American Voices in Federal Lands Act" and was introduced by Mr. Barrasso and others on July 10, 2025
• Amends the Act of July 10, 1890, to modify provisions relating to the disposal of public land in the State of Wyoming for educational purposes • Changes language in sections 5, 7, and 8 by replacing "interest of" with "earnings on" and "income thereof" with "earnings on which"
Additional Details:
• May be cited as the "Wyoming Education Trust Modernization Act" • Was introduced by Ms. Lummis and Mr. Barrasso on July 14, 2025, and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources • Specifically amends the Act of July 10, 1890 (26 Stat. 222, chapter 664) in three separate sections
Continental Divide National Scenic Trail Completion Act
📅 Dec 17, 2025
Summary:
• Requires the Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of the Interior to seek to complete the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail as a continuous route within 10 years of enactment • Establishes a joint Forest Service-Bureau of Land Management Trail completion team within 1 year to facilitate completion and optimization of the Trail • Mandates completion of a comprehensive development plan for the Trail within 3 years of establishing the completion team
Additional Details:
• The comprehensive development plan must identify gaps in the Trail where land has not been acquired, opportunities for easements from willing sellers, and include general and site-specific development plans with anticipated costs • Directs the Secretaries to seek agreements with volunteer and nonprofit organizations to facilitate Trail completion and administration • Specifies that the Act does not provide authority to acquire land beyond existing National Trails System Act authorities and does not make Trail land acquisition a priority over other land acquisition authorizations
Theodore Roosevelt National Park Wild Horses Protection Act
📅 Dec 17, 2025
Summary:
• Requires the Secretary of the Interior to maintain a genetically diverse herd of at least 150 horses in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park • Mandates development of a management plan within 120 days that ensures cost-effective horse management while protecting natural resources • Prohibits removal of horses from the park except for genetic diversity maintenance, emergencies, or public health and safety protection
Additional Details:
• Requires the Secretary to annually monitor, assess, and make publicly available findings regarding the population, structure, and health of the horses in the park • Amends Section 5 of the Act of April 25, 1947 by adding new subsection (b) specifically addressing horse maintenance requirements • Establishes that the Secretary shall not assist in or permit the removal of horses by others from Federal land within the park boundaries under the same restrictions
New Mexico Land Grant-Mercedes Historical or Traditional Use Cooperation and Coordination Act
📅 Dec 17, 2025
Summary:
• Requires the Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of the Interior to enter into memorandums of understanding with the New Mexico Land Grant Council within 2 years to enhance cooperation regarding historical or traditional uses of federal land by qualified land grant-mercedes • Defines historical or traditional uses to include gathering herbs/wood/flora in small quantities, grazing, subsistence hunting/fishing, maintaining monuments/shrines/cemeteries, and other long-established noncommercial uses by qualified land grant-mercedes • Requires federal agencies to consider socioeconomic conditions of community users and operating budgets of governing bodies when determining fee reductions or waivers for land use permits
Additional Details:
• Memorandums of understanding must describe processes for obtaining permits, vehicle/equipment use authorization, routine maintenance and minor improvements of infrastructure, and consultation procedures with affected Indian Tribes • Requires federal land use planning processes to include sections that consider and evaluate the impact of other uses on historical or traditional uses by qualified land grant-mercedes • Applies only to community land grants issued under Spanish or Mexican law that are recognized under New Mexico statutes and have records of historical use or patented boundaries on or adjacent to federal land
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6703) to ensure access to affordable health insurance; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 498) to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to prohibit Federal Medicaid funding for gender transition procedures for minors; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3492) to amend section 116 of title 18, United States Code, with respect to genital and bodily mutilation and chemical castration of minors; and relating to consideration of the bill (H.R. 4776) to amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to clarify ambiguous provisions and facilitate a more efficient, effective, and timely environmental review process.
📅 Dec 17, 2025
Summary:
• Provides for House consideration of four separate bills: H.R. 6703 (affordable health insurance access), H.R. 498 (prohibiting Federal Medicaid funding for gender transition procedures for minors), H.R. 3492 (amending federal law regarding genital and bodily mutilation and chemical castration of minors), and H.R. 4776 (amending the National Environmental Policy Act) • Establishes specific debate procedures for each bill, including waiving points of order against consideration and provisions, with one hour of debate and one motion to recommit allowed for each • Specifies that an amendment to H.R. 4776 regarding preservation of ongoing administrative corrections shall be considered as adopted
Additional Details:
• Designates different committee chairs and ranking minority members to control debate time for each bill, with H.R. 6703 debate divided among Education and Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means committees • For H.R. 3492, includes consideration of a Committee on the Judiciary amendment in the nature of a substitute as adopted, plus allows one additional amendment printed in the Committee on Rules report • The amendment to H.R. 4776 exempts agency actions from the Act's application if agencies filed voluntary remand motions or initiated corrective actions between January 20, 2025, and the Act's enactment date
Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Oil Spill Recovery Act of 2025
📅 Dec 17, 2025
Summary:
• Authorizes a land exchange between the Chugach Alaska Corporation and the Federal Government, with Chugach Alaska trading approximately 231,000 acres of subsurface estate for 65,374 acres of Federal fee simple land • Addresses conflicts created when the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council purchased surface land for conservation while Chugach Alaska retained subsurface development rights underneath • Consolidates Federal ownership of both surface and subsurface estates on lands acquired under the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Habitat Protection and Acquisition Program
Additional Details:
• Requires the Secretary of the Interior to complete the land exchange within 1 year after enactment if Chugach Alaska offers to convey the specified non-Federal land • Federal exchange land includes approximately 63,414 acres of National Forest System land and approximately 1,960 acres of land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service • Allows Chugach Alaska to exclude up to 209 acres from the conveyance where Village Corporations have retained development rights or land has been designated for shareholder homesite programs
• Directs the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and expand prescribed fire use on federal lands, with emphasis on National Forest System units in western and southeastern United States • Establishes a 10-year mandate requiring prescribed fire acreage to increase by 10 percent annually on federal lands starting the first fiscal year after enactment • Creates a Collaborative Prescribed Fire Program to select and fund prescribed fire projects with up to $20 million total annual funding and individual project limits of $1 million per year
Additional Details:
• Allows both Secretaries to use up to 15 percent of their hazardous fuels management appropriations for prescribed fire activities including grants, contracts, training, and technical assistance to states, tribal governments, and other entities • Requires development of landscape-scale prescribed fire plans for National Forest System units and Bureau of Land Management districts within specific timeframes, with environmental compliance and tribal consultation • Establishes liability protections for non-federal entities conducting prescribed fire activities on federal land under federal supervision, treating them as federal employees under the Federal Tort Claims Act
A bill to provide for an extension of the legislative authority of the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs.
📅 Dec 17, 2025
Summary:
• Extends the legislative authority of the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs • Amends Section 1(b) of Public Law 115-275 to change the expiration date to November 3, 2032
Additional Details:
• The bill was introduced on July 30, 2025, by Mr. Coons and five co-sponsors (Mr. Schmitt, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Cassidy, Ms. Warren, and Ms. Lummis) • The bill was referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources after being read twice in the Senate • The amendment specifically modifies references to the 7-year period expiration in section 8903(e) to instead reference the November 3, 2032 expiration date
• Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study on existing Federal programs, rules, and authorities that enable or inhibit wildfire mitigation across land ownership boundaries on Federal and non-Federal land • Requires examination of whether changes to identified programs would increase capacity or funding access for wildfire mitigation by Federal agencies, States, local governments, and Tribal governments • Mandates a report with study results and recommendations to simplify cross-boundary wildfire mitigation be submitted to congressional committees within 2 years
Additional Details:
• Specifically requires study of activities under section 103(e) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003, including how to improve their efficacy and whether they increased funding access • The bill may be cited as the "Cross-Boundary Wildfire Solutions Act" • The report must be submitted to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate
Dolores River National Conservation Area and Special Management Area Act
📅 Dec 17, 2025
Summary:
• Establishes the Dolores River National Conservation Area (approximately 52,872 acres of Bureau of Land Management land) and the Dolores River Special Management Area (approximately 15,452 acres of San Juan National Forest land) in Colorado • Creates purposes for both areas to conserve, protect, and enhance native fish, whitewater boating, recreational, hunting, fishing, scenic, cultural, archaeological, natural, geological, historical, ecological, watershed, wildlife, educational, and scientific resources • Protects private water rights in Colorado and ensures the Act does not affect existing water rights, the Dolores Project operations, or McPhee Reservoir operations
Additional Details:
• Requires both the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture to develop management plans within 3 years for their respective areas, with consultation from states, local governments, the public, and a newly established 14-member Dolores River National Conservation Area Advisory Council • Withdraws covered lands from entry under public land laws, mining laws, and mineral leasing laws (subject to valid existing rights), while allowing continued grazing and requiring that any land acquisition be only from willing sellers, by donation, or exchange • Releases portions of the Dolores River from designation for potential addition under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and establishes special management requirements for areas identified as "Ponderosa Gorge" to maintain wilderness character
• Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey approximately 24 acres of National Forest System land within the Dixie National Forest to Brian Head Town, Utah • The conveyance shall be made without consideration and for the Town's use as a public works facility or any other uses determined necessary by the Town • Requires the Secretary to modify the boundary of the Dixie National Forest to reflect the land conveyance
Additional Details:
• The Federal land is depicted as "NFS Lands Selected for Transfer" on a map entitled "Forest Service to Brian Head Land Transfer" dated April 28, 2025 • The conveyance includes any improvements to the National Forest System land and shall be subject to any terms and conditions the Secretary determines appropriate • The Secretary of Agriculture shall act through the Chief of the Forest Service and complete the conveyance as soon as practicable after enactment
Hershel ‘Woody' Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act
📅 Dec 17, 2025
Summary:
• Authorizes the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation to establish a commemorative work on the National Mall to honor Medal of Honor recipients' acts of valor, selfless service, and sacrifice • Specifies that the monument shall be located within the Reserve, notwithstanding existing restrictions in section 8908(c) of title 40, United States Code • Applies the Commemorative Works Act to the commemorative work except for the location requirement specified in the bill
Additional Details:
• References that Congress unanimously passed Public Law 117-80 in 2021, which originally authorized the commemorative work on Federal land in the District of Columbia • States that locating the monument in close proximity to the Lincoln Memorial within the Reserve would be a respectful extension of Lincoln's enduring legacy • Notes that the Medal of Honor was established by President Abraham Lincoln and first awarded 160 years ago on March 25, 1863
Unlocking Native Lands and Opportunities for Commerce and Key Economic Developments Act of 2025
📅 Dec 17, 2025
Summary:
• Amends the Act of August 9, 1955 to expand tribal leasing authority and removes certain term limits for leases of trust or restricted lands • Allows Indian tribes to grant rights-of-way across their tribal land without Secretary of the Interior approval if done under tribal regulations approved by the Secretary • Establishes a process for tribes to submit tribal regulations governing rights-of-way for Secretary approval within 180 days
Additional Details:
• Requires tribal regulations to include environmental review processes with public comment opportunities and be consistent with Secretary regulations • Specifies that the United States shall not be liable for losses from tribal-granted rights-of-way, but the Secretary may enforce or cancel such rights-of-way to fulfill trust obligations • Provides that interested parties may petition the Secretary to review tribal compliance with approved regulations after exhausting tribal remedies
A resolution withholding the pay of Senators if a Government shutdown occurs.
📅 Dec 17, 2025
Summary:
• Requires the Secretary of the Senate to withhold Senators' pay during any Government shutdown (defined as a lapse in appropriations for one or more Federal agencies or departments) • Withheld pay must be released to Senators as soon as practicable after the Government shutdown ends • Takes effect the day after the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November 2026
Additional Details:
• The Secretary of the Senate shall disburse and hold payments that would otherwise be made for Senator compensation during shutdown periods • The resolution was submitted by Mr. Kennedy on December 3, 2025, and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration • Defines "Secretary of the Senate" to include designated employees of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate who can carry out these requirements
• Takes approximately 1,082.63 acres of Federal land depicted on a specified map into trust for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and makes it part of their reservation • Prohibits gaming on the trust land under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act • Requires the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a boundary survey and allows minor boundary adjustments and corrections
Additional Details:
• Specifies that the portion of the Elwha River within the trust land shall be managed in accordance with the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, except for necessary modifications under the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act • States that the trust land shall not be subject to any requirements for valuation, appraisal, or equalization under Federal law • Declares that nothing in the Act affects treaty rights under the Treaty of Point No Point concluded January 26, 1855
A bill to amend the Act of August 9, 1955 (commonly known as the "Long-Term Leasing Act"), to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land in the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation and land held in trust for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), and for other purposes.
📅 Dec 17, 2025
Summary:
• Amends the Act of August 9, 1955 (commonly known as the "Long-Term Leasing Act") to authorize leases of up to 99 years for specific tribal lands • Adds the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation and land held in trust for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) to the existing leasing authority provisions
Additional Details:
• The amendment specifically modifies subsection (a) of the first section of the Long-Term Leasing Act by inserting the tribal lands after "Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation" • The bill was introduced by Mr. Markey and Ms. Warren on January 23, 2025, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs • The amendment targets 25 U.S.C. 415(a) in the second sentence of the existing law
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4776) to amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to clarify ambiguous provisions and facilitate a more efficient, effective, and timely environmental review process; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1366) to provide for the location of multiple hardrock mining mill sites, to establish the Abandoned Hardrock Mine Fund, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 845) to require the Secretary of the Interior to reissue regulations removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act of 1973; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3616) to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to review regulations that may affect the reliable operation of the bulk-power system; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3632) to amend the Federal Power Act to adjust the requirements for orders, rules, and regulations relating to furnishing adequate service, to require owners or operators of generating facilities to provide notice of planned retirements of certain electric generating units, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4371) to amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to enhance efforts to combat the trafficking of children.
📅 Dec 16, 2025
Summary:
• Provides for House consideration of six separate bills covering environmental policy, mining, endangered species, energy regulation, power generation, and child trafficking • Establishes specific procedural rules for debate and amendment of each bill, including time limits and committee oversight • Waives points of order against consideration of all six bills and their provisions
Additional Details:
• Allows for one hour of debate equally divided between committee chair and ranking minority member for five of the six bills • Considers committee-recommended amendments in the nature of a substitute as adopted for five of the six bills • Permits one motion to recommit for each bill before final passage
Bills with Floor Activity
i
A proposed piece of legislation is out of committee and scheduled for consideration of the full House or full Senate
27 bills
▼
H.R. 1043
La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act
📅 Dec 18, 2025
Summary:
• Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey approximately 3,400 acres of Bureau of Land Management federal land in Arizona to La Paz County, Arizona • Requires La Paz County to pay fair market value for the land based on professional appraisal standards and cover all conveyance costs including surveys and administrative expenses • Establishes requirements for protecting Tribal cultural artifacts, including coordination with the Colorado River Indian Tribes Tribal Historic Preservation Office
Additional Details:
• Allows the Secretary to exclude any federal land containing significant cultural, environmental, wildlife, or recreational resources from the conveyance • Withdraws the federal land from operation of mining and mineral leasing laws of the United States • Directs that proceeds from the land sale be deposited in the Federal Land Disposal Account and used in accordance with the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act
Fiscal Year 2025 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act
📅 Dec 18, 2025
Summary:
• Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a major medical facility project in St. Louis, Missouri in fiscal year 2026 • The project consists of construction of a new bed tower, clinical building expansion, consolidated administrative building and warehouse, utility plant, and parking garages • Authorizes appropriation of $1,762,668,000 for the project, with amount not to exceed this limit
Additional Details:
• The bill may be cited as the "Fiscal Year 2025 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act" • Funds are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2026 or the year in which funds are appropriated for the Construction, Major Projects account • The bill was introduced by Mr. Moran (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal) on July 23, 2025 and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment Extension Act of 2025
📅 Dec 18, 2025
Summary:
• Extends the Alaska Native Vietnam era veterans land allotment program by changing the time period from 5 years to 10 years • Amends Section 1119(b)(3)(B) of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act
Additional Details:
• The bill is titled the "Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment Extension Act of 2025" • The bill was passed by the House of Representatives on July 14, 2025 • The bill was received in the Senate on July 15, 2025 and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
• Requires federal agencies to develop standardized data systems for public recreational access information on federal waterways within 30 months • Mandates digitization and online publication of geographic data about waterway restrictions, access points, and fishing restrictions within 5 years • Establishes regular data updates (twice yearly for most data, real-time for fishing restrictions) and annual progress reports through March 2034
Additional Details:
• Applies to five federal agencies: Bureau of Reclamation, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Forest Service • Allows coordination with non-federal partners including state and tribal agencies, technology companies, and nonprofit organizations to carry out the Act's requirements • Explicitly states the Act does not change existing federal or state authority over navigable waters, fisheries management, or accessibility of waters for outdoor recreation
Directing the Secretary of the Senate to make a correction in the enrollment of the bill S. 1071.
📅 Dec 18, 2025
Summary:
• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to make a correction in the enrollment of bill S. 1071 • Amends the long title of S. 1071 to specify it authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, military construction, and defense activities of the Department of Energy
Additional Details:
• The corrected long title also indicates S. 1071 prescribes military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2026 • The concurrent resolution was passed by the House of Representatives on December 11, 2025 • The resolution includes "and for other purposes" language in the corrected long title
• Requires aircraft operating in certain airspace to be equipped with ADS-B In equipment by December 31, 2031, to provide pilots awareness of other aircraft locations and traffic advisories • Restricts exceptions for ADS-B Out transmission requirements, limiting "sensitive government mission" exemptions to exclude training flights, proficiency flights, and flights of Federal officials below Cabinet Member rank • Mandates safety reviews of military and civilian aircraft operations at major airports to evaluate risks to commercial transport airplane operations
Additional Details:
• Requires the Army Inspector General to audit Army coordination with FAA, pilot training standards, and ADS-B Out usage within 60 days of enactment • Establishes quarterly reporting requirements for agencies using ADS-B Out exceptions and biannual Congressional reports on exception usage frequency and aviation safety impacts
• Prohibits Federal Medicaid funding for gender transition procedures for individuals under 18 years of age • Lists specific prohibited procedures including surgeries, hormone treatments, and implants when performed to change the body to not correspond to the individual's biological sex • Provides exceptions for treating precocious puberty, genetic disorders of sex development, and medical emergencies
Additional Details:
• Amends title XIX of the Social Security Act by adding new provisions to sections 1903(i) and 1905 • Defines "sex" as either male or female based on reproductive systems that produce, transport, and utilize eggs or sperm for fertilization • Includes prohibition on administering supraphysiologic doses of hormones like testosterone, estrogen, and puberty-blocking drugs for gender transition purposes
Caring for Veterans and Strengthening National Security Act
📅 Dec 18, 2025
Summary:
• Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide telehealth benefits and mail order pharmacy benefits to veterans in the Freely Associated States within one year of enactment • Changes beneficiary travel payments from discretionary ("may make payments") to mandatory ("shall make payments") for these veterans within one year of enactment • Extends certain pension payment limits from January 31, 2033 to March 31, 2033
Additional Details:
• Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit quarterly reports to Congressional committees on the status of implementation and costs of the telehealth and beneficiary travel provisions • Specifies that the quarterly reports must be submitted to the Veterans' Affairs and Appropriations committees in both the Senate and House of Representatives • The bill is titled the "Caring for Veterans and Strengthening National Security Act"
• Allows proprietors of lode or placer claims to locate multiple mill sites (up to 5 acres each) on public land as reasonably necessary for mining operations under an approved plan of operations • Establishes the "Abandoned Hardrock Mine Fund" in the U.S. Treasury using claim maintenance fees collected from mill sites located under the new provisions • Specifies that mill sites convey no mineral rights to the locator and are not eligible for patenting
Additional Details:
• Defines mill sites as locations reasonably necessary for waste rock or tailings disposal or other operations reasonably incident to mineral development or production • Allows mill sites to be located on the same tract of public land where the claimant maintains a previously located lode or placer claim • Permits the Secretary of the Interior to make expenditures from the Fund to carry out section 40704 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act without further appropriations
• Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the FDA Commissioner, to publish an interim final rule within 1 year replacing references to "animal" tests with "nonclinical" tests in specified federal regulations • Mandates adding the definition of "nonclinical test" from the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to four specific sections of federal regulations (312.3, 314.3, 315.2, and 601.31) • Makes a technical amendment to redesignate a duplicated subsection in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act from subsection (z) to subsection (aa)
Additional Details:
• Specifies that 21 specific sections of the Code of Federal Regulations must be amended, including sections 312.22(c), 312.23, 314.50, 315.6(d), 330.10(a)(2), 601.35(d), and others • States that the interim final rule becomes immediately effective without requiring the Secretary to demonstrate good cause, notwithstanding standard federal rulemaking procedures • Indicates this implementation is to ensure consistency with amendments made by section 3209(a) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023
National Historical Park and National Historic Landmark Establishment and Boundary Adjustments Act of 2025
📅 Dec 17, 2025
Summary:
• Establishes the Fort Ontario Holocaust Refugee Shelter National Historical Park in New York to preserve resources associated with 982 World War II refugees housed at Fort Ontario from August 1944 until February 1946 • Designates America's National Churchill Museum at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri as a National Historic Landmark • Requires a special resource study to evaluate the national significance and feasibility of designating the Churchill Museum as a unit of the National Park System
Additional Details:
• The Fort Ontario park will not be established until the Secretary of the Interior determines sufficient land has been acquired to constitute a manageable park unit, with establishment notice published in the Federal Register within 30 days • The Secretary may acquire land for the Fort Ontario park through donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, but state-owned land may only be acquired by donation • A general management plan for the Fort Ontario park must be completed within 3 fiscal years after funds are made available, and the special resource study report on the Churchill Museum must be submitted to Congress within 3 years of funding
• Amends title 18 of the United States Code to clarify production requirements for material constituting or containing child pornography under section 2252A • Removes the statute of limitations for obscene visual representations of child sexual abuse by amending section 3299 • Establishes a presumption of detention pending trial for violations of section 1466A and requires supervised release after imprisonment for such violations
Additional Details:
• Includes crimes of obscene visual representations of child sexual abuse in sex offender registration requirements under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 • Prohibits reproduction of obscene visual representations of child sexual abuse in discovery proceedings, requiring such materials to remain in government or court custody • Allows identifiable minors depicted in visual depictions involved in section 1466A violations to have access to such depictions in the same manner as specified for child pornography victims
• Directs the Office for Victims of Crime to continue implementing anti-trafficking recommendations from a December 11, 2023 Government Accountability Office report on child trafficking • Requires coordination with the Office on Trafficking in Persons to develop strategies to prevent child trafficking and support survivors • Mandates a report to Congress within 180 days describing implementation steps taken
Additional Details:
• Requires establishing achievable performance goals and targets for anti-trafficking programs that are objective, measurable, and quantifiable using baseline data from program grantees • Specifies that coordination must follow leading collaboration practices referenced in GAO-24-106038 • Designates the report must be submitted to the Committee on the Judiciary of both the Senate and House of Representatives
• Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require additional disclosure requirements for registrants • Requires registrants to provide a statement about whether they are exempt under section 3(h) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938
Additional Details:
• The bill is titled the "Lobbying Disclosure Improvement Act" • The new disclosure requirement is added as paragraph (8) to Section 4(b) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 • The bill was introduced by Mr. Peters and Mr. Grassley on March 5, 2025, and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
• Requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator to establish a unified disaster assistance intake process and system within 360 days to consolidate applications for disaster assistance from multiple federal agencies • Allows disaster assistance agencies to share disaster assistance information with each other to expedite delivery of assistance to disaster survivors • Establishes data security requirements, privacy protections, and reporting obligations for the unified system
Additional Details:
• Grants the Administrator authority to waive Paperwork Reduction Act requirements during declared disasters for the entire period of performance of disaster assistance programs • Requires formal agreements between FEMA and other federal agencies to become certified disaster assistance agencies, including provisions for liability in case of unauthorized disclosure of information • Mandates congressional briefings within 90 and 180 days of enactment, annual reports for 3 years, and a Government Accountability Office report after 3 years on implementation effectiveness
• Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to clarify registration content requirements • Requires disclosure of foreign governments and political parties that participate in directing, planning, supervising, or controlling lobbying activities • Adds a new paragraph (8) to Section 4(b) requiring the name and address of such foreign entities other than the client
Additional Details:
• The bill may be cited as the "Disclosing Foreign Influence in Lobbying Act" • Foreign entities subject to disclosure include agencies or subdivisions of foreign governments, such as regional or municipal units of government • The new requirement applies "notwithstanding paragraph (4)" of the existing registration provisions
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Retirement Technical Corrections Act
📅 Dec 17, 2025
Summary:
• Provides enhanced retirement and annuity benefits to U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers who received job offers before July 6, 2008 but started duty on or after that date • Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to identify eligible individuals and the Office of Personnel Management to make retroactive annuity corrections within specified timeframes • Mandates a Government Accountability Office review of CBP hiring practices related to retirement benefit eligibility with a report due within 18 months
Additional Details:
• Allows the Secretary of Homeland Security to retroactively waive maximum entry age requirements to ensure eligible individuals can receive immediate retirement with corrected annuity benefits • Entitles eligible individuals to minimum annuity amounts and exemption from mandatory retirement requirements under existing federal law • Requires the Secretary to create a list of eligible individuals, notify them of corrections, and provide necessary information to the Office of Personnel Management within 120 days of enactment
A bill to amend the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act to authorize grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations, and for other purposes.
📅 Dec 17, 2025
Summary:
• Amends the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act to authorize grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations • Allows the Bureau of Indian Affairs Director and Office of Native Hawaiian Relations Director to make grants and enter agreements to carry out the Act's purposes • Authorizes $35,000,000 in appropriations for fiscal years 2025 through 2029
Additional Details:
• Permits heads of other Federal agencies, including the Secretaries of Commerce, Transportation, Agriculture, Health and Human Services, and Labor, to make grants under this authority • Redesignates existing section 6 as section 7 and inserts the new grant program provisions as section 6 • All grant programs are designed to carry out the purposes described in section 2 of the Act (specific purposes not provided in the bill text)
• Repeals section 695 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 794), which contained certain DHS contracting requirements • Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit reports to Congress starting 540 days after enactment and annually for 5 years thereafter • Reports must review how the repeal prevented waste, fraud, and abuse and include details about FEMA contracts entered under urgent circumstances without soliciting bids
Additional Details:
• Reports must be submitted to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives • For contracts entered without bid solicitation, reports must include the number of contracts, subject matter, amounts obligated, benefitted states, and associated major disasters or emergencies • The bill may be cited as the "Helping Eliminate Limitations for Prompt Response and Recovery Act" or the "HELP Response and Recovery Act"
To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.
📅 Dec 17, 2025
Summary:
• Directs the President to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress • Uses section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution as the authority for this directive • Allows military force to continue only if explicitly authorized by a declaration of war or specific statutory authorization
Additional Details:
• Introduced by Mr. McGovern along with four co-sponsors: Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Jacobs, and Ms. Kamlager-Dove • Was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs after being submitted on December 1, 2025 • Takes the form of a concurrent resolution requiring both House and Senate approval
Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Reauthorization Act
📅 Dec 16, 2025
Summary:
• Extends the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board's tenure from 7 years to 11 years • Allows the Review Board to reimburse state and local governments for expenses incurred in digitizing, photocopying, or mailing civil rights cold case records • Removes the exception for state or local governments regarding transmission of civil rights cold case records to the Collection
Additional Details:
• Establishes Congressional sense that all federal, state, and local government records concerning civil rights cold cases should carry a presumption of immediate disclosure • Exempts information in civil rights cold case records created on or before January 1, 1990 from certain Freedom of Information Act privacy protections • Amends the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018 to strengthen the powers of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board
A bill to reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Lytton Rancheria of California, and for other purposes.
📅 Dec 16, 2025
Summary:
• Reaffirms that the Indian Reorganization Act applies to the Lytton Rancheria of California • Allows the Secretary of the Interior to acquire and take land into trust for the benefit of the Lytton Rancheria of California pursuant to section 5 of the Indian Reorganization Act
Additional Details:
• Land taken into trust will become part of the reservation of the Lytton Rancheria of California • Trust land will be administered according to laws and regulations generally applicable to property held in trust by the United States for an Indian Tribe • The bill's provisions apply notwithstanding any other provision of law
A bill to provide for the equitable settlement of certain Indian land disputes regarding land in Illinois, and for other purposes.
📅 Dec 16, 2025
Summary:
• Grants the United States Court of Federal Claims jurisdiction to hear land claims by the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma regarding land in Illinois under the Treaty of Grouseland signed August 21, 1805 • Requires the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma to file their land claim within 1 year of the Act's enactment or the court's jurisdiction expires • Extinguishes all other current and future land claims by the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma or its members to land in Illinois, except for claims filed under the new court jurisdiction
Additional Details:
• Waives statute of limitations requirements, including section 2501 of title 28, United States Code, and any delay-based defenses for the permitted court case • The Treaty of Grouseland is codified as 7 Stat. 91 and serves as the legal basis for the land claim that can be brought to court • Claims subject to extinguishment include those by any member, descendant, or predecessor in interest to the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma
A resolution recognizing that care provided by employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs is essential for meeting the health care needs of veterans of the United States.
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with presidentially designated terrorist organizations in the Western Hemisphere.
Bills Introduced
i
A proposed piece of legislation has been formally submitted by its sponsor (House or Senate Member)
220 bills
▼
H.R. 3616
Reliable Power Act
📅 Dec 18, 2025
Summary:
• Requires the Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) to conduct annual long-term assessments of the bulk-power system's ability to supply sufficient electric energy to maintain adequate reliability • Establishes a process where the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission must review and comment on federal agency regulations that affect generation resources when the bulk-power system is in a state of generation inadequacy • Prohibits federal agencies from finalizing covered regulations until they respond to Commission comments and the Commission finds the regulation will not significantly negatively impact bulk-power system reliability
Additional Details:
• Requires the ERO to publicly notify the Commission when the bulk-power system is at risk of not having adequate generation resources, triggering the Commission to notify the Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, and other appropriate federal agencies • Mandates that federal agencies provide covered regulations to the Commission for review either when first provided to the Office of Management and Budget or at least 90 days before publication in the Federal Register • Requires agencies to make Commission comments, recommendations, and agency responses publicly available when submitting regulations to the Federal Register or making them available for public inspection
• Amends section 116 of title 18, United States Code, to criminalize genital or bodily mutilation and chemical castration of minors with penalties of fines and/or imprisonment up to 10 years • Defines "genital or bodily mutilation" to include surgeries performed to change a person's body to correspond to a sex that differs from their biological sex, along with related procedures and implants • Provides exceptions for procedures necessary to the health of the minor when conducted by licensed medical practitioners, but excludes mental, behavioral, or emotional distress from the definition of health
Additional Details:
• Defines "chemical castration" as administering medications including puberty-blocking drugs, supraphysiologic doses of testosterone to biological females, and supraphysiologic doses of estrogen to biological males for gender transition purposes • Establishes federal jurisdiction through various interstate commerce connections and prohibits prosecution of victims who undergo these procedures • Includes specific exemptions for individuals with intersex conditions, genetic abnormalities, physical disorders requiring immediate treatment, and those diagnosed with precocious puberty
• Allows groups or associations of employers to establish health plans regardless of industry, with requirements including at least 2 years of existence, coverage for at least 51 employees, and formal organizational structure • Requires pharmacy benefit managers to provide detailed reports to group health plans every 6 months on drug costs, rebates, and spending information • Establishes "custom health option and individual care expense arrangements" allowing employers to provide health reimbursement arrangements integrated with individual market coverage
Additional Details:
• Clarifies that stop-loss insurance obtained by self-insured group health plans is not considered health insurance coverage under ERISA • Appropriates funding for cost sharing reduction payments under the Affordable Care Act for plan years beginning January 1, 2027, with restrictions on abortion coverage • Imposes civil monetary penalties up to $10,000 per day for failure to provide required pharmacy benefit management information and up to $100,000 per item for knowingly providing false information
• Amends the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to clarify that it is a purely procedural statute that does not mandate specific environmental outcomes or results • Limits the scope of environmental review to effects that share a reasonably close causal relationship to the immediate project under consideration, excluding speculative or attenuated effects • Establishes new judicial review standards requiring courts to find both agency abuse of substantial discretion and that the agency would have reached a different result absent such abuse
Additional Details:
• Sets strict deadlines for judicial review, requiring courts to issue final judgments within 180 days after the agency record is filed and limiting claims to 150 days after final agency action is made public • Extends the validity period for programmatic environmental documents from 5 years to 10 years • Requires that remanded final agency actions remain in effect while agencies correct errors or deficiencies specified by the court, with correction deadlines not exceeding 180 days
• Requires the Secretary of the Interior to reissue a final rule removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 • Mandates this reissuance occur within 60 days after the bill's enactment • Prohibits judicial review of the reissued final rule
Additional Details:
• The bill is titled the "Pet and Livestock Protection Act" • The specific rule to be reissued is titled "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife" and was published on November 3, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 69778)
A resolution denouncing the horrors of authoritarianism.
📅 Dec 17, 2025
Summary:
• Denounces authoritarianism in all its forms and opposes the implementation of authoritarian policies in the United States • Declares that authoritarian ideology concentrates power and has repeatedly collapsed democracies into totalitarian rule, kleptocracies, and brutal dictatorships • Affirms that the U.S. Constitution's separation of powers and checks on power ensure government by and for the people rather than authoritarian rule
Additional Details:
• States that most modern democracies die not at the hands of armed militias, but at the hands of elected officials who erode the separation of powers to tighten their authoritarian grip • Cites research findings that authoritarianism has repeatedly led to lower health outcomes, decreased life expectancy, higher infant mortality, and harmful economic impacts • References specific examples of authoritarian actions in Venezuela, Turkey, and Russia, including dismantling independent institutions, imprisoning political opponents, and repressing civil society
• Establishes mandatory consultation requirements between Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, and Attorney General before placing unaccompanied alien children, including assessments for flight risk and danger to community • Requires unaccompanied alien children 12 years or older to be placed in secure facilities if they are flight risks, have gang-related tattoos/markings, or have criminal convictions or gang-related arrests • Prohibits placement of unaccompanied alien children with individuals who are not U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents, or with individuals who have been convicted of specified crimes including sex offenses, trafficking, domestic violence, or felonies
Additional Details:
• Requires Health and Human Services to contact foreign consulates to obtain criminal records for unaccompanied alien children 12 years or older and conduct examinations for gang-related tattoos and markings • Mandates that Health and Human Services provide detailed information to Homeland Security about placement households, including names, identification numbers, addresses, immigration status, and results of background checks including sex offender registry searches • Exempts the Act's implementation from Paperwork Reduction Act and Administrative Procedure Act requirements if compliance would impede immediate implementation
A resolution recognizing that climate change is not a hoax, but sound science.
📅 Dec 17, 2025
Summary:
• Recognizes that climate change caused by fossil fuel combustion is not a hoax and that human-caused greenhouse gas-driven climate change is sound science • States that Congress should protect legislatively mandated climate research programs • References that in 2025 the Trump administration fired scientists working on the National Climate Assessment, pulled the assessment offline, and shut down the United States Global Change Research Program website
Additional Details:
• Cites that 99.99 percent of peer-reviewed scientific papers agree that climate change is happening and that human activity, specifically the burning of fossil fuels, is the main cause • Notes that greenhouse gas-driven climate change is driving extreme weather, sea-level rise, heat waves, catastrophic wildfires, and other disasters that are beginning to disrupt insurance, mortgage, and real estate markets • References historical scientific findings dating back to 1896 when Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius concluded that greenhouse gas emissions from human activities contribute to global warming
• Directs the Attorney General to establish an Office of the National Coordinator to Counter Antisemitism within the Department of Justice to coordinate Federal efforts to counter antisemitism and implement the United States National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism • Requires institutions of higher education to designate Title VI coordinators, conduct public awareness campaigns, and submit annual reports on civil rights complaints as a condition of receiving Federal funding • Establishes a Hate Crime Reporting Center within the FBI to comprehensively track and publicly report hate crime data nationwide
Additional Details:
• Authorizes $280,000,000 annually for fiscal years 2027-2032 to the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights and increases Nonprofit Security Grant Program funding to $500,000,000 annually for the same period • Prohibits conditions on nonprofit security grants related to diversity, equity, inclusion, immigration, or political positions, and requires the Administrator to ensure sufficient personnel and resources for the program • Mandates regular Congressional reports on domestic terrorism threats and extremist ideologies in public institutions, with the Attorney General coordinating with other agencies to assess and combat such threats
• Requires the EPA Administrator to develop and publish a geospatial mapping tool called the "Environmental Justice Screening Tool" within one year to identify disproportionately burdened communities • Mandates the tool use specific categories of factors including environmental, climate change, human health, economic, and social factors to determine thresholds for census tracts • Requires federal departments and agencies to adopt the tool for identifying disproportionately burdened communities and prioritizing funding or resources to benefit those communities
Additional Details:
• Requires the Administrator to solicit feedback and data from institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, community-based organizations, and State, local, and tribal government officials regarding thresholds and factor categories • Mandates annual review and updates of the tool's data, plus annual reports to congressional committees describing updates and changes in census tract identifications • Specifies that environmental factors include air quality, drinking water access, and proximity to hazards like National Priorities List sites, brownfields, oil/gas facilities, and landfills
Supporting the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the enactment of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and reaffirming the commitment of the House of Representatives to expanding access to higher education for all Americans.
📅 Dec 17, 2025
Summary:
• Supports commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Higher Education Act of 1965, which was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson as part of Great Society initiatives • Acknowledges those who supported passage and continued strengthening of the Act and recognizes its investments in American students, families, educators, and the Nation • Reaffirms House commitment to ensuring all Americans can pursue and complete higher education regardless of background or circumstance
Additional Details:
• Notes the Act authorized student aid programs including grants, student loans, and work-study to support low-income students and their families • References that amendments created Federal TRIO Programs (Upward Bound, Talent Search, Special Services for Disadvantaged Students) and the Federal Pell Grant program for need-based assistance • Mentions the Act provided support for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, migrant and seasonal farmworker families, and created loan forgiveness opportunities for public servants
• Requires the Supreme Court to publish written explanations and disclose how each justice voted when issuing orders that grant, deny, or vacate preliminary injunctive relief or stays of such relief in appellate cases • Mandates that written explanations include evaluation of specific legal criteria such as likelihood of success on the merits, irreparable harm, balance of equities, and public interest • Directs the Federal Judicial Center to submit biennial reports to Congress assessing compliance with these requirements starting April 1 of the first year beginning more than 180 days after enactment
Additional Details:
• Excludes administrative and scheduling orders or petitions for certiorari that do not involve preliminary injunctive relief from the written explanation requirements • Allows written explanations to be made in one or more opinions representing a majority of participating justices, without requiring all justices to publish the same explanation • Applies to orders issued in connection with claims under chapter 5 or 7 of title 5, while explicitly stating it does not modify the Supreme Court's jurisdiction or substantive legal standards
• Appropriates approximately $175 billion in fiscal year 2026 for housing programs including public housing investments, affordable housing production, housing vouchers, and homeownership assistance • Establishes programs targeting first-generation homebuyers, supportive housing for elderly and disabled populations, and housing improvements for energy efficiency and climate resilience • Creates new accessibility and visitability requirements for federally-assisted housing, including minimum percentages of units accessible for persons with mobility, hearing, or vision impairments
Additional Details:
• Provides funding for rural housing programs, Native American housing investments, community development block grants, and fair housing activities and investigations • Establishes a Housing Investment Fund within the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund to make grants for affordable housing development and preservation • Includes provisions for lead-based paint hazard control, manufactured housing infrastructure improvements, and technical assistance for housing program recipients
A resolution expressing unwavering support for the United States-Japan alliance in response to political, economic and military pressure by the People's Republic of China.
📅 Dec 17, 2025
Summary:
• Expresses unwavering support for the United States-Japan alliance in response to political, economic and military pressure by the People's Republic of China against Japan • Condemns China's use of economic, military, and diplomatic coercion and aggression against Japan following Prime Minister Takaichi's remarks about Taiwan-related scenarios • Reaffirms the United States unwavering commitment to article V of the United States-Japan Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security, including that the Senkaku Islands fall within article V's scope
Additional Details:
• Documents specific Chinese retaliatory actions including suspending Japanese cultural performances, announcing travel advisories against Japan, reimposing seafood import bans, and conducting military exercises near Japanese territory • Commends Japan's opposition to China's efforts to undermine regional stability and unilaterally change the status quo in the Taiwan Strait by force or coercion • Recognizes Japan's commitments to peace and security and its continuing role as a key ally in maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities against vessels operating in the Caribbean Sea or the Eastern Pacific Ocean that have not been authorized by Congress.
📅 Dec 17, 2025
Summary:
• Directs the President to terminate the use of United States Armed Forces for hostilities against vessels operating in the Caribbean Sea or the Eastern Pacific Ocean unless explicitly authorized by a declaration of war or specific authorization for use of military force • States that Congress has not declared war or authorized military force with respect to vessels in these waters attacked by U.S. Armed Forces since September 2, 2025 • Finds that sixty days have passed since the President notified Congress of these maritime strikes and no congressional authorization or extension has been enacted
Additional Details:
• Includes a rule of construction stating that nothing in the resolution shall prevent the United States from defending itself from an armed attack or threat of an imminent armed attack • Cites the War Powers Resolution requirement that the President must terminate use of Armed Forces within sixty days unless Congress declares war, provides specific authorization, extends the period, or is physically unable to meet due to armed attack • References that the maritime strikes beginning on September 2, 2025, constitute hostilities under the War Powers Resolution into which United States Armed Forces have been introduced
• Requires owners or operators of generating facilities to provide at least 5 years advance notice to the Commission and affected State commissions or Transmission Organizations before retiring electric generating units with capacity of at least 5 megawatts • Allows the Commission to require continuing operation of electric generating units when interstate service is found to be inadequate or insufficient, with compensation for additional costs • Establishes that orders, rules, or regulations issued under this Act terminate within 5 years but may be extended for additional 5-year periods upon request
Additional Details:
• Prohibits the Commission from compelling enlargement of generating facilities or requiring utilities to sell electric energy when it would impair their ability to serve their customers • Provides that actions taken to comply with Commission orders shall not be considered violations of environmental laws or subject parties to liability under such laws • Exempts unplanned retirements due to catastrophes, emergencies, disasters, or similar events from the advance notice requirement
Federal Maritime Commission Reauthorization Act of 2025
📅 Dec 16, 2025
Summary:
• Authorizes appropriations for the Federal Maritime Commission for fiscal years 2026-2029, with amounts ranging from $49.2 million in 2026 to $57.016 million in 2029 • Establishes procedures for complaints against shipping exchanges, requiring the Commission to investigate alleged market manipulation or anticompetitive practices and report findings to Congress • Creates three national advisory committees: National Shipper Advisory Committee, National Port Advisory Committee, and National Ocean Carrier Advisory Committee
Additional Details:
• Expands the definition of "controlled carrier" to include carriers owned or controlled by entities linked to nonmarket economy countries, priority watch list countries, or countries subject to USTR monitoring • Requires the Federal Maritime Commission to promulgate rulemaking within 1 year on containerized freight indexes and publish a final rule within 3 years of enactment • Adds confidentiality protections for Commission investigation information, requiring majority vote for disclosure and limiting data collection duplication with other federal agencies
• Amends the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands to make it applicable to hardrock minerals • Adds a definition of "hardrock mineral" that includes minerals found in rocks, base metals, precious metals, industrial minerals, and precious and semi-precious gemstones • Excludes coal, oil, oil shale, gas, sodium, potassium, sulfur, and materials subject to the Materials Act of 1947 from the hardrock mineral definition
Additional Details:
• Restructures section 2 of the existing Act by reformatting existing definitions into numbered subsections for United States, acquired lands, Secretary, mineral leasing laws, lease, and oil • Modifies section 3 of the Act by adding "hardrock minerals" to the existing language that previously covered "and sulfur" • The bill was introduced by Mr. Fallon and Mr. Moran on June 10, 2025, with Mr. Harrigan added as an additional sponsor on October 31, 2025
• Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to convey approximately 3.372 acres of federal property in Anchorage, Alaska to the Southcentral Foundation within 2 years of enactment • The property transfer will be made by warranty deed at no cost to SCF and without conditions, obligations, or reversionary interest to the United States • SCF will not be liable for environmental contamination that occurred on the property before the conveyance date, while the Secretary retains liability except for contamination occurring after SCF controlled the property
Additional Details:
• The property is specifically described as Lot 1A, Block 36 East Addition, Anchorage Townsite Subdivision and must be used for health and social services programs • The warranty deed conveyance will supersede any existing quitclaim deed between the Secretary and SCF for this property • The Secretary retains rights to any easement or access to the conveyed property as reasonably necessary to satisfy retained obligations or liabilities
To amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to reauthorize the National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System.
📅 Dec 16, 2025
Summary:
• Reauthorizes the National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System by amending the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act • Extends authorization periods from 2019-2023 and 2023-2024 to 2026-2030 for both relevant agencies • Changes references from "United States Geological Survey" to "Secretary" and from "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration" to "Secretary of Commerce"
Additional Details:
• Specifically amends Section 5001(c) of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (43 U.S.C. 31k(c)) • Makes amendments to both paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of the existing section • Was introduced by Mr. Begich on May 5, 2025, and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
• Confirms the University of Utah's use of approximately 593.54 acres in Salt Lake City as a university research park as a valid public purpose under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act • Validates the research park use as approved by a December 10, 1970 letter from the Secretary of the Interior and any subsequent modifications approved by the Department of the Interior • Confirms other university uses of the land consistent with research park purposes, including student housing and transit hub development, as valid public purposes
Additional Details:
• The land was originally conveyed to the University of Utah under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act by patent numbered 43-99-0012 dated October 18, 1968 • The land is specifically described as tracts D (excluding parcels numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5), G, and J, T. 1 S., R. 1 E., Salt Lake Meridian • The bill is titled the "University of Utah Research Park Act" and all confirmations are subject to the terms and conditions included in the original letter and approvals
Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025
📅 Dec 16, 2025
Summary:
• Waives the requirement for Cape Fox Village Corporation to select or receive approximately 185 acres of unconveyed land within the township where the Native Village of Saxman, Alaska is located • Allows Cape Fox to select approximately 180 acres of Federal land within the Tongass National Forest, with surface estate going to Cape Fox and subsurface estate going to Sealaska Corporation • Requires the Secretary of the Interior to complete land conveyances within 180 days of receiving Cape Fox's written selection notice
Additional Details:
• The land conveyances will fulfill Cape Fox's entitlement under section 16 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and Sealaska Corporation's subsurface interest entitlement under section 14(f) of that Act • The Federal land conveyance is subject to a public easement reservation to allow access to National Forest System land further inland on Revillagigedo Island from the George Inlet • All conveyances are subject to valid existing rights, reservations, rights-of-way, and other third-party encumbrances as of the date of enactment
• Takes approximately 583.79 acres of Federal land managed by the Forest Service in California into trust for the benefit of the Pit River Tribe • Designates the transferred land as part of the Pit River Tribe Reservation and prohibits its use for class II or class III gaming • Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to provide a complete survey of the Four Corners Federal land within 180 days of enactment
Additional Details:
• Excludes approximately 20.03 acres of roads, highways, and public rights-of-way subject to existing easements from the land transfer • Specifies that the Pit River Tribe includes XL Ranch, Big Bend, Likely, Lookout, Montgomery Creek, and Roaring Creek Rancherias • Requires the transferred land to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with laws and regulations generally applicable to property held in trust by the United States for an Indian Tribe
• Amends the Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of 2004 to add the State of Utah as a location for establishing an additional Institute • Adds Utah to the existing list of states (alongside Colorado) that are referenced in the Act's provisions
Additional Details:
• Makes specific amendments to Section 5(b)(2) and Section 5(e)(1) of the existing 2004 Act • The bill is titled the "Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act of 2025" • Was introduced by Mr. Kennedy of Utah along with three co-sponsors (Mr. Owens, Mr. Moore of Utah, and Ms. Maloy) on February 6, 2025
• Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish an emerging developer fund program within 1 year to provide competitive grants to nonprofit housing organizations and community development financial institutions • Grant recipients must use funds to offer financing, capacity-building training, and technical assistance to emerging developers for affordable housing and community development projects • Authorizes $50,000,000 in appropriations for each fiscal year from 2026 through 2030
Additional Details:
• Defines emerging developers as those with limited real estate development experience and limited liquidity or net worth • Prioritizes organizations providing support to undercapitalized emerging developers focusing on projects in distressed communities and high opportunity areas • Limits individual organization awards to no more than 15 percent of the total appropriated amount
• Allows lawsuits against the United States for injuries and deaths of Armed Forces members caused by improper medical care at covered military medical treatment facilities • Establishes a 10-year statute of limitations from when the claimant discovered or should have discovered the injury and its cause • Prohibits reduction of claim amounts by VA benefits or Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance benefits received
Additional Details:
• Repeals section 2733a of title 10, United States Code, and provides special limitations period provisions for administrative claims that were pending under that repealed section • Excludes battalion aid stations and military medical treatment facilities in areas of armed conflict or combatant activities from coverage under this law • Requires the Attorney General to submit biennial reports to Congress on the number of claims filed under this section, beginning within 2 years of enactment
• Creates a sunset provision that eliminates section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 after December 31, 2026 • Adds a new subsection (g) to section 230 stating it "shall have no force or effect" after the specified date
Additional Details:
• The bill is titled the "Sunset To Reform Section 230 Act" • Was introduced by Ms. Hageman on December 16, 2025, and referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce • The bill's stated purpose includes "other purposes" beyond the sunset provision, though no additional purposes are specified in the bill text
• Removes a prohibition on housing assistance to students by striking paragraph (1) from Section 327(a) of a 2006 appropriations act • Allows the Secretary to waive requirements to provide tenant-based housing assistance to eligible students enrolled at institutions of higher education • Specifies that housing assistance received through the waiver cannot be counted as income for federal student financial aid, work-study programs, community service living allowances, or child support calculations
Additional Details:
• Defines "eligible student" as someone enrolled in an institution of higher education who lives in student housing maintained by that institution and is eligible for tenant-based assistance • Amends Section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 by adding the new waiver provision as paragraph (23) • Redesignates the remaining paragraphs in the 2006 appropriations act from (2) through (6) as (1) through (5) after removing the original paragraph (1)
• Requires mandatory training programs for Federal Government supervisors covering performance management, employee development, prohibited personnel practices, and other management competencies • Establishes timing requirements for supervisor training, including completion within 1 year of appointment and refresher training every 3 years • Directs the Office of Personnel Management to issue guidance on management competencies and requires agencies to assess supervisor performance against these competencies
Additional Details:
• Requires agencies to establish comprehensive management succession programs and experienced supervisor mentor programs to guide new or underperforming supervisors • Mandates that training be designed using adult learning principles and be instructor-based to the extent practicable, with agencies required to measure training effectiveness • Specifies that the Office of Personnel Management must prescribe regulations within 1 year of enactment, with the Act taking effect 1 year after enactment and applying to both new and existing supervisors
Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act
📅 Dec 16, 2025
Summary:
• Requires each agency to complete a comprehensive assessment of all software paid for, used, or deployed within 18 months, including software entitlements, contracts, costs, and interoperability analysis • Mandates agencies develop plans to consolidate software entitlements, adopt cost-effective acquisition strategies, and restrict software acquisition without Chief Information Officer approval • Establishes reporting requirements to Congress and creates a GAO review process, with special provisions for intelligence community elements to submit summary assessments
Additional Details:
• Requires the Director of OMB to coordinate with various councils to establish standardized processes and submit recommendations on government procurement policies for software within 2 years • Allows agencies to enter contracts for assessment support but prohibits contractors with organizational conflicts of interest and requires operational independence from software management • Mandates agency plans include detailed strategies for remediation of deficiencies, staff training on software acquisition, and identification of software categories for conversion to more cost-effective licenses
• Adds Mississippi Sound, Mississippi to the National Estuary Program under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act • Extends the National Estuary Program authorization from 2026 to 2031 • Prohibits using fiscal year 2025 or 2026 funds for Mississippi Sound implementation unless 2026 appropriations exceed 2024 levels by at least $850,000
Additional Details:
• The bill is titled the "Enhancing Science, Treatment, and Upkeep of America's Resilient and Important Estuarine Systems Act" or the "ESTUARIES Act" • The funding restrictions specifically apply to convening management conferences, developing or carrying out comprehensive conservation and management plans, or providing grants for Mississippi Sound • The bill amends Section 320 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330)
To reauthorize the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994.
📅 Dec 16, 2025
Summary:
• Reauthorizes the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994 • Updates the authorization of appropriations from "2006 through 2010" to "2025 through 2031" • Modifies the definition of "State" by removing the phrase "and any other territory or possession" after "Virgin Islands"
Additional Details:
• Amends Section 5 of the original 1994 Act by inserting "and" after "Guam" in the definition of State • Amends Section 6 subsection (a) of the original 1994 Act regarding authorization of appropriations • Was introduced by Ms. Scholten and Mr. Yakym on February 6, 2025, and reported with an amendment on December 9, 2025
Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act
📅 Dec 16, 2025
Summary:
• Expands the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area boundary by adjusting the acreage from 48,438 to 57,728 acres and updating the boundary map • Requires the Secretary of the Interior to grant water pipeline infrastructure rights-of-way to the Southern Nevada Water Authority within one year, without payment of rents or charges • Preserves existing transmission and utility corridor rights within the expanded conservation area boundary
Additional Details:
• Allows the Southern Nevada Water Authority to excavate and dispose of sand, gravel, minerals, or other materials from water pipeline tunneling without consideration • Prohibits water pipeline rights-of-way from being located through or under any area designated as wilderness and requires that construction not permanently adversely affect conservation area surface resources • Requires the Secretary and the Authority to enter into a memorandum of understanding within 30 days identifying Federal land for material disposal to further Bureau of Land Management interests
To require Federal monitors and receivers of public housing agencies to testify before the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.
A resolution recognizing that climate change-driven extreme weather events are increasing at the same time that the government is dismantling weather monitoring and alert systems.
A resolution recognizing that climate change portends a cascade of financial market collapses that would destabilize the national and global economies.
A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the President to set a minimum annual goal for the number of refugees to be admitted, and for other purposes.
A bill to improve the administration of justice by requiring written explanations by the Supreme Court of its decisions and the disclosure of votes by justices in cases within the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court that involve preliminary injunctive relief, and other purposes.
A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to streamline the certification process for State Veterans Homes by allowing certain facilities certified by the Department of Veterans Affairs to be deemed in compliance with specified Medicare and Medicaid requirements, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish research centers of excellence for alternative protein innovation, and for other purposes.
A resolution honoring the service and sacrifice of United States Army Sergeant William Nathaniel Howard and United States Army Sergeant Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, who were killed in action in Palmyra, Syria, in a targeted assault against United States service members on December 13, 2025.
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the waiting periods for disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage for individuals with young-onset Alzheimer's, and for other purposes.
To clarify provisions of the United States Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act and Foreign Trade Zones Act with respect to the appropriate tariff treatment of merchandise in a United States foreign-trade zone, and for other purposes.
To require directors of medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs to submit annual fact sheets to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on the status of such facilities, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to address certain alterations in, and the maintenance and repair of, project works, to provide for the licensing of micro hydrokinetic energy projects, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require that State Medicaid programs provide at least one formulation of each type of medication for the treatment of opioid use disorder without prior authorization or limitations on dosage, and for other purposes.
A bill to prohibit the circumvention of control measures used by internet retailers to ensure equitable consumer access to products, and for other purposes.
To amend the Clayton Act to permit a State attorney general to bring a civil action for damages as parens patriae for injuries sustained by reason of price discrimination in violation of the Robinson-Patman Act amendments to the Clayton Act, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend the Clayton Act to permit a State attorney general to bring a civil action for damages as parens patriae for injuries sustained by reason of price discrimination in violation of the Robinson-Patman Act amendments to the Clayton Act, and for other purposes.
To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 with respect to the use of cash-value benefits and coupons for purchases of fresh, nutritious, unprepared foods from community supported agricultural entities, and for other purposes.
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to use revenue collected from speed safety cameras on highways in the National Park System for maintenance and construction purposes.
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to expand the scope of the advanced reactor demonstration program to test and develop fourth-generation nuclear reactors, small modular reactors, and micro-reactors, and for other purposes.
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require hospitals to ask the citizenship status of patients as a condition of participation in the Medicare program and to require reports on the cost of furnishing hospital services to noncitizens.
To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to include reducing injuries and deaths resulting from crashes in school zones as eligible programming under State highway safety programs, and for other purposes.
To require the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency to submit to Congress an intelligence assessment on the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco Cartel, and for other purposes.
To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, acting through the Federal Housing Commissioner, to establish a pilot program to increase access to small-dollar mortgages, and for other purposes.
To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to require that grantees of the Community Development Block Grant program maintain a database of publicly owned land.
A bill to amend the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 to modify certain agricultural exemptions for hours of service requirements, and for other purposes.
To amend title 18, United States Code, to require the Bureau of Prisons to ensure the availability of opioid antagonists at Federal correctional facilities.
To protect clean air and public health by expanding fenceline and ambient air monitoring and access to air quality information for communities affected by air pollution, to require hazardous air pollutant monitoring at the fenceline of facilities whose emissions are linked to local health threats, to ensure the Environmental Protection Agency promulgates rules that require hazardous air pollutant data measurement and electronic submission at fencelines and stacks of industrial source categories, to expand and strengthen the national ambient air quality monitoring network, to deploy air quality systems in communities affected by air pollution, and for other purposes.
To establish a home-based telemental health care grant program for purposes of increasing mental health and substance use services in rural medically underserved populations and for individuals in farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.
To require the Secretary of Defense to establish a digital system for the submission of complaints relating to access issues at military medical treatment facilities, and for other purposes.
To release from wilderness study area designation certain land in the State of Montana, to improve the management of that land, and for other purposes.
To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to expand eligibility for direct loans to individuals or entity members that hold at least a 50 percent interest and that are or will become bona fide operators of the farm real estate acquired, improved, or supported with farm ownership, operating, or emergency loans, and for other purposes.
To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to States, territories, and Indian tribes to support local resiliency offices, and for other purposes.
To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program to facilitate the development of certain traumatic brain injury diagnostics for members of the Armed Forces.
To permit employees to request changes to their work schedules without fear of retaliation and to ensure that employers consider these requests, and to require employers to provide more predictable and stable schedules for employees in certain occupations with evidence of unpredictable and unstable scheduling practices that negatively affect employees, and for other purposes.
To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study and submit a report to Congress that examines the costs and benefits that could be associated with establishing a Federal uniform residential building code.
To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish research centers of excellence for alternative protein innovation, and for other purposes.
To amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to designate as a component of the National Heritage Area System the Calumet National Heritage Area in the States of Indiana and Illinois, and for other purposes.
To reduce State administrative costs for administration of both the supplemental nutrition assistance program under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 and the summer electronic benefits transfer program for children under the Richard B. Russell School Lunch Act.
To authorize the Land Port of Entry Community Infrastructure Program to address deficiencies in community infrastructure supportive of land ports of entry, and for other purposes.
A bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds to implement the Executive order entitled "Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence".
To prohibit the use of funds authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense to carry out a hiring freeze, reduction in force, or hiring delay without cause at a public shipyard.
To provide that an individual who uses marijuana in compliance with State law may not be denied occupancy of federally assisted housing, and for other purposes.
To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to include requirements for recyclable, compostable, and reusable claims for packaging for a consumer product, and for other purposes.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 417 West 7th Street in Columbia, Tennessee, as the "Pharmacist's Mate First Class John Harlan Willis Post Office Building".
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements to the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to insurance for veterans, and for other purposes.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make extend the delimiting date for certain benefits for surviving spouses of Persian Gulf War veterans under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to memorial affairs, and for other purposes.
A resolution recognizing that facilities that produce renewable electricity are the cheapest power-generating facilities to operate and reliance on fossil fuel-generating facilities to meet growing power demand drives up wholesale electricity prices.
A resolution expressing that any attempt by foreign entities to censor or penalize constitutionally protected speech of United States persons shall be opposed.
A bill to protect the national security of the United States by imposing sanctions with respect to certain persons of the People's Republic of China and prohibiting and requiring notifications with respect to certain investments by United States persons in countries of concern.
A bill to require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to establish a searchable, publicly available website that contains information regarding the Federal civilian workforce, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act and title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to provide for coverage of certain drugs used in the treatment or management of a rare disease or condition, and for other purposes.
A bill to permit employees to request changes to their work schedules without fear of retaliation and to ensure that employers consider these requests, and to require employers to provide more predictable and stable schedules for employees in certain occupations with evidence of unpredictable and unstable scheduling practices that negatively affect employees, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to ensure that pharmacy benefit managers are considered fiduciaries, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 to modify the description of interest for purposes of certain distributions of antidumping duties and countervailing duties and to authorize a special distribution of those amounts, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate the Upper Raritan River Watershed in the State of New Jersey for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes.
A bill to provide that an individual who uses marijuana in compliance with State law may not be denied occupancy of federally assisted housing, and for other purposes.
A bill to require the release of video of strikes conducted on September 2, 2025, against designated terrorist organizations in the area of responsibility of the United States Southern Command.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a tax credit for qualified combined heat and power system property, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to prohibit discrimination based on energy source in the use of certain authorities under title I and title III of such Act, and for other purposes.
A bill to protect clean air and public health by expanding fenceline and ambient air monitoring and access to air quality information for communities affected by air pollution, to require hazardous air pollutant monitoring at the fenceline of facilities whose emissions are linked to local health threats, to ensure the Environmental Protection Agency promulgates rules that require hazardous air pollutant data measurement and electronic submission at fencelines and stacks of industrial source categories, to expand and strengthen the national ambient air quality monitoring network, to deploy air quality systems in communities affected by air pollution, and for other purposes.
A bill to release from wilderness study area designation certain land in the State of Montana, to improve the management of that land, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to modify certain cost-sharing requirements for grant programs under the American Battlefield Protection Program, and for other purposes.
A bill to improve the inspections of drug establishments engaged in the manufacture, preparation, propagation, or processing of biosimilar biological products conducted by the Food and Drug Administration, and for other purposes.
A bill to require the transfer of regulatory control of certain munitions exports from the Department of Commerce to the Department of State, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize the National Firearms Act to account for advancements in technology and less-than-lethal weapons, and for other purposes.
A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to jointly select a joint uniform credentialing and privileging system for medical providers, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the elimination of tax on certain firearms under the National Firearms Act and to deposit the savings into the Medicare part A trust fund.
A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to annually submit to Congress a report on the status of ongoing hydropower relicensing applications.
A bill to prevent any alien who is not lawfully admitted for permanent residence from obtaining in-State tuition rates at public institutions of higher education, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the use of fire management assistance grants for debris removal, and for other purposes.
A bill to authorize the Land Port of Entry Community Infrastructure Program to address deficiencies in community infrastructure supportive of land ports of entry, and for other purposes.
A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to prepare periodic assessments and submit reports on the supply chain for the generation and transmission of electricity, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to designate as a component of the National Heritage Area System the Calumet National Heritage Area in the States of Indiana and Illinois, and for other purposes.
A bill to establish and implement a multi-year Legal Gold and Mining Partnership Strategy to reduce the negative environmental and social impacts of illicit gold mining in the Western Hemisphere, and for other purposes.
A bill to prevent manufacturers of covered vehicles from accessing, selling, or otherwise sharing covered data without consent of covered vehicle owners, to require manufacturers of covered vehicles to provide covered vehicle owners with access to, and control of, covered data, and for other purposes.
A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to require skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities for the intellectually disabled, and inpatient rehabilitation facilities to permit essential caregivers access during any period in which regular visitation is restricted.
A bill to ensure that claims for benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act are processed in a fair and timely manner, to better protect miners from pneumoconiosis (commonly known as "black lung disease"), and for other purposes.
A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance to States on strategies under Medicaid and CHIP to increase mental health and substance use disorder care provider education, training, recruitment, and retention.
To exempt Members of the House of Representatives and Senators of the Senate from certain Federal passenger and baggage screening, and for other purposes.
To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to require skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities for the intellectually disabled, and inpatient rehabilitation facilities to permit essential caregivers access during any period in which regular visitation is restricted.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the elimination of tax on certain firearms under the National Firearms Act and to deposit the savings into the Medicare part A trust fund.
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for outreach and education to Medicare beneficiaries to simplify access to information for family caregivers through 1-800-MEDICARE, and for other purposes.
To prevent manufacturers of covered vehicles from accessing, selling, or otherwise sharing covered data without consent of covered vehicle owners, to require manufacturers of covered vehicles to provide covered vehicle owners with access to, and control of, covered data, and for other purposes.
To require the transfer of regulatory control of certain munitions exports from the Department of Commerce to the Department of State, and for other purposes.
To amend title 32, United States Code, to require regulations that allow for active and inactive transfers of officers of the Army National Guard and Air Force National Guard.
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit contributions and donations by foreign nationals in connection with ballot initiatives and referenda.
To amend chapter 131 of title 5 to prohibit Members of Congress, the President, Vice President, and their spouses and dependents from owning or trading stocks, and for other purposes.
To amend the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 with respect to the activities of the joint aviation employment training working group, and for other purposes.
To reauthorize the Next Generation Quantum Leaders Pilot Program of the National Science Foundation for the education and training of the next generation of students and teachers in the fundamental principles of quantum mechanics, and for other purposes.
To ensure that claims for benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act are processed in a fair and timely manner, to better protect miners from pneumoconiosis (commonly known as "black lung disease"), and for other purposes.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify pay rates for certain Senior Executive Service employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
To direct the Commander of the United States Cyber Command to submit to Congress a report regarding recommended actions in cyberspace to defend the United States against transnational organized crime networks linked to the Chinese Communist Party that operate digital scams.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements to the administration of Veterans Integrated Service Networks under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to establish a standard of identify for individual grades of olive oil and a grade standard for individual olive oil and olive-pomace oil grades, and for other purposes.
To amend title 28, United States Code, to require the Attorney General to submit an annual report to Congress on gang activity, reporting, investigation, and prosecution, and for other purposes.
To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from implementing any policy that would require the personal approval of the Secretary of any expenditure of the Federal Emergency Management Agency of $100,000 or more, and for other purposes.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to include Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) individuals in the statutory definition of a "racial and ethnic minority group", to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a comprehensive study of MENA population health, and for other purposes.
To require the Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program for emerging technologies for moisture control and mitigation in covered housing, to standardize certain mold remediation guidelines, and for other purposes.
To prioritize and fund life-affirming maternal and child health initiatives globally by equipping local health providers and community health workers to reduce the leading causes of maternal and child mortality, and for other purposes.