Legislation

The Forest Conservation Easement Program Act of 2025 establishes a comprehensive new program to restructure forest conservation easements under existing farm law. This Act creates two primary easement types: Forest Land Easements for working forests and Forest Reserve Easements for species protection. The bill also repeals the existing Healthy Forests Reserve Program but ensures all prior agreements under that program remain fully honored. Funding is authorized through 2029 to support sustainable forest management and habitat restoration across eligible private and tribal lands.

The Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act formally defines Career and Technical Education (CTE) within the Small Business Act. This legislation directs Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) and Women's Business Centers (WBCs) to actively assist small businesses in hiring recent CTE graduates. Furthermore, these centers are now required to support CTE graduates who wish to start their own small businesses.

The Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2025 ensures the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) remains operational during a lapse in appropriations by automatically accessing funds from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund. This mechanism allows essential FAA operations, research, and grants to continue at the previous year's funding level until a new budget is enacted. The bill prevents disruptions to aviation services by providing a stable, temporary funding source during government shutdowns.

The Physicians for Underserved Areas Act updates the process for redistributing Medicare residency slots when a teaching hospital closes. This bill simplifies the criteria for assigning these slots to remaining teaching hospitals. Crucially, it establishes strict deadlines, requiring receiving hospitals to begin using the slots within two years and fill them completely within five years.

The Improving Access to Addiction Medicine Providers Act updates the Minority Fellowship Program to specifically support training in addiction medicine. This amendment expands the program's focus areas to explicitly include the diagnosis of health issues and the field of addiction medicine alongside psychiatry. The goal is to increase the number of qualified professionals dedicated to addiction treatment.

This bill establishes the Southwestern Power Administration Fund (SWPA Fund) as a dedicated, non-expiring Treasury account for the Southwestern Power Administration. The Fund will consolidate all SWPA receipts and appropriated funds to cover the costs of power operations, maintenance, and construction. This structure grants the Administrator greater flexibility to commit funds for authorized expenses ahead of annual appropriations.

The SAFE Bet Act establishes minimum federal standards for state-regulated sports betting, focusing on consumer protection, data integrity, and preventing criminal involvement. It requires states to gain federal approval for their regulatory programs and mandates strict rules on wagers, advertising, and affordability checks. Furthermore, the bill creates national mechanisms for addressing public health concerns, including a national self-exclusion list and mandated data collection on gambling-related harm. Finally, it clarifies the legal jurisdiction for digital bets and requires licensed operators to help combat illegal offshore gambling sites.

The Honey Integrity Act establishes a formal standard of identity for honey based on recognized quality benchmarks. It mandates a new Honey Integrity Program requiring commercial packers to conduct rigorous DNA and forensic testing to detect fraud. Furthermore, the bill requires the government to report on enforcement actions taken against misbranded or adulterated honey.

The Stop Giving Big Oil Free Money Act aims to eliminate unwarranted financial benefits for certain oil and gas companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico. It prevents companies holding specific older leases that lack price caps from obtaining new leases unless they renegotiate those existing leases to include mandatory royalty payments above certain price thresholds. Furthermore, the bill adjusts the terms for royalty suspension on some existing leases, setting new price triggers that will take effect in late 2026.

The CAMPUS Act aims to counter adversarial partnerships by requiring the DNI to identify Chinese universities aiding the People's Liberation Army's Military-Civil Fusion strategy. This identification triggers restrictions on Department of Defense funding, facility clearances for classified information, and visa eligibility for associated individuals. Additionally, the bill lowers the threshold for universities reporting foreign gifts and promotes Mandarin language education partnerships with Taiwan.

The Security and Oversight for International Landholdings Act of 2025 (SOIL Act) expands the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) review authority over foreign acquisitions of U.S. agricultural land and real estate near military bases, particularly involving entities from designated national security risk countries. The bill also prohibits federal agricultural assistance for landholdings tied to these flagged nations and strengthens disclosure requirements for foreign-held agricultural leases. Finally, it mandates an annual public report detailing foreign ownership of U.S. farmland broken down by country, state, and county.

The Federal Workforce Freedom Act prohibits federal employees from organizing or participating in labor unions for collective bargaining purposes. This legislation immediately terminates all existing collective bargaining agreements between federal agencies and unions. Furthermore, the Act repeals Chapter 71 of title 5 of the U.S. Code, which previously governed federal labor-management relations.

This bill reauthorizes and updates funding for a critical program supporting treatment for pregnant and postpartum women through fiscal year 2029. It increases the annual funding level to $\$38,931,000$ for the reauthorization period. The legislation also clarifies program language and encourages applicants to detail outreach plans targeting women disproportionately affected by substance use disorders.

This resolution officially designates March 27, 2025, as "National Women in Agriculture Day." It recognizes the vital and substantial contributions of the over 1.2 million female agricultural producers to the U.S. economy and global food supply. The measure encourages citizens to acknowledge the leadership, mentorship, and economic impact women have across the entire agricultural sector.

The Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act of 2025 repeals the EPA's recent multi-pollutant emissions standards for light-duty and medium-duty vehicles. Furthermore, this Act prohibits the EPA from issuing future tailpipe emission regulations that mandate specific technologies or limit the availability of new motor vehicles based on engine type. The EPA must update existing rules within 24 months to comply with these new restrictions.

The No Tax Dollars for College Encampments Act of 2025 amends the Higher Education Act to require colleges to specifically detail their law enforcement coordination plans for handling campus civil disturbances in annual security reports. Furthermore, the bill mandates that accrediting agencies must monitor whether institutions are complying with these updated campus security reporting requirements.

The Salary History Question Prohibition Act makes it illegal for employers to consider an applicant's past salary or benefits history when making hiring or pay decisions. Employers are generally prohibited from asking about or using previous wages to set compensation limits for a new job. This law establishes civil penalties for violations and allows affected individuals to sue for damages if their wage history is unlawfully used.

The Alleviating Spaceport Traffic by Rewarding Operators Act of 2025 establishes a pilot program to improve transportation infrastructure at space launch and reentry sites. This program allows the Secretary of Transportation to award grants to operators based on their previous year's launch and reentry activity. These funds must be used for on-site transportation improvements, with opportunities for supplemental grants based on matching funds from other entities. The pilot program is authorized to run until October 1, 2030, with an annual funding cap of $20 million.

This concurrent resolution formally supports the goals and ideals of the International Transgender Day of Visibility. It recognizes the achievements of the transgender community while acknowledging the ongoing discrimination and violence they face. The resolution encourages public observance of the day and celebrates the progress and leadership within the transgender community.

This joint resolution officially terminates the national emergency declared by the President on February 1, 2025, regarding duties on articles imported from Canada. By doing so, it ends the special powers and rules activated under that specific declaration. This action effectively cancels the emergency order.