Legislation

The Recognizing Community Organizations for Veteran Engagement and Recovery (RECOVER) Act establishes a three-year Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) pilot program to award grants to non-profit organizations. These grants fund the provision of culturally competent, evidence-based mental health care specifically for veterans. Recipients cannot charge veterans for this care and must encourage them to enroll in the VA system for ongoing services. The VA must report on the program's outcomes, including veteran engagement and care quality, after the pilot concludes.

The Brake for Kids Act of 2025 establishes a national public safety messaging campaign to raise awareness about the dangers of illegally passing a stopped school bus. This initiative will be funded using existing allocations from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The required campaign must utilize broad outreach methods, including national television, radio, social media, and edge service advertising.

The Cameras in the Courtroom Act mandates that the Supreme Court must allow television cameras to record all of its open court sessions. The Court can only vote to block coverage for a specific case if a majority of justices agree it would violate due process rights. This legislation aims to increase public access to Supreme Court proceedings.

The Dual Loyalty Disclosure Act mandates that candidates running for office must disclose any dual citizenship they hold with a foreign country on their official campaign paperwork. This new requirement ensures voters are aware of a candidate's foreign citizenship status. The disclosure must be included after the principal campaign committee is established.

The Electronic Filing and Payment Fairness Act extends the existing "mailbox rule" to electronic submissions made to the Internal Revenue Service. This means that documents and payments submitted digitally will be considered officially received on the date they are sent, not the date the IRS processes them. This change ensures fairness for taxpayers utilizing electronic filing methods.

This bill nullifies the Bureau of Land Management's Henry Mountains and Fremont Gorge Travel Management Plan dated January 2025. It explicitly prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from implementing or enforcing that specific decision record. Essentially, the measure voids the existing travel management plan for the affected areas.

The Habitat Connectivity on Working Lands Act of 2025 updates federal conservation programs to prioritize wildlife movement and migration corridors, especially for big game species. It expands partnership programs and allows for cost-sharing on existing CRP lands to improve connectivity. The bill also boosts research into non-physical livestock management tools like virtual fencing to reduce barriers to animal movement.

The Defining Male and Female Act of 2025 establishes statutory definitions for "male" and "female" across all federal laws, based strictly on biological sex determined at conception (sperm or egg production). This legislation explicitly defines sex as an immutable biological classification, while stating that subjective gender identity will not be recognized as a replacement for biological sex in federal contexts. The Act also clarifies related terms like "mother," "father," "man," and "woman" based on these biological standards.

The Reduce Bureaucracy to Uplift Families Act aims to ensure more federal funds directly benefit families by lowering the maximum percentage states can spend on administrative costs for certain programs from 15% to 10%. This legislation also clarifies that case management services count toward this new administrative spending cap. States failing to comply with these new limitations face a potential penalty of up to a 5% reduction in their federal grant funding the following year. All provisions of this Act are scheduled to take effect on October 1, 2026.

This bill, the Board of Veterans’ Appeals Attorney Retention and Backlog Reduction Act, aims to improve attorney retention at the Board of Veterans' Appeals. It specifically allows non-supervisory attorneys at the Board to be promoted up to the GS-15 pay grade. This change is intended to enhance career opportunities for these essential legal professionals.

The Duplications of Benefits Victims Relief Act grants the President the authority to waive the general prohibition against receiving overlapping federal disaster assistance under specific circumstances. This waiver can be granted if requested by a Governor and deemed to be in the public interest, ensuring fairness and preventing waste, fraud, or abuse. Additionally, the Act mandates a FEMA report to Congress on improving interagency coordination and clarity in the delivery of disaster aid.

This Act, the World War II Women's Memorial Location Act, authorizes the placement of the previously authorized World War II Women's Memorial on the National Mall. It specifically exempts this monument from standard location restrictions to ensure a prominent site honoring the service of women during the war. The memorial can be built in designated areas within the National Mall vicinity.

The Rhode Island Fishermen's Fairness Act of 2025 officially adds Rhode Island as a member state to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council. This legislative change increases the total number of council members from 21 to 23. The Act ensures Rhode Island fishermen have representation in regional fishery management decisions.

The United States Leadership in Immersive Technology Act of 2025 aims to secure American leadership in augmented, virtual, and mixed reality technologies. This bill establishes a principal advisor and an interagency Advisory Panel to study the economic and security impacts of immersive tech. The goal is to develop strategies for government investment, set standards, and ensure ethical deployment to maintain U.S. competitiveness globally.

The Rural Housing Accessibility Act aims to streamline the process for families moving with housing vouchers to new jurisdictions. It requires public housing agencies that do not fully utilize their funds to either absorb incoming housing vouchers or limit billing the initial issuing agency to a maximum of 12 months. This ensures that families moving to new areas receive immediate assistance while placing a time limit on the financial responsibility of the original agency.

The Dietary Guidelines Reform Act of 2025 overhauls the process for creating official U.S. dietary recommendations, mandating updates only once every ten years through formal rulemaking procedures based on rigorous scientific evidence. This bill establishes strict standards for evidence review, requires transparency regarding conflicts of interest for advisory members, and explicitly excludes non-dietary policy issues from the guidelines. The 2020 guidelines will remain in effect until the first report issued under these new, formalized rules is published.

The Restraining Judicial Insurrectionist Act of 2025 establishes special procedures for lawsuits challenging executive branch actions. When a lawsuit seeks to block a major executive or presidential order, a special three-judge panel must be convened instead of a single judge. This panel requires a majority vote to issue any temporary or permanent injunction against the executive branch.

This Act, the Ensuring Access to Affordable and Quality Home Care for Seniors and People with Disabilities Act, clarifies definitions related to in-home care workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act. It specifically preserves existing exemptions from minimum wage and overtime requirements for workers providing companionship services and for certain live-in domestic service employees. The bill aims to maintain the current labor standards framework for these essential caregivers.

The Healthy Foods for Native Seniors Act establishes a demonstration project allowing select Tribal organizations to manage their own food purchasing for the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP). This pilot program requires Tribes to purchase U.S.-grown food that meets or exceeds standard nutritional guidelines. The bill authorizes funding for the project and for the administrative costs necessary to oversee these new self-determination contracts.

The Pakistan Democracy Act establishes a U.S. policy to support democracy, free elections, and the rule of law in Pakistan. It mandates sanctions against General Asim Munir unless specific democratic benchmarks are met, such as the end of military rule and the release of political detainees. Furthermore, the Act authorizes visa bans against Pakistani officials knowingly involved in undermining democracy or persecuting political detainees. The President retains limited waiver authority for these sanctions under specific national interest conditions.