Legislation

The Purple Heart Veterans Education Act of 2025 allows veterans who received a Purple Heart after discharge to transfer up to 36 months of their unused Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to eligible family members. This legislation provides veterans with greater flexibility in supporting their dependents' education while ensuring that these benefits remain protected as non-marital assets.

The NO GOTION Act prohibits companies associated with foreign adversaries from claiming federal green energy tax credits and incentives. By restricting these benefits, the bill aims to prevent taxpayer-funded support for entities owned, controlled, or influenced by nations deemed hostile to the United States.

The Fair Access to Banking Act prohibits large financial institutions and payment networks from denying services to law-abiding businesses based on subjective, politically motivated, or reputational criteria. The bill mandates that financial institutions use impartial, quantitative, risk-based standards to evaluate customers rather than category-based exclusions. To ensure compliance, the legislation establishes enforcement mechanisms through federal regulators and provides a legal pathway for businesses to sue for damages if they are unfairly denied access to financial services.

The Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act establishes federal tax credits for individual and corporate taxpayers who contribute to scholarship-granting and workforce training organizations. These contributions support elementary and secondary education, as well as vocational and apprenticeship programs, through a federally managed web portal. The legislation includes a $10 billion annual cap on total tax-credit-eligible contributions and explicitly prohibits federal interference in the operations of private, religious, or home education providers.

The Keep Our PACT Act ensures federal support for public education by establishing mandatory funding increases for Title I programs and special education services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). By providing a decade-long roadmap for increased investment, the bill aims to fulfill long-standing federal commitments to school districts and students with disabilities. This legislation designates these funds as emergency spending to ensure consistent, reliable resources for schools across the country.

This resolution designates March 2025 as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month to highlight the importance of early detection and prevention. It emphasizes that regular screening is critical to reducing the high mortality rate of this disease. The bill encourages nationwide participation in educational activities to promote awareness and improve health outcomes.

This bill formally codifies Executive Order 11246, "Equal Employment Opportunity," into federal law. By establishing these protections as statute, the legislation ensures the long-standing mandate against employment discrimination by federal contractors remains permanent and legally binding.

The "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Resolution" mandates a $100,000 reduction to the Members Representational Allowance (MRA) for each member of the House of Representatives for fiscal years 2026 and 2027. This measure effectively lowers the budget available to members for official office expenses during those two years.

The Mentoring to Succeed Act of 2025 establishes a competitive grant program under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to support community-based mentoring initiatives for at-risk youth. These programs provide structured guidance from trained mentors to help young people develop social-emotional skills, improve academic outcomes, and prepare for postsecondary education and the workforce. The legislation prioritizes underserved communities and mandates a federal study to evaluate the effectiveness of these mentoring strategies in fostering long-term career and educational success.

The Smarter Weather Forecasting for Water Management, Farming, and Ranching Act of 2025 directs NOAA to establish pilot projects aimed at improving subseasonal to seasonal precipitation forecasting. By focusing on the unique needs of western water management and nationwide agriculture, these initiatives seek to enhance operational modeling and climate data accuracy. The five-year program leverages partnerships with academic institutions to provide more reliable weather insights for critical resource management.

The Protect Our Clothes from PFAS Act aims to update federal tariff classifications for water-resistant garments. By removing specific criteria from the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, this bill seeks to modernize how apparel is categorized in relation to water-resistance standards.

The EITC Modernization Act expands the Earned Income Tax Credit to support more working families, students, and young adults by broadening eligibility and establishing a minimum credit amount. The bill also introduces a flexible monthly payment option for tax refunds and creates a new grant program to fund free, high-quality tax preparation services for low-income and underserved populations.

The Stop the Wait Act of 2025 aims to provide faster financial and medical support to individuals with disabilities by eliminating the five-month waiting period for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits by 2030. Additionally, the bill removes the 24-month Medicare waiting period for SSDI recipients who lack access to affordable health insurance, ensuring they can access necessary medical coverage sooner.

This bill mandates that U.S. Customs and Border Protection conduct thorough, recurring security vetting for Afghan evacuees who entered the country between July 2021 and January 2022. It requires the agency to cross-reference these individuals against law enforcement and terrorist screening databases to ensure national security. Additionally, the legislation requires a comprehensive report to Congress detailing the results of these screenings and the status of any individuals found ineligible for admission.

The "Original Slavery Remembrance Month Resolution" designates August as a time to commemorate the lives of enslaved people and honor the freedom fighters who resisted the institution of slavery. This resolution condemns the history of chattel slavery and its ongoing systemic effects in the United States. It encourages national observance and reflection to ensure the history and legacy of slavery are never forgotten.

This bill seeks to block a proposed U.S. export license amendment that would authorize the transfer of additional Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) tail kits and Small Diameter Bombs to the Israeli Ministry of Defense. If passed, it would prohibit the government from finalizing the sale of these specific defense articles.

The Birthright Citizenship Act of 2025 amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to restrict birthright citizenship to individuals born in the United States who have at least one parent who is a U.S. citizen, a lawful permanent resident, or an alien in lawful status serving in the U.S. armed forces. This legislation clarifies the definition of being "subject to the jurisdiction of the United States" for citizenship purposes. These changes would apply only to individuals born after the bill's enactment, preserving the status of those born previously.

The SHUSH Act (Silencers Help Us Save Hearing Act) removes firearm silencers from the definition of "firearms" under federal law, effectively eliminating the associated $200 tax, registration requirements, and federal oversight. The bill also preempts state and local laws that impose taxes or registration on silencers and removes existing sentencing enhancements for their use in crimes.

The Medicaid Improvement and State Flexibility Act of 2025 empowers states to independently approve and manage experimental Medicaid demonstration projects without federal oversight. These projects replace traditional coverage with state-managed EBT cards for primary care and medications, coupled with catastrophic insurance coverage, while ensuring budget neutrality. Additionally, the bill prohibits the use of these funds for abortion services, except in cases of rape, incest, or to save the life of the mother.

The RETIREES FIRST Act aims to provide tax relief to seniors by increasing the income thresholds at which Social Security benefits become taxable. To ensure fiscal responsibility, the bill mandates that the cost of these tax changes be offset by proportional reductions in non-security discretionary federal spending.