Legislative Activity

The Border Patrol Supervisors Retention Act aims to improve retention by expanding eligibility for higher rates of regularly scheduled overtime pay. This legislation extends the special overtime rules currently applied to GS-12 Border Patrol agents to cover agents at grades GS-13, GS-14, and GS-15. The bill ensures that supervisors in these higher pay grades receive enhanced overtime compensation.

This resolution officially congratulates the Oklahoma State University men's golf team for winning the 2025 NCAA Division I Men's Golf National Championship. It recognizes the team's hard work, dedication, and historic 12th national title. The resolution also commends the players, coaches, and the excitement this victory brings to the university and the state.

This resolution formally condemns the recent surge in antisemitic attacks across the United States, citing specific tragedies in Washington, D.C., and Boulder, Colorado. It acknowledges the widespread celebration of this violence online and highlights alarming statistics showing the dramatic increase in religiously motivated hate crimes against Jewish Americans. Ultimately, the Senate reaffirms its commitment to fighting antisemitism as a threat to American democracy.

This Act establishes the **Historic Greenwood District-Black Wall Street National Monument** within the National Park System to preserve and interpret the history of the district and the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The Secretary of the Interior is tasked with acquiring necessary land and developing a management plan for the Monument. An 11-member Advisory Commission, heavily weighted toward descendants of 1921 residents, will be created to advise the Secretary on the Monument's development and management for a period of ten years.

This bill, the Border Drone Threat Assessment Act, mandates a comprehensive one-year threat assessment by the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security regarding the use of unmanned aircraft systems (drones) near U.S. international borders. The assessment must detail malign actors, their methods, current U.S. detection and defense capabilities, and privacy considerations. Following the assessment, a detailed report and subsequent briefing must be delivered to Congress outlining the threats and recommending any necessary legal or resource changes to counter them effectively.

The Conscience Protection Act of 2025 aims to strengthen protections for healthcare entities and individuals who object to participating in specific medical procedures, such as abortion, based on moral or religious beliefs. It prohibits discrimination against providers who refuse such services and significantly bolsters enforcement mechanisms within the Department of Health and Human Services. Furthermore, the Act explicitly grants individuals and affected parties the right to file private lawsuits seeking damages when these conscience protections are violated.

This Senate resolution expresses the sense of the Senate to officially commend public servants for their dedication and continued service to the United States. It specifically designates the week of May 4 through May 10, 2025, as Public Service Recognition Week. The resolution honors federal, state, and local government employees, as well as members of the uniformed services, for their vital contributions to the nation.

The Regulatory Accountability Act fundamentally overhauls federal rulemaking procedures to increase transparency, require rigorous cost-benefit analysis for major rules, and mandate public access to supporting data. It establishes new definitions for agency guidance and significantly structures public comment periods, including special provisions for major economic rules. Furthermore, the Act limits judicial review of certain agency decisions and institutes a mandatory post-promulgation review framework for major regulations.

The Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act mandates the creation of a centralized, publicly accessible online section dedicated to tracking federal disaster assistance spending. Federal agencies must report detailed information quarterly on all disaster aid distributed to eligible recipients, excluding individual aid. This ensures transparency by requiring machine-readable data on project locations, obligations, and status following a specified natural disaster.

The Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2025 strictly defines the official government reports that must be used when calculating the monetary costs of greenhouse gas emissions. Furthermore, the Act prohibits federal agencies from using these social cost estimates in their required cost-benefit analyses for new rules or actions. It also mandates that agencies limit environmental considerations in permitting and rulemaking only to factors explicitly required by existing Acts of Congress. Finally, the bill requires agencies to report to Congress on their past use of these climate cost estimates since 2009.

This resolution officially congratulates the University of Oklahoma women's gymnastics team for winning the 2025 National Collegiate Athletic Association Championship. The bill recognizes their dominant season, which secured the program's seventh national title and tied them for third all-time in NCAA history. It also celebrates the numerous individual All-America honors earned by the student-athletes, including Jordan Bowers' all-around national title.

This resolution commemorates the 30th anniversary of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, honoring the 168 victims, survivors, and courageous first responders. It recognizes the profound tragedy, celebrates the resilience and spirit of the community, and supports the ongoing mission of the Oklahoma City National Memorial. Ultimately, Congress affirms the nation's commitment to remembering this event as an example of hope triumphing over violence.

The POWER Act of 2025 amends disaster relief laws to allow electric utilities receiving federal funds for emergency power restoration to concurrently undertake cost-effective hazard mitigation activities. This ensures that utilizing emergency restoration funds does not disqualify utilities from seeking future hazard mitigation assistance. These provisions apply only to funds appropriated after the Act's enactment.

The Safeguarding Charity Act clarifies that an organization's federal income tax exemption will not automatically be considered "Federal financial assistance" under federal law. This change applies to tax-exempt organizations and retirement plans unless another specific law explicitly states otherwise. The Act ensures that tax benefits are not automatically counted as federal aid moving forward.

The Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act revises federal physician self-referral rules to create specific exemptions for certain physician-owned hospitals located in rural areas. This legislation allows these designated "covered rural hospitals" to be exempt from general referral prohibitions. Furthermore, the bill eliminates the existing ban that prevented these physician-owned hospitals from expanding their operations.

The Free Speech Fairness Act amends tax law to allow 501(c)(3) organizations to make political campaign statements without jeopardizing their tax-exempt status. This is permissible only if the statement is made in the ordinary course of carrying out their established tax-exempt purpose and requires only a de minimis amount of extra expenditure. This change provides greater latitude for mission-related political commentary by certain non-profits.

The No Tax Subsidies for Stadiums Act of 2025 eliminates the federal tax exemption for bonds used to finance the construction or refinancing of professional sports stadiums. This means interest earned on these specific municipal bonds will now be subject to federal income tax. The change applies immediately to all bonds issued after the Act becomes law.

This resolution strongly affirms religious freedom as a fundamental right and a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy. It expresses deep concern over the increasing global threats, persecution, and destruction of religious sites worldwide. The bill urges the State Department to prioritize the promotion of religious freedom through diplomatic engagement, support for activists, and the use of sanctions against violators.

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.