Legislative Activity

This Act mandates the orderly shutdown of the Department of Education by October 1, 2026, transferring its functions to various other federal agencies, including a newly established Office of Education within HHS. The primary goal is to return control of education policy and administration to state and local authorities. The bill also terminates the authority for new Federal Direct PLUS Loans after that date and sets an expiration for certain Title I education funding streams in 2036.

The Building Youth Workforce Skills Act amends existing law to allow local areas to use designated youth workforce funds to pay for training services for eligible in-school and out-of-school youth through individual training accounts. This change standardizes how young people can access training, aligning their options with those available to adults and dislocated workers.

The RESTORE Patent Rights Act of 2025 aims to strengthen patent protection for inventors by making it easier to obtain injunctions against patent infringers. The act establishes a legal presumption that patent holders are entitled to a permanent injunction when their patents are infringed upon. This reverses a recent trend of court decisions that have made it more difficult for patent owners to stop ongoing infringement. The bill seeks to encourage innovation, especially among individual inventors, universities, startups, and small businesses.

The Border Security Investment Act establishes a 37-percent fee on remittance transfers sent to countries with high rates of unlawful entry into the U.S. The revenue generated from these fees is split equally into two trust funds dedicated to reimbursing border states for security expenditures and financing federal border security initiatives, such as technology, physical barriers, and personnel. Any combined fund balance exceeding $50 billion will be permanently redirected toward federal deficit reduction.