Legislative Activity

The HEALTH for MOM Act of 2025 allows states the option to establish "maternity health homes" to provide enhanced, coordinated care for pregnant and postpartum women enrolled in Medicaid. These health homes must offer comprehensive, patient-centered care planning that links medical services with crucial social and behavioral supports for one year after delivery. To encourage adoption, the bill provides temporary enhanced federal funding for states that choose to implement this coordinated care model.

The Agricultural Biorefinery Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2025 updates federal assistance programs to specifically promote the development of advanced biofuels, renewable chemicals, and biobased product manufacturing. This legislation introduces competitive grants for pilot and demonstration-scale biorefineries while streamlining loan guarantee processes. The bill establishes detailed scoring criteria for grant applicants, prioritizing innovation, private investment, and environmental impact, and sets annual funding levels through fiscal year 2030.

This bill establishes a permanent advisory committee focused on studying and reporting on the severe financial market fallout that could result from Chinese military aggression toward Taiwan. The committee, composed of market experts and regulators, will advise the Financial Stability Oversight Council on potential economic vulnerabilities. The Council must then issue an annual public report detailing market risks, potential losses, and specific recommendations for regulators to fortify U.S. financial systems against such geopolitical shocks.

This bill establishes a point of order in the House of Representatives to prevent reconciliation measures from reducing benefits or eligibility for Medicaid or SNAP for protected groups, including children, seniors, pregnant women, and people with disabilities. This rule applies for the duration of the 119th Congress. However, provisions aimed at reducing fraud or improper payments are exempt from this restriction.

The ReConnecting Rural America Act of 2025 significantly overhauls federal funding to expand high-speed internet access in underserved rural areas. This legislation prioritizes grants and loans for projects delivering at least 100 Mbps symmetrical speeds, focusing heavily on communities currently lacking adequate service. The bill sets strict buildout timelines, mandates participation in affordability programs, and establishes specific priority criteria for funding distribution through 2030.

This Act mandates improvements to the mental health components of the Department of Defense's Transition Assistance Program (TAP) and the Department of Veterans Affairs' Solid Start Program. It ensures transitioning service members and new veterans receive comprehensive information on available mental health services, suicide risk, and related support resources. The Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs must jointly report to Congress on these updates within one year of enactment.

The Maximum Pressure Act dramatically tightens and expands U.S. sanctions against Iran across its military, missile, and economic sectors, codifying existing restrictions and severely limiting the President's authority to grant sanctions relief. It mandates immediate sanctions on top Iranian officials and increases penalties for international parties aiding Iran's weapons programs. Furthermore, the bill enhances oversight by requiring numerous detailed reports to Congress regarding Iran's terrorism financing, nuclear timeline, and economic influence, while also redirecting certain frozen Iranian funds to victims of state-sponsored terrorism.

The Fight for Families Act of 2025 makes a portion of the federal tax credit for adopting children with special needs refundable. This means eligible families can receive money back as a refund, even if they owe no taxes. The refundability applies specifically to the amount of the credit tied to their special needs adoption expenses.

The Infant Formula Made in America Act of 2025 establishes significant tax incentives to boost domestic infant formula production. It creates an investment credit for taxpayers building or expanding U.S. manufacturing facilities, alongside a per-pound production credit for formula sold domestically. These incentives are subject to caps and require certification to ensure a substantial portion of the formula is sold within the United States.

The "Delivering for Rural Seniors Act of 2025" aims to improve food access for low-income elderly individuals in rural areas by establishing a pilot program for home delivery of commodities. The program will award grants to state agencies, prioritizing those serving rural areas, to cover costs associated with transportation, staffing, and outreach. This act authorizes $10 million annually from 2026 to 2028 for these initiatives.

The "Safeguarding Social Security and Medicare Act" orders a study to assess the effects of inflation and cost of living increases on Social Security and Medicare. The goal is to provide Congress with recommendations on legislative actions needed to maintain full benefits under these programs. This is important because millions of Americans rely on these benefits, and increased cost of living and inflation are putting a financial strain on them.

The Protect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025 provides regulatory relief by extending the filing deadline for beneficial ownership information reports. Under this legislation, companies formed before January 1, 2024, now have until January 1, 2026, to comply with Corporate Transparency Act requirements.

The Train More Primary Care Doctors Act of 2025 increases federal funding for primary care training and enhancement programs. This legislation authorizes $49.9 million annually from 2025 through 2030 to help expand and improve the training of primary care physicians across the country.

The Public and Private Sector Ransomware Response Coordination Act of 2025 mandates that the Secretary of the Treasury conduct a comprehensive study on how public and private entities collaborate to prevent and respond to ransomware attacks on financial institutions. This report will evaluate the effectiveness of current information-sharing practices and provide policy recommendations to strengthen cybersecurity partnerships. Ultimately, the legislation aims to identify potential legislative improvements to ensure government agencies have timely access to critical incident data.

The Extraordinary Measures Transparency Act mandates increased public accountability regarding the Treasury Department's use of special accounting tools to manage the national debt limit. This legislation requires the Treasury Secretary to provide advance notice and detailed daily updates to Congress whenever these "extraordinary measures" are implemented or utilized. Furthermore, the Act requires a final report detailing the total administrative costs associated with these temporary funding actions once the debt limit crisis has passed.

The "No Corruption in Government Act" aims to increase accountability and transparency by banning Members of Congress and their spouses from trading individual stocks and financial instruments. The bill also extends post-employment lobbying "cooling-off" periods for former lawmakers and eliminates automatic cost-of-living pay adjustments for Congress. These measures are designed to reduce conflicts of interest and ensure that legislative actions remain focused on the public interest.

The Back to Work Act limits federal employees to teleworking no more than 40 percent of their work days and mandates increased monitoring of remote work. The bill also ties telework participation to pay restrictions by limiting locality-based pay adjustments for those with telework agreements. Additionally, it requires executive agencies to submit annual reports to Congress regarding telework productivity, enforcement, and potential negative impacts.

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment mandating a balanced federal budget, requiring that government spending not exceed income unless a supermajority in Congress approves. It also necessitates a supermajority to increase the national debt and a majority vote to raise revenue. The amendment includes exceptions for declared wars or serious military threats and would take effect five years after ratification, tasking Congress with its enforcement.