Legislative Activity

The Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025 aims to support healthcare providers by extending Medicare payment adjustments through the end of 2025. Specifically, the bill provides a 6.62 percent payment increase for services rendered between April 1, 2025, and December 31, 2025, to help practitioners adjust to evolving Medicare payment policies.

The Disaster Assistance Fairness Act amends the Stafford Act to ensure that residential common interest communities—including condominiums, housing cooperatives, and manufactured housing communities—can access federal disaster relief. The bill authorizes federal assistance for debris removal on private community property and allows for the repair of essential shared infrastructure following a major disaster.

The Service-Disabled Veteran Opportunities in Small Business Act aims to increase federal contracting opportunities for businesses owned by service-disabled veterans. The bill mandates specialized training and best-practice guidance for federal agencies that fail to meet established contracting goals. Additionally, it requires the Small Business Administrator to submit annual reports to Congress to ensure accountability and track progress.

The Mentoring to Succeed Act of 2025 establishes a competitive grant program under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to support youth mentoring initiatives. These programs pair at-risk youth with trained mentors to foster social-emotional growth, improve academic performance, and enhance workforce readiness. By prioritizing underserved communities and career development, the legislation aims to help young people successfully transition into college and the workforce.

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 Sustainable Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Services in the Home Act permanently codifies the ability for patients to receive cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation services from the comfort of their own homes. By authorizing telehealth delivery and virtual physician supervision, the bill expands access to these essential services while removing restrictive geographic requirements. This legislation ensures that the flexibility established during the COVID-19 pandemic remains a permanent, standard feature of Medicare coverage.

The Semiconductor Technology Advancement and Research (STAR) Act of 2025 establishes a 25 percent tax credit for qualified semiconductor design expenditures conducted within the United States. This legislation aims to bolster domestic innovation by incentivizing both in-house and contract design costs for advanced semiconductor technology. The credit is available through 2036 and is designed to complement existing manufacturing investment incentives.

This bill expresses the House of Representatives' view that Congress should act to maintain the United States Postal Service (USPS) as an independent entity within the Federal Government. It emphasizes the USPS's role as a self-sustaining service vital to the economy and national connectivity. The resolution discourages privatization, citing concerns about increased costs, reduced services, and damage to critical infrastructure.

The Federal Firefighters Families First Act aims to improve pay equity, recruitment, and retention for federal firefighters by modernizing pay computation and establishing a maximum 60-hour regular workweek. Additionally, the bill ensures that regularly scheduled overtime is included in the calculation of federal retirement annuities. These measures seek to align federal firefighter compensation more closely with municipal standards and provide greater financial security for their families.

This bill authorizes veterans who have been awarded the Purple Heart to transfer their unused Post-9/11 GI Bill educational benefits to a spouse, child, or stepchild. This new benefit provides Purple Heart recipients with greater flexibility to support their family members' educational goals.

The Coordinating Care for Senior Veterans and Wounded Warriors Act establishes a three-year pilot program to improve health outcomes and care coordination for veterans enrolled in both VA health care and Medicare. By utilizing dedicated case managers and private sector care models, the program aims to streamline access to services, reduce costs, and eliminate gaps in care. The initiative will be implemented across select regions, including rural and medically underserved areas, to ensure better integration between VA and Medicare systems.

The BNA Fairness Act ensures that the Basic Needs Allowance (BNA) provided to eligible active-duty service members is exempt from federal income tax. By classifying this support as a qualified military benefit, the bill prevents these essential payments from being reduced by tax obligations.

The Wildlife Movement Through Partnerships Act of 2025 establishes grant and research programs to improve habitat connectivity and conserve migration corridors for big game and other native wildlife. By fostering collaboration between federal, state, tribal, and private partners, the bill provides funding for voluntary conservation projects and scientific mapping efforts. The legislation ensures these initiatives remain non-regulatory, protecting private property rights and existing land-use authorities while enhancing wildlife movement across the landscape.

The Public Lands in Public Hands Act prohibits the federal government from transferring ownership of publicly accessible federal lands to non-federal entities. This legislation ensures that lands currently reachable by the public remain under federal protection, with specific exceptions for authorized land exchanges and existing federal programs. It also explicitly prohibits the subdivision of land to bypass these new transfer restrictions.

The Ensuring Veterans’ Final Resting Place Act of 2025 expands eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) headstones and markers by removing a key date restriction for certain individuals. It also updates benefits for families choosing an urn or plaque instead of a traditional marker, effective for veterans who died on or after January 5, 2021. Finally, the bill extends the expiration date for certain existing limits on VA pension payments.

The SANE Act of 2025 mandates that all Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals and urgent care facilities provide access to qualified sexual assault forensic examiners. The bill also ensures that survivors receive immediate referrals for mental health services, utilizing community providers if VA care is not available within 30 days. These requirements are designed to improve support for veterans without compromising existing patient care responsibilities.

The Foreign Adversary Risk Management (FARM) Act strengthens national security by bringing U.S. agriculture and its supply chains under the oversight of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). By adding the Secretary of Agriculture to the committee and classifying agricultural systems as critical infrastructure, the bill ensures foreign investments in the sector undergo rigorous security reviews. Additionally, the Act mandates annual reporting to Congress to monitor foreign influence, espionage, and potential threats to the U.S. agricultural industry.

The Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act of 2025 authorizes the use of federal grant funds to better equip and train emergency personnel. This legislation enables first responders to purchase specialized containment devices and receive training to prevent accidental secondary exposure to fentanyl and other lethal substances.

The BEACH Act of 2025 strengthens coastal water safety by expanding monitoring requirements to include upstream waters and public beach access points. The bill provides $30 million in annual funding through 2029 to support these efforts and allows states to use grants to identify specific sources of contamination. Additionally, it mandates that the EPA incorporate the latest testing technologies into its guidance for state and local water quality programs.

The "Supporting Veteran Families in Need Act" permanently authorizes financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing. By establishing ongoing annual funding, this legislation eliminates the need for future reauthorizations, ensuring consistent support for vulnerable veterans and their families.