All Bills - Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB78
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
<p><strong>Taxpayer Resources Used in Emergencies Accountability Act or the TRUE Accountability Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue guidance to certain executive branch agencies for the development of internal control plans that are available for immediate use in future emergencies or crises. (<em>Internal control</em> refers to a process that provides reasonable assurance of achieving effective and efficient operations, reliable financial reporting, and legal compliance.)</p><p>This guidance must be in alignment with the Government Accountability Office reports entitled <em>A Framework for Managing Improper Payments in Emergency Assistance Programs</em> and <em>A Framework for Managing Fraud Risks in Federal Programs</em>. </p><p>Periodically, the agencies subject to this guidance must submit their internal control plan to OMB and OMB must submit such agency plans to Congress.</p>
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB780
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
2/27/25
A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to address certain issues relating to the extension of consumer credit, and for other purposes.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB781
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
2/27/25
A bill to reauthorize Long Island Sound programs, and for other purposes.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB782
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
2/27/25
<p><strong>Expanding Local Meat Processing Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to revise its regulations to allow certain packers to hold an ownership interest in, finance, or participate in the management or operation of a market agency selling livestock on a commission basis.</p><p>The bill applies to packers that have a cumulative slaughter capacity of (1) less than 2,000 animals per day or 700,000 animals per year with respect to cattle or sheep, and (2) less than 10,000 animals per day or 3 million animals per year with respect to hogs.</p><p>In addition, the bill includes a disclosure requirement for a market agency that has an ownership interest in, finances, or participates in the management or operation of a packer to which the agency sells consigned livestock. Specifically, the market agency must disclose on the account of sale (1) the name of the packer, and (2) the nature of the relationship between the market agency and the packer.</p>
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB783
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
2/27/25
A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to provide additional assistance to rural water, wastewater, and waste disposal systems, and for other purposes.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB784
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
2/27/25
A bill to expand and modify the grant program of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide innovative transportation options to veterans in highly rural areas, and for other purposes.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB785
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
2/27/25
<p><strong>Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment Extension Act</strong></p><p>This bill extends for an additional five years the time period during which an eligible Alaska Native veteran may apply for a land allotment under the Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment Program. The program makes Alaska Native veterans who served in the Armed Forces in Vietnam between August 5, 1964, and December 31, 1971, or their heirs eligible to receive up to 160 acres of federal land in Alaska.</p><p>Under the current program, the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management may accept applications through December 29, 2025. This bill extends this time period for an additional five years to December 29, 2030.</p>
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB786
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
2/27/25
A bill to fully fund the Prevention and Public Health Fund and reaffirm the importance of prevention in the United States healthcare system.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB787
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
2/27/25
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a commission to review operations at the Veterans Health Administration and submit to Congress reports with respect to that review, and for other programs.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB788
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
2/27/25
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an excise tax on the failure of certain hedge funds owning excess single-family residences to dispose of such residences, and for other purposes.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB789
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
2/27/25
<p><strong>Critical Minerals Security Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill establishes requirements for the Department of the Interior related to securing U.S. access to critical minerals and rare earth element (REE) resources. <em>Critical minerals</em> mean any mineral, element, substance, or material designated as critical by the U.S. Geological Survey. <em>REEs</em> mean cerium, dysprosium, erbium, europium, gadolinium, holmium, lanthanum, lutetium, neodymium, praseodymium, promethium, samarium, scandium, terbium, thulium, ytterbium, and yttrium. </p><p>First, Interior must report on the critical mineral and REE resources, including recyclable or recycled materials containing those resources, around the world. Among other information, the report must include an assessment of the global ownership and supply of critical mineral and REE resources. Interior must submit the report within a year and every two years thereafter.</p><p>Next, Interior must establish a process to assist a U.S. person—a U.S. citizen, a non-U.S. National (alien under federal law) lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or an entity organized under U.S. laws—seeking to divest stock in mining, processing, or recycling operations for critical minerals and REEs in a foreign country with finding a purchaser that is not under the control of North Korea, China, Russia, or Iran.</p><p>Finally, Interior must develop (1) a strategy to collaborate with U.S. allies and partners to develop advanced mining, refining, separation, processing, and recycling technologies; and (2) a method for sharing related intellectual property with U.S. allies and partners to enable those countries to license those technologies and develop their resources.</p>
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB79
Introduced
1/13/25
Refer
1/13/25
A bill to amend title 41, United States Code, to prohibit minimum educational requirements for proposed contractor personnel in certain contract solicitations, and for other purposes.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB790
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
2/27/25
A bill to redesignate the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming, as the "Barbara L. Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive Center".
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB791
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
2/27/25
A bill to establish the Justice Thurgood Marshall National Historic Site in the State of Maryland as an affiliated area of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB792
Introduced
2/27/25
Refer
2/27/25
<p><strong>Government Spectrum Valuation Act </strong></p><p>This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to periodically estimate the value of specified electromagnetic spectrum that is allocated to federal agencies.</p><p>Each federal agency that is assigned or allocated a portion of that spectrum must include the most recent estimated value of its spectrum, as determined by NTIA, in its annual budget and financial statements.</p>