US Senator
Alex Padilla Authored & Sponsored Legislation
Co-Sponsor of Legislation
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB310
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
1/29/25
Build Housing with Care Act of 2025
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB32
Introduced
1/8/25
Refer
1/8/25
Engrossed
2/13/25
Local Access to Courts Act or LACAThis bill adds College Station to the list of places where court must be held in the Galveston Division of the Southern District of Texas. Additionally, the bill adds El Centro to the list of places where court must be held in the Southern District of California.
US
Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB324
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
1/29/25
Smarter Weather Forecasting for Water Management, Farming, and Ranching Act of 2025This bill directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish pilot projects to support improved subseasonal to seasonal precipitation forecasting for water management in the western United States and for agriculture nationwide. (Under current law, subseasonal means the time range between two weeks and three months, and seasonal means the time range between three months and two years.)Specifically, NOAA must establish a pilot project to address challenges to improving forecasting and related product development for water management in the western United States. The project must address, among other items, improvements to operational modeling in mountainous regions and to the forecasting of atmospheric rivers. NOAA must also establish a second pilot project to address challenges to improving forecasting and related product development for U.S. agriculture. The project must address, among other items, improvements to operational modeling of warm-season precipitation and to the prediction of certain spring and summer weather patterns. Each pilot project must include activities that engage with and leverage the resources of academic institutions and entities within NOAA, and that achieve measurable objectives for operational forecast improvement. NOAA’s authority with respect to these pilot projects expires five years after the bill’s enactment.
US
Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB325
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
1/29/25
Coordinated Federal Response to Extreme Heat Act of 2025
US
Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB326
Introduced
1/30/25
Refer
1/30/25
American Music Fairness Act This bill establishes that the copyright holder of a sound recording shall have the exclusive right to perform the sound recording through an audio transmission. (Currently, the public performance right only covers performances through a digital audio transmission in certain instances, which means that nonsubscription terrestrial radio stations generally do not have to get a license to publicly perform a copyright-protected sound recording.) Under the bill, a nonsubscription broadcast transmission must have a license to publicly perform such sound recordings. The Copyright Royalty Board must periodically determine the royalty rates for such a license. When determining the rates, the board must base its decision on certain information presented by the parties, including the radio stations' effect on other streams of revenue related to the sound recordings. Terrestrial broadcast stations (and the owners of such stations) that fall below certain revenue thresholds may pay certain flat fees, instead of the board-established rate, for a license to publicly perform copyright-protected sound recordings.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB336
Introduced
1/30/25
Refer
1/30/25
Disaster Mitigation and Tax Parity Act of 2025
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB338
Introduced
1/30/25
Refer
1/30/25
Fred Korematsu Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2025
Primary Sponsor of Legislation
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB318
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
1/29/25
Report Pass
5/21/25
ANCHOR Act Accelerating Networking, Cyberinfrastructure, and Hardware for Oceanic Research Act
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB320
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
1/29/25
Report Pass
4/30/25
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2025
US
Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB322
Introduced
1/29/25
Refer
1/29/25
Improving Atmospheric River Forecasts ActThis bill requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish an atmospheric river forecast improvement program.In carrying out the program, NOAA must seek to reduce loss of life and property and other economic losses caused by atmospheric river events through research and development on accurate, effective, and actionable forecasting and warnings. The program must generally involve the establishment of quantitative atmospheric river forecast skill metrics, the development of an atmospheric river forecast system within a unified forecast system, and the development of tools and products to predict periods of active or inactive atmospheric river landfalls and inland penetration, among other activities. The program must periodically test and evaluate the value of incorporating innovative observations (e.g., observations from radar, aircraft, ocean buoys, and other sources) to facilitate the improvement of modeling and forecasting. The program must also consider the development of best practices for communicating the existence and severity of atmospheric river events, as well as other information about atmospheric rivers. The program may seek to improve precipitation modeling, with an emphasis on forecasting for complex terrain. The bill also requires NOAA to acquire and sustain adequate crewed and uncrewed aircraft (i.e., drones), equipment, and personnel necessary to meet air reconnaissance mission requirements annually during the expected atmospheric river season (November through March).