US Senator

Roger Wicker 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 7)

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Us Congress Senate Bill SB479

Introduced
2/6/25  
New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2025
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB487

Introduced
2/6/25  
Creating Hope and Opportunity for Individuals and Communities through Education Act or the CHOICE ActThis bill expands school choice programs for elementary and secondary school students.The bill specifies that a student in the District of Columbia must, in order to qualify for an opportunity scholarship, be currently enrolled, or be enrolled for the next school year, in a public or private elementary or secondary school.The bill also authorizes the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to support the design and implementation of state programs that allow the parent of a child with a disability to choose the appropriate public or private school for their child. It also outlines the requirements for program eligibility.Further, if the state has established a program that allows parents to use public or private funds to assist with the cost of their child attending a private school, then the state may supplement those funds with federal special education funds.Additionally, the Department of Defense must carry out a five-year pilot program to award scholarships to enable military dependent students who live on military installations to attend the public or private elementary or secondary schools their parents choose.The bill also requires ED to return to the Treasury specified amounts made available for salaries and expenses.
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB5

Introduced
1/6/25  
Engrossed
1/21/25  
Enrolled
1/23/25  
Passed
1/29/25  
Chaptered
1/29/25  
Laken Riley ActThis bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain certain non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) who have been arrested for burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting. The bill also authorizes states to sue the federal government for decisions or alleged failures related to immigration enforcement.Under this bill, DHS must detain an individual who (1) is unlawfully present in the United States or did not possess the necessary documents when applying for admission; and (2) has been charged with, arrested for, convicted of, or admits to having committed acts that constitute the essential elements of burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting.The bill also authorizes state governments to sue for injunctive relief over certain immigration-related decisions or alleged failures by the federal government if the decision or failure caused the state or its residents harm, including financial harm of more than $100. Specifically, the state government may sue the federal government over adecision to release a non-U.S. national from custody;failure to fulfill requirements relating to inspecting individuals seeking admission into the United States, including requirements related to asylum interviews;failure to fulfill a requirement to stop issuing visas to nationals of a country that unreasonably denies or delays acceptance of nationals of that country;violation of limitations on immigration parole, such as the requirement that parole be granted only on a case-by-case basis; orfailure to detain an individual who has been ordered removed from the United States.
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB502

Introduced
2/10/25  
Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act of 2025
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB523

Introduced
2/11/25  
Protect Medicaid Act This bill prohibits federal payment under Medicaid for the administrative costs of providing health benefits to noncitizens who are ineligible for Medicaid based on their immigration status. The Department of Health and Human Services must report on specified information regarding states that provide health benefits to such individuals.
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB533

Introduced
2/12/25  
National Right-to-Work Act
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB537

Introduced
2/12/25  
Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2025
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB545

Introduced
2/12/25  
Combating Illicit Xylazine Act
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB557

Introduced
2/12/25  
1071 Repeal to Protect Small Business Lending Act
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB576

Introduced
2/13/25  
One Flag for All Act
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB587

Introduced
2/13/25  
Death Tax Repeal Act of 2025
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB593

Introduced
2/13/25  
Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB6

Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection ActThis bill establishes requirements for the degree of care a health care practitioner must provide in the case of a child born alive following an abortion or attempted abortion.Specifically, a health care practitioner who is present must (1) exercise the same degree of care as would reasonably be provided to any other child born alive at the same gestational age, and (2) ensure the child is immediately admitted to a hospital. Additionally, a health care practitioner or other employee who has knowledge of a failure to comply with the degree-of-care requirements must immediately report such failure to law enforcement.A health care practitioner who fails to provide the required degree of care, or a health care practitioner or other employee who fails to report such failure, is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, up to five years in prison, or both.An individual who intentionally kills or attempts to kill a child born alive is subject to prosecution for murder.The bill bars the criminal prosecution of a mother of a child born alive under this bill and allows her to bring a civil action against a health care practitioner or other employee for violations.
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB65

Introduced
1/9/25  
Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025 This bill allows a qualified individual to carry a concealed handgun into or possess a concealed handgun in another state that allows its residents to carry concealed firearms.A qualified individual must (1) be eligible to possess, transport, or receive a firearm under federal law; (2) carry a valid photo identification document; and (3) carry a valid state-issued concealed carry permit, or be eligible to carry a concealed firearm in his or her state of residence. 

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Us Congress Senate Bill SB574

Introduced
2/13/25  
Healthy Poultry Assistance and Indemnification Act of 2025