Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 544)
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB487
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
<p><strong>Creating Hope and Opportunity for Individuals and Communities through Education Act or the</strong> <strong>CHOICE Act</strong></p><p>This bill expands school choice programs for elementary and secondary school students.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>The bill also requires ED to return to the Treasury specified amounts made available for salaries and expenses.</p>
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB488
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
A bill to impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons that engage in certain transactions relating to Cuba and to impose sanctions with respect to human rights abuse and corruption in Cuba, and for other purposes.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB489
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
A bill to require the Secretary of the Air Force to establish a permanent program to provide tuition assistance to members of the Air National Guard.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB49
Introduced
1/9/25
Refer
1/9/25
A bill to impose sanctions with respect to police departments in the People's Republic of China and other persons seeking to establish a Chinese police presence in the United States.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB490
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
A bill to provide that unauthorized access to the central payment systems of the Bureau of the Fiscal Service is unlawful.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB491
Introduced
2/6/25
Refer
2/6/25
A bill to establish the position of Director of Foreign Assistance in the Department of State, and for other purposes.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB492
Introduced
2/10/25
Refer
2/10/25
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve and enhance the work opportunity tax credit, to encourage longer-service employment, and to modernize the credit to make it more effective as a hiring incentive for targeted workers, and for other purposes.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB493
Introduced
2/10/25
Refer
2/10/25
A bill to prohibit United States cooperation with the International Criminal Court, the use of the Economic Support Fund to support the Palestinian Authority, and any Federal funding for the ICC.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB494
Introduced
2/10/25
Refer
2/10/25
A bill to establish a national plan to coordinate research on epilepsy, and for other purposes.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB495
Introduced
2/10/25
Refer
2/10/25
A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to require greater transparency for Federal regulatory decisions that impact small businesses, and for other purposes.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB496
Introduced
2/10/25
Refer
2/10/25
A bill to exclude certain amounts relating to compensating victims of the Texas Panhandle fires, and for other purposes.
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB497
Introduced
2/10/25
Refer
2/10/25
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify eligibility for 501(c)(3) status.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB498
Introduced
2/10/25
Refer
2/10/25
A bill to posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the African Americans who served with Union forces during the Civil War, in recognition of their bravery and outstanding service.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
Us Congress Senate Bill SB499
Introduced
2/10/25
Refer
2/10/25
A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for automatic continuing resolutions.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session
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
Passed
1/29/25
<p><strong>Laken Riley Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain certain non-U.S. nationals (<em>aliens</em> 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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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 a</p><ul><li>decision to release a non-U.S. national from custody;</li><li>failure to fulfill requirements relating to inspecting individuals seeking admission into the United States, including requirements related to asylum interviews;</li><li>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;</li><li>violation of limitations on immigration parole, such as the requirement that parole be granted only on a case-by-case basis; or</li><li>failure to detain an individual who has been ordered removed from the United States.</li></ul>