Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Bills & Legislation

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Us Congress Senate Bill SB45

Introduced
1/9/25  
Balanced Budget Accountability Act
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB58

Introduced
1/9/25  
This bill designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 107 North Hoyne Avenue in Fritch, Texas, as the Chief Zeb Smith Post Office.
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB60

Introduced
1/9/25  
Write the Laws ActThis bill prohibits an act of Congress from containing any delegation of legislative powers, whether to any component within the legislative branch, the President or any other member of the executive branch, the judicial branch, any agency or quasi-public agency, any state or state instrumentality, or any other organization or individual.The Government Accountability Office must identify to Congress all statutes enacted before the date that is 90 days after this bill's enactment that contain any delegation of legislative power.Any act of Congress, presidential directive, adjudicative decision, rule, or regulation that is enacted 90 days or more after this bill's enactment and is noncompliant with this bill shall have no force or effect.
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB66

Introduced
1/9/25  
Transparency in Bureaucratic Communications ActThis bill requires federal offices of inspectors general to include in their existing semiannual reports to Congress information about any communications between their department or agency and certain online platforms and services. Specifically, such reports must include details on the contents and circumstances of any communication or attempted communication with an internet platform, information content provider, or access software provider. Covered communications include those addressing specific online content, content moderation practices, and any other topic related to a platform's or service's data inputs, algorithms, modeling and simulation processes, analysis tools, or any related tool. 
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB64

Introduced
1/9/25  
This bill requires the U.S. Postal Service to designate a single, unique ZIP Code applicable to Fairlawn, Virginia.
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB41

Introduced
1/9/25  
Advanced Border Coordination Act of 2025This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to establish at least two Joint Operations Centers along the U.S.-Mexico border. The centers shall provide centralized operations hubs for (1) coordinating operations between federal, state, local, and tribal agencies as needed; and (2) coordinating and supporting border operations, including detecting criminal activity, such as activity related to transnational criminal organizations and illegal border crossings.
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB51

Introduced
1/9/25  
Washington, D.C. Admission Act
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB77

Introduced
1/13/25  
Early Participation in Regulations Act of 2025This bill directs agencies to publish an advance notice of a proposed rulemaking at least 90 days before publishing a notice of proposed rulemaking for a major rule. A major rule is a rule that the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) determines is likely to impose (1) an annual economic effect of $100 million or more; (2) a major increase in costs or prices for consumers, individual industries, government agencies, or geographic regions; or (3) significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, health, safety, the environment, or the ability of U.S. enterprises to compete with foreign-based enterprises.The advance notice mustinclude a description of the problem the rule may address, alternatives under consideration, and the legal authority for proposing the rule; andsolicit and provide at least 30 days for submission of written data, views, and argument from interested persons.Any difference between such advance notice and the notice of proposed rulemaking may not be considered arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law for the purposes of review under the Administrative Procedure Act.Advance notice is not required if the proposing agency is not required to publish notice of proposed rulemaking or OIRA finds that advance notice is (1) not in the public interest, (2) duplicative of a similar process, (3) not practicable due to a required deadline, or (4) for a rule that is routine or periodic in nature.
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB79

Introduced
1/13/25  
ACCESS Act Allowing Contractors to Choose Employees for Select Skills Act
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB75

Introduced
1/13/25  
Improving Federal Financial Management Act
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB82

Introduced
1/13/25  
Telework Reform Act of 2025
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB78

Introduced
1/13/25  
Taxpayer Resources Used in Emergencies Accountability Act or the TRUE Accountability ActThis 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. (Internal control refers to a process that provides reasonable assurance of achieving effective and efficient operations, reliable financial reporting, and legal compliance.)This guidance must be in alignment with the Government Accountability Office reports entitled A Framework for Managing Improper Payments in Emergency Assistance Programs and A Framework for Managing Fraud Risks in Federal Programs. Periodically, the agencies subject to this guidance must submit their internal control plan to OMB and OMB must submit such agency plans to Congress.
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Us Congress House Bill HB495

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Subterranean Border Defense ActThis bill requires recurring annual reporting by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on the implementation of a strategic plan to counter illicit cross-border tunnel operations. Currently, CBP is only required to report once no later than one year after the plan's development. 
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB511

Introduced
2/11/25  
Protecting Taxpayers’ Wallets Act of 2025
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB534

Introduced
2/12/25  
Presidential Allowance Modernization Act of 2025