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Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Bills & Legislation (Page 3)

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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 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 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 SB86

Introduced
1/14/25  
This bill eliminates automatic increases to pay for Members of Congress, beginning with the 120th Congress. Current law automatically increases Member pay according to a formula. The annual increase is (1) based on the percentage change in private sector wages as measured by the Employment Cost Index (ECI); and (2) capped at the percentage increase to General Schedule (GS) employees' base pay. The annual adjustment automatically goes into effect unless Congress modifies the increase in legislation.
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB88

Introduced
1/14/25  
No Budget, No Pay ActThis bill prohibits Members of Congress from being paid in a fiscal year until both chambers approve the budget resolution and pass all regular appropriations bills for that fiscal year. Retroactive pay is prohibited for such a period.This bill takes effect on September 29, 2027.
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Us Congress House Bill HB758

Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act of 2025This bill requires the U.S. Postal Service to issue regulations to mandate collecting, tracking, and publicly reporting information related to deaths and injuries resulting from traffic crashes involving vehicles transporting mail.  The bill also requires (1) Postal Service employees and contractors to report within three days any traffic crash involving a vehicle used in the transportation of mail and resulting in injury or death, (2) the Postal Service to maintain an internal database that includes comprehensive information related to such injuries and deaths, and (3) the Postal Service to provide an annual report to the public summarizing such injuries and deaths. 
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB269

Introduced
1/28/25  
Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB267

Introduced
1/28/25  
Restoring Access to Mountain Homes Act
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB279

Introduced
1/28/25  
Tim’s Act Tim Hart Wildland Firefighter Classification and Pay Parity Act
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB265

Introduced
1/28/25  
Freedom from Government Surveys Act
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB270

Introduced
1/28/25  
Natural Disaster Resilience and Recovery Accountability Act
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB51

Introduced
1/9/25  
Washington, D.C. Admission Act
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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.