US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 386)

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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SB604

Introduced
 
Introduced
2/13/25  
A bill to amend the adoption opportunities program to define unregulated custody transfers of children and to improve awareness and prevention of such transfers, and for other purposes.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SB609

Introduced
 
Introduced
2/18/25  
Building Resources and Access for Veterans' Mental Health Engagement Act of 2025 or the BRAVE Act of 2025This bill addresses mental health services and care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), including matters related to personnel, Vet Center administration, care for women veterans, and access to care.The bill authorizes the VA to waive the licensure or certification requirement for individual licensed professional mental health counselor appointees for a reasonable period of time.The bill also extends the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program and increases the maximum annual grant amount.The VA must provide Vet Centers with guidance for assessing outreach activities and implement processes to periodically assess the extent to which (1) veterans and eligible members of the Armed Forces experience barriers to obtaining services at Vet Centers, and (2) Vet Center staff may encounter barriers to providing services.Among other requirements, the VA must alsosurvey and host listening sessions with women veterans to gauge the effectiveness of the VA’s suicide prevention, lethal-means safety, and mental health resources and messaging campaigns;initiate efforts to modify the Recovery Engagement and Coordination for Health-Veterans Enhanced Treatment (REACH VET) program to incorporate risk factors weighted for women;annually offer a mental health consultation to veterans who are receiving compensation for a service-connected disability relating to a mental health diagnosis; andimplement a pilot program to provide access to mental health residential treatment programs for veterans with a spinal cord injury or disorder.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SB607

Introduced
 
Introduced
2/18/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Report Pass
7/30/25  
Engrossed
12/19/25  
Improving Veteran Access to Care ActThis bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish an integrated project team to improve the process for scheduling VA health care appointments. Among other objectives, the team must (1) develop or continue the development of a scheduling system and platform that enables personnel and patients of the VA to view available appointments for VA care, (2) create a process through which patients can telephonically speak with a scheduler who can assist in determining availability and scheduling, and (3) carry out other functions with respect to health care appointments furnished by the VA.In carrying out its objectives, the team must consult and coordinate with the deployment schedule and capabilities of the VA’s Electronic Health Record Modernization Program.If the VA determines a required objective or any feature or service in connection with an objective cannot be implemented or incorporated, the VA must report to Congress providing an explanation and setting forth a plan without that objective. The VA must also report to Congress on the progress in fulfilling the team’s objectives under the bill.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SB608

Introduced
 
Introduced
2/18/25  
Internal Revenue Service Math and Taxpayer Help Act of 2025 or the IRS MATH Act of 2025This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to provide specific information on a notice related to a math or clerical error, send a notice related to an abatement of taxes assessed due to a math or clerical error, provide procedures for requesting such an abatement, and implement a pilot program for sending notices of a math or clerical error.Under the bill, a notice sent by the IRS regarding a math or clerical error must includea clear description of the error and the specific federal tax return line on which the error was made,an itemized computation of adjustments required to correct the error,the telephone number for the automated transcript service, andthe deadline for requesting an abatement of any tax assessed due to the error.Further, the bill requires the IRS to send a notice related to an abatement of tax assessed due to a math or clerical error that clearly describes the abatement and includes an itemized computation of adjustments to be made to the items described in the notice of the error.The bill also requires the IRS toprovide procedures for requesting an abatement of tax assessed due to a math or clerical error,implement a pilot program to send notices of a math or clerical error by certified or registered mail, andreport to Congress certain information about the pilot program.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SB605

Introduced
 
Introduced
2/18/25  
CHAMPVA Children's Care Protection Act of 2025This bill provides that a child shall be eligible for medical care under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) until the child's 26th birthday, regardless of the child's marital status.
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US Federal Senate Bill SB606

Introduced
9/8/25  
Introduced
2/18/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Contaminated Wells Relocation ActThis bill permits the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to enter into an agreement to reimburse the town of Chincoteague, Virginia for costs directly associated with the removal and relocation of drinking water wells currently situated on NASA property.  (Drinking water wells located at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility near Chincoteague have tested positive for perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS, resulting from the use of certain firefighting foams at the site beginning in the 1970s. NASA currently operates a water treatment system to remove PFAS from the affected water supply.) Any such agreement must include, to the extent practicable, (1) a provision for the removal and relocation of the wells remaining on NASA property, (2) a description of the location to which the wells are planned to be relocated, and (3) a current cost estimate of such relocation. Replacement wells must be established on property under the administrative control of the town of Chincoteague. 
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SB603

Introduced
 
Introduced
2/13/25  
Refer
2/13/25  
House Committee Review
 
House Floor Vote
 
A bill to designate the General George C. Marshall House in the Commonwealth of Virginia, as an affiliated area of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SB602

Introduced
 
Introduced
2/13/25  
Wildfire Resilience Through Grazing Research ActThis bill expands the high-priority research and extension areas at the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to include the research and development of ungulate grazing land management techniques to promote wildfire mitigation, fuel reduction, and post-fire recovery. (An ungulate is a hooved grazing mammal.) Specifically, the bill allows USDA to provide grants to land-grant institutions for supporting the research and development of wildfire-related ungulate grazing land management techniques that improve soil health and are compatible with activities that protect against adverse environmental effects. This includes compatibility with activities that protect against the spread of invasive plant species and disease, soil erosion, water quality degradation, and watershed degradation.The grants to land-grant universities may also be used to disseminate information to public and private landowners, land managers, and livestock owners regarding these wildfire-related grazing land management techniques and compatible activities. 
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US Federal Senate Bill SB612

Introduced
 
Introduced
2/18/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Report Pass
3/5/25  
Engrossed
12/17/25  
This bill authorizes grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations for activities related to recreational travel and tourism. Specifically, the bill authorizes (1) the Bureau of Indian Affairs to make these grants to and enter into agreements with Indian tribes and tribal organizations; (2) the Office of Native Hawaiian Relations to make these grants to and enter into agreements with Native Hawaiian organizations; and (3) other federal agencies to make these grants to and enter into agreements with tribes, tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SB60

Introduced
 
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 Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SB610

Introduced
 
Introduced
2/18/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Report Pass
7/30/25  
Engrossed
12/15/25  
Ensuring VetSuccess On Campus Act of 2025This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure that the VetSuccess on Campus (VSOC) program is located in every state. The program supports veterans, servicemembers, and qualified dependents who are transitioning from military service to college life.The VA must ensure that at least one VSOC counselor is located in each state.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SB611

Introduced
 
Introduced
2/18/25  
Caring for Survivors Act of 2025This bill increases the monthly rate of dependency and indemnity compensation payable to surviving spouses through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).Dependency and indemnity compensation is a monthly payment made to eligible survivors (i.e., spouses, parents, or children) of (1) certain veterans who died as a result of a service-connected condition; (2) service members killed while on active military duty or active or inactive duty for training; or (3) veterans who did not die from a service-connected condition, but were totally disabled by a service-connected disability for a certain period of time.The bill also (1) reduces, from 10 years to 5 years, the period of time that certain veterans must have been rated totally disabled due to a service-connected disability in order for a survivor to qualify for benefits; and (2) specifies the amount that is payable to survivors of veterans who were rated totally disabled for a period of less than 10 years before their death.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SB614

Introduced
 
Introduced
2/18/25  
A bill to designate the area of Sumner Row between 16th Street and Northwest and L Street Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as "Alexi Navalny Way".
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SB613

Introduced
10/21/25  
Introduced
2/18/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
Improving Flood and Agricultural Forecasts Act of 2025This bill provides statutory authority for the National Mesonet Program (NMP) maintained by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). (Mesonets are networks of automated weather and soil observation stations that collect data used in measuring, tracking, and forecasting weather and its effects. The NMP is a national network of local mesonets that collects and disseminates non-federal atmospheric weather observations in the United States.)The bill sets forth certain requirements for the NMP, including that the program must obtain weather observations in order to improve understanding and forecasting of atmospheric, drought, fire, and water events, and establish means to integrate increased numbers and types of environmental observations into the program annually. However, NOAA may obtain data under the program only when it is demonstrably cost effective and meets or exceeds certain data quality standards. Of funds appropriated to the program annually, NOAA must award at least 15% to state, tribal, private, and academic entities seeking to build, expand, or upgrade mesonet system equipment and capacity. Entities receiving funds must agree to provide data to the NMP. In allocating funding, NOAA must prioritize providing funds to entities in remote areas and areas that lack environmental monitoring stations. NOAA must also ensure the NMP has an active advisory committee, comprised of subject matter experts, to make recommendations on data needs and procurement, among other topics. 
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SB618

Introduced
 
Introduced
2/18/25  
Protecting America's Agricultural Land from Foreign Harm Act of 2025This bill prohibits persons associated with the governments of Iran, North Korea, China, or Russia from purchasing or leasing agricultural land in the United States.Specifically, the President must prohibit any person (individual or entity) owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of these foreign governments from purchasing or leasing (1) public agricultural land that is owned by the United States and administered by a federal department or agency, or (2) private agricultural land that is located in the United States.A person that violates or attempts to violate this prohibition is subject to civil and criminal penalties. This prohibition does not require a person that owns or leases agricultural land as of the date of this bill's enactment to sell that land.Further, the President must prohibit a person associated with these foreign governments and who leases, or who has full or partial ownership of, agricultural land in the United States from participating in Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs. Exceptions are included to allow for participation in USDA programs related to food safety, the health and labor safety of individuals, or certain reporting and disclosure requirements.The bill excludes U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents from these restrictions.The bill also amends the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 (AFIDA) to require reporting on security interests and leases.Finally, the Government Accountability Office must submit a report to Congress on AFIDA.