US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 389)

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US Federal Senate Bill SB639

Introduced
 
Introduced
2/19/25  
Clergy ActThis bill establishes a two-year window for certain members of the clergy and Christian Science practitioners to revoke their exemption from Social Security and Medicare taxes on ministerial earnings. Under current law, such individuals who object to participation in public insurance programs on religious or conscientious grounds may apply to the Internal Revenue Service for an irrevocable exemption and will not receive Social Security or Medicare benefits in retirement unless they have qualifying credits from other employment.The Internal Revenue Service must develop a plan to inform members of the clergy and Christian Science practitioners of their eligibility to revoke prior exemptions, pursuant to the bill's changes.
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US Federal Senate Bill SB641

Introduced
 
Introduced
2/19/25  
Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2025This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to allow for the personal importation of prescription drugs from Canada in certain instances.Such a drug must (1) be purchased from an approved Canadian pharmacy and dispensed by a pharmacist licensed in Canada; (2) be purchased by an individual for personal use only and in quantities not to exceed a 90-day supply; (3) be filled using a valid prescription from a physician licensed in a U.S. state; and (4) have the same active ingredients, route of administration, dosage form, and strength as an FDA-approved drug. Certain types of drugs may not be imported under this program, such as controlled substances, biological products, or intravenously injected drugs.An approved pharmacy under this program must be located and licensed in Canada and meet additional requirements, such as participation in ongoing and comprehensive quality assurance programs.The FDA must publish a list of approved Canadian pharmacies on its website.
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US Federal Senate Bill SB642

Introduced
 
Introduced
2/19/25  
Refer
2/19/25  
Report Pass
3/5/25  
Engrossed
12/15/25  
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Land Claim Settlement Act of 2025This bill directs the Department of the Interior to transfer funds to the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) in Baraga County, Michigan, in order to settle the KBIC's land claims and clear title to those lands.The KBIC may use these funds for any lawful purpose except to acquire land for gaming.
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US Federal Senate Bill SB649

Introduced
 
Introduced
2/20/25  
Refer
2/20/25  
Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act of 2025This bill expands eligibility for Post-9/11 educational assistance for members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces and members of the National Guard. Specifically, the bill expands the types of activities that count towards Post-9/11 GI Bill eligibility to include active duty, inactive-duty training, annual training duty, and full-time National Guard duty or active duty. (Generally, under current law, only federal active duty counts towards educational assistance eligibility.)
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US Federal Senate Bill SB647

Introduced
 
Introduced
2/20/25  
Regional Leadership in Wildland Fire Research Act of 2025This bill provides for the establishment of at least seven regional wildland fire research centers to improve the understanding of wildland fire through coordinated research and development. Specifically, the Department of Commerce, in coordination with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Forest Service, must establish regional centers at institutions of higher education and land-grant colleges and universities in seven specified regions. Institutions must be selected to host regional centers through a competitive process. Among other priorities, regional centers must develop technologies and tools to understand, monitor, and predict wildland fire, test and operate models to support land management decision-making, and improve the understanding of post-fire risks (e.g., flash flooding). Regional centers must coordinate their research with one another and with other wildland fire research entities, and must make their work and data fully and openly available. The bill also establishes a national coordination board to develop technological research priorities and science, data management, and sharing protocols in cooperation with each regional center. The national board must coordinate the activities of regional centers and other research institutions to avoid unnecessary duplication. Further, the bill establishes an advisory board at each regional center to advise on research goals and activities, assist with dissemination of research outputs, and ensure coordination of research between regional centers and federal and state land management agencies in the relevant region. Finally, the bill sets forth certain reporting requirements with respect to the regional centers’ progress. 
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SB648

Introduced
 
Introduced
2/20/25  
A bill to provide for the establishment of a process for the review of rules and sets of rules, and for other purposes.
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US Federal Senate Bill SB64

Introduced
 
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 Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SB646

Introduced
 
Introduced
2/20/25  
A bill to prohibit the use of funds to carry out Executive Order 14160.
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US Federal Senate Bill SB650

Introduced
 
Introduced
2/20/25  
America's National Churchill Museum National Historic Landmark ActThis bill designates the America’s National Churchill Museum, including the Winston Churchill Memorial, located at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, as the America’s National Churchill Museum National Historic Landmark. (Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill gave a speech titled The Sinews of Peace, also widely known as the Iron Curtain Speech, at the college in 1946.)The bill permits the Department of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with public and private entities for the purposes of protecting historic resources at the landmark and providing educational and interpretive facilities for the public. Interior may provide technical and financial assistance to partner entities. The bill also directs Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the national significance of the landmark and to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Park System. The study must consider alternatives to that designation for the preservation, protection, and interpretation of the landmark, and must include cost estimates associated with identified alternatives.
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US Federal Senate Bill SB652

Introduced
 
Introduced
2/20/25  
Protecting Patients from Deceptive Drug Ads ActThis bill establishes civil penalties for false or misleading communications about prescription drugs by certain entities on social media. It also requires additional disclosures and reporting relating to drug advertisements on social media or via telehealth.The bill’s civil penalties apply when social media influencers or health care providers make communications regarding prescription drugs, using social media platforms, from which they financially benefit that (1) are made knowingly or recklessly and are false or inaccurate, or (2) fail to include the brief summary information (i.e., side effects, contraindications, effectiveness) required in drug advertisements. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must issue guidance and publish notice of such enforcement actions. The FDA may notify drug manufacturers when such communications fail to include the brief summary information.The bill also requires telehealth providers (i.e., entities that use telecommunications to bring together patients and drug prescribers or dispensers) to include the brief summary information in prescription drug advertisements.Also, payments from drug manufacturers to health care providers or social media influencers, or from health care providers to influencers, for communications promoting prescription drugs must be reported in accordance with anti-kickback laws for federal health care programs.Additionally, the FDA may conduct market surveillance regarding prescription drug promotion on social media, including analyzing communications and establishing a task force with the Federal Trade Commission.
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US Federal Senate Bill SB653

Introduced
 
Introduced
2/20/25  
This bill provides that amounts paid for membership in a health care sharing ministry, including amounts paid for the sharing of medical expenses and administrative fees, are a tax-deductible medical expense. (Health care sharing ministries are faith-based organizations with members who share a common set of ethical or religious beliefs and who contribute regular payments to cover the medical expenses of other members.)
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US Federal Senate Bill SB273

Introduced
2/10/25  
Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
A bill to allow nonprofit child care providers to participate in certain loan programs of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
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US Federal Senate Bill SB278

Introduced
6/30/25  
Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Kids Off Social Media ActThis bill limits children’s access to social media platforms and requires both platforms and schools to implement certain restrictions on children’s social media usage. Specifically, the bill prohibits social media platforms from knowingly allowing children under the age of 13 to create or maintain accounts. Platforms must delete existing accounts held by children and any personal data collected from child users. Platforms are also generally prohibited from using automated systems to suggest or promote content based on personal data collected from users under the age of 17. The bill directs the Federal Trade Commission to enforce these provisions. States may also bring civil actions against platforms whose violations of these provisions have adversely affected their residents. Further, as a condition of receiving discounted telecommunications service under the Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support (E-Rate) program, schools must enforce policies preventing the use of E-Rate-supported services, networks, and devices to access social media, and must use blocking or filtering technology to prevent such access. Schools that do not make a good faith effort to comply and correct known violations are required to reimburse any E-Rate support they received for the applicable period. Schools must also submit copies of their internet safety policies to the Federal Communications Commission for publication. Under the bill, social media platforms are defined as public-facing sites that function primarily as forums for user-generated content. Some categories of online platforms are explicitly excluded, including sites that provide primarily videoconferencing, emailing, or educational services.
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US Federal Senate Bill SB281

Introduced
4/29/25  
Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Transparency In Charges for Key Events Ticketing Act or the TICKET ActThis bill requires ticket sellers (including sellers on the secondary market) for concerts, performances, sporting events, and similar activities to clearly and prominently disclose the total ticket price for the event at the time the ticket is first displayed to an individual (and anytime thereafter during the purchasing process). Prior to completing a purchase, ticket sellers also must provide an itemized list of the base ticket price and each fee (e.g., service fee, processing fee, or other charge). The total ticket price must also be disclosed in any advertisement, marketing, or price list.Additionally, a ticket seller, secondary market seller, or ticket exchange that does not have actual or constructive possession of an event ticket is prohibited from selling or advertising a ticket for the event. However, a secondary market seller or exchange may sell or advertise a service to obtain an event ticket for an individual if the seller or exchange (1) does not market the service as an event ticket, (2) maintains a clear separation between the provided service and the event tickets throughout the entire purchasing process, and (3) clearly discloses that the service is not an event ticket.The bill establishes additional disclosure requirements for ticket sellers, secondary market sellers, and ticket exchanges, and requires such entities to issue a refund for the total ticket price if an event is canceled or postponed.The Federal Trade Commission must enforce these requirements.
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US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US Federal Senate Bill SB282

Introduced
 
Introduced
1/28/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Engrossed
6/23/25  
Refer
2/2/26  
A bill to provide greater regional access to the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in the State of Maine, and for other purposes.