Legislation Archive

Establishes a Senate NATO Observer Group to organize Senate participation in oversight and engagement related to NATO

Establishes the COACHES Act as a Senate measure for consideration by the Finance Committee after introduction

Require Senate approval before the United States can enter a World Health Organization pandemic preparedness treaty

Protects health coverage for workers involved in strikes or lockouts by limiting insurance disruptions during labor disputes

Strengthens aviation safety in shared airspace by expanding ADS-B requirements, tightening military flight exemptions, and directing FAA coordination and workforce measures

Expresses Senate support for naming certain United States Navy ships after notable civil rights leaders and for keeping those ship names unchanged by the Department of Defense

Condemns Russia's aerial bombardment of Ukraine, especially advanced ballistic missile attacks, and expresses support for securing more air defense systems

Designates May 2025 as ALS Awareness Month to recognize amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and raise public awareness of the disease

Authorizes use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a June 8 2025 event celebrating the birthday of King Kamehameha I

Requires the Small Business Administration to assess barriers facing entrepreneurs with disabilities and report findings and legislative recommendations

Requires the Small Business Administration to assist disability employment and entrepreneurship through outreach education and reporting

Requires Small Business Development Centers and Women's Business Centers to inform small businesses about hiring career and technical education graduates and making connections with those programs

Requires the Small Business Administration to issue annual reports on 7(a) loan agents, including their activity, fraud involvement, loan purchase rates, and referral fees

Requires agencies to count only certified women owned small businesses toward federal contracting goals, with temporary treatment for pending applicants and SBA quarterly briefings

Revises Federal Reserve review of bank holding company merger and acquisition applications by setting firm notice and decision deadlines and limiting outside information in determinations

Requires the SEC to set up electronic delivery of investor regulatory documents with a paper opt out and a fallback if rules are not finalized on time

Expand capital formation options for startups by easing securities rules on private funds and public offering eligibility

Require a review of the accredited investor definition to assess how it should be updated under securities law

Require federal financial regulators to tailor supervisory actions to institutions' risk profiles and business models, including recent rules, while easing some community bank reporting and reviewing supervision modernization

Requires fraud safeguards and full replacement of stolen Summer EBT benefits for eligible student households

Permit family vaccine protections by limiting or changing vaccine-related requirements under federal law

Directs a study of the economic effects of extreme heat in 2025

Authorize urban heat island mitigation through the Community Development Block Grant program to reduce excess heat in developed areas

Establishes a coordinated federal response framework for extreme heat across relevant agencies and programs

Establishes interagency research coordination between the National Science Foundation and the Department of Agriculture