Legislation Archive

Prohibit exports of Strategic Petroleum Reserve oil to foreign adversaries to restrict access to U.S. emergency energy supplies

Establishes a federal and state regulatory framework for payment stablecoins, including issuer eligibility, reserve backing, disclosures, oversight, and related legal treatment

Excludes certain hazardous fuel reduction projects on federal land from NEPA environmental review, with limits for wilderness areas, protected lands, and existing national monuments

Prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from giving critical skill incentive bonuses to senior executives and comparable central office employees, while allowing limited approved exceptions and requiring annual reporting to Congress

Increases the disaster loan amount that can require SBA collateral and adds oversight and rural outreach requirements for small business disaster loans

Limit the President's power to bar nonimmigrants from entering the United States and prohibit religious discrimination in visa and other immigration decisions

Increases the maximum prison term for certain picketing or parading near judges and other court-related officials intended to obstruct justice or influence official duties

Makes the paid family and medical leave tax credit permanent, expands employer eligibility, and broadens how qualifying leave costs can earn the credit

Restricts certain banks, credit unions, and payment card networks from denying lawful customers financial services unless the denial is based on documented, impartial, risk-based standards rather than reputational risk

Expresses that the Panama Canal is vital to U.S. security and economic interests, assesses certain Chinese-backed activity as violating the Neutrality Treaty, and urges continued canal neutrality

Recognizes January 2025 as National Mentoring Month to honor mentoring and its role nationwide

Congratulates the University of Vermont men's soccer team for winning the 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer national championship

Requires the VA to obtain a National Academies report on suicide and other deaths among veterans who recently received VA care

Establishes a commission to relocate federal bureaucracy as a government operations reform measure

Require federal agencies to end broad telework arrangements and restore in-person work for executive branch employees

Impose a federal hiring and personnel freeze across executive branch agencies and government operations

Modify federal retirement treatment under the RETIREES FIRST Act for retirees covered by Finance Committee matters

Require stronger federal employee performance management and accountability measures across the civil service workforce

Reduce nonsecurity discretionary spending through across-the-board rescissions in federal appropriations

Establishes federal measures to support victims of human trafficking through protections and assistance programs

Authorizes sanctions on foreign governments and persons that obstruct repatriation of their citizens or facilitate unlawful immigration into the United States

Reduce federal barriers on firearm silencers under the Hearing Protection Act

Allows the Eagle River Water and Sanitation District and the Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority to use and access the Bolts Ditch and headgate in the Holy Cross Wilderness for water diversion, maintenance, and repair

Awards a posthumous Congressional Gold Medal to Muhammad Ali and authorizes mint funding tied to medal production and sales

Expands federal firearms regulation by broadly restricting .50 caliber rifles and allowing certain lawsuits over sales to sanctioned foreign narcotics traffickers