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S. 388119th Congress · Aug 6, 2026
Government & Elections

Promoting Resilient Buildings Act

Promoting Resilient Buildings Act This bill increases flexibility for predisaster mitigation assistance for building code activities, prohibits using certain loan funds for building code activities, and establishes a pilot program to fund residential resilience retrofits. Under current law, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) may provide predisaster hazard mitigation assistance to government entities for implementing the latest published editions of relevant building codes and standards. Also, FEMA must consider a government entity’s adoption of such building codes when determining whether to award it predisaster hazard mitigation assistance. The bill specifies that the building codes applicable in such instances are the two most recently published editions (i.

H.R. 3106119th Congress · Jul 14, 2026
Defense & National SecurityHealthGovernment & Elections

Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act of 2025

Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act of 2025 This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop and conduct an exercise to enhance collective domestic preparedness for and response to a terrorist attack during an extreme cold weather event (e. g. , an event caused by a polar vortex when Arctic air expands southward). The scenario in the exercise must involve a terrorist attack causing cascading effects on critical infrastructure (i.

S. 1383119th Congress · Mar 26, 2026
VeteransGovernment & Elections

Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025

Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access to address the accessibility of the VA for individuals with disabilities. Prior to establishing the advisory committee, the VA must take action to abolish or consolidate advisory committees that are currently inactive.

H.R. 492119th Congress · Sep 16, 2025
Government & Elections

Saving the Civil Service Act

Saving the Civil Service Act This bill generally prohibits changes to the classification of positions in the competitive service and excepted service unless certain conditions are met. (Competitive service positions are subject to competitive examination while excepted service positions are appointed under one of five schedules. Competitive service positions have notice and appeal requirements for adverse actions that are not applicable to most excepted positions, including those of a confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character under Schedule C. ) On October 21, 2020, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that placed executive agency positions that are of a confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character, and that are not normally subject to change as a result of a presidential transition, under a new Schedule F in the excepted service.

H.R. 3184119th Congress · May 6, 2025
Government & Elections

PFAS Alternatives Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

H.R. 3093119th Congress · Apr 30, 2025
Government & Elections

REHIRE Act

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

H.R. 3094119th Congress · Apr 30, 2025
Government & Elections

PREP Act

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

H.R. 2947119th Congress · Apr 17, 2025
Government & Elections

Deafblind DATA Act

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

H.R. 22119th Congress · Apr 10, 2025
ImmigrationGovernment & Elections

SAVE Act

Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act or the SAVE Act This bill requires individuals to provide documentary proof of U. S. citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections. Specifically, the bill prohibits states from accepting and processing an application to register to vote in a federal election unless the applicant presents documentary proof of U.

H.R. 1923119th Congress · Mar 28, 2025
EnvironmentGovernment & Elections

Modernizing Wildfire Safety and Prevention Act of 2025

Modernizing Wildfire Safety and Prevention Act of 2025 This bill addresses wildfires by expanding emergency and disaster assistance, establishing scientific monitoring, and increasing assistance for firefighting personnel. The bill is based on recommendations in a 2023 report from the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission, a congressionally established group of public and private experts. The bill expands and expedites federal assistance for wildfire response, recovery, and mitigation by expanding presidential wildfire emergency and major disaster declarations to include natural hazard events stemming from the wildfire (e. g.

H.R. 1065119th Congress · Feb 6, 2025
Government & Elections

Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025

Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025 This bill requires or authorizes certain actions related to the U. S. Postal Service (USPS). The bill requires the Department of Justice to appoint an assistant U.

H.R. 887119th Congress · Jan 31, 2025
Government & Elections

Lower Grocery Prices Act

Lower Grocery Prices Act This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to submit a report to Congress on changes in the Consumer Price Index for food at home over the past 20 years. The report must also include recommendations to help lower food at home costs for U. S. consumers.

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