US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Bills & Legislation (Page 3)

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US Federal Senate Bill SB148

Introduced
1/17/25  
RED TAPE Act Regulations Evaluated to Determine The Anticipated Price and Effect Act
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US Federal Senate Bill SB150

Introduced
1/17/25  
Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2025
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US Federal Senate Bill SB164

Introduced
1/21/25  
Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2025
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US Federal Senate Bill SB155

Introduced
1/21/25  
Mandating Advisable and Informed Locations and Solutions Act or the MAILS ActThis bill requires the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to (1) establish a formal process for a local government official to request a new post office, and (2) modify how it communicates with local officials and the public about certain topics.Specifically, USPS must modify existing regulations with respect to temporary relocations of postal retail services for holidays, special events, overflow business, and commemorative events. USPS may not implement any such temporary relocation for more than two days unless it first collects and considers community input. USPS must also provide specified notifications to local officials and the public, periodic updates to local officials, and a public presentation about such a relocation.
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US Federal Senate Bill SB170

Introduced
1/21/25  
BIG OIL from the Cabinet Act Banning In Government Oil Industry Lobbyists from the Cabinet Act
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US Federal Senate Bill SR29

An original resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President of the United States possesses legal authority under existing law to take immediate and necessary action to secure the southwest border of the United States.
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US Federal Senate Bill SB188

Introduced
1/22/25  
Free Speech Protection Act
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US Federal Senate Bill SB181

Introduced
1/22/25  
This bill requires federal agencies to submit zero-based budgets to the Office of Management and Budget and the congressional budget committees. Under the bill, a zero-based budget is a systematic budget analysis in which managers (1) examine current objectives, operations, and costs; (2) consider alternative ways of carrying out programs or activities; and (3) rank different programs or activities by order of importance.The bill also requires federal agencies to submit recommendations to reduce spending by at least 2% from the previous year's levels. The Department of Defense and the National Nuclear Security Administration are exempt from this requirement.
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US Federal House Bill HB708

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
SHIELD Against CCP Act Strategic Homeland Intelligence and Enforcement Legislation to Defend Against the CCP Act
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US Federal House Bill HB706

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
DHS Biodetection Improvement ActThis bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to assess how it has utilized Department of Energy national laboratories and sites for research and development in carrying out DHS missions and to report to Congress a strategy for how DHS will conduct biodetection research and development in coordination with such laboratories and sites.
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US Federal House Bill HB152

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Refer
1/4/25  
Federal Disaster Assistance Coordination Act
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US Federal Senate Bill SB80

Introduced
1/13/25  
STEP Act Safeguarding the Transparency and Efficiency of Payments Act
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US Federal Senate Bill SB76

Introduced
1/13/25  
Setting Manageable Analysis Requirements in Text Act of 2025 or the SMART Act of 2025This bill requires agencies, when publishing a proposed or final major rule, to include a framework for assessing whether the rule achieves its regulatory objective. An agency must assess a rule in the time frame included in the framework. The assessment must compare the rule's anticipated and actual benefits and costs.Additionally, the assessment must determine whether (1) the rule has been rendered unnecessary because of changes to the subject area affected by the rule or it overlaps with, duplicates, or conflicts with other rules, or state and local government regulations; (2) the rule should be expanded, streamlined, or otherwise modified to accomplish the rule's objective; and (3) other alternatives or modifications to the rule could better achieve the rule's objective. The bill defines a major rule as a rule likely to cause (1) an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more; (2) a major increase in costs or prices; or (3) significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, health, safety, the environment, or the ability of U.S.-based enterprises to compete with foreign-based enterprises. 
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US Federal Senate Bill SB81

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/13/25  
Guidance Clarity Act of 2025
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US Federal Senate Bill SB238

Introduced
1/23/25  
FREE Act Full Responsibility and Expedited Enforcement Act