US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Bills & Legislation (Page 4)

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US Federal Senate Bill SB102

Introduced
1/15/25  
ROOMIE Act Reinforce Occupancy Obligations for Maximized Interagency Efficiency Act
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US Federal House Bill HB495

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
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1/16/25  
Subterranean Border Defense ActThis bill requires recurring annual reporting by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on the implementation of a strategic plan to counter illicit cross-border tunnel operations. Currently, CBP is only required to report once no later than one year after the plan's development. 
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US Federal House Bill HB77

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Midnight Rules Relief Act
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US Federal Senate Bill SB33

Introduced
1/8/25  
SOPRA Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2025
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US Federal Senate Bill SB24

Introduced
1/7/25  
This bill designates the facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 154 First Avenue East in Jerome, Idaho, as the Representative Maxine Bell Post Office.
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US Federal Senate Bill SB23

Introduced
1/7/25  
DRAIN THE SWAMP Act Decentralizing and Reorganizing Agency Infrastructure Nation-wide To Harness Efficient Services, Workforce Administration, and Management Practices Act
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US Federal Senate Bill SB27

Introduced
1/7/25  
Federal Employee Return to Work Act
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US Federal Senate Bill SB26

Introduced
1/7/25  
This bill excludes locality-based comparability payments from the calculation of retirement and disability annuities for new employees in the Federal Employees’ Retirement System. (General schedule and certain other federal employees receive locality-based comparability payments when their official worksite is located in a geographic area with a pay disparity between federal and non-federal workers of more than 5%.)
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US Federal Senate Bill SB21

Introduced
1/7/25  
Requiring Effective Management and Oversight of Teleworking Employees Act or the REMOTE ActThis bill directs executive agencies to track employees' computer network activity, compare the activity of teleworking and on-site employees, and report on any deficiencies in the performance of teleworking employees.First, the bill requires each agency to establish policies to track for every employee (1) the average number of daily logins, (2) the average daily duration of the network connection, and (3) the network traffic generated while the employee works. This information must be collected from employees working primarily on-site within 180 days after the bill's enactment and from teleworking employees within one year after the bill's enactment. The bill also directs each agency to publish this data in the agency’s fiscal year budget justification materials, including a comparison of the average login rates of on-site and teleworking employees.Next, the bill directs any manager who revokes a teleworking employee's authorization to telework (due to a reason specific to that employee) to document for the employee and the agency's Human Capital Office (1) the total number of days that the employee teleworked in the six work periods immediately preceding the revocation, (2) a narrative summary of the circumstances giving rise to the revocation, and (3) any steps the manager took to discipline the employee before revoking the employee's telework authorization. Finally, agencies must report to the Chief Human Capital Officers Council about any adverse effects of telework policies on the performance of the executive agency.
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US Federal Senate Bill SB30

Introduced
1/8/25  
Expediting Reform And Stopping Excess Regulations Act or the ERASER ActThis bill generally requires federal agencies to repeal three rules before issuing a new rule.In the case of a new nonmajor rule, an agency must repeal at least three rules that, to the extent practicable, are related to the new rule.In the case of a new major rule, (1) an agency must repeal at least three rules that are related to the new major rule, and (2) the cost of the new major rule must be less than or equal to the cost of the repealed rules. A major rule is a rule that has resulted in or is likely to result in (1) an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more; (2) a major increase in costs or prices for consumers, individual industries, government agencies, or geographic regions; or (3) significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, or innovation.These requirements apply to rules issued through the notice and comment process and do not apply to interpretative rules, general statements of policy, or rules of agency organization, procedure, or practice. Further, the requirements do not apply to a rule or major rule that relates to the management, organization, or personnel of an agency or procurement by the agency.Any rule repealed under this bill must be published in the Federal Register.Finally, the Government Accountability Office must report on the number and estimated cost of rules and major rules currently in effect.  
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US Federal Senate Bill SB88

Introduced
1/14/25  
No Budget, No Pay Act
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US Federal Senate Bill SB86

Introduced
1/14/25  
A bill to repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
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US Federal Senate Bill SB22

Introduced
1/7/25  
Strategic Withdrawal of Agencies for Meaningful Placement Act or the SWAMP ActThis bill prohibits new construction, major renovation, leasing, or renewing a lease of certain executive agency headquarters in the District of Columbia metropolitan area and establishes a competitive bidding process for the relocation of such headquarters.The General Services Administration (GSA) must (1) establish a process to allow an executive agency to request the GSA to issue a solicitation for the relocation of its headquarters or allow the GSA to issue such a solicitation without a request, if necessary; (2) allow any state or political subdivision of a state to respond to a solicitation with a proposal for the relocation of the agency's headquarters; and (3) in consultation with the executive agency, select a state or political subdivision of a state for the relocation of the agency's headquarters using a competitive bidding procedure based on certain considerations.
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US Federal House Bill HB164

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Refer
1/4/25  
POWER Act of 2025 Promoting Opportunities to Widen Electrical Resilience Act of 2025
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US Federal House Bill HB153

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Refer
1/4/25  
Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act