Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
This bill requires the Secretary of the Interior to maintain a genetically diverse herd of at least 150 wild horses in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The Secretary must develop a management plan within 120 days of the bill's enactment, focused on cost-effective horse management that protects park resources. It prohibits removing horses from the park except to maintain genetic diversity, in emergencies, or to protect public health and safety. The Secretary must also annually monitor and publicly report on the herd's population, structure, and health.
This bill establishes the Historic Greenwood District - Black Wall Street National Monument in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to preserve and interpret the history of the Greenwood District (known as "Black Wall Street"), the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, and their significance to Oklahoma and U.S. history. It defines the monument's boundary using a specific map, authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land via donation or purchase, and requires a management plan within three years. The bill creates an 11-member advisory commission composed of 7 descendants of 1921 Greenwood residents, 3 historic preservation experts, and 1 Tulsa mayoral appointee, serving for up to 10 years. The monument will be managed by the National Park Service under standard park system rules, with no impact on private property rights within the designated area.
This bill modifies tax rules to provide relief for individuals affected by major disasters. It allows taxpayers to deduct disaster-related losses (like damaged homes or personal property) more easily by creating a new "disaster loss deduction" that combines certain casualty losses and adjusts for income limits. It also excludes wildfire relief payments (such as compensation for lost wages or home damage not covered by insurance) from taxable income for people in federally declared wildfire areas, effective 2026 through 2030. These changes apply to losses incurred in taxable years starting after 2024, specifically for disasters declared between 2025 and 2027.
This bill requires U.S. colleges and universities receiving federal student aid (Title IV) or specific grants (Title VI) to annually certify by July 31 that they will not engage in "nonexpressive commercial boycotts" of countries designated as strategic partners of the U.S. (such as Israel under existing law). The certification must confirm these institutions will permit equal academic exchanges - like study abroad programs, conferences, and research - with strategic partner countries as they do with other nations. Failure to submit the certification results in loss of federal funding eligibility for the following fiscal year. It directly affects all higher education institutions relying on federal financial aid programs.
National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Extension Act This bill reauthorizes the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation to establish in Washington, DC, a monument to commemorate the commitment and service represented by emergency medical services. This authorization expires seven years after enactment of the bill.
Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025 This bill expands a requirement for federal agencies to report expenditures on the USAspending.gov website to include other transaction agreement expenditures. (Other transaction agreements, or OTAs, are contractual instruments other than standard procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements; they are exempt from many federal procurement laws and regulations). Under current law, federal agencies must report expenditures on federal awards to USAspending.gov with the term federal award defined as federal grants, loans, cooperative agreements, contracts, and certain other types of expenditures. This bill expands the definition of federal award to include expenditures under OTAs, and therefore such expenditures must be included on the USAspending.gov website. The Department of the Treasury must ensure that data relating to OTAs are automatically transmitted to the website and a centralized view of this data is available on the website. Treasury must also annually post on the USAspending.gov website a report that includes (1) the total amount of federal spending on federal awards for which data has not been posted on the website, and (2) the reason why such spending data was not posted. For 10 years after enactment, the Office of Inspector General of specified federal agencies must periodically submit to Congress and make publicly available a report assessing the agency's spending data and use of data standards.
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to remove all deed restrictions from approximately 3.62 acres located at 2956 Park Avenue, on the Paducah Memorial Army Reserve Center in Paducah, Kentucky. The restrictions include easements, exceptions, reservations, terms, conditions, and covenants described in the quitclaim deed that was executed on April 27, 2012. The deed conveyed land from Interior to the City of Paducah, Kentucky.
This bill directs the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation to place a monument honoring Medal of Honor recipients on federal land near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., overriding standard location rules. It specifically requires the monument to be located within the National Mall's "Reserve" area adjacent to the Lincoln Memorial, as defined in federal law. The bill affects the museum foundation's construction plans and the public's access to this new memorial site. It does not change how the Medal of Honor is awarded, only the physical location of its commemorative monument.
This bill authorizes up to $50 million in federal grants to the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation for establishing the Library in Medora, North Dakota. It requires the Foundation to first secure $100 million in matching funds from North Dakota or non-Federal sources before receiving federal money, and prohibits grant funds from covering the Library's ongoing maintenance or operations. The bill also permits federal agencies to loan historic artifacts and objects (without cost) to the Foundation for public display, subject to preservation terms. The Library will operate independently, with no federal involvement in its day-to-day management beyond the Foundation's request.
The Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025 amends the FAST Act to explicitly include mining projects in the definition of those eligible for streamlined permitting under the law. It prohibits the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a specific proposed rule (published as 88 Fed. Reg. 65350) that would have revised the scope of mining projects covered under the FAST Act. This bill directly affects domestic mining operations by ensuring their projects are covered under the existing permitting process without requiring new rulemaking. The key mechanism is the amendment to the definition, which makes the proposed rule unnecessary and blocks its implementation.
This resolution recommends that the U.S. House of Representatives find Hector Roos in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with two subpoenas issued by the Committee on Ethics in August 2025. The bill specifically cites his failure to produce requested documents and appear before the Investigative Subcommittee as directed. It directs the Speaker of the House to certify a report detailing these refusals to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, enabling legal proceedings against Mr. Roos under federal law. Additionally, the resolution instructs the Speaker to take any other appropriate actions necessary to enforce the subpoenas.
