Legislation Archive

Extends and broadens a VA pilot program allowing more non-VA licensed health professionals to perform veterans' disability examinations across state licensure jurisdictions through 2031

Apply full inflation-based cost-of-living adjustments to Federal Employees Retirement System annuities whenever the Consumer Price Index rises, removing current-law limits on larger increases

Prohibit executive agencies from reclassifying civil service positions into new excepted service schedules unless specified preexisting conditions and consents are met

Increases 2026 federal employee pay rates by raising statutory and prevailing rate pay and adding a locality pay increase

Extends through FY2026 the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs and related pilot programs for federal research awards to small businesses

Establishes a pipeline safety engagement framework for 2025 to guide stakeholder participation in pipeline oversight

Expand career pathway opportunities in health professions for low-income individuals through federal legislation

Authorize a measure titled the DEMO Act for consideration in the House and referral to tax-writing jurisdiction

Prohibits manufacturing processing using and distributing commercial asbestos and asbestos-containing products, with limited national security exemptions

Expand health career training at community and technical colleges by advancing programs tied to workforce preparation

Expand support for health professions students by addressing essential skills training and child care needs

Require an evaluation of health career training program impacts and outcomes to measure results in workforce training

Expand rural health workforce training opportunities through targeted health training programs

Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to reserve Health Profession Opportunity Grants for tribal applicants and ensure a minimum number of awards

Establishes the HOPE Act as a House bill referred to the Ways and Means Committee for further consideration

Establishes a federal labor market response framework to address employment and workforce conditions

Establishes the Opioid Treatment Providers Act to govern opioid treatment providers under federal law

Establishes health care workforce training measures under the Health CARE Training Act

Establishes a mentoring and family support measure aimed at assisting families through mentoring services

Reclassifies marijuana under federal law to change how cannabis is treated in drug policy

Establishes a health providers training measure to develop or govern provider training activities

Establishes technical assistance for health grants to help applicants and recipients navigate grant requirements and administration

Restores the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War for U.S. military administration

Establishes a national paid family and medical leave program under the FAMILY Act

Expand the Bipartisan Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program to broaden bulletproof vest funding and participation