Legislation Archive | 119th Congress

Allows mining operators to use public lands for ancillary mining activities without proving mineral value there, and creates a fund for abandoned hardrock mine reclamation

Imposes sanctions on foreign persons involved in Iran’s petroleum and petrochemical trade and strengthens tools to enforce those sanctions internationally

Requires the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service to create online portals for communications use authorization applications on public lands and National Forest System land

Reauthorizes the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation to establish a Washington DC monument honoring emergency medical services, with the authority expiring seven years after enactment

Extends and updates NOAA’s Integrated Ocean Observation System through FY2030, including regional coastal observing system data-sharing coordination requirements

Establishes federal authorities, strategies, and funding to conserve giant sequoia trees in California and respond to wildfire, insect, and drought threats

Confers Utah civil jurisdiction over certain cases involving the Shivwits Band of Paiutes on Indian lands and allows long-term leasing of trust land

Reauthorizes the Bureau of Reclamation's Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program through FY2031 and updates it to emphasize integrated snowpack measurement and modeling for water supply forecasts

Authorize the Forest Service to transfer certain small cemetery lands to eligible governments or tribes while keeping them dedicated to cemetery use

Directs the Department of the Interior to transfer about 7 acres from Vicksburg National Military Park to Mississippi for an interpretive center and remove that land from the park boundary

Authorizes a time-limited National Park Service agreement for private events at Gateway Arch National Park under conditions that protect public access and park purposes

Directs the Department of the Interior to run a post-disaster reforestation and restoration program for federal and Indian lands that are unlikely to recover naturally

Authorizes the National Park Service to speed contracts and use special procurement authority for North Rim recovery from the Dragon Bravo Fire in Grand Canyon National Park

Amend ERISA litigation procedures to reform how employee benefit plan lawsuits are handled

Redesignates Chiricahua National Monument as Chiricahua National Park and directs protection of tribal cultural and religious sites with access for customary tribal use

Clarifies that students who finish secondary education through a state-recognized home school are treated as high school graduates for federal student aid eligibility

Prohibit federal funds from being used for sexually oriented programs materials and events involving children

Names a measure as the Shane DiGiovanna Act without stating any substantive policy changes

Establishes a federal science of reading measure to guide education policy and instruction practices

Establishes oversight and accountability measures aimed at student aid fraud in federal education programs

Prohibits federal student aid from going to ghost students by targeting fraudulent enrollment in higher education

Streamlines federal student aid verification by making FAFSA verification procedures more efficient

Reforms Truman Scholarship administration by changing governance and oversight for the scholarship foundation

Establishes the FAIR ACT as a House bill referred to the Energy and Commerce Committee for consideration

Establishes a framework for Indian buffalo management under federal natural resources policy