Right to Read Act of 2025
This bill expands access to school libraries and literacy skills support for elementary and secondary school students. It also outlines certain constitutional rights and liability protections related…
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Federal legislation · 119th Congress
This bill expands access to school libraries and literacy skills support for elementary and secondary school students. It also outlines certain constitutional rights and liability protections related…
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize two new federal grant programs: one to establish new rural physician residency programs (including rural training sites within existing prog…
The Veteran Education Empowerment Act reauthorizes and expands a federal grant program to help colleges and universities establish and operate Student Veteran Centers. Grants of up to $500,000 over fo…
The DRIVE-SAFE Act establishes a federal apprenticeship program allowing commercial drivers under age 21 to operate commercial motor vehicles in interstate commerce. Apprentices must complete two prob…
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to expand the H-1B nonimmigrant visa program for high-skilled workers. It doubles the annual cap from 65,000 to 130,000 visas, removes a 20,000-vis…
The PLAY Act directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish an interagency task force on child wellness and physical activity infrastructure within 180 days of enactment. The task for…
The Commonsense Legislating Act is an omnibus bill addressing multiple policy areas. It extends the Small Business Administration's FAST program through 2030, enhances outreach to minority institution…
This bill codifies directives from an executive order on fostering children and families by establishing programs to support job training and apprenticeships for current and former foster youth. It re…
This bill requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to reduce FHA mortgage insurance premium payments for first-time homebuyers who complete a financial literacy housing counseling progr…
The Biomanufacturing Excellence Act of 2025 establishes a National Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Center of Excellence to be operated by a non-federal entity selected through competitive grant or con…
This bill establishes a pilot grant program to provide federal funding to school food authorities for expanding 100 percent plant-based meal options in schools. The program would fund professional dev…
This bill permanently increases the federal reimbursement rates for the school lunch and breakfast programs of the Department of Agriculture. Specifically, beginning November 1, 2025, the bill provid…
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment establishing parental rights as fundamental. The amendment would protect parents' liberty to direct their children's upbringing, education, an…
The PARA Educators Act directs the Secretary of Education to establish a federal grant program allocating funds to states to support recruitment and retention of paraprofessionals in public elementary…
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to address shortages of medical laboratory personnel by including them in the National Health Service Corps programs, establishing a loan repayment progr…
This bill amends the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study of health profession opportunity grant demonstration projects, examining their short-,…
This bill expands eligibility for and modifies administration of the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship. The scholarship allows individuals who are entitled to Post-9/11 GI Bill educational assistan…
The Indoor Air Quality and Healthy Schools Act of 2025 authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a national program addressing indoor air contaminants in schools, childcare facilitie…
This bill allows veterans and their spouses to use professional licenses obtained in one state when they relocate to another state within 36 months of the veteran's discharge. If a state licensing aut…
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow participation in certain Fulbright programs—specifically the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program and the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant…
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to expand the types of career counseling and guidance activities that schools can fund through student support and academic enrichment grant…
Enhance Access To SNAP Act of 2025 or the EATS Act of 2025 This bill expands eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for certain students. Specifically, the bill removes…
The Foster Youth Mentoring Act of 2025 authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities—including nonprofits, state child welfare agencies, local educational…
The Pay Paraprofessionals and Support Staff Act authorizes $25 billion in federal grants for fiscal year 2026 (adjusted annually for inflation) to help states and local school districts increase compe…
This bill increases the number of residency positions eligible for graduate medical education payments under Medicare for qualifying hospitals, including hospitals in rural areas and health profession…