All Roll Calls
Yes: 49 • No: 47
Sponsored By: Senator Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
In Committee
Nullifies the Bureau of Land Management's Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision. This joint resolution would disapprove that BLM rule and provide that the rule shall have no force or effect.
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Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
AK • R
Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
AK • R
Sponsored 10/28/2025
All Roll Calls
Yes: 49 • No: 47
senate vote • 12/3/2025
On the Motion to Proceed S.J.Res. 91
Yes: 49 • No: 47
119-s-524, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025
Coast Guard modernization and readiness is the bill's central aim. It would fund new ships and systems, raise personnel and training authorities, and pair acquisition changes with broad reforms for member support and accountability. - Coast Guard members and families would get expanded "Family leave," a maternity uniform allowance, new housing and Alaska travel flexibilities, command sponsorship for Unalaska dependents, and added behavioral health support including at least 5 new specialists and an Embedded Behavioral Health Technician pilot. - Operations and assets would get new funding authority for FY2025–FY2026, higher authorized end‑strengths in several categories (to about 3,000 in some cases), a Service Life Extension Program, required life‑cycle cost estimates, and reporting on Polar Security Cutter and Great Lakes icebreaking needs. - Oversight, safety, and victim care would be strengthened with Safe‑to‑Report rules, long evidence‑retention standards including 50‑year retention for sexual assault records, expedited transfer and temporary separation options for victims, and new Academy oversight and annual covered‑misconduct reporting.
119-s-1541, SHIPS for America Act of 2025
Expand U.S. shipbuilding and maritime capacity for national and economic security. The SHIPS for America Act of 2025 would create a broad statutory framework to grow U.S.-flag fleets, boost domestic shipbuilding and repair, modernize mariner credentials and training, and fund ports, cable repair, and maritime innovation. - Mariners and students would get credential modernization, new scholarships and loan-forgiveness eligibility, and major academy support including about $125.0 million per year for the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy FY2026–FY2035. - U.S. shipyards and builders would gain new financing tools and incentives including a Title XI revolving loan start of $100.0 million and $100.0 million per year for small shipyard assistance FY2026–FY2035. - Commercial shipping, ports, and national security would be reshaped by stronger cargo-preference rules, tariff and tonnage-tax penalties for foreign-of-concern shipyards, and a Strategic Commercial Fleet with targets of at least 10 vessels in year three and 20 vessels per year thereafter. If enacted, it would authorize a Maritime Security Trust Fund capped at $20.0 billion and multiple annual appropriations and program payments through FY2035, increasing federal spending obligations over the next decade.
119-s-2431, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
Provides FY2026 funding for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, and related natural resource, tribal, and cultural programs. It would fund parks and public lands, water infrastructure, tribal services and education, wildfire response, and major cultural institutions. - Tribal communities: Tribal governments, schools, and trust programs would get targeted funding, including about $1.9 billion for Bureau of Indian Affairs operations and $1.1 billion for the Bureau of Indian Education, plus “such sums as may be necessary” for contract support costs. - Local communities and water systems: State and Tribal Assistance Grants total about $4.4 billion to support water projects, and Clean Water and Drinking Water SRF programs receive capital funding with mandatory matching rules, generally requiring at least a 20 percent non‑Federal match. - Parks, science, and wildfire response: Science and surveys would be funded with roughly $1.5 billion for the U.S. Geological Survey and about $1.1 billion for Interior wildland fire management to support preparedness, suppression, and fuels work.
119-s-2120, Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
Modernizes and reauthorizes the Older Americans Act to prioritize health outcomes and strengthen family caregiving. It updates program rules, boosts nutrition innovation, and sets multiyear funding and accountability measures for elder services through FY2026–2030. - Family caregivers and older relative caregivers get broader supports, including an expanded caregiver definition, explicit respite care, and changes to RAISE and caregiver program governance. - Older adults receive a stronger health focus with a designated HHS officer for behavioral and cognitive services, expanded disease monitoring and falls prevention, new home modification and weatherization authorities, and more flexible medically tailored nutrition services and off‑site meal options. - The bill sets multiyear funding and tighter accountability for programs and tribal services, including Title V funding rising from $540.3 million in FY2026 to $647.4 million in FY2030, increased Grants for Native Americans, and enhanced tribal governance and reporting.
119-s-306, Fire Ready Nation Act of 2025
This bill would create a coordinated NOAA Fire Weather Services Program to improve fire weather forecasting and decision support. It focuses on better models, observations, testbeds, open data, and partnerships to predict wildfires, smoke, and post-fire hazards and to deliver those products where they are most needed. - Emergency responders and incident meteorologists get a dedicated Incident Meteorologist Service that provides on-site, impact-based decision support, staffing, training, counseling, and deployment flexibility. It also includes premium-pay waivers and related pay treatment for covered emergency response duties in 2025. - Remote, rural, Tribal, and local communities gain parity of coverage and access through a centralized digital portal for findable and usable forecasts, tools, and communications. The program may fund non-Federal partners with competitive grants and contracts to improve service delivery. - Forecasters, researchers, and agencies receive a Fire Weather Testbed, pilots for uncrewed systems, a push for a fire weather–enabled Earth system model, open NOAA data with digital object identifier standards, and required high-performance computing and annual post-season surveys. The Under Secretary must submit a program plan, workforce assessment, support-services assessment, and a proposed budget within 18 months.
119-s-4976, Native Children’s Commission Implementation Act of 2026
Empowers Tribal self-governance and local control over health, safety, nutrition, and housing programs. This bill would create new Tribal pilots, advisory bodies, and funding streams aimed at improving Native child and maternal health, victim services, housing, and data sovereignty. - Tribal governments and communities: Would expand Tribal authority to run SNAP and school meal programs through Alaska and Lower-48 pilots, strengthen self-governance compacts, and fund large initiatives including a Tiwahe Initiative authorized at $100 million per year. - Families, children, and survivors: Would fund a 24/7 National Indian Domestic Violence Hotline, an Alaska Native Victim Services Fund authorized at $5 million per year, school meal pilots, Native language school grants, and programs to improve maternal and infant health data. - Research, workforce, and federal coordination: Would create a NIH Tribal Health Research Office and a NIH Tribal Advisory Committee each authorized at $2 million per year, plus HRSA, SAMHSA, and other Tribal advisory committees and perinatal workforce grants to boost culturally competent providers. Would increase federal spending by authorizing recurring appropriations across many new programs, notably a $100 million annual Tiwahe Initiative and multiple other authorizations ranging roughly from $200,000 to $25 million per year.
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Would block federal eminent domain for most agricultural land when a feasible alternative exists, defines covered land, and excludes tiny low‑income parcels.
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The Federal Communications Commission — an independent regulatory agency created by the Communications Act of 1934 47 U.S.C. § 151 and substantially restructured by the Telecommunications Act of 1996
The U.S. Department of Labor is revising its implementing regulations for Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Section 503). The revisions align the regulations with applicable law and recent executive orders, including Executive Order 14173, "Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity," and Executive Order 14219, "Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's `Department of Government Efficiency' Deregulatory Initiative."
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The War Powers Resolution 1973 — enacted over President Nixon's veto and codified at 50 U.S.C. §§ 1541–1548 — is Congress's primary statutory attempt to limit the President's ability to commit U.S. fo