Reserve Forces Travel Fairness Act

HR3151 — SHIPS for America Act of 2025

Rebuild U.S. commercial shipbuilding and a U.S.-flag strategic fleet by pairing new tax credits, grants, and operating payments with stronger cargo-preference rules and workforce and innovation programs to restore domestic capacity and sealift readiness. It centralizes maritime strategy in a White House advisor and a Maritime Security Board and funds a broad set of industrial, port, and training programs to favor U.S.-built, U.S.-crewed vessels.

HR5401 — Pay Our Troops Act of 2026

Guarantees continued pay for military personnel during a federal funding gap. This bill would create a temporary appropriation to keep pay and allowances flowing for active-duty service members and the civilians and contractors who directly support them if FY2026 regular appropriations are not in effect.

HRES166 — Expressing support for the Iranian people's desires for a democratic, secular, and nonnuclear Republic of Iran, and condemning the Iranian regime's terrorism, regional proxy war, internal suppression, and for other purposes.

Supports the Iranian people's desire for a democratic, secular, and nonnuclear republic. This resolution would condemn the Islamic Republic for terrorism, regional proxy wars, weapons transfers, and domestic repression, and it urges Western nations to sustain sanctions and protect Iranian political refugees. - Iranian protesters and resistance: Affirms that Iranians should determine their political future by vote and highlights major protests led by women and youth. - Victims and minorities inside Iran: Recalls alleged abuses including executions during the first four months of Masoud Pezeshkian's presidency, citing over 500 prisoners killed and at least 17 women, and names repression of Kurds, Baluchis, Arabs, Christians, Jews, Baha'is, Zoroastrians, and Sunni Muslims. - Regional security and trade: Characterizes Iran as a source of terrorism and instability, accusing it of funding proxies and supplying weapons, missiles, and drones that threaten ships, Red Sea trade, and U.S. forces. - Allies and refugees: Urges Western governments to hold the regime accountable with ongoing sanctions, support the Iranian opposition and the Ten-Point Plan for the Future of Iran, and work with Albania to protect political refugees at Ashraf 3 under the 1951 Geneva Convention and the European Convention on Human Rights.

HR1329 — Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act

Authorize the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum within the Reserve of the National Mall. It would remove an earlier site-designation limit, set a transfer and notification process for federal land, require exhibits to reflect diverse and authentic women's experiences with defined guidance, and mandate regular reports to Congress. - Smithsonian and the Board of Regents — Would be able to place the museum inside the National Mall Reserve and the bill removes a prior limiting phrase that constrained site designation. - Other federal agencies — Must receive notice before a site under their administrative jurisdiction is designated. The agency head must promptly notify specified House and Senate committees and then transfer administrative jurisdiction as soon as practicable. - Museum visitors and Congress — The Council must ensure exhibits and programs accurately represent varied cultures, histories, events, and values of women and seek guidance from a broad array of knowledgeable and respected sources with definitions for those terms. The Secretary must report to Congress 120 days after enactment and every two years on actions taken and planning.

HR1422 — Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025

Targets Iran's energy revenue through global sanctions. This bill would create a broad sanctions framework to punish foreign persons who process, export, or sell Iran-origin oil, condensates, gas, LNG, or petrochemical products. It pairs blocking of assets and visa bans with ownership-based triggers, waivers, humanitarian carve-outs, and new reporting to limit Iran's access to energy markets and finance for weapons and terrorism. - Foreign energy firms and financial institutions would face blocking of property and bans on transactions if they knowingly handle Iran-origin energy or are 50% or more owned by such actors. Associated aliens could become inadmissible and have visas revoked. - Maritime operators, insurers, flag registries, and LNG pipeline facilities would be exposed to sanctions risk when linked to Iran-origin shipments, though safety-of-crew rules and specific exemptions for imports remain. - Humanitarian organizations would keep explicit exemptions for agricultural commodities, food, medicine, medical devices, and humanitarian assistance to avoid disrupting aid. - U.S. agencies and private companies would see new duties: an interagency working group and multilateral contact group would coordinate enforcement, and private-sector reporting would be required to flag evasion and proceeds from intercepted Iran-origin energy sales.

HR2102 — Major Richard Star Act

Establishes concurrent receipt for retirees with combat-related disabilities. This bill would let eligible retirees receive both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation for the same months without the offset rules that currently reduce payments. - Families of disabled retirees: Veterans with combat-related disabilities would receive both retired pay and VA disability compensation for the same months, increasing their monthly household income. - Defense and VA payment rules: The bill would amend 10 U.S.C. 1413a and 10 U.S.C. 1414 to exempt retired pay from reductions under 38 U.S.C. 5304 and 5305 and add a clear monthly no-offset rule. - Implementation and technical changes: It renames and updates chapter sections, adjusts cross-references, and applies to payments beginning the first month after enactment.