Refund Equality Act of 2025

S2837 — Protect America’s Workforce Act

Protect federal employees' collective bargaining rights. This bill would nullify Executive Orders 14251 and 14343 that exclude certain workers from federal labor-management programs, bar any federal funds from carrying them out, and preserve collective bargaining agreements in effect on March 26, 2025 through their stated terms. - Federal employees and unions: Keeps contracts that existed on March 26, 2025 in force until their agreed expiration, protecting negotiated pay and working conditions. - Federal agencies: Prevents agencies from obligating or spending federal funds to implement the two Executive Orders, blocking efforts to remove those exclusions.

S1503 — Equality Act

Treat sexual orientation and gender identity as forms of sex discrimination across federal law. The bill would explicitly add sexual orientation and gender identity to federal sex‑discrimination protections and apply those rules across many statutes and programs.

SRES255 — A resolution honoring the life, achievements, and legacy of former United States Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond of Missouri.

Honors the life and public service of Christopher Samuel "Kit" Bond. The resolution summarizes his career as Missouri State Auditor, two-term Governor, and four-term U.S. Senator and highlights his work on housing, Parents as Teachers, literacy, care for women and children, support for farmers, and national defense. It records his death on May 13, 2025, notes survivors Linda, his son Sam, and two grandchildren, and directs transmission of the resolution to his family and the House and adjournment as a mark of respect.

SRES159 — A resolution honoring the life of the Honorable John Bennett Johnston, Jr., former Senator for the State of Louisiana.

Honors the life and public service of John Bennett Johnston Jr., a Louisiana leader who served in the U.S. Senate from 1972 to 1997. Born June 10, 1932, in Shreveport, he attended C. E. Byrd High School, Washington and Lee University, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and LSU Law, graduating with distinction and joining the Order of the Coif in 1956. He served as a First Lieutenant in the Army Judge Advocate General's Corps in Germany from 1956 to 1959. Johnston served in the Louisiana House and State Senate before his long Senate career, where he chaired the Energy and Natural Resources Committee from 1987 to 1995 and helped shape national energy policy, flood control, hurricane protection, offshore oil and gas expansion, and natural gas deregulation. He championed conservation, helped preserve more than 120,000 acres of Louisiana inland wetlands, and helped establish the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park and the Cane River Creole National Historical Park. Johnston lived to age 92 and is remembered for integrity, distinction, and committed public service.

SRES148 — A resolution honoring the life of the Honorable Alan K. Simpson, former Senator for the State of Wyoming.

This resolution honors the life and public service of Alan K. Simpson. It summarizes his Wyoming roots, Army service, legal career, long tenure in the Wyoming legislature and U.S. Senate, leadership on veterans' issues and fiscal reform, receipt of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and civic work with Wyoming institutions. The resolution directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit an enrolled copy to his family and to the House and states that the Senate shall adjourn as a further mark of respect.

SRES19 — A resolution honoring the life and legacy of President Jimmy Carter and commending President Jimmy Carter for his life-long career of public service, humanitarian leadership, diplomacy, and courageous advocacy.

This resolution mourns the passing and honors the life and legacy of former President Jimmy Carter, highlighting his lifelong public service and humanitarian leadership. It recounts his 1924 birth in Plains, Georgia, Naval Academy graduation in 1946, service as Georgia governor and the 39th President, and key diplomatic achievements including the Camp David Accords and SALT II. It notes his role in creating the Departments of Education and Energy, founding The Carter Center, decades of Habitat for Humanity work that helped build about 4,400 homes, and awards including the Nobel Peace Prize.