United States Bills

Expediting Federal Broadband Reviews

A bill to speed federal reviews of broadband deployment; no full text or cost details publicly available in the provided materials.

Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests Act

Creates a U.S. blacklist of foreign fishing vessels, authorizes sanctions, and boosts enforcement and cooperation to stop illegal fishing and forced labor.

Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Act

Creates a grant program and fund for sea turtle rescue, rehabilitation, and rapid response with authorized funding for 2025–2030.

Children and Teens' Online Privacy

Updates COPPA to cover ages 13–16, tighten consent, limit targeted ads, require deletion rights, and direct FTC and GAO reports.

Enhancing First Response Act

Requires FCC reports after disaster-system activation and classifies 911 telecommunicators as protective service workers.

Modernizing Access to Our Public Oceans Act

Romance Scam Prevention Act

Requires dating sites to notify members about banned accounts suspected of fraud and sets FTC enforcement and a one-year effective date.

United States Research Protection Act of 2025

Communications Security Act

Creates an FCC advisory council to recommend ways to improve communications network security, reliability, and interoperability, with public reporting and membership rules.

Precision Agriculture Satellite Connectivity Act

Understanding Cybersecurity of Mobile Networks

Requires a federal report on mobile network cybersecurity, vulnerabilities, encryption, and surveillance tools; excludes 5G protocols; due one year after enactment.

Genomic Data Protection Act

Broadcast Freedom and Independence

Prevents the FCC from acting against broadcasters because of their viewpoints, with limited criminal and incitement exceptions.

School Bus Safety Act

Requires seat belts, fire and crash-protection, driver training, studies, and grants for school buses.

Digital Integrity in Democracy Act

Removes Section 230 immunity for some platforms hosting false election administration information and requires fast notice-and-removal.

Support Local Radio Freedom Act

Declares Congress should not impose new performance fees or charges on local radio stations or businesses playing broadcasted sound recordings.

Government Spectrum Valuation Act

Requires NTIA to estimate and require agencies to report spectrum value across 3 kHz–95 GHz on a multi-year schedule.

A bill to require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to audit Federal spectrum.

Denver International Airport 30th Anniversary

Senate resolution recognizing the Denver International Airport's 30th anniversary on February 28, 2025, introduced by Senators Bennet and Hickenlooper.

SCREEN Act

Requires commercial online platforms hosting pornographic visuals to verify user ages and block minors; FTC audits and GAO reports on effectiveness.

Defund NPR Act

Prohibits federal funds from being used to support National Public Radio or its successor organizations; removes NPR mentions from parts of the Communications Act.

Air Traffic Control Workforce Act

Updates FAA training, grants, equipment funding, incentives, mental-health training, and radar reporting to support controller recruitment and retention.

Regional Wildland Fire Research Act

Creates regional university centers to coordinate wildland fire science, tools, open data, and training across seven U.S. regions.

SOCIAL MEDIA Act

Requires platforms to create 24/7 law-enforcement portals and report safety metrics to an FTC advisory committee.