American Legislation

Changes federal criminal law on kidnapping, sexual abuse, and illicit sexual conduct involving minors; adds offenses and clarifies penalties and jurisdiction.

Allows COPS grants to pay for local recruits' training if they agree to serve nearby; includes repayment and annual reporting.

Declares April 2025 'Earth Month' and encourages climate action, stewardship, education, and community involvement.

Establishes a center to coordinate investigations, share threat information, train partners, and report on trends in organized retail theft and supply chain crime.

Adds Easter Monday to the federal list of legal public holidays in Title 5.

Creates a fund for seizing sanctioned Russian assets and codifies an export enforcement coordination center.

Designates April 14–20, 2025 as a week to recognize osteopathic physicians, students, colleges, and 150 years of osteopathic medicine.

A federal right to control AI-generated voice and likeness, with takedown duties and post-mortem licensing.

Prohibits devices and modifications that make semiautomatics act like machineguns; requires registration of covered modified firearms within 120 days.

Proposes greater wage priority for employees, stronger retiree protections, tighter limits on executive compensation, and enhanced union rights during corporate bankruptcy and asset sales.

Senate resolution honoring Clela Rorex for issuing the first same-sex marriage license and designating March 26, 2025 as Clela Rorex Day.

Senate resolution honoring Jereima "Jeri" Bustamante and recognizing her life, work, and scholarship on the seventh anniversary of her passing.

Creates a temporary P visa category for mobile entertainment workers and requires labor certification; DHS and DOL must publish implementing rules.

strengthens firearms dealer requirements and scrutiny of online marketplaces through enhanced records, security, inspections, and penalties.

Requires prison mail scanning to detect fentanyl and other synthetic drugs, with timelines, reporting, and a budget proposal.

Requires HHS to provide counsel and file access for unaccompanied children in immigration proceedings; authorizes necessary funding.

Lets certain religious workers stay longer while their green card applications wait.

Senate resolution stating Donald Trump is ineligible for future presidential or vice‑presidential elections, citing the 12th and 22nd Amendments and his two prior elections.

Creates a path to permanent residency for certain advanced STEM graduates and changes student visa vetting and procedures.

Designates April 2025 to recognize and support the role of local news and journalism.

Creates a statutory process to raise ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claims in immigration cases, defining covered matters and prejudice, and applying to past, pending, and future proceedings.