Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act

Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to regularly perform a threat analysis of the northern U.S. border. The analysis must be performed every three years and include terroristic and criminal threats, recent changes in apprehensions, and improvements needed to prevent terrorism and reduce criminal activity. DHS must update its northern border strategy not later than September 2, 2026, and every five years thereafter, incorporating the results from the latest threat analysis. DHS must also provide a classified briefing to the appropriate congressional committees. U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Air and Marine Operations (AMO) must develop performance metrics to assess the AMO’s effectiveness at securing the northern border between ports of entry in air and maritime environments.

Federal Building Threat Notification Act

USPS Executive Benefit and Bonus Removal Act

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 298 Route 292 in Holmes, New York, as the Sheriff Adrian Butch Anderson Post Office Building.

This bill designates the facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 298 Route 292 in Holmes, New York, as the Sheriff Adrian "Butch" Anderson Post Office Building.

Promoting Resilient Buildings Act

Promoting Resilient Buildings Act This bill increases flexibility for predisaster mitigation assistance for building code activities, prohibits using certain loan funds for building code activities, and establishes a pilot program to fund residential resilience retrofits. Under current law, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) may provide predisaster hazard mitigation assistance to government entities for implementing the latest published editions of relevant building codes and standards. Also, FEMA must consider a government entity’s adoption of such building codes when determining whether to award it predisaster hazard mitigation assistance. The bill specifies that the building codes applicable in such instances are the two most recently published editions (i.e., either the current edition or the previous one). Also, currently, under FEMA's Safeguarding Tomorrow Revolving Loan Fund (STRLF) program, states and Indian tribal governments may provide loans to local governments for establishing and carrying out building codes and standards. The bill removes this authority, so STRLF loans may not be used for such building code-related activities. Additionally, the bill establishes a pilot program for FEMA to provide grants to government entities that then provide the funding to individuals for residential resilience retrofits. The retrofit projects must reduce risk to homes from local natural hazards and individuals must demonstrate financial need. To implement the pilot program, FEMA may use up to 10% of the funds FEMA provides annually for predisaster hazard mitigation assistance. The pilot program terminates at the end of FY2030.

A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 154 First Avenue East in Jerome, Idaho, as the "Representative Maxine Bell Post Office".

This bill designates the facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 154 First Avenue East in Jerome, Idaho, as the Representative Maxine Bell Post Office.

A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 107 North Hoyne Avenue in Fritch, Texas, as the "Chief Zeb Smith Post Office".

This bill designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 107 North Hoyne Avenue in Fritch, Texas, as the Chief Zeb Smith Post Office.

Duplication Scoring Act of 2025

This bill would require the federal government to identify and score overlapping or duplicate programs across agencies to reduce waste and inefficiency in how taxpayer money is spent. The measure would help Congress and agency leaders understand where multiple government programs do similar work, making it easier to consolidate services or eliminate redundancy. This affects all federal agencies and ultimately taxpayers by potentially lowering government spending through better coordination.

GOOD Act

Guidance Out Of Darkness Act or the GOOD Act This bill establishes requirements concerning the posting of agency guidance documents. Specifically, an agency must publish guidance documents online on the dates they are issued, publish all of its guidance documents that are in effect in a single location on a designated website, display a hyperlink on its website that provides access to the guidance documents on such website, and indicate on such website if a guidance document has been rescinded. The documents must be categorized as guidance documents and further divided into subcategories.

Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2025

Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2025 This bill allows Congress to disapprove multiple regulations under one joint resolution of disapproval if the regulations were submitted for review during a portion of the final year of a President's term. Under current law, the Congressional Review Act generally provides for a period of additional review during the succeeding Congress for regulations that were submitted during the last 60 legislative days of the prior Congress. However, each joint resolution may disapprove of only one regulation.

Bring Our Heroes Home Act

This bill likely aims to address the return or repatriation of American military personnel, prisoners of war, or missing service members, though the specific mechanism isn't clear from the title alone. The bill has been sent to the Homeland Security committee for review, suggesting it may involve coordination between military and government agencies to locate, recover, or bring home Americans held or missing abroad. Veterans, military families, and government agencies would be the primary groups affected by whatever provisions the bill ultimately contains.

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6444 San Fernando Road in Glendale, California, as the "Paul Ignatius Post Office".

This bill designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6444 San Fernando Road in Glendale, California, as the "Paul Ignatius Post Office".

No Bonuses for Bad Service Act

The legislation would prevent federal employees from receiving bonuses or performance awards if they have been disciplined for misconduct or poor performance within a certain timeframe. This would apply across all federal agencies and is intended to ensure that taxpayer money spent on employee bonuses goes only to workers with good records. The measure affects federal workers and aims to hold government employees accountable for their job performance.

PEARL Act

Providing Emotional Assistance with Relief and Love Act or the PEARL Act This bill requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to establish a pilot program to adopt dogs from local animal shelters to be trained as support dogs for CBP’s Support Canine Program. Support dogs are used for grief assistance, trauma mitigation, and morale.

CIPZIP Act of 2025

The proposal would establish new procedures and requirements for how federal agencies handle cybersecurity incidents and information protection within government operations. It aims to strengthen coordination between different government departments when dealing with cyber threats and data breaches that could affect national security or public services. The legislation would affect federal employees, government contractors, and potentially the public by setting standards for how quickly agencies must report and respond to cybersecurity problems.

Permitting Transparency and Accountability Act

A bill to require the United States Postal Service to designate ZIP Codes for certain communities.

The Postal Service would be required to assign ZIP Codes to certain communities that currently lack them, making it easier for residents and businesses in those areas to receive mail and access postal services. This would affect people living in underserved communities who may struggle with mail delivery or conducting business without a proper ZIP Code. The bill is currently under review by the Senate committee responsible for postal operations.

Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2025

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 80 Prospect Street in Avon, New York, as the Officer Anthony Mazurkiewicz Memorial Post Office Building.

This bill designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 80 Prospect Street in Avon, New York, as the "Officer Anthony Mazurkiewicz Memorial Post Office Building".

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 86 Main Street in Haverstraw, New York, as the Paul Piperato Post Office Building.

This bill designates the facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 86 Main Street in Haverstraw, New York, as the Paul Piperato Post Office Building.