Congressional Digest — March 2025: 15 Bills That Moved Past Committee
Back through the record we go. March 2025 put 15 bills past committee, including 3 signed into law — most of them without a single headline. The plain-language rundown of each is below, full breakdown linked.
Signed into law
SJRES 11 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management relating to "Protection of Marine Archaeological Resources". This resolution cancels a 2024 federal rule that required oil and gas companies to automatically submit archaeological reports alongside any exploration or development plan on the Outer Continental Shelf.
HJRES 35 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions". This joint resolution cancels an EPA rule that established procedures for collecting an annual waste emissions charge on oil and gas facilities that exceed greenhouse gas and methane emission thresholds under the Methane Emissions Reduction Program.
HR 1968 — Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025. This bill provides full-year continuing appropriations for federal agencies for the remainder of FY2025, funding most programs at FY2024 levels while adjusting funding up or down for specific programs.
Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
Passed the House
HR 359 — Cost-Share Accountability Act of 2025. This bill requires the Department of Energy to report on how it uses its authority to reduce or waive the cost-sharing requirements that non-federal partners must contribute to federally funded energy research, development, and demonstration projects.
Cost-Share Accountability Act of 2025
HR 856 — Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act. This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget to evaluate federal agency procurement activities to determine whether rules about selecting the lowest-price technically acceptable bidder have created national security risks, and to report the findings to Congress.
Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act
HR 862 — TSA Commuting Fairness Act. This bill would require the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to study whether travel time between duty locations, airport parking lots, and transit stops should count as on-duty hours for TSA airport employees.
HR 872 — Federal Contractor Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reduction Act of 2025. This bill requires updates to federal acquisition regulations to strengthen cybersecurity vulnerability disclosure requirements for federal contractors with contracts at or above $250,000 or those managing federal information systems.
Federal Contractor Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reduction Act of 2025
HR 1350 — DOE and NSF Interagency Research Act. This bill would formally establish a research and development partnership between the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), requiring the two agencies to sign a memorandum of understanding for collaborative work.
DOE and NSF Interagency Research Act
HR 1368 — DOE and NASA Interagency Research Coordination Act. This bill gives formal legal authority for the Department of Energy (DOE) and NASA to establish a research and development partnership.
DOE and NASA Interagency Research Coordination Act
HR 1374 — Securing the Cities Improvement Act. This bill modifies the Department of Homeland Security's Securing the Cities program, which works to detect nuclear or radiological materials to prevent terrorist attacks in U.S. cities.
Securing the Cities Improvement Act
HR 1515 — GOOD Act. The GOOD Act requires federal agencies to post all active guidance documents online on the day they are issued, organize them in a single searchable location, and clearly mark any that have been rescinded. The Government Accountability Office must report on agency compliance within five years of enactment.
HR 1534 — IMPACT Act. This bill requires the Department of Energy to create a temporary, seven-year program supporting research, development, and commercial use of low-emissions cement, concrete, and asphalt production technologies.
Passed the Senate
SJRES 3 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service relating to "Gross Proceeds Reporting by Brokers That Regularly Provide Services Effectuating Digital Asset Sales". This joint resolution would cancel an IRS rule issued on December 30, 2024, that requires participants in decentralized finance (DeFi) transactions to report information about digital asset sales to the IRS. If passed, the rule would have no legal effect.
S 524 — Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025. The Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025 sets funding and personnel levels for the U.S. Coast Guard for fiscal years 2025 and 2026, authorizing $11,287,500,000 in 2025 and $11,851,875,000 in 2026 for operations, along with updates to equipment, pay, and other program funding levels.
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025
S 960 — Justice for Murder Victims Act. This bill removes any time limit on when federal murder prosecutions can be brought, specifically when there is a gap between the act that caused a victim's death and the victim's actual death.
Justice for Murder Victims Act
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