Track bills, resolutions, and amendments moving through Congress
Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress Sunset Act
The bill increases oversight and long‑term preservation of congressional records through required reviews and reporting, at the cost of modest recurring administrative burdens and potential legal transition complexities for federal agencies.
GPO Modernization Act of 2026
The bill modernizes and centralizes government publishing—expanding free digital access, preservation, and cost-recovery mechanisms—while trading away some guaranteed printed access, concentrating authority, and shifting costs and administrative burdens onto agencies, libraries, and taxpayers.
Legislative Branch Agencies Clarification Act
The bill standardizes and speeds staffing, succession, and personnel rules for the Library of Congress, GPO, and Copyright Office—improving continuity and civil‑service alignment—while trading broader Senate/public oversight and some procedural safeguards for concentrated congressional leadership control and faster, more centralized decisionmaking.
Legislative Branch Agencies Clarification Act
The bill clarifies and centralizes leadership, personnel, and publishing authorities at the Library, GPO, and Copyright Office to improve continuity and speed, but it shifts appointment power toward congressional leaders and reduces Senate checks—trading increased operational clarity and responsiveness for greater politicization risk, weakened oversight, and transitional costs.
Withholding the pay of Senators if a Government shutdown occurs.
The resolution preserves Senators' overall pay by withholding and later restoring salaries—creating a financial cost during shutdowns—while potentially reducing immediate political pressure to end impasses and adding administrative burden.
Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act of 2025
The bill aims to improve public safety, transit security, and the cleanliness/appearance of Washington, D.C., while increasing federal oversight and enforcement—but these gains come with higher costs, potential resource diversion from services, jurisdictional friction with local authorities, and significant civil‑liberties and immigrant‑community impacts.
Improve the safety and security of Members of Congress, immediate family members of Members of Congress, and congressional staff.
The bill strengthens rapid privacy protections for members of Congress, their families, and other at-risk individuals by forcing quick removal and limiting data-broker activity, but it reduces some public access and transparency, raises compliance costs for private entities, and leaves implementation and scope ambiguities that could prompt legal disputes.
Recognizing June 2, 2025, as the 39th anniversary of C-SPAN chronicling democracy in the Senate.
The resolution promotes public access and civic education by encouraging providers to prioritize C-SPAN, but its nonbinding nature limits guaranteed impact and could create modest distribution conflicts or costs for some providers and consumers.
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.
The resolution seeks to impose multi‑year fiscal discipline and procedural clarity—potentially lowering deficits and improving planning—but does so by centralizing budget power and rigid targets that risk benefit cuts, reduced congressional flexibility, and weakened protections for workers, consumers, and the environment.
To direct the Librarian of Congress to promote the more cost-effective, efficient, and expanded availability of the Annotated Constitution and pocket-part supplements by replacing the hardbound versions with digital versions.
The bill shifts the Annotated Constitution to digital-first distribution, expanding free online access and saving printing costs while reducing guaranteed physical copies and imposing digital-preservation and access challenges for those without reliable internet.
An original resolution authorizing expenditures by committees of the Senate for the periods March 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025, October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, and October 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027.
The resolution preserves Senate committee oversight and provides predictable, limited funding and authority to hire staff and consultants through Feb 28, 2027—supporting continuity and expertise—while increasing taxpayer-funded contingent spending and imposing caps, procedural limits, and some governance choices that may constrain expertise, divert agency staff, and reduce certain financial controls.
An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.
The resolution gives Congress and agencies a clearer multi-year budgeting roadmap and specific baselines (notably for defense, Medicare, and Social Security) that improve planning and some targeted protections, but it also tightens numeric constraints, expands procedural powers, and raises baseline spending in ways that could increase deficits, reduce flexibility, and politicize allocations.
Extending the life of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.
The resolution keeps a centralized committee and established Capitol venues for the 2025 inauguration to ensure an orderly, low‑delay transition, but that continuity comes with ongoing administrative costs, limited public input on venue choices, and temporary security/access impacts at the Capitol.
An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Foreign Relations.
The resolution ensures the Senate Foreign Relations Committee can continue funded oversight work through Feb 28, 2027—providing staff, training, and faster operations—while increasing taxpayer-funded Senate operating costs and loosening some administrative controls, which raises risks of higher spending or reduced external agency capacity.
An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
The resolution secures funding, staff pay, and operational flexibility for the Senate Commerce Committee through early 2027 and eases administrative processes, but it raises federal costs, may limit flexibility for large or unexpected needs, risks diverting agency staff, and concentrates financial control with reduced oversight.
An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on the Budget.
The resolution gives the Senate Budget Committee staffed, funded, and streamlined authorities to improve oversight and timely budget work, but increases risks of resource diversion, reduced financial controls, and potential politicized investigations that could burden agencies and taxpayers.
An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
The resolution strengthens and funds the Senate committee's oversight tools—improving the chance to detect fraud, protect workers and national security, and produce savings—while increasing spending authority, raising privacy and legal burdens on private parties, and creating risks of diverted agency resources or politicized probes.
An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
The resolution sustains and streamlines Senate HELP Committee operations with explicit funding, spending caps, and administrative simplifications, trading increased taxpayer-funded obligations and some concentration/reduction of financial oversight for more predictable and faster committee functioning.
An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
The resolution prolongs and better-resources Senate oversight of veterans' programs—potentially improving services—while increasing federal outlays and creating modest risks of diverted agency resources, reduced financial controls, and partisan misuse of investigatory power.
An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Select Committee on Intelligence.
The bill secures continuous funding and administrative flexibility for the Senate Intelligence Committee to sustain oversight and speed operations, while trading off modest additional taxpayer-funded spending, reduced voucher-level oversight, and risks that staffing arrangements or spending caps could weaken agency missions or committee effectiveness.
An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
The resolution enables the Senate Committee on Small Business to operate, conduct oversight, and support staff with dedicated funding and streamlined administration over two years, but it increases federal spending and imposes caps/approval rules that limit flexibility, outside expertise, training, and some transparency.
An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
The resolution funds and empowers the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee for a two-year period—improving oversight capacity and administrative efficiency—at the expense of some increased fiscal risk, potential agency workload diversion, and limits on committee flexibility from spending caps.
An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Armed Services.
The resolution ensures the Senate Armed Services Committee has the authorization, funding, and streamlined procedures to continue defense oversight and operations through early 2027, at the cost of added taxpayer funding and reduced transaction- and institutional-level checks on committee expenditures.
An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on the Judiciary.
The bill keeps the Senate Judiciary Committee funded, staffed, and operational through early 2027—supporting oversight continuity and staff stability—but does so with modest added taxpayer cost and reduced routine financial controls that raise risks of diverted agency resources and less oversight of expenditures.
An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Special Committee on Aging.
The resolution gives the Special Committee on Aging short-term, centralized funding and streamlined administration to support oversight work, while trading off tighter sublimits, weaker voucher controls, potential increases in unquantified Senate spending, and risks of delays or funding gaps.
An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Indian Affairs.
The resolution strengthens the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs' staffing and operational capacity and provides short-term budget predictability, at the cost of modestly higher spending risk, possible diversion of agency staff, and reduced routine financial oversight.
An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
The resolution strengthens the EPW Committee's short-term staffing, expertise access, and administrative speed to support oversight, but does so with modest additional taxpayer cost, reduced procedural safeguards over spending, and some short-term uncertainty.
An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
The resolution ensures the Senate Banking Committee can staff, pay, and operate consistently from 2025–2027 and access agency expertise, improving committee continuity and capability while increasing contingent taxpayer costs and introducing risks of agency staff diversion and reduced financial transparency.
An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
The resolution provides the Senate Agriculture Committee with multi-year resources and streamlined administrative authority to sustain oversight, at the cost of higher and in some cases less transparent spending and potential accountability risks from reduced controls and borrowed personnel.
Permitting the collection of clothing, toys, food, and housewares during the holiday season for charitable purposes in Senate buildings.
Allows Senate offices to run coordinated holiday donation drives to help needy families and military members, but introduces ethics/compliance risks and uncertainty for charities because the authorization is temporary.
