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  • H.R. 2781, known as the “Engaging Next-generation Leaders in Information about Service and Training Act” or the “ENLIST Act,” aims to amend the United States Code to require certain high schools to display information about military recruiting. The bill mandates that these...

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    H.R. 2781 wants some high schools to put up information about joining the military so students can learn about it while they're at school.

  • S. 946, also known as the "Medication Access and Training Expansion Improvement Act" or the "MATE Improvement Act," aims to modify training requirements for healthcare professionals who prescribe controlled substances. This bill proposes amendments to the Controlled Substances Act to include...

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    S. 946 is a bill that wants to make sure doctors and other people who give out certain strong medicines, called controlled substances, have the right training. It plans to include more groups to help teach these doctors, like the American Academy of Family Physicians, starting from December 29, 2022.

  • S. 1279 proposes to officially change the name of the Hulls Cove Visitor Center at Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor, Maine, to the "George J. Mitchell Visitor Center." The bill stipulates that this redesignation will apply to any successor visitor center built in the park...

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    S. 1279 is a plan to change the name of the Hulls Cove Visitor Center at Acadia National Park to the "George J. Mitchell Visitor Center." If a new visitor center is built in the future, as long as it is the main one, it will also have this new name.

  • H.R. 1517, titled the “Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2025,” aims to amend the Social Security Act to allow physical therapists to use locum tenens arrangements under Medicare. This change means that if a physical therapist is temporarily unavailable,...

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    H.R. 1517 is a plan to let physical therapists have someone else fill in for them when they are not available, just like doctors can, so patients can keep getting the therapy they need without any breaks.

  • S. 1015 is a bill introduced in the 119th Congress to extend the National Flood Insurance Program until December 31, 2026. This legislation modifies sections of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, specifically adjusting the expiration date from September 30, 2023, to...

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    The bill wants to keep a special program that helps people pay for damage from floods going until the end of 2026, but the people who made the bill didn't say how this might affect the money needed for it.

  • H.R. 857 aims to rename a specific United States Postal Service facility located at 4400 East Paisano Drive in El Paso, Texas. The new name will be the "Enedina Sanchez Cordero Post Office Building." The bill specifies that all legal and official documents from the United...

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    The bill wants to change the name of a post office in El Paso, Texas, to the "Enedina Sanchez Cordero Post Office Building." This means when people talk about this post office, they will use the new name.

  • S. RES. 181 is a resolution proposed in the U.S. Senate to designate the week of April 14 through April 20, 2025, as "National Osteopathic Medicine Week." This resolution highlights the significance of osteopathic medicine, recognizing over 150 years of contributions by...

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    This bill says that from April 14 to April 20, 2025, everyone should celebrate "National Osteopathic Medicine Week" to recognize doctors who use a special kind of medicine that takes care of people's whole body.

  • H. R. 794 proposes an amendment to title 5 of the United States Code to officially recognize Lunar New Year Day as a Federal holiday. This bill, introduced by Representative Meng and others, aims to insert Lunar New Year Day after the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., in...

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    H. R. 794 wants to make Lunar New Year Day a special holiday for everyone in the United States, just like how Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday is a holiday.

  • H.R. 124 is a proposed law aiming to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act. It seeks to provide incentives for educational initiatives about the risks of renal medullary carcinoma specifically targeted at individuals who are receiving Medicaid and have sickle cell...

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    H.R. 124 wants doctors to tell people with sickle cell disease, who get help from the government to pay for health care, about a special kind of cancer. This way, they can learn to take care of themselves better.