Senate Bills

The bill creates voluntary, risk-based federal cybersecurity standards and competitive grants to help small businesses, water systems, utilities, and emergency services improve security, backups, training, and incident response without imposing unfunded mandates.

Establishes a $5 billion, five-year competitive grant program for coastal and island communities to strengthen shorelines, infrastructure, clean-energy systems, evacuation planning, and climate adaptation, with priority for vulnerable and underserved areas.

Establishes SBA competitive grants for local organizations helping underserved small businesses access capital, training, counseling, mentorship, and federal contracts, prioritizing bipartisan support, job creation, and fiscal responsibility.

Establishes a bipartisan DOT grant program to repair rural bridges, strengthen flood and storm resilience, and improve roads serving military bases and essential community destinations, with priority for high-risk, revenue-limited areas.

The bill would fund grants and low-interest loans to modernize South Dakota’s rural drinking-water and agricultural water systems, reduce leaks, and improve drought resilience. It prioritizes underserved communities, local cost-sharing, affordability, and long-term maintenance.

The bill simplifies income-driven federal student loan repayment, limits payment shocks, permits fiscally responsible interest-rate reductions, and expands loan forgiveness for qualifying public servants after 10 years. It also requires annual borrower notices and congressional reporting on costs and outcomes.

Establishes a Federal Transit Administration grant program to modernize commuter rail, bridges, and port links, prioritizing safety, reliability, accessibility, freight movement, continued service, domestic materials, and well-paying jobs.

Establishes bipartisan EPA grants for drought-prone communities to repair water systems, reduce leaks, expand recycling and conservation, and improve safe-water reliability, with cost-sharing, hardship waivers, and transparent performance reporting.

The bill broadly calls for clear climate standards, transparent reporting, and accountable implementation, but provides no specific mandates, programs, funding, or enforcement mechanisms.

Establishes a HUD grant program for building, repairing, and weatherizing affordable housing in remote, high-cost areas, including Alaska fishing villages and eligible Tribal communities, with enhanced cost-sharing for unusually expensive projects.