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Health Equity and Rare Disease Act of 2025 or the HEARD Act of 2025This bill establishes Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grants and other initiatives to address rare diseases or conditions (e.g., those affecting less than 200,000 people in the United States) in racial and ethnic minority populations. For example, to advance such purposes, the bill establishes within HHSgrants to …

Care Across Generations ActThis bill requires the Administration on Aging to award grants for long-term care facilities (including assisted living and nursing homes) to offer child care services and to coordinate multigenerational activities among long-term care and child care participants. In lieu of directly operating a child care facility, a long-term care facility may opt to contract with an existing child …

BAH Restoration ActThis bill increases the monthly amount of the basic housing allowance for members of the uniformed services inside the United States.Specifically, the monthly amount of allowance for a member must be the amount of the monthly cost of adequate housing in the area, as determined by the Department of Defense, for members of the uniformed services serving in …