Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025This bill repeals provisions under the Stark law (i.e., the Physician Self-Referral Law) that limit, for purposes of Medicare participation, self-referrals by newly constructed or expanded physician-owned hospitals.
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Wetlands Conservation and Access Improvement Act of 2025This bill delays until FY2033 (currently, FY2026) the availability of interest earned on obligations held in the Federal Aid to Wildlife Restoration Fund (i.e., the Wildlife Restoration Trust Fund) for apportionment to carry out certain state wildlife conservation and restoration programs.
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Accessing Satellite Capabilities to Enable New Discoveries Act or the ASCEND ActThis bill provides statutory authority for the Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition (CSDA) program run by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Through the CSDA program, NASA acquires remote sensing data and imagery from commercial satellites to support its Earth science research. (Remote sensing generally refers to the collection …
Snow Water Supply Forecasting Reauthorization Act of 2025This bill reauthorizes through FY2031 and modifies the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program of the Bureau of Reclamation. Under the existing program, Reclamation implements activities to improve snowpack measurements used for water supply forecasts in certain western states.The bill directs Reclamation to incorporate, to the greatest extent practicable, information from technologies that provide complete …
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Requires aircraft near airports to have collision-avoidance technology. Improves helicopter routing and separation rules, updates air traffic control procedures, and addresses military airspace safety conflicts.
