Nancy Mace

Disrupt Explicit Forged Images And Non-Consensual Edits Act of 2025 or the DEFIANCE Act of 2025

This bill expands civil remedies for the nonconsensual disclosure of intimate images (i.e., nonconsensual pornography). The bill also establishes a new federal civil action for nonconsensual conduct involving intimate digital forgeries (i.e., deepfakes). The term intimate digital forgery means any intimate visual depiction of an identifiable individual created using software, machine learning, artificial intelligence, or other computer-generated or technological means that looks authentic.

With respect to the nonconsensual disclosure of intimate images, current law allows an identifiable individual to recover civil remedies, including litigation costs, damages, and injunctive relief. This bill increases the available damages by allowing the individual to recover punitive damages and by including, as part of actual damages, profits of the defendant that are attributable to the conduct at issue.

The bill also allows an identifiable individual who is the subject of an intimate digital forgery to file a federal civil action against anyone who knowingly discloses, produces or possesses with intent to disclose, or solicits and receives the intimate digital forgery without the individual's consent. Under the bill, the identifiable individual may recover the same expanded civil remedies that are available for the nonconsensual disclosure of intimate images.

Finally, the bill establishes a 10-year statute of limitations for filing civil actions involving nonconsensual intimate digital forgeries or nonconsensual disclosure of intimate images. The statute begins to run when the individual discovers the violation or turns 18, whichever is later.

This resolution expresses support for police officers and other law enforcement personnel.

The resolution further recognizes

• law enforcement officers across the United States in the pursuit of preserving safe and secure communities;

• the need to ensure that such officers have the equipment, training, and resources necessary to protect their health and safety while they are protecting the public; and

• the law enforcement community for acts of sacrifice and heroism.

The resolution expresses condolences and appreciation to the loved ones of each law enforcement officer who has made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty.

AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025

This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue a rule requiring AM radio capabilities to be standard in all new passenger vehicles. (AM radio is often used to deliver emergency alerts and news and entertainment programming; some newer vehicles do not include AM equipment.)

Specifically, this bill applies to passenger vehicles (1) manufactured in the United States for sale in the United States, imported into the United States, or shipped in interstate commerce; and (2) manufactured after the rule's effective date. The rule must require all such vehicles to have devices that can receive signals and play content transmitted by AM stations or digital audio AM stations installed as standard equipment and made easily accessible to drivers.

Prior to the rule's effective date, manufacturers that do not include devices that can access AM radio as standard equipment (1) must inform purchasers of this fact through clear and conspicuous labeling, and (2) may not charge an additional or separate fee for AM radio access.

DOT may assess civil penalties for any violation of the rule. The Department of Justice may also bring a civil action to enjoin a violation.

The rule, including DOT’s authority to enforce it, must expire 10 years after the bill’s enactment.

Further, the Government Accountability Office must study and report on the dissemination of emergency alerts to the public, including by conducting an assessment of AM radio relative to other Integrated Public Alert and Warning System communication technologies.

This concurrent resolution declares that Congress should not impose any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge relating to the public performance of sound recordings on a local radio station for broadcasting sound recordings over the air, or on any business for such public performance of sound recordings.

Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025

This bill imposes sanctions on certain foreign persons (individuals and entities) that are involved in Iran's petroleum sector as well as certain associated persons. The bill also requires or authorizes actions to facilitate the enforcement of sanctions on Iran.

Specifically, the bill requires the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on any foreign person that, after the bill's enactment, knowingly engages in any transaction related to the processing, export, or sale of oil, condensates, gas, liquefied natural gas, or other petrochemical products in whole or in part from Iran. The President must also impose sanctions on certain foreign persons associated with a sanctioned individual or entity. For example, the President must sanction the subsidiaries and corporate officers of a sanctioned business.

The bill provides certain exceptions to these sanctions, including specifying that sanctions do not apply to the importation of goods or to conducting or facilitating transactions for humanitarian assistance.

The Department of State must establish an interagency working group that shall seek to establish a multilateral contact group to coordinate international efforts to enforce sanctions on Iran.

The bill expands the State Department rewards program to authorize a reward payment to any individual who furnishes information leading to the identification of a person (1) subject to sanctions under this bill, or (2) that has attempted or is attempting to evade sanctions under this bill.

This bill requires the U.S Postal Service to designate a single, unique ZIP Code for each of the following 74 communities:

• Canyon Lake, California

• Eastvale, California

• Hidden Hills, California

• Industry, California

• North Tustin, California

• Tehachapi, California

• Castle Pines, Colorado

• Centennial, Colorado

• Cherry Hills Village, Colorado

• Greenwood Village, Colorado

• Highlands Ranch, Colorado

• Keystone, Colorado

• Lone Tree, Colorado

• Mountain Village, Colorado

• Mt Crested Butte, Colorado

• Severance, Colorado

• Silver Cliff, Colorado

• Sterling Ranch, Colorado

• Superior, Colorado

• Telluride, Colorado

• Scotland, Connecticut

• Estero, Florida

• Ft Myers, Florida

• Hollywood, Florida

• Oakland Park, Florida

• Lighthouse Point, Florida

• Coconut Creek, Florida

• Parkland, Florida

• Deerfield Beach, Florida

• Wilton Manors, Florida

• Burr Ridge, Illinois

• Carmel, Indiana

• Noblesville, Indiana

• Westfield, Indiana

• Zionsville, Indiana

• Urbandale, Iowa

• Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

• Montz, Louisiana

• Springwater Township, Minnesota

• Grass Valley, Nevada

• Swanzey, New Hampshire

• Kinnelon, New Jersey

• Mendham Township, New Jersey

• Flanders, New York

• Glendale, New York

• Riverside, New York

• Pendelton, New York

• Northampton, New York

• Harnett County, North Carolina

• Weddington, North Carolina

• Goose Creek, South Carolina

• Fairview, Texas

• Fate, Texas

• Heath, Texas

• Murphy, Texas

• Northlake, Texas

• Parker, Texas

• Sargent, Texas

• Fairlawn, Virginia

• Caledonia, Wisconsin

• Franklin, Wisconsin

• Glendale, Wisconsin

• Greenfield, Wisconsin

• Village of Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin

• Village of Somers, Wisconsin

• Village of Harrison, Wisconsin

• Mills, Wyoming

• Hochatown, Oklahoma

• North Enid, Oklahoma

• Green, Ohio

• Rochester, Wisconsin

• Quartzite Township, Minnesota

• Frederick, Colorado

• Camargo, Kentucky

Accountability in Foreign Animal Research Act

This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from conducting or supporting biomedical research or experimentation on vertebrate animals in a facility or through an entity that is located in or affiliated with China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, or another foreign country of concern.

Reorganizing Government Act of 2025

This bill revives expedited congressional consideration of certain Presidential plans to reorganize the executive branch, expands permissible plan purposes, and changes the prohibitions on plan content.

The bill reauthorizes through 2026 a currently expired authority that requires expedited congressional consideration of certain executive branch reorganization plans submitted by the President.

The bill also expands the purposes for which such reorganization plans may be undertaken, to include

• reducing the number of federal employees;

• eliminating unnecessary and burdensome rules, regulations, and other requirements; and

• eliminating government operations that do not serve the public interest.

The bill removes the following prohibitions on the contents of such plans:

• creating new executive departments or renaming existing executive departments;

• abolishing or transferring executive departments or independent regulatory agencies or all of their functions; and

• consolidating executive departments or independent regulatory agencies or all of their functions.

The bill also adds a new prohibition on content, specifying that any such plan may not create a net increase in federal workers or expenditures.

Goldie's Act

This bill expands enforcement provisions under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA).

Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to document and record detailed descriptions of violations of the act observed during inspections and investigations. USDA must provide a copy of all records documenting violations to state, local, and municipal animal control or law enforcement officials within 24 hours of such inspections or investigations.

Inspections must be held at least once a year of each research facility, the premises of each animal dealer, and each exhibitor of animals. If violations are found during inspections, then USDA must conduct any necessary follow-up inspections until all the violations are corrected. Inspectors must confiscate or destroy in a humane manner animals found to be suffering physical or psychological harm as a result of failure to comply with the AWA.

Violators are subject to civil penalties as outlined in the bill.

Freedom in School Cafeterias and Lunches Act or the FISCAL Act

This bill revises requirements for milk provided by the National School Lunch Program of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to require that schools offer plant-based milk.

Under current law, schools must provide a substitute for fluid milk for students whose disability restricts their diet (on receipt of a written statement from a licensed physician). Schools may also substitute a nondairy beverage for fluid milk for students who have an identified medical or other special dietary need (on receipt of a written statement from a medical authority or a student's parent or legal guardian).

The bill eliminates the exceptions and documentation requirements. Instead, schools participating in the school lunch program must offer all students a plant-based milk option that is consistent with (1) the most recent U.S. Dietary Guidelines, or (2) USDA-established nutritional standards if the milk is not included under those guidelines.

Veterans' Assuring Critical Care Expansions to Support Servicemembers Act of 2025 or the Veterans' ACCESS Act of 2025

This bill addresses the administration of the Veterans Community Care Program (VCCP) and other Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care matters.

Among other provisions regarding the VCCP, the bill

• establishes in statute access standards that determine when a veteran is eligible to receive non-VA care through the VCCP,

• requires the VA to notify veterans regarding their eligibility for care within two business days after the VA is aware the veteran is seeking care, and

• extends the deadline for the submittal of claims under the VCCP by health care entities and providers.

The VA must address its mental health treatment programs by

• establishing a standardized screening process to determine whether a veteran satisfies criteria for priority or routine admission to a mental health residential rehabilitation treatment program or a program for residential care for mental health and substance abuse disorders,

• tracking the performance of medical facilities and Veterans Integrated Service Networks in meeting the requirements for mental health treatment screenings and timely admission to treatment programs under such screenings, and

• establishing an appeal process for when a veteran is denied admission to a covered treatment program or is accepted into a program but not offered bed placement in a timely manner.

Additionally, the VA must establish an online self-service module for veterans to request and manage appointments, track referrals, and appeal and track decisions related to requests for care.

Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act

This bill requires federal agencies and Intelligence Community (IC) elements to assess their software inventory and develop software management plans.

The bill requires each agency and each IC element to complete a comprehensive assessment of the software paid for by, in use at, or deployed throughout the agency or element. The assessment must include information such as (1) the current inventory of software; (2) contracts and other arrangements used to acquire, build, deploy, or use the software; (3) costs and fees not included in the initial contract or agreement; and (4) the interoperability of the software and restrictions on its use.

Each agency and IC element must use their assessment to develop a plan to consolidate software entitlements, develop procedures for cost-effective acquisition strategies, and restrict subordinate entities from using any software entitlement without approval. (A software entitlement is software that has been purchased, leased, or licensed by or billed to an agency and that is subject to use limitations.) Such plans must be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Congress.

Within two years of enactment, OMB must submit recommendations to Congress regarding government software procurement policies and practices to

• increase the interoperability of software licenses;

• consolidate licenses when appropriate;

• reduce costs;

• improve performance; and

• modernize the management and oversight of agency software.

The GAO must report on certain related topics, including governmentwide trends in agency software asset management practices and comparisons of such practices among agencies.