Suzanne Bonamici

This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Trump Administration is legally obligated to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) through the use of the contingency fund, the Administration has the legal authority and the funds to finance SNAP through November 2025, exercising this power is extremely important for the health and wellness of families experiencing hunger, and the Administration should immediately exercise this authority.

Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2025

This bill generally prohibits the manufacture, process, use, and distribution in commerce of commercial asbestos or any mixture or article containing commercial asbestos. The President may, on application, grant exemptions from the prohibition in situations where it is necessary to protect national security interests.

Ruthie and Connie LGBTQI Elder Americans Act of 2025

This bill makes changes to federal programs serving older individuals to facilitate care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI) individuals.

Under current law, certain services provided to older individuals must be targeted to populations with the greatest social need. The bill adds status as an LGBTQI individual and status as an individual living with HIV as factors contributing to greatest social need. The bill also explicitly allows grants that support the health, independence, and longevity of older individuals to be used for certain activities promoting services for individuals with the greatest social need.

The bill establishes an Office of LGBTQI Inclusion within the Administration on Aging (AOA). The office must promote access to services for LGBTQI older individuals and coordinate related activities within the Department of Health and Human Services and among other federal entities.

The bill also provides statutory authority for a national resource center on LGBTQI aging. The center must provide organizations that serve older individuals or LGBTQI individuals with information and technical assistance needed to effectively serve LGBTQI older individuals.

Finally, the bill requires certain studies and reports on issues affecting LGBTQI older individuals. Specifically, state long-term care ombudsmen must collect and analyze data on discrimination against LGBTQI older individuals in long-term care settings. Further, the AOA must study the services needed by LGBTQI older individuals and collect data on the number of such individuals served by various services and activities.

Tsunami Warning, Research, and Education Act of 2025

This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 the federal tsunami program and expands its activities relating to warnings, hazard mitigation, and research. A tsunami is a series of waves created by a large and sudden displacement of the ocean.

The bill reauthorizes the tsunami program that is generally administered by the National Weather Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in collaboration with public and certain private entities across the U.S. and internationally.

Also, the bill expands federal tsunami forecast and warning activities to include

• integration of global navigation satellite system information into forecasting,

• broader interagency coordination on earthquake assessments and warnings,

• updates to tsunami inundation maps to support mitigation and recovery,

• outreach from regional and local weather forecast offices to help prepare coastal communities,

• provision of a Tsunami Warning Coordinator by tsunami warning centers to coordinate with partners and stakeholders, and

• tsunami alerts through the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System.

In addition, the bill expands authorized federal tsunami hazard mitigation activities by specifying that regional risk assessments may include digital elevation models for at-risk coastline and evaluation of the impacts of tsunami debris and sediment.

The bill also requires the program's tsunami research component to develop a data portal, decision support tools, and, every three years, a research and development plan to improve detection and forecasting.