Rep. Kim Schrier

Maddy summaryThis bill, HR 3916 (My Body, My Data Act of 2025), requires businesses and other "regulated entities" to minimize collection and sharing of personal reproductive or sexual health data - such as pregnancy status, contraceptive use, or abortion-related information - and gives individuals specific rights. It mandates that entities provide individuals with easy access to their data, the ability to correct inaccuracies, and the right to request deletion of such information within 15 days. The law also requires clear privacy policies detailing data practices and prohibits retaliation against individuals who exercise these rights, such as charging higher prices or denying services. It applies broadly to most businesses (excluding HIPAA-covered healthcare providers) and is enforced by the FTC with private lawsuits allowed for violations.

Maddy summaryHR 3906, the Medical Research for Our Troops Act, restores funding levels for military medical research by increasing the Defense Health Agency's research budget from $40.395 billion to $41.576 billion in the 2025 appropriations act. It ensures Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs funds are used consistently with the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, requiring the Defense Secretary to support all previously identified research programs and maintain existing funding allocations. The bill directly affects military medical research initiatives and the Defense Health Agency's budget implementation. This is a procedural funding adjustment, not a new policy, maintaining continuity for ongoing research projects.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires private firearm transfers between individuals to go through a licensed dealer who must conduct a background check. It applies to most private sales but includes exceptions for transfers between family members (like parents and children), law enforcement, emergencies preventing harm, and temporary loans at shooting ranges or for hunting. Dealers must provide background check notices in both English and Spanish. The law aims to prevent prohibited individuals from obtaining firearms through private transactions while maintaining existing state authority on firearm laws.

Maddy summaryThe National Prescribed Fire Act of 2025 aims to increase the use of prescribed fire (intentionally set, controlled burns) on federal lands to reduce wildfire risk and improve forest health. The bill allows federal land management agencies to use up to 15% of their hazardous fuels management funds for prescribed fire projects, requires a 10% annual increase in acres treated with prescribed fire, and establishes a Collaborative Prescribed Fire Program to fund large-scale, landscape-level projects. It streamlines environmental reviews through landscape-scale planning, addresses liability protections for fire managers, and mandates annual reporting on prescribed fire activities. The bill directly affects federal land management agencies (Interior and Agriculture), states, tribes, and local entities working on fire management.

Maddy summaryHR 3885, the Community TEAMS Act of 2025, creates a new grant program to expand medical student clinical training in rural and medically underserved communities. It provides funding for consortia of medical schools partnered with rural health clinics, community health centers, or facilities in underserved areas to support student rotations in outpatient settings. The grants, lasting 1-5 years, require applicants to detail project plans, sustainability, and how the program will improve community access to healthcare. This directly affects medical students, training facilities, and residents of high-need areas by aiming to build a sustainable physician workforce in those locations.

Maddy summaryThis bill expands Medicare coverage for diabetes self-management training. It requires Medicare to cover 10 initial hours of training plus 2 additional hours annually for beneficiaries with diabetes, eliminating cost-sharing (like copays) for these services. The policy directly affects Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes by making essential education and training fully covered. The changes apply to services provided on or after January 1, 2027.

Farmers Feeding America Act of 2025 This bill reauthorizes The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), increases funding for the program, and provides additional delivery options for geographically isolated states (i.e., Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam). TEFAP is a federal program that helps supplement the diets of people with low income by providing them with emergency food assistance at no cost. Through TEFAP, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) purchases a variety of commodities and makes those food products (e.g., canned, frozen, dried, and fresh fruits and vegetables, eggs, meat, dairy, and whole-grain and enriched grain products) available to state distributing agencies. The bill increases funding for purchasing commodities under the program. Further, the bill directs USDA to coordinate with geographically isolated states to (1) establish alternative delivery options for allocated commodities, and (2) allow for the states to order commodities through the USDA Department of Defense Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program.  USDA may also provide geographically isolated states the ability to directly purchase domestically grown food in lieu of receiving a portion of the commodities. Under this option, USDA may distribute as cash to the state up to 20% of the cash value of the commodities that are allocated to the state under TEFAP.  Further, USDA may consider additional factors beyond lowest price in determining winning bids for contracts for fresh produce packages (including product variety and transportation distance).

Maddy summaryHR 3757, the Pride In Mental Health Act of 2025, provides $20 million annually (2026-2030) to fund grants for mental health services targeting LGBTQ+ youth, including nonbinary, intersex, and Two Spirit youth, and their families/caregivers. The bill mandates grantees to provide trauma-informed care, cultural competency training, school bullying prevention guidelines, and evidence-based practices while explicitly prohibiting the use of funds for conversion therapy or its promotion. It also requires the federal government to restore mental health reports on LGBTQ+ youth, conduct a national survey measuring mental health distress, and produce a report on mental health services for LGBTQ+ youth in foster care. The law directly affects these youth populations by expanding access to tailored mental health resources and data collection, with funding administered through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration.

Maddy summaryHR 3768, the Gas Prices Relief Act of 2025, eliminates the federal gasoline tax for all gasoline sold between its enactment and December 31, 2025. This directly affects gasoline consumers (drivers and businesses) and fuel producers/dealers, who must pass the tax savings to consumers by lowering prices. The bill requires the Treasury to transfer equivalent funds to the Highway Trust Fund and the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund to maintain existing funding streams. It mandates that the tax reduction benefit be immediately reflected in lower consumer prices, with enforcement authority granted to the Secretary to ensure compliance.

Maddy summaryHR 3762, the Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act, requires health insurance plans to cover comprehensive prenatal, childbirth, neonatal, perinatal, and postpartum care without cost-sharing (like copays or deductibles). It mandates specific services including ultrasounds, care for pregnancy loss, delivery support, and postpartum behavioral health services for conditions like diabetes or hypertension. The bill applies to group health plans and individual insurance policies starting after the law's enactment, covering both biological mothers and legal parents who did not give birth. This policy directly affects insured individuals seeking maternal and newborn healthcare, ensuring these essential services are fully covered under existing Affordable Care Act requirements.