H.R. 10545 · 118th Congress

American Relief Act, 2025

Introduced on Dec 20, 2024 by Tom Cole (R-OK-4). One cosponsor. Became Public Law 118-158.

Stage
Became law
Public Law 118-158
Introduced
Dec 20, 2024
Cosponsors
1
0 from the other party
Policy area
Economics and Public Finance
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Sent to the President
  6. Became law

Official title

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Abortion
  • Access Board
  • Accounting and auditing
  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Administrative remedies
  • Adoption and foster care
  • Advanced technology and technological innovations
  • Advisory bodies
  • Aging
  • Agricultural conservation and pollution
  • Agricultural education
  • Agricultural equipment and machinery
  • Agricultural insurance
  • Agricultural marketing and promotion
  • Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
  • Agricultural research
  • Agricultural trade
  • Air quality
  • Alabama
  • Alaska
  • Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
  • Alliances
  • Alternative and renewable resources
  • American Battle Monuments Commission
  • American Samoa
  • Animal and plant health
  • Animal protection and human-animal relationships
  • Appalachian Regional Commission
  • Appropriations
  • Aquatic ecology
  • Arizona
  • Arkansas
  • Armed Forces Retirement Home
  • Arms control and nonproliferation
  • Army Corps of Engineers
  • Asia
  • Assault and harassment offenses
  • Athletes
  • Atmospheric science and weather
  • Aviation and airports
  • Birds
  • Budget process
  • Building construction
  • Business investment and capital
  • Buy American requirements
  • California
  • Canada
  • Cardiovascular and respiratory health
  • Cell biology and embryology
  • Cemeteries and funerals
  • Census and government statistics
  • Child care and development
  • Child health
  • Child safety and welfare
  • China
  • Civil actions and liability
  • Climate change and greenhouse gases
  • Coal
  • Coast guard
  • Collective security
  • Colorado
  • Commission of Fine Arts
  • Commission on Civil Rights
  • Commodities markets
  • Commodity Credit Corporation
  • Commodity Futures Trading Commission
  • Community life and organization
  • Competition and antitrust
  • Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
  • Computer security and identity theft
  • Computers and information technology
  • Conflicts and wars
  • Congressional oversight
  • Connecticut
  • Correctional facilities and imprisonment
  • Crime prevention
  • Crime victims
  • Crimes against children
  • Crimes against women
  • Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
  • Criminal justice information and records
  • Criminal procedure and sentencing
  • Cuba
  • Currency
  • Customs enforcement
  • Dams and canals
  • Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
  • Defense spending
  • Delta Regional Authority
  • Denali Commission
  • Department of Agriculture
  • Department of Commerce
  • Department of Defense
  • Department of Education
  • Department of Energy
  • Department of Health and Human Services
  • Department of Homeland Security
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • Department of Justice
  • Department of Labor
  • Department of State
  • Department of Transportation
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Department of the Interior
  • Department of the Treasury
  • Detention of persons
  • Digestive and metabolic diseases
  • Disability and paralysis
  • Disability assistance
  • Disaster relief and insurance
  • District of Columbia
  • Domestic violence and child abuse
  • Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
  • Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
  • Drug therapy
  • Drug trafficking and controlled substances
  • Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
  • Economic development
  • Education of the disadvantaged
  • Education programs funding
  • Educational technology and distance education
  • Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
  • Electric power generation and transmission
  • Elementary and secondary education
  • Emergency communications systems
  • Emergency planning and evacuation
  • Employee benefits and pensions
  • Employment and training programs
  • Employment discrimination and employee rights
  • Endangered and threatened species
  • Energy efficiency and conservation
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
  • Environmental health
  • Environmental regulatory procedures
  • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
  • Europe
  • Evidence and witnesses
  • Executive Office of the President
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Family planning and birth control
  • Family relationships
  • Family services
  • Farm Credit Administration
  • Farmland
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
  • Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
  • Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
  • Federal Maritime Commission
  • Federal appellate courts
  • Federal officials
  • Federal-Indian relations
  • Firearms and explosives
  • Fires
  • First responders and emergency personnel
  • Fishes
  • Floods and storm protection
  • Florida
  • Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  • Food assistance and relief
  • Food industry and services
  • Food supply, safety, and labeling
  • Foreign aid and international relief
  • Forests, forestry, trees
  • Fraud offenses and financial crimes
  • General Services Administration
  • Genetics
  • Geography and mapping
  • Georgia
  • Government Accountability Office (GAO)
  • Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae)
  • Government buildings, facilities, and property
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Government information and archives
  • Government lending and loan guarantees
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Government trust funds
  • Grain
  • Great Lakes
  • Guam
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Hate crimes
  • Hawaii
  • Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
  • Health care costs and insurance
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Health facilities and institutions
  • Health information and medical records
  • Health personnel
  • Health programs administration and funding
  • Health promotion and preventive care
  • Health technology, devices, supplies
  • Hereditary and development disorders
  • Higher education
  • Historic sites and heritage areas
  • Historical and cultural resources
  • Home and outpatient care
  • Homelessness and emergency shelter
  • Hong Kong
  • Horticulture and plants
  • Hospital care
  • Housing and community development funding
  • Housing discrimination
  • Housing finance and home ownership
  • Housing for the elderly and disabled
  • Housing industry and standards
  • Housing supply and affordability
  • Human rights
  • Human trafficking
  • Humanities programs funding
  • Idaho
  • Illinois
  • Immigration status and procedures
  • Immunology and vaccination
  • Indian claims
  • Indian lands and resources rights
  • Indian social and development programs
  • Infectious and parasitic diseases
  • Infrastructure development
  • Insects
  • Intellectual property
  • Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
  • Interagency Council on Homelessness
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • International exchange and broadcasting
  • International monetary system and foreign exchange
  • International organizations and cooperation
  • Internet, web applications, social media
  • Iran
  • Judges
  • Juvenile crime and gang violence
  • Kansas
  • Kentucky
  • Lakes and rivers
  • Land transfers
  • Land use and conservation
  • Landlord and tenant
  • Law enforcement administration and funding
  • Law enforcement officers
  • Lawyers and legal services
  • Lease and rental services
  • Legal Services Corporation
  • Legal fees and court costs
  • Libraries and archives
  • Licensing and registrations
  • Livestock
  • Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
  • Louisiana

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Tom ColeR-OK-4Sponsor

Republicans · 1

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

  1. On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
    Dec 20, 2024· House· Passage· Passed 366–34
  2. On Passage of the Bill
    Dec 21, 2024· Senate· Passage· Bill Passed 85–11

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Dec 20, 2024Introduced in House
  2. Dec 20, 2024Introduced in House
  3. Dec 20, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  4. Dec 20, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  5. Dec 20, 2024 · HouseMr. Cole moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  6. Dec 20, 2024 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7395-7413)
  7. Dec 20, 2024 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 10545.
  8. Dec 20, 2024Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 366 - 34, 1 Present (Roll no. 517).House · Roll call 517
  9. Dec 20, 2024 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 366 - 34, 1 Present (Roll no. 517). (text: CR H7395-7409)House · Roll call 517
  10. Dec 20, 2024 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  11. Dec 20, 2024 · SenateReceived in the Senate, read twice.
  12. Dec 21, 2024Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate, under the order of 12/20/2024, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 85 - 11. Record Vote Number: 339.Senate · Roll call 339
  13. Dec 21, 2024 · SenatePassed Senate, under the order of 12/20/2024, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 85 - 11. Record Vote Number: 339. (consideration: CR S7306-7307)Senate · Roll call 339
  14. Dec 21, 2024 · SenateMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
  15. Dec 21, 2024Presented to President.
  16. Dec 21, 2024 · HousePresented to President.
  17. Dec 21, 2024Signed by President.
  18. Dec 21, 2024Signed by President.
  19. Dec 21, 2024Became Public Law No: 118-158.
  20. Dec 21, 2024Became Public Law No: 118-158.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. AMERICAN SUGAR ALLIANCE21 reports
    $3.4M reported (all issues)
  2. SOUTHWEST COUNCIL OF AGRIBUSINESS14 reports
    $385K reported (all issues)
  3. UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED8 reports
  4. USA RICE FEDERATION8 reports
    $110K reported (all issues)
  5. ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA7 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)
  6. CROP INSURANCE PROFESSIONAL Association, LLC (New name)7 reports
    $140K reported (all issues)
  7. California State Coastal Conservancy7 reports
    $230K reported (all issues)
  8. Cotton Warehouse Association of America7 reports
  9. Crop Insurance Professionals Assoc7 reports
    $105K reported (all issues)
  10. FUJIFILM Holdings America Corporation7 reports
  11. MINNESOTA CORN GROWERS7 reports
    $280K reported (all issues)
  12. Midwest Dry Bean Coalition7 reports
    $280K reported (all issues)
  13. NATIONAL SORGHUM PRODUCERS7 reports
    $280K reported (all issues)
  14. NAU Country Insurance Company7 reports
    $280K reported (all issues)
  15. Riverside Co. Flood Control & Water Conservation District7 reports
    $280K reported (all issues)
  16. Select Milk Producers, Inc./Continental Dairy Products, Inc.7 reports
    $280K reported (all issues)
  17. South Carolina Peach Council7 reports
    $70K reported (all issues)
  18. The Texas A&M University System7 reports
    Federal contractor: TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, THE$3.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  19. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER7 reports
    $872.9K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER$7M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  20. WESTERN PEANUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION, INC.7 reports
    $70K reported (all issues)
  21. BCBSM, Inc.6 reports
    $176K reported (all issues)
  22. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION6 reports
    $10M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: GENERAL DYNAMICS-OTS, INC.$29.3K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  23. PENNSYLVANIA FARM BUREAU6 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)
  24. SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY6 reports
    $240K reported (all issues)
  25. TENABLE, INC.6 reports
    $460K reported (all issues)
  26. THE ALBERTSONS COMPANIES, INC.6 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)
  27. WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE ASSOCIATION6 reports
    Federal contractor: WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100%
  28. City of Baltimore5 reports
    $20K reported (all issues)
  29. MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE5 reports
    $450K reported (all issues)
  30. SHEIN TECHNOLOGY LLC5 reports
    $940K reported (all issues)
  31. The MetroHealth System5 reports
    $1M reported (all issues)
  32. American Medical Association4 reports
    $8M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION$371K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  33. Galveston Wharves4 reports
    $108K reported (all issues)
  34. Greater New York Hospital Association4 reports
  35. Housing Authority of Salt Lake City4 reports
    $96K reported (all issues)
  36. INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION4 reports
    $570K reported (all issues)
  37. NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION4 reports
    $1.6M reported (all issues)
  38. PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH & MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA4 reports
    $7.6M reported (all issues)
  39. Stephenson Stellar Corporation4 reports
    $130K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: STEPHENSON STELLAR CORPORATION$11.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  40. Zurich4 reports
    $2.3M reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2024, 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.