Congressional Record — July 21, 2025

Overview of the day

The House of Representatives considered and passed several pieces of legislation focused on veterans' affairs, national security, and financial technology. Key actions included passing bills to improve Department of Veterans Affairs accountability, deter Chinese aggression toward Taiwan, combat illicit financing through new technology, and study cancer prevalence among military aircrew. In the Senate, multiple amendments were submitted for a defense appropriations bill.

Summary of the House proceedings

(Public Law 118-225) S. 423 was passed to protect regular order for budgeting for the Department of Veterans Affairs, require quarterly budget briefings to Congress, limit certain incentive bonuses for senior executives, and establish the Veterans Experience Office.
H.R. 1716 was passed to deter Chinese aggression towards Taiwan by requiring reports on financial accounts connected to senior officials of the People's Republic of China and restricting financial services for certain immediate family members of those officials.
H.R. 2384 was passed to establish an Independent Financial Technology Working Group to Combat Terrorism and Illicit Financing and requires a strategy to prevent rogue and foreign actors from evading sanctions using digital assets.
S. 201 was passed to provide for a study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on the prevalence and mortality of cancer among individuals who served as active duty aircrew in the Armed Forces.

Summary of Senate proceedings

S. 2296 had 6 amendments proposed to it.