Michael Simpson

This resolution supports the designation of National Dairy Month.

**Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025** This bill reauthorizes the Department of Defense to sell its excess aircraft and aircraft parts that are acceptable for commercial sale for wildfire suppression purposes. Such authority begins October 1, 2025, and ends October 1, 2035. The bill also provides that such aircraft may be used to deliver water by air in order to suppress wildfire (the previous authority only provided for the delivery of fire retardant). The bill removes the previous limitation on providing international wildfire suppression assistance with such purchased aircraft.

**Mandating Advisable and Informed Locations and Solutions Act or the MAILS Act** This bill requires the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to (1) establish a formal process for a local government official to request a new post office, and (2) modify how it communicates with local officials and the public about certain topics. Specifically, USPS must modify existing regulations with respect to temporary relocations of postal retail services for holidays, special events, overflow business, and commemorative events. USPS may not implement any such temporary relocation for more than two days unless it first collects and considers community input. USPS must also provide specified notifications to local officials and the public, periodic updates to local officials, and a public presentation about such a relocation.

**Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2025**  This bill divides the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit into two judicial circuits: (1) the Ninth Circuit, and (2) a new Twelfth Circuit. The Ninth Circuit is composed of California, Guam, Hawaii, and Northern Mariana Islands. The new Twelfth Circuit is composed of Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.

**ACES Act** This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study and report on the prevalence and mortality of cancers among veterans who served on active duty as aircrew members and regularly flew in fixed-wing aircraft.

**Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026** This bill provides FY2026 appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and several related agencies. The bill provides appropriations to Interior for * the Bureau of Land Management, * the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, * the National Park Service, * the U.S. Geological Survey, * the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, * the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, * the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, * the Bureau of Indian Affairs, * the Bureau of Indian Education, * the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration, * Departmental Offices, and * Department-Wide Programs. The bill also provides appropriations to the EPA and the Forest Service. Within the Department of Health and Human Services, the bill provides appropriations for * the Indian Health Service, * the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and * the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. The bill provides appropriations to several related agencies, including * the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality, * the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, * the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, * the Smithsonian Institution, * the National Gallery of Art, * the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, * the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, * the National Endowment for the Arts, * the National Endowment for the Humanities, * the Commission of Fine Arts, * the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. * the National Capital Planning Commission, * the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and * the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission. Additionally, the bill sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations acts.