S2588-119

In Committee

Sustaining Our Democracy Act

119th Congress Introduced Jul 31, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Sustaining Our Democracy Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Civil Rights, Agriculture.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Sustaining Our Democracy Act. The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
  • Section H0AE6B4AA4A594B29A0202A0668E69B50: 101. Democracy Advancement and Innovation Program There is established a program to be known as the Democracy Advancement and Innovation Program under which...
  • Section HABA1597FF6B1441F9B5687CA204A7B03: 102. State plan A State plan under this section with respect to a State is a plan containing each of the following: A description of the democracy promotion...
  • Section H9A62FEB0CA694DB1B86A1A3C2EB8ADBF: 103. Prohibitions A State may not use a payment made under the Program to carry out— any activity described in paragraph (2); or any other activity which has...
  • Section H469EE325546A4AB68D66F26C71B0A5AB: 104. Amount of State allocation The amount of the allocation made to a State under the Program for a fiscal year shall be equal to the product of— the...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Sustaining Our Democracy Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Civil Rights, Agriculture

Primary Purpose

This bill, Sustaining Our Democracy Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Civil Rights Agriculture

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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federal agencies and legislative administrators: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
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federal implementing agencies: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jul 31, 2025

Mr. Padilla (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Warren, Mr. Schiff, …

Jul 31, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and …

Jul 31, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Government
4 mentions across 4 clauses
+4 positive

States

State & Local Government
2 mentions across 2 clauses
+1 positive -1 negative

States, States receiving funds under the Program

Positive-direction: States

Negative-direction: States receiving funds under the Program

7/11
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Civil Rights Agriculture
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_treasury"
→ Secretary of the Treasury

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"Director" §H45CE432534A34D5FB660AA1ABB77E55C

the Director of the Office. The term Indian lands includes— Indian country, as defined under section 1151 of title 18, United States Code

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