S3654-119

In Committee

MOLD Act

119th Congress Introduced Jan 15, 2026

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, MOLD Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Defense, Healthcare.

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 This Act may be cited as the Military Occupancy Living Defense Act or the MOLD Act.
  • Section id98cf34282fbc49f4a58747d560727234: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: The Secretary of Defense should establish and implement a uniform code of basic housing standards for safety,...
  • Section id3b25562367a0419e967ea03fc64988a0: 3. Development and implementation of minimum health and safety standards for military family housing Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of...

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, MOLD Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Defense, Healthcare

Primary Purpose

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

Policy Domains

Government Operations Defense Healthcare

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
Jan 15, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Jan 15, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Jan 15, 2026

Mr. Blumenthal (for himself, Mr. Sheehy, Ms. Ernst, and Ms. …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Defense Healthcare
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_defense"
→ Secretary of Defense
"secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
→ Secretary of Health and Human Services

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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