Darren Soto

Washington, D.C. Admission Act

SHARKED Act of 2025

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a National Climate Adaptation Science Center and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers to respond to the effects of extreme weather events and climate trends, and for other purposes.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize veterans who are entitled to educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs to use such entitlement to participate in a career transition internship program for veterans.

To amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance and reauthorize activities and programs relating to autism spectrum disorder, and for other purposes.

To improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes.

To enhance the rights of domestic employees, and for other purposes.

To hold law enforcement accountable for misconduct in court, improve transparency through data collection, and reform police training and policies.

To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, to establish grant programs to promote mental health in schools, and for other purposes.

To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require States to designate public high schools as voter registration agencies, to direct such schools to conduct voter registration drives for students attending such schools, to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to reimburse such schools for the costs of conducting such voter registration drives, and for other purposes.

To establish the Jackie Robinson Ballpark National Commemorative Site in the State of Florida, and for other purposes.

To establish a commission to study the potential transfer of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History to the Smithsonian Institution, and for other purposes.

To increase the recruitment and retention of school-based mental health services providers by low-income local educational agencies.

To establish the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States, and for other purposes.

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980.

To authorize the Secretary of Education to provide grants to local educational agencies to cover the costs of challenges to determinations not to discontinue the use of specific instructional materials, or the availability of specific school library materials, in public elementary and secondary schools, and for other purposes.

To establish a program to make grants to institutions of higher education to provide courses relating to critical legacy computer languages, and for other purposes.

To address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students.

To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a task force to improve access to health care information technology for non-English speakers.

Expressing support for increasing the number of Latino students and young professionals entering careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields.