Skip to main content
S. 2252 119th Congress Senate

Saving Lives and Taxpayer Dollars Act

Official title: A bill to require United States foreign assistance commodities to be made available for their intended purposes before they expire.

Introduced: July 10, 2025 Introduced by: Jeanne Shaheen Democratic · New Hampshire See on congress.gov
International Affairs Congressional oversightFood assistance and reliefFood supply, safety, and labelingForeign aid and international relief
 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 27, 2026
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 497.
Jul 27, 2026
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Jun 17, 2026
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jul 10, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Jul 10, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
 Ask about this bill AI · grounded in the bill text

Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.

AI answers can be imperfect; always confirm against the full bill text.

What's happening now July 27, 2026

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 497.

 Hearings & markups 2
 Related & companion bills 1
 Bill text 2 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 22

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

Bodies those filers lobbied

A filing lists the bills it worked on and the parts of government it contacted in separate sections, so these are the bodies those filers named anywhere in the filing, not a per-bill breakdown.

See all 22 filings →
Cite this page click to expand
APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2252: Saving Lives and Taxpayer Dollars Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2252/
MLA
"S. 2252: Saving Lives and Taxpayer Dollars Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2252/.
Bluebook (legal)
S. 2252, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2252/.
Markdown link
[S. 2252: Saving Lives and Taxpayer Dollars Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2252/)
Report a problem