This bill establishes the Project Turnkey Program to convert empty hotels and motels into housing and improve shelter capacity across the country.
Smoke Exposure Research Act of 2025This bill directs the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to conduct research relating to smoke exposure and wine grapes. This research must be done in coordination with land-grant colleges and universities that are located in California, Oregon, and Washington and have researched the effects of smoke exposure on viticulture and enology operations and practices. Specifically, ARS mustconduct research to identify the compounds responsible for smoke taint, conduct research to establish standard methodologies for sampling and testing smoke-exposed wine grapes and smoke-affected wines, establish a reliable database of background levels of smoke taint compounds that occur naturally in wine grapes, develop risk assessment tools or mitigation methods to reduce or eliminate smoke taint, andstudy compounds that can act as a barrier between wine grapes and smoke compounds.
1. The bill aims to convert vacant hotels and motels into affordable housing units. 2. It provides funding for local organizations to improve their capacity to support housing initiatives. 3. Eligible entities can use funds for planning, administrative costs, and operational expenses. 4. The program is set to receive $1 billion each year until 2035 to support these efforts. 5. The Secretary of Housing can adjust rules to speed up the program's implementation.