Mike Rounds
Since the current Congress began on January 3, 2025, Rounds has a recorded vote on 38 laws that passed.
This record covers laws that passed. Votes on bills that did not become law are not included yet.
The record in plain language
Of the 118 laws passed since January 3, 2025, 38 came to a recorded vote in the Senate while Rounds is a member. The rest passed the Senate by voice vote or without objection, which records no individual votes.
Rounds votes Yes on the Laken Riley Act on immigration detention; the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax and spending law; the HALT Fentanyl Act; the GENIUS Act on stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar); the Rescissions Act of 2025, which cancelled about $9 billion in approved spending; the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026; the Secure America Act, a 2026 budget law; the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act; and the Russia and Iran sanctions law.
On funding the government, Rounds votes Yes on the March 2025 full-year funding law; the November 2025 law that ended the 43-day shutdown; the January 2026 funding law for science, energy, Interior and the EPA; the February 2026 funding law for a further group of agencies; and the September 2026 funding extension.
Congress cancelled 24 federal rules by recorded vote in the Senate in that time. Rounds votes to cancel 24 and against cancelling 0. The rules Rounds votes to cancel come from: Interior: Bureau of Land Management (7), Environmental Protection Agency (6), Energy (4), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (2), District of Columbia government (1), Treasury: Comptroller of the Currency (1), Interior: National Park Service (1), Treasury: Internal Revenue Service (1) and Interior: Ocean Energy Management (1).
Rounds votes the same way as most Senate Republicans on all 38 of these Yes and No votes.
Votes on laws that passed
Most recent
Authorizes and expands sanctions and tariffs on Russia and extends existing sanctions on Iran.
Keeps the federal government funded at about last year's levels through December 11, 2026.
A package of housing measures intended to increase the supply of homes.
Gives the Department of Homeland Security extra money for border and immigration enforcement, in seven amounts that add up to $69.545 billion.
What this member says about laws and orders
This section has two lists: statements in the official record, and excerpts from this member’s own press releases.
From the official record
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From this member’s press releases
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Member-requested spending
Congress printed 29 spending items this member requested, $192,323,000 in all, in the lists read for 4 laws.
Laws read: Public Law 119-37, Public Law 119-74, Public Law 119-75, Public Law 119-86.
| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota State University | Public Law 119-37 | South Dakota State University Cottonwood Field Station Renovation and ExpansionNational Institute of Food and Agriculture · Research Facilities Act Program | SD | $2,000,000 |
| South Dakota State University | Public Law 119-37 | South Dakota State University Transient Animal Research Support FacilityNational Institute of Food and Agriculture · Research Facilities Act Program | SD | $500,000 |
| Communicatio ns Center: Design | Public Law 119-37 | Communicatio ns Center: DesignAir Force | None printed | $3,500,000 |
| Munitions Storage Igloos: Design | Public Law 119-37 | Munitions Storage Igloos: DesignAir Force | None printed | $4,000,000 |
| Two Munitions Storage Igloos: Minor Construction | Public Law 119-37 | Two Munitions Storage Igloos: Minor ConstructionAir Force | None printed | $5,400,000 |
| Weapons Generation Facility Dormitory: Design | Public Law 119-37 | Weapons Generation Facility Dormitory: DesignAir Force | None printed | $4,800,000 |
| Aircraft Maintenance Hangar: Design | Public Law 119-37 | Aircraft Maintenance Hangar: DesignAir National Guard | None printed | $1,700,000 |
| South Dakota State University | Public Law 119-74 | An Operational System for Monitoring and Forecasting Air Quality from WildfiresDOC · NOAA ORF | None printed | $343,000 |
| Penn County Sheriffs Office | Public Law 119-74 | Jail Tech UpgradesDOJ · COPS Tech | None printed | $3,920,000 |
| South Dakota Attorney General's Office | Public Law 119-74 | Child Exploitation Investigation Support ProjectDOJ · COPS Tech | None printed | $675,000 |
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| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Health Faciliti | Public Law 119-74 | es SD Cheyenne River Sanitation Fa ConstructionIndian Heal · th Service | None printed | $6,587,000 |
| Indian Health Faciliti | Public Law 119-74 | es SD Oglala Sioux T Sanitation Fa ConstructionIndian Heal · th Service | None printed | $8,920,000 |
| South Dakota State University | Public Law 119-74 | An Operational System for Monitoring and Forecasting Air Quality from WildfiresDOC · NOAA ORF | None printed | $343,000 |
| Penn County Sheriffs Office | Public Law 119-74 | Jail Tech UpgradesDOJ · COPS Tech | None printed | $3,920,000 |
| South Dakota Attorney General's Office | Public Law 119-74 | Child Exploitation Investigation Support ProjectDOJ · COPS Tech | None printed | $675,000 |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Northern Plains Inc. | Public Law 119-75 | to upgrade and expand early learning centersDOL · Employment and Training Administration | SD | $2,000,000 |
| Avera Health | Public Law 119-75 | for facilities and equipment to support the acquisition and installation of fixed PET/CT scanner and linear acceleratorsHHS · Health Resources and Services Administration | SD | $10,175,000 |
| Bennett County Hospital & Nursing Home | Public Law 119-75 | for facilities and equipment for new hospital construction that will support emergency services, primary care, swing bed services, behavioral health programs, and other ancillary servicesHHS · Health Resources and Services Administration | SD | $2,551,000 |
| Coteau des Prairies Hospital | Public Law 119-75 | for facilities and equipment for replacement and installation of boilers and pump systemsHHS · Health Resources and Services Administration | SD | $1,099,000 |
| Coteau des Prairies Hospital | Public Law 119-75 | for facilities and equipment for replacement and installation of chiller systemHHS · Health Resources and Services Administration | SD | $683,000 |
| South Dakota State University--College of Nursing | Public Law 119-75 | for the purchase of equipment and suppliesED · Higher Education | SD | $2,953,000 |
| South Dakota State University | Public Law 119-75 | for curriculum development, including the purchase of technologyED · Higher Education | SD | $750,000 |
| Sioux Falls Regional Airport Authority (FSD) | Public Law 119-75 | Concourse Expansion ProjectDepartment of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for Airports | SD | $30,000,000 |
| Rapid City Regional Airport (RAP) | Public Law 119-75 | Airline Concourse ProjectDepartment of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for Airports | SD | $20,000,000 |
| SD | Public Law 119-75 | Box Elder Regional Transportation Improvement ProjectDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | SD | $4,000,000 |
| SD | Public Law 119-75 | SD44 Bridge Replacement and ImprovementDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | SD | $25,000,000 |
| Magdalene Dakota | Public Law 119-75 | Women's Rehabilitation FacilityDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | SD | $829,000 |
| Douglas School District #51-1 | Public Law 119-75 | Douglas Elementary SchoolDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | SD | $42,000,000 |
| Crow Creek Housing Authority | Public Law 119-75 | Crow Creek Housing DevelopmentDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | SD | $3,000,000 |
3 rows here have the same law, recipient, purpose and amount as another row. The Congressional Record may print one item more than once. The count and the total include each row.
Read from the lists Congress printed for 4 laws. An item requested by several members appears under each of them, so sums across members count such an item more than once. A requester is tied to a member only when exactly one member serving in that chamber on that day has the printed name.
Online ads
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