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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1606 
To impose additional requirements for covered agencies in regulatory flexibility 
analysis. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 26, 2025 
Mr. FITZGERALD (for himself and Mr. FALLON) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
to the Committees on Small Business, and Financial Services, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To impose additional requirements for covered agencies in 
regulatory flexibility analysis. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Making the CFPB Ac-
countable to Small Businesses Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. RULEMAKING UNDER DODD-FRANK WALL STREET 
REFORM AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT. 
Section 1022(b)(2)(A) of the Dodd-Frank Wall 
Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (12 U.S.C. 
5512(b)(2)(A)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in clause (ii), by striking the semicolon at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) the impact of proposed rules on 
small entities, in accordance with section 
609 of title 5, United States Code;’’. 
SEC. 3. INITIAL REGULATORY FLEXIBILITY ANALYSIS. 
Section 603(d)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) where the covered agency does not 
adopt any alternatives described in paragraphs 
(1) through (4) of subsection (c), a detailed jus-
tification of the covered agency’s determination 
that the relative size and resources of small en-
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tities should have no bearing on the rule, sup-
ported by factual, policy and legal reasons.’’. 
SEC. 4. FINAL REGULATORY FLEXIBILITY ANALYSIS. 
Section 604(a) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended in the second paragraph (6) to read as follows: 
‘‘(7) for a covered agency, as defined in section 
609(d)(2), a description of the steps the agency has 
taken to minimize any additional cost of credit for 
small entities and, where no significant alternatives 
for small entities was adopted, a detailed justifica-
tion of the covered agency’s determination that the 
relative size and resources of small entities should 
have no bearing on the rule, supported by factual, 
policy and legal reasons.’’. 
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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 187 
AN ACT 
To provide for the standardization, consolidation, 
and publication of data relating to public outdoor 
recreational use of Federal waterways among 
Federal land and water management agencies, 
and for other purposes.
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(iii) Enhancing resilience by encour-
aging community-based security measures. 
(I) Such other elements as the Secretary of 
Homeland Security considers appropriate. 
(3) FORM.—The report under paragraph (1) 
shall be submitted in classified form, but may in-
clude an unclassified executive summary. 
(4) PUBLICATION.—The unclassified executive 
summary of the report required under paragraph (1) 
shall be published on a publicly accessible website of 
the Department of Homeland Security. 
(b) ANNUAL BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 30 days 
after the submission of the report under subsection (a), 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide to the 
appropriate congressional committees a briefing on the 
findings, conclusions, and recommendations of such re-
port. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation and the Committee on 
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Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate. 
(2) VEHICULAR TERRORISM.—The term ‘‘vehic-
ular terrorism’’ means an action that utilizes auto-
motive transportation to commit terrorism (as such 
term is defined in section 2(18) of the Homeland Se-
curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101(18))). 
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109 
† HR 1 EAS 
(13) $225,000,000 for the expansion of produc-
tion capacity for medium-range air-to-air missiles; 
(14) $50,000,000 for the development of second 
sources for components of short-range air-to-air mis-
siles; 
(15) $325,000,000 for production capacity im-
provements for air-launched anti-radiation missiles; 
(16) $50,000,000 for the accelerated development 
of Army next-generation medium-range anti-ship bal-
listic missiles; 
(17) $114,000,000 for the production of Army 
next-generation medium-range ballistic missiles; 
(18) $300,000,000 for the production of Army 
medium-range ballistic missiles; 
(19) $85,000,000 for the accelerated development 
of Army long-range ballistic missiles; 
(20) $400,000,000 for the production of heavy-
weight torpedoes; 
(21) $200,000,000 for the development, procure-
ment, and integration of mass-producible autonomous 
underwater munitions; 
(22) $70,000,000 for the improvement of heavy-
weight torpedo maintenance activities; 
(23) $200,000,000 for the production of light-
weight torpedoes;
the requesting party a written notice de-
scribed in clause (iii) with respect to the 
supplemental submission, the 60-day time-
frame under subparagraph (A) is further 
tolled until the date on which the request-
ing party submits to the government or in-
strumentality a subsequent supplemental 
submission in response to the notice. 
‘‘(iii) 
WRITTEN
NOTICE
DE-
SCRIBED.—The written notice described in 
this clause is, with respect to a request de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) or a supple-
mental submission described in clause (i) 
or (ii) submitted to a State or local govern-
ment or instrumentality thereof by a re-
questing party, a written notice from the 
government or instrumentality to the re-
questing party— 
‘‘(I) stating that all of the infor-
mation (including any form or other 
document) required by the govern-
ment or instrumentality to be sub-
mitted for the request to be consid-
ered complete has not been submitted; 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1609 
To nullify certain regulations and notices of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 26, 2025 
Mr. GOSAR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To nullify certain regulations and notices of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Local Zoning Decisions 
Protection Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. NULLIFICATION OF RULES AND NOTICES. 
(a) INTERIM FINAL RULE.—The interim final rule 
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
entitled ‘‘Restoring Affirmatively Furthering Fair Hous-
ing Definitions and Certifications’’, published in the Fed-
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eral Register on June 10, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 30779; 
Docket No. FR–6249–I–01), and any successor rule that 
is substantially similar to such interim final rule shall have 
no force or effect. 
(b) FINAL RULE.—The final rule of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development entitled ‘‘Affirma-
tively Furthering Fair Housing’’, published in the Federal 
Register on July 16, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 42272; Docket 
No. FR–5173–F–04), and any successor rule that is sub-
stantially similar to such final rule shall have no force or 
effect. 
(c) NOTICE.—The notice of the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development relating to the Affirmatively 
Furthering Fair Housing Assessment Tool, published in 
the Federal Register on December 31, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 
81840; Docket No. FR–5173–N–07), and any successor 
notice or rule substantially similar to such notice shall 
have no force or effect. 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Fed-
eral funds may be used to design, build, maintain, utilize, 
or provide access to a Federal database of geospatial infor-
mation on community racial disparities or disparities in 
access to affordable housing. 
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334 
HR 1 PCS
‘‘(i) castration; 
‘‘(ii) sterilization; 
‘‘(iii) orchiectomy; 
‘‘(iv) scrotoplasty; 
‘‘(v) vasectomy; 
‘‘(vi) tubal ligation; 
‘‘(vii) hysterectomy; 
‘‘(viii) oophorectomy; 
‘‘(ix) ovariectomy; 
‘‘(x) metoidioplasty; 
‘‘(xi) clitoroplasty; 
‘‘(xii) reconstruction of the fixed part 
of 
the 
urethra 
with 
or 
without 
a 
metoidioplasty or a phalloplasty; 
‘‘(xiii) penectomy; 
‘‘(xiv) phalloplasty; 
‘‘(xv) vaginoplasty; 
‘‘(xvi) vaginectomy; 
‘‘(xvii) vulvoplasty; 
‘‘(xviii) reduction thyrochondroplasty; 
‘‘(xix) chondrolaryngoplasty; 
‘‘(xx) mastectomy; and 
‘‘(xxi) any plastic, cosmetic, or aes-
thetic 
surgery 
that 
feminizes 
or 
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‘‘(II) identifying the information 
described in subclause (I) that was 
not submitted; and 
‘‘(III) including a citation to a 
specific provision of a publicly avail-
able rule, regulation, or standard 
issued by the government or instru-
mentality requiring that such informa-
tion be submitted with such a request. 
‘‘(iv) LIMITATION.— 
‘‘(I) INITIAL WRITTEN NOTICE.— 
If a written notice provided by a State 
or local government or instrumentality 
thereof to a requesting party under 
clause (i) with respect to a request de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) identifies 
as not having been submitted any in-
formation that the government or in-
strumentality is prohibited by para-
graph (5) from requiring to be sub-
mitted, such notice shall be treated as 
not having been provided to the re-
questing party. 
‘‘(II) SUBSEQUENT WRITTEN NO-
TICE.—If a written notice provided by 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Precision Agriculture 
Satellite Connectivity Act’’. 
SEC. 
2. 
PRECISION 
AGRICULTURE 
SATELLITE 
CONNECTIVITY. 
(a) REVIEW.—The Commission shall— 
(1) review the rules of the Commission relating 
to fixed satellite service, mobile satellite service, and 
earth exploration satellite service to determine if 
there are rule changes that the Commission could 
implement under existing authority to promote pre-
cision agriculture; and 
(2) if the Commission determines under para-
graph (1) that there are rule changes that the Com-
mission could implement, develop recommendations 
for how to implement the changes. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 15 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall 
submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report 
on the results of the review conducted under subsection 
(a), including any recommendations developed under para-
graph (2) of such subsection.
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall 
carry out research and development, or offer to 
enter into 1 or more contracts with 1 or more 
qualified persons to carry out research and de-
velopment, regarding a policy to insure— 
‘‘(i) the production of mushroom 
growing media; and 
‘‘(ii) the production of mushrooms. 
‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY OF POLICY.—Notwith-
standing 
the 
second 
sentence 
of 
section 
508(a)(1), and section 508(a)(2), the Corpora-
tion shall make a policy described in subpara-
graph (A) available if the requirements of sec-
tion 508(h) are met. 
‘‘(C) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DE-
SCRIBED.—Research and development described 
in subparagraph (A) shall evaluate the effective-
ness of policies described in that subparagraph, 
including policies that— 
‘‘(i) are based on the risk of— 
‘‘(I) pests, including mushroom 
phorid flies and sciarid flies; 
‘‘(II) fungal pathogens; and 
‘‘(III) viral pathogens; 
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quest is deemed approved on the day after the 
date that is 60 days after the date on which the 
requesting party submits the request. 
‘‘(B) DETERMINATION
REQUEST
IS
NOT 
ELIGIBLE FACILITIES REQUEST.— 
‘‘(i) DETERMINATION
DESCRIBED.— 
The determination described in this sub-
paragraph is a determination by a State or 
local government or instrumentality thereof 
that a request described in subparagraph 
(A) is not an eligible facilities request. 
‘‘(ii) WRITTEN NOTICE DESCRIBED.— 
The written notice described in this sub-
paragraph is a written notice of the deter-
mination described in clause (i) provided 
by the government or instrumentality to 
the requesting party that clearly describes 
the reasons why the request is not an eligi-
ble facilities request and includes a citation 
to a specific provision of this subsection or 
the regulations promulgated under this 
subsection relied upon for the determina-
tion. 
‘‘(C) TOLLING
DUE
TO
INCOMPLETE-
NESS.— 
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educational service agency, that is eligible, 
for the year in which the determination is 
made, for assistance under part A of title 
I of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et 
seq.), 
‘‘(B) an elementary school or secondary 
school that is funded by the Bureau of Indian 
Education, or 
‘‘(C) an early childhood education program 
(as defined in section 103 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003)) that 
serves children who receive, or are eligible for, 
services for which financial assistance is pro-
vided in accordance with the Child Care and 
Development Block Grant of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
9857 et seq.) or the child and adult care food 
program established under section 17 of the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1766). 
‘‘(2) ESEA DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of 
this subsection, the terms ‘educational service agen-
cy’, ‘elementary school’, ‘local educational agency’, 
‘secondary school’, and ‘State educational agency’ 
have the meanings given such terms in section 8101 
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SEC. 403. REQUIRING APPLICANTS FOR MOTOR VEHICLE 
DRIVER’S LICENSES IN NEW STATE TO INDI-
CATE WHETHER STATE SERVES AS RESI-
DENCE 
FOR 
VOTER 
REGISTRATION 
PUR-
POSES. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
APPLICANTS
FOR
LI-
CENSES.—Section 5(d) of the National Voter Registration 
Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20504(d)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Any change’’ and inserting 
‘‘(1) Any change’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2)(A) A State motor vehicle authority shall require 
each individual applying for a motor vehicle driver’s li-
cense in the State— 
‘‘(i) to attest, under penalty of perjury, whether 
the individual resides in another State or resided in 
another State prior to applying for the license, and, 
if so, to identify the State involved; and 
‘‘(ii) to attest, under penalty of perjury, wheth-
er the individual intends for the State to serve as 
the individual’s residence for purposes of registering 
to vote in elections for Federal office. 
‘‘(B) If pursuant to subparagraph (A)(ii) an indi-
vidual indicates to the State motor vehicle authority that 
the individual intends for the State to serve as the individ-
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ual’s residence for purposes of registering to vote in elec-
tions for Federal office, the authority shall notify the 
motor vehicle authority of the State identified by the indi-
vidual pursuant to subparagraph (A)(i), who shall notify 
the chief State election official of such State that the indi-
vidual no longer intends for that State to serve as the indi-
vidual’s residence for purposes of registering to vote in 
elections for Federal office.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect with respect to elections 
occurring in 2025 or any succeeding year. 
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(c) COMMISSION DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘Commission’’ means the Federal Communications Com-
mission. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 14, 2025. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Flatside Wilderness 
Additions Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ADDITIONS TO FLATSIDE WILDERNESS. 
Section 3(d) of Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984 
(Public Law 98–508; 98 Stat. 2349) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘and certain land in the Ouachita National Forest, 
which comprise approximately 2,212 acres, generally de-
picted as’’ Land Proposed for Wilderness Designation ‘‘on 
the map titled’’ Flatside Wilderness, Proposed Addition 
Designation ‘‘, dated November 12, 2024’’ after ‘‘1984’’. 
SEC. 3. FIRE, INSECTS, AND DISEASES. 
Nothing in this Act or the amendment made by sec-
tion 2 shall be construed to limit the authority of the Sec-
retary of Agriculture under section 4(d)(1) of the Wilder-
ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)), in accordance with exist-
ing laws (including regulations). 
SEC. 4. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS ADDITION. 
The wilderness designated by section 3(d) of Arkan-
sas Wilderness Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–508; 98 Stat. 
2349), shall be known as the ‘‘Flatside-Bethune Wilder-
ness’’. Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to such portion
of the Flatside Wilderness shall be deemed to be a ref-
erence to the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 13, 2025. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1612 
AN ACT 
To designate the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness in 
the Ouachita National Forest, and for other pur-
poses.
I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1612 
To designate the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness in the Ouachita National 
Forest, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 26, 2025 
Mr. HILL of Arkansas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To designate the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness in the 
Ouachita National Forest, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Flatside Wilderness 
Additions Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ADDITIONS TO FLATSIDE WILDERNESS. 
Section 3(d) of Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984 
(Public Law 98–508; 98 Stat. 2349) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘and certain land in the Ouachita National Forest, 
which comprise approximately 2,212 acres, generally de-
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picted as’’ Land Proposed for Wilderness Designation ‘‘on 
the map titled’’ Flatside Wilderness, Proposed Addition 
Designation ‘‘, dated November 12, 2024’’ after ‘‘1984’’. 
SEC. 3. FIRE, INSECTS, AND DISEASES. 
Nothing in this Act or the amendment made by sec-
tion 2 shall be construed to limit the authority of the Sec-
retary of Agriculture under section 4(d)(1) of the Wilder-
ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)), in accordance with exist-
ing laws (including regulations). 
SEC. 4. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS ADDITION. 
The wilderness designated by section 3(d) of Arkan-
sas Wilderness Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–508; 98 Stat. 
2349), shall be known as the ‘‘Flatside-Bethune Wilder-
ness’’. Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to such portion 
of the Flatside Wilderness shall be deemed to be a ref-
erence to the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness. 
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IIB 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1612 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 14, 2025 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
and Forestry 
AN ACT 
To designate the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness in the 
Ouachita National Forest, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Flatside Wilderness 
Additions Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ADDITIONS TO FLATSIDE WILDERNESS. 
Section 3(d) of Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984 
(Public Law 98–508; 98 Stat. 2349) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘and certain land in the Ouachita National Forest, 
which comprise approximately 2,212 acres, generally de-
picted as’’ Land Proposed for Wilderness Designation ‘‘on 
the map titled’’ Flatside Wilderness, Proposed Addition 
Designation ‘‘, dated November 12, 2024’’ after ‘‘1984’’. 
SEC. 3. FIRE, INSECTS, AND DISEASES. 
Nothing in this Act or the amendment made by sec-
tion 2 shall be construed to limit the authority of the Sec-
retary of Agriculture under section 4(d)(1) of the Wilder-
ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)), in accordance with exist-
ing laws (including regulations). 
SEC. 4. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS ADDITION. 
The wilderness designated by section 3(d) of Arkan-
sas Wilderness Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–508; 98 Stat. 
2349), shall be known as the ‘‘Flatside-Bethune Wilder-
ness’’. Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to such portion 
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of the Flatside Wilderness shall be deemed to be a ref-
erence to the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 13, 2025. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB