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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2987 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 9, 2025 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and 
Entrepreneurship 
AN ACT 
To amend the Small Business Act to require a limit on 
the number of small business lending companies, 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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Union Calendar No. 79 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2987 
[Report No. 119–107] 
To amend the Small Business Act to require a limit on the number of 
small business lending companies, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 24, 2025 
Mr. BRESNAHAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Small Business 
MAY 21, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 24, 2025] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to require a limit on 
the number of small business lending companies, and 
for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Capping Excessive 
Awarding of SBLC Entrants Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘CEASE 
Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF SMALL BUSINESS 
LENDING COMPANIES. 
Section 23 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 650) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(k) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF SMALL BUSINESS 
LENDING COMPANIES.—The Administrator shall ensure 
that not more than 16 small business lending companies 
that are not nonprofit entities are authorized to make loans 
under section 7 at any time.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 79 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2987 
[Report No. 119–107] 
A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to require a limit 
on the number of small business lending compa-
nies, and for other purposes. 
MAY 21, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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any other default investment alternative) if its 
investment objectives or goals or its principal 
investment strategies include, consider, or indi-
cate the use of one or more non-pecuniary fac-
tors. 
‘‘(D) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this 
paragraph: 
‘‘(i) The term ‘pecuniary factor’ means a 
factor that a fiduciary prudently determines is 
expected to have a material effect on the risk 
or return of an investment based on appropriate 
investment horizons consistent with the plan’s 
investment objectives and the funding policy es-
tablished pursuant to section 402(b)(1). 
‘‘(ii) The term ‘investment course of ac-
tion’ means any series or program of invest-
ments or actions related to a fiduciary’s per-
formance of the fiduciary’s investment duties, 
and includes the selection of an investment fund 
as a plan investment, or in the case of an indi-
vidual account plan, a designated investment al-
ternative under the plan.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to actions taken by a fiduciary on 
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or after the date that is 12 months after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
DIVISION 
B—NO 
DISCRIMINA-
TION IN MY BENEFITS 
SEC. 2001. SHORT TITLE. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘No Discrimination 
in My Benefits Act’’. 
SEC. 2002. SERVICE PROVIDER SELECTION. 
Section 404(a)(1) of the Employee Retirement In-
come Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1104(a)(1)) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(E) by selecting, monitoring, and retaining 
any fiduciary, counsel, employee, or service provider 
of the plan— 
‘‘(i) in accordance with subparagraphs (A) 
and (B); and 
‘‘(ii) without regard to race, color, religion, 
sex, or national origin.’’. 
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with the returns generated by other investment options 
available in such plans. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 15, 
2026. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2988 
AN ACT 
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Secu-
rity Act of 1974 to specify requirements con-
cerning the consideration of pecuniary and non- 
pecuniary factors, and for other purposes.
courses of action on the basis of pecuniary factors 
alone, the fiduciary may use non-pecuniary factors as 
the deciding factor if the fiduciary documents— 
‘‘(i) why pecuniary factors were not suffi-
cient to select a plan investment or investment 
course of action; 
‘‘(ii) how the selected investment compares 
to the alternative investments with regard to the 
composition of the portfolio with regard to diver-
sification, the liquidity and current return of the 
portfolio relative to the anticipated cash flow re-
quirements of the plan, and the projected return 
of the portfolio relative to the funding objectives 
of the plan; and 
‘‘(iii) how the selected non-pecuniary factor 
or factors are consistent with the interests of the 
participants and beneficiaries in their retire-
ment income or financial benefits under the 
plan. 
‘‘(C) INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES FOR PARTICI-
PANT-DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNT PLANS.—In se-
lecting or retaining investment options for a pension 
plan described in subsection (c)(1)(A), a fiduciary is 
not prohibited from considering, selecting, or retain-
ing an investment option on the basis that such in-
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trial sector meets the criteria of this clause 
if the United States industrial sector has a 
greenhouse gas intensity of at least 5 per-
cent, calculated by dividing— 
‘‘(I) the number of metric tons of 
carbon dioxide equivalent greenhouse 
gas emissions (including direct emis-
sions from fuel combustion, process 
emissions, and indirect emissions from 
the generation of electricity used to 
produce the output of the sector) of 
the sector based on data described in 
subparagraph (C), multiplied by the 
applicable rate in section 9901(b)(2), 
by 
‘‘(II) the value of the shipments 
of the sector, based on data described 
in subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(iii) TRADE
INTENSITY.—As deter-
mined by the Secretary, an industrial sec-
tor meets the criteria of this clause if the 
industrial sector has a trade intensity of at 
least 15 percent, calculated by dividing— 
‘‘(I) the value of the total im-
ports and exports of the sector, by 
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except 2 hours of debate equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent 
and 1 motion to limit debate on the Commis-
sion joint resolution. A motion to reconsider the 
vote on passage of the Commission joint resolu-
tion shall not be in order. 
(E) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on pas-
sage of the Commission joint resolution shall 
occur not later than 3 legislative days after the 
date on which the last committee authorized to 
consider the Commission joint resolution re-
ports it to the House of Representatives or is 
discharged. 
(3) EXPEDITED PROCEDURE IN THE SENATE.— 
(A) INTRODUCTION
IN
THE
SENATE.—A 
Commission joint resolution may be introduced 
in the Senate (by request)— 
(i) by the majority leader of the Sen-
ate, or by a Member of the Senate des-
ignated by the majority leader of the Sen-
ate, on the next legislative day after the 
date on which the President submits the 
proposed joint resolution under section 
3(a); or 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 298 
To eliminate certain limitations and exclusions regarding defense articles 
and requirements regarding security assistance and sales with respect 
to the Republic of Cyprus. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 9, 2025 
Ms. MALLIOTAKIS (for herself, Ms. TITUS, Mr. BILIRAKIS, and Mr. PAPPAS) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To eliminate certain limitations and exclusions regarding de-
fense articles and requirements regarding security assist-
ance and sales with respect to the Republic of Cyprus. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 
1. 
ELIMINATION 
OF 
REQUIREMENTS 
CON-
CERNING THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS. 
(a) ELIMINATION OF LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS 
REGARDING DEFENSE ARTICLES.—Section 1250A of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 
(22 U.S.C. 2373 note) is amended— 
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(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘REPEAL OF 
PROHIBITION
ON’’ and inserting ‘‘SENSE
OF 
CONGRESS REGARDING’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a) SENSE 
OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 
’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘It is the sense of Congress that—’’; and 
(3) by striking subsections (b), (c), and (d). 
(b) ELIMINATION
OF REQUIREMENTS REGARDING 
SECURITY ASSISTANCE AND CERTAIN SALES.—Section 
620C of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2373) is amended by striking subsections (d) and (e). 
Æ 
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(1) by striking ‘‘With’’ and inserting ‘‘(i) Sub-
ject to clause (ii), with’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) In the case of a payment to a person of 
more than the correct amount which the Commis-
sioner does not have reason to believe was due to 
fraud or similar fault on the part of the individual, 
the Commissioner may not decrease the amount of 
a monthly benefit payable to an individual by more 
than 10 percent of the amount payable, unless such 
individual requests a higher recovery rate.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this Act shall take effect on the date of enactment of this 
Act, and shall be effective with respect to overpayments 
under title II of the Social Security Act that are out-
standing on or after such date. 
Æ 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2997 
To authorize appropriations for climate financing, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 24, 2025 
Mr. ESPAILLAT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To authorize appropriations for climate financing, 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 ‘‘Green Climate Fund 
Authorization Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) climate change most severely impacts vul-
nerable and disadvantaged communities in the 
United States and around the world; 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 299 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services to make available to the public on the websites 
of their respective departments certain information relating to individuals 
processed through U.S. Customs and Border Protection or Department 
of Health and Human Services facilities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 9, 2025 
Ms. MALLIOTAKIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security and the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services to make avail-
able to the public on the websites of their respective 
departments certain information relating to individuals 
processed through U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
or Department of Health and Human Services facilities, 
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 ‘‘Transparency of Mi-
gration Act’’. 
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determine if they should continue to be listed and 
publish the results of that review. The Administrator 
may, if appropriate, add any product to this list by 
rule. 
‘‘(3) REMOVAL
OF
A
PRODUCT
FROM
THE 
LIST.—The Administrator may remove a product 
from this list only if— 
‘‘(A) the total emissions from all of the 
product used within the United States has been 
less than 250,000 metric tons per year of car-
bon dioxide equivalent for each of three con-
secutive years, and 
‘‘(B) the Administrator determines that 
there is no reasonable possibility that the total 
emissions from all of the product used in the 
United States will exceed 250,000 metric tons 
per year of carbon dioxide equivalent within any 
of the five years following such determination. 
‘‘(4) ADDITION OF A PRODUCT TO THE LIST.— 
The Administrator may add a product to this list 
only if the Administrator determines that— 
‘‘(A) the total emissions from all of the 
product used within the United States has been 
greater than 250,000 metric tons per year of 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2999 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that not more 
than 10 percent of a monthly benefit may be withheld on account 
of overpayments. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 24, 2025 
Mr. EVANS of Pennsylvania (for himself, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL 
of Florida, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. BISHOP, 
Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. DEXTER, Mr. 
DOGGETT, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Ms. NORTON, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, 
Ms. PINGREE, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. 
SUBRAMANYAM, Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. THANEDAR, and Mr. 
TONKO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide 
that not more than 10 percent of a monthly benefit 
may be withheld on account of overpayments. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. WITHHOLDING FOR RECOVERY OF OVERPAY-
MENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section 
204(a)(1) of the Social Security Act is amended— 
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SEC. 2. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION RELATING 
TO INDIVIDUALS PROCESSED THROUGH U.S. 
CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION OR DE-
PARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERV-
ICES FACILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity and the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall make available to the public on the websites of their 
respective departments’ information described in sub-
section (b) relating to individuals unlawfully present in the 
United States who are— 
(1) apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection and sent to a federally owned or run de-
tention center or released into the United States; or 
(2) processed through a Department of Health 
and Human Services facility. 
(b) INFORMATION
DESCRIBED.—Information de-
scribed in this subsection is information relating to the 
following: 
(1) The daily number of individuals described 
in subsection (a). 
(2) The countries of origins of such individuals. 
(3) The ages and genders of such individuals. 
(4) The States to which such individuals have 
been either released or sent. 
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(5) The number and types of criminal convic-
tions, if any, such individuals possess. 
(c) UPDATES.—Information under this section shall 
be updated weekly. 
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carbon dioxide equivalent in any two years out 
of the preceding five years, and 
‘‘(B) there is a reasonable possibility that 
the total emissions from all of the product used 
within the United States will be greater than 
250,000 metric tons per year of carbon dioxide 
equivalent in any year within the next five years 
following such determination. 
‘‘(c) RATE OF TAX.—The rate of tax shall be the 
same as the rate given in section 9901(b)(2). 
‘‘(d) BY WHOM PAID.—The tax imposed by sub-
section (a) shall be paid— 
‘‘(1) for products manufactured in the United 
States, by the owner or operator of the point of tax-
ation, and 
‘‘(2) for products imported into the United 
States, by the owner of the product when it enters 
the United States. 
‘‘(e) POINT OF TAXATION.—The point of taxation 
shall be— 
‘‘(1) for products manufactured in the United 
States, the manufacturing facility, 
‘‘(2) for products imported into the United 
States, the point at which it first enters the United 
States, and 
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HR 29 PCS
(e) DETENTION.—Section 241(a)(2) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(a)(2)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘During the removal period,’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—During the removal 
period,’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) ENFORCEMENT BY ATTORNEY GEN-
ERAL OF A STATE.—The attorney general of a 
State, or other authorized State officer, alleging 
a violation of the detention requirement under 
subparagraph (A) that harms such State or its 
residents shall have standing to bring an action 
against the Secretary of Homeland Security on 
behalf of such State or the residents of such 
State in an appropriate district court of the 
United States to obtain appropriate injunctive 
relief. The court shall advance on the docket 
and expedite the disposition of a civil action 
filed under this subparagraph to the greatest 
extent practicable. For purposes of this sub-
paragraph, a State or its residents shall be con-
sidered to have been harmed if the State or its 
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residents experience harm, including financial 
harm in excess of $100.’’. 
(f) LIMIT ON INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.—Section 242(f) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1252(f)) is amended by adding at the end following: 
‘‘(3) CERTAIN ACTIONS.—Paragraph (1) shall 
not apply to an action brought pursuant to section 
235(b)(3), subsections (e) or (f) of section 236, or 
section 241(a)(2)(B).’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 7, 
2025. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 10 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 29 
AN ACT 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
take into custody aliens who have been charged 
in the United States with theft, and for other 
purposes. 
FEBRUARY 10, 2025 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
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‘‘(3) for domestically produced biomass fuel by 
a facility that emits from combusted biomass fuel 
more than 25,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide 
equivalent greenhouse gases in a year, the facility 
that combusts the biomass fuel. 
‘‘SEC. 9904. CALCULATION OF TAXABLE EMISSIONS. 
‘‘(a) HOW TO CALCULATE TAXABLE EMISSIONS.— 
In consultation with the Department of Energy, the Ad-
ministrator shall establish by rule (and may, from time 
to time, revise) the method by which taxable emissions 
under this part shall be calculated. 
‘‘(b) CATEGORIES
AND SUBCATEGORIES CONSID-
ERED.—For purposes of calculating emissions taxable 
under— 
‘‘(1) section 9901, the Administrator shall de-
termine by rule the amount of carbon dioxide equiv-
alent that would be emitted if each fossil fuel were 
combusted, and the Administrator may establish by 
rule such subcategories of each fuel and the means 
by which it is combusted as the Administrator deems 
appropriate, 
‘‘(2) section 9902, the Administrator may de-
termine by rule such subcategories of any industrial 
process category listed in subsection 9902(b) as the 
Administrator deems appropriate, and 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3003 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
to rescind a memorandum of understanding related to wildlife damage 
management, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 24, 2025 
Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee 
on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 
of Agriculture to rescind a memorandum of under-
standing related to wildlife damage management, 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 ‘‘Restore M–44 Act’’. 
SEC. 2. RESCISSION OF MOU. 
The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall jointly rescind the Master Memorandum 
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