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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1005 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 4, 2025 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions 
AN ACT 
To require public elementary and secondary schools to dis-
close certain funds received from, or contracts with, a 
foreign source, 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 ‘‘Combating the Lies 
of Authoritarians in School Systems Act’’ or the ‘‘CLASS 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF FOREIGN FUNDING AND CON-
TRACTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—As a condition on receipt of Fed-
eral financial assistance under any applicable program by 
a public elementary school or a public secondary school, 
the school, not later than 30 days after receiving funds 
in excess of $10,000 in the aggregate from a foreign 
source, or entering into one or more contracts with an ag-
gregate value in excess of $10,000 with a foreign source, 
shall submit to the Secretary of Education a written dis-
closure that identifies— 
(1) the name and country of origin of the for-
eign source; 
(2) in a case in which a school receives funds 
from a foreign source— 
(A) the amount of funds received from 
that source; and 
(B) any terms or conditions applicable to 
the receipt of such funds; and 
(3) in a case in which a school enters into a 
contract with a foreign source, the terms and condi-
tions of such contract. 
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(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘applicable program’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 400 of the Gen-
eral Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1221). 
(2) The terms ‘‘elementary school’’ and ‘‘sec-
ondary school’’ have the meanings given those terms 
in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(3) The term ‘‘Federal financial assistance’’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 7501(a)(5) 
of title 31, United States Code. 
(4) The term ‘‘foreign source’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 117(h) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011f(h)). 
Passed the House of Representatives December 3, 
2025. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1006 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the excise tax 
on investment income of private colleges and universities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2025 
Mr. JOYCE of Ohio (for himself and Ms. MALLIOTAKIS) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify 
the excise tax on investment income of private colleges 
and universities. 
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 ‘‘Higher Education Ac-
countability Tax Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF EXCISE TAX ON INVESTMENT IN-
COME OF PRIVATE COLLEGES AND UNIVER-
SITIES. 
(a) INCREASE IN RATE OF TAX.—Section 4968(a) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 
‘‘1.4 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘10 percent’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN RATE OF TAX FOR IN-
STITUTIONS WITH INCREASES IN NET PRICE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 4968(a) of such 
Code, as amended by subsection (a), is amended by 
inserting ‘‘(20 percent in the case of a net-price-in-
crease institution)’’ after ‘‘10 percent’’. 
(2) NET-PRICE-INCREASE
INSTITUTION.—Sec-
tion 4968(b) of such Code is amended by redesig-
nating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3) and by in-
serting after paragraph (1) the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(2) NET-PRICE-INCREASE INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘net-price-increase institution’ means any appli-
cable educational institution for any taxable year if, 
during the 3-taxable-year period ending with the 
taxable year immediately preceding such taxable 
year, the net price of such institution increased at 
a rate which exceeds the rate of increase in the Con-
sumer Price Index (as defined in section 1(f)(5)) for 
such period. For purposes of the preceding sentence, 
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the term ‘net price’ has the meaning given such 
term by section 132(a)(3) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 1015a(a)(3)) except that 
such price shall be determined by taking into ac-
count all first-time, full-time undergraduate students 
at the institution (in addition to such students who 
receive student aid).’’. 
(c) EXPANSION
OF
INSTITUTIONS
SUBJECT
TO 
TAX.—Section 4968(b)(1)(D) of such Code is amended by 
striking ‘‘$500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$250,000’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2024. 
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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1008 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 298 Route 292 in Holmes, New York, as 
the ‘‘Sheriff Adrian ‘Butch’ Anderson Post Office Build-
ing’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 100 
To amend Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to protect the 
‘‘gig economy’’ and small businesses that operate in large part through 
contractor services from the threat of costly class action litigation, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2025 
Mr. BIGGS of Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 
to protect the ‘‘gig economy’’ and small businesses that 
operate in large part through contractor services from 
the threat of costly class action litigation, 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 ‘‘Protect the Gig Econ-
omy Act of 2025’’. 
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SECTION 1. SHERIFF ADRIAN ‘‘BUTCH’’ ANDERSON POST 
OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 298 Route 292 in Holmes, New 
York, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Sheriff Adri-
an ‘Butch’ Anderson Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Sheriff Adrian ‘Butch’ 
Anderson Post Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 9, 
2025. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1008 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 298 Route 292 in Holmes, 
New York, as the ‘‘Sheriff Adrian ‘Butch’ Ander-
son Post Office Building’’.
I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1008 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
298 Route 292 in Holmes, New York, as the ‘‘Sheriff Adrian ‘Butch’ 
Anderson Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2025 
Mr. LAWLER (for himself, Mr. GARBARINO, Mr. KENNEDY of New York, Ms. 
MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. MENG, Mr. RYAN, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. 
TONKO, Mr. TORRES of New York, and Mr. LATIMER) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 298 Route 292 in Holmes, New York, as 
the ‘‘Sheriff Adrian ‘Butch’ Anderson Post Office Build-
ing’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHERIFF ADRIAN ‘‘BUTCH’’ ANDERSON POST 
OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 298 Route 292 in Holmes, New 
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York, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Sheriff Adri-
an ‘Butch’ Anderson Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Sheriff Adrian ‘Butch’ 
Anderson Post Office Building’’. 
Æ 
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IIB 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1008 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 10, 2025 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 298 Route 292 in Holmes, New York, as 
the ‘‘Sheriff Adrian ‘Butch’ Anderson Post Office Build-
ing’’. 
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. SHERIFF ADRIAN ‘‘BUTCH’’ ANDERSON POST 
OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 298 Route 292 in Holmes, New 
York, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Sheriff Adri-
an ‘Butch’ Anderson Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Sheriff Adrian ‘Butch’ 
Anderson Post Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 9, 
2025. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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SECTION 1. PAUL PIPERATO POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 86 Main Street in Haverstraw, 
New York, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Paul 
Piperato Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Paul Piperato Post 
Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 9, 
2025. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1009 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 86 Main Street in 
Haverstraw, New York, as the ‘‘Paul Piperato 
Post Office Building’’.
I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1009 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
86 Main Street in Haverstraw, New York, as the ‘‘Paul Piperato Post 
Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2025 
Mr. LAWLER (for himself, Mr. GARBARINO, Mr. KENNEDY of New York, Ms. 
MALLIOTAKIS, Ms. MENG, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. RYAN, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. 
TONKO, Mr. TORRES of New York, and Mr. LATIMER) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 86 Main Street in Haverstraw, New York, 
as the ‘‘Paul Piperato Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PAUL PIPERATO POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 86 Main Street in Haverstraw, 
New York, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Paul 
Piperato Post Office Building’’. 
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(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Paul Piperato Post 
Office Building’’. 
Æ 
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IIB 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1009 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 10, 2025 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 86 Main Street in Haverstraw, New York, 
as the ‘‘Paul Piperato Post Office Building’’. 
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. PAUL PIPERATO POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 86 Main Street in Haverstraw, 
New York, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Paul 
Piperato Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Paul Piperato Post 
Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 9, 
2025. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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SEC. 2. PROTECTING THE GIG ECONOMY FROM CLASS AC-
TIONS. 
Rule 23(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(5) 
the 
claim 
does 
not 
allege 
the 
misclassification of employees as independent con-
tractors.’’. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1011 
To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to remove barriers to agricul-
tural producers in accessing funds to carry out emergency measures 
under the emergency conservation program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2025 
Ms. LETLOW introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to remove 
barriers to agricultural producers in accessing funds to 
carry out emergency measures under the emergency con-
servation program, 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 ‘‘Emergency Conserva-
tion Program Improvement Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM. 
Section 401 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 
(16 U.S.C. 2201) is amended— 
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‘‘(3) Any other test or evaluation determined 
appropriate by the Secretary.’’. 
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(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by inserting 
‘‘AND
OTHER
EMERGENCY
CONSERVATION 
MEASURES’’ after ‘‘FENCING’’; and 
(B) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to a payment 
to an agricultural producer under subsection (a) for 
the repair or replacement of fencing, or for other 
emergency measures to rehabilitate farmland or to 
repair or replace a farmland or conservation struc-
ture, the Secretary shall give the agricultural pro-
ducer the option of receiving— 
‘‘(A) before carrying out such replacement 
or rehabilitation, not more than 75 percent of 
the payment for such replacement or rehabilita-
tion, which shall be based on the fair market 
value of the replacement or rehabilitation, as 
determined by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(B) before carrying out such repair, not 
more than 50 percent of the payment for such 
repair, which shall be based on the fair market 
value of the repair, as determined by the Sec-
retary.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(c) WILDFIRES.—A wildfire that causes damage 
with respect to which a payment may be made under sub-
section (a) includes any wildfire that is not caused natu-
rally, including a wildfire that is caused by the Federal 
Government, if the damage is caused by the spread of the 
fire due to natural causes.’’. 
SEC. 3. IMPROVING THE EMERGENCY FOREST RESTORA-
TION PROGRAM. 
Section 407 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 
(16 U.S.C. 2206) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (f); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) ADVANCE PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall give an 
owner of nonindustrial private forest land the option 
of receiving, before the owner carries out emergency 
measures under this section, not more than 75 per-
cent of the cost of the emergency measures, as de-
termined by the Secretary based on the fair market 
value of the cost of the emergency measures using 
the estimated cost of the applicable practice pub-
lished in the Field Office Technical Guide of each 
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State by the Natural Resources Conservation Serv-
ice. 
‘‘(2) RETURN OF FUNDS.—If the funds pro-
vided under paragraph (1) are not expended by the 
end of the 180-day period beginning on the date on 
which the owner of nonindustrial private forest land 
receives those funds, the funds shall be returned 
within a reasonable timeframe, as determined by the 
Secretary.’’. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1012 
To amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to prioritize the acceptance 
of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel from certain civilian 
nuclear power reactors, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2025 
Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. ISSA, Mrs. KIM, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. LAWLER, 
and Mr. PETERS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to prioritize 
the acceptance of high-level radioactive waste or spent 
nuclear fuel from certain civilian nuclear power reactors, 
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 ‘‘Spent Fuel 
Prioritization Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. ACCEPTANCE PRIORITY FOR HIGH-LEVEL RADIO-
ACTIVE WASTE AND SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL. 
Section 302(a) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 
1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222(a)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(7) In determining the order in which the Secretary 
will accept high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear 
fuel for disposal or storage, the Secretary shall prioritize 
high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel from a 
civilian nuclear power reactor based on the operating sta-
tus of the civilian nuclear power reactor, the population 
of the area in which the civilian nuclear power reactor is 
located, the earthquake hazard of the area in which the 
civilian nuclear power reactor is located, and national se-
curity risk related to the continued storage of high-level 
radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel in the area in which 
the civilian nuclear power reactor is located, giving highest 
priority to a civilian nuclear power reactor that is— 
‘‘(A) decommissioned or decommissioning; 
‘‘(B) located in an area, as determined by the 
Secretary, the population of which is the largest; 
‘‘(C) located in an area with the highest hazard 
of an earthquake, as indicated by the Seismic Haz-
ard Maps published by the Director of the United 
States Geological Survey pursuant to section 
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5(b)(3)(J) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction 
Act of 1977; and 
‘‘(D) located in an area, as determined by the 
Secretary (in consultation with the Secretary of De-
fense and the Secretary of Homeland Security), 
where the continued storage of high-level radioactive 
waste or spent nuclear fuel poses a significant na-
tional security concern.’’. 
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