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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3196 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit helicopter flights near 
Statue of Liberty National Monument, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 5, 2025 
Mr. NADLER (for himself, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Ms. MENG, 
Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, and Mrs. MCIVER) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit helicopter 
flights near Statue of Liberty National Monument, 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 ‘‘Improving Helicopter 
Safety Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON HELICOPTER FLIGHTS NEAR 
STATUE OF LIBERTY NATIONAL MONUMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 447 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 44749. Prohibition on helicopter flights near Stat-
ue of Liberty National Monument 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this section, no person may operate 
a civil helicopter in covered airspace except as provided 
for under subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.—The pro-
hibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to a flight 
carried out for purposes of public health and safety, 
including— 
‘‘(A) law enforcement; 
‘‘(B) emergency response; 
‘‘(C) disaster response; 
‘‘(D) the provision of medical services; and 
‘‘(E) providing other services for the ben-
efit of the general public, including flights car-
ried out for research or for official purposes by 
a news organization. 
‘‘(2) INFRASTRUCTURE
MAINTENANCE.—The 
prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to a 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3198 
To create intergovernmental coordination between State, local, Tribal, and 
territorial jurisdictions, and the Federal Government to combat United 
States reliance on the People’s Republic of China and other covered 
countries for critical minerals and rare Earth metals, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 5, 2025 
Mr. OBERNOLTE (for himself and Ms. LEE of Nevada) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To create intergovernmental coordination between State, 
local, Tribal, and territorial jurisdictions, and the Fed-
eral Government to combat United States reliance on 
the People’s Republic of China and other covered coun-
tries for critical minerals and rare Earth metals, 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 ‘‘Intergovernmental 
Critical Minerals Task Force Act’’. 
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fecting interstate or foreign commerce, any pro-
hibited wildlife species or prohibited primate 
species; or 
‘‘(B) to breed or possess any prohibited 
wildlife species or prohibited primate species.’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘or 
prohibited primate species’’ after ‘‘prohibited 
wildlife species’’ each place it appears; and 
(B) by striking subparagraphs (D) and (E) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(D) an entity or individual that has cus-
tody of any prohibited wildlife species or prohib-
ited primate species for the purpose of expedi-
tiously transporting the prohibited wildlife spe-
cies or prohibited primate species, as applicable, 
to an entity or individual described in this para-
graph with respect to the species; 
‘‘(E) an entity or individual that is in pos-
session of any prohibited wildlife species or pro-
hibited primate species that was born before the 
date of the enactment of the Big Cat Public 
Safety Act, with respect to a prohibited wildlife 
species, or the Captive Primate Safety Act of 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3199 
To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit certain activities 
involving prohibited primate species, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 5, 2025 
Mr. QUIGLEY (for himself, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. MACE, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. STANSBURY, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 
CASTEN, Ms. TITUS, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Mr. THANEDAR, Mr. CON-
NOLLY, Ms. CHU, Mr. LEVIN, and Mr. LIEU) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit 
certain activities involving prohibited primate species, 
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 ‘‘Captive Primate Safety 
Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES INVOLVING 
PROHIBITED PRIMATE SPECIES. 
(a) DEFINITION
OF PROHIBITED PRIMATE SPE-
CIES.—Section 2 of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 
(16 U.S.C. 3371) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (h) through (l) 
as subsections (i) through (m), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(h) PROHIBITED PRIMATE SPECIES.—The term 
‘prohibited primate species’ means any live species of 
nonhuman primate, including species of chimpanzee, 
galago, gibbon, gorilla, lemur, loris, monkey, orangutan, 
tarsier, or any hybrid of such species.’’. 
(b) PROHIBITED ACTS.—Section 3(e) of the Lacey 
Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3372(e)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and all that fol-
lows through the period at the end of the undesig-
nated matter following subparagraph (B) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), it is unlawful for any person— 
‘‘(A) to import, export, transport, sell, re-
ceive, acquire, or purchase in interstate or for-
eign commerce, or in a manner substantially af-
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Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.)’’. 
(2) Section 6(b) of the Lacey Act Amendments 
of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3375(b)) is amended— 
(A) in the matter preceding the proviso, by 
striking ‘‘Attorney General;’’ and inserting ‘‘At-
torney General:’’; and 
(B) in the first sentence of the proviso, by 
striking ‘‘subpena’’ and inserting ‘‘subpoena’’. 
(3) Section 8(a) of the Lacey Act Amendments 
of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3377(a)) is amended by striking 
‘‘Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 
1976’’ and inserting ‘‘Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act’’. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 319 
To authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 9, 2025 
Mr. SIMPSON (for himself and Mr. FULCHER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To authorize an additional district judgeship for the district 
of Idaho. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DISTRICT JUDGESHIP FOR THE DISTRICT OF 
IDAHO. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall appoint, by 
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 1 addi-
tional district judge for the district of Idaho. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
In order that the table contained in section 133(a) of title 
28, United States Code, will reflect the change in the num-
ber of judgeships authorized by subsection (a), such table 
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is amended by striking the item relating to Idaho and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘Idaho .............................................................................................
3’’. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 31 
To make the assault of a law enforcement officer a deportable offense, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2025 
Mr. 
GARBARINO
(for 
himself, 
Mrs. 
HOUCHIN, 
Ms. 
TENNEY, 
Ms. 
MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. FEENSTRA, and Mr. NUNN of Iowa) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To make the assault of a law enforcement officer a 
deportable offense, 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 Our Law en-
forcement with Immigration Control and Enforcement Act 
of 2025’’ or the ‘‘POLICE Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. ASSAULT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. 
Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
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‘‘(G) ASSAULT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OF-
FICER.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Any alien who has 
been convicted of, who admits having com-
mitted, or who admits committing acts 
which constitute the essential elements of, 
any offense involving assault of a law en-
forcement officer is deportable. 
‘‘(ii) 
CIRCUMSTANCES.—The 
cir-
cumstances referred to in clause (i) are 
that the law enforcement officer was as-
saulted— 
‘‘(I) while he or she was engaged 
in the performance of his or her offi-
cial duties; 
‘‘(II) because of the performance 
of his or her official duties; or 
‘‘(III) because of his or her sta-
tus as a law enforcement officer. 
‘‘(iii) DEFINITIONS.—In this subpara-
graph— 
‘‘(I) the term ‘assault’ has the 
meaning given that term in the juris-
diction where the act occurred; and 
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‘‘(II) the term ‘law enforcement 
officer’ is a person authorized by 
law— 
‘‘(aa) to engage in or super-
vise the prevention, detention, in-
vestigation, or prosecution, or the 
incarceration of any person for 
any criminal violation of law; 
‘‘(bb) to apprehend, arrest, 
or prosecute an individual for 
any criminal violation of law; or 
‘‘(cc) to be a firefighter or 
other first responder.’’. 
SEC. 3. REPORT ON ALIENS DEPORTED FOR ASSAULTING A 
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. 
On an annual basis, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall submit to Congress and make publicly available 
on the website of the Department of Homeland Security 
a report on the number of aliens who were deported during 
the previous year under section 237(a)(2)(G) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)(G)). 
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‘‘(D) COMPETING BID APPLICATIONS.—A 
covered provider registered under paragraph 
(2)(A) that receives a notification under sub-
paragraph (B)(ii) or a notification under sub-
paragraph (C)(iii) and wishes to submit a com-
peting bid application for provision of qualifying 
connectivity to the eligible land described in 
that notification shall, not later than 120 days 
after the date on which the covered provider 
registered under paragraph (2)(A) receives the 
notification, submit to the Secretary a com-
peting bid application to provide that qualifying 
connectivity in accordance with paragraph (1). 
‘‘(E) EVALUATION.—Not later than 30 
business days after the date on which the 120- 
day period described in subparagraph (D) ends, 
the Secretary shall evaluate the bid applications 
received and select the applicant that— 
‘‘(i) presents the lowest cost to the 
Secretary for the provision of qualifying 
connectivity to the eligible land that is 
unserved or underserved; and 
‘‘(ii) best demonstrates to the covered 
producer the ability to provide downstream 
and upstream transmission capacity that 
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trode active precursor material’ means 
any of the following materials which 
are of a sufficient grade to meet the 
purity specifications to supply the 
electrode active materials market: Co-
balt sulfate, manganese sulfate, iron 
sulfate, lithium hydroxide, metallur-
gical silicon, phosphoric acid, iron 
phosphate, nickel manganese cobalt 
oxide, graphene, sulfur, synthetic or 
natural graphite pitch, or lithium car-
bonate.’’. 
(f) CERTAIN SILICON TREATED
AS APPLICABLE 
CRITICAL MATERIAL.—Section 45X(c)(6) of such Code is 
amended by redesignating subparagraphs (T) through (Z) 
as subparagraphs (U) through (AA), respectively, and by 
inserting after subparagraph (S) the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(T) SILICON.—Silicon which is silicon or 
silicon composite used as an electrode active 
material in battery anodes.’’. 
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to components produced and sold 
after December 31, 2025. 
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cation, established by the International Confed-
eration of Midwives, and 
(B) any professional credentialing require-
ment required to practice midwifery under ap-
plicable State law. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3203 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a penalty for assault 
against journalists, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 5, 2025 
Mr. SWALWELL (for himself and Ms. NORTON) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a penalty 
for assault against journalists, 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 ‘‘Journalist Protection 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ASSAULT AGAINST JOURNALISTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 7 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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ficiaries, including average wait time for an ini-
tial appointment and average travel time to the 
provider. 
(G) An assessment of the effectiveness of 
the pilot program. 
(H) Recommendations for adjustments to 
the pilot program. 
(I) The estimated cost savings as a result 
of improved maternal and fetal health outcomes 
due to the pilot program. 
(J) The Secretary of Defense’s rec-
ommendations relating to changes to the pilot 
program, an extension of the pilot program, and 
whether the pilot program should be expanded 
and made permanent. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The terms ‘‘covered beneficiary’’ and 
‘‘TRICARE program’’ have the meanings given such 
terms in section 1072 of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered midwife’’ means a cer-
tified professional midwife or certified midwife who 
meets— 
(A) the international definition of a mid-
wife, and global standards for midwifery edu-
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3204 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the advanced 
manufacturing investment credit, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 5, 2025 
Ms. TENNEY (for herself, Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. LANGWORTHY, 
Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. MANNION, Mr. TONKO, Mr. 
CAREY, Mr. KENNEDY of New York, Mr. RILEY of New York, Mr. 
HORSFORD, Ms. BALINT, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. SUBRAMANYAM, Mrs. 
KIGGANS of Virginia, Mrs. KIM, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. KHANNA, and Ms. 
STEFANIK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase 
the advanced manufacturing investment credit, 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 ‘‘Building Advanced 
Semiconductors Investment Credit Act’’ or ‘‘BASIC 
ACT’’. 
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SEC. 2. INCREASE OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING IN-
VESTMENT CREDIT. 
(a) CREDIT INCREASE.—Section 48D(a) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘25 per-
cent’’ and inserting ‘‘35 percent’’. 
(b) CREDIT PERIOD EXTENSION.—Section 48D(e) of 
such Code is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2026’’ 
and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2030’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to property placed in service after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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‘‘(4) CONFIGURATION
MANAGEMENT
PLAN.— 
The term ‘configuration management plan’, with re-
spect to a covered provider, means a comprehensive 
description of the roles, responsibilities, policies, and 
procedures intended to improve the integrity of the 
systems and networks of the covered provider. 
‘‘(5) COVERED PRODUCER.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘covered 
producer’ means a person or entity that is di-
rectly engaged in the production of agricultural 
products, including crops or livestock, on eligi-
ble land that is unserved or underserved, such 
that a majority of the gross income of the per-
son or entity is derived from those products. 
‘‘(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘covered pro-
ducer’ includes agricultural research centers of 
the Agricultural Research Service. 
‘‘(6) COVERED PROVIDER.—The term ‘covered 
provider’ means— 
‘‘(A) with respect to the provision of quali-
fied connectivity to eligible land, a provider of 
broadband internet access service; or 
‘‘(B) with respect to the provision of wire-
less solutions using or extending the range of 
network connectivity, a provider of wireless 
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—To apply for assistance 
under subsection (c), a covered provider shall submit 
to the Secretary an application in such manner and 
containing such information as the Secretary may 
require, including— 
‘‘(A) the measures by which the covered 
producer has engaged with the covered provider 
to 
identify 
the 
appropriate 
qualifying 
connectivity plan to serve the eligible land of 
the covered producer; 
‘‘(B) a description of how the assistance 
provided under subsection (c) would be used to 
establish 
qualifying 
connectivity 
on 
the 
unserved or underserved eligible land of a cov-
ered producer, including the entire acreage in 
need of qualifying connectivity; 
‘‘(C) the amount of the Federal share for 
the project and the amount of the non-Federal 
share for the project; 
‘‘(D) whether the covered provider is capa-
ble of carrying out the specific funded activities 
in compliance with all Federal, State, and local 
laws; 
‘‘(E) whether the covered provider has the 
financial and managerial capacity to meet the 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3206 
To provide additional requirements for the purchase and sale of conventional 
mortgages by the enterprises, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 6, 2025 
Mr. GARBARINO (for himself and Mr. VICENTE GONZALEZ of Texas) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Finan-
cial Services 
A BILL 
To provide additional requirements for the purchase and 
sale of conventional mortgages by the enterprises, 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 ‘‘Protecting America’s 
Property Rights Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ENSURING SAFE AND SOUND LIEN AND TITLE PRO-
TECTION PRODUCTS. 
(a) PRUDENTIAL MANAGEMENT.—Section 1108(a) of 
the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and 
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Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4513b(a)) is amended 
by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(12) management of risk related to loss or 
damage suffered by reason of liens, encumbrances 
upon, or defects in the title to such property, or the 
invalidity or unenforceability of any liens or encum-
brances thereon by utilizing third party products 
subject to regulation by— 
‘‘(A) a ‘State insurance authority’ as de-
fined in 15 section 6809(11) of title 15, United 
States Code; or 
‘‘(B) a ‘State regulator’ as defined in sec-
tion 5481(22) of title 12, United States Code.’’. 
(b) CAPITAL STANDARDS.—In establishing minimum 
capital level pursuant to section 4612 of title 12, United 
States Code, the Director shall require the Enterprises to 
hold an additional 1.00 percent of the unpaid principal 
balance of any mortgage purchased by the Enterprises 
that does not meet the requirements of subsection (a). 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION AND COMPLIANCE.—The Di-
rector shall, not later than 180 days after the date of en-
actment of this section, issue such regulations and guid-
ance as necessary to ensure compliance with subsection 
(a), including requiring the Enterprises to verify that any 
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product meeting the definition in subsection (a) is appro-
priately regulated. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘Enterprises’’ shall have the same 
meaning as in section 4502(10) of title 12, United 
States Code; and 
(2) the term ‘‘Director’’ shall have the same 
meaning as in section 4052(9) of title 12, United 
States Code. 
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