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Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act

Bill: 119-hr-42
Sponsor: Rep. Begich, Nicholas [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Disability assistance
Food assistance and relief
Indian claims
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act

This bill excludes certain settlement trust payments to an Alaska Native or descendant of an Alaska Native who is aged, blind, or disabled for purposes of determining the individual's eligibility for certain need-based federal programs (e.g., the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-07-07
text: Became Public Law No: 119-22.
action_date: 2025-07-07
text: Became Public Law No: 119-22.
action_date: 2025-07-07
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2025-07-07
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2025-07-03
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2025-07-03
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2025-06-23
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2025-06-18
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S3458)
action_date: 2025-06-18
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2025-02-04
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2025-02-04
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H444)
action_date: 2025-02-04
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H444)
action_date: 2025-02-04
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 42.
action_date: 2025-02-04
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H444-445)
action_date: 2025-02-04
text: Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 119-22
Rural 340B Access Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-44
Sponsor: Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Hospital care
Prescription drugs
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Rural 340B Access Act of 2025

This bill makes rural emergency hospitals (REHs) eligible to purchase drugs from manufacturers at discounted prices by participating in the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA’s) 340B drug pricing program. HRSA’s 340B program requires drug manufacturers that participate in the Medicaid program to sell certain outpatient drugs at discounted prices to entities listed as eligible under current law. Additionally, in 2020, Congress established REHs as a new Medicare provider designation for hospitals in rural areas providing emergency department services, observation care, and other outpatient medical and health services for which the annual per patient average length of stay does not exceed 24 hours. The bill adds qualifying REHs to the list of entities that are eligible to participate in the 340B program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
FIND Act

Bill: 119-hr-45
Sponsor: Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Firearm Industry Non-Discrimination Act or the FIND Act

 
This bill prohibits the federal government from entering into contracts with an entity that discriminates against firearm trade associations or businesses that deal in firearms, ammunition, or related products.
 
 Specifically, the bill requires a federal agency to include in each contract for the procurement of goods or services awarded by the agency a clause requiring the prime contractor to certify that it (1) has no policy, practice, guidance, or directive that discriminates against a firearm entity or firearm trade association; and (2) will not adopt a policy, practice, guidance, or directive that discriminates against a firearm entity or firearm trade association during the term of the contract.
 
The bill establishes (1) a similar requirement with respect to subcontracts, and (2) penalties for violations.
 
The bill makes such prohibition inapplicable to a contract for the procurement of goods or services that is a sole-source contract. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Rural Broadband Window of Opportunity Act

Bill: 119-hr-46
Sponsor: Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Rural Broadband Window of Opportunity Act

This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to prioritize the processing of applications for certain rural broadband expansion projects that are located in areas with the shortest construction seasons (e.g., areas with long winters and heavy snowfall).

Specifically, the FCC must prioritize processing such applications for the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) Phase II auction, which aims to facilitate the provision of broadband service to areas that are partially served. (The RDOF program's first phase, which is focused on broadband service for wholly unserved areas, is underway.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
VOICE Restoration Act

Bill: 119-hr-47
Sponsor: Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Victims Of Immigration Crime Engagement Restoration Act or the VOICE Restoration Act

 
This bill establishes the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The office shall provide assistance to victims of crimes committed by non-U.S. nationals (
aliens
 under federal law) who are present in the United States without lawful immigration status. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Ultrasound Informed Consent Act

Bill: 119-hr-48
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Health information and medical records
Medical ethics
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Ultrasound Informed Consent Act

This bill requires abortion providers to conduct an ultrasound before performing an abortion.

Specifically, before a woman gives informed consent to any part of an abortion, the abortion provider must

perform an obstetric ultrasound on the pregnant woman;

provide a simultaneous explanation of what the ultrasound is depicting;

display the ultrasound images so the woman may view them; and

provide a complete medical description of the images, including the dimensions of the embryo or fetus, cardiac activity if present and visible, and the presence of external members and internal organs if present and viewable.

Providers are subject to civil actions and penalties for violations.

The bill's ultrasound requirements do not apply in cases where a physical disorder, illness, or injury endangers a woman's life. A woman is also not required to view the ultrasound images; nor may she or the provider be penalized if she declines to do so.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
No Pro-Abortion Task Force Act

Bill: 119-hr-49
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Health programs administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

No Pro-Abortion Task Force Act

This bill prohibits the use of federal funding for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Reproductive Healthcare Access Task Force or any successor or substantially similar task force.

HHS launched the task force on January 21, 2022, to identify and coordinate departmental activities related to accessing sexual and reproductive health care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
KAMALA Act

Bill: 119-hr-50
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Housing and community development funding
Housing supply and affordability
Immigration status and procedures
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Keeping Aid for Municipalities And Localities Accountable Act or the KAMALA Act

This bill prohibits the use of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding to assist non-U.S. nationals (
aliens
 under federal law) who are not lawfully admitted permanent residents. The CDBG program is administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and provides states, local governments, and Indian tribes with funds for economic and community development.

The bill also specifically prohibits HUD from making a CDBG grant to any state, local government, or Indian tribe that carries out a housing or community development program that assists such individuals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Stop Woke Investing Act

Bill: 119-hr-52
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Business records
Corporate finance and management
Financial services and investments
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Stop Woke Investing Act

This bill requires the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to amend regulations to limit the inclusion of shareholder proposals in proxy statements. A proxy statement is provided to shareholders prior to a public company holding a shareholder meeting and contains information relevant to a shareholder vote. Under current SEC rules, certain qualifying shareholder proposals must be included on a company's proxy statement, including proposals that raise significant social policy issues.

Under the bill, a shareholder proposal must have a material effect on the financial performance of the company to be included in a proxy statement. The bill also establishes a cap on the number of shareholder proposals required to be included in a shareholder meeting, depending on the size and type of the company. In addition, a proposal submitted by a member of the board of directors is prohibited from inclusion as a shareholder proposal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Responsible Borrower Protection Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-53
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Credit and credit markets
Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae)
Housing finance and home ownership
Inflation and prices
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Responsible Borrower Protection Act of 2025

This bill prohibits the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) from implementing changes to the single-family home loan pricing framework for upfront fees on certain home loans, announced in January 2023. The changes revise the fee charts that provide percentage adjustments based on a borrower's credit score and other risk factors. Overall, these changes increase the percentage adjustments, with variations based on the particular risk profile of the loan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
WHO Withdrawal Act

Bill: 119-hr-54
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

WHO Withdrawal Act

This bill requires the President to immediately withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO) and prohibits using any federal funds to provide for U.S. participation in the WHO.

The bill also repeals the 1948 act authorizing the United States to join the WHO.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.

Bill: 119-hr-55
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 
This bill repeals the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. The act established certain voter registration requirements for federal elections, such as the requirement for states to allow individuals to register to vote when they apply for a driver's license. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Secret Service Prioritization Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-56
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Currency
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Secret Service Prioritization Act of 2025

This bill transfers most investigative authorities of the U.S. Secret Service to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). 

Specifically, the bill transfers to the FBI the Secret Service's authority to investigate federal criminal offenses involving (1) certain misconduct in connection with government transportation requests, federal farm loans, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; (2) coins, obligations, and securities of the United States and foreign governments, including counterfeiting of U.S. currency; and (3) financial and computer-based crimes, including identity theft, electronic access fraud, computer fraud, and electronic benefits transfer fraud. 

Under the bill, the Secret Service retains the authority to investigate two categories of federal criminal offenses: (1) threats against the President, President-elect, Vice President, or Vice President-elect; and (2) threats against former Presidents and certain other persons. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Ending Catch and Release Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-57
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Detention of persons
Immigration status and procedures
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Specialized courts

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Ending Catch and Release Act of 2025

This bill changes the treatment of certain non-U.S. nationals (
aliens
 under federal law) without lawful immigration status, including by prohibiting the release of asylum seekers into the United States while their cases are pending.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may not (with some exceptions) release an individual who is not clearly entitled to admission into the United States while the individual's case is pending, even if the individual is an asylum seeker. DHS may instead detain the individual or return the individual to a neighboring country in certain situations.

The bill also expands expedited removal from the United States (i.e., removal without further hearing or review) to include individuals present in the United States without being admitted, with certain exceptions. Under current law, individuals are subject to expedited removal if they lack proper documentation or obtained an immigration benefit through fraud; such individuals are still subject to expedited removal under the bill.

The bill also modifies the standard for establishing a credible fear of persecution to avoid expedited removal. Generally, an asylum seeker may avoid expedited removal if an asylum officer finds such a credible fear. Under this bill, an officer may find credible fear if it is more likely than not the individual can establish their eligibility for asylum, whereas under current law, the officer may find credible fear if there is a 
significant possibility
 that the individual can establish their eligibility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Voter Integrity Protection Act

Bill: 119-hr-58
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Voter Integrity Protection Act

 
This bill imposes additional immigration-related penalties for non-U.S. nationals (
aliens
 under federal law) who vote in an election for federal office.
 
 It shall be an aggravated felony for a non-U.S. national who is unlawfully present to violate an existing prohibition against a non-U.S. national voting in a federal election. (An aggravated felony conviction carries various immigration consequences, such as rendering the non-U.S. national inadmissible, deportable, and barred from establishing good moral character for naturalization.)
 
A non-U.S. national who is unlawfully present and who knowingly violates the prohibition against voting in a federal election shall be deportable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Mens Rea Reform Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-59
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Mens Rea Reform Act of 2025

This bill establishes a default 
mens rea
 standard (i.e., state of mind requirement) for federal criminal offenses—statutory and regulatory—that lack an explicit standard.

The government must generally prove that a defendant acted knowingly with respect to each element of an offense for which the text does not specify a state of mind.

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-06-10
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 13.
action_date: 2025-06-10
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Knife Owners’ Protection Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-60
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Civil actions and liability
Intergovernmental relations
Legal fees and court costs
Motor vehicles
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Knife Owners’ Protection Act of 2025

This bill permits an individual to transport a knife between two places (e.g., states) where knife possession, carry, or transport is legal. The knife must be transported in compliance with the bill's accessibility and secure storage requirements, unless it is an emergency knife or tool designed to cut seat belts.

An individual who is transporting a knife in compliance with this bill may not be arrested or detained for a knife violation unless there is probable cause to believe the individual failed to comply with the accessibility or secure storage requirements. An individual may assert compliance with this bill as a claim or defense in any civil or criminal proceeding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-03-25
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 13 - 10.
action_date: 2025-03-25
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring United Families at the Border Act

Bill: 119-hr-61
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Detention of persons
Family relationships
Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Ensuring United Families at the Border Act

This bill addresses the treatment of children who are non-U.S. nationals (
aliens
 under federal law), including by statutorily establishing that there is no presumption that such a child (other than an unaccompanied child) should not be detained for immigration purposes.

Specifically, the bill states that the detention of such minors shall be governed by specified sections of the Immigration and Nationality Act and not any other provision of law, judicial ruling, or settlement agreement.

(A 1997 settlement agreement, commonly known as the 
Flores
 agreement, imposes requirements relating to the treatment of detained alien minors, including requiring such minors to be released or placed in a nonsecure facility after a certain amount of time in detention.)

If an adult enters the United States unlawfully with their child, the Department of Homeland Security must detain the adult and child together if the only criminal charge against the adult is a misdemeanor for unlawful entry.

This bill also prohibits states from imposing licensing requirements on immigration detention facilities used to detain minors or families with minors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House