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Health Care Affordability Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-247
Sponsor: Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

Health Care Affordability Act of 2025

This bill makes permanent temporary changes enacted by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) that generally expand eligibility for and increase the amount of the premium tax credit.

Currently, eligible taxpayers may be able to claim the premium tax credit, which applies toward the cost of obtaining health insurance through health insurance exchanges. To be eligible for the premium tax credit, a taxpayer’s household income must meet or exceed 100% of the federal poverty level (FPL) and, after 2025, may not exceed 400% of the FPL (maximum income limit). For 2021-2025, the ARPA and IRA eliminated the maximum income limit, which generally expands eligibility for the premium tax credit.

Further, under current law, the amount of the premium tax credit is (1) generally the plan premium (conditions apply), minus (2) the taxpayer’s household income multiplied by the applicable percentage. The applicable percentage is a specific percentage that varies depending on which of six income ranges (adjusted for inflation after 2025) the taxpayer’s household income falls within. For 2021-2025, the ARPA and IRA lowered the applicable percentages and eliminated the adjustment of the applicable percentages for inflation, which generally increases the amount of the premium tax credit.

The bill makes permanent the elimination of the 400% maximum income limit, the lower applicable percentages, and the elimination of the inflation adjustment for the applicable percentages.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Baby Changing on Board Act

Bill: 119-hr-248
Sponsor: Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Disability and health-based discrimination
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
Railroads

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

Baby Changing on Board Act

This bill requires Amtrak passenger rail trains to have a baby changing table in at least one restroom in each car, including in an Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990-compliant restroom. The bill applies to passenger rail trains that are (1) owned and operated by Amtrak, and (2) solicited for purchase after the bill's enactment for use by Amtrak.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-06-10
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2025-06-09
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2025-06-09
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2551-2552)
action_date: 2025-06-09
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2551-2552)
action_date: 2025-06-09
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 248.
action_date: 2025-06-09
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2551-2552)
action_date: 2025-06-09
text: Mr. Ezell moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2025-06-06
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 115.
action_date: 2025-06-06
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 119-146.
action_date: 2025-06-06
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 119-146.
action_date: 2025-04-02
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2025-04-02
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2025-04-02
text: Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Discharged
action_date: 2025-01-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
To redesignate certain facilities at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in honor of Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr.

Bill: 119-hr-249
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Historic sites and heritage areas
Members of Congress
New Jersey
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 
This bill renames a trail and a park within Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park located in Paterson, New Jersey, in honor of Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. Specifically, it renames the Great Falls Scenic Overlook Trail Bridge as the Bill Pascrell, Jr. Scenic Overlook Trail Bridge. It also renames Overlook Park as Bill Pascrell, Jr. Overlook Park.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-05-14
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-05-13
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2025-05-13
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 362 - 50, 2 Present (Roll no. 124). (text: CR H1979)
action_date: 2025-05-13
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 362 - 50, 2 Present (Roll no. 124). (text: CR H1979)
action_date: 2025-05-13
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1986-1987)
action_date: 2025-05-13
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2025-05-13
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 249.
action_date: 2025-05-13
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1979-1980)
action_date: 2025-05-13
text: Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2025-04-17
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 39.
action_date: 2025-04-17
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-62.
action_date: 2025-04-17
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-62.
action_date: 2025-02-12
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2025-02-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a statue of Benjamin Franklin for placement in the Capitol.

Bill: 119-hr-250
Sponsor: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Joint Committee on the Library
Monuments and memorials
U.S. Capitol
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 
This bill requires the Joint Committee on the Library to contract for and place a statue of Benjamin Franklin in the Capitol.

The committee shall place the statue in a permanent public location where it is accessible during a guided tour provided by the Capitol Visitor Center.

The contract must be executed by December 31, 2025, and the statue must be placed by December 31, 2026. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2025-02-26
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2025-02-26
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H854)
action_date: 2025-02-26
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H854)
action_date: 2025-02-26
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 250.
action_date: 2025-02-26
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H854-855)
action_date: 2025-02-26
text: Mr. Steil moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Legal Workforce Act

Bill: 119-hr-251
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

Legal Workforce Act

This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to create an electronic employment eligibility confirmation system modeled after and to replace the E-Verify system, which allows employers and recruiters to verify the immigration status of individuals. The bill also mandates the use of such a system, where currently only some employers, such as those with federal contracts, are required to use E-Verify.

The bill specifies documents that can establish an individual's identity and employment authorization. During the period starting when a job offer is made until three business days after hiring, the individual must attest to his or her employment authorization, and the employer or recruiter must attest that it has examined the individual's required documents.

Employers shall reverify certain types of employees who were not previously verified using E-Verify.

The Social Security Administration shall notify employees if their Social Security number has been used multiple times in an unusual manner. DHS shall establish programs for blocking and suspending misused numbers.

Employers that are required to use the verification system shall not be liable for any employment-related action based on a good-faith reliance on the system.

The bill establishes a phased-in participation deadline for different sizes and categories of employers, including agricultural employers.

The bill increases civil penalties related to hiring individuals without work authorization. It also preempts state laws relating to hiring and employment eligibility verification, but states may use their authority of business licensing to penalize employers for failing to comply with the bill's provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce, 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.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce, 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.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce, 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.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Secure Our Ports Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-252
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Asia
China
Contracts and agency
Europe
Iran
Middle East
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Russia
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

Secure Our Ports Act of 2025

This bill prohibits owners or operators of certain U.S. maritime transportation facilities from contracting for the lease, ownership, or operation of facilities with enterprises partly or wholly owned by China, Iran, North Korea, or Russia. The covered facilities are located at ports in areas that are subject to enhanced transportation security requirements, including the requirement for an Area Maritime Transportation Security Plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-06-10
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2025-06-09
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2025-06-09
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2556)
action_date: 2025-06-09
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2556)
action_date: 2025-06-09
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 252.
action_date: 2025-06-09
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2556-2557)
action_date: 2025-06-09
text: Mr. Ezell moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2025-06-06
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 117.
action_date: 2025-06-06
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 119-148.
action_date: 2025-06-06
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 119-148.
action_date: 2025-04-02
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2025-04-02
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2025-04-02
text: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Discharged
action_date: 2025-01-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Bipartisan Restoring Faith in Government Act

Bill: 119-hr-253
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Family relationships
Financial services and investments
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Members of Congress
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

Bipartisan Restoring Faith in Government Act

 
This bill prohibits Members of Congress (and their spouses and dependents) from purchasing or selling certain investments, such as individual stocks and related financial instruments that are not diversified investment funds, U.S. Treasury securities, or other specified holdings.
 
Members must divest prohibited investments within 90 days by selling them or placing them in a qualified blind trust. The bill also restricts communications between trustees and beneficiaries related to investments held in qualified blind trusts.
 
Members must certify their compliance with the supervising ethics office, which must make the certificates publicly available online.
 
Violations are subject to specified civil penalties. Additionally, losses stemming from a transaction involving a prohibited investment that violates the provisions of the bill may not be deducted from income taxes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
American Science First Act

Bill: 119-hr-254
Sponsor: Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

American Science First Act

 
This bill prohibits the National Science Foundation (NSF) from providing grants or other forms of assistance to certain foreign individuals and entities. Specifically, the NSF may not support any individual or entity that is affiliated or otherwise has a relationship, including but not limited to a research partnership, joint venture, or contract, with
 
 
an entity included on the entity list under the Export Administration Regulations, which identifies foreign entities subject to license requirements for the export, reexport, or transfer of certain items;
 
a Chinese military company operating in the United States or any of its territories or possessions on the list required under the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999, or required under the Mac Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, or any successor list; or
 
any parent, subsidiary, affiliate of, or entity owned by or controlled by any such entity.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Lubbock, Texas, as the "General Bernie Mittemeyer VA Clinic".

Bill: 119-hr-255
Sponsor: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health facilities and institutions
Texas
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 
This bill designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Lubbock, Texas, as the General Bernie Mittemeyer VA Clinic.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
SAVE Act

Bill: 119-hr-256
Sponsor: Rep. Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

Save America’s Valuable Energy Act or the SAVE Act

This bill directs the Department of Energy to prohibit the sale of petroleum products (e.g., crude oil) from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to entities headquartered in Russia, Belarus, Burma, China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, or Venezuela.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
SEC Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-257
Sponsor: Rep. Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

Stop Environmental Calculations Act of 2025 or the SEC Act of 2025 

This bill prohibits the Securities and Exchange Commission from requiring issuers of securities to make climate-related disclosures that are not material to investors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
To cancel certain proposed changes to loan level price adjustments by the Federal National Mortgage Association and credit fees charged by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.

Bill: 119-hr-258
Sponsor: Rep. Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 
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: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
No Funding for Illegal Migrant Billboards Act

Bill: 119-hr-259
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

No Funding for Illegal Migrant Billboards Act

This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from obligating or expending funds to advertise the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman or its functions to the general public. The office’s functions include investigating violations of the rights of individuals in immigration detention, inspecting immigration detention facilities, and providing assistance to individuals affected by the potential misconduct of DHS officers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House