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Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act

Bill: 119-hr-131
Sponsor: Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Colorado
Pipelines
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act

This bill reduces payments that communities within the Arkansas River Valley must pay to the Bureau of Reclamation for the construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit, a pipeline in Colorado for delivering water from the Pueblo Reservoir to such communities. Specifically, it removes interest payments and extends the repayment period to 100 years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-07-22
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-07-21
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2025-07-21
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3497-3498)
action_date: 2025-07-21
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 H3497-3498)
action_date: 2025-07-21
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 131.
action_date: 2025-07-21
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3497-3498: 1)
action_date: 2025-07-21
text: Mr. Gosar moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2025-07-10
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 152.
action_date: 2025-07-10
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-187.
action_date: 2025-07-10
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-187.
action_date: 2025-06-25
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2025-06-25
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
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
Western Water Accelerated Revenue Repayment Act

Bill: 119-hr-132
Sponsor: Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Public contracts and procurement
Water storage
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Western Water Accelerated Revenue Repayment Act

This bill permanently authorizes a provision under the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act that (1) allows certain water users (e.g., agriculture and municipal water users) in western states to prepay what they owe under contracts with the Bureau of Reclamation for delivering water through a lump sum payment or over a period of three years; and (2) requires a specified portion of the receipts generated from such prepayments be directed to the Reclamation Water Storage Account for the construction of water storage. Such prepayments do not alter certain requirements for the disposition of amounts that are directed by project-specific statutes in effect prior to the passage of the WIIN Act to accounts other than the General Reclamation Fund.


Legislative actions:
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
Protecting American Energy Production Act

Bill: 119-hr-133
Sponsor: Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Protecting American Energy Production Act

This bill prohibits the President from declaring a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing unless Congress authorizes the moratorium. The bill also expresses the sense of Congress that states should maintain primacy (authority) for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on state and private lands.

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a process to extract underground resources such as oil or gas from a geologic formation by injecting water, a propping agent (e.g., sand), and chemical additives into a well under enough pressure to fracture the formation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Protecting our Communities from Sexual Predators Act

Bill: 119-hr-134
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Detention of persons
Immigration status and procedures
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Protecting our Communities from Sexual Predators Act

This bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to detain certain non-U.S. nationals (
aliens
 under federal law) who have been arrested for sexual assault. The bill also provides for the inadmissibility and deportability of certain individuals convicted of sexual assault.

Under this bill, the DOJ must detain an individual who (1) is unlawfully present in the United States, made certain misrepresentations, or did not possess the necessary documents when applying for admission; and (2) has been charged with, arrested for, convicted of, or admits to having committed acts which constitute the essential elements of, an offense involving sexual assault.

The bill also establishes under statute that a conviction for certain crimes related to sexual assault shall be grounds for (1) barring an individual from entering the United States, and (2) deportability. (Under current law, convictions for certain crimes, including crimes involving moral turpitude, are grounds for inadmissibility and deportability.) 


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
Manatee Protection Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-135
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Endangered and threatened species
Mammals

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Manatee Protection Act of 2025

This bill requires the Department of the Interior to include the West Indian manatee (
Trichechus manatus
) in the endangered species list and give the species protections provided to endangered species.


Legislative actions:
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
Veteran Overmedication and Suicide Prevention Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-136
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Family relationships
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Higher education
Hospital care
Marriage and family status
Medicaid
Medical education
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Neurological disorders
Prescription drugs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Veteran Overmedication and Suicide Prevention Act of 2025

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to report on the deaths of covered veterans who died by suicide during the last five years, regardless of whether information relating to such deaths has been reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A covered veteran is any veteran who received VA hospital care or medical services during the five-year period preceding the veteran's death.

Among other elements, the report shall include the total number of covered veterans who died by suicide, violent death, or accidental death, as well as certain demographic information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
TCJA Permanency Act

Bill: 119-hr-137
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Charitable contributions
Disability assistance
Egypt
Foreign property
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax rates
Middle East
Military personnel and dependents
Small business
State and local finance
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Lowering Costs for Caregivers Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-138
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Family relationships
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Sunshine Protection Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-139
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: State and local government operations
Time and calendar

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Sunshine Protection Act of 2025

This bill makes daylight saving time the new, permanent standard time.

States with areas exempt from daylight saving time may choose the standard time for those areas.


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
Hurricane Helene and Milton Tax Relief Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-140
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Hurricane Helene and Milton Tax Relief Act of 2025

This bill increases the tax deduction for charitable contributions related to Hurricanes Helene and Milton relief efforts and makes changes related to distributions and loans from retirement plans and the earned income tax credit (EITC) for eligible individuals impacted by the hurricanes.

The bill increases the maximum tax deduction for charitable contributions to 100% of adjusted gross income for individuals and 20% of taxable income for corporations for qualified hurricane disaster contributions. Further, individuals may claim a deduction for qualified hurricane disaster contributions even if they do not itemize their tax deductions.

The bill defines 
qualified hurricane disaster contributions
, as charitable contributions for Hurricanes Helene and Milton relief efforts made on or after September 28, 2024, and before December 31, 2025. 

The bill also 

eliminates the 10% penalty on early distributions from a qualified retirement plan for up to $100,000 of qualified hurricane disaster distributions to an eligible individual,

allows eligible individuals to include qualified hurricane disaster distributions in income over three years, and

increases the loan amount that may be borrowed from a qualified retirement plan to $100,000 and allows such loans to be repaid over a longer time period.

An 
eligible individual
 is an individual whose principal home during the incident period was in a qualified hurricane disaster area and who sustained economic loss due to Hurricanes Helene or Milton.

Finally, the bill allows eligible individuals to calculate the EITC for the 2024 tax year using 2023 earned income. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Trailer Safety Improvement Act

Bill: 119-hr-141
Sponsor: Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Trailer Safety Improvement Act

This bill requires that state highway safety programs address trailer safety equipment, preventive maintenance, and other aspects of the proper and safe usage of light- and medium-duty trailers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-142
Sponsor: Rep. Cammack, Kat [R-FL-3]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Budget deficits and national debt
Business investment and capital
Competition and antitrust
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Economic performance and conditions
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Industrial policy and productivity
Inflation and prices
Judicial review and appeals
Legislative rules and procedure
Monetary policy
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 20

25

This bill revises provisions relating to congressional review of agency rulemaking.

Specifically, the bill establishes a congressional approval process for a major rule. A major rule may only take effect if Congress approves of the rule. A 
major rule
 is a rule that has resulted in or is likely to result in (1) an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more; (2) a major increase in costs or prices for consumers, individual industries, government agencies, or geographic regions; or (3) significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or the ability of U.S.-based enterprises to compete with foreign-based enterprises.

The bill generally preserves the current congressional review process for a nonmajor rule.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Budget, 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: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Budget, 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: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Budget, 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: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act

Bill: 119-hr-143
Sponsor: Rep. Cammack, Kat [R-FL-3]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act

This bill reduces budgetary levels for certain federal programs that are funded through the annual appropriations process and do not have an authorization of appropriations.

Under the bill, 
budgetary levels
 are spending allocations provided to the congressional appropriations committees by a congressional budget resolution or a deeming resolution. The allocations are provided under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and are often referred to as 302(a) allocations.

The bill applies to programs included in the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO's) annual report listing programs that are funded through the appropriations process and have an authorization of appropriations that has either expired or will expire during the year. 

If a program is listed in the CBO report, the bill requires specified reductions to be implemented over a three-year period and terminates the unauthorized programs at the end of the third unauthorized year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Rules, 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: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Rules, 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: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Rules, 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: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency Act

Bill: 119-hr-144
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Personnel records
Tennessee Valley Authority

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency Act

This bill expands reporting requirements for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). TVA is a government corporation that provides electricity in Tennessee and in portions of several surrounding states. It also provides flood control, navigation, and land management services for the Tennessee River system.

The bill reinstates the requirement for TVA to file an annual financial statement and report with Congress in March. (The requirement was terminated by the Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995.)

The bill also modifies the requirement that the report include the names, salaries, and duties of employees earning more than $1,500 a year. Under the bill, this information is only required for employees earning more than the maximum rate of basic pay for grade GS-13 of the General Schedule.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2025-01-15
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2025-01-15
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 423 - 0 (Roll no. 14). (text: 1/13/2025 CR H105)
action_date: 2025-01-15
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): 423 - 0 (Roll no. 14). (text: 1/13/2025 CR H105)
action_date: 2025-01-15
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H169-170)
action_date: 2025-01-13
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: 2025-01-13
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 144.
action_date: 2025-01-13
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H105-106)
action_date: 2025-01-13
text: Mr. Graves moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2025-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Risk Disclosure and Investor Attestation Act

Bill: 119-hr-145
Sponsor: Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Financial services and investments
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Risk Disclosure and Investor Attestation Act

This bill expands who may be considered an accredited investor for purposes of participating in private offerings of securities. Certain unregistered securities may only be offered to accredited investors.

Specifically, the bill allows an individual to qualify by certifying to the issuer of securities that the individual understands the risks of investment in private issuers. Currently, accredited investors must satisfy certain requirements indicating their reduced exposure to financial risk, including those related to income, net worth, or knowledge and experience.


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
Prohibition on IOER Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-146
Sponsor: Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Federal Reserve System
Financial services and investments
Interest, dividends, interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Prohibition on IOER Act of 2025

This bill prohibits a Federal Reserve bank from paying interest to a depository institution on reserve balances in excess of minimum requirements. 


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