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Border Safety and Security Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-318
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

Border Safety and Security Act of 2025

This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to suspend the entry of any non-U.S. nationals (
aliens
 under federal law) without valid entry documents during any period when DHS cannot detain such an individual or return the individual to a foreign country contiguous to the United States. A state may sue DHS to enforce this requirement.

(Under current law, non-U.S. nationals who arrive at the border without entry documents are generally subject to expedited removal. However, if such an individual is found to have a credible fear of persecution, they are typically subject to detention while their asylum claim is being considered.)

The bill also authorizes DHS to suspend the entry of non-U.S. nationals without entry documents at the border if DHS determines that such a suspension is necessary to achieve operational control over such a border.


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 Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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
To authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho.

Bill: 119-hr-319
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Federal district courts
Idaho
Judges

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 
This bill increases from two to three the total number of U.S. district court judgeships for the District of Idaho. The President must appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, one additional judge for that judicial district.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Make Marriage Great Again Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-320
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

Make Marriage Great Again Act of 2025

This bill modifies the federal income tax rate brackets for married individuals filing joint federal income tax returns so that they are twice the amount of the federal income tax rate brackets for unmarried individuals filing federal income tax returns (thus eliminating the tax effect commonly known as the marriage penalty). Further, the bill eliminates the federal income tax rate brackets for married individuals filing separate federal income tax returns for tax years beginning after December 31, 2024. (An income tax rate bracket is a range of income that is taxed at a specific percentage to determine an individual’s income tax liability.)

Thus, under the bill, the federal income tax rate bracket amounts that apply to a married individual are either (1) the individual federal income tax rate bracket amounts if such individual files an individual federal income tax return, or (2) twice such amounts if the individual files a joint federal income tax return with their spouse.


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
FLY Act

Bill: 119-hr-321
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

Fast Lane for Youths Act or the FLY Act

This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to allow caregivers, parents, and guardians who already qualify for the TSA PreCheck program to accompany minors and passengers needing assistance to their flights. The TSA PreCheck program expedites traveler screening through participating TSA security checkpoints. 

Specifically, the FAA and the TSA must collaborate to establish a system to expedite gate passes and flight access procedures for these individuals. The system must ensure that these caregivers, parents, and guardians are provided up to two gate passes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 Transportation and Infrastructure, 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
Import Security and Fairness Act

Bill: 119-hr-322
Sponsor: Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Customs enforcement
Department of the Treasury
Government information and archives
Tariffs

Summary:

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
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 80 Prospect Street in Avon, New York, as the "Officer Anthony Mazurkiewicz Memorial Post Office Building".

Bill: 119-hr-323
Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
New York State
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: This bill designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 80 Prospect Street in Avon, New York, as the "Officer Anthony Mazurkiewicz Memorial Post Office Building".

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-04-30
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 15.
action_date: 2025-04-30
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
PPP Shell Company Discovery Act

Bill: 119-hr-324
Sponsor: Rep. Timmons, William R. [R-SC-4]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

PPP Shell Company Discovery Act

This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to compile a list of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan recipients whose loans were forgiven under the program.

Additionally, the IRS must compile (1) a list of such loan recipients who did not withhold payroll taxes in 2019, and (2) a list of loan such recipients for which the aggregate amount of PPP loans exceeded four times the greatest amount of wages paid by the recipient during a calendar month in 2019.

The IRS must notify the Department of Justice when the lists are complete.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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 Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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
To designate a peak in the State of Nevada as Maude Frazier Mountain, and for other purposes.

Bill: 119-hr-325
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Nevada
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 
This bill designates the peak of Frenchman Mountain in Nevada as the Maude Frazier Mountain.


Legislative actions:
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
Border Wall Waste Accountability Act

Bill: 119-hr-326
Sponsor: Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

Border Wall Waste Accountability Act

This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report to Congress on the total cost of unused construction materials that were obtained for construction of a U.S.-Mexico border wall from January 20, 2021, through January 20, 2025.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Valor Earned Not Stolen Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-327
Sponsor: Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Congressional tributes
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Government studies and investigations
Military history

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

Valor Earned Not Stolen Act of 2025

This bill increases the maximum prison term—from one year to three years—for an individual who falsely claims to be the recipient of certain military awards (e.g., a Medal of Honor or Purple Heart) with the intent to obtain money, property, or other tangible benefit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
REVOCAR Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-328
Sponsor: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Department of the Treasury
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Human rights
Latin America
Oil and gas
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sanctions
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
U.S. and foreign investments
Venezuela

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

Revoke Exemptions for Venezuelan Oil to Curb Autocratic Repression Act of 2025 or the REVOCAR Act of 2025

This bill prohibits U.S. investment in Venezuela's energy sector.

Specifically, the bill prohibits any transaction by a U.S. person (individual or entity) to invest, trade, or operate within Venezuela's energy sector and any transaction that attempts to evade such prohibition. This prohibition includes the provision of goods, services, or finance to (1) Venezuela's state-owned oil and natural gas company (Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A.), its subsidiaries, representatives, or related companies; or (2) the regime of Nicolas Maduro or any nondemocratic successor government in Venezuela. 

The prohibitions of this bill terminate on the earlier of December 31, 2027, or the date the President submits a determination to Congress that the Maduro regime has recognized the July 28, 2024, electoral victory of Edmundo Gonzalez and relinquished power to the democratically elected government.

The President may waive these prohibitions on a case-by-case basis for not more than 90 days after determining such a waiver is vital to U.S. national security interests and submitting a report to Congress. Such waivers may be renewed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Penalty Free Withdrawal Act

Bill: 119-hr-329
Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax deferral
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

Expanding Penalty Free Withdrawal Act

This bill allows an individual who is unemployed for a certain period of time to take early distributions from a qualified retirement plan without paying an additional tax on such distributions, subject to limitations.

Under current law, a 10% additional tax is imposed on early distributions from a qualified retirement plan unless an exception applies. 

This bill expands the list of exceptions to include distributions from a qualified retirement plan made (1) to an individual who is unemployed and receives federal or state unemployment compensation for 26 consecutive weeks (or the maximum number of weeks allowed under state law) and (2) in the same tax year that the unemployment compensation is paid or the following tax year. However, under the bill, the 10% additional tax applies to distributions from a qualified retirement plan made after an individual is employed for at least 60 days following a period of unemployment.

The bill limits the amount that may be distributed to an unemployed individual from a qualified retirement plan free from the 10% additional tax to the lesser of (1) $50,000 in distributions from all of an individual’s qualified plans over a one-year period, or (2) the greater of $10,000 or half the fair market value of an individual’s qualified retirement plans and the nonforfeitable portion of an individual's defined contribution plans.

 


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
Organ Donation Referral Improvement Act

Bill: 119-hr-330
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Hospital care
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

Organ Donation Referral Improvement Act

This bill requires the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) in the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct a study on hospitals’ use of electronic automated referrals for organ donations. The bill defines 
electronic automated referral
 as an electronic system that uses electronic health records to identify patients who are potential organ donors and automatically refers those patients to organ procurement organizations. 

The ASPE must include specified components in the study, including identifying benefits, reviewing best practices, and developing recommendations for the use of electronic automated referrals for organ donations. 


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
Travel Trailer and Camper Tax Parity Act

Bill: 119-hr-332
Sponsor: Rep. Yakym, Rudy [R-IN-2]
Introduced: 2025-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-13
text: 

Travel Trailer and Camper Tax Parity Act

This bill expands the exclusion of interest on floor plan financing from the limit on the tax deduction for business interest expenses to include interest on floor plan financing of certain non-motorized, towable campers and trailers. 

Under current law, the tax deduction for business interest expenses is generally limited to 30% of adjusted taxable income. (Some exceptions apply.) However, under current law, interest on floor plan financing (financing used to acquire inventory for sale or lease) of motorized vehicles (e.g., self-propelled vehicles designed to transport people) is excluded from the limit on the tax deduction for business interest expenses.

Under the bill, the exclusion of interest on floor plan financing from the limit on the tax deduction for business interest expenses is expanded to include interest on floor plan financing of any camper or trailer designed to (1) provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or seasonal use; and (2) be towed by, or affixed to, a motor vehicle. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2025-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act

Bill: 119-hr-333
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2]
Introduced: 2025-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-13
text: 

Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act

 
This bill modifies provisions related to military retired pay. Specifically, the bill authorizes veterans with a service-connected disability of less than 50% to concurrently receive both retired pay and disability compensation. The bill also makes qualified disability retirees with less than 20 years of retirement-creditable service eligible for concurrent receipt, subject to specified reductions in retired pay.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2025-01-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2025-01-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2025-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to establish technical and procedural standards for artificial or prerecorded voice systems created through generative artificial intelligence, and for other purposes.

Bill: 119-hr-334
Sponsor: Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12]
Introduced: 2025-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-13
text: 
This bill provides statutory authority for the application of certain technical and procedural standards to systems that transmit artificial or prerecorded telephone messages generated using artificial intelligence.

Specifically, the standards require (1) that such messages clearly identify and state the telephone number or address of the individual or entity initiating the call, and (2) that any system making such phone calls release a recipient’s telephone line within five seconds of notification that the recipient has ended the call. Such standards are prescribed and implemented by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and apply under current law to any system used to transmit an artificial or prerecorded voice message by telephone. 

The bill also permits the FCC to apply the standards to other technologies used to transmit artificial and prerecorded telephone messages as it deems appropriate. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2025-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Repeal the NFA Act

Bill: 119-hr-335
Sponsor: Rep. Burlison, Eric [R-MO-7]
Introduced: 2025-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2025-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-13
text: Introduced in House
HEADWAY Act

Bill: 119-hr-336
Sponsor: Rep. Ciscomani, Juan [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2025-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Preschool education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-13
text: 

Head start Education And Development Workforce Advancement and Yield Act or the HEADWAY Act

This bill allows some teachers in Early Head Start programs to teach while in the process of earning their Child Development Associate (CDA) credential and completing training.

Currently, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must ensure that all teachers providing direct services to children and families in Early Head Start centers (1) have a minimum of a CDA credential and have been trained in early childhood development, and (2) have been trained in early childhood development with a focus on infant and toddler development.

The bill revises this requirement by requiring at least one teacher per classroom (instead of all teachers) to have a CDA credential and training. In particular, the bill requires HHS to ensure that (1) each additional teacher providing direct services to children and families is in the process of earning a CDA credential and completing training, and (2) the Early Head Start agency provides a mentor to oversee the progress and guide the work of a teacher who is in the process of earning a CDA credential and completing training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
action_date: 2025-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-13
text: Introduced in House
To provide technical and financial assistance for groundwater recharge, aquifer storage, and water source substitution projects.

Bill: 119-hr-337
Sponsor: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21]
Introduced: 2025-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Water resources funding
Water storage

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-13
text: 
This bill modifies the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to allow unobligated balances of amounts made available to the Bureau of Reclamation for western water infrastructure to be made available to Reclamation for FY2026-2031 to provide financial or technical assistance for (1) groundwater recharge projects, (2) aquifer storage and recovery projects, or (3) water source substitution for aquifer protection projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-13
text: Introduced in House