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Midnight Rules Relief Act

Bill: 119-hr-77
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Legislative rules and procedure
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Midnight Rules Relief Act

This bill allows Congress to disapprove multiple regulations under one joint resolution of disapproval if the regulations were submitted for review during a portion of the final year of a President's term.

 Under current law, the Congressional Review Act generally provides for a period of additional review during the succeeding Congress for regulations that were submitted during the last 60 legislative days of the prior Congress. However, each joint resolution may disapprove of only one regulation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-13
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-12
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2025-02-12
text: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 212 - 208 (Roll no. 41). (text: CR H654)
action_date: 2025-02-12
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 212 - 208 (Roll no. 41). (text: CR H654)
action_date: 2025-02-12
text: On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 205 - 213 (Roll no. 40).
action_date: 2025-02-12
text: The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
action_date: 2025-02-12
text: Ms. Jacobs moved to recommit to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR H662)
action_date: 2025-02-12
text: The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
action_date: 2025-02-12
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 77.
action_date: 2025-02-12
text: Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 77 with 1 hour of general debate. Motion to recommit allowed. Bill is closed to amendments.
action_date: 2025-02-12
text: Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 122. (consideration: CR H654-663)
action_date: 2025-02-11
text: Rule H. Res. 122 passed House.
action_date: 2025-02-10
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 122 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 77 with 1 hour of general debate. Motion to recommit allowed. Bill is closed to amendments.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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 the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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
Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-78
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act of 2025

This bill establishes requirements for physicians who perform abortions and abortion clinics.

Specifically, the bill requires a physician who performs an abortion (1) to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital; and (2) at the time of the abortion, to notify the patient of the hospital location where the patient can receive follow-up care if complications arise.

A physician who fails to comply is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to two years, or both. A woman who undergoes an abortion may not be prosecuted.

The bill also requires an abortion clinic, in order to receive federal funds or assistance, to (1) be licensed by the state in which it is located, and (2) be in compliance with federal standards for ambulatory surgical centers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 the Judiciary, 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
Freedom from Mandates Act

Bill: 119-hr-79
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Labor
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public contracts and procurement
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Freedom from Mandates Act

This bill nullifies certain executive orders regarding COVID-19 safety and prohibits the Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services (HHS) from taking specified actions with respect to vaccination against COVID-19.

Specifically, the bill nullifies Executive Order 14042 (relating to ensuring adequate COVID-19 safety protocols for federal contractors) and Executive Order 14043 (requiring COVID-19 vaccination for federal employees).

Labor may not issue any rule requiring employers to mandate vaccination of employees against COVID-19 or requiring testing of employees who are unvaccinated.

HHS may not (1) require a health care provider, as a condition of participation in the Medicare or Medicaid program, to mandate vaccination of employees against COVID-19 or require testing of employees who are unvaccinated; or (2) otherwise penalize such a provider for failure to mandate such vaccination or require such testing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Drain the Intelligence Community Swamp Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-80
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Drain the Intelligence Community Swamp Act of 2025

This bill revokes the security clearances of 51 individuals who signed a statement titled 
Public Statement on the Hunter Biden Emails
 and dated October 19, 2020. It also (1) specifies that a security clearance may not be granted or renewed for any of them, and (2) requires the Departments of Defense and Justice to investigate these individuals. 


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 Judiciary, and Armed Services, 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 Judiciary, and Armed Services, 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 Judiciary, and Armed Services, 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
Travel Mask Mandate Repeal Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-81
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Travel Mask Mandate Repeal Act of 2025

This bill prohibits federal agencies from imposing a mandate related to COVID-19 that requires the use of face masks on conveyances (e.g., planes, trains, and buses) and at transportation hubs.

Further, the bill nullifies (1) the emergency order issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on January 29, 2021, that mandates such use of face masks on public and commercial conveyances and at transportation hubs, and (2) orders and directives of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) that relate to the CDC order.

As background, the CDC and TSA ceased enforcement of the emergency order following an April 18, 2022, court order. Further, the COVID-19 public health emergency expired on May 11, 2023.


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 Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Defund National Endowment for the Humanities Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-82
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Humanities programs funding
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Defund National Endowment for the Humanities Act of 2025

This bill prohibits the use of any funds that are made available to the National Endowment for the Humanities of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities to carry out the functions, programs, or activities of such endowment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Ending Common Core and Expanding School Choice Act

Bill: 119-hr-83
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Ending Common Core and Expanding School Choice Act

 
This bill revises requirements related to federal education funding for disadvantaged children. Specifically, the bill (1) eliminates the standards, assessments, and academic accountability requirements for state and local educational agencies that receive federal funds for the education of disadvantaged children; (2) requires such funds to be allocated based on the number of children residing in each state who are living in poverty; and (3) allows educational agencies to distribute per-pupil amounts from such funds to parents for qualified elementary and secondary education expenses.
 
The bill prohibits federal officers or employees from mandating academic standards, assessments, curricula, or accountability systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Native American Education Opportunity Act

Bill: 119-hr-84
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Licensing and registrations
Minority education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
User charges and fees
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Native American Education Opportunity Act

 
This bill addresses education savings account programs and charter schools for tribal students. 
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Education and the Department of the Interior, at the request of federally recognized Indian tribes, to provide funds to tribes for tribal-based education savings account programs. Tribes must use these funds to award grants to education savings accounts for students who (1) attended or will be eligible to attend a school operated by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE); or (2) will not be attending a school operated by the BIE, receiving an education savings account from another tribe, or attending public elementary or secondary school while participating in the program.
 
Funds may be used for items and activities such as costs of attendance at private schools, private tutoring and online learning programs, textbooks, educational software, or examination fees. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must review the implementation of these education savings account programs, including any factors impacting increased participation in such programs.
 
Additionally, the bill authorizes the BIE to approve and fund charter schools at any school that it operates or funds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Flexibility Act

Bill: 119-hr-85
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Small Business Flexibility Act

This bill provides statutory authority for the pooling of tips among two pools of employees. The first pool consists of employees who customarily and regularly receive tips (as is permitted under the current statute). The second pool consists of (1) employees who customarily and regularly receive tips and are paid at least minimum wage, and (2) employees who do not customarily and regularly receive tips. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
NOSHA Act

Bill: 119-hr-86
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Department of Labor
Executive agency funding and structure
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Nullify Occupational Safety and Health Administration Act or the NOSHA Act

This bill abolishes the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and its functions. OSHA, which is part of the Department of Labor, sets and enforces workplace safety and health standards and provides related training, outreach, education, and assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Our Children from the CDC Act

Bill: 119-hr-87
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Protecting Our Children from the CDC Act

This bill prohibits the inclusion of any COVID-19 vaccine on the child and adolescent immunization schedule (which lists the vaccines recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for those populations) unless all clinical data related to the safety and efficacy of the vaccine is published on the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


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
Medical Innovation Acceleration Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-88
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Medical Innovation Acceleration Act of 2025

This bill exempts noninvasive diagnostic devices from the regulatory authority of the Food and Drug Administration.

The bill defines 
noninvasive diagnostic device
 as one that does not penetrate the skin or any other membrane of the body, is not inserted or implanted into the body, causes no more than ephemeral compression or temperature changes to in situ bodily tissues, and does not subject bodily tissues to ionizing radiation.


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
Prescription Freedom Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-89
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Prescription drugs
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Prescription Freedom Act of 2025

This bill generally eliminates the authority of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to require that a drug be dispensed only with a prescription. However, the FDA may continue to require a prescription for any drug intended for terminating a pregnancy.


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
Health Coverage Choice Act

Bill: 119-hr-90
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Health Coverage Choice Act

This bill extends the maximum duration of short-term, limited-duration health insurance plans. The bill increases the maximum authorized initial term of such plans to a period that is less than 12 months (with a total duration of no more than 36 months, including renewals).

Current regulations limit the initial term to no more than three months and the maximum coverage duration to no more than four months, including renewals or extensions.


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
Freedom for Farmers Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-91
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Environmental health
Executive agency funding and structure
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Freedom for Farmers Act of 

2025

This bill abolishes the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Currently, this agency, which is part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), investigates and responds to environmental exposures to hazardous substances in communities. The bill requires HHS to transfer authority regarding certain national disease and toxic exposure registries to another appropriate HHS entity.


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
Strategic Production Response and Implementation Act

Bill: 119-hr-92
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Strategic Production Response and Implementation Act

This bill modifies the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prohibit the Department of Energy (DOE) from drawing down petroleum products in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until DOE develops and implements a plan to increase the percentage of federal lands leased for oil and gas production. The increase must be equal to the percentage of petroleum in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve that is to be drawn down. However, the bill does not apply to a drawdown of petroleum products in the case of a severe energy supply interruption, which is permitted under current law. 

The plan must not provide for a total increase in the percentage of federal lands leased for oil and gas production in excess of 10%.


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