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IA 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 129 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 3, 2025 Mr. Van Orden submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit Members of Congress from receiving compensation for any period during which a Government shutdown is in effect.

That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification: — 1. A Representative or Senator may not receive compensation with respect to any period during which a Government shutdown is in effect. For purposes of this article, a Government shutdown shall be considered to be in effect if there is a lapse in appropriations for any Federal agency or department as a result of a failure to enact a regular appropriations bill or continuing resolution. 2. Congress shall have the power to enforce this article through appropriate legislation. .
IA 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 130 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 8, 2025 Ms. Hageman submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment .

That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment (issued November 20, 2024, as a record of decision and approved resource management plan amendment, and a letter of opinion from the Government Accountability Office dated September 18, 2025, printed in the Congressional Record on September 29, 2025, on pages S6825–S6826, concluding that such record of decision and approved resource management plan is a rule under the Congressional Review Act), and such rule shall have no force or effect.
IA 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 131 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 10, 2025 Mr. Begich submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision .

That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision (issued December 9, 2024, as a record of decision, and a letter of opinion from the Government Accountability Office dated August 25, 2025, printed in the Congressional Record on September 2, 2025, on pages S5557–S5560, concluding that such record of decision is a rule under the Congressional Review Act), and such rule shall have no force or effect.
I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 26 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To prohibit a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting American Energy Production Act . 2. Protecting American energy production (a) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that States should maintain primacy for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on State and private lands. (b) Prohibition on declaration of a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President may not declare a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing unless such moratorium is authorized by an Act of Congress.

Passed the House of Representatives February 7, 2025. Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.
I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 26 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2025 Mr. Pfluger introduced the following bill; which was 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 A BILL To prohibit a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting American Energy Production Act . 2. Protecting American energy production (a) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that States should maintain primacy for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on State and private lands. (b) Prohibition on declaration of a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President may not declare a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing unless such moratorium is authorized by an Act of Congress.
IIA 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 26 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 10, 2025 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources AN ACT To prohibit a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting American Energy Production Act . 2. Protecting American energy production (a) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that States should maintain primacy for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on State and private lands. (b) Prohibition on declaration of a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President may not declare a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing unless such moratorium is authorized by an Act of Congress.

Passed the House of Representatives February 7, 2025. Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.
I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 28 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To amend the Education Amendments of 1972 to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of such Act in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 . 2. Amendment Section 901 of the Education Amendments of 1972 ( 20 U.S.C. 1681 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (d) (1) It shall be a violation of subsection (a) for a recipient of Federal financial assistance who operates, sponsors, or facilitates athletic programs or activities to permit a person whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls. (2) For the purposes of this subsection, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth. (3) For the purposes of this subsection, the term athletic programs and activities includes, but is not limited to, all programs or activities that are provided conditional upon participation with any athletic team. (4) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit a recipient from permitting males to train or practice with an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls so long as no female is deprived of a roster spot on a team or sport, opportunity to participate in a practice or competition, scholarship, admission to an educational institution, or any other benefit that accompanies participating in the athletic program or activity. (e) The Comptroller General shall carry out a study to determine the meaning of the phrase ‘any other benefit’ as used in subsection (d)(4) by looking at benefits to women or girls of participating in single sex sports that would be lost by allowing males to participate. The study shall document the adverse psychological, developmental, participatory, and sociological results to girls of allowing males to compete, be members of a sports team, or participants in athletic programs, that are designed for girls, including displacement or discouragement from sports participation, deprivation of a roster spot on a team or sport, loss of the opportunity to participate in a practice or competition, loss of a scholarship or scholarship opportunities, loss or displacement of admission to an educational institution, deprivation of the benefit of an environment free of hostility based on sexual assault or harassment, or any other benefit that accompanies participating in the athletics program or activity. Further, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report that contains the results of such study. .

Passed the House of Representatives January 14, 2025. Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.
I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 30 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who have been convicted of or who have committed sex offenses or domestic violence are inadmissible and deportable.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act . 2. Inadmissibility and deportability related to sex offenses, domestic violence, stalking, child abuse, or violation of protection order (a) Inadmissibility Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (J) Sex offenses Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of a sex offense (as such term is defined in section 111(5) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 ( 34 U.S.C. 20911(5) )), or a conspiracy to commit such an offense, is inadmissible. (K) Domestic violence, stalking, child abuse, or violation of protection order Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of— (i) a crime of domestic violence (as such term is defined in section 237(a)(2)(E)); (ii) a crime of stalking; (iii) a crime of child abuse, child neglect, or child abandonment; or (iv) a crime of violating the portion of a protection order (as such term is defined in section 237(a)(2)(E)) that involves protection against credible threats of violence, repeated harassment, or bodily injury to the person or persons for whom the protection order was issued, is inadmissible. . (b) Deportability Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (E)— (A) in the heading, by striking crimes against children and and inserting and crimes against children ; and (B) in clause (i), by inserting before the period at the end the following , and includes any crime that constitutes domestic violence, as such term is defined in section 40002(a) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 ( 34 U.S.C. 12291(a) ), regardless of whether the jurisdiction receives grant funding under that Act ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (G) Sex offenses Any alien who has been convicted of a sex offense (as such term is defined in section 111(5) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 ( 34 U.S.C. 20911(5) )) or a conspiracy to commit such an offense, is deportable. .

Passed the House of Representatives January 16, 2025. Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.
I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 30 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2025 Ms. Mace (for herself, Ms. Malliotakis , Ms. Tenney , Mr. Biggs of Arizona , Mr. Nehls , Mr. Perry , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mrs. Houchin , Mr. Ogles , Mr. Fitzgerald , Mr. Stauber , Mr. Owens , Ms. Boebert , Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas , Mr. Nunn of Iowa , and Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who have been convicted of or who have committed sex offenses or domestic violence are inadmissible and deportable.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act . 2. Inadmissibility and deportability related to sex offenses, domestic violence, stalking, child abuse, or violation of protection order (a) Inadmissibility Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (J) Sex offenses Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of a sex offense (as such term is defined in section 111(5) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 ( 34 U.S.C. 20911(5) )), or a conspiracy to commit such an offense, is inadmissible. (K) Domestic violence, stalking, child abuse, or violation of protection order Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of— (i) a crime of domestic violence (as such term is defined in section 237(a)(2)(E)); (ii) a crime of stalking; (iii) a crime of child abuse, child neglect, or child abandonment; or (iv) a crime of violating the portion of a protection order (as such term is defined in section 237(a)(2)(E)) that involves protection against credible threats of violence, repeated harassment, or bodily injury to the person or persons for whom the protection order was issued, is inadmissible. . (b) Deportability Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (E)— (A) in the heading, by striking crimes against children and and inserting and crimes against children ; and (B) in clause (i), by inserting before the period at the end the following , and includes any crime that constitutes domestic violence, as such term is defined in section 40002(a) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 ( 34 U.S.C. 12291(a) ), regardless of whether the jurisdiction receives grant funding under that Act ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (G) Sex offenses Any alien who has been convicted of a sex offense (as such term is defined in section 111(5) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 ( 34 U.S.C. 20911(5) )) or a conspiracy to commit such an offense, is deportable. .
IIB 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 30 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 17, 2025 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary AN ACT To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who have been convicted of or who have committed sex offenses or domestic violence are inadmissible and deportable.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act . 2. Inadmissibility and deportability related to sex offenses, domestic violence, stalking, child abuse, or violation of protection order (a) Inadmissibility Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (J) Sex offenses Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of a sex offense (as such term is defined in section 111(5) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 ( 34 U.S.C. 20911(5) )), or a conspiracy to commit such an offense, is inadmissible. (K) Domestic violence, stalking, child abuse, or violation of protection order Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of— (i) a crime of domestic violence (as such term is defined in section 237(a)(2)(E)); (ii) a crime of stalking; (iii) a crime of child abuse, child neglect, or child abandonment; or (iv) a crime of violating the portion of a protection order (as such term is defined in section 237(a)(2)(E)) that involves protection against credible threats of violence, repeated harassment, or bodily injury to the person or persons for whom the protection order was issued, is inadmissible. . (b) Deportability Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (E)— (A) in the heading, by striking crimes against children and and inserting and crimes against children ; and (B) in clause (i), by inserting before the period at the end the following , and includes any crime that constitutes domestic violence, as such term is defined in section 40002(a) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 ( 34 U.S.C. 12291(a) ), regardless of whether the jurisdiction receives grant funding under that Act ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (G) Sex offenses Any alien who has been convicted of a sex offense (as such term is defined in section 111(5) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 ( 34 U.S.C. 20911(5) )) or a conspiracy to commit such an offense, is deportable. .

Passed the House of Representatives January 16, 2025. Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.
I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 31 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2025 Mr. Garbarino (for himself, Mrs. Houchin , Ms. Tenney , Ms. Malliotakis , Mr. Feenstra , and Mr. Nunn of Iowa ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To make the assault of a law enforcement officer a deportable offense, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Our Law enforcement with Immigration Control and Enforcement Act of 2025 or the POLICE Act of 2025 . 2. Assault of law enforcement officer Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (G) Assault of law enforcement officer (i) In general Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of, any offense involving assault of a law enforcement officer is deportable. (ii) Circumstances The circumstances referred to in clause (i) are that the law enforcement officer was assaulted— (I) while he or she was engaged in the performance of his or her official duties; (II) because of the performance of his or her official duties; or (III) because of his or her status as a law enforcement officer. (iii) Definitions In this subparagraph— (I) the term assault has the meaning given that term in the jurisdiction where the act occurred; and (II) the term law enforcement officer is a person authorized by law— (aa) to engage in or supervise the prevention, detention, investigation, or prosecution, or the incarceration of any person for any criminal violation of law; (bb) to apprehend, arrest, or prosecute an individual for any criminal violation of law; or (cc) to be a firefighter or other first responder. . 3. Report on aliens deported for assaulting a law enforcement officer On an annual basis, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to Congress and make publicly available on the website of the Department of Homeland Security a report on the number of aliens who were deported during the previous year under section 237(a)(2)(G) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)(G) ).
I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 32 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2025 Mr. LaLota (for himself, Mr. Feenstra , Mrs. Houchin , Mr. McCaul , and Mr. Nunn of Iowa ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To provide that sanctuary jurisdictions that provide benefits to aliens who are present in the United States without lawful status under the immigration laws are ineligible for Federal funds intended to benefit such aliens.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act . 2. Sanctuary jurisdiction defined (a) In general Except as provided under subsection (b), for purposes of this Act, the term sanctuary jurisdiction means any State or political subdivision of a State that has in effect a statute, ordinance, policy, or practice that prohibits or restricts any government entity or official from— (1) sending, receiving, maintaining, or exchanging with any Federal, State, or local government entity information regarding the citizenship or immigration status (lawful or unlawful) of any individual; or (2) complying with a request lawfully made by the Department of Homeland Security under section 236 or 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226 and 1357) to comply with a detainer for, or notify about the release of, an individual. (b) Exception A State or political subdivision of a State shall not be deemed a sanctuary jurisdiction based solely on its having a policy whereby its officials will not share information regarding, or comply with a request made by the Department of Homeland Security under section 236 or 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226 and 1357) to comply with a detainer regarding, an individual who comes forward as a victim or a witness to a criminal offense. 3. Sanctuary jurisdictions ineligible for certain Federal funds Beginning on the earlier of the date that is 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act or the first day of the fiscal year that begins after the date of enactment of this Act, a sanctuary jurisdiction is ineligible to receive any Federal funds that the sanctuary jurisdiction intends to use for the benefit (including the provision of food, shelter, healthcare services, legal services, and transportation) of aliens who are present in the United States without lawful status under the immigration laws (as such terms are defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act). 4. Report on noncompliance Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report that includes a list of States, and political subdivisions of States, that have failed to comply with requests described in section 2(a)(2).
I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 34 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2025 Mr. Gosar introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources , and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture , 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 A BILL To deposit portions of revenue generated from public lands into the Social Security Trust Fund.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Land And Social Security Optimization Act or LASSO Act . 2. Public land revenue for Social Security Trust Fund (a) In general Notwithstanding any other law, each fiscal year, 10 percent of amounts collected by the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture from the revenue generated by covered public lands during the preceding fiscal year shall be deposited into the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Trust Fund established under section 201(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 401(a) ). (b) Rules of construction Nothing in this Act shall be construed as— (1) authorizing the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture to raise the price of any of the activities through which revenue is generated on covered public lands; or (2) reducing amounts made available to States, Indian Tribes, territories, or local governments from revenue generated by covered public lands. (c) Covered public lands defined In this Act, the term covered public lands means any land under the administrative jurisdiction— (1) of the Department of the Interior, including submerged lands on the Outer Continental Shelf (as such term is defined in section 2 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1331 ); or (2) the Forest Service.
I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 37 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2025 Mr. Yakym introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL Proposing a Federal debt limit amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within 7 years after the date of its submission for ratification: — 1. Total amount of debt, including debt held by the public and intragovernmental debt, of the United States Government may not be greater than 130 percent of the Gross Domestic Product of the United States during the first fiscal year this article is in effect. Each subsequent fiscal year the limitation in the previous sentence shall be reduced by 1 percent until such limitation is equal to 120 percent, which shall then be the limitation for purposes of this section for each subsequent fiscal year. 2. Total Federal debt, including debt held by the public and intragovernmental debt, may not exceed the levels prescribed under section 1 unless three-fifths of the whole number of each House of Congress shall provide by law for a specific excess of such debt for specified reasons by a rollcall vote each fiscal year. 3. Prior to each fiscal year, the President shall transmit to the Congress a proposed budget for the United States Government for that fiscal year, and the subsequent 5-year period, in which total debt does not exceed the limit set forth in section 1. 4. The Congress may waive the provisions of this article in connection with defense spending for any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is in effect. The provisions of this article may be waived for any fiscal year in which the United States is directly engaged in military conflict which causes an imminent and serious military threat to national security and is so declared by a joint resolution, adopted by a majority of the whole number of each House, which becomes law. Any such waiver must identify and be limited to the specific excess or increase for that fiscal year made necessary by the identified military conflict. 5. The Congress shall implement and enforce this article by appropriate legislation, which may rely on estimates of outlays and receipts. 6. For purposes of this article, Gross Domestic Product shall be the sum of personal consumption expenditures, investment, government spending, and net exports, and shall be determined by the Bureau of Economic Analysis or any successor agency. 7. This article shall take effect beginning with the third fiscal year beginning after its ratification. .
I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 42 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to exclude certain payments to aged, blind, or disabled Alaska Natives or descendants of Alaska Natives from being used to determine eligibility for certain programs, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act . 2. Eligibility for certain programs Section 29(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1626(c) ) is amended, in the undesignated matter following paragraph (3), by striking subparagraph (E) and inserting the following: (E) an interest in a Settlement Trust and, for the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act , an amount distributed from or benefit provided by a Settlement Trust to a Native or descendant of a Native who is an aged, blind, or disabled individual (as defined in section 1614(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1382c(a) )). .

Passed the House of Representatives February 4, 2025. Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.
I One Hundred Nineteenth Congress of the United States of America At the First Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-five H. R. 42 AN ACT To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to exclude certain payments to aged, blind, or disabled Alaska Natives or descendants of Alaska Natives from being used to determine eligibility for certain programs, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act . 2. Eligibility for certain programs Section 29(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1626(c) ) is amended, in the undesignated matter following paragraph (3), by striking subparagraph (E) and inserting the following: (E) an interest in a Settlement Trust and, for the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act , an amount distributed from or benefit provided by a Settlement Trust to a Native or descendant of a Native who is an aged, blind, or disabled individual (as defined in section 1614(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1382c(a) )). .

Speaker of the House of Representatives. Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.
I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 42 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2025 Mr. Begich introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to exclude certain payments to aged, blind, or disabled Alaska Natives or descendants of Alaska Natives from being used to determine eligibility for certain programs, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act . 2. Eligibility for certain programs Section 29(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1626(c) ) is amended, in the undesignated matter following paragraph (3), by striking subparagraph (E) and inserting the following: (E) an interest in a Settlement Trust and, for the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act , an amount distributed from or benefit provided by a Settlement Trust to a Native or descendant of a Native who is an aged, blind, or disabled individual (as defined in section 1614(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1382c(a) )). .
II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 42 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 5, 2025 Received AN ACT To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to exclude certain payments to aged, blind, or disabled Alaska Natives or descendants of Alaska Natives from being used to determine eligibility for certain programs, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act . 2. Eligibility for certain programs Section 29(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1626(c) ) is amended, in the undesignated matter following paragraph (3), by striking subparagraph (E) and inserting the following: (E) an interest in a Settlement Trust and, for the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act , an amount distributed from or benefit provided by a Settlement Trust to a Native or descendant of a Native who is an aged, blind, or disabled individual (as defined in section 1614(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1382c(a) )). .

Passed the House of Representatives February 4, 2025. Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.
I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 44 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2025 Mr. Bergman (for himself and Mrs. Dingell ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to include rural emergency hospitals in the definition of a covered entity for purposes of the 340B drug discount program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rural 340B Access Act of 2025 . 2. Including rural emergency hospitals as covered entities for purposes of the 340B drug discount program Section 340B(a)(4) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 256b(a)(4) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (P) An entity that is a rural emergency hospital (as defined in section 1861(kkk)(2) of the Social Security Act) that is owned or operated by a unit of State or local government, is a public or private non-profit corporation which is formally granted governmental powers by a unit of State or local government, or is a private non-profit rural emergency hospital which has a contract with a State or local government to provide health care services to low income individuals who are not entitled to benefits under title XVIII of the Social Security Act or eligible for assistance under the State plan under this title. .
I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 46 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2025 Mr. Bergman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To direct the Federal Communications Commission to prioritize the timely processing of certain long-form applications in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase II auction.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rural Broadband Window of Opportunity Act . 2. Purpose The purpose of this Act is to level the playing field for service providers participating in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund that are disadvantaged by short construction seasons. 3. Application Processing Prioritization With respect to the long-form applicants of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase II auction provided for in the Report and Order in the matter of Rural Digital Opportunity Fund and Connect America Fund adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (in this section referred to as the Commission ) on January 30, 2020 (FCC 20–5), the Commission shall prioritize the timely processing of long-form applications and any subsequent paperwork (in this section referred to as the applications ) submitted by the long-form applicants as follows: The Commission shall prioritize the timely processing of applications which are proposing to provide service in geographic areas which the Commission determines to have the shortest construction seasons (such as in areas characterized by long winters with heavy snowfall).
I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 47 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2025 Mr. Bergman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To establish the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office within the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Victims Of Immigration Crime Engagement Restoration Act or as the VOICE Restoration Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) In April 2017, the United States Department of Homeland Security launched the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office (VOICE) in response to the Executive Order 13768 issued by President Donald J. Trump entitled Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States, which directed DHS to create an office to support victims of crimes committed by criminal aliens. (2) In June 2021, the United States Department of Homeland Security terminated VOICE pursuant to the Executive order on the Revision of Civil Immigration Enforcement Policies and Priorities issued by President R. Joseph Jr. 3. Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office (a) Establishment There is established the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office (hereinafter in this Act referred to as VOICE ) within the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which shall provide assistance to victims of crimes committed by aliens present in the United States without lawful status under the immigration laws, in addition to witnesses and legal representatives of individuals acting at the request of a victim or witness. (b) Duties The duties of VOICE are to do the following: (1) Use a victim-centered approach to acknowledge and support persons who are victims or witnesses described in subsection (a) and their families. (2) Promote awareness of available services to such persons. (3) Build collaborative partnerships with community stakeholders assisting such persons. (c) Assistance The types of assistance authorized to be provided by VOICE to such persons impacted by crimes committed by aliens described in subsection (a) includes— (1) the establishment and operation of a dedicated toll-free VOICE Hotline to answer questions from victims; (2) local contacts to help with unique requests from such persons; (3) access to social service professionals able to refer victims to resources and service providers; (4) assistance signing up to receive automated custody status information regarding an alien described in subsection (a) held in custody; and (5) additional criminal or immigration history may be available about an illegal alien to victims or their families. (d) Report Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, VOICE shall publish quarterly reports to Congress, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the President of the United States studying the effects of the victimization by aliens described in subsection (a) present in the United States.
I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 49 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2025 Mr. Biggs of Arizona (for himself and Mr. LaMalfa ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To prohibit the use of Federal funds for the HHS Reproductive Healthcare Access Task Force.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Pro-Abortion Task Force Act . 2. Prohibition against use of Federal funds for HHS Reproductive Healthcare Access Task Force No Federal funds may be used for— (1) the HHS Reproductive Healthcare Access Task Force, announced by the Secretary of Health and Human Services on January 21, 2022; or (2) any successor or substantially similar task force.
I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 50 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2025 Mr. Biggs of Arizona (for himself, Mr. Ogles , Mr. Crane , and Mrs. Luna ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To prohibit grants provided under section 106 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 from being used to assist persons who are neither a national of the United States nor lawfully admitted for permanent residence, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Keeping Aid for Municipalities And Localities Accountable Act or the KAMALA Act . 2. Prohibition on assistance for persons not lawfully present (a) In general Section 105 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 ( 42 U.S.C. 5305 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (i) Prohibition on use of assistance for persons not lawfully present Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no amount from a grant under section 106 made in fiscal year 2024 or any succeeding fiscal year may be used to assist persons who are neither a national of the United States nor lawfully admitted for permanent residence under section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. . 3. Prohibition on grants to entities that provide assistance to persons not lawfully present Section 103 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 ( 42 U.S.C. 5303 ) is amended— (1) by striking The Secretary is authorized to and inserting: (a) In general The Secretary is authorized to ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (b) Limitation The Secretary may not make a grant to any State, unit of general local government, or Indian tribe to carry out activities in accordance with the provisions of this title if such State, unit of general local government, or Indian tribe carries out any housing or community development related program that provides assistance to persons who are neither a national of the United States nor lawfully admitted for permanent residence under section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. .
I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 53 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2025 Mr. Biggs of Arizona (for himself, Mr. Ogles , Mr. Burlison , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Cline , Mr. Bost , and Mr. Cloud ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To cancel certain proposed changes to credit fees charged by the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Responsible Borrower Protection Act of 2025 . 2. Cancellation of changes The Federal Housing Finance Agency and the enterprises (as such term is defined in section 1303 of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 ( 12 U.S.C. 4502 )) may not implement the changes to the single-family housing mortgage credit fee pricing framework of the enterprises announced by the Federal Housing Finance Agency on January 19, 2023 ( FHFA Announces Updates to the Enterprises’ Single-Family Pricing Framework ), and set forth in Federal National Mortgage Association Lender Letter LL–2023–01 and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Bulletin 2023–1, and such changes, Lender Letter, and Bulletin shall have no force or effect. 3. Continuation of risk-based pricing This Act may not be construed to prohibit the enterprises from applying risk-based pricing for credit fees for single-family housing mortgages.
I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 54 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2025 Mr. Biggs of Arizona (for himself, Mr. LaMalfa , Mr. Burlison , Ms. Hageman , Mr. Massie , Mr. Crane , Mr. Moolenaar , Ms. Mace , Mr. Higgins of Louisiana , Mr. Norman , Mr. Ogles , Ms. Tenney , Mr. Edwards , Mr. Brecheen , Mr. McCormick , and Mrs. Harshbarger ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To direct the President to withdraw the United States from the Constitution of the World Health Organization, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the WHO Withdrawal Act . 2. Withdrawal of United States from the Constitution of the World Health Organization; prohibition on use of funds Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act— (1) the President shall withdraw the United States from the Constitution of the World Health Organization (62 Stat. 2679; 14 U.N.T.S 186); and (2) no funds available to any Federal department or agency may used to provide for the participation of the United States in the World Health Organization or any successor organization. 3. Repeal of the Act of June 14, 1948 The Act of June 14, 1948 ( Public Law 806–43 ; 62 Stat. 441; 22 U.S.C. 290 et seq. ), providing for membership and participation by the United States in the World Health Organization and authorizing an appropriation therefor, is repealed.
I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 55 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2025 Mr. Biggs of Arizona (for himself and Mr. Perry ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To repeal the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.

1. Repeal of National Voter Registration Act of 1993 The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 ( 52 U.S.C. 20501 et seq. ) is repealed.
I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 58 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2025 Mr. Biggs of Arizona (for himself and Ms. Mace ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make voting in a Federal election by an unlawfully present alien an aggravated felony, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Voter Integrity Protection Act . 2. Unlawful voting (a) Aggravated felony Section 101(a)(43) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (T), by striking and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (U), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (V) an offense described in section 611 of title 18, United States Code, committed by an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States. . (b) Deportable offense Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (G) Voting offenses Any alien who is unlawfully present in the United States and who knowingly commits a violation of section 611 of title 18, United States Code, is deportable. .
I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 61 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2025 Mr. Biggs of Arizona (for himself, Mr. Burlison , Mr. Crane , and Mr. Nehls ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to clarify the standards for family detention, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring United Families at the Border Act . 2. Clarification of standards for family detention (a) In general Section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 ( 8 U.S.C. 1232 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (j) Construction (1) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, judicial determination, consent decree, or settlement agreement, the detention of any alien child who is not an unaccompanied alien child shall be governed by sections 217, 235, 236, and 241 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1187 , 1225, 1226, and 1231). There is no presumption that an alien child who is not an unaccompanied alien child should not be detained. (2) Family detention The Secretary of Homeland Security shall— (A) maintain the care and custody of an alien, during the period during which the charges described in clause (i) are pending, who— (i) is charged only with a misdemeanor offense under section 275(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1325(a) ); and (ii) entered the United States with the alien’s child who has not attained 18 years of age; and (B) detain the alien with the alien’s child. . (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the amendments in this section to section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 ( 8 U.S.C. 1232 ) are intended to satisfy the requirements of the Settlement Agreement in Flores v. Meese, No. 85–4544 (C.D. Cal) as approved by the court on January 28, 1997, with respect to its interpretation in Flores v. Johnson, 212 F. Supp. 3d 864 (C.D. Cal. 2015), that the agreement applies to accompanied minors. (c) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to all actions that occur before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act. (d) Preemption of State licensing requirements Notwithstanding any other provision of law, judicial determination, consent decree, or settlement agreement, no State may require that an immigration detention facility used to detain children who have not attained 18 years of age, or families consisting of one or more of such children and the parents or legal guardians of such children, that is located in that State, be licensed by the State or any political subdivision thereof.