PolicyBrief

Legislation

H.R. 82
119th CongressJan 3rd 2025
Defund National Endowment for the Humanities Act of 2025
IN COMMITTEE

The "Defund National Endowment for the Humanities Act of 2025" prohibits the National Endowment for the Humanities from using its funds to carry out section 7 of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, effective the first day of the next fiscal year.

Andy Biggs
R

Andy Biggs

Representative

AZ

S.RES. 29
119th CongressJan 21st 2025
An original resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President of the United States possesses legal authority under existing law to take immediate and necessary action to secure the southwest border of the United States.
AWAITING SENATE

This resolution affirms the President's legal authority to secure the U.S. southwest border using existing laws and urges the implementation of stricter immigration enforcement measures.

Rand Paul
R

Rand Paul

Senator

KY

S.CON.RES. 6
119th CongressJan 24th 2025
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies have historically provided and continue to provide critical benefits to the people and communities of the United States.
IN COMMITTEE

Recognizes the historical and ongoing value of tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies in providing critical benefits and community support throughout the United States. Encourages the continued promotion of their work.

Michael Crapo
R

Michael Crapo

Senator

ID

H.R. 49
119th CongressJan 3rd 2025
No Pro-Abortion Task Force Act
IN COMMITTEE

This bill prohibits federal funds from being used for the HHS Reproductive Healthcare Access Task Force or any similar replacement task force.

Andy Biggs
R

Andy Biggs

Representative

AZ

H.RES. 36
119th CongressJan 13th 2025
Finding Federal Savings Committee Resolution
IN COMMITTEE

This resolution establishes a new House committee focused on identifying and recommending the elimination or modification of nonessential federal programs, streamlining the process for related legislation.

Jay Obernolte
R

Jay Obernolte

Representative

CA

H.R. 117
119th CongressJan 3rd 2025
Fourth Amendment Restoration Act
IN COMMITTEE

The "Fourth Amendment Restoration Act" repeals the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, requires warrants to surveil U.S. citizens, and establishes criminal sanctions for unauthorized electronic surveillance.

Andy Biggs
R

Andy Biggs

Representative

AZ

H.R. 123
119th CongressJan 3rd 2025
Improving Science in Chemical Assessments Act
IN COMMITTEE

This bill transfers responsibility for chemical substance assessments to relevant EPA program offices, ensuring assessments use specified scientific standards and establishes a steering committee to coordinate these assessments, preventing duplication of effort. It also mandates the inclusion of toxicity values in a chemical assessment database and requires regular certifications to ensure scientific standards are met.

Andy Biggs
R

Andy Biggs

Representative

AZ

S.CON.RES. 4
119th CongressJan 13th 2025
A concurrent resolution expressing support for the Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting Women's Health and Strengthening the Family and urging that the United States rejoin this historic declaration.
IN COMMITTEE

Expresses support for the Geneva Consensus Declaration, which focuses on women's health, family values, and national sovereignty, while opposing abortion as an international right. Urges the U.S. to rejoin the declaration and uphold its principles.

Steve Daines
R

Steve Daines

Senator

MT

H.J.RES. 13
119th CongressJan 9th 2025
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States limiting the pardon power of the President.
IN COMMITTEE

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to limit the President's pardon power, prohibiting pardons for themselves, their relatives, administration members, campaign employees, or anyone who benefited them financially or acted at their direction; it also invalidates pardons issued for corrupt purposes and grants Congress the power to enforce these limitations.

Steve Cohen
D

Steve Cohen

Representative

TN

H.R. 215
119th CongressJan 6th 2025
Adoption Information Act
IN COMMITTEE

The Adoption Information Act requires family planning services to provide individuals seeking medical or abortion services with a pamphlet containing a comprehensive list of adoption centers in the region. The Secretary will prepare and distribute these pamphlets annually using existing Title V funds.

Robert Wittman
R

Robert Wittman

Representative

VA

H.R. 21
119th CongressJan 23rd 2025
Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
HOUSE PASSED

The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act requires health care practitioners to provide the same level of care to infants born alive after an abortion attempt as they would to any other newborn, mandating immediate hospitalization and imposing penalties for violations, while protecting the mother from prosecution. It also allows the mother of a child born alive to file a civil action against anyone who violated the act.

Ann Wagner
R

Ann Wagner

Representative

MO

H.R. 146
119th CongressJan 3rd 2025
Prohibition on IOER Act of 2025
IN COMMITTEE

This bill would amend the Federal Reserve Act to prohibit Federal Reserve Banks from paying interest on surplus reserve balances held for depository institutions. This prohibition would not apply to required reserve balances.

Warren Davidson
R

Warren Davidson

Representative

OH

H.RES. 49
119th CongressJan 16th 2025
Prohibiting Members of the House of Representatives from bringing or displaying a flag of a foreign nation on the floor of the House, and for other purposes.
IN COMMITTEE

This bill prohibits members of the House of Representatives from displaying foreign flags on the House floor, with exceptions for lapel pins and exhibit displays during speeches or debates, and tasks the Sergeant-at-Arms with enforcement.

Katherine Cammack
R

Katherine Cammack

Representative

FL

H.RES. 15
119th CongressJan 6th 2025
Rescinding the subpoenas issued by the January 6th Select Committee on September 23, 2021, October 6, 2021, and February 9, 2022, and withdrawing the recommendations finding Stephen K. Bannon, Mark Randall Meadows, Daniel Scavino, Jr., and Peter K. Navarro in contempt of Congress.
IN COMMITTEE

This bill rescinds subpoenas issued by the January 6th Select Committee to several individuals and withdraws recommendations to hold those individuals in contempt of Congress, effectively halting related proceedings and enforcement. It also declares the committee illegitimate and its findings biased due to its partisan composition.

Eric Burlison
R

Eric Burlison

Representative

MO

S.RES. 35
119th CongressJan 24th 2025
A resolution honoring the 100th anniversary of Nellie Tayloe Ross becoming the first female elected as the Governor of a State in the United States.
IN COMMITTEE

Commemorates the 100th anniversary of Nellie Tayloe Ross's historic election as the first female governor in the U.S., celebrating her legacy and inspiring impact on women in leadership.

Cynthia Lummis
R

Cynthia Lummis

Senator

WY

H.RES. 19
119th CongressJan 7th 2025
Providing the sense of the House of Representatives that the House should not adjourn until the annual appropriation bills within the jurisdiction of all the subcommittees of the Committee on Appropriations for the current fiscal year are enacted into law.
IN COMMITTEE

The House of Representatives should continue working until all annual funding bills are passed.

Andrew Ogles
R

Andrew Ogles

Representative

TN

H.R. 235
119th CongressJan 7th 2025
National Museum of Play Recognition Act
IN COMMITTEE

This bill officially recognizes the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum in Rochester, New York, as the "National Museum of Play," highlighting its dedication to the study and importance of play, but does not allocate any federal funding to it.

Joseph Morelle
D

Joseph Morelle

Representative

NY

H.R. 155
119th CongressJan 3rd 2025
Let America Vote Act
IN COMMITTEE

The "Let America Vote Act" aims to increase voter participation by requiring states to allow unaffiliated voters to participate in primary elections without being treated as party members, while also prohibiting non-citizens from voting in any election and withholding federal funds from states that allow it.

Brian Fitzpatrick
R

Brian Fitzpatrick

Representative

PA

H.RES. 37
119th CongressJan 13th 2025
Recognizing the 4th anniversary of the Trump administration's Secretary of the Air Force announcing Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, as the preferred location for United States Space Command Headquarters.
IN COMMITTEE

Expresses the House's support for the Trump administration's selection of Huntsville, Alabama, as the U.S. Space Command Headquarters location and urges the incoming Trump administration to reinstate this decision, criticizing the Biden administration's consideration of an alternative location.

Dale Strong
R

Dale Strong

Representative

AL

H.R. 67
119th CongressMay 21st 2025
Modernizing Retrospective Regulatory Review
AWAITING HOUSE

This bill aims to modernize the review of federal regulations by requiring agencies to use technology to identify outdated, ineffective, or burdensome rules, and to make regulations available in a machine-readable format. It also mandates agencies to develop and implement plans for the retrospective review of their existing regulations.

Andy Biggs
R

Andy Biggs

Representative

AZ