Federal
American Legislation
119th Congress1st Session
Geothermal Cost-Recovery Authority Act
Allows the Department of the Interior to recover costs from geothermal lease applicants and holders for permits, inspections, and monitoring through September 30, 2032; requires a 5-year report.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 569.
No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act
Requires State Department reports and a strategy to stop foreign governments and NGOs from funding the Taliban; reviews U.S. cash aid and Afghan Fund oversight.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 330.
Water Rights Protection Act
Stops federal agencies from requiring transfer of state water rights as a permit condition; affirms state control over water allocation.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 334.
Budget Blueprint Sets Federal Spending Targets
Sets overall federal spending and revenue targets for future laws. It guides later spending and tax choices but does not itself change benefits or tax rates.
Star Print ordered on the reported concurrent resolution.
Cattle Fever Tick Program Review Act
Requires USDA to contract an agricultural college to review the cattle fever tick eradication program and report recommendations within a year.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Southern Border Farmers and Ranchers
Authorizes one-year EQIP payments to producers in listed southern counties to repair conservation damage to agricultural land and farm infrastructure.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Chinese Currency Accountability Act
Requires U.S. IMF representatives to oppose raising the renminbi's SDR share unless Treasury certifies specific Chinese compliance conditions.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
HOUSE Act of 2025
Requires HUD and USDA to withdraw and not enforce a final energy efficiency determination; reverts standards to prior levels and limits other agencies' actions.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Post-Disaster Assistance Accountability
Creates a public subpage posting quarterly disaster aid amounts, project details, and locations in machine-readable form.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
State Border Security Reimbursement
Reimburses states that spent over 2.5 billion dollars on border security in the past ten years after governors submit expense accounts.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Historic Roadways Protection Act
Blocks Interior funds for completing certain travel management plans in Utah until listed R.S. 2477 cases are adjudicated and certified to Congress.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Regulation Reduction Act of 2025
Requires agencies to repeal three existing rules before issuing a new one; adds cost limit for major rules and requires agency rule reviews.
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
Healthcare Freedom and Choice Act
Nullifies a 2024 interagency rule on short-term limited-duration insurance and excepted benefits coverage, removing that rule's legal effect.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, 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.
Affordable Shipping for All
Sets equal shipping fees for noncontiguous areas; exempts items over $10,000.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
Exported Carbon Emissions Reporting
Requires annual public reporting on U.S. fossil fuel emissions at home and abroad.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
One Agency Act
Transfers FTC antitrust work, staff, and funding to the DOJ Antitrust Division and sets a transition process.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Extend American Samoa Tax Credit
Makes the American Samoa economic development tax credit permanent by removing its expiration; effective for tax years after December 31, 2021.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
No UN Human Rights Council Funding
Prohibits State Department use of U.S. regular-budget funds for the U.N. Human Rights Council and bars voluntary U.S. contributions to the Council.
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
No Taxpayer Funding for WHO Act
Prohibits U.S. assessed and voluntary payments to the World Health Organization upon enactment.
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Debt Explanation Before Taxwriters Act
Requires Treasury Secretary to brief Congress before debt limit or extraordinary measures.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Small Business Growth Act
Raises tax expensing limits and changes effective date for asset expensing after 2025.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act
Bars federal funding unless organizations certify they won't perform or fund abortions; exceptions for rape, incest, and life‑threatening conditions.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Fentanyl is a WMD Act
Requires DHS Countering WMD Office to treat illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction under Title XIX.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.
No SmartPay for Anti-2A Companies Act
Blocks SmartPay contracts for payment systems that use processors assigning a merchant category code to gun retailers.
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.