Notable Government Actions
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As Trump has ignored the legislative function of Congress, few bills have significance.
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This is a draft presentation of congressional actions of possible importance. Filters emphasize immigration, reproductive health, and the Middle East. Some topics, such as care for veterans, are mostly excluded. Some of the following bills are beneficial, but the emphasis is on abuses of power.
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Bill groups: Abolish and Prohibit Government Operations Economy Budget, Revenue, and Tariffs Healthcare Military Guns Immigrants and Mexico International Elections and January 6 Insurrection Environment Labor Entitlement and Assistance Miscellaneous Reproductive Health and Gender Diversity Government Power Nationalism
Abolish and Prohibit
HR 2933 To prohibit the use of funds to eliminate the Corporation for National and Community Service.
party: D sponsor: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
HR 2950 To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to submit to the Congress a report that describes the methodology used to allocate amounts appropriated in covered provisions for the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program and the Community Development Block Grant Mitigation Program, and for other purposes.
party: R sponsor: Rep. Moore, Tim [R-NC-14]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
HRES 339 Supporting the Second Amendment's guarantee that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, and commending President Trump and his administration as they work to protect Second Amendment freedoms by reviewing and eliminating any of the Biden administration's infringements on American's constitutional freedoms.
party: R sponsor: Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25] cosponsors: 16
actions: 4 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 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.
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HR 2959 To amend the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 to prohibit anchoring in certain locations of the Hudson River, and for other purposes.
party: D sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Patrick [D-NY-18]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
HR 2939 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking or transmitting video of defense information, and for other purposes.
party: R sponsor: Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR 2915 To prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from providing firearms and ammunition to its employees, and for other purposes.
party: R sponsor: Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1]
actions: 4 latest: 2025-04-14 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
HR 2919 To prohibit the use of funds for certain parades.
party: D sponsor: Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
actions: 4 latest: 2025-04-14 Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
Government Operations
HR 2966 To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to require an applicant for certain loans of the Administration to provide certain citizenship status documentation, and for other purposes.
party: R sponsor: Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
HR 2950 To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to submit to the Congress a report that describes the methodology used to allocate amounts appropriated in covered provisions for the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program and the Community Development Block Grant Mitigation Program, and for other purposes.
party: R sponsor: Rep. Moore, Tim [R-NC-14]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
HR 2942 To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish standard practices for a grant or pilot program administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs through the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes.
party: D sponsor: Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
HR 2948 To authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to States, units of local government, and gun dealers to conduct gun buyback programs, and for other purposes.
party: D sponsor: Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR 2936 To amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes.
party: R sponsor: Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13]
actions: 4 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
HR 2910 To establish a competitive grant program to support out-of-school-time youth workforce readiness programs, providing employability skills development, career exploration, employment readiness training, mentoring, work-based learning, and workforce opportunities for eligible youth.
party: D sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-14 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
HR 2911 To amend the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grant program to promote career awareness in accounting as part of a well-rounded STEM educational experience.
party: R sponsor: Rep. Kim, Young [R-CA-40]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-14 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Economy
HR 2933 To prohibit the use of funds to eliminate the Corporation for National and Community Service.
party: D sponsor: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
HR 2966 To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to require an applicant for certain loans of the Administration to provide certain citizenship status documentation, and for other purposes.
party: R sponsor: Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
HR 2965 To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to ensure that the small business regulatory budget for a small business concern in a fiscal year is not greater than zero, and for other purposes.
party: R sponsor: Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
HR 2931 To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to relocate certain offices of the Small Business Administration in sanctuary jurisdictions, and for other purposes.
party: R sponsor: Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
HR 2968 To limit the authority of the Small Business Administration to facilitate access to voter registration, and for other purposes.
party: R sponsor: Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25] cosponsors: 12
actions: 4 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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.
Budget, Revenue, and Tariffs
HR 2956 To amend chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, to require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to annually submit to Congress a report on all disaster-related assistance provided by the Federal Government.
party: D sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] cosponsors: 5
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
HR 2946 To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to issue Clean Energy Victory Bonds.
party: D sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18]
actions: 5 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
HR 2965 To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to ensure that the small business regulatory budget for a small business concern in a fiscal year is not greater than zero, and for other purposes.
party: R sponsor: Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
HR 2917 To track taxpayer dollars sent to adversarial countries and foreign entities of concern, and for other purposes.
party: R sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-14 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
HR 2915 To prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from providing firearms and ammunition to its employees, and for other purposes.
party: R sponsor: Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1]
actions: 4 latest: 2025-04-14 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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
HR 2960 To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the program of payments to childrens hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs.
party: D sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
HR 2964 To amend the Office of National Drug Control Prevention Act of 1998 to include new requirements for assessments and reports, and for other purposes.
party: R sponsor: Rep. Taylor, David [R-OH-2] cosponsors: 21
actions: 4 latest: 2025-04-17 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.
HR 2970 To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements to the laws relating to advocacy for veterans who receive health care and other benefits furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
party: R sponsor: Rep. Yakym, Rudy [R-IN-2]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
HR 2921 To require the Secretary of Defense to provide to firefighters of the Department of Defense medical testing and related services to detect and prevent certain cancers.
party: R sponsor: Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
HR 2937 To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to improve the detection, prevention, and treatment of mental health issues among public safety telecommunicators.
party: D sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Military
HR 2924 To authorize the Secretary of State to discontinue granting visas to nationals of countries failing to meet their North Atlantic Treaty Organization obligations to spend at least 2 percent of its gross domestic product on national defense, and for other purposes.
party: R sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR 2921 To require the Secretary of Defense to provide to firefighters of the Department of Defense medical testing and related services to detect and prevent certain cancers.
party: R sponsor: Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
HR 2959 To amend the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 to prohibit anchoring in certain locations of the Hudson River, and for other purposes.
party: D sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Patrick [D-NY-18]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
HR 2955 To amend title 10, United States Code, to modify the definition of short-term work for purposes of Navy construction of combatant and escort vessels and assignment of vessel projects.
party: D sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Guns
HR 2930 To ensure that residents of covered federally assisted rental housing may lawfully possess firearms, and for other purposes.
party: R sponsor: Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4] cosponsors: 7
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
HRES 339 Supporting the Second Amendment's guarantee that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, and commending President Trump and his administration as they work to protect Second Amendment freedoms by reviewing and eliminating any of the Biden administration's infringements on American's constitutional freedoms.
party: R sponsor: Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25] cosponsors: 16
actions: 4 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 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.
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HR 2948 To authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to States, units of local government, and gun dealers to conduct gun buyback programs, and for other purposes.
party: D sponsor: Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR 2915 To prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from providing firearms and ammunition to its employees, and for other purposes.
party: R sponsor: Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1]
actions: 4 latest: 2025-04-14 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Immigrants and Mexico
HR 2966 To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to require an applicant for certain loans of the Administration to provide certain citizenship status documentation, and for other purposes.
party: R sponsor: Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
HR 2924 To authorize the Secretary of State to discontinue granting visas to nationals of countries failing to meet their North Atlantic Treaty Organization obligations to spend at least 2 percent of its gross domestic product on national defense, and for other purposes.
party: R sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR 2931 To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to relocate certain offices of the Small Business Administration in sanctuary jurisdictions, and for other purposes.
party: R sponsor: Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
International
HRES 338 Expressing support for the designation of April 17, 2025, as "Cambodian Genocide Remembrance Day" to remember the horrific slaughter of almost 2,000,000 Cambodian people at the hand of the Khmer Rouge regime.
party: D sponsor: Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
text: 1
HR 2913 To authorize support for Ukraine, and for other purposes.
party: D sponsor: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]
actions: 11 latest: 2025-04-14 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Ways and Means, Rules, the Judiciary, Financial Services, Armed Services, and the Budget, 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.
HR 2914 To provide for the imposition of sanctions relating to the People's Republic of China and support for Russian invasion of Ukraine, and for other purposes.
party: R sponsor: Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-2]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-14 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Elections and January 6 Insurrection
HR 2968 To limit the authority of the Small Business Administration to facilitate access to voter registration, and for other purposes.
party: R sponsor: Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25] cosponsors: 12
actions: 4 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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.
HCONRES 28 Expressing the sense of Congress that the votes of overseas servicemembers must be counted and honored as required under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.
party: D sponsor: Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-14 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
text: 1
Environment
HR 2946 To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to issue Clean Energy Victory Bonds.
party: D sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18]
actions: 5 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
HR 2969 To allow the Secretary of the Interior to enter into memoranda of understanding for the purpose of scientific and technical cooperation in the mapping of critical minerals and rare earth elements, and for other purposes.
party: R sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] cosponsors: 8
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Labor
HR 2952 To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to clarify reporting requirements.
party: R sponsor: Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
HR 2910 To establish a competitive grant program to support out-of-school-time youth workforce readiness programs, providing employability skills development, career exploration, employment readiness training, mentoring, work-based learning, and workforce opportunities for eligible youth.
party: D sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-14 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Entitlement and Assistance
HR 2950 To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to submit to the Congress a report that describes the methodology used to allocate amounts appropriated in covered provisions for the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program and the Community Development Block Grant Mitigation Program, and for other purposes.
party: R sponsor: Rep. Moore, Tim [R-NC-14]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
HR 2907 To amend section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to require the President to provide assistance for predisaster hazard mitigation measures, and for other purposes.
party: D sponsor: Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-14 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Miscellaneous
HRES 334 Amending House Resolution 211 with respect to a national emergency declared by the President on February 1, 2025, and House Resolution 313 with respect to a national emergency declared by the President on April 2, 2025.
party: D sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26]
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
text: 1
HRES 332 Supporting the designation of the week of April 11 through April 17, 2025, as the eighth annual "Black Maternal Health Week", founded by Black Mamas Matter Alliance, Inc. (BMMA), to bring national attention to the maternal and reproductive health crisis in the United States and the importance of reducing maternal mortality and morbidity among Black women and birthing people.
party: D sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] cosponsors: 49
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-14 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
text: 1
Reproductive Health and Gender
HRES 332 Supporting the designation of the week of April 11 through April 17, 2025, as the eighth annual "Black Maternal Health Week", founded by Black Mamas Matter Alliance, Inc. (BMMA), to bring national attention to the maternal and reproductive health crisis in the United States and the importance of reducing maternal mortality and morbidity among Black women and birthing people.
party: D sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] cosponsors: 49
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-14 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
text: 1
Diversity
HR 2947 To require the Bureau of the Census to collect information on deafblind individuals, and for other purposes.
party: D sponsor: Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6] cosponsors: 15
actions: 3 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Government Power
HR 2953 To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the publication, by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, of information relating to rules, and for other purposes.
party: R sponsor: Rep. Palmer, Gary J. [R-AL-6]
actions: 4 latest: 2025-04-17 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.
Nationalism
HR 2926 To establish the National Energy Dominance Council, and for other purposes.
party: R sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
actions: 6 latest: 2025-04-17 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.