House Bills on the Floor

This bill says that public elementary and middle schools must get permission from a student's parents before making certain changes related to that student's gender. Specifically, schools would need parental consent before changing a student's gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on school forms, or before changing which bathrooms or locker rooms a student uses. Schools that don't follow this rule could lose certain federal education funding.

2 votes

This bill renews the Endangered Species Act through 2031 and generally reduces the protections it provides. It creates a five-year plan for deciding which species should be listed as endangered or threatened, gives government agencies more time to respond to requests to list species, and limits which land can be set aside as critical habitat. The bill also allows states to manage the recovery of threatened species in some cases, lets private landowners make voluntary agreements to help at-risk species while continuing their operations, and removes some environmental review requirements for certain permits that allow harm to protected species. Additionally, it limits some requirements around government consultations, court challenges, and attorney fee payments in certain legal cases.

2 votes

This bill extends until October 20, 2027, a part of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) that allows the government to collect communications from non-U.S. persons located outside the United States in order to gather foreign intelligence. It also keeps backup rules in place so that if these authorities expire, any existing surveillance orders can continue until their own expiration dates. Communications involving U.S. persons may sometimes be picked up as part of this surveillance and can be searched under certain conditions.

3 votes

This bill would remove certain environmental and historic preservation review requirements for some changes to existing wireless towers and cell phone base stations. The changes covered include adding new equipment to existing towers, removing equipment, or replacing equipment. Under current law, these types of projects must go through reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act and the National Historic Preservation Act, but this bill would eliminate those review requirements for these specific tower modifications.

2 votes

This bill changes the rules around what happens when a taxpayer is fighting the IRS over a tax debt through a formal dispute process called a collection due process hearing. It stops the clock on the deadline for claiming a tax refund while the dispute is going on, so taxpayers don't lose their chance to get money back while they're in the middle of a fight with the IRS. It also prevents the IRS from taking overpayments the taxpayer made in other years and putting them toward the disputed tax debt during the hearing process. Finally, it gives the Tax Court more power to handle these cases, including the ability to review the actual amount of tax owed and to keep handling a case even if the IRS drops its collection efforts.

1 vote