Congressional Record — April 1, 2025

Overview of the day

The House of Representatives engaged in debate over House Resolution 282, which provided the rules for considering several measures including S.J. Res. 18, S.J. Res. 28, H.R. 1526, and H.R. 22. The proceedings included significant debate regarding proxy voting for new parents and the requirements for voter registration. Numerous new bills were introduced in the House.

Summary of the House proceedings

H. Res. 282 was considered to provide the rules for the consideration of S.J. Res. 18, S.J. Res. 28, H.R. 1526, and H.R. 22.
S.J. Res. 18 was mentioned as a measure to disapprove of a rule by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection regarding overdraft lending for very large financial institutions.
S.J. Res. 28 was mentioned as a measure to disapprove of a rule by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection regarding the definition of larger participants of a market for general-use digital consumer payment applications.
H.R. 1526, the No Rogue Rulings Act of 2025, was mentioned as a bill to limit the authority of district courts to provide nationwide injunctive relief.
H.R. 22, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, was mentioned as a bill to require proof of United States citizenship to register to vote in Federal elections.
H. Res. 282 was not agreed to following a recorded vote.
H.R. 2528 was introduced to clarify the treatment of certain association health plans as employers under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
H.R. 2529 was introduced to require group health plans and health insurance issuers to permit enrollees to obtain a 365-day supply of contraceptives.
H.R. 2530 was introduced to prohibit the serving of certain foods under the school lunch program.
H.R. 2531 was introduced to require covered employers in health care and social service industries to implement a workplace violence prevention plan.
H.R. 2532 was introduced to prohibit certain removals of employees of the Department of Health and Human Services and its sub-agencies.
H.R. 2533 was introduced to require the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test a model to improve access to specialty health services.
H.R. 2534 was introduced to ensure high-income earners pay a fair share of Federal taxes.
H.R. 2535 was introduced to prohibit the President from considering insurance as a duplication of benefits for certain assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.
H.R. 2536 was introduced to establish the New Producer Economic Security Program within the Farm Service Agency Office of Outreach and Education.
H.R. 2537 was introduced to reauthorize the Deschutes River Conservancy Working Group.
H.R. 2538 was introduced to require the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test a comprehensive alternative response for emergencies model under Medicare.
H.R. 2539 was introduced to require schools to offer a variety of milk to students in the school lunch program.
H.R. 2540 was introduced to update the resource limit for supplemental security income eligibility.
H.R. 2541 was introduced to require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to revise regulations to protect patients from unintended radiation exposure during nuclear medicine procedures.
H.R. 2542 was introduced to provide that priority research drugs shall not be treated as line extensions of existing drugs for manufacturer rebates under Medicare and Medicaid.
H.R. 2543 was introduced to expand the exclusion of Pell Grants from gross income.
H.R. 2544 was introduced to prohibit the Secretary of Labor from constraining investments offered to individual retirement account participants.
H.R. 2545 was introduced to extend the publicly traded partnership ownership structure to energy power generation projects and transportation fuels.
H.R. 2546 was introduced to establish the position of Secretary of the Coast Guard.
H.R. 2547 was introduced to exclude debt held by certain insurance companies from capital assets and extend capital loss carryovers.
H.R. 2548 was introduced to impose sanctions on the Russian Federation if it refuses to negotiate a peace agreement with Ukraine or violates such an agreement.
H.R. 2549 was introduced to authorize the Pines Foundation to establish the Fire Island AIDS Memorial.
H.R. 2550 was introduced to nullify the Executive Order relating to Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs.
H.R. 2551 was introduced to establish requirements for long-term concessions agreements between the Secretary of Defense and certain retailers.
H.R. 2552 was introduced to repeal the firearm transfer tax.
H.R. 2553 was introduced to limit cost-sharing for prescription drugs.
H.R. 22 had 8 amendments proposed to it.

Summary of Senate proceedings

There was no Senate activity on this date.