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  • H.R. 1181, titled the "Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act," aims to prevent payment card networks and related entities from using merchant category codes that categorize firearms retailers differently from general merchandise or sporting goods retailers. The bill authorizes...

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    H.R. 1181 is a bill that stops credit card companies from using special codes to show if a store sells guns, so they treat them like any other store. This is meant to keep what people buy more private.

  • H.R. 9574, titled the “Stop CARB Act of 2024,” aims to amend the Clean Air Act by removing waivers that allow states to adopt California’s specific emission standards for new motor vehicles and engines. The bill seeks to prevent any state from implementing emission standards that California...

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    The bill called "Stop CARB Act of 2024" wants to stop states from copying California's special rules for car pollution, making sure all states follow the same rules set by the nation.

  • H. R. 9260, introduced in the House of Representatives, aims to stop states and their political subdivisions from imposing excise taxes on the sale of firearms, ammunition, and their parts by manufacturers and dealers when these sales affect interstate or foreign commerce. The bill, named the...

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    H. R. 9260 is a new idea for a law that says states can't make extra money by adding special taxes to the sale of guns and bullets if the sale involves trading between states or countries. This law won't change anything about the money that helps take care of animals and nature.

  • S. 484 proposes an amendment to the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act to allow for the transfer and possible dismissal of certain lawsuits involving firearms manufacturers, sellers, or trade associations. If a manufacturer, seller, or trade association involved in a...

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    Imagine there's a rule that stops people from taking toy makers to court if the toys are used in a bad way. This bill says if someone does start a court case in a state against a toy maker, the toy maker can ask a bigger court to take over, and then that court can decide to stop the case if the rules say so.

  • H. R. 2442 aims to prevent states and their subdivisions from imposing excise taxes on the sale of firearms, ammunition, or their components made by manufacturers or dealers involved in interstate or international trade. This legislation, titled the "Freedom from Unfair Gun...

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    H. R. 2442 is a new rule that says states can't charge extra taxes when people buy guns or bullets from stores that sell across state lines or to other countries. It wants to keep those sales the same, but it won't change the way money is used to help animals like it always has been.

  • H.R. 7065 aims to make water supply and water conservation a primary mission of the Corps of Engineers when they work on water resources development projects. It emphasizes that the Corps should consider water management in their planning and operations but clarifies that...

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    The bill wants the engineers who work with water projects to also focus on saving and supplying water, while still doing other important jobs like preventing floods and helping ships move around. It doesn't say where the money will come from to do this or exactly how to measure how well they're doing.

  • The bill S. 3668 aims to allow certain states in the U.S. to build temporary protective fencing within 25 miles of the southwest border to prevent illegal immigration. It modifies the Secure Fence Act of 2006 by defining “protective fencing” and prohibiting federal...

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    The bill lets some U.S. states put up temporary fences near the border to help stop people from crossing in without permission. If the fences are helping people sneak in, the government can ask a court to remove them.

  • S. 1169 proposes to ban state governments and their subdivisions from imposing excise taxes on the sale of firearms, ammunition, or their parts by manufacturers or dealers, if such sales affect interstate or foreign commerce. The bill does not impact existing laws, such as...

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    The bill wants to stop states from making special taxes on the sale of guns and bullets by companies, so these things can be sold between different states or countries without extra charges. It won't change rules that help nature by using taxes on these sales to protect wildlife.

  • H. R. 2508, also known as the "Ensuring National Constitutional Rights for Your Private Telecommunications Act of 2025" or the "ENCRYPT Act of 2025," aims to standardize data security laws across the United States. It prevents states from enforcing their own mandates that...

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    H. R. 2508 is a bill that says all of America should follow the same rules about keeping our computer and phone data safe. It stops states from making their own rules that might let people peek at our secret messages.

  • H. R. 1068 seeks to amend the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act to allow for certain legal actions, called qualified civil liability actions, to be moved from state courts to federal district courts. This change would enable federal courts to determine if these cases...

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    H.R. 1068 is a proposal to let some court cases about gun businesses move from state courts to federal ones so judges can decide if they should continue or be stopped. This might change how and where people can go to court about these issues.

  • H.R. 653 is a proposed law intending to protect minors from medical malpractice related to gender transition procedures. It creates a private right for individuals to sue medical practitioners who perform these procedures on minors under the age of 18, allowing for lawsuits...

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    The bill is like a rulebook saying that doctors shouldn't help kids change from being a boy to a girl or a girl to a boy until they are grown-ups, and if they do, the kids can complain about it when they're older. It also says the big bosses can't force places in different areas to make doctors do these changes and can't give money to places that make doctors do them.