US Representative

Burgess Owens Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB2952

Introduced
4/17/25  
SALT Act Start Applying Labor Transparency Act
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB3499

Introduced
5/19/25  
Outdoor Recreational Outfitting and Guiding Act

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB30

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens ActThis bill establishes certain criminal grounds for making non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) inadmissible and expands the crimes for which a non-U.S. national is deportable.First, the bill establishes that a non-U.S. national is inadmissible if the individual has admitted to or is convicted of acts constituting the essential elements of stalking, child abuse, child neglect, child abandonment, a sex offense, conspiracy to commit a sex offense, a violation of certain protection orders, or domestic violence (including physical or sexual abuse or a pattern of coercive behavior when it occurs within certain close relationships).  Next, the bill establishes additional grounds for deportation. Under current law, a non-U.S. national is deportable for certain criminal convictions, including domestic violence, stalking, and child abuse. The bill makes any sex offense (including crimes against minors) or conspiracy to commit a sex offense a basis for deportation. The bill also expands the domestic violence crimes that make a non-U.S. national deportable to include physical or sexual abuse or a pattern of coercive behavior when it occurs within certain close relationships.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB302

Introduced
1/9/25  
Refer
1/9/25  
Report Pass
2/12/25  
Water Rights Protection Act of 2025This bill limits the transfer of water rights from water users to the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture (USDA).First, the bill prohibits Interior and USDA from conditioning the issuance or renewal of land use or occupancy agreements (e.g., permits and leases) on the transfer of any water right to the United States. Next, it prohibits Interior and USDA from requiring water users, including Indian tribes, to acquire water rights in the name of the United States as a condition of the issuance or renewal of a land use or occupancy agreement. Finally, it prohibits Interior and USDA from conditioning or withholding the issuance or renewal of land use or occupancy agreements on (1) limiting the date, time, quantity, location of diversion or pumping, or place of use of a state water right beyond any applicable limitations under state water law; or (2) modifying the terms and conditions of groundwater withdrawal, guidance and reporting procedures, or conservation and source protection measures established by a state.Interior and USDA must also ensure that federal action imposes no greater restriction or regulatory requirement than under applicable state water law.Further, Interior and USDA must not take actions that adversely affect state authority in permitting water usage or in adjudicating water rights.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB3073

Introduced
4/29/25  
Refer
4/29/25  
Shivwits Band of Paiutes Jurisdictional Clarity Act
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB3392

Introduced
5/14/25  
STOP Screwworms Act Strengthening Tactics to Obstruct the Population of Screwworms Act
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB34

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
LASSO Act Land And Social Security Optimization Act
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB3451

Introduced
5/15/25  
To amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Bonneville Shoreline Trail.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB3492

Introduced
5/19/25  
Protect Children’s Innocence Act of 2025
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB3518

Introduced
5/20/25  
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit graduate medical schools from receiving Federal financial assistance if such schools adopt certain policies and requirements relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion.