US Representative

Burgess Owens 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 6)

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Us Congress House Bill HB274

Introduced
1/9/25  
Sunset Chevron Act
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Us Congress House Bill HB2798

Introduced
4/9/25  
High-Quality Charter Schools Act
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Us Congress House Bill HB28

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025This bill generally prohibits school athletic programs from allowing individuals whose biological sex at birth was male to participate in programs that are for women or girls.Specifically, the bill provides that it is a violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 for federally funded education programs or activities to operate, sponsor, or facilitate athletic programs or activities that allow individuals of the male sex to participate in programs or activities that are designated for women or girls. (Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in federally funded education programs or activities, including in public elementary and secondary schools and in colleges and universities.) Under the bill, sex is based on an individual's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.The bill does not prohibit male individuals from training or practicing with programs or activities for women or girls as long as such training or practice does not deprive any female of corresponding opportunities or benefits.The Government Accountability Office must report on the benefits for women or girls in single-sex sports that would be lost as a result of male participation. In particular, the report must document the negative psychological, developmental, participatory, and sociological effects of male participation on girls.
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Us Congress House Bill HB283

Introduced
1/9/25  
Panama Canal Repurchase Act of 2025This bill authorizes the President to negotiate with the appropriate Panamanian government officials to reacquire the Panama Canal. The President must submit a report to Congress within 180 days of enactment detailing the progress of such negotiations, potential challenges, and anticipated outcomes. 
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Us Congress House Bill HB2853

Introduced
4/10/25  
Combating Organized Retail Crime Act
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Us Congress House Bill HB2869

Introduced
4/10/25  
EBSA Investigations Transparency Act Employee Benefit Security Administration Investigations Transparency Act
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Us Congress House Bill HB2876

Introduced
4/10/25  
Refer
4/10/25  
Refer
4/23/25  
University of Utah Research Park Act
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Us Congress House Bill HB29

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Laken Riley ActThis bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain certain non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) who have been arrested for burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting. The bill also authorizes states to sue the federal government for decisions or alleged failures related to immigration enforcement.Under this bill, DHS must detain an individual who (1) is unlawfully present in the United States or did not possess the necessary documents when applying for admission; and (2) has been charged with, arrested for, convicted of, or admits to having committed acts that constitute the essential elements of burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting.The bill also authorizes state governments to sue for injunctive relief over certain immigration-related decisions or alleged failures by the federal government if the decision or failure caused the state or its residents harm, including financial harm of more than $100. Specifically, the state government may sue the federal government over adecision to release a non-U.S. national from custody;failure to fulfill requirements relating to inspecting individuals seeking admission into the United States, including requirements related to asylum interviews;failure to fulfill a requirement to stop issuing visas to nationals of a country that unreasonably denies or delays acceptance of nationals of that country;violation of limitations on immigration parole, such as the requirement that parole be granted only on a case-by-case basis; orfailure to detain an individual who has been ordered removed from the United States.
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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 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 House Bill HB3073

Introduced
4/29/25  
Refer
4/29/25  
Shivwits Band of Paiutes Jurisdictional Clarity Act
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Us Congress House Bill HB3105

Introduced
4/30/25  
Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2025
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Us Congress House Bill HB3164

Introduced
5/1/25  
Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act
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Us Congress House Bill HB3277

Introduced
5/8/25  
Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act

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Us Congress House Bill HB2952

Introduced
4/17/25  
SALT Act Start Applying Labor Transparency Act