US Senator

Ted Cruz Authored & Sponsored Legislation

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress Senate Bill SB410

Introduced
2/5/25  
Love Lives On Act of 2025
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress Senate Bill SB464

Introduced
2/6/25  
No CBDC Act No Central Bank Digital Currency Act
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress Senate Bill SB477

Introduced
2/6/25  
Fairness in Fentanyl Sentencing Act of 2025This bill modifies the drug quantity thresholds that trigger a mandatory minimum prison term for a defendant who manufactures, distributes, imports, exports, or possesses with intent to distribute fentanyl.Specifically, the bill reduces from 400 to 20 grams the fentanyl quantity and from 100 to 5 grams the fentanyl analogue quantity that trigger a mandatory minimum prison term for high-level first-time or repeat offenders. It also reduces from 40 to 2 grams the fentanyl quantity and from 10 to 0.5 grams the fentanyl analogue quantity that trigger a mandatory minimum prison term for low-level first-time or repeat offenders.Additionally, the bill directs the U.S. Postal Service to increase the availability of chemical screening devices and dedicate the appropriate number of personnel to interdict fentanyl and other substances that are unlawfully imported into the United States.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress Senate Bill SB482

Introduced
2/6/25  
A bill to include Czechia in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E-1 nonimmigrants if United States nationals are treated similarly by the Government of Czechia.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress Senate Bill SB486

Introduced
2/6/25  
Mandatory Removal Proceedings Act
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress Senate Bill SB5

Introduced
1/6/25  
Engrossed
1/21/25  
Enrolled
1/23/25  
Passed
1/29/25  
Chaptered
1/29/25  
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.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress Senate Bill SB430

Introduced
2/5/25  
TICKET Act Transparency In Charges for Key Events Ticketing Act
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress Senate Bill SB442

Introduced
2/6/25  
AIM HIGH Act Advancing Innovation and Maintenance through Headquarters for Instruction, Growth, and High-tech training Act
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress Senate Bill SB496

Introduced
2/10/25  
Wildfire Victim Tax Relief and Recovery Act
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress Senate Bill SB512

Introduced
2/11/25  
Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety ActThis bill establishes new federal criminal offenses for operating a motor vehicle within 100 miles of the U.S. border while fleeing from a U.S. Border Patrol agent or a federal, state, or local law enforcement officer who is actively assisting or under the command of the U.S. Border Patrol.The bill establishes criminal penalties for an offense, including a mandatory minimum prison term for an offense resulting in death or serious bodily injury. Additionally, a non-U.S. national who is convicted of or admits to committing an offense is inadmissible, deportable, and ineligible for immigration relief (including asylum).