US Senator

Tom Cotton Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress Senate Bill SB1972

Introduced
6/5/25  
Bioweapon Prevention Act of 2025
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress Senate Bill SB198

Introduced
1/22/25  
PLO and PA Terror Payments Accountability Act of 2025
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress Senate Bill SB206

Introduced
1/23/25  
Restoring Trade Fairness ActThis bill establishes various trade measures related to China, including by revoking China's permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) status and increasing the rates of duty (i.e., tariffs) on Chinese imported goods. The bill prohibits imported goods originating from North Korea, China, Russia, or Iran from receiving de minimis treatment. (Current law allows for U.S. imports under a de minimis threshold of $800 per shipment to enter free of tariffs, fees, and taxes.)Specifically, the bill revokes China's PNTR status. Currently, China's PNTR status allows for Chinese goods to have duty rates set forth in column 1 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS). With the removal of China's PNTR status, the bill generally sets the applicable duty rates on imported Chinese goods at the higher rates listed in column 2 of the HTS, with exceptions.The bill establishes a minimum duty rate of 35% for all Chinese goods, which requires column 2 rates to be at least 35%. However, the bill establishes a minimum duty rate of 100% for a list of specified goods (e.g., various minerals, certain vaccines and drugs, and certain defense-related articles). Duty rates are phased in over five years and adjusted annually for inflation.The bill alsoauthorizes the President to take additional actions related to trade with China, requires merchandise imported from China to be appraised based on U.S. value, and establishes a trust fund to compensate U.S. producers for lost revenue resulting from retaliatory actions by China.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress Senate Bill SB209

Introduced
1/23/25  
Protecting Minors from Medical Malpractice Act of 2025This bill makes a medical practitioner who performs a gender-transition procedure on an individual who is less than 18 years of age liable for any physical, psychological, emotional, or physiological harms from the procedure for 30 years after the individual turns 18.Additionally, if a state requires medical practitioners to perform gender-transition procedures, that state shall be ineligible for federal funding from the Department of Health and Human Services.Under the bill, gender-transition procedures generally include certain surgeries or hormone therapies that change the body of an individual to correspond to a sex that is discordant with the individual's biological sex. They exclude, however, interventions to treat (1) individuals who either have ambiguous external biological sex characteristics or lack a normal sex chromosome structure, sex steroid hormone production, or sex steroid hormone action; (2) infections, injuries, diseases, or disorders caused by a gender-transition procedure; or (3) a physical disorder, injury, or illness that places an individual in imminent danger of death or impairment of a major bodily function.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress Senate Bill SB201

Introduced
1/23/25  
ACES Act of 2025
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress Senate Bill SB213

Introduced
1/23/25  
Main Street Tax Certainty Act
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress Senate Bill SB214

Introduced
1/23/25  
MEDAL Act of 2025 Monetary Enhancement for Distinguished Active Legends Act of 2025
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress Senate Bill SB262

Introduced
1/27/25  
Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds Congressional Gold Medal Act This bill provides for the posthumous award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Roddie Edmonds in recognition of his achievements and heroic actions during World War II.
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress Senate Bill SB292

Introduced
1/29/25  
Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025
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Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress Senate Bill SB313

Introduced
1/29/25  
Stop Funding Global Terrorists Act of 2025This bill prohibits the United States from making any voluntary or assessed contributions to the United Nations (UN) for assistance to Afghanistan until the Department of State certifies to Congress that (1) no U.S. funds are used in cash shipments by the UN to Afghanistan, and (2) terrorist organizations do not receive funds as a result of such cash shipments. If the State Department later determines such a certification is inaccurate, it must revoke the certification and notify Congress.