Rep. Beth Van Duyne

Maddy summaryThis bill renames a U.S. Postal Service facility in Corpus Christi, Texas (located at 802 North Tancahua Street) as the "Captain Robert E. 'Bob' Batterson Post Office." It affects only the official naming of this specific post office and all related federal references. The bill requires that any future federal document, map, or record referencing the location must use the new name. It does not create new policies, allocate funding, or impact postal services. This is a purely commemorative measure with no substantive policy changes.

Maddy summaryThe Supporting America's Children and Families Act reauthorizes federal child welfare programs through 2029, with new provisions to improve services for children in foster care and families. It directly affects states, tribes, child welfare agencies, foster youth, and families through requirements to address poverty-related neglect, expand family preservation services, strengthen kinship care support, and improve court technology for remote hearings. Key mechanisms include new funding for regional partnerships addressing parental substance use, streamlined administrative processes, and demonstration projects for maintaining relationships between incarcerated parents and their children in foster care. The bill also strengthens tribal child support enforcement and improves implementation of the Indian Child Welfare Act, aiming to reduce bureaucracy while improving outcomes for children and families.

Fentanyl is a WMD Act This bill requires the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office of the Department of Homeland Security to treat illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction.

Stopping Border Surges Act This bill modifies immigration law provisions relating to unaccompanied alien minors and to asylum seekers. The bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to repatriate certain unaccompanied, inadmissible alien children, generally those not at risk of being trafficking victims nor having a fear of persecution. Currently, only inadmissible unaccompanied aliens from neighboring countries are subject to repatriation, and DHS has discretion whether to repatriate. When the Department of Health and Human Services releases an unaccompanied child to an individual, it shall provide DHS with certain information about that individual, including Social Security number and immigration status. The bill requires a stricter standard to find a credible fear of persecution and imposes additional rules on credible fear interviews. If an alien is granted asylum because of fear of persecution in a country, the alien shall be deemed to have renounced asylum status by returning to that country, if there has been no change in the country's conditions. The bill also (1) expands the definition of what constitutes a frivolous asylum application, (2) imposes additional limitations on eligibility for asylum, (3) shortens the deadline for applying for asylum, and (4) extends the time period an alien seeking asylum must wait before receiving employment authorization. Any individual who knowingly and willfully makes materially false statements or uses fraudulent documents in asylum-related proceedings shall be fined or imprisoned up to 10 years, or both.

Maddy summaryHR 137, the TCJA Permanency Act, makes permanent many tax provisions from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. It permanently increases the standard deduction for individual taxpayers, modifies income tax brackets, and makes permanent the child tax credit increase. The bill also permanently limits deductions for state and local taxes, mortgage interest, and miscellaneous itemized deductions. These changes affect most individual taxpayers who file federal income tax returns.

Maddy summaryHR 45 (FIND Act) requires federal government contractors to certify they do not discriminate against firearm businesses (including manufacturers, dealers, and trade associations) in their policies or practices. The bill mandates that contractors and subcontractors (for contracts over 10% of the prime contract value) certify they have no discriminatory policies and will not adopt them during the contract term. Violations could lead to contract termination and potential debarment. This applies to all federal procurement contracts awarded after the bill's enactment, excluding sole-source contracts. The law aims to ensure firearm businesses are treated equally in government contracting without restricting legitimate business criteria like creditworthiness or legal compliance.

Maddy summaryThis bill prohibits federal funds from being allocated as congressional earmarks (specific funding requests) to states or local governments designated as "sanctuary jurisdictions." A sanctuary jurisdiction is defined as any state or local area with policies that restrict sharing immigration status information or refuse to comply with Department of Homeland Security detainer requests. The law includes an exception for policies allowing cooperation with DHS when individuals are victims or witnesses in criminal cases. It applies to earmarks starting in fiscal year 2026, not general federal funding.

Maddy summaryHR 196, the Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act, rescinds unobligated funds previously allocated to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Specifically, it directs the cancellation of unused balances from six specific funding categories within the IRS's budget as of the bill's enactment date. This action reduces the IRS's available funding without creating new tax policies or altering taxpayer obligations. The bill is procedural, focusing solely on redirecting existing, unspent government funds rather than changing tax laws or affecting individual taxpayers directly.

Maddy summaryThis bill (HR 6244) designates the U.S. Postal Service facility at 1535 East Los Ebanos Boulevard in Brownsville, Texas, as the "1st Lieutenant Andres Zermeno Post Office Building." It updates all federal references to the building to reflect this new name. The bill has no policy provisions or funding changes - it solely honors 1st Lieutenant Andres Zermeno through a commemorative name designation. The building will now be officially referred to by this name in all government documents and records.

Maddy summaryThis bill names the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Plano, Texas, as the "U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson Memorial VA Clinic." It changes the facility's official designation in all government documents, maps, and references, honoring the late Congressman Sam Johnson. The bill does not alter the clinic's services, funding, or operations - only its name. This is a ceremonial designation with no policy or programmatic impact.