12/01/2025

 

Samuel Clifford

 

This is the legislation being considered before the Rules Committee on December 1, 2025.

 

H.R. 4312 SCORE Act

 

Sponsor: Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL-12)

 

Purpose:  The SCORE Act seeks to reform college athletics by protecting student-athletes’ rights to earn compensation from their name, image, and likeness (NIL). It establishes rules for fair competition, regulates agents, requires transparency in athletic program funding, and mandates academic, medical, and career support for athletes.

 

Effects:

- Grants student-athletes freedom to pursue NIL deals, with limits on prohibited compensation.

- Requires institutions to provide medical coverage, scholarship security, and degree-completion programs.

- Mandates transparency in how student fees are used to fund athletics, restricting fee use at high-revenue schools.

- Gives athletic associations authority to regulate NIL disclosure, compensation pools, transfers, and recruitment practices.

- Shields institutions and associations from antitrust challenges while clarifying that student-athletes are not employees.

 

Bill:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4312/text

 

*Voted Favorably*

 

H.R. 4305 DUMP Red Tape Act

 

Sponsor: Rep. Tony Wied (R-WI-8)

 

Purpose: This bill will direct the Small Business Administration’s Chief Counsel for Advocacy to establish a “Red Tape Hotline” for small businesses to report burdensome regulations.

 

Effects: The bill should reduce regulatory burdens on small businesses by creating a streamlined reporting mechanism. It may potentially leading to fewer compliance costs and more responsive federal oversight

 

Bill:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4305/all-info

 

*Voted Favorably*

 

H.R. 2965 Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025

 

Sponsor: Rep. Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24)

 

Purpose: This bill will require the SBA Administrator to ensure that small business regulatory budgets are reduced and capped. It directs the Small Business Administration (SBA) to actively monitor and cap the regulatory costs that federal agencies impose on small businesses.

 

Effects: Small businesses often face disproportionate burdens from compliance rules (reporting, paperwork, fees). This act tries to set a “budget” for those burdens, so they don’t keep growing unchecked. Because of this bill, small businesses would spend less time and money on paperwork, audits, and regulatory filings. It may also lower barriers to entry and therefore could make it easier for new businesses to start and grow

 

Bill:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2965

 

*Voted Favorably*

 

H.R. 1049 Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act

 

Sponsor: Rep. Aaron Bean (R-FL-4)

 

Purpose: The bill will require public schools to disclose if they receive contributions, funding, or material support from foreign adversaries (countries officially designated as adversarial to U.S. interests). 

 

Effects: Parents, communities, and policymakers often have little visibility into where outside money or influence enters the education system. This act is designed to reveal foreign involvement in United States Schools. 

 

Bill:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1049/text

 

*Voted Favorably*

 

H.R. 1069 PROTECT Our Kids Act

 

Sponsor: Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK-1)

 

Purpose: This bill prohibits federal education funds from going to schools that receive direct or indirect support from the Chinese government.

 

Effects: The bill would cut off federal funding to schools with ties to the PRC, aiming to reduce foreign influence in U.S. education and protect national security interests

 

Bill: 

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1069/text

 

*Voted Favorably*

 

H.R. 1005 Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems Act

 

Sponsor: Rep. David P. Joyce (R-OH-14)

 

Purpose: The bill’s stated purpose is to prohibit elementary and secondary schools from accepting funds or entering into contracts with the Government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) or the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It also includes provisions to counter authoritarian propaganda in U.S. school systems.

 

Effects: This bill would bar schools from financial relationships with the PRC or CCP. It also aims to prevent authoritarian narratives from being introduced into U.S. classrooms.

 

Bill:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1005

 

*Voted Favorably*

 

Link to Meeting:

 

https://www.youtube.com/live/ZafV89qUrCg?si=5TRBt07JHM0lcYCT