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in committee · Iowa · Senate Mar 11, 2025

S 478: Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act of 2025

Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act of 2025 This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from transmitting certain information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) utilized by licensed importers or dealers of firearms. Specifically, the bill prohibits the VA from transmitting personally identifying information of a veteran or a beneficiary to the NICS solely on the basis that such veteran or beneficiary has an appointed fiduciary to manage their benefits, unless there is an order or finding of a judicial authority that such veteran or beneficiary is a danger to themselves or others.

Topics ✓ Veterans

John Kennedy (R) · 40 co-sponsors

in committee · Iowa · House Mar 11, 2025

HR 2036: Credit for Caring Act of 2025

The Credit for Caring Act of 2025 creates a federal tax credit for family caregivers of elderly or disabled relatives. It allows eligible caregivers (with over $7,500 in earned income) to claim a credit equal to 30% of qualified caregiving expenses exceeding $2,000, capped at $5,000 per year. Qualified expenses include human assistance, home modifications, respite care, counseling, lost wages for unpaid time off, and transportation, all requiring certification from a licensed healthcare provider that the care recipient has long-term needs. The credit phases out for higher earners (over $75,000 single/$150,000 joint) and requires documentation of expenses and care recipient certification.

Topics ✓ Budget & Taxes ✓ Healthcare ✓ Labor & Employment

Mike Carey (R) · 91 co-sponsors

in committee · Iowa · House Mar 11, 2025

HR 2048: Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act

Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act This bill expedites payment of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits and eligibility for Medicare coverage for those with metastatic breast cancer (i.e., breast cancer that has spread to other sites in the body). Specifically, the bill eliminates the 5-month waiting period for SSDI benefits and the subsequent 24-month waiting period for Medicare coverage for individuals with metastatic breast cancer. Under current law, individuals generally must wait 5 months after the onset of disability to begin receiving SSDI benefits and an additional 24 months to become eligible for Medicare.

Topics ✓ Healthcare

in committee · Iowa · House Mar 11, 2025

HR 2028: REDI Act

Resident Education Deferred Interest Act or the REDI Act This bill allows borrowers in medical or dental internships or residency programs to defer student loan payments until the completion of their programs.

Topics ✓ Healthcare

Brian Babin (R) · 131 co-sponsors

in committee · Iowa · House Mar 11, 2025

HR 2089: Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-Term Holding

This bill changes how individual investors in mutual funds (regulated investment companies) are taxed on certain dividends. It allows investors to defer paying tax on capital gain dividends that are automatically reinvested in additional fund shares through a dividend reinvestment plan. The deferred tax is recognized later when the investor sells shares or upon their death. It also establishes that shares acquired through this reinvestment are treated as held for over one year from the start, potentially qualifying for long-term capital gains rates. The rule applies only to individual investors (not estates, trusts, or dependents claimed by others).

Beth Van Duyne (R) · 130 co-sponsors

in committee · Iowa · House Mar 11, 2025

HR 2075: Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act of 2025

This bill prohibits federal funding, support, or approval for research using human fetal tissue obtained from induced abortions. It allows research on tissue from miscarriages (under 20 weeks) or stillbirths (20+ weeks) under existing Public Health Service Act rules, and permits development of new cell lines for vaccines or genetic vectors if not derived from abortion tissue. The bill amends the Public Health Service Act to restrict federal research to tissue from miscarriages or stillbirths and clarifies definitions for terms like "miscarriage" and "stillbirth." It directly affects federal agencies like the NIH and researchers relying on federal grants for biomedical studies.

Topics ✗ Healthcare

in committee · Iowa · House Mar 11, 2025

HR 2080: Crucial Communism Teaching Act

HR 2080, the "Crucial Communism Teaching Act," requires high schools to teach students about communism's historical and current impacts. The bill mandates that students learn communism caused over 100 million deaths globally, understand its dangers, and recognize that 1.5 billion people "still suffer under communism." It directs the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation to develop a high school curriculum and oral history resources ("Portraits in Patriotism") featuring victim stories, with specific focus on modern examples like Xinjiang human rights abuses and China's actions in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The curriculum must be integrated into social studies, government, history, and economics classes, and updated to cover both historical and current communist regimes.

Topics ✗ Education

in committee · Iowa · House Mar 11, 2025

HR 2033: Military Spouse Hiring Act

HR 2033, the Military Spouse Hiring Act, expands the Work Opportunity Tax Credit to include spouses of active-duty military personnel. It adds "qualified military spouse" as an eligible category for the tax credit, meaning employers who hire such spouses can claim the credit. A "qualified military spouse" is defined as someone certified by a local agency as married to an active-duty service member at the time of hire. The credit applies to hires occurring after the bill's enactment date. This directly affects military spouses seeking employment and employers hiring them, providing a tax incentive to encourage their hiring.

Topics ✓ Budget & Taxes ✓ Labor & Employment

in committee · Iowa · House Mar 11, 2025

HR 2039: Protecting the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2025

HR 2039, the Protecting the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2025, prevents the President and Health Secretary from using emergency declarations (under the National Emergencies Act or Public Health Service Act) to implement gun control measures. It amends disaster relief law to explicitly prohibit future rules that would ban firearm possession, sales, or accessories during emergencies. The bill directly affects federal agencies and future emergency declarations, blocking them from being used as a tool for gun regulation. It does not change existing gun laws but restricts how emergency powers can be applied to firearms policy.

Michael Cloud (R) · 36 co-sponsors

in committee · Iowa · House Mar 10, 2025

HRES 206: Recognizing the importance of stepped-up basis under section 1014 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in preserving family-owned farms and small businesses.

This is a non-binding resolution (HRES 206), not a legislative bill. It expresses the House's support for preserving the "stepped-up basis" tax provision (Section 1014 of the Internal Revenue Code), which allows heirs to reset the tax cost basis of inherited assets like farmland or business equipment to their current market value. The resolution cites that 98% of farms and 19% of businesses are family-owned, noting that eliminating this provision could increase taxes for 66% of midsized farms. It specifically urges opposition to new taxes on family farms and small businesses but does not change any tax law or policy.

Topics ✓ Budget & Taxes

Tracey Mann (R) · 29 co-sponsors

in committee · Iowa · Senate Mar 10, 2025

S 913: Return to Sender Act

This bill repeals sections 70002 and 70003 of the Inflation Reduction Act (Public Law 117-169) and rescinds all unused funds allocated under those sections as of its enactment date. It directly affects the federal government's budget by canceling unspent money that was previously set aside for climate and energy programs. The key mechanism is a simple fiscal correction: it removes the authority to use those specific funds and redirects them away from future spending. This is a procedural budget adjustment with no direct impact on citizens or businesses.

Topics ✗ Budget & Taxes ✗ Energy ✗ Environment

in committee · Iowa · House Mar 10, 2025

HR 2008: Infant Formula Made in America Act of 2025

The Infant Formula Made in America Act of 2025 creates two tax credits to incentivize domestic infant formula production. It offers a 30% investment credit for manufacturers who build or expand facilities to make U.S.-made infant formula (with a total credit cap of $750 million), plus a $2 per pound production credit for formula sold in the U.S. (capped at 18 million pounds annually). The credits are limited to manufacturers with global revenue under $750 million and require at least 50% of formula produced with the investment credit to be sold within the U.S. within one year. The bill includes recapture provisions if manufacturers fail to meet these requirements, and applies to facilities starting construction after the bill's enactment.

Topics ✓ Budget & Taxes ✓ Healthcare