Rep. H. Morgan Griffith

Maddy summaryThis bill clarifies when unintended radiation exposure in nuclear medicine must be reported to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). It requires the NRC to revise regulations within 120 days to specify that a radiation dose from a leakage incident (extravasation) must be reported if it exceeds 0.5 Sv (50 rem) in either a 5 cubic centimeter tissue volume or 10 square centimeters of skin. The change directly affects hospitals and medical facilities using radioactive materials in procedures like diagnostic imaging or cancer treatment. The revised reporting threshold takes effect 18 months after the bill becomes law. This is a regulatory adjustment focused on defining specific exposure limits, not altering patient care or funding.

Maddy summaryHR 2165, the Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act of 2025, amends the Clean Air Act to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from writing future tailpipe emissions regulations that mandate specific vehicle technologies (like electric or hydrogen systems) or limit the availability of new vehicles based on engine type (e.g., gasoline vs. electric). The bill requires the EPA to update its regulations within 24 months to ensure new rules comply with these restrictions. This directly affects the EPA’s regulatory authority and automakers, as it limits how emissions standards can be structured. The law aims to preserve consumer choice in vehicle types by preventing regulations from favoring one engine technology over others.

Fairness for High-Skilled Americans Act of 2025 This bill eliminates the Optional Practical Training Program or any successor program, unless Congress expressly authorizes such a program. (The program provides an F-1 student visa holder temporary employment authorization before or after completion of the student's studies, or both.)

Maddy summaryThis bill would cancel a specific Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule finalized in March 2024 that reconsidered national air quality standards for particulate matter. It directly affects the EPA’s regulatory authority and would prevent the implementation of that rule, impacting industries and communities subject to particulate matter air quality standards. The key mechanism is a direct nullification of the EPA’s final rule (89 Fed. Reg. 16202), declaring it "shall have no force or effect." This policy change would revert to prior air quality standards without altering the broader regulatory framework.

Maddy summaryThis bill (HR 2260) renames a U.S. Postal Service facility in Radford, Virginia, to the "Richard H. Poff Post Office Building." It directly affects the physical location at 901 West Main Street by changing its official name. The key provision requires all future federal references in laws, documents, or records to use the new name instead of the previous designation. This is a purely ceremonial renaming with no policy changes or funding impacts.

Maddy summaryThis bill modifies Medicare's physician self-referral rules to improve access for rural communities. It creates a new exemption for "covered rural hospitals" (defined as facilities in rural areas more than 35 miles from another hospital or critical access hospital) from certain restrictions on physicians owning hospitals. The bill also removes a prohibition on expanding existing physician-owned hospitals, allowing such expansions after the law's enactment. These changes directly affect rural hospitals seeking Medicare participation and physicians who own or operate hospitals in underserved areas.

Maddy summaryThis bill amends the tax code to permanently establish a 7-year depreciation period for motorsports entertainment complexes, replacing a temporary provision. It directly affects businesses operating these facilities by allowing them to deduct the cost of qualifying assets over seven years instead of a shorter period. The key change is removing a temporary rule (subparagraph D) from the tax code, making the longer recovery period permanent for these specific properties. The bill focuses solely on clarifying and extending this tax treatment without additional policy changes.

Maddy summaryHJRES 35 is a congressional resolution disapproving an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that established procedures for emissions charges on petroleum and natural gas systems. Specifically, it targets the EPA’s November 2024 rule titled "Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions," which would have required companies to pay fees based on emissions. The resolution, passed by both chambers in February 2025, nullifies the rule, preventing it from taking effect. This directly affects oil and gas companies subject to the EPA’s emissions regulations, removing a specific compliance mechanism they would have faced.

Safe Routes Act of 2025 This bill directs the Department of Transportation to waive vehicle weight limits for covered logging vehicles, thus allowing logging vehicles to travel on interstate highways in certain circumstances. The term covered logging vehicle means a vehicle that (1) is transporting raw or unfinished forest products, including logs, pulpwood, biomass, or wood chips; (2) is traveling a distance not greater than 150 air miles on interstate highways from origin to a storage or processing facility; and (3) meets state legal weight tolerances and vehicle configurations for transporting raw or unfinished forest products within the state boundaries in which the vehicle is operating.

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.