Protecting Arizona from Federal Land Grabs Act

HR6225 — PAUSE Act of 2025

This bill would create a nationwide pause on issuing visas and providing immigration status until a set of conditions in the immigration system are met. It would also restrict who can claim birthright citizenship and bar many federal benefits for certain noncitizens. - Families and children: Would restrict birthright citizenship to a child born in the United States only if at least one parent is a U.S. citizen or a lawful permanent resident. It would also allow state and local governments to deny access to public schools for people present without lawful status. - Nonimmigrants and pending applicants: Would prevent nonimmigrants from adjusting to lawful permanent resident status and pause new visas or status grants. It would revoke applications filed before enactment if the new rules make the applicant ineligible and refund any fee paid. - People screened by ideology or affiliation: Would bar lawful status for people described as Islamists or observers of Sharia law, members or associates of the Chinese Communist Party, known or suspected terrorists, or people affiliated with foreign terrorist organizations. - Low-income immigrants and borrowers: Would deny many federal benefits and supports to aliens, including Medicare and Medicaid emergency medical care in certain cases, Supplemental Security Income, SNAP, WIC, premium tax credits, the Earned Income Tax Credit, federal student loans, HUD housing assistance, and Small Business Administration loans or guarantees.

HR2395 — SHORT Act

Reclassifies short‑barreled rifles and shotguns under federal law and limits state oversight. The SHORT Act would change the Internal Revenue Code and Title 18 to treat certain short‑barreled weapons differently, create a federal safe harbor for people who comply with Chapter 44, preempt state taxes and registration rules, and require destruction of some National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record entries. - Owners who follow federal Chapter 44 rules would be regarded as meeting any state or local registration or licensing requirement for short‑barreled rifles and shotguns. - States and localities would be barred from imposing taxes other than general sales or use taxes, or from requiring markings, recordkeeping, or registration for short‑barreled rifles and shotguns that affect interstate commerce. - The Attorney General would have to destroy within 365 days certain NFRTR registrations and transfer and maker applications that identify owners or makers of those weapons.

HR2528 — Association Health Plans Act

Treats certain employer associations as employers for group health plans. This bill would let qualifying groups or associations sponsor association health plans across industries and sets rules on who can join, how plans must be run, and how self-employed people are treated. - Workers and families: Employees of member employers would be aggregated into a single multiple employer welfare arrangement. Plans must cover at least 51 employees across all members to qualify. - Self-employed individuals: People with no common-law employees who own a business and work at least 10 hours per week (or 40 hours per month) could join if the plan board certifies and later monitors their eligibility. If the board finds someone no longer qualifies, coverage may be withheld for the following plan year but can be reinstated with proof of eligibility. - Associations and employers: A group must exist at least 2 years, be formed for purposes other than buying medical care, not condition membership on health factors, and have a governing board with at least 75 percent of members being participating employer members. - Legal effect: Offering coverage through these association plans would not be used to infer employer or joint-employer status under federal or state law.

HR22 — SAVE Act

Requires documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in Federal elections. The bill would add verification, recordkeeping, and new penalties while creating a sworn-affidavit and official‑verification path for people who cannot present documents. - Voters without documents: People who lack documentary proof would rely on a standardized sworn affidavit or an official verification process the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) must develop. Provisional ballots could still be cast and counted if citizenship is later verified. - State agencies and DMVs: Motor vehicle agencies and other voter registration points would be required to collect and record citizenship documents and to notify applicants in advance. The Federal mail registration form would be revised and the EAC must issue guidance within 10 days of enactment. - Removal and enforcement: States could use Department of Homeland Security Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (DHS SAVE), the Social Security Administration (SSA) verification service, and state ID data to identify and remove noncitizens. The bill expands private suits and increases criminal penalties for knowingly registering or assisting noncitizens.

HR7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act

This bill would create new limits and public disclosure rules to prevent insider trading by Members of Congress. It would ban purchases of specified public securities and synthetic interests by Members, their spouses, and dependent children and set rules for sales and enforcement.

HR116 — Stopping Border Surges Act

Tightens asylum eligibility and overhauls rules for unaccompanied children and family detention. The bill would narrow who can get asylum, shorten filing windows, mandate recordings and checklists for credible-fear and expedited-removal interviews, and expand DHS authority over detention and adjudication. - Children and families: Requires specialized interviews for unaccompanied alien children and provides access to counsel at no expense to the Government. It would impose a 14-day hearing timeline for qualifying cases, require certain placement and caretaker contact information be disclosed, and mandate that specified child information be given to DHS within 90 days of enactment. It also narrows Special Immigrant Juvenile Status eligibility and clarifies that non-UAC minors may be detained only to a parent or legal guardian lawfully present. - Asylum applicants and process: Lowers the asylum filing deadline from 1 year to 6 months. It would anchor credible-fear screenings to asylum eligibility rules, require audio or audiovisual recordings and competent interpreters, and change work-authorization timing from 180 days to 1 year with any issued employment authorization expiring 6 months after issuance. It also allows asylum termination if an asylee returns to their home country subject to a waiver for compelling reasons. - Enforcement, fraud, and adjudication: Expands safe-third-country and internal-relocation bars, requires consideration of investigative work product in credibility determinations, and reallocates some asylum adjudicatory authority between DHS and the Attorney General. It adds a criminal penalty of up to 10 years for knowingly fraudulent asylum statements and creates a discovery-based 10-year statute of limitations for certain immigration fraud offenses.

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