LOAN Act

HR51 — Washington, D.C. Admission Act

Full statehood for Washington, Douglass Commonwealth would admit the District of Columbia as a new state on equal footing, while defining a smaller federal "Capital" and setting staged transitions for courts, property, and federal programs. - Capital residents would gain full congressional representation: two U.S. Senators and one U.S. Representative. The bill also requires states to allow "absent Capital" residents to vote by absentee ballot in federal elections. - The U.S. House would be permanently increased to 436 members and apportionment would be adjusted beginning with the first decennial census after admission. - The bill defines the federal Capital with a required 180-day survey, preserves federal court, prosecutorial, prison, parole, National Guard, and employee benefit arrangements on a temporary basis, and phases those responsibilities to the State as it certifies the necessary laws and personnel are in place.

HR1589 — American Dream and Promise Act of 2025

New pathways to permanent residence. This bill would create a ten‑year conditional permanent resident status for certain people who entered as children and would add an adjustment pathway for specified Temporary Protected Status and Deferred Enforced Departure holders. - Young long‑term residents and DACA‑eligible people could get a ten‑year conditional status if they meet rules like continuous presence since Jan 1, 2021 and education or credential benchmarks. They could convert to full permanent residence after meeting removal‑of‑condition rules and have limits on removal while applying. - Nationals with qualifying TPS or DED status who meet continuous‑presence rules could apply within a three‑year window and face a capped application fee of $1,140. - The bill creates a competitive grant program to help applicants, allows fee exemptions for youth, low‑income people, foster care alumni, and those with serious disabilities, and adds a $25 supplemental surcharge to fund appointed counsel.

HR15 — Equality Act

Adds sexual orientation and gender identity to the federal definition of sex and creates a uniform, nationwide nondiscrimination framework across employment, housing, credit, education, public accommodations, jury service, and programs that receive federal funds. The bill would harmonize definitions, remedies, and rules of construction across multiple civil rights statutes to make enforcement and claims more consistent. - Workers: Private and federal employees would gain explicit protection from discrimination for sexual orientation and gender identity. The bill would update Title VII rules, expand remedies, and adjust bona fide occupational qualification rules to account for gender identity. - People using public places, students, and tenants: Public accommodations and education laws would explicitly bar discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The Fair Housing Act would adopt the same definitions and protections to cover renters and buyers. - Borrowers, juries, and enforcement: The Equal Credit Opportunity Act would bar credit discrimination on these bases. Jury selection rules would be updated to prevent discrimination. The bill would also prevent the Religious Freedom Restoration Act from being used to challenge enforcement under the covered civil rights laws.

HR14 — John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025

This bill would restore robust federal oversight of voting rights by rewriting Section 2 and creating a broad practice-based preclearance system. It sets new tests for vote-dilution and vote-denial claims, adds retrogression rules for actions on or after January 1, 2021, and requires extensive public notice, data disclosure, and observer powers. - Minority and language-minority voters: Provides clearer legal paths to challenge districting and practices that dilute or abridge votes, recognizes coalitions of minority groups, and applies retrogression rules to actions from January 1, 2021. - States and local election officials: Triggers preclearance using a 25-year lookback with numeric thresholds and creates an administrative bailout that requires demonstrating sustained compliance over a 10-year period to avoid coverage. - Enforcement, oversight, and courts: Expands who may sue to include private "aggrieved persons", centralizes observer authority in the Attorney General, and authorizes pre-suit inspection and information demands that courts may enforce or modify.

HR2743 — Raise the Wage Act of 2025

Would raise the federal minimum wage to $17.00 within five years and then index future increases to the median hourly wage. It would also phase out separate subminimum rates for tipped workers, new hires under 20, and many workers paid under special certificates for people with disabilities, and require advance notice of any wage increases. - Would raise the national FLSA minimum to $17.00 over five years and then require annual increases tied to the Bureau of Labor Statistics median hourly wage. - Would boost the cash wage for tipped employees from a low baseline up to $17.00 over seven years, fold tipped pay into the general minimum after that, preserve employees' right to keep tips, and require employer notice about tips. - Would set a separate wage for new hires under 20 starting at $6.00 and raise it each year until it equals the general minimum. It would also bar new special certificates for workers with disabilities and phase those workers' wages up to the general minimum by year five.

HR12 — Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025

This bill would protect access to abortion before viability nationwide. It would block state rules that single out abortion, safeguard telemedicine and medication abortion, and protect the right to travel for care. - People seeking care and families: Would be able to obtain abortion prior to viability without residency limits, medically unnecessary tests, or required in‑person visits. About 63% of terminations are medication abortions and the bill limits extra drug restrictions beyond generally applicable rules. - Health care providers: Would be able to prescribe, dispense, and provide abortion through hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, and telemedicine without facility, staffing, or credential rules that are stricter than comparable procedures. - People in restricted states and cross‑state travelers: Would have a protected right to travel for abortion and to assist others. By January 2025 abortion is unavailable in 14 states and 17.98 million people of reproductive age lack home‑state access, and travel time to facilities has quadrupled since Dobbs. - States and officials: The Attorney General and private parties could sue to enforce the Act, and courts could grant injunctions, declaratory relief, and award costs and reasonable attorney fees.