Andy Biggs

No GRIFT Act of 2026

Nonprofit organizations that get more than half their funding from the Department of Justice would be banned from receiving those grants if they pay any executive or employee more than the Attorney General's annual salary. This rule would prevent taxpayer-funded grants from going to nonprofits that compensate their staff at unusually high levels compared to top government officials. The measure affects nonprofits that rely heavily on federal justice department funding.

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.

This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the Supreme Court to be composed of nine Justices—one Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices.

TRUE Accountability Act

Taxpayer Resources Used in Emergencies Accountability Act or the TRUE Accountability Act This bill requires agencies to develop and implement plans for preventing fraud and improper payments relating to federal emergency spending (e.g., providing funding relating to disasters or pandemics). The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) must issue, and review every three years, guidance to agencies for developing plans with appropriate internal controls. The guidance must incorporate the current Government Accountability Office frameworks for managing fraud risk in federal programs and managing improper payments in federal emergency assistance. Within one year after the bill’s enactment, agencies must submit to OMB plans required by the guidance. Each plan must include procedures to (1) evaluate the risk of financial loss to the federal government caused by improper payments and fraud relating to the agency’s federal emergency spending; (2) develop risk reduction strategies that are, to the extent possible, implemented prior to expenditure; and (3) adopt payment monitoring to identify and reduce improper and fraudulent payments (e.g., anomaly detection). Agencies must revise and resubmit plans, as necessary, at least every three years. OMB must annually submit the plans to Congress along with information relating to helping agencies implement the plans and legislative recommendations for emergency appropriations.

Restoring the American Homebuyers Dream Act

The bill would require the Treasury Department to share taxpayer identification information with immigration enforcement officials to help identify people who may be in the country illegally. This would affect undocumented immigrants and potentially anyone who has obtained a taxpayer ID number, as their information could be used for immigration enforcement purposes. The change would allow immigration authorities to access tax records that are currently kept confidential between taxpayers and the IRS.

Monitor Accountability Act

Monitor Accountability Act This bill requires the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to establish conditions on the appointment of monitors to oversee state and local governmental entities. A monitor is an independent official appointed to oversee corrective reforms as part of a civil settlement agreement or consent decree, such as to remedy a pattern or practice of unconstitutional policing. Among the conditions, this bill requires notice and an opportunity for public comment prior to the appointment of a monitor, limits an individual to one monitor appointment at a time, sets a five-year term limit for monitors, and requires a public accounting of the fees charged and services provided by the monitor. It also caps fees and explicitly authorizes the use of pro bono services. In 2021, the Department of Justice began implementing a set of principles and specific recommendations regarding the use of monitors in civil settlement agreements and consent decrees involving state and local governmental entities, including recommendations relating to term limits, capping fees, and public accountability.

Providing Resources and Oversight for Tactical Equipment to Communities and Troops Act

The military currently gives excess equipment and property to local police departments, but this bill would improve how that process works by requiring better coordination, training, and oversight to make sure the transferred items are actually used effectively and appropriately. The changes would affect both the Department of Defense and local law enforcement agencies that receive military equipment like vehicles and gear. The bill aims to ensure that taxpayer-funded military property isn't wasted and that police departments know how to properly use and maintain what they receive.

SOUL Act of 2026

This bill would give U.S. citizens legal ownership rights over their own face, voice, and likeness, preventing companies and individuals from creating digital copies or AI-generated versions of them without permission. It aims to protect people from having their appearance used in deepfakes, unauthorized advertisements, or other digital replications that could damage their reputation or finances. The legislation would likely allow people to sue those who misuse their likeness and establish penalties for violations.

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring a balanced budget for the Federal Government.

This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total federal expenditures for a year from exceeding the average annual federal receipts collected in the three prior years, adjusted for changes in the population of U.S. citizens and inflation. Expenditures for payment of debt and receipts derived from borrowing are excluded. Under the amendment, Congress may authorize specific expenditures in excess of the limit with (1) a roll call vote of two-thirds of each chamber, or (2) a roll call vote for any year in which a declaration of war is in effect. The amendment also prohibits any bill to levy a new tax or increase the rate of any tax from becoming law unless it has been approved by a roll call vote of two-thirds of the whole number of each chamber of Congress. The requirements take effect in the fifth year beginning after ratification of the amendment.

Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act of 2026

This bill would restrict the government's ability to conduct surveillance on Americans without a court-approved warrant, likely affecting how federal agencies like the FBI and NSA can monitor communications and activities. The legislation aims to require law enforcement and intelligence agencies to obtain judicial approval before conducting wiretaps, accessing phone records, or monitoring digital communications on U.S. citizens. The bill has been sent to the Judiciary and Intelligence committees for review.

CLEAN VA Act

The CLEAN VA Act likely aims to improve oversight and accountability within the Department of Veterans Affairs, possibly by addressing waste, fraud, or mismanagement in how the agency serves veterans. The bill would affect veterans receiving benefits and healthcare, as well as VA employees and operations. By strengthening investigative processes or transparency requirements, the legislation seeks to ensure veterans' benefits and services are delivered more efficiently and effectively.

VERIFY CDL Act

This bill would establish new verification procedures for Commercial Driver's License (CDL) holders to ensure they meet safety and qualification standards. The changes would likely affect truck drivers, bus operators, and other commercial vehicle operators by requiring updated background checks or documentation to maintain or renew their licenses. The goal appears to be improving road safety by strengthening the vetting process for people who operate large commercial vehicles.

Coercion and Sexual Abuse Free Environment Act

Coercion and Sexual Abuse Free Environment Act of 2025 or the CSAFE Act of 2025 This bill establishes a new federal criminal offense for compelling a minor to engage in certain acts: animal crushing, self-harm, obscene speech, sexually explicit conduct, or abusive or degrading nonsexual conduct. An offense, or an attempt or conspiracy to commit an offense, is punishable by a fine, prison term, or both. Additionally, in the case of an offense committed by a minor who is at least 13 years of age, the bill allows the minor to be prosecuted as an adult in federal court if certain criteria are met (e.g., possession of a firearm during the offense).

Putting Patients First Healthcare Freedom Act

Without access to the bill's specific text, this legislation appears to address healthcare policy, likely focusing on expanding patient choice and reducing government or insurance company restrictions on medical decisions. Based on the title's emphasis on "freedom," the bill probably aims to give patients more control over their healthcare options, though the exact changes would depend on its detailed provisions. The bill's referral to multiple committees suggests it touches on insurance regulation, taxes, employment benefits, and possibly legal liability issues related to healthcare.

Strong Sentences for Safer D.C. Streets Act of 2025

Strong Sentences for Safer D.C. Streets Act This bill establishes and increases mandatory minimum sentences of imprisonment for specified crimes in the District of Columbia. First, the bill mandates a sentence of life imprisonment without parole for first-degree murder (currently, the mandatory minimum sentence is 30 years imprisonment and the maximum sentence is life imprisonment without parole). The bill also repeals provisions that prohibit the sentencing of individuals under the age of 18 to life imprisonment without parole for first-degree murder. The bill also establishes a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years imprisonment for second-degree murder, 10 years imprisonment for kidnapping, 25 years imprisonment for first- degree sexual abuse, and 25 years imprisonment for rape. Finally, the bill increases the mandatory minimum sentence for first-degree burglary from 5 years to 10 years imprisonment, unarmed carjacking from 7 years to 10 years imprisonment, armed carjacking from 15 years to 20 years imprisonment, and rape with a prior conviction of a crime of violence from 7 years to 30 years imprisonment.

Mens Rea Reform Act of 2025

Mens Rea Reform Act of 2025 This bill establishes a default mens rea standard (i.e., state of mind requirement) for federal criminal offenses—statutory and regulatory—that lack an explicit standard. The government must generally prove that a defendant acted knowingly with respect to each element of an offense for which the text does not specify a state of mind.

IHE Nonprofit Clarity Act

This bill would clarify the tax and regulatory status of nonprofit institutions of higher education, likely addressing questions about what qualifies as a legitimate nonprofit college or university and what obligations these schools must meet. The legislation would affect colleges, universities, and the students who attend them by establishing clearer rules about how nonprofit educational institutions are defined and governed. The bill aims to reduce confusion and ensure consistent treatment of nonprofit schools across different federal programs and tax requirements.

GRACE Act

The GRACE Act appears to address education policy, though the specific details would depend on the bill's full text. Based on its referral to the House Committee on Education and Workforce, it likely affects students, teachers, or school funding in some way. Without more information about the bill's provisions, the exact impact on schools and education cannot be determined.

Midnight Rules Relief Act

Midnight Rules Relief Act This bill allows Congress to disapprove multiple regulations under one joint resolution of disapproval if the regulations were submitted for review during a portion of the final year of a President's term. Under current law, the Congressional Review Act generally provides for a period of additional review during the succeeding Congress for regulations that were submitted during the last 60 legislative days of the prior Congress. However, each joint resolution may disapprove of only one regulation.

HOUSE Act of 2025

Helping Owners with Unaffordable Shoddy Edicts Act of 2025 or the HOUSE Act of 2025 This bill directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to withdraw the final determination titled Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards for New Construction of HUD- and USDA-Financed Housing and published on April 26, 2024. The determination adopted updated minimum energy efficiency standards for newly built homes (except manufactured housing) financed through certain HUD and USDA programs. Specifically, it adopted the (1) 2021 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), which applies to single family homes and multifamily low-rise buildings up to three stories; and (2) 2019 American National Standards Institute/American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers/Illuminating Electrical Society (ANSI/ASHRAE/IES) Standard 90.1, which applies to multifamily residential buildings with four or more stories. HUD and USDA must also revert to using the energy efficiency standards required before the determination. In addition, the bill prohibits HUD, USDA, and the Department of Veterans Affairs from taking actions or using federal funds to implement or enforce the determination or any substantially similar determination. It also prohibits the Federal Housing Finance Agency from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a determination or rule relating to energy efficiency standards for single and multifamily housing. Finally, the bill prohibits HUD and USDA from adopting updates to the IECC or ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1 in certain circumstances unless at least 26 states have adopted codes or standards that meet or exceed the update's requirements.

Grant’s Law

Without access to the specific text of this bill, it appears to address immigration policy based on its subject matter. The bill has been referred to the House Judiciary Committee, which typically handles immigration legislation. To provide an accurate summary of what this bill would actually do and who it affects, the specific provisions would need to be reviewed.

Stopping Border Surges Act

Stopping Border Surges Act This bill modifies immigration law provisions relating to unaccompanied alien minors and to asylum seekers. The bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to repatriate certain unaccompanied, inadmissible alien children, generally those not at risk of being trafficking victims nor having a fear of persecution. Currently, only inadmissible unaccompanied aliens from neighboring countries are subject to repatriation, and DHS has discretion whether to repatriate. When the Department of Health and Human Services releases an unaccompanied child to an individual, it shall provide DHS with certain information about that individual, including Social Security number and immigration status. The bill requires a stricter standard to find a credible fear of persecution and imposes additional rules on credible fear interviews. If an alien is granted asylum because of fear of persecution in a country, the alien shall be deemed to have renounced asylum status by returning to that country, if there has been no change in the country's conditions. The bill also (1) expands the definition of what constitutes a frivolous asylum application, (2) imposes additional limitations on eligibility for asylum, (3) shortens the deadline for applying for asylum, and (4) extends the time period an alien seeking asylum must wait before receiving employment authorization. Any individual who knowingly and willfully makes materially false statements or uses fraudulent documents in asylum-related proceedings shall be fined or imprisoned up to 10 years, or both.

Abortion Is Not Health Care Act of 2025

Abortion Is Not Health Care Act of 2025 This bill excludes amounts paid for an abortion from the itemized tax deduction for qualified medical and dental expenses. Under current law, individuals who itemize their tax deductions may deduct qualified medical and dental expenses to the extent that such expenses exceed 7.5% of the individual’s adjusted gross income for the tax year. Further, under current law, the calculation of the itemized tax deduction for medical and dental expenses may include amounts paid for a legal abortion.

No SmartPay for Anti-2A Companies Act

No SmartPay for Anti-2A Companies Act This bill prohibits the General Services Administration from awarding a contract under the SmartPay Program for the procurement of a commercial payment system that uses a payment processing agency that has implemented a merchant category code for gun retailers.

Responsible Borrower Protection Act of 2025

Responsible Borrower Protection Act of 2025 This bill prohibits the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) from implementing changes to the single-family home loan pricing framework for upfront fees on certain home loans, announced in January 2023. The changes revise the fee charts that provide percentage adjustments based on a borrower's credit score and other risk factors. Overall, these changes increase the percentage adjustments, with variations based on the particular risk profile of the loan.

Freedom from Mandates Act

The bill would restrict the federal government's ability to require vaccines, medical treatments, or other health-related mandates for federal employees, contractors, and potentially beneficiaries of federal programs. It would affect millions of workers in government agencies and companies that contract with the federal government, as well as people receiving Medicare, Medicaid, or other federal health benefits. The proposal aims to give individuals more choice over their own medical decisions rather than having the government impose requirements.

KAMALA Act

Keeping Aid for Municipalities And Localities Accountable Act or the KAMALA Act This bill prohibits the use of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding to assist non-U.S. nationals ( aliens under federal law) who are not lawfully admitted permanent residents. The CDBG program is administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and provides states, local governments, and Indian tribes with funds for economic and community development. The bill also specifically prohibits HUD from making a CDBG grant to any state, local government, or Indian tribe that carries out a housing or community development program that assists such individuals.

Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment that prohibits total outlays for any fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year. The amendment also prohibits (1) increases to the federal debt limit, and (2) a bill that increases revenue from becoming law unless the bill has been approved by two-thirds of each chamber of Congress with a roll call vote.

Ensuring United Families at the Border Act

Ensuring United Families at the Border Act This bill addresses the treatment of children who are non-U.S. nationals ( aliens under federal law), including by statutorily establishing that there is no presumption that such a child (other than an unaccompanied child) should not be detained for immigration purposes. Specifically, the bill states that the detention of such minors shall be governed by specified sections of the Immigration and Nationality Act and not any other provision of law, judicial ruling, or settlement agreement. (A 1997 settlement agreement, commonly known as the Flores agreement, imposes requirements relating to the treatment of detained alien minors, including requiring such minors to be released or placed in a nonsecure facility after a certain amount of time in detention.) If an adult enters the United States unlawfully with their child, the Department of Homeland Security must detain the adult and child together if the only criminal charge against the adult is a misdemeanor for unlawful entry. This bill also prohibits states from imposing licensing requirements on immigration detention facilities used to detain minors or families with minors.