Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 29, 2025

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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 29, 2025
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Legislation, Confirmations, Opposing Regulations

By Amy West GovTrack.us, March 28, 2025

This week the House passed a few bills, the Senate continued confirming Executive Branch nominees and both chambers voted against a variety of regulations established by the Biden Administration.

The House has not yet voted on S. 1077: District of Columbia Local Funds Act, 2025 which would restore Washington, D.C.'s funding levels even though the Senate voted for it unanimously and the White House has said it supports this bill.

The House will also continue to include Rep. Stefanik (R-NY21). She had been the nominee for the US Ambassador to the United Nations, but the Trump Administration has become worried about its extremely narrow margin in the House and withdrew her nomination.

Bills

H.R. 359: Cost-Share Accountability Act of 2025, which would amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require reporting relating to certain cost-share requirements, passed 405-0
H.R. 1326: DOE and USDA Interagency Research Act, which would provide for Department of Energy and Department of Agriculture joint research and development activities such as grid modernization and security, rural technology development, and wildfire risks and prevention, passed 372-35
H.R. 1534: IMPACT Act, which would provide for research and development of advanced technologies to improve the efficiency of cement, concrete, and asphalt production, passed 350-73
H.R. 1048: DETERRENT Act, which would limit presumed foreign influence on US campuses by lowering reporting thresholds for gifts and requiring reporting of individual grants and contracts, passed 241-169

Confirmations

Among many confirmations of sub-cabinet level positions this week, these two are notable because of the importance of the FDA and NIH to the daily health of US residents. The Washington Post wrote about both nominees.

Makary, Commissioner of Food and Drug Administration confirmed 56-44
Bhattacharya, Director of the National Institutes of Health confirmed 53-47

Opposing Regulations

The official information is all below, but to summarize, one or both chambers voted to let financial services companies continue to not report crypto sales, to keep appliances less efficient and to allow banks to charge customers as much as they want in fees.

H. J. Res. 25: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service relating to "Gross Proceeds Reporting by Brokers That Regularly Provide Services Effectuating Digital Asset Sales" passed 70-28 and goes to the President for signing next.
H.J.Res. 24: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to “Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers” passed 203-182
H.J.Res. 75: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers" passed 214-193
S.J.Res. 18: A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to “Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions” passed 52-48

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Hawaii Congressional Delegation

March 21, 2025 — Introduced

H.Res. 233: Supporting the designation of April 2025 as “National Native Plant Month”.

Sponsor: Rep. Ed Case [D-HI1]

This resolution was referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources which will consider it before sending it to the House floor for consideration.

2 cosponsors are on that committee.

March 24, 2025, 5:30 p.m. — Vote

On the Nomination PN12-36: John Phelan, of Florida, to be Secretary of the Navy

Nomination Confirmed 62/30