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Tom Emmer

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U.S. Representative · Minnesota-6 · 114th-119th, 11 years 7 months
Legislation
BillHouseIntroduced
U.S. House of Representatives·Introduced Jan 20, 2026·Jan 20, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
ImmigrationD0R52(52 co-sponsors)
Introduced
The Stop Citizenship Abuse and Misrepresentation Act (SCAM Act) expands the government's ability to strip naturalized U.S. citizens of their citizenship through civil denaturalization proceedings. The bill allows the Attorney General to pursue denaturalization against naturalized citizens who, within 10 years of becoming citizens, commit fraud against federal, state, local, or tribal governments involving at least $10,000; affiliate with foreign terrorist organizations; or commit aggravated felonies or espionage offenses. The law treats these actions as automatic evidence that the person lacked good moral character and attachment to the Constitution at the time of naturalization, effectively reversing the burden of proof. Once denaturalization occurs, it takes retroactive effect—meaning citizenship is treated as void from the original date it was granted—and the individual becomes subject to immediate removal proceedings. The bill includes a fallback provision reducing the relevant timeframe from 10 years to 5 years if courts find the 10-year period unconstitutional.
BillHouseIntroduced
U.S. House of Representatives·Introduced Jan 13, 2026·Jan 13, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Finance and Financial SectorD1R0(1 co-sponsor)
Introduced
H.R. 7030, the Securing Facilities for Mental Health Services Act, amends federal law to expand access to the Federal Housing Administration's mortgage insurance program for hospitals. Currently, the program has restrictions that limit which types of licensed hospitals can participate; this bill removes those restrictions to provide equal access to all licensed hospitals seeking federally-backed mortgage insurance. The changes take effect nine months after the bill becomes law. Within two years of enactment, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development must report to Congress on how the expanded program is working and whether it effectively increases hospital construction and mental health facility availability. The bill aims to make it easier for hospitals to secure financing for new facilities or renovations, particularly those focused on mental health services.
BillHouseIn Committee
U.S. House of Representatives·Introduced Jul 15, 2025·Dec 3, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Armed Forces and National SecurityD48R98(146 co-sponsors)DRBipartisan
Committee
This bill requires Department of Veterans Affairs physicians and nurse practitioners to certify the deaths of their veteran patients within 48 hours of learning about the death, if the veteran died from natural causes. The legislation addresses reported cases where VA medical professionals delayed signing death certificates for up to eight weeks, which prevented timely burials and delayed survivors' access to benefits. If a VA provider cannot meet the 48-hour deadline, a local coroner or medical examiner may certify the death instead. The bill includes no specific funding authorization but requires the VA Secretary to submit annual reports to Congress starting one year after enactment, detailing compliance rates, the number of cases where the deadline was missed, and the reasons for any delays.
BillHouseIntroduced
U.S. House of Representatives·Introduced May 21, 2025·May 21, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Finance and Financial SectorD2R3(5 co-sponsors)DRBipartisan
Introduced
This bill creates an exemption from federal and state money transmitter licensing requirements for blockchain developers and service providers who do not actually control users' digital assets. Under current law, these businesses may be treated as financial institutions requiring licenses and registration; this legislation protects them from those requirements as long as they lack control over the cryptocurrency or digital assets their users hold. The bill specifies that "control" means the unilateral ability to spend a user's digital assets without approval from others, so companies that merely provide software or infrastructure—like wallet developers or blockchain validators—would be exempt. The law does not change intellectual property regulations or prevent states from enforcing laws consistent with this exemption, meaning states could still impose their own blockchain regulations as long as they align with the federal safe harbor. There is no specific funding authorization or implementation timeline included in the legislation.
BillHousePassed House
U.S. House of Representatives·Introduced May 7, 2025·Nov 4, 2025 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 314.
Finance and Financial SectorD3R8(11 co-sponsors)DRBipartisan
Passed
This bill increases the amount insured depository institutions may accept as reciprocal deposits. (Reciprocal deposits are used by institutions to increase the availability of deposit insurance by splitting large deposits using a reciprocal network of institutions.) The bill creates a tiered system so that the allowable amount is based on the institution's total liabilities.Additionally, the bill changes certain qualifications insured depository institutions may be required to have to accept reciprocal deposits. Under current law, institutions may qualify by having a composite rating of outstanding or good, among other requirements. The bill allows institutions with a 1, 2, or 3 rating under the CAMELS scale to qualify. (The Uniform Financial Institutions Rating System uses the characteristics of capital adequacy, asset quality, management, earnings, liquidity, and sensitivity to market risk (i.e., CAMELS ratings) to rate the health of financial institutions, with a 1 indicating the highest rating and least degree of supervisory concern and a 5 indicating the lowest rating and highest degree of supervisory concern.)
BillHouseIntroduced
U.S. House of Representatives·Introduced Mar 26, 2025·Mar 26, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Finance and Financial SectorD1R0(1 co-sponsor)
Introduced
The Securities Clarity Act of 2025 would exclude certain digital assets from federal securities regulations by redefining what counts as a "security." Specifically, the bill creates a new category called "investment contract assets"—defined as fungible digital tokens that can be owned and transferred directly between people on a public blockchain without needing an intermediary—and removes these assets from the definition of securities under five major federal laws governing securities markets, investment advisers, investment companies, and investor protection. This change would mean that digital assets meeting these criteria would no longer be subject to Securities and Exchange Commission oversight and regulations that currently apply to traditional investments. The bill affects cryptocurrency and blockchain-based asset companies, investors in digital assets, and the crypto industry broadly by providing regulatory clarity and potentially reducing compliance requirements. There is no specific funding or timeline mentioned in the legislation.
BillHouseIntroduced
U.S. House of Representatives·Introduced Mar 18, 2025·Mar 18, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Finance and Financial Sector
Introduced
CFPB Dual Mandate and Economic Analysis Act This bill establishes the Office of Economic Analysis in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The office must review all proposed guidance, orders, rules, and regulations with respect to their impact on consumer choice, price, and access to credit products. The office must also continue to periodically review these materials and evaluate how well they address the problems that they were intended to address.The CFPB must consider the office's evaluations and identify in each proposed rulemaking the problem to be solved by the rule or regulation and the metrics the CFPB will use to measure the success of the rule or regulation. These metrics must include a measurement of changes regarding consumer access to, and the cost of, consumer financial products and services.Additionally, the bill revises the purpose of the CFPB to include strengthening private sector participation in markets, without government interference or subsidies, in order to increase competition and enhance consumer choice.
BillHouseFloor Consideration
U.S. House of Representatives·Introduced Mar 18, 2025·Oct 3, 2025 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 290.
Crime and Law EnforcementD0R24(24 co-sponsors)
Introduced
Firearm Due Process Protection Act of 2025This bill expands the grounds for pursuing judicial remedies related to the denial of certain firearm transfers. Additionally, the bill establishes procedural rules applicable to actions for judicial remedies.Current law authorizes judicial remedies for an individual who is erroneously denied a firearm (e.g., an individual is denied a firearm but the individual is eligible to receive or possess a firearm). This bill authorizes remedies for an individual who experiences an extended delay (i.e., a delay of more than 60 days) on a firearm transfer.Additionally, the bill requires an expedited hearing on an action for judicial remedies and places the burden of proof on the respondent (i.e., the government) to show that the individual was ineligible to receive or possess a firearm.
BillHousePassed House
U.S. House of Representatives·Introduced Mar 6, 2025·Jul 17, 2025 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Finance and Financial SectorD0R135(135 co-sponsors)
Passed
Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act This bill prohibits a Federal Reserve bank from offering products or services directly to an individual, maintaining an account on behalf of an individual, or issuing a central bank digital currency (i.e., a digital dollar). Further, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is prohibited from using a central bank digital currency to implement monetary policy or from testing, studying, creating, or implementing a central bank digital currency, with exceptions as provided by the bill.