HR 5125

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• Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17] (R-TX)

Top reported contributors to Pete Sessions’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

• BANKERS LIFE $12,400
• ELEMENTS MASSAGE $12,400
• DEASON CAPITAL SERVICES $11,900
• NULL $10,900
• HIGHLANDER PARTNERS $9,900

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Pete Sessions → · Outside spending →

1. Sep 18, 2025 Received in the Senate. · senate
2. Sep 17, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · house
3. Sep 17, 2025 On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 218 - 211 (Roll no. 274). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H4375) · house
4. Sep 17, 2025 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 218 - 211 (Roll no. 274). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H4375: 5)
5. Sep 17, 2025 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4394) · house
6. Sep 17, 2025 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 5125, the Chair put the question on passage of the bill, and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Garcia (CA) demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced. · house
7. Sep 17, 2025 The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. · house
8. Sep 17, 2025 DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 5125. · house
9. Sep 17, 2025 Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4922, H.R. 5143, H.R. 5140, H.R. 5125, H.R. 1047, H.R. 3015 and H.R. 3062. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4922, H.R. 5143, H.R. 5140, H.R. 5125, H.R. 1047, H.R. 3015, and H.R. 3062 under a closed rule, and provides for a motion to recommit on each measure. · house
10. Sep 17, 2025 Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 707. (consideration: CR H4375) · house
11. Sep 15, 2025 Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 707 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4922, H.R. 5143, H.R. 5140, H.R. 5125, H.R. 1047, H.R. 3015 and H.R. 3062. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4922, H.R. 5143, H.R. 5140, H.R. 5125, H.R. 1047, H.R. 3015, and H.R. 3062 under a closed rule, and provides for a motion to recommit on each measure. · house
12. Sep 10, 2025 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 20. · house
13. Sep 10, 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
14. Sep 4, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. · house
15. Sep 4, 2025 Introduced in House

• HRES 707 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4922) to limit youth offender status in the District of Columbia to individuals 18 years of age or younger, to direct the Attorney General of the District of Columbia to establish and operate a publicly accessible website containing updated statistics on juvenile crime in the District of Columbia, to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to prohibit the Council of the District of Columbia from enacting changes to existing criminal liability sentences, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5143) to establish standards for law enforcement officers in the District of Columbia to engage in vehicular pursuits of suspects, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5140) to lower the age at which a minor may be tried as an adult for certain criminal offenses in the District of Columbia to 14 years of age; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5125) to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to terminate the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1047) to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reform the interconnection queue process for the prioritization and approval of certain projects, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3015) to reestablish the National Coal Council in the Department of Energy to provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Energy on matters related to coal and the coal industry, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3062) to establish a more uniform, transparent, and modern process to authorize the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of international border-crossing facilities for the import and export of oil and natural gas and the transmission of electricity; and for other purposes. (Related bill)
• S 2854 — District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act (Identical bill)

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• HR 7006 — Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 5 subjects)
• HR 5166 — Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 5 subjects)
• HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
• S 2296 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
• HR 1968 — Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (shares 3 subjects)
• HR 565 — District of Columbia Federal Judicial Officials Residency Equality Act of 2025 (shares 3 subjects)
• S 4638 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (shares 3 subjects)
• HR 9770 — Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027 (shares 2 subjects)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

• S 2854 — District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act · Introduced Sep 18, 2025 · Cong. 119 87%
• HR 9362 — District of Columbia Courts Judicial Vacancy Reduction Act · Introduced Jun 18, 2026 · Cong. 119 83%
• S 4837 — District of Columbia Courts Judicial Vacancy Reduction Act · Introduced Jun 18, 2026 · Cong. 119 79%
• HR 5179 — District of Columbia Attorney General Appointment Reform Act of 2025 · Introduced Sep 30, 2025 · Cong. 119 77%
• HR 1702 — JUDGES Act of 2025 · Introduced Mar 5, 2025 · Cong. 119 65%
• HR 1929 — JUDGES Act of 2025 · Introduced Mar 6, 2025 · Cong. 119 65%

• Engrossed in House · Sep 17, 2025
• Introduced in House · Sep 4, 2025