Erin Houchin

Erin Houchin R

U.S. Representative
U.S. House District 9 (IN)
Phone: (202) 225-5315 Email: [email protected] Website Facebook X / Twitter
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Committee Memberships

House Committee on Energy and Commerce (house)
House Committee on Rules (house)
House Committee on the Budget (house)

On Record (45)

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Mar 30, 2026 · details / share
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Bill Neutral BUSINESSCONTRACTSCREDITFINANCEFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURELOANSREGULATIONSInterest
An Act relating to loans in an amount of $25,000 or less; relating to the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System and Registry; relating to deferred deposit advances; and providing for an effective date.
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Reorganization of consumer lending laws. Repeals the statutes governing first lien mortgage lending, small loans, mortgage rescue protection fraud, and home loan practices and the Uniform Consumer Credit Code. Recodifies the repealed statutes in a ne...
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Detention centers & immigration enforcement
Build the Wall Act of 2025This bill establishes the Southern Border Wall Construction Fund to be used by the Department of Homeland Security to construct and maintain physical barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border. All unobligated amounts in the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds must be immediately deposited in the Southern Border Wall Construction Fund.
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Infrastructure developmentMetalsMiningSolar panels & energy policyEnvironment & water
Fast-tracks environmental permits for domestic mining projects by classifying them as covered projects under the FAST Act — the same expedited review used for highways and pipelines.
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
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Courthouse Affordability and Space Efficiency (CASE) Act of 2025This bill provides statutory authority for the General Services Administration (GSA) courtroom sharing policy and limits construction of new courthouses. Under the bill, GSA must ensure courtroom sharing by magistrate, bankruptcy, and senior district judges. Specificallyin courthouses with 10 or more active district judges, GSA must provide two courtrooms per 3 active …
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Bill Neutral Finance and Financial Sector
Requires the Treasury Department to designate organizations financing terrorism or transnational crime as Foreign Financial Threat Organizations, triggering asset freezes and banking restrictions.
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Bill Neutral Environment & water
Requires states to hold public hearings before setting water quality standards for waterways that receive combined sewer overflows. Gives communities a voice in how pollution limits are set for their local rivers and streams.
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Bill Neutral Foreign policy & trade
Requires a strategy to counter Iranian and Hezbollah influence operations across Latin America, including financing, propaganda, and proxy networks.
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Bill Neutral Law enforcement & policing
Creates a federal task force to shut down transnational criminal networks running mass online scam operations — including "pig butchering" investment fraud — that target Americans.
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Bill Neutral Foreign policy & trade
Requires the administration to develop a comprehensive strategy for U.S. security assistance to Mexico to combat drug cartels and border violence.
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Gives the Bureau of Industry and Security (Commerce Department) authority to hire specialized experts at competitive pay to enforce export controls on sensitive technology.
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Bans the download or use of TikTok and other Chinese-owned apps on all federal government devices.
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Creates a national registry of licensed private adoption agencies so families can verify an agency's standing before working with them.
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Bill Neutral Foreign policy & trade
Requires the American flag to be visibly displayed on all U.S. foreign aid shipments, projects, and materials.
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Bill Neutral School funding & education
Funds long-term improvements to public school buildings — repairs, renovations, and new construction for aging and unsafe facilities.
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Requires electric utilities to publicly report standardized performance data on their transmission systems — outages, upgrade timelines, connection wait times. Right now utilities report what they want, how they want. This bill creates a standardized scorecard so the public can actually compare how well different utilities are maintaining the grid.
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Detention centers & immigration enforcement
Requires ICE and Border Patrol to perform health screenings on all detained immigrants and meet minimum standards for medical care, nutrition, and sanitation.
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Protects community health centers from being charged more than the federally discounted 340B price for prescription drugs. Ensures these safety-net clinics can continue providing affordable medications to low-income patients.
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Creates a National Headache Disorders Initiative at HHS to coordinate research, treatment, and services for the 47 million Americans affected by migraine, cluster headache, and other headache disorders.
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Bill Neutral Economics and Public Finance
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026This bill provides FY2026 appropriations for various agencies and offices within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), except for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and management and oversight activities of the Office of the Secretary.Specifically, the bill provides appropriations to DHS for the Federal Protective Service,the Office …
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Bill Neutral State government operations
Bans members of Congress, their spouses, and dependents from trading individual stocks while in office.
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Bill Neutral Economics and Public Finance
Creates incentives for federal agencies to find and implement cost savings, letting them reinvest a share of the money they save.
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Bill Neutral Fraud offenses and financial crimesPornographyPhotography and imagingRight of privacySex offensesData center & tech subsidiesLaw enforcement & policingCourts & judicial systemCivil rights & discrimination
Creates legal protections for victims of AI-generated deepfake pornography, giving them the right to sue creators and distributors for damages.
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Bill Neutral Labor & wages
Prohibits employers from requiring union membership or dues payment as a condition of employment — establishes a national right-to-work standard.
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Bill Neutral Finance and Financial Sector
Exempts small-scale seller-financed transactions from the federal mortgage licensing requirements that apply to professional lenders.
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Bill Neutral Air qualityBuilding constructionEnvironment & waterBusiness regulation & licensing
New Source Review Permitting Improvement Act This bill modifies terminology for purposes of the New Source Review (NSR) permitting program of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In order for a change to a stationary source to be a modification (a change to a stationary source that increases the air pollutant emissions or results in new pollutants) for purposes of the …
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Bill Neutral Native Americans
Creates a Truth and Healing Commission to investigate the history and lasting impacts of federal Indian boarding school policies on Native American communities.
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Bill Neutral School funding & education
Requires universities to more thoroughly disclose foreign gifts, contracts, and financial ties — aiming to reduce foreign influence on American higher education.
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Bill Neutral School funding & education
Adds immigration and residency requirements for students served by federal TRIO college preparation programs (Upward Bound, Talent Search, etc.).
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Bill Neutral Veterans & military
Improves access to memory care for veterans by expanding the Veterans Community Care Program. Speeds up approval of care agreements with private facilities so veterans with dementia and Alzheimer's get treatment faster.
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Bill Neutral Science, Technology, Communications
Prohibits local governments from blocking or requiring approval for the sale of cable TV systems — removing a barrier to competition in the cable industry.
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Bill Neutral Science, Technology, Communications
Adds a farm-location data layer to the FCC's National Broadband Map. Shows where agricultural areas are so policymakers can see which farming communities still lack reliable internet access.
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Solar panels & energy policyHousing & rent
Affordable Housing Over Mandating Efficiency Standards Act or the Affordable HOMES ActThis bill rescinds Department of Energy (DOE) energy efficiency regulations applicable to manufactured housing and eliminates DOE’s authority to issue similar regulations. Specifically, the bill rescinds the DOE final rule titled Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing and published on May 31, 2022.Under the bill, DOE …
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Data center & tech subsidiesSchool funding & educationChild welfare & foster careBusiness regulation & licensing
Requires the FTC to create public educational resources for parents, teachers, and kids about safely using AI chatbots. Covers risks like misinformation, privacy, and emotional manipulation by AI systems.
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Health
Requires states to include more detailed reporting on substance abuse prevention and treatment outcomes in their federal block grant applications.
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Health
This bill nullifies part of the final rule issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) titled Medications for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder and published on February 2, 2024.The rule incorporated into regulations certain flexibilities for opioid treatment that were initially implemented during the COVID-19 public health emergency. The bill nullifies these flexibilities, including (1) expanded …
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Bill Neutral School funding & education
Improves how schools identify and support students with dyslexia under federal special education law, including teacher training and screening requirements.
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Bill Neutral Business regulation & licensing
Bans social media platforms from letting children under a certain age create accounts or maintain profiles.
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Bill Neutral Federal preemptionFraud offenses and financial crimesGamblingPornographyTelephone and wireless communicationDrug crisis & addictionData center & tech subsidiesChild welfare & foster careBusiness regulation & licensing
Requires AI chatbot providers to clearly tell minors that they are talking to an artificial intelligence, not a real person. Must disclose that the chatbot cannot provide licensed professional advice (medical, legal, mental health).
Feb 26, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral State government operations
Codifies the executive order requiring federal agencies to share information and break down data silos to detect waste, fraud, and abuse in government spending.
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Bill Neutral State government operations
Codifies the executive order directing federal agencies to improve government efficiency through better design of forms, websites, and public services.
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A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for institutional ineligibility based on low cohort repayment rates and to require risk-sharing payments of institutions of higher education.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to limit the participation of staff of the Internal Revenue Service in conferences being carried out by the Independent Office of Appeals for the purposes of resolving a taxpayer dispute.
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To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for institutional ineligibility based on low cohort repayment rates and to require risk-sharing payments of institutions of higher education.
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Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025This bill amends the Clean Air Act to address the limitations on Reid Vapor Pressure (a measure of gasoline's volatility) that are placed on gasoline during the summer ozone season. Specifically, the …
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Cracks down on counterfeit pill manufacturing by banning the import of illicit pill press machines used to produce fake prescription drugs laced with fentanyl.
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
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Instructing Noteworthy Steps toward Transparency to Rout and Undo Calamitous Transactions Act of 2025 or the INSTRUCT Act of 2025This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to share foreign gift and contract reports from institutions of higher education (IHEs) …
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
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Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions ActThis bill excludes the value of employer-funded child or dependent care from being used in calculating an eligible employee's overtime pay.Under current law, overtime hours must be paid at one and a half …
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
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Ensures homeschool graduates qualify for federal financial aid on the same basis as public school grads — sounds fair until you realize it creates a pipeline for unaccredited, unregulated education programs to access taxpayer-funded student loans.
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share
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Same voter suppression playbook as the SAVE Act: requires documentary proof of citizenship to register AND photo ID to vote in federal elections. Two barriers stacked to maximize the number of eligible voters who get blocked at the door.
Feb 26, 2026 · details / share