BOWOW Act of 2025
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Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41]
ID: C000059
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 355.
December 12, 2025
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Bill Summary
Another exercise in legislative theater, courtesy of the esteemed members of Congress. Let's dissect this farce, shall we?
**Main Purpose & Objectives:** The BOWOW Act (because who doesn't love a good acronym?) claims to protect animals used in law enforcement by making aliens convicted of harming them inadmissible and deportable. How noble. I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that the sponsors of this bill, like Mr. Calvert, have received generous donations from animal welfare organizations and law enforcement unions.
**Key Provisions & Changes to Existing Law:** The bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to add a new section making aliens convicted of harming animals used in law enforcement inadmissible and deportable. Wow, what a bold move. I'm sure this will have a significant impact on the grand scheme of immigration policy.
**Affected Parties & Stakeholders:** Let's see... animal welfare organizations, law enforcement unions, and politicians looking for a feel-good issue to campaign on. Oh, and maybe some aliens who thought it was a good idea to harm animals used in law enforcement (because, clearly, they're the real problem here).
**Potential Impact & Implications:** This bill is about as impactful as a Band-Aid on a bullet wound. It's a symbolic gesture designed to appease special interest groups and garner votes. The actual effect on immigration policy will be negligible. But hey, it'll make for great campaign ads and sound bites.
Now, let's get to the real diagnosis:
**The Financial Disease:** A quick scan of the sponsors' donor lists reveals a tumor of contributions from animal welfare organizations and law enforcement unions. Ah, yes, the classic symptoms of "PAC-induced legislation." It seems the patient (Congress) has contracted a bad case of "special interest-itis."
**Conflicts of Interest and Committee Capture:** The Judiciary Committee, which reported this bill, is chaired by Rep. Jordan, who just so happens to have received significant donations from law enforcement unions. What a coincidence! I'm sure it's purely coincidental that this bill made it out of committee with such ease.
In conclusion, the BOWOW Act is a masterclass in legislative theater, designed to distract from real issues and appease special interest groups. It's a cynical exercise in politics, and we're all just pawns in their game. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have better things to do than watch this farce unfold.
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Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41]
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Cosponsors & Their Campaign Finance
This bill has 10 cosponsors. Below are their top campaign contributors.
Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]
ID: T000478
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Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7]
ID: T000165
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Rep. Webster, Daniel [R-FL-11]
ID: W000806
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Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-5]
ID: M001177
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Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
ID: S001214
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Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4]
ID: O000086
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Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48]
ID: I000056
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Rep. Harrigan, Pat [R-NC-10]
ID: H001101
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Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
ID: F000466
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Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
ID: B001260
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Donor Network - Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41]
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Project 2025 Policy Matches
This bill shows semantic similarity to the following sections of the Project 2025 policy document. Higher similarity scores indicate stronger thematic connections.
Introduction
— 150 — Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise 1. Congress should unequivocally authorize state and local law enforcement to participate in immigration and border security actions in compliance with Arizona v. United States.11 2. Congress should require compliance with immigration detainers to the maximum extent consistent with the Tenth Amendment and set financial disincentives for jurisdictions that implement either official or unofficial sanctuary policies. l Prosecutorial discretion. Congress should restrict the authority for prosecutorial discretion to eliminate it as a “catch-all” excuse for limiting immigration enforcement. l Mandatory detention. Congress should eliminate ambiguous discretionary language in Title 8 that aliens “may” be detained and clarify that aliens “shall” be detained. This language, which contrasts with other “shall detain” language in statute, creates unhelpful ambiguity and allows the executive branch to ignore the will of Congress. Regulations l Withdraw Biden Administration regulations and reissue new regulations in the following areas: 1. Credible Fear/Asylum Jurisdiction for Border Crossers. 2. Public Charge. l T-Visa and U-Visa reform. Unless and until T and U visas are repealed, each program needs to be reformed to ensure that only legitimate victims of trafficking and crimes who are actively providing significant material assistance to law enforcement are eligible for spots in the queue. l Repeal TPS designations. l H-1B reform. Transform the program into an elite mechanism exclusively to bring in the “best and brightest” at the highest wages while simultaneously ensuring that U.S. workers are not being disadvantaged by the program. H-1B is a means only to supplement the U.S. economy and to keep companies competitive, not to depress U.S. labor markets artificially in certain industries. — 151 — Department of Homeland Security l Employment authorization. Along with the legislative proposal, take regulatory action to limit the classes of aliens eligible for work authorization. Executive Orders l Pathways for border crossers 1. Direct the Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security to reinstate Asylum Cooperative Agreements with Northern Triangle Countries immediately. 2. Recommence negotiations with Mexico to fully implement the Remain in Mexico Protocols. 3. Reinstate, to the extent possible, expedited pathways with full credible fear/immigration court process (PACR and HARP). 4. Prohibit the use of Notices to Report, the use of any funds for travel into the interior of the United States, and government flights or transportation for aliens. 5. Mandate that ICE use all detention space in full compliance with Section 235 of the INA, issue weekly reports on detention capacity, and provide authority for low-level temporary capacity (for example, tents) once permanent space is full. 6. Eliminate the use of ATD for border crossers except in rare cases and only with the explicit authority of the Secretary. 7. Prohibit the use of parole except in matters that are certified by the Secretary of Homeland Security as requiring action for humanitarian or significant public benefit reasons, and prohibit the use of parole in any categorical circumstance. l Enforcement 1. Restrict prosecutorial discretion to eliminate it as a “catch-all” excuse for limiting immigration enforcement. 2. Mandate the use of E-Verify for anyone doing business with the government.
Introduction
— 150 — Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise 1. Congress should unequivocally authorize state and local law enforcement to participate in immigration and border security actions in compliance with Arizona v. United States.11 2. Congress should require compliance with immigration detainers to the maximum extent consistent with the Tenth Amendment and set financial disincentives for jurisdictions that implement either official or unofficial sanctuary policies. l Prosecutorial discretion. Congress should restrict the authority for prosecutorial discretion to eliminate it as a “catch-all” excuse for limiting immigration enforcement. l Mandatory detention. Congress should eliminate ambiguous discretionary language in Title 8 that aliens “may” be detained and clarify that aliens “shall” be detained. This language, which contrasts with other “shall detain” language in statute, creates unhelpful ambiguity and allows the executive branch to ignore the will of Congress. Regulations l Withdraw Biden Administration regulations and reissue new regulations in the following areas: 1. Credible Fear/Asylum Jurisdiction for Border Crossers. 2. Public Charge. l T-Visa and U-Visa reform. Unless and until T and U visas are repealed, each program needs to be reformed to ensure that only legitimate victims of trafficking and crimes who are actively providing significant material assistance to law enforcement are eligible for spots in the queue. l Repeal TPS designations. l H-1B reform. Transform the program into an elite mechanism exclusively to bring in the “best and brightest” at the highest wages while simultaneously ensuring that U.S. workers are not being disadvantaged by the program. H-1B is a means only to supplement the U.S. economy and to keep companies competitive, not to depress U.S. labor markets artificially in certain industries.
Introduction
— 548 — Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise PRIORITIZING THE PROTECTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY Ordered liberty is at risk when our citizens lack physical safety, when career criminals do not fear the law, when foreign cartels move narcotics and illegal aliens into our nation at will, and when political leaders call citizens “domestic terrorists” for exercising their constitutional rights. The Department of Justice—in partnership with state and local partners—must recommit in both word and deed to protecting public safety. The overwhelming majority of crimes in the United States are properly handled at the state and local levels,19 but the DOJ can provide critical technical support for local law enforcement and play a critical agenda-setting role. With respect to the Department’s core responsibilities—enforcing our immigration laws, combating domestic and international criminal enterprises, protecting federal civil rights, and combating foreign espionage—the federal government has primary authority and, accordingly, accountability. The evidence shows that the Biden Administration’s Department of Justice has failed to protect law-abiding citizens and has ignored its most basic obligations. It has become at once utterly unserious and dangerously politicized. Prosecution and charging decisions are infused with racial and partisan political double standards.20 Immigration laws are ignored.21 The FBI harasses protesting parents (branded “domestic terrorists” by some partisans) while working diligently to shut down politically disfavored speech on the pretext of its being “misinformation” or “disin- formation.”22 A department that prosecutes FACE Act cases while ignoring dozens of violent attacks on pregnancy care centers and/or the coordinated violation of laws that prohibit attempts to intimidate Supreme Court Justices by parading out- side of their homes23 has clearly lost its way. A department that has twice engaged in covert domestic election interference and propaganda operations—the Russian collusion hoax in 2016 and the Hunter Biden laptop suppression in 2020—is a threat to the Republic.24 l Restoring the department’s focus on public safety and a culture of respect for the rule of law is a gargantuan task that will involve at minimum four overriding actions: l Restoring the FBI’s integrity. l Renewing the DOJ’s focus on violent crime. l Dismantling domestic and international criminal enterprises. l Pursuing a national security agenda aimed at external state and non-state actors, not U.S. citizens exercising their constitutional rights.
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