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Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to repay the estates of deceased beneficiaries for certain benefits paid by the Secretary and misused by fiduciaries of such beneficiaries. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act 2. Reissuance by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of estates of deceased beneficiaries for certain benefits paid by the Secretary and misused by fiduciaries Section 6107 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively; (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c): (c) Reissuance of amounts in the case of a deceased beneficiary (1) If a beneficiary described in subsection (a) predeceases a payment under subsection (a) or (b), the Secretary shall pay such benefits, subject to paragraph (2), to an individual or entity in accordance with section 5121 of this title. (2) The Secretary may not make a payment under this subsection to a fiduciary who misused benefits of the beneficiary. ; and (3) in subsection (e), as redesdignated, by striking subsection (a) or (b) this section September 9, 2024 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

Summary: Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay certain reissued benefits (i.e., benefits that were misused by a fiduciary) to a beneficiary's estate in situations where a beneficiary predeceases a payment. The VA must pay such benefits to an individual or entity in the following order: the estate of the beneficiary, a successor fiduciary serving the beneficiary when the beneficiary died, or the next inheritor determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.
Disarming Felons Act

To prohibit the disposition of a firearm to, and the possession of a firearm by, an adult who, while a juvenile who had attained 15 years of age but not 18 years of age, committed an offense that would have been a felony if committed by an adult. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Disarming Felons Act 2. Prohibition on disposition of firearm to, and possession of firearm by, an adult who, while a juvenile who had attained 15 18 (a) Prohibition on disposition Section 922(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended in the 1st sentence— (1) by striking or (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (11) and inserting ; or (3) by inserting after paragraph (11) the following: (12) while a juvenile who had attained 15 years of age but not 18 years of age, committed an act of juvenile delinquency that would have been a felony if committed by an adult. . (b) Prohibition on possession Section 922(g) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking or (2) by striking the comma at the end of paragraph (9) and inserting ; or (3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following: (10) who, while a juvenile who had attained 15 years of age but not 18 years of age, committed an act of juvenile delinquency that would have been a felony if committed by an adult, .

Summary: Disarming Felons ActThis bill extends federal restrictions on the receipt, possession, shipment, and transportation of firearms and ammunition to a new category of persons: persons who while 15, 16, or 17 years of age commit an act of juvenile delinquency that would have been a felony if committed by an adult.
Fly Together Act

To require the Secretary of Transportation to establish a policy with respect to family seating on air transportation, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fly Together Act 2. Family seating (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue a notice of proposed rulemaking to establish a policy directing air carriers that assign seats, or allow individuals to select seats in advance of the date of departure of a flight, to sit each young child adjacent to an accompanying adult, to the greatest extent practicable, if adjacent seat assignments are available at any time after the ticket is issued for each young child and before the first passenger boards the flight. (b) Prohibition on fees The notice of proposed rulemaking described in subsection (a) shall include a provision that prohibits an air carrier from charging a fee, or imposing an additional cost beyond the ticket price of the additional seat, to seat each young child adjacent to an accompanying adult within the same class of service. (c) Rule of construction Notwithstanding the requirement in subsection (a), nothing in this section may be construed to allow the Secretary to impose a change in the overall seating or boarding policy of an air carrier that has an open or flexible seating policy in place that generally allows adjacent family seating as described under this section. (d) Young child In this section, the term young child

Summary: Fly Together ActThis bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish a policy on seating a young child (i.e., under the age of 14) next to an accompanying adult on a flight. Specifically, DOT must direct air carriers that assign seats or allow individuals to select seats in advance of the date of departure to seat a young child next to an accompanying adult, to the greatest extent practicable, if adjacent seat assignments are available. An air carrier must do this without charging a fee or an additional cost beyond the ticket price of the additional seat.
Federal Reserve Racial and Economic Equity Act

To amend the Federal Reserve Act to add additional demographic reporting requirements, to modify the goals of the Federal Reserve System, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Reserve Racial and Economic Equity Act 2. Duty to minimize and eliminate racial disparities The Federal Reserve Act ( 12 U.S.C. 221 et seq. 2C. Duty to minimize and eliminate racial disparities The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Open Market Committee shall exercise all duties and functions in a manner that fosters the elimination of disparities across racial and ethnic groups with respect to employment, income, wealth, and access to affordable credit, including actions in carrying out— (1) monetary policy; (2) regulation and supervision of banks, thrifts, bank holding companies, savings and loan holding companies, and nonbank financial companies and systemically important financial market utilities designated by the Financial Stability Oversight Council; (3) operation of payment systems; (4) implementation of the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977; (5) enforcement of fair lending laws; and (6) community development functions. . 3. Appearances before and reports to the Congress Section 2B of the Federal Reserve Act ( 12 U.S.C. 225b (1) in subsection (a)(1)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking and (B) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following: (B) economic developments and prospects for the future described in the report required in subsection (b), including a discussion of disparities in employment, income, and wealth across racial and ethnic groups as well as other specific segments of the population; and (C) plans, activities, and actions of the Board and the Federal Open Market Committee to minimize and eliminate disparities across racial and ethnic groups with respect to employment, wages, wealth, and access to affordable credit pursuant to section 2C. ; and (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking The Board (1) In general The Board ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (2) Trend information (A) In general Each report required under paragraph (1) shall include recent trends in the unemployment rate, labor force participation rate, employment to population ratio, median household income, and change in real earnings. (B) Demographic information The trends required to be reported under subparagraph (A) shall include a comparison among different demographic groups, including race (White, African American, Latino, Native American, and Asian populations), ethnicity, gender, and educational attainment. .

Summary: Federal Reserve Racial and Economic Equity Act This bill requires the Federal Reserve Board to carry out its duties in a manner that supports the elimination of racial and ethnic disparities in employment, income, wealth, and access to affordable credit. The board must report on disparities in labor force trends as well as on plans and activities of the board to minimize and eliminate these disparities.
Protecting Consumers from Abusive Mortgage Leads Act

To amend section 604(c) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act to address the treatment of pre-screening report requests, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Consumers from Abusive Mortgage Leads Act 2. Treatment of pre-screening report requests Section 604(c) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1681b (4) Treatment of pre-screening report requests If a person requests a report from a consumer reporting agency in connection with a credit transaction involving an extension of credit secured by real estate, such agency may not, solely on the basis of such request, furnish a report to a third party unless such third party has submitted documentation to such agency certifying that such third party has the consumer’s consent or has a current relationship, relating to credit, servicing or other financial services, with such consumer. .

Summary: Protecting Consumers from Abusive Mortgage Leads Act This bill prohibits a credit reporting agency from providing a consumer's credit report to a third party in connection with a mortgage transaction unless (1) the third party provides documentation certifying that it has the consumer's consent, or (2) the third party has a current financial service relationship with the consumer.
Coretta Scott King Mid-Decade Redistricting Prohibition Act of 2023

To prohibit States from carrying out more than one congressional redistricting after a decennial census and apportionment. 1. Short title; finding of constitutional authority (a) Short Title This Act may be cited as the Coretta Scott King Mid-Decade Redistricting Prohibition Act of 2023 (b) Finding Congress finds that it has the authority to establish the terms and conditions States must follow in carrying out congressional redistricting after an apportionment of Members of the House of Representatives because— (1) the authority granted to Congress under article I, section 4 of the Constitution of the United States gives Congress the power to enact laws governing the time, place, and manner of elections for Members of the House of Representatives; and (2) the authority granted to Congress under section 5 of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution gives Congress the power to enact laws to enforce section 2 of such amendment, which requires Representatives to be apportioned among the several States according to their number. 2. Limit on congressional redistricting after an apportionment The Act entitled An Act for the relief of Doctor Ricardo Vallejo Samala and to provide for congressional redistricting 2 U.S.C. 2c A State which has been redistricted in the manner provided by law after an apportionment under section 22(a) of the Act entitled An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for an apportionment of Representatives in Congress 2 U.S.C. 2a Voting Rights Act of 1965 42 U.S.C. 1973 et seq. 3. No effect on elections for State and local office Nothing in this Act or in any amendment made by this Act may be construed to affect the manner in which a State carries out elections for State or local office, including the process by which a State establishes the districts used in such elections. 4. Effective date This Act and the amendment made by this Act shall apply with respect to any congressional redistricting which occurs after the regular decennial census conducted during 2020.

Summary: Coretta Scott King Mid-Decade Redistricting Prohibition Act of 2023 This bill prohibits a state where the congressional districts have been redistricted after a decennial census from carrying out another redistricting until after the next apportionment of Representatives following a decennial census, unless a court requires the state to conduct a subsequent redistricting to comply with the Constitution or enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The bill is applicable to any congressional redistricting which occurs after the regular decennial census conducted during 2020.
Language Access for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2023

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for enhanced Medicare beneficiary information through access to annual Medicare notifications in multiple languages. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Language Access for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2023 2. Providing access to annual Medicare notifications in multiple languages (a) In general Section 1804 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395b–2 (e) The notice provided under subsection (a) shall be translated into languages in addition to English and Spanish. In carrying out the previous sentence, the Secretary shall prioritize translation of the notice into languages in which documents provided by the Commissioner of Social Security are translated and language that are the most frequently requested for translation for purposes of applying for old-age insurance benefits under title II. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to notices distributed prior to each Medicare open enrollment period beginning after January 1, 2024.

Summary: Language Access for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2023 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to translate the annual explanation of Medicare benefits for enrollees into multiple languages, besides English and Spanish. The CMS must prioritize languages into which Social Security documents are translated or that are most frequently requested for purposes of Social Security benefits applications.
Multiple Firearm Sales Reporting Modernization Act of 2023

To amend title 18, United States Code, to expand to all firearms the requirement that Federal firearms licensees report sales of 2 or more handguns to the same unlicensed person within 5 consecutive business days. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Multiple Firearm Sales Reporting Modernization Act of 2023 2. Expansion of Federal firearm licensee multiple sales reporting requirement to all firearms Section 923(g)(3)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking pistols, or revolvers, or any combination of pistols and revolvers totalling two or more, firearms

Summary: Multiple Firearm Sales Reporting Modernization Act of 2023This bill expands reporting requirements with respect to sales or dispositions of multiple firearms.Currently, a federal firearms licensee (e.g., a gun dealer) must report multiple sales or dispositions of pistols or revolvers to the same person within five business days. This bill requires a federal firearms licensee to report multiple sales or dispositions of any firearms to the same person within five business days.
Shielding Community Banks from Systemic Risk Assessments Act

To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to exempt community banks from any special assessment of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation caused by the use of the systemic risk authority under that Act, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Shielding Community Banks from Systemic Risk Assessments Act 2. Special assessments to recover losses due to the use of systemic risk authority (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Community banks, including rural banks, community development financial institutions, and minority depository institutions, did not cause or contribute to the recent bank failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, and otherwise may have seen deposit outflows due to the mismanagement of these large banks. (2) The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has broad flexibility under law to exempt community banks from the special assessment that the Corporation will need to charge to recoup losses from the use of the systemic risk exception. (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of the Congress that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation should fully exempt community banks from any special assessment to recoup losses to the Deposit Insurance Fund due to the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank and the use of the systemic risk exception. (c) Limitations on special assessments related to the use of the systemic risk authority Section 13(c)(4)(G)(ii) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act ( 12 U.S.C. 1823(c)(4)(G)(ii) (IV) Exemptions; graduated assessments With respect to any special assessment described under this clause, the Corporation shall— (aa) exempt insured depository institutions and depository institution holding companies with less than $5,000,000,000 in consolidated assets (or such higher asset amount as the Corporation determines appropriate); and (bb) graduate the amount of such special assessments such that insured depository institutions and depository institution holding companies with less than $50,000,000,000 in consolidated assets pay a significantly smaller portion of such assessment than those insured depository institutions and depository institution holding companies with $50,000,000,000 or more in consolidated assets. .

Summary: Shielding Community Banks from Systemic Risk Assessments Act This bill directs the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to exempt small insured depository institutions and depository institution holding companies from special assessments related to the use of FDIC's systemic risk authority. (In the event of a bank failure, FDIC may provide monetary assistance for the purpose of winding up the insured depository institution. FDIC then recovers any resulting loss through a special assessment on insured depository institutions, depository institution holding companies, or both.) Further, FDIC must graduate the amount of the special assessment so that, of the remaining institutions and companies that must pay the assessment, smaller institutions and companies pay a significantly smaller proportion than the largest.
Drain the Intelligence Community Swamp Act of 2023

To revoke the security clearances of certain former members of the intelligence community, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Drain the Intelligence Community Swamp Act of 2023 2. Revocation of security clearances (a) In general Not later than 24 hours after the date of enactment of this Act, the security clearance of any individual listed in subsection (c), signatories of the statement titled Public Statement on the Hunter Biden Emails (b) Investigations The Secretary of Defense and the Attorney General shall investigate such individuals and their role in the Hunter Biden laptop scandal and level of engagement with the Biden Presidential campaign. (c) Individuals listed The individuals listed in this subsection are the following: (1) Jim Clapper. (2) Mike Hayden. (3) Leon Panetta. (4) John Brennan. (5) Thomas Finger. (6) Rick Ledgett. (7) John McLaughlin. (8) Michael Morell. (9) Mike Vickers. (10) Doug Wise. (11) Nick Rasmussen. (12) Russ Travers. (13) Andy Liepman. (14) John Moseman. (15) Larry Pfeiffer. (16) Jeremy Bash. (17) Rodney Snyder. (18) Glenn Gerstell. (19) David B. Buckley. (20) Nada Bakos. (21) Patty Brandmaier. (22) James B. Bruce. (23) David Cariens. (24) Janice Cariens. (25) Paul Kolbe. (26) Peter Corsell. (27) Brett Davis. (28) Roger Zane George. (29) Steven L. Hall. (30) Kent Harrington. (31) Don Hepburn. (32) Timothy D. Kilbourn. (33) Ron Marks. (34) Jonna Hiestand Mendez. (35) Emile Nakhleh. (36) Gerald A. O’Shea. (37) David Priess. (38) Pam Purcilly. (39) Marc Polymeropoulos. (40) Chris Savos. (41) Nick Shapiro. (42) John Sipher. (43) Stephen Slick. (44) Cynthia Strand. (45) Greg Tarbell. (46) David Terry. (47) Greg Treverton. (48) John Tullius. (49) David A. Vanell. (50) Winston Wiley. (51) Kristin Wood.

Summary: Drain the Intelligence Community Swamp Act of 2023This bill revokes the security clearances of 51 individuals who signed a statement titled Public Statement on the Hunter Biden Emails and dated October 19, 2020. It also (1) specifies that a security clearance may not be granted or renewed for any of them, and (2) requires the Departments of Defense and Justice to investigate these individuals.
Bank Safety Act of 2023

To amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to require covered financial institutions to include elements of accumulated other comprehensive income when calculating capital for purposes of meeting capital requirements, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Bank Safety Act of 2023 2. Inclusion of elements of accumulated other comprehensive income in capital requirements for covered financial institutions (a) In general Section 165 of the Financial Stability Act of 2010 ( 12 U.S.C. 5365 (l) Inclusion of elements of accumulated other comprehensive income (1) In general The computation of capital for purposes of meeting capital requirements for a covered financial institution shall include all accumulated other comprehensive income components, except for accumulated net gains and losses on cash flow hedges related to items that are not recognized at fair value. (2) Covered financial institution defined In this subsection, the term covered financial institution (A) a bank holding company (as defined in section 2(a) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 ( 12 U.S.C. 1841(a) (B) a insured depository institution over which a bank holding company does not have control with total consolidated assets greater than $100,000,000,000; or (C) any other bank holding company or insured depository institution, as determined by the appropriate Federal banking agencies. . (b) Applicability A covered financial institution (as defined in section 165(l) of the Financial Stability Act of 2010, as added by this Act) that elected to opt out of the requirement to report accumulated other comprehensive income components pursuant to the rule titled Changes to Applicability Thresholds for Regulatory Capital and Liquidity Requirements (c) Effective date The appropriate Federal banking agencies (as defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act ( 12 U.S.C. 1813

Summary: Bank Safety Act of 2023 This bill requires additional bank holding companies and insured depository institutions (i.e., those with over $100 billion in assets) to use certain information when calculating capital for purposes of meeting risk-based capital requirements. Specifically, these calculations must include certain unrealized gains and losses (i.e., accumulated other comprehensive income), except for accumulated net gains and losses on cash flow hedges related to items that are not recognized at fair value. Currently, only very large institutions are required to include this type of income in their capital calculations, while other institutions are allowed to opt out.