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Fort Pillow National Battlefield Park Study Act

To conduct a special resource study of Fort Pillow Historic State Park in Henning, Tennessee, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as Fort Pillow National Battlefield Park Study Act 2. Findings Congress finds as follows: (1) Fort Pillow was originally built by Confederate troops in 1861 and named after General Gideon J. Pillow of Maury County, Tennessee. (2) The battle of Fort Pillow was fought on April 12, 1864, at Fort Pillow in Henning, Tennessee, during the American Civil War. (3) At Fort Pillow, Tennessee, Confederate forces never defeated the Union Navy. Instead, they perpetrated a heinous massacre after violating a flag of truce by advantageously repositioning rebel troops and by looting government buildings and private storefronts surrounding the fort. (4) According to the 1864 Report Fort Pillow Massacre The officers and men seem to vie with each other in the devilish work; men, women and even children, wherever found, were deliberately shot down, beaten and hacked with sabers. … (5) The Union garrison consisted of 19 officers and 538 troops of whom 262 were United States Colored Troops (U.S.C.T.). (6) Per the report, Of the men, from three hundred to four hundred are known to have been killed at Fort Pillow, of whom at least three hundred were murdered in cold blood after the fort was in possession of the rebels and our men had thrown down their arms and ceased to offer resistance. (7) The massacre at Fort Pillow demonstrated to all U.S.C.T. that surrender was not an option. The massacre at Fort Pillow became a rallying cry and motivation for the 209,147 U.S.C.T. (8) The 209,147 U.S.C.T. fundamentally contributed to the Union’s defeat of the Confederacy. (9) In 1971, Fort Pillow became a State park. (10) In 1973, Fort Pillow was added to the National Register of Historic Places. (11) The following year, in 1974, Fort Pillow was designated as a National Historic Landmark. (12) Fort Pillow Historic State Park consists of 1,642 acres. (13) The Park contains several attraction areas such as a Civil War museum, hiking trail, camping ground, and picnic area. (14) This site deserves to become a National Battlefield Park due to its profound effect on U.S.C.T. and all Union forces in their fight to preserve the United States of America. 3. Fort Pillow Special Resource Study The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a special resource study of Fort Pillow Historic State Park in Henning, Tennessee. Fort Pillow is a State park that features the American Civil War history and the Massacre at Fort Pillow. The Secretary shall— (1) evaluate the site's national significance; and (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Historic Park System.

Summary: Fort Pillow National Battlefield Park Study Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the Fort Pillow Historic State Park in Henning, Tennessee, which was the site of the Battle of Fort Pillow during the Civil War, as a unit of the National Park System.
Can’t Cancel Your Own Debt Act of 2023

To prohibit Members of Congress from receiving a financial benefit from certain student loan cancellation programs. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Can’t Cancel Your Own Debt Act of 2023 2. No student loan cancellation for Members of Congress (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an individual who serves as a Member of Congress shall not be eligible, during or after such service— (1) for any service- or employment-based student loan cancellation for any time served as a Member of Congress; or (2) for student loan cancellation from any Federal program that is established or amended by an Act of Congress, or established or set forth by an Executive order or agency action, during the period in which the individual is serving as a Member. (b) Definitions For the purposes of this Act— (1) Agency action The term agency action (2) Cancellation The term cancellation (3) Student loan The term student loan (c) Application This Act shall apply to any individual who serves as a Member of Congress on or after the date of enactment of this Act.

Summary: Can't Cancel Your Own Debt Act of 2023 This bill prohibits a Member of Congress from receiving student loan cancellation for time served in Congress or from a student loan program established or amended by an act of Congress, or set forth by an executive order or agency action, during the period in which the individual is serving as a Member.
Federal Firefighter Pay Equity Act

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for pay equality and the more accurate computation of retirement benefits for certain firefighters employed by the Federal Government, and for other purposes. 1. Short title; purposes (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Firefighter Pay Equity Act (b) Purposes The purposes of this Act are— (1) to improve pay equality between Federal firefighters, other Federal employees, and municipal and other public sector firefighters; (2) to enhance recruitment and retention of firefighters in order to maintain the highest quality of Federal fire service; (3) to include the pay of all regularly reoccurring scheduled hours during the firefighter workweek when computing such retirement benefits of firefighters; and (4) to establish the regular workweek for Federal firefighters. 2. Computation of pay Section 5545b(c)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking 2756 2087 3. Computation of annuity based on certain firefighter service (a) In general Section 5545b of title 5, United States Code, as amended by section 2, is further amended by adding at the end the following: (e) For purposes of any determination of average pay . (b) Conforming amendments Sections 8331(4) and 8401(3) of title 5, United States Code, are amended by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting , subject to section 5545b(e); 4. Establishment of a maximum hours of Federal firefighters’ regular workweek Section 5545b of title 5, United States Code, as amended by section 3, is further amended by adding at the end the following: (f) Not later than one year after the date of enactment of the Federal Firefighter Pay Equity Act, the Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations establishing the maximum number of regularly reoccurring hours which comprise a workweek for a firefighter covered by this section. The maximum number of such hours shall not exceed an average of 60 hours per week. . 5. Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to any annuity entitlement to which is based on a separation from service occurring after the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Federal Firefighter Pay Equity Act This bill modifies certain pay calculations that are used to determine retirement and annuity benefits for federal firefighters. Specifically, the bill adjusts the method of determining the average pay of a federal firefighter by adding one-half of a firefighter's basic hourly rate multiplied by the number of overtime hours included as part of such firefighter's regular tour of duty. It also requires the Office of Personnel Management to issue regulations that cap the number of hours in a regular workweek, which may not exceed 60 hours per week.
Decreasing Emergency Railroad Accident Instances Locally Act

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue certain regulations to define high-hazard flammable train, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Decreasing Emergency Railroad Accident Instances Locally Act DERAIL Act 2. High-hazard flammable train Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue such regulations as are necessary to amend section 171.8 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, to modify the definition of high-hazard flammable train 3. Reporting of material toxic by inhalation (a) In general Chapter 209 20904. Reporting of accidents involving material toxic by inhalation Not later than 24 hours after any train derailment involving a train carrying material toxic by inhalation, the railroad carrier involved in such derailment shall report to the National Response Center, State officials, local officials, and Tribal governments all material toxic by inhalation on such train. . (b) Clerical amendment The analysis for chapter 209 20904. Reporting of accidents involving material toxic by inhalation. .

Summary: Decreasing Emergency Railroad Accident Instances Locally Act or the DERAIL Act This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to expand the statutory definition of a high-hazard flammable train (HHFT), thereby subjecting more trains to additional safety requirements. Specifically, DOT must expand the definition of HHFT to mean a train transporting one or more loaded tank cars of a Class 3 flammable liquid (e.g., benzene residue) or a Class 2 flammable gas (e.g., vinyl chloride) and other materials DOT determines necessary for safety. Current regulations define HHFT as a train transporting 20 or more loaded tank cars of a Class 3 flammable liquid in a continuous block or 35 or more loaded tank cars of a Class 3 flammable liquid dispersed throughout the train. The bill also requires railway carriers to report a train derailment that involves a train carrying material toxic by inhalation within 24 hours of the derailment to the National Response Center, state and local officials, and tribal governments.
Byron Nash Renal Medullary Carcinoma Awareness Act of 2023

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide incentives for education on the risk of renal medullary carcinoma in individuals who are receiving medical assistance under such title and who have sickle cell disease. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Byron Nash Renal Medullary Carcinoma Awareness Act of 2023 2. Providing incentives for education on risk of renal medullary carcinoma to individuals with Sickle Cell Disease under Medicaid (a) In general Section 1903(a)(3)(E)(ii) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396b(a)(3)(E)(ii) , renal medullary carcinoma, stroke (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to items and services furnished on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Byron Nash Renal Medullary Carcinoma Awareness Act of 2023 This bill allows states to receive federal payment under Medicaid for 50% of their costs for providing education on the risk of renal medullary carcinoma to individuals with sickle cell disease. (Renal medullary carcinoma is a rare kidney disease usually found in individuals with the sickle cell trait.)
Winnebago Land Transfer Act of 2023

To transfer administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands from the Army Corps of Engineers to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to take such lands into trust for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Winnebago Land Transfer Act of 2023 2. Land to be taken into trust (a) In general Subject to all valid existing rights, all right, title, and interest (including improvements and appurtenances) of the United States in and to the Federal lands described in subsection (b), those Federal lands— (1) are declared to be part of the Winnebago Reservation created by the Treaty between the United States and the Winnebago Tribe in 1865; and (2) shall be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska subject to the same terms and conditions as those lands described in the Treaty with the Winnebago Tribe, 1865 (14 Stat. 671). (b) Federal lands described The Federal lands described in this subsection are the following: (1) That portion of Tract No. 119, the description of which is filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa (Western Division), Civil Case No. 70–C–3015–W, executed May 11, 1973, said tract being situated in Section 8 and the accretion land thereto, the Southwest Quarter of Section 9, the West Half of Section 16, the East Half of Section 17, Township 86 North, Range 47 West of the Fifth Principal Meridian, Woodbury County, Iowa, lying Easterly of the Nebraska/Iowa State Line and Southerly of the Easterly extension of the North line of the Winnebago Reservation. (2) Tract No. 210, as described in Schedule A Declaration of Taking, Legal Description of Tract 210 and Judgment on Stipulation and Order of Distribution (3) Tract No. 113, as described in the Judgment on Declaration of Taking and Legal Description of Tract 113 (c) Gaming prohibition Class II and class III gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ( 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq. January 30, 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: Winnebago Land Transfer Act of 2023 This bill takes specified lands in Iowa into trust for the benefit of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. The land is made part of the tribe's reservation. The bill prohibits gaming on the land taken into trust.
Federal Agent Responsibility Act

To prohibit no-knock raids from being conducted by Federal law enforcement officers, and other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Agent Responsibility Act 2. Prohibition on no-knock raids (a) Prohibition against financial aid or material aid and support A Federal law enforcement officer or anyone employed by a Federal law enforcement agency shall not provide financial aid or material aid and support in furtherance of the execution of a non-Federal warrant requested by a law enforcement agency of a State or unit of local government. (b) Medicine and other materials in support For purposes of this Act, a Federal law enforcement officer shall not be considered to have provided financial aid or material aid and support in the execution of a non-Federal warrant if such officer— (1) gives or allows the use of medicine or other materials necessary to treat physical injuries; or (2) helps a person escape a risk of a serious, imminent life-threatening injury. 3. Exception for serious, imminent life-threatening injuries; report (a) Certain circumstances A Federal law enforcement officer may forcibly enter a location subject to a Federal or non-Federal warrant, in less than 30 seconds, if there is a threat or risk of serious, imminent life-threatening injury to a law enforcement officer or others, and the law enforcement officer who enters provides a formal written report detailing such need to the judicial official responsible for authorizing the Federal or non-Federal warrant. (b) Report required Any report required under subsection (a) shall be submitted to the judicial official responsible for authorizing the Federal or non-Federal warrant not more 14 days after the date on which such warrant was executed. 4. Definitions In this Act: (1) Federal law enforcement agency The term Federal law enforcement agency (2) Federal law enforcement officer The term Federal law enforcement officer (3) Federal warrant The term Federal warrant (4) Material aid and support The term material aid and support (5) Non-federal warrant The term non-Federal warrant

Summary: Federal Agent Responsibility Act This bill generally prohibits any federal law enforcement officer or individual employed by a federal law enforcement agency from providing financial or material aid in support of executing a nonfederal warrant requested by a state or local law enforcement agency. Nonfederal warrant refers to a warrant authorizing a search by a state or local law enforcement agency or office executing an ex parte judicial order to confiscate a firearm. The bill permits a federal law enforcement officer to forcibly enter a location subject to a warrant, in less than 30 seconds, if there is a threat or risk of serious, imminent life-threatening injury and the officer submits a formal written report to the judicial official responsible for authorizing the warrant.
Grizzly Bear State Management Act of 2023

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue a final rule relating to removing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem population of grizzly bears from the Federal list of endangered and threatened wildlife, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Grizzly Bear State Management Act of 2023 2. Reissuance of final rule relating to Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem population of grizzly bears (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall reissue the final rule entitled Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Population of Grizzly Bears From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife (b) No judicial review The reissuance of the final rule described in subsection (a) (including this section) shall not be subject to judicial review. September 20, 2023 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Summary: Grizzly Bear State Management Act of 2023 This bill requires the Department of the Interior to remove the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem population of grizzly bears from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife.
To authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian Tribes.

To authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian Tribes. 1. Federally recognized tribe leasing authority Subsection (a) of the first section of the Act of August 9, 1955 (69 Stat. 539, chapter 615; 25 U.S.C. 415(a) 25 U.S.C. 5131 March 12, 2024 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Summary: This bill authorizes any federally recognized Indian tribe to lease their land held in trust for a term of up to 99 years.
Confederate Monument Removal Act

To remove all statues of individuals who voluntarily served the Confederate States of America from display in the United States Capitol. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Confederate Monument Removal Act 2. Requirements and removal procedures (a) Requirements Section 1814 of the Revised Statutes ( 2 U.S.C. 2131 (other than persons who served voluntarily with the Confederate States of America) military services (b) Statue removal procedures (1) In general The Architect of the Capitol shall— (A) identify all statues on display in the United States Capitol that do not meet the requirements of section 1814 of the Revised Statutes ( 2 U.S.C. 2131 (B) subject to the approval of the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress, arrange for the removal of each such statue from the Capitol by not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act. (2) Removal and return of statues (A) Returning statues to States In the case of a statue that is removed under this subsection which was provided for display by a State, the Architect of the Capitol shall arrange to transfer and deliver the statue and transfer ownership of the statue to the State if the State so requests and agrees to pay any costs related to the transportation of the statue to the State. (B) Other situations Any statue removed under this subsection that is not transferred and delivered to a State in accordance with subparagraph (A) shall remain in the custody of the Architect of the Capitol. The Architect of the Capitol shall store the removed statue in a nonpublic location. (3) Replacement of statues A State that has a statue removed under this subsection shall be able to replace such statue in accordance with the requirements and procedures of section 1814 of the Revised Statutes ( 2 U.S.C. 2131 2 U.S.C. 2132 (4) Authorization and appropriations (A) In general There are appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $2,000,000 to the Architect of the Capitol to carry out this section, including the costs related to the removal, transfer, security, storage, and display of the statues described in paragraph (1)(A). (B) Availability Amounts appropriated under subparagraph (A) shall remain available until expended.

Summary: Confederate Monument Removal Act This bill prohibits a state from providing for display in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol a statue of a person who voluntarily served with the Confederate States of America. The bill also provides funding for removing any statue currently on display that depicts such a person and outlines procedures for returning and replacing such statutes.
Travel Mask Mandate Repeal Act of 2023

To prohibit the imposition of mask mandates on public transportation. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Travel Mask Mandate Repeal Act of 2023 2. Prohibition on certain mask mandates (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal agency shall impose any Federal requirement related to COVID–19 that an individual wear a face mask when utilizing any conveyance (as defined in section 70.1 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation) or transportation hub. (b) Limitation on existing orders Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, the order issued on January 29, 2021, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under section 361 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 264

Summary: Travel Mask Mandate Repeal Act of 2023 This bill prohibits federal agencies from mandating the use of masks or face coverings on planes, trains, buses, and other public conveyances and at transportation hubs to prevent the transmission of COVID-19. Specifically, the bill nullifies (1) the rule issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on January 29, 2021, that mandates such use of masks or face coverings; and (2) orders and directives of the Transportation Security Administration that relate to the CDC rule.