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Stop Supreme Court Leakers Act of 2023

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for penalties for the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information by officers or employees of the Supreme Court, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Supreme Court Leakers Act of 2023 2. Obstruction of Supreme Court deliberations (a) In general Chapter 73 1522. Obstruction of Supreme Court deliberations (a) Definition In this section, the term confidential information (1) internal notes taken by an employee of the Supreme Court of the United States on cases heard by the Supreme Court; (2) any communication between the Chief Justice of the United States or an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and an employee or officer of the Supreme Court; (3) a communication between officers and employees of the Supreme Court of the United States on a matter pending before the Supreme Court; (4) a draft opinion or a final opinion prior to the date on which such opinion is released to the public; (5) personal information of the Chief Justice of the United States or an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States that is not otherwise legally available to the public; and (6) any other information designated to be confidential by the Chief Justice of the United States prior to the date on which a violation of subsection (b) occurs. (b) Prohibition It shall be unlawful for any person, while serving as an officer or employee of the Supreme Court, to knowingly publish, divulge, disclose, or make known in any manner or to any extent not authorized by law any confidential information coming to that officer or employee in the course of the employment or official duties of that officer or employee. (c) Criminal penalties (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), any individual who violates, or conspires to violate, subsection (b) shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years and fined under this title. (2) Internal notes Any individual who violates, or conspires to violate, subsection (a) with confidential information described in subsection (a)(1) shall be fined $10,000. . (b) Criminal forfeiture Section 982(a)(2)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking 1029, or 1030 1029, 1030, or 1522 (c) Table of contents The table of sections for chapter 73 1522. Obstruction of Supreme Court deliberations. .

Summary: Stop Supreme Court Leakers Act of 2023 This bill establishes new federal crimes for the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information by officers or employees of the Supreme Court. Specifically, the bill prohibits an officer or employee of the Supreme Court from knowingly publishing, divulging, disclosing, or making known in any manner or to any extent not authorized by law any confidential information coming to that officer or employee in the course of the employment or official duties of that officer or employee. A violation is subject to criminal penalties. Additionally, any property constituting or derived from proceeds obtained as the result of the violation is subject to criminal forfeiture.
Sports League Tax-Exempt Status Limitation Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an asset test on professional sports leagues qualifying for 501(c)(6) status. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Sports League Tax-Exempt Status Limitation Act 2. Asset test for professional sports leagues (a) In general Paragraph (6) of section 501(c) (1) by inserting (A) after (6) , and (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any professional football league if the average annual value of the assets of such league, as reported on the league's annual return, for any 3-taxable-year period beginning after December 31, 2020, exceeds $500,000,000. . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023.

Summary: Sports League Tax-Exempt Status Limitation Act This bill denies a tax exemption for professional sports leagues whose assets have an average annual value in excess of $500 million for any 3-taxable year period beginning after 2020.
Fair College Admissions for Students Act

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit institutions of higher education participating in Federal student assistance programs from giving preferential treatment in the admissions process to legacy students or donors. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fair College Admissions for Students Act 2. Ban on legacy or donor preferences in admissions (a) In general Section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1094(a) (30) The institution will not provide any manner of preferential treatment in the admission process to applicants on the basis of their relationships to— (A) donors to the institution; or (B) alumni of the institution. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the first day of the second award year (as defined in section 481(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1088(a)

Summary: Fair College Admissions for Students Act This bill prohibits an institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student-aid programs from giving preferential treatment in the admissions process to applicants based on their relationships to donors or alumni of the IHE.
Stop Funding Our Adversaries Act of 2023

To prohibit Federal spending on funding research in China, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Funding Our Adversaries Act of 2023 2. Purposes The purposes of this Act are— (1) to ensure that Federal funding does not support any research in China; and (2) to combat the military-civilian fusion policy of the People's Republic of China. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Chinese Communist Party The term Chinese Communist Party (2) Federal agency (A) In general The term Federal agency 42 U.S.C. 5122 (B) Inclusions The term Federal agency (3) Federal funding The term Federal funding (A) means any grant, subgrant, contract, cooperative agreement, and any other method through which the Federal Government provides funding to a recipient; and (B) includes a method through which the Federal Government provides funding to a subrecipient at any tier. (4) Government of the People's Republic of China The term Government of the People's Republic of China (A) any agent or instrumentality of the Government of the People's Republic of China; (B) any entity owned by or controlled by the People’s Republic of China; and (C) any organization managed by the Government of the People's Republic of China, the People's Liberation Army Ground Force of China, and any public institution of higher learning in China. 4. Prohibition on funding research in China The head of a Federal agency may not directly or indirectly support, through any Federal funding, research that will be conducted by the Government of the People's Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party.

Summary: Stop Funding Our Adversaries Act of 2023 This bill prohibits federal agencies from supporting through federal funding any research conducted by the Chinese Communist Party or the Chinese government.
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 North Taylor Lane in Patagonia, Arizona, as the "Jim Kolbe Memorial Post Office".

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 North Taylor Lane in Patagonia, Arizona, as the Jim Kolbe Memorial Post Office 1. Jim Kolbe Memorial Post Office (a) Designation The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 North Taylor Lane in Patagonia, Arizona, shall be known and designated as the Jim Kolbe Memorial Post Office (b) References Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Jim Kolbe Memorial Post Office

Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 North Taylor Lane in Patagonia, Arizona, as the "Jim Kolbe Memorial Post Office."
Aviation Security Checkpoint Technology Fund Act of 2023

To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish an Aviation Security Checkpoint Technology Fund in the Department of Homeland Security to fund investments in aviation security checkpoint technology, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Aviation Security Checkpoint Technology Fund Act of 2023 2. Establishment of Aviation Security Checkpoint Technology Fund Section 44923 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (j); and (2) by inserting after subsection (h) the following new subsection: (i) Aviation Security Checkpoint Technology Fund (1) In general There is established within the Department of Homeland Security a fund to be known as the Aviation Security Checkpoint Technology Fund (in this subsection referred to as the ASCT Fund (2) TSA briefing Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection and quarterly thereafter for 5 years, the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration shall brief the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate regarding planned procurement, test, deployment, and post-deployment enhancement efforts of aviation security checkpoint technology at airport checkpoints through amounts made available from the ASCT Fund. . 3. Conforming amendment Section 44940(i)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking section 44923(h) subsections (h) and (i) of section 44923

Summary: Aviation Security Checkpoint Technology Fund Act of 2023 This bill establishes the Aviation Security Checkpoint Technology Fund within the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to fund the procurement, test, deployment, and post-deployment enhancements of aviation security checkpoint technology. The TSA must fund this program using airport passenger security fees that are currently collected by the TSA.
A bill to name the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, as the "Henry Parham VA Clinic".

To name the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, as the Henry Parham VA Clinic 1. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Henry Parham was born in Emporia, Virginia, in November 1921. (2) At age 21, Henry Parham was drafted into the Army and shipped out to England in 1943 with the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion in preparation for the D-Day invasions. (3) The 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, a segregated Army unit, consisted of approximately 700 African-American soldiers with the mission of hoisting barrage balloons designed to entangle incoming German planes and prevent them from conducting strafing runs on ground troops. (4) On June 6, 1944, Private First Class Henry Parham and his section of the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion landed at Omaha Beach. With the threat of enemy sniper and rifle fire ever present, PFC Parham’s unit performed their duties, hoisting their barrage balloons 2,000 feet into the air over the beachhead in Normandy. (5) For two months, Private First Class Henry Parham and the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion stood watch at Omaha Beach, keeping the pipeline of incoming supplies and Allied troops secure before returning to the United States in September 1944. (6) After his service, Henry Parham moved to Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, where he lived and worked as a heavy equipment operator until 1986. There, he met and married his wife, Ethel Parham, to whom he was married for more than 45 years. (7) Henry Parham died on July 4, 2021, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the age of 99. He was survived by his wife, Ethel, both of whom served for decades as volunteers at the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and local chapters of veterans service organizations. (8) Henry Parham was the last surviving African-American combat veteran who took part in the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944. 2. Designation of Henry Parham Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic (a) Designation The community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the Henry Parham Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic Henry Parham VA Clinic (b) Reference Any reference in any law, regulation, map, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the community-based outpatient clinic referred to in subsection (a) shall be considered to be a reference to the Henry Parham VA Clinic.

Summary: This bill designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, as the Henry Parham Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic or the Henry Parham VA Clinic.
Denying Expenditures for False Accusations with Malicious Effect (DEFAME) Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to disallow deductions for certain payments relating to defamation suits. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Denying Expenditures for False Accusations with Malicious Effect (DEFAME) Act 2. Disallowance of deduction for certain payments relating to defamation suits (a) In general Section 162 is amended by inserting after subsection (h) the following new subsection: (i) Certain payments relating to defamation lawsuits (1) In general In the case of an applicable corporation, no deduction otherwise allowable shall be allowed under this chapter for any nondeductible defamation payment. (2) Applicable corporation For purposes of this subsection, the term applicable corporation (3) Nondeductible defamation payment For purposes of this subsection— (A) In general The term nondeductible defamation payment (i) any applicable defamation suit payment, (ii) any payment for attorneys' fees in connection with a suit for which an applicable defamation suit payment was made, and (iii) so much of any payment of an insurance premium which is in excess of the amount of such premium determined without regard to any suit for which an applicable defamation suit payment was made. (B) Applicable defamation suit payment The term applicable defamation suit payment (i) which is made— (I) in connection with a suit for defamation which requires proof of actual malice to succeed on the merits, and (II) pursuant to a settlement or court order, and (ii) which, when aggregated with all other payments described in clause (i) with respect to the same suit, exceeds $500,000,000. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to payments made after December 31, 2022, in taxable years ending after such date.

Summary: Denying Expenditures for False Accusations with Malicious Effect (DEFAME) Act This bill denies certain large corporations (i.e., corporations with gross income exceeding $10 billion in the preceding taxable year) a tax deduction for certain payments relating to defamation law suits, including the applicable defamation suit payment, attorneys' fees, and insurance premiums. The bill defines applicable defamation suit payment as any payment that (1) is made in connection with a defamation suit for which proof of actual malice is required to succeed on the merits, (2) is paid pursuant to a settlement or court order, and (3) exceeds $500 million in the aggregate.
NRCS Hire Local Act of 2023

To require State field offices of the Natural Resources Conservation Service to give preference to in-State applicants. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the NRCS Hire Local Act of 2023 2. NRCS State field offices hiring preference In making hiring decisions for State field office positions of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (referred to in this section as the Service

Summary: NRCS Hire Local Act of 2023 This bill requires the Natural Resources Conservation Service to give preference to state residents when hiring for state field office positions at or above the GS-11 level of the General Schedule.
Keep Kupuna Fed Act

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exclude from income certain funds received under the Social Security Act. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Keep Kupuna Fed Act 2. Amendment (a) In general Section 5(d) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2014(d) (1) in paragraph (18) by striking and (2) in paragraph (19) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (20) any payment (including a retroactive lump-sum payment or a lump-sum death payment, provided that such a lump-sum payment shall be counted as resources unless specifically excluded by other laws) received under title II of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 401 et seq. . (b) Conforming amendments Section 5(d) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2014(d) (1) in paragraph (8), by striking social security or (2) in paragraph (12), by striking title II or XVI title XVI (3) by striking title I, II title I, 3. Effective date This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

Summary: Keep Kupuna Fed Act This bill amends the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to exempt certain Social Security benefits (e.g., retirement and disability benefits) from household income for the purposes of determining program eligibility.
PHS COR Act

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional funding for the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Operations and Readiness Act PHS COR Act 2. Funding for Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service Section 203 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 204 (e) Operations of the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service (1) In general Subject to regulations prescribed by the Secretary, the Deputy Surgeon General shall carry out duties and responsibilities relating to the operations of the Commissioned Corps of the Service, including the following: (A) Enhance the processes and systems of the Commissioned Corps Headquarters. (B) Maximize the force management, operational capacity, and mission readiness of the Regular Corps, the Ready Reserve Corps, and the Public Health Emergency Response Strike Teams, a subcomponent of the Regular Corps. (C) Recruit and retain qualified professionals suited to serving underserved and vulnerable communities by— (i) enhancing onboarding timelines, providing officer placements to align with agency needs, and incentivizing recruiters and recruits; and (ii) expanding training opportunities, providing credentialing support for high demand skill sets, and enriching leadership and research potential. (D) Improve deployment processes and prepare mission teams to execute routine and emergent public health events. (E) Establish a legislative liaison office to carry out legislative affairs functions under the direction of the Deputy Surgeon General. (2) Authorization of appropriations In addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated for the Commissioned Corps of the Service, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Deputy Surgeon General to carry out paragraph (1) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter. .

Summary: Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Operations and Readiness Act or the PHS COR Act This bill requires various activities to support the operations of the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service. Required activities include (1) recruiting and retaining professionals suited to work in underserved and vulnerable communities, (2) improving processes for deploying mission teams to routine and emergent public health events, and (3) establishing an office to carry out legislative affairs functions.
SNOOP Act of 2023

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the amendments made to reporting of third party network transactions by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop the Nosy Obsession with Online Payments Act of 2023 SNOOP Act of 2023 2. Repeal of modification of exceptions for reporting of third party network transactions (a) In general Section 6050W(e) (e) Exception for de minimis payments by third party settlement organizations A third party settlement organization shall be required to report any information under subsection (a) with respect to third party network transactions of any participating payee only if— (1) the amount which would otherwise be reported under subsection (a)(2) with respect to such transactions exceeds $20,000, and (2) the aggregate number of such transactions exceeds 200. . (b) Conforming amendment Section 6050W(c)(3) described in subsection (d)(3)(A)(iii) (c) Effective date (1) In general The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to returns for calendar years beginning after December 31, 2021. (2) Clarification The amendment made by subsection (b) shall apply to transactions after the date of the enactment of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

Summary: Stop the Nosy Obsession with Online Payments Act of 2023 or the SNOOP Act of 2023 This bill modifies requirements for third party settlement organizations to eliminate their reporting requirement with respect to the transactions of their participating payees unless they have earned more than $20,000 on more than 200 separate transactions in an applicable tax period. A third party settlement organization is the central organization that has the contractual obligation to make payments to participating payees (generally, a merchant or business) in a third party payment network. This reverses a provision in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 that lowered the reporting threshold to $600 with no minimum on the number of transactions.