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Protecting American Benefits Act

To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issue obligations to make Medicare and Social Security payments, veterans disability benefits, and military benefits, despite the debt limit being reached. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting American Benefits Act 2. Social Security and Medicare programs, veterans disability benefits, military benefits, and the debt limit Section 3101 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (b), by striking The face Subject to subsection (d), the face (2) by adding at the end the following: (d) (1) If the face value of the amount of obligations described in subsection (b) reaches the limit on such obligations under subsection (b), the Secretary may issue obligations under this chapter to the extent necessary to make timely payment of the full amount of— (A) benefits authorized under the Medicare program established under title XVIII of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq. 42 U.S.C. 401 et seq. (B) benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to which an individual is entitled on the basis of a service-connected death or disability, and (C) pay for members of the armed forces under title 37, United States Code. (2) With respect to each instance in which the Secretary of the Treasury begins issuing obligations in accordance with paragraph (1), the face value of such obligations issued during such instance shall not be taken into account in determining the face value of obligations for purposes of subsection (b) during the period— (A) beginning on the date on which the Secretary began issuing obligations in accordance with paragraph (1) during such instance; and (B) ending on the day after the date of enactment of the first law enacted after the date described in subparagraph (A) increasing the limit under subsection (b). .

Summary: Protecting American Benefits Act This bill authorizes payments for Medicare, Social Security, veteran death or disability benefits, and members of the Armed Forces to be made even if the debt limit is reached. Such payments may not be taken into consideration for purposes of calculating the debt limit until after the debt limit has already been increased.
Improving the Federal Response to Organized Retail Crime Act of 2023

To direct certain heads of Federal agencies to develop a strategy to improve Federal investigations of organized retail crime, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Improving the Federal Response to Organized Retail Crime Act of 2023 2. Improving coordination in Federal investigation of organized retail crime (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Postmaster General, and the head of each relevant agency shall develop a strategy to identify how each such relevant agency can coordinate with other relevant agencies to— (1) improve information sharing between the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Executive Associate Director of Homeland Security Investigations, the Director of the Secret Service, the Postmaster General, and the head of each relevant agency on organized retail crime networks; (2) assist State and local law enforcement in compiling materials and evidence necessary for prosecution of organized retail crime; and (3) increase cooperation and information sharing between each such relevant agency and the retail industry, State retail crime task forces, and other retail crime task forces. (b) Reporting requirement Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Postmaster General, and the head of each relevant agency shall submit a joint report to the relevant committees on the strategy developed pursuant to subsection (a). (c) Comptroller General report Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall publish a report on coordination between the private sector and law enforcement to deter and investigate organized retail crime. (d) Definitions In this section: (1) Organized retail crime The term organized retail crime (2) Organized retail crime network The term organized retail crime network (3) Relevant agency The term relevant agency (4) Relevant committees The term relevant committees

Summary: Improving the Federal Response to Organized Retail Crime Act of 2023 This bill requires various federal agencies to develop a strategy to improve coordination with state and local law enforcement entities to address organized retail crime. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Postal Service, and other relevant agencies to improve federal information sharing about organized retail crime networks; assist state and local law enforcement in compiling materials and evidence necessary to prosecute organized retail crime; and increase cooperation and information sharing between federal agencies, the retail industry, and retail crime task forces. The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to report on coordination between the private sector and law enforcement to deter and investigate organized retail crime.
CDFI Fund Transparency Act

To amend the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 to require the Director of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund to testify on an annual basis before the Financial Services Committee of the House of Representatives and the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee of the Senate. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the CDFI Fund Transparency Act 2. Requirement to testify annually Section 104(b) of the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 ( 12 U.S.C. 4703(b) (5) Annual testimony The Secretary of the Treasury (or a designee of the Secretary) shall, at the discretion of the Chair of the Financial Services Committee of the House of Representatives and the Chair of the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee of the Senate, annually testify before such committees (or a subcommittee of such committees) regarding— (A) the operations of the Fund during the previous year; (B) steps the Secretary and the Fund are taking to support the work of community development financial institutions participating in the State Small Business Credit Initiative; (C) steps the Secretary and the Fund are taking to support community development financial institutions, including those that are minority depository institutions, through the financial agent mentor-protégé program; (D) how community development financial institutions, including minority depository institutions, that received amounts provided in the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 have used and are using such amounts; and (E) any steps the Secretary and the Fund are taking to— (i) support minority lending institutions, including minority depository institutions, through coordination with prudential regulators to promote and preserve minority depository institutions pursuant to section 308 of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989; (ii) address technology challenges facing community development financial institutions, including those that are minority depository institutions; (iii) incentivize community development financial institutions to provide start-up capital for young entrepreneurs; (iv) raise public awareness about community development financial institutions and minority depository institutions, including providing a searchable map with institution locations; (v) coordinate with regulators to ensure certification and reporting requirements are appropriately streamlined for community development financial institutions; and (vi) explore securitization options that might help expand the reach of community development financial institutions. . August 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: CDFI Fund Transparency Act This bill requires annual congressional testimony from the Department of the Treasury regarding the operations of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.
End Judge Shopping Act of 2023

To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit the issuance of nationwide injunctions from single-judge divisions of U.S. District Courts. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the End Judge Shopping Act of 2023 2. Orders purporting to restrain enforcement against non-parties (a) In general Chapter 87 1414. Civil actions seeking nationwide injunctions A civil action which seeks an order enforceable in each district and division of the United States shall be brought only in a division of a judicial district which has two or more active judges assigned. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections for such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following: 1414. Civil actions seeking nationwide injunctions. .

Summary: End Judge Shopping Act of 2023 This bill requires a civil action that seeks a widely enforceable order to be brought in a division of a judicial district with two or more active judges.
Protecting Young Minds Online Act

To amend title V of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Center for Mental Health Services to develop and disseminate a strategy to address the effects of new technologies on children’s mental health. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Young Minds Online Act 2. Center for Mental Health Services strategy to address effects of new technologies on children’s mental health Section 520(b) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290bb–31(b) (1) in paragraph (16), by striking and (2) in paragraph (17), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (18) develop and implement a strategy to help local communities address the effects of new technologies, such as social media, on children’s mental health. .

Summary: Protecting Young Minds Online Act This bill requires the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to implement a strategy for addressing the effects of social media and other new technologies on children's mental health.
SEC Act of 2023

To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit the Securities and Exchange Commission from requiring an issuer to make climate-related disclosures that are not material to investors, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Environmental Calculations Act of 2023 SEC Act of 2023 2. Prohibition on requiring an issuer to make climate-related disclosures that are not material to investors Section 23 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ( 15 U.S.C. 78w (e) Prohibition on requiring an issuer To make climate-Related disclosures that are not material to investors The Commission may not require an issuer to make climate-related disclosures that are not material to investors. .

Summary: Stop Environmental Calculations Act of 2023 or the SEC Act of 2023 This bill prohibits the Securities and Exchange Commission from requiring climate-related disclosures that are not material to investors.
Taiwan Representative Office Act

To direct the Secretary of State to seek to enter into negotiations with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office to rename its office the Taiwan Representative Office 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Taiwan Representative Office Act 2. Designation of and references to Taiwan Representative Office (a) Statement of policy It shall be the policy of the United States, consistent with the Taiwan Relations Act ( 22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq. Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office Taiwan Representative Office (b) Renaming The Secretary of State shall seek to enter into negotiations with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office to rename its office in the District of Colombia the Taiwan Representative Office (c) References If the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office is designated as the Taiwan Representative Office, any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States Government to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office shall be deemed to be a reference to the Taiwan Representative Office, including for all official purposes of the Government of the United States, all courts of the United States, and any proceedings therein. (d) Rule of construction Nothing in this section shall be construed as entailing restoration of diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (Taiwan) or altering the position of the United States with respect to the international status of Taiwan.

Summary: Taiwan Representative Office ActThis bill requires the Department of State to seek to enter into negotiations with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) to rename its office in the District of Columbia the Taiwan Representative Office. (The U.S.-Taiwan relationship is unofficial, and TECRO is Taiwan's principal representative office in the United States.)
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1900 West Oakland Park Boulevard in Oakland Park, Florida, as the "Alcee Lamar Hastings Post Office Building".

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1900 West Oakland Park Boulevard in Oakland Park, Florida, as the Alcee Lamar Hastings Post Office Building 1. Alcee Lamar Hastings Post Office Building (a) Designation The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1900 West Oakland Park Boulevard in Oakland Park, Florida, shall be known and designated as the Alcee Lamar Hastings Post Office Building (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 Alcee Lamar Hastings Post Office Building

Summary: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1900 West Oakland Park Boulevard in Oakland Park, Florida, as the "Alcee Lamar Hastings Post Office Building."
Protecting Homeowners from Disaster Act of 2023

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the limitation on deductions for personal casualty losses. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Homeowners from Disaster Act of 2023 2. Repeal of limitation on deduction for personal casualty losses (a) In general Section 165(h) (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to losses sustained in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022.

Summary: Protecting Homeowners from Disaster Act of 2023 This bill repeals the current limitation on tax deductions for personal casualty losses. Under current law, such losses are deductible in taxable years 2018-2025 only to the extent that they are attributable to a federally declared disaster.
Rehabilitation of Historic Schools Act of 2023

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow rehabilitation expenditures for public school buildings to qualify for rehabilitation credit. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rehabilitation of Historic Schools Act of 2023 2. Qualification of rehabilitation expenditures for public school buildings for rehabilitation credit (a) In general Section 47(c)(2)(B)(v) (III) Clause not to apply to public schools This clause shall not apply in the case of the rehabilitation of any building which was used as a qualified public educational facility (as defined in section 142(k)(1), determined without regard to subparagraph (B) thereof) at any time during the 5-year period ending on the date that such rehabilitation begins and which is used as such a facility immediately after such rehabilitation. . (b) Report Not later than the date which is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with the heads of appropriate Federal agencies, shall report to Congress on the effects resulting from the amendment made by subsection (a), including— (1) the number of qualified public education facilities rehabilitated (stated separately with respect to each State) and the number of students using such facilities (stated separately with respect to each such State), (2) the number of qualified public education facilities rehabilitated in low income communities (as section 45D(e)(1) (3) the amount of qualified rehabilitation expenditures for each qualified public education facility rehabilitated, and (4) and any other data determined by the Secretary to be useful in evaluating the impact of such amendment. (c) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to property placed in service after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Summary: Rehabilitation of Historic Schools Act of 2023 This bill allows rehabilitation expenditures for public school buildings to qualify for the rehabilitation tax credit.
EATS Act of 2023

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to remove certain eligibility disqualifications that restrict otherwise eligible students enrolled in institutions of higher education from participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Enhance Access To SNAP Act of 2023 EATS Act of 2023 2. Amendments The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq. (1) in section 3(m)(5) by adding at end the following: (F) Individuals who are bona fide students enrolled at least half time in any recognized school, training program, or institution of higher education. , and (2) in section 6— (A) in subsection (d)(2)(C) by striking (except that any such person enrolled in an institution of higher education shall be ineligible to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program unless he or she meets the requirements of subsection (e) of this section) (B) by striking subsection (e). 3. Effective date This Act shall take effect on January 2, 2024.

Summary: Enhance Access To SNAP Act of 2023 or the EATS Act of 2023 This bill expands eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for certain students. Specifically, the bill removes the restriction on SNAP eligibility for students to allow otherwise eligible students who are attending institutions of higher education (IHEs) at least half time to participate in SNAP. Under current law, students 18-49 years old are restricted, with exceptions, from participating in SNAP. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 temporarily exempted some students from certain SNAP eligibility requirements; these temporary student exemptions are currently scheduled to expire after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency on May 11, 2023. Further, the bill provides that students enrolled at least half time in a recognized school, training program, or IHE constitute individual households (not residents of institutions) and may be eligible for SNAP benefits. (Participation in SNAP is limited to households.)
Supporting Veteran Families in Need Act

To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Supporting Veteran Families in Need Act 2. Permanent authority to provide financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing Section 2044(e) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (H) as paragraphs (1) through (8), respectively; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (9) The amounts that are appropriated to carry out such subsections for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter. .

Summary: Supporting Veteran Families in Need Act This bill permanently extends authorization for the Supportive Services for Veteran Families program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, which provides supportive services to very low-income veterans (and their families) occupying or transitioning to permanent housing.
Rhode Island Fishermen’s Fairness Act of 2023

To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to add Rhode Island to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rhode Island Fishermen’s Fairness Act of 2023 2. Addition of Rhode Island to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Section 302(a)(1)(B) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1852(a)(1)(B) (1) by inserting Rhode Island, States of (2) by inserting Rhode Island, except North Carolina, (3) by striking 21 23 (4) by striking 13 14

Summary: Rhode Island Fishermen's Fairness Act of 2023This bill adds Rhode Island to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and increases council membership from 21 to 23 members. The council is not given authority over the fisheries in the Atlantic Ocean seaward of Rhode Island. The bill also increases the number of members to be appointed by the Secretary of Commerce from 13 to 14.The council is one of eight regional councils in the United States that are responsible for managing fishery resources in federal waters in coordination with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
To limit the availability of certain funds for Mexico until the President makes a certification to Congress regarding cooperation by Mexico with respect to fentanyl, and for other purposes.

To limit the availability of certain funds for Mexico until the President makes a certification to Congress regarding cooperation by Mexico with respect to fentanyl, and for other purposes. 1. Limitation on availability of funds under Economic Support Fund for Mexico (a) Limitation No amounts made available under chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq. (b) Rule of construction Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed as limiting the obligation or expenditure of funds made available for assistance to Mexico for international narcotics control under chapter 8 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2291 et seq.

Summary: This bill prohibits Economic Support Fund assistance to Mexico until the President certifies to Congress that Mexico is cooperating to reduce the flow of fentanyl across the United States' southern border.
Defund the OTF Act of 2023

To prohibit the availability of Federal funds for the Open Technology Fund, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Defund the OTF Act of 2023 2. Prohibition on availability of Federal funds for Open Technology Fund No Federal funds may be made available for the Open Technology Fund established under section 309A of the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 ( 22 U.S.C. 6208a

Summary: Defund the OTF Act of 2023This bill prohibits federal funding for the Open Technology Fund (OTF). (The OTF is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing global internet freedom that has received federal funding annually through the U.S. Agency for Global Media.)