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Arts Education for All Act

Bill: 118-hr-5463
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2023-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: 

Arts Education for All Act

 
This bill expands arts education and programming for children in early education, K-12 students, and juveniles and adults in the criminal justice system.
 
Specifically, the bill allows Child Care and Development Block Grant funding to be used for additional activities, including arts programming.
 
Additionally, the bill addresses arts programming in elementary and secondary schools by
 
 
directing each state educational agency to include information on arts programming in its state plan, including how it will integrate arts education instruction into the curriculum and increase the number of arts teachers in schools;
 
requiring state report cards to include information on arts courses;
 
requiring local educational agency (LEA) plans to describe how the LEA will encourage the use of arts education to improve student achievement; and
 
allowing certain funds to be used for professional development for arts teachers. 
 
 
The bill directs the National Center for Education Research to carry out research on the use of arts and arts education in elementary and secondary schools, including in low-performing schools. Further, the National Center for Education Statistics must compile data on arts education.
 
 The National Assessment of Educational Progress must include a specified arts assessment.
 
The bill requires a state's juvenile justice and delinquency plan to describe how the state will coordinate services and activities for juvenile justice and delinquency prevention with arts agencies and arts organizations. Additionally, grants for adult offender reentry demonstration projects may be used for facilitating arts education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Guntersville, Alabama, as the "Colonel Ola Lee Mize Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic".

Bill: 118-hr-5464
Sponsor: Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4]
Introduced: 2023-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alabama
Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health facilities and institutions
Military history
Military personnel and dependents
U.S. history
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: 
This bill designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Guntersville, Alabama, as the Colonel Ola Lee Mize Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic.

action_date: 2024-09-17
text: 
This bill designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Guntersville, Alabama, as the Colonel Ola Lee Mize Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic.

action_date: 2024-11-25
text: 
This act designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Guntersville, Alabama, as the Colonel Ola Lee Mize Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-11-25
text: Became Public Law No: 118-115.
action_date: 2024-11-25
text: Became Public Law No: 118-115.
action_date: 2024-11-25
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2024-11-25
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2024-11-20
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2024-11-20
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2024-11-14
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2024-11-13
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6566)
action_date: 2024-11-13
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2024-09-18
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2024-09-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2024-09-17
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5281-5282)
action_date: 2024-09-17
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5281-5282)
action_date: 2024-09-17
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5464.
action_date: 2024-09-17
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5281-5283)
action_date: 2024-09-17
text: Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2023-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 118-115
Congressional Access to Bureaucratic Offices Act

Bill: 118-hr-5465
Sponsor: Rep. Alford, Mark [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2023-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Members of Congress

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4305)
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
BUFFER Act

Bill: 118-hr-5466
Sponsor: Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Farmland
Lakes and rivers
Land use and conservation
State and local government operations
Water quality
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: 

Building Up Farmland Frontiers for Ecological Resilience Act or the BUFFER Act

This bill provides that certain land (that is under state regulations) is eligible to participate under the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). Under CRP, the Department of Agriculture provides annual payments to agricultural producers to take highly erodible and environmentally sensitive land out of production and install resource-conserving practices. 

Specifically, land otherwise eligible under the program remains eligible for enrollment even if a tribal, state, or other local law, ordinance, or other regulation requires any resource-conserving or environmental protection measure or practice. The bill includes an exception that makes the land ineligible under the program if the implementation requirement has been imposed by an administrative order or a court order.

Current regulations exclude from enrollment eligibility (with exceptions) land that is subject to tribal, state, or other local laws, ordinances, or other regulations that require any resource-conserving or environmental protection measures or practices.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Gun Suicide Prevention Act

Bill: 118-hr-5467
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2023-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Firearms and explosives
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: 

Gun Suicide Prevention Act

 
 This bill prohibits manufacturers and retailers from selling firearms unless the firearm includes a label with the toll-free telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Hispanic Educational Resources and Empowerment Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5469
Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2023-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: 

Hispanic Educational Resources and Empowerment Act of 

2023

 
This bill directs the Department of Education to (1) award grants to Hispanic-serving institutions of higher education (IHEs) to improve and expand innovative collaboration agreements between local educational agencies and IHEs to better serve Hispanic and Latino students, (2) provide technical assistance to such IHEs, and (3) contract with a third party to conduct an independent evaluation of grant activities.
 
Such grants must be used for specific activities, such as improving school-based and institutional practices to prepare students for postsecondary education and addressing nonacademic needs of students that are barriers to college enrollment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Veteran Medical Exams for Distant Areas Act

Bill: 118-hr-5470
Sponsor: Rep. Ciscomani, Juan [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2023-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Health personnel
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations
Veterans' medical care

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Honor Our Commitment Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5471
Sponsor: Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]
Introduced: 2023-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: 

Honor Our Commitment Act of 2023

This bill prohibits the detention or removal of a national of Vietnam who entered the United States on or before July 12, 1995, has continuously resided in the United States since entry, and is subject to a final order of removal (i.e., covered individual). This prohibition does not apply to an individual who (1) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has determined is directly responsible for harming the security of the United States, or (2) is subject to extradition.

Under the bill, a covered individual shall receive work authorization. 

The bill directs DHS to provide notice of the bill’s provisions to covered individuals. The notice shall include information explaining the requirements and instructions for filing a motion to reopen removal proceedings. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Jumpstart on College Act

Bill: 118-hr-5474
Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2023-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: 

Jumpstart on College Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to support early-college high schools and dual- or concurrent-enrollment programs. Specifically, ED must award grants to (1) institutions of higher education in partnership with one or more local educational agencies to assist them in establishing or supporting early-college high schools or dual- or concurrent-enrollment programs, and (2) states to assist them in supporting or establishing these schools or programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5475
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzgerald, Scott [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2023-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5477
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2023-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: 

Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023

 
This bill addresses issues relating to non-U.S. nationals (
aliens
 under federal law) with advanced degrees in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) field, including exempting certain such individuals from direct limitations on the number of immigrant visas granted per year.
 
To be exempt from the annual numerical limitations on immigrant visas, the individual must (1) have earned a master's level or higher degree in certain STEM fields while in the United States attending an accredited higher education institution, (2) be employed (or have an offer) to perform work directly related to the degree and earn higher than the median wage for that occupation, and (3) meet certain labor certification requirements. 
 
The bill also allows an individual seeking a nonimmigrant F-1 (student) visa for an advanced STEM degree to obtain the nonimmigrant visa even if the individual seeks lawful permanent resident status. (Generally, an individual may be denied a nonimmigrant visa if the individual actually intends to seek immigrant status, unless dual intent is allowed for that visa.) 
 
Under this bill, to be approved for an F-1 visa for an advanced STEM degree, the applicant must apply for the visa before beginning the advanced degree program. 
 
The bill also requires an individual who is inside the United States and applying for an F-1 visa for an advanced STEM degree to undergo the same vetting (e.g., verifying academic credentials and undergoing background checks) as an individual applying from outside the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Teacher Diversity and Retention Act

Bill: 118-hr-5478
Sponsor: Rep. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2023-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: 

Teacher Diversity and Retention Act

 
This bill revises certain grant programs related to teacher recruitment and training.
 
First, the bill reauthorizes through FY2029 and otherwise revises the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence program, which provides grants to establish teacher preparation programs at minority-serving institutions. It allows grants to be used for school leader preparation programs.
 
 In addition, the bill consolidates certain grant programs for teacher preparation into a single grant program. In particular, the Department of Education must award grants to eligible partnerships (e.g., high-need local educational agencies and certain programs at institutions of higher education) to expand teacher preparation programs that embed dual certification in special education and training on social and emotional learning competencies and behavior management practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to give the Secretary of Defense authority to build capacity of foreign security forces with respect to certain fishing operations.

Bill: 118-hr-5479
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Garret [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2023-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Protection of Social Security Benefits Restoration Act

Bill: 118-hr-5480
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2023-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: 

Protection of Social Security Benefits Restoration Act

 
This bill prohibits the application of, and repeals authority for, administrative offsets to Social Security, railroad retirement, and black lung benefits. (An administrative offset is the withholding of funds payable by or held by the United States to satisfy a debt.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish an Office of Rural Health, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-5481
Sponsor: Rep. Guest, Michael [R-MS-3]
Introduced: 2023-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Health care coverage and access
Rural conditions and development

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Securing Access for the central Valley and Enhancing (SAVE) Water Resources Act

Bill: 118-hr-5483
Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2023-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Green Ribbon Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5484
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2023-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: 

Green Ribbon Act of 2023

This bill provides statutory authority for and expands the Department of Education’s (ED’s) Green Ribbon Schools program. (This program was established in 2011 to recognize early learning centers, schools, districts, and postsecondary institutions for excellence in reducing environmental impact, increasing health and wellness, and providing sustainability education.)

In conducting the Green Ribbon Schools program, ED must (1) reserve funding for the Department of the Interior to carry out activities with respect to schools operated or funded by the Bureau of Indian Education; (2) award grants to state educational agencies for the purpose of supporting and engaging eligible entities as green schools; and (3) provide an honorarium to each award winner, subject to appropriations.

The bill directs the Institute of Museum and Library Services to establish an award program for nonformal learning institutions (e.g., libraries, museums, and zoos) that is modeled on ED’s program.

The bill also establishes within ED the Office of School Infrastructure and Sustainability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Financial Privacy Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5485
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2023-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: 

Financial Privacy Act of 2023

This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to annually report to Congress details of reports made to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). FinCEN collects reports on suspicious financial transactions and the beneficial ownership of companies in order to detect financial crimes, including money laundering.

Under the bill, FinCEN must report on the number and types of reports and whether they are retained by FinCEN, any guidance regarding outside agency access to these reports, agency requests for these reports, and any denials of access. 

Treasury must annually review access guidance and revise as appropriate to protect the legal rights of U.S persons, among other objectives.

action_date: 2023-12-13
text: 

Financial Privacy Act of 2023

This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to annually report to Congress details of reports made to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). FinCEN collects reports on suspicious financial transactions and the beneficial ownership of companies in order to detect financial crimes, including money laundering.

Under the bill, FinCEN must report on the number and types of reports and whether they are retained by FinCEN, any guidance regarding outside agency access to these reports, agency requests for these reports, and any denials of access. 

Treasury must annually review access guidance and revise as appropriate to protect the legal rights of U.S persons, among other objectives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 256.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 118-317.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 118-317.
action_date: 2023-09-20
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 47 - 0.
action_date: 2023-09-20
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Access to Donor Milk Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5486
Sponsor: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6]
Introduced: 2023-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Department of Health and Human Services
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Nutrition and diet

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House