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Portable Benefits for Independent Workers Pilot Program Act

Bill: 118-hr-3482
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2023-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: 

Portable Benefits for Independent Workers Pilot Program Act 

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to award grants for FY2024, on a competitive basis, to states, local governments, or nonprofit organizations to support broad innovation and experimentation with respect to portable benefits. 
 
Portable benefits are work-related benefits that are provided to workers who are not traditional full-time employees in a manner that allows the worker to maintain the benefits upon changing jobs. 
 
The grants must be used for (1) the evaluation, or improvement to the design or implementation, of existing models or approaches for providing portable benefits; or (2) the design, implementation, and evaluation of new models or approaches for providing such benefits. The grants may not be used for a model or approach that provides only retirement-related benefits. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must evaluate and report to Congress on the outcome of the grants awarded pursuant to this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Strategic Nuclear Infrastructure Act

Bill: 118-hr-3483
Sponsor: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2023-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: 

Strategic Nuclear Infrastructure Act

 
This bill establishes a Strategic Infrastructure Fund Working Group to provide input to the National Security Council and other appropriate federal agencies on the feasibility of establishing a Strategic Infrastructure Fund that may be used to support capital-intensive infrastructure projects related to civil nuclear technologies, microprocessors, and other strategic investments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
ARC Act

Bill: 118-hr-3484
Sponsor: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2023-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: 

Advanced Reactor Coordination Act or the ARC Act

This bill directs the President to consider the feasibility of leveraging existing activities or frameworks or, as necessary, establishing an Advanced Reactor Coordination and Resource Center to assist embarking civil nuclear nation countries in developing or expanding civil nuclear energy programs.

An 
embarking civil nuclear nation
 means a country that (1) does not have a civil nuclear energy program; (2) is in the process of developing or expanding a civil nuclear energy program; (3) is in the process of selecting, developing, constructing, or utilizing advanced light water reactors, advanced nuclear reactors, or advanced civil nuclear technologies; or (4) had an annual per capita gross domestic product of no more than $28,000 in 2020. The term excludes China, Russia, Belarus, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, Syria, Burma, and certain countries that pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the United States or support acts of international terrorism.

The term 
civil nuclear
 means activities relating to nuclear plant construction or operations, nuclear fuel services, nuclear energy financing, nuclear plant regulation, nuclear medicine, nuclear safety, community engagement, infrastructure support for nuclear energy, nuclear plant decommissioning, nuclear liability, safe storage and disposal of spent nuclear fuel, environmental safeguards, nuclear nonproliferation and security, and technology related to such activities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Avoid Our Adversaries and Buy American Nuclear Act

Bill: 118-hr-3485
Sponsor: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2023-05-18 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: 

Avoid Our Adversaries and Buy American Nuclear Act

This bill requires the Department of State to launch an international initiative to assist certain nations to develop civil nuclear energy programs. 

The bill authorizes the State Department to award grants to nations for (1) activities related to the development of civil nuclear energy programs, and (2) building technical capacities related to those activities. The bill also authorizes the State Department to provide financial assistance to nations for the purpose of contracting with U.S. nuclear energy companies for advisors to assist with establishing a civil nuclear program. 

The bill excludes Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and certain other countries from receiving assistance under this initiative.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Recoup American Nuclear Global Leadership Act

Bill: 118-hr-3486
Sponsor: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2023-05-18 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Advanced Nuclear Support Act

Bill: 118-hr-3487
Sponsor: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2023-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Energy research
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Higher education
Industrial facilities
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Nuclear power
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Vocational and technical education

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2023-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
BAN Fossil Fuel Exports Act

Bill: 118-hr-3488
Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2023-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Coal
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Oil and gas
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: 

Block All New Fossil Fuel Exports Act or the BAN Fossil Fuel Exports Act

This bill requires the President to ban the exportation of crude oil and natural gas produced in the United States. The President may provide an exemption to the ban in specified circumstances. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Restore Veterans’ Compensation Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3489
Sponsor: Rep. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2023-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2023-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Water Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3490
Sponsor: Rep. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2023-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Environmental technology
Infrastructure development
State and local government operations
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: 

Water Infrastructure Modernization Act
 
of 2023

 
This bill establishes grants for owners and operators of publicly owned wastewater treatments systems and community water systems to support planning and other aspects of implementing smart water network technologies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
action_date: 2023-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2023-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
POJA Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3491
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2023-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: 

Protect Older Job Applicants Act of 2023 or the POJA Act of 202

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This bill prohibits employers from limiting, segregating, or classifying job applicants based on an applicant's age. It also requires the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to study and report on claims received from job applicants involving age discrimination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Gun Owner Registration Information Protection Act

Bill: 118-hr-3492
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9]
Introduced: 2023-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: 

Gun Owner Registration Information Protection Act

 
This bill prohibits federal funding of, or support for, state databases that list (1) firearms lawfully owned or possessed by individuals, or (2) individuals who lawfully own or possess firearms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
ADA Improvement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3493
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2023-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Extinction Prevention Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3494
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2023-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: 

Extinction Prevention Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of the Interior to provide financial assistance for the conservation of 
 
 
 butterflies and moths in North America;
 
plant species in Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands;
 
freshwater mussels in the United States; and 
 
bony fish found in desert ecosystems in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah.
 
 
Among other things, the bill establishes the North America Butterfly Conservation Fund, the Pacific Islands Plant Conservation Fund, the Freshwater Mussel Conservation Fund, and the Southwest Desert Fish Conservation Fund. In selecting projects for assistance, Interior must prioritize projects that conserve threatened and endangered species.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Clean Energy Minerals Reform Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3495
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2023-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
To make technical amendments to update statutory references to certain provisions which were formerly classified to chapters 14 and 19 of title 25, United States Code, and to correct related technical errors.

Bill: 118-hr-3496
Sponsor: Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Congressional operations and organization
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: 
This bill updates references in the 
U.S. Code
 to certain provisions in Title 25 (Indians). In 2016, Congress transferred certain provisions in Chapter 14 (Miscellaneous) and Chapter 19 (Indian Land Claims Settlements) of Title 25 to new chapters at the end of the title as part of an effort to reclassify the code. To reflect the reclassification of the code, this bill updates references to Title 25.

action_date: 2023-09-29
text: 
This bill updates references in the 
U.S. Code
 to certain provisions in Title 25 (Indians). In 2016, Congress transferred certain provisions in Chapter 14 (Miscellaneous) and Chapter 19 (Indian Land Claims Settlements) of Title 25 to new chapters at the end of the title as part of an effort to reclassify the code. To reflect the reclassification of the code, this bill updates references to Title 25.

action_date: 2023-11-13
text: 
This bill updates references in the 
U.S. Code
 to certain provisions in Title 25 (Indians). In 2016, Congress transferred certain provisions in Chapter 14 (Miscellaneous) and Chapter 19 (Indian Land Claims Settlements) of Title 25 to new chapters at the end of the title as part of an effort to reclassify the code. To reflect the reclassification of the code, this bill updates references to Title 25.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-11-14
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-11-13
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2023-11-13
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5679-5687)
action_date: 2023-11-13
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5679-5687)
action_date: 2023-11-13
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3496.
action_date: 2023-11-13
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5679-5688)
action_date: 2023-11-13
text: Mr. Cline moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2023-09-29
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 43.
action_date: 2023-09-29
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 118-235.
action_date: 2023-09-29
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 118-235.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Uranium Miners and Workers Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3497
Sponsor: Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2023-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
HELP Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3498
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2023-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging
Child care and development
Community life and organization
Department of Health and Human Services
Disability and paralysis
Domestic violence and child abuse
Emergency communications systems
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Family services
Government information and archives
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Indian social and development programs
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Law enforcement administration and funding
Mental health
Performance measurement
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: 

Human-Services Emergency Logistic Program Act of 2023 or the HELP Act of 2023

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to allot funding to states, tribal nations, and territories to improve the 2-1-1 and 9-8-8 telecommunication systems. The 2-1-1 system provides callers with information and referrals with respect to health and human services and other provider agencies, and the 9-8-8 system provides callers with mental health or suicide crisis support and resources through the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

The funds must be used solely for making the call systems available to all individuals in the service area, enhancing community information and referrals with respect to human services, or both. As a condition of this funding, recipients must appoint a lead entity to manage activities to improve the call systems. Recipients must also establish a Human Services State Oversight Council to provide the lead entity with guidance and oversight related to the call systems.

In addition, HHS must establish a Human Services National Board, comprised of federal and non-federal representatives, to manage the allocation of funds and evaluate the call systems.

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. McGarvey asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 3498, a bill originally introduced by Representative Higgins (NY), for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Direct Hire To Fight Fires

Bill: 118-hr-3499
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2023-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Employee hiring
Federal officials
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Forests, forestry, trees
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: 

Direct Hire To Fight Fires

This bill provides permanent direct-hire authority to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Interior to fill wildland firefighter and firefighting support positions in the Forest Service and Interior agencies.

The bill also requires USDA and Interior to implement policies to recruit and retain wildland firefighters and related personnel, such as by streamlining the hiring process and reducing barriers for firefighters transferring between agencies.

Further, the bill requires USDA and Interior to annually report related data to Congress, including the number of firefighters needed for the coming year, the number of firefighting vacancies in each state, and existing barriers to filling such vacancies. The report must also be made available on a public website.

 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-10-22
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-714, Part I.
action_date: 2024-10-22
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-714, Part I.
action_date: 2023-07-26
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 0.
action_date: 2023-07-26
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2023-07-26
text: Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2023-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
action_date: 2023-05-23
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2023-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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: 2023-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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: 2023-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Introduced in House