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To repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.

Bill: 118-hr-1417
Sponsor: Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 
This bill eliminates automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress, beginning with the 119th Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Comprehensive Grizzly Bear Management Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1419
Sponsor: Rep. Rosendale Sr., Matthew M. [R-MT-2]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
Judicial review and appeals
Mammals
Montana

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Comprehensive Grizzly Bear Management Act of 2023

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to issue a final rule relating to removing the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem population of grizzly bears from the federal list of endangered and threatened wildlife, without regard to any other provision of law that applies to issuance of such rule. Such issuance shall not be subject to judicial review.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-18
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 750.
action_date: 2024-12-18
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-918.
action_date: 2024-12-18
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-918.
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 17.
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Discharged.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
To modify the requirement to remain outside of the United States for Commonwealth Only Transitional Workers, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-1420
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 
This bill defers until October 1, 2026, and modifies the requirement for individuals with nonimmigrant, transitional worker visas applicable to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to remain outside the United States for a 30-day period prior to certain renewals of their transitional worker visas.
 
This bill is retroactively effective beginning July 24, 2018 (the effective date of the Northern Mariana Islands U.S. Workforce Act of 2018).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs .
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2023-03-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E185)
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Improving Child Care for Working Families Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1421
Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Improving Child Care for Working Families Act of 2023

 
This bill increases the limitation on the exclusion from employee gross income for employer-paid dependent care assistance from $5,000 to $10,500.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
SMILED Act

Bill: 118-hr-1422
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Strengthening Medicaid Incentives for Licensees Enrolled in Dental Act or the SMILED Act

 
This bill requires state Medicaid programs to implement certain measures to improve the participation of dentists and the processing of related claims under Medicaid.
 
Specifically, states must assure the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that they will address dentist participation by improving eligibility verification and simplifying participation requirements and claims administration. States must also (1) use an electronic, integrated data collection system to credential participating dentists within 90 days of application receipt; and (2) develop procedures for conducting audits that are consistent with practice standards and that allow for improper claims to be rectified through claims adjustments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
911 Community Crisis Responders Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1423
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

911 Community Crisis Responders Act of 2023

 
This bill authorizes grants to dispatch unarmed, specialized health care or social service providers to respond to nonviolent emergency calls instead of law enforcement officers.
 
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration may award grants to states, tribal governments (and consortia of tribal governments), and localities. Recipients may use the grants for hiring and training necessary staff, working with 9-1-1 dispatchers and 9-8-8 call centers to appropriately dispatch services in response to nonviolent emergency calls, and connecting individuals with local health and social service providers. (The 9-8-8 system provides callers with mental health or suicide crisis support and resources.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Helping Schools Feed Kids Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1424
Sponsor: Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Helping Schools Feed Kids Act of 2023

 
This bill extends temporary additional reimbursements for certain school-based nutrition programs and requires the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to implement or recommend changes to the administration of the programs.
 
Specifically, for the school year beginning in July 2023, the bill extends for one year temporary additional reimbursements for the cost of certain meals: 40 cents per lunch served in the National School Lunch Program, 15 cents per breakfast served in the School Breakfast Program, and 10 cents per meal and supplement served in the Child and Adult Care Food Program. 
 
Further, FNS must research or implement recommendations contained in the FNS-commissioned Child Nutrition Reporting Burden Analysis Study . In addition, FNS must
 
 
 post all FNS guidance and policy materials provided to states and school food authorities on the FNS website in a user-friendly system; 
 
create a plan to simplify the school breakfast and lunch program eligibility process, which includes research and recommendations on using a standardized meal application form and verifying program eligibility using census tract data on poverty levels; and 
 
recommend legislative changes to allow school food authorities serving under 100 students and residential child care institutions to receive food (or cash in lieu of food) from the Department of Agriculture's Food in Schools program without having to participate in the National School Lunch Program.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Floriculture and Nursery Plant Health Initiative Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1426
Sponsor: Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Floriculture and Nursery Plant Health Initiative Act of 202

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This bill establishes a research and extension grant program for a floriculture and nursery plant health initiative.
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to provide competitive grants for
 
 
developing and disseminating science-based tools and treatments to combat plant pests and pathogens that impact floriculture and nursery crops;
 
establishing area-wide integrated pest management programs in areas affected by, or areas at risk of being affected by, invasive plant pests or pathogens;
 
surveying and collecting data on the production of, health of, and markets for floriculture and nursery crops;
 
investigating the biology, genomics, and production systems of floriculture and nursery crops; and
 
conducting research on various factors that may contribute to (or be associated with) resilient floriculture and nursery crop systems, and combatting other serious threats to floriculture and nursery crops.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
SNAP Second Chance Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1427
Sponsor: Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

SNAP Second Chance Act of 2023

 
This bill limits the use of certain factors related to business integrity and reputation when determining the eligibility of retailers under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). (The Food and Nutrition Service [FNS] must consider business integrity and reputation of the applicant under current law, and FNS regulations specify the factors that may be considered.)
 
The bill limits the use of criminal violations to assess an applicant's business integrity and reputation so that (1) FNS may not deny a retail food store or wholesale food concern authorization to redeem SNAP benefits solely based on a criminal conviction, (2) FNS may only consider a criminal offense that has occurred within the past five years for the purpose of approving an application for authorization to redeem SNAP benefits, and (3) an applicant that is convicted of a criminal offense must not be denied authorization to redeem SNAP benefits on the basis of business integrity and reputation if the applicant establishes sufficient mitigation or rehabilitation.
 
Sufficient mitigation or rehabilitation includes
 
 
for financial fraud or deception, evidence that five years has elapsed since the felony conviction and compliance with all terms and conditions of probation or parole;
 
for any other felony conviction, evidence that three years has elapsed since the conviction without a subsequent conviction of a crime and compliance with all terms and conditions of probation or parole; and 
 
other evidence of mitigation or rehabilitation and present fitness (e.g., the circumstances or social conditions surrounding the offense). 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Free to Grow Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1428
Sponsor: Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Free to Grow Act of 2023

 
This bill repeals a federal provision barring individuals with certain felony drug-related convictions within the past 10 years from obtaining a license to grow hemp.
 
Hemp is a variety of
 Cannabis sativa
 (the same plant as marijuana) which is grown to produce nonpsychoactive food, beverage, and consumer products. In 2018, Congress legalized hemp production.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
TRUE EQUITY Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1429
Sponsor: Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Transformational Reforms and Updates to Ensure Educational Quality and Urgent Investments in Today's Youth Act of 2023 or the TRUE EQUITY Act
 
of 2023

 
This bill establishes various grant programs to address educational inequities in elementary and secondary schools.
 
Specifically, the bill creates grant programs related to (1) early childhood education, (2) high-quality and diverse teachers and leaders, (3) college and career readiness pathways, and (4) additional resources for at-risk students. For each grant program, the Department of Education (ED) must award a single grant to an eligible state.
 
 To be eligible for a grant, a state must establish an independent state oversight board. The oversight board must, among other duties (1) determine whether the state and its local educational agencies (LEAs) have met state educational equity goals, and (2) hold them accountable for failing to meet those goals. ED may renew a grant if the oversight board determines the state has met its goals.
 
In addition, for each grant program, the bill outlines the activities authorized under the program, maintenance-of-effort requirements, and matching fund requirements.
 
Finally, the bill permits ED to enter into a local flexibility demonstration agreement, through which a state educational agency may use funds to develop and implement a school funding system based on weighted per-pupil allocations for low-income and disadvantaged students. (Currently, ED may enter into these agreements with LEAs.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Determination of NEPA Adequacy Streamlining Act

Bill: 118-hr-1430
Sponsor: Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Determination of NEPA Adequacy Streamlining Act

 
This bill requires the Department of the Interior and the National Forest Service to use previously completed environmental assessments and environmental impact statements to satisfy requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 if the agency determines that a new proposed action and its effects are substantially the same as a previously analyzed proposed action and its effects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Philippine Human Rights Act

Bill: 118-hr-1433
Sponsor: Rep. Wild, Susan [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Philippine Human Rights Act

 
This bill imposes limitations on providing assistance to the police or military of the Philippines. 
 
No federal funds may be used to provide such assistance until the Philippines government has taken certain actions, including (1) investigating and successfully prosecuting members of its military and police forces who have violated human rights; (2) withdrawing the military from domestic policing activities; and (3) establishing that it effectively protects the rights of journalists, civil society activists, and certain other groups. 
 
The President shall also direct U.S. representatives at multilateral development banks to vote against providing loans to the police or military of the Philippines. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Stop Our Sexual Assault in the Military Act

Bill: 118-hr-1434
Sponsor: Rep. Luna, Anna Paulina [R-FL-13]
Introduced: 2023-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Military education and training
Sex offenses
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: 

Stop Our Sexual Assault in the Military Act

 
This bill requires servicemembers on active duty to receive self-defense training to combat sexual assault. Such training must occur once a month.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Introduced in House
To provide additional funding for scholarships for students at 1890 institutions.

Bill: 118-hr-1436
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13]
Introduced: 2023-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: 
This bill provides specified funds to the 1890 Scholarships Program for FY2025 and each succeeding year for student scholarships. The bill also permanently reauthorizes the 1890 Scholarships Program. This National Institute of Food and Agriculture program provides grants to 1890 Institutions (i.e., historically Black colleges and universities that belong to the U.S. land-grant university system) for students who intend to pursue a career in the food and agricultural sciences.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Black Vulture Relief Act of 2024

Bill: 118-hr-1437
Sponsor: Rep. Rose, John W. [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2023-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Birds
Livestock

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: 

Black Vulture Relief Act of 2023

 
This bill allows livestock producers and their employees to take certain actions against black vultures to protect livestock. (Black vultures are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.) 
 
Specifically, livestock producers and their employees may (1) take (i.e., capture, kill, disperse, or transport) a black vulture that they reasonably believe will cause death, injury, or destruction to livestock; or (2) in the course of taking or attempting to take the black vulture, cause injury to the bird. 
 
Livestock producers and their employees must submit an annual report to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) on black vultures taken under this bill. The FWS must make this reporting form available on its website. 
 
Currently, the FWS has a permit process under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act for the taking of black vultures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-10
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 679.
action_date: 2024-12-10
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-832.
action_date: 2024-12-10
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-832.
action_date: 2024-06-12
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 13.
action_date: 2024-06-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2024-06-12
text: Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Discharged
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2023-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries.
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Introduced in House