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SHORT Act

Bill: 118-hr-646
Sponsor: Rep. Clyde, Andrew S. [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2023-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: 

Stop Harassing Owners of Rifles Today Act or the SHORT Act

 
This bill removes certain short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and other weapons from the definition of a 
firearm
 for purposes of regulation under the National Firearms Act (NFA).
 
The bill also eliminates certain restrictions that apply to the sale or transportation of such rifles and shotguns in interstate commerce. 
 
If a state or local registration or licensing requirement is determined by reference to the NFA, the bill treats persons who acquire or possess a short-barreled rifle, short-barreled shotgun, or other weapon in accordance with the Gun Control Act of 1968 as meeting the registration and licensing requirements. 
 
The bill preempts certain state or local laws that tax or regulate these rifles, shotguns, and weapons. 
 
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives must destroy records relating to the registration, transfer, or manufacture of applicable weapons described by this bill within one year after the enactment of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H621)
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2023-01-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-647
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]
Introduced: 2023-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Oil and gas
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: 

Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2023

 
This bill repeals certain restrictions on the import and export of natural gas under the Natural Gas Act, including (1) a requirement that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) authorize an order to export or import natural gas only if it is in the public interest, and (2) restrictions related to free trade agreements. 
 
The bill also grants the FERC the exclusive authority to approve or deny applications for the siting, construction, expansion, or operation of facilities (e.g., liquefied natural gas terminals) to export natural gas to foreign countries or import natural gas from foreign countries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Agriculture Export Promotion Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-648
Sponsor: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2023-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: 
 
Agriculture Export Promotion Act of 2023 

 
This bill expands and extends through FY2029 the Market Access Program and Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program of the Department of Agriculture.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
To establish the National Commission on Domestic Terrorist Attacks on the United States by Antifa, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-649
Sponsor: Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2023-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Evidence and witnesses
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Terrorism
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: 
This bill establishes the National Commission on Domestic Terrorist Attacks on the United States by Antifa. 
 
The commission must investigate and report on the involvement of antifa in the riots some cities experienced in 2020 and make recommendations to prevent further attacks and violent riots by antifa.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Land Claim Settlement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-650
Sponsor: Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1]
Introduced: 2023-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Michigan

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: 

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Land Claim Settlement Act of 2023

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to transfer funds to the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) in order to settle the KBIC's land claims to the Reservation Swamp Lands and the Reservation Canal Lands and clear title to those lands.
 
The KBIC may use these funds for any lawful purpose except to acquire land for gaming.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs .
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
COMPOST Act

Bill: 118-hr-651
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2023-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: 

Cultivating Organic Matter through the Promotion Of Sustainable Techniques Act or the COMPOST Act

 
This bill makes composting a conservation practice and activity for purposes of Department of Agriculture (USDA) conservation programs. The bill also requires USDA to establish a competitive program to award grants and loan guarantees for projects that expand access to food waste composting.
 
In awarding grants and loans guarantees, USDA must prioritize projects that include the greatest number of the following factors:
 
 
are located in or serving a location with significant access to food waste and no or limited prior access to food waste composting;
 
demonstrate the potential to create new capacity for the volume or weight of food waste collected and processed, or make significant gains in the number of people with access to food waste composting facilities or systems;
 
 demonstrate a plan for following best management practices and producing a high-quality compost product;
 
incorporate the participation of small and diverse businesses (e.g., minority-, woman-, and veteran-owned businesses certified by the Small Business Administration);
 
create opportunities for hiring and leadership development practices that are inclusive and provide living wages;
 
serve disadvantaged and low-income communities, engage Black farmers, Indigenous farmers, and other farmers of color, or incorporate an environmental justice plan or principle; and
 
are for a facility or system that accepts or plans to accept and process only source separated organics.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Zero Food Waste Act

Bill: 118-hr-652
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2023-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: 

Zero Food Waste Act

 
This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program to study and reduce food waste. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Transition-to-Success Mentoring Act

Bill: 118-hr-653
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2023-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Performance measurement
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: 

Transition-to-Success Mentoring Act

 
This bill establishes a transition-to-success mentoring program requiring the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to eligible entities (e.g., local educational agencies) to provide school-based mentoring programs to assist at-risk students in transitioning from middle to high school. ED must also work with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to (1) refer grant recipients to the National Mentoring Resource Center to obtain mentoring resources, and (2) provide grant recipients with information regarding transitional services for eligible students returning from correctional facilities and transition services for students with disabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E80)
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Students Helping Young Students Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-654
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2023-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
National and community service
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Temporary and part-time employment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: 

Students Helping Young Students Act of 

2023

 
This bill expands the federal work-study programs at institutions of higher education to include work-study programs that compensate students employed in the educational after-school, before-school, or out-of-school community service activities of public elementary or secondary schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E76)
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Reforestation Act

Bill: 118-hr-655
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2023-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Forests, forestry, trees
Income tax deductions
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: 

Disaster Reforestation Act

 
This bill sets forth a special rule for the tax deduction for casualty losses of uncut timber (including pre-merchantable timber). It provides that in losses of any uncut timber from fire, storm, insects, invasive species, drought, or other casualty, or from theft, the basis for determining the amount of the deduction for such loss shall not be less than the excess of the value of such timber determined immediately before such loss was sustained, over the salvage value of such timber. 
 
To be eligible for the casualty loss deduction, the uncut timber subject to the loss must be reforested not later than the close of the five-year period beginning on the date of the loss.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Head Start for Our Future Act

Bill: 118-hr-656
Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2023-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: 

Head Start for Our Future Act

 
This bill adds child development and early learning to the list of community services in which undergraduate, graduate, and professional students may participate under a federal work-study program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Navigating to Success Act

Bill: 118-hr-657
Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2023-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: 

Navigating to Success Act

 
This bill includes certain activities such as diagnostic skills assessments and information on skills development programs within the career and training services required to be provided to adult and dislocated workers by local workforce training programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening Youth Apprenticeships Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-658
Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2023-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: 

Strengthening Youth Apprenticeships Act of 2023

 
This bill requires (1) the Department of Labor to enter into an agreement with the Department of Education to promote the integration and alignment of apprenticeship programs with secondary, postsecondary, and adult education; and (2) Labor to award grants to eligible entities (e.g., partnerships that include state or local educational agencies, community colleges, and community-based organizations) to create or expand youth apprenticeship programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
FAIR Fees Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-659
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2023-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: 

Forbidding Airlines from Imposing Ridiculous Fees Act of 2023 or the
 
FAIR Fees Act
 
of 202

3

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to prescribe regulations (1) prohibiting an air carrier from imposing specified fees relating to a flight in passenger air transportation that are unreasonable or disproportional to the costs it incurs, and (2) establishing standards for assessing whether such fees are reasonable and proportional to those costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Ethan's Law

Bill: 118-hr-660
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2023-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: 

Ethan's Law

 
This bill establishes a framework to regulate the storage of firearms on residential premises at the federal, state, and tribal levels.
 
At the federal level, the bill establishes statutory requirements for firearms on residential premises to be safely stored if a minor is likely to gain access without permission or if a resident is ineligible to possess a firearm.
 
An individual who violates the requirements is subject to criminal penalties. A firearm stored in violation of the requirements is subject to seizure and forfeiture.
 
At the state and tribal levels, the bill requires the Department of Justice to award grants to implement functionally identical requirements for the safe storage of firearms. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Sarah’s Law

Bill: 118-hr-661
Sponsor: Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2023-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Crime victims
Criminal justice information and records
Detention of persons
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: 

Sarah's Law

 
This bill requires U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain a non-U.S. national (
alien
 under federal law) who is unlawfully present in the United States and has been charged with a crime that resulted in the death or serious bodily injury of another person.
 
 ICE must make reasonable efforts to obtain information about the identity of any victims of the crimes for which the detained individual was charged or convicted. ICE shall provide the victim, or a relative or guardian of a deceased victim, with information about the detained individual, including name, date of birth, nationality, immigration status, criminal history, and a description of any related removal efforts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-05
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 366.
action_date: 2024-04-05
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 118-442.
action_date: 2024-04-05
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 118-442.
action_date: 2024-03-21
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 14 - 9.
action_date: 2024-03-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Defense Access Roads Improvement Act

Bill: 118-hr-664
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8]
Introduced: 2023-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: 

Defense Access Roads Improvement Act

 
This bill updates provisions and requirements related to the Defense Access Roads Program, which authorizes the Department of Defense (DOD) to pay for construction and maintenance of defense access roads.
 
 DOD must establish a formal mechanism under which a state, county, or municipality may petition to certify roads as defense access roads, and DOD must respond in writing.
 
Additionally, DOD must maintain and regularly update on a federal website a list of all defense access roads that includes certain unclassified information about each road (e.g., the military installation that is closest to the road).
 
The bill also includes military installations and commercial shipyards as sites that utilize defense access roads, thereby authorizing the use of program funds for the maintenance or construction of such roads. Further, the bill requires that defense access road projects abide by certain wage and materials requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2023-01-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2023-01-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E79)
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide authority to the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration to provide a cash award to Administration employees with foreign language skills, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-665
Sponsor: Rescom. González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: 
This bill provides authority for the Drug Enforcement Administration to pay a cash award to an employee who maintains proficiency in a mission-critical language or who uses a foreign language in the performance of official duties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Access to Counsel Act

Bill: 118-hr-666
Sponsor: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2023-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: 

Access to Counsel Act 

 
This bill provides various protections for covered individuals subject to secondary or deferred inspections when seeking admission into the United States. Covered individuals include U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents, non-U.S. nationals (
aliens 
under federal law) in possession of a visa, returning asylees, and refugees.
 
The Department of Homeland Security must ensure that a covered individual subject to secondary or deferred inspection has a meaningful opportunity to consult with counsel and certain related parties, such as a relative, within an hour of the start of the secondary inspection and as necessary during the inspection process. The counsel and related party must be allowed to advocate on behalf of the covered individual, including by providing evidence and information to the examining immigration officer.
 
A lawful permanent resident subject to secondary or deferred inspection may not abandon lawful permanent resident status until the individual has had a meaningful opportunity to seek advice from counsel, unless the individual voluntarily and knowingly waives in writing this opportunity to seek counsel's advice. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Introduced in House