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Protecting America’s Rock Climbing Act

Bill: 118-hr-1380
Sponsor: Rep. Curtis, John R. [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land use and conservation
Outdoor recreation
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Protecting America's Rock Climbing Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior to issue guidance on managing recreational climbing in designated wilderness areas.
 
Specifically, such departments must issue guidance not later than 18 months after this bill's enactment. 
 
No significant management action may be taken without notice to the public and an opportunity to comment on the proposed action, with an exception for limited emergency action (time sensitive action necessary to protect natural resources or public health and safety).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 774.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Committee on Agriculture discharged.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Committee on Agriculture discharged.
action_date: 2024-11-18
text: House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 19, 2024.
action_date: 2024-11-18
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-749, Part I.
action_date: 2024-11-18
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-749, Part I.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2023-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
action_date: 2023-03-28
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
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
American Dream Employment Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1381
Sponsor: Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

American Dream Employment Act of 202

3

 
This bill establishes that, for the purposes of eligibility to be an officer or employee of an office of Congress, an individual shall be treated as a U.S. citizen if that individual has (1) employment authorization under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, (2) employment authorization under a grant of deferred enforced departure, or (3) temporary protected status. (Generally, these programs and statuses allow eligible aliens to remain and work in the United States.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
TABS Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1382
Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Taking Account of Bureaucrats' Spending Act of 2023 or the TABS Act of 2023 

 
This bill restructures the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and renames it as the Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency. The new agency is established as an independent agency outside of the Federal Reserve System. 
 
The bill also changes the funding structure of the agency by prohibiting the transfer of funds to the agency from the Federal Reserve System and by authorizing appropriations for FY2024-2025.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Marine Mammal Climate Change Protection Act

Bill: 118-hr-1383
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Animals

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Marine Mammal Climate Change Protection Act

 
This bill establishes requirements to protect marine mammals adversely affected by climate change, including by establishing a program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to monitor the adverse impacts of climate change on marine mammals.
 
In addition, it also requires NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to issue regulations that list marine mammal species in waters under U.S. jurisdiction for which climate change is more likely than not to result in a decline in population abundance, an impeded population recovery, or a reduced carrying capacity (i.e., the maximum population of a marine mammal species that an area will support without undergoing deterioration). The NMFS and the USFWS must update the list at least once every five years and issue regulations that include climate impact management plans for species on such list.
 
The bill also directs the NMFS and the USFWS to review agreements with foreign governments concerning the management of marine mammals that are or may be affected by climate change. The Department of State must initiate amendments to such agreements or negotiate the development of such agreements in a manner consistent with the goals of the bill.


Legislative actions:
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
Middle Class Mortgage Insurance Premium Act of 2021

Bill: 118-hr-1384
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Middle Class Mortgage Insurance Premium Act of 2021

 
This bill increases the adjusted gross income threshold for the phaseout of the mortgage insurance premium tax deduction and makes such deduction permanent.


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
DOC Access Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1385
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Dental care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Hearing, speech, and vision care
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Dentist and Optometric Care Access Act of 2023 or the DOC Access Act
 
of 20

23

 
This bill prohibits private health insurance plans from setting rates for items and services, except for dental cleanings, provided by a doctor of optometry, of dental surgery, or of dental medicine for which the plan does not pay a substantial amount.
 
Additionally, an agreement between a plan and such a doctor for limited scope dental or vision benefits may last longer than two years only with the prior acceptance of the doctor for each term extension. Plans also may not restrict such a doctor's choice of laboratories or suppliers. 
 
Such doctors may elect to waive the application of the payment amount and choice of laboratories provisions of this bill.
 
The bill does not supersede state laws regarding health insurers and dental or vision benefit plans.


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
Equal Citizenship for Children Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1386
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Equal Citizenship for Children Act of 2023

 
This bill expands the application of automatic acquisition of citizenship for certain children born outside of the United States.
 
Specifically, the bill provides citizenship retroactively to such a child who, while under the age of 18, (1) resided in the United States as a lawful permanent resident (or had a pending application for such status), and (2) was in the legal custody of the child's citizen parent. It also eliminates the physical custody requirement for the automatic acquisition of citizenship.
 
The bill applies to a child meeting these requirements who was born after noon on January 9, 1941, but who turned 18 prior to February 27, 2001 (the effective date of the Child Citizenship Act of 2000).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Civics Learning Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1387
Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Civics Learning Act of 2023

 
This bill expands the use of American History and Civics Education&#8212;National Activities grants to prioritize innovative civics learning and teaching.
 
Specifically, the bill expands the allowable uses of these grants to include activities related to women's suffrage and the civil rights movement; before-, during-, and after-school activities and extracurricular activities; activities that include service learning and community service projects that are linked to school curriculum; activities that encourage and support student participation in school governance; and online and video game-based learning.
 
Further, the Department of Education must ensure that specified percentages of grant funds are awarded on a diverse basis to eligible entities (e.g., institutions of higher education) that serve students and teachers at elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools.


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
Sultana Steamboat Disaster Commemorative Coin Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1388
Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Sultana Steamboat Disaster Commemorative Coin Act of 2023 

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 100,000 $5 gold coins, 500,000 $1 silver coins, and 750,000 half-dollar clad coins emblematic of the Sultana steamboat explosion that occured on April 27, 1865, on the Mississippi River. 
 
All surcharges received by Treasury from the sale of such coins must be paid to the Sultana Historical Preservation Society for the purpose of establishing, operating, and maintaining a museum. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
GRID Act

Bill: 118-hr-1389
Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Guaranteeing Resilient Installations for Defense Act or the GRID Act

 
This bill gives the Department of Energy (DOE) the authority to address the vulnerability of critical defense facilities to electric energy supply disruptions. Specifically, DOE may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with external providers of electric energy to (1) improve the resilience of defense critical electric infrastructure, or (2) reduce such vulnerability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
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
Identifying and Eliminating Wasteful Programs Act

Bill: 118-hr-1390
Sponsor: Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Budget process
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Identifying and Eliminating Wasteful Programs Act

 
This bill requires each federal agency to compile a list of unnecessary programs.
 
Specifically, each agency must compile a list of such programs, based on guidance provided by the Office of Management and Budget, that 
 
 
are unnecessary, defunct, or unnecessarily duplicative federal programs;
 
another agency could administer more effectively; or
 
could operate more effectively if the program or activity were consolidated with other programs or activities.
 
 
Additionally, the President must include the list of identified programs or program activities in the annual budget submitted to Congress.
 
An agency may submit to Congress recommendations for statutory changes to eliminate or consolidate programs or program activities identified in the list.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
No Fortune for Fraud Act

Bill: 118-hr-1391
Sponsor: Rep. D'Esposito, Anthony [R-NY-4]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Books and print media
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Civil actions and liability
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Members of Congress
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

No Fortune for Fraud Act

 
This bill prohibits a Member of the House of Representatives from receiving compensation for a biography, a media appearance, or other creative work if the Member is convicted of specified felony offenses (e.g., bribing public officials or defrauding the government) or offenses related to violations of campaign finance laws. A Member who violates the prohibition shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to $10 million for each violation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1392
Sponsor: Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2023

 
This bill reauthorizes the National Flood Insurance Program through December 31, 2024.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to define currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-1393
Sponsor: Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 
This bill provides for the classification of drugs or other substances that are part of approved breakthrough therapies as schedule II controlled substances under the Controlled Substances Act. (Schedule II controlled substances are substances that have a high potential for abuse but have a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States or a currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 Energy and Commerce, 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: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
American SAFER Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1394
Sponsor: Rep. Fallon, Pat [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

American Safety And Fairness through Expedited Removal Act of 2023 or the American SAFER Act of 202

3

 
This bill expands the classes of non-U.S. nationals (
aliens
 under federal law) who are subject to expedited removal (i.e., removal from the United States without further hearing or review).
 
Specifically, the bill nullifies a 2004 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rule that generally limits expedited removal to certain situations, such as for non-U.S. nationals encountered within 14 days of entry into the United States without inspection and within 100 miles of a U.S. international land border. 
 
The bill also (1) prohibits DHS from implementing a rule that limits expedited removal based on how far a non-U.S. national was from the border when encountered or apprehended, and (2) modifies the relevant statute to state that expedited removal authority applies regardless of where the non-U.S. national was encountered or apprehended. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Delaware River Basin Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2024

Bill: 118-hr-1395
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Delaware
Economic development
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Floods and storm protection
Intergovernmental relations
Lakes and rivers
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Maryland
New Jersey
New York State
Pennsylvania
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Delaware River Basin Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2023

 
This bill reauthorizes the Delaware River Basin Restoration Program and increases the federal cost share for certain grant projects. The bill also adds Maryland to the current list of basin states: Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
 
The bill specifically extends the Delaware River Basin Restoration Program through FY2030 and increases the federal cost share of a grant project that serves a small, rural, or disadvantaged community to 90% of the total cost of the project. However, the federal share may be increased to 100% of the project's total cost if the grant recipient is unable to pay, or would experience significant financial hardship if required to pay, the nonfederal share.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-10
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 685.
action_date: 2024-12-10
text: Committee on Transportation discharged.
action_date: 2024-12-10
text: Committee on Transportation discharged.
action_date: 2024-12-10
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-840, Part I.
action_date: 2024-12-10
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-840, Part I.
action_date: 2024-11-20
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2024-11-20
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2024-11-20
text: Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Discharged
action_date: 2024-03-21
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries.
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument Expansion Act

Bill: 118-hr-1396
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8]
Introduced: 2023-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: 

Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument Expansion Act

 
This bill modifies the boundary of the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument to include the Walker Ridge (Molok Luyuk) Addition, which is approximately 3,925 acres of federal land administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Lake County, California.
 
The Department of the Interior shall administer the addition as part of the monument.
 
 Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) shall jointly develop a comprehensive management plan for the monument in accordance with, and in a manner that fulfills the purposes specified in, Presidential Proclamation 9298 of July 10, 2015, relating to the establishment of the monument. 
 
The BLM or the Forest Service shall enter into agreements, contracts, and other similarly cooperative and collaborative partnerships if requested by an affected federally recognized Indian tribe regarding management of the monument pursuant to the relevant federal authority. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E187)
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-07
text: Introduced in House