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HOPE Act

Bill: 118-hr-1126
Sponsor: Rep. Fischbach, Michelle [R-MN-7]
Introduced: 2023-02-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Emergency communications systems
Family planning and birth control
Family relationships
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Mental health
Rural conditions and development
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: 

Health, Opportunity, Protecting life, Education Act or the HOPE Act

 
This bill provides funding for grants and other activities related to maternal care. It also establishes informed consent and parental notification requirements for abortion providers.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must award grants to (1) entities that provide maternal care in rural and medically underserved areas and on tribal lands for purchasing equipment to conduct at-home telehealth visits; and (2) nonprofits (excluding those that provide abortions) for providing, at no cost, information about and referrals for medical care, nutritional services, and other social supports to encourage pregnant women to continue their pregnancies and care for the infants. Additionally, HHS must also disseminate, through a public website, pregnancy-related resources that are available through federal, state, and local governments and private entities.
 
Further, abortion providers must obtain informed consent 24 hours before performing an abortion through a form that must be signed by the woman seeking the abortion, and the bill specifies information that must be contained in the form, such as medical risks. Abortion providers must also notify parents at least 24 hours prior to performing an abortion on an individual who is under 18. The bill outlines specified exceptions to, enforcement mechanisms for, and civil penalties for violations of the informed consent and parental notification requirements.
 
The bill also prohibits federal funding of Planned Parenthood of America, Inc. or its affiliates, subject to certain exceptions, for one year following the enactment of the bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Introduced in House
United States-Taiwan Advanced Research Partnership Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1127
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzales, Tony [R-TX-23]
Introduced: 2023-02-21 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: 

United States-Taiwan Advanced Research Partnership Act of 2023

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security to enter into cooperative research activities with Taiwan to strengthen preparedness against cyber threats and enhance capabilities in cybersecurity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Introduced in House
Rural Health Care Access Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1128
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2023-02-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Hospital care
Medicare
State and local government operations
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: 

Rural Health Care Access Act of 

2023

 
This bill eliminates certain criteria that hospitals must meet in order to qualify as critical access hospitals that receive special payment under Medicare. 
 
Specifically, the bill eliminates the requirement that a hospital must either (1) be located more than 35 miles (15 miles in mountainous regions or areas with only secondary roads) from another hospital, or (2) have been certified prior to January 1, 2006, by the state as a necessary provider of services in the area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Introduced in House
Rural ER Access Act

Bill: 118-hr-1129
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2023-02-21 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: 

Rural ER Access Act

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to repeal regulations that require off-campus facilities to be located within 35 miles of the main hospital or critical access hospital in order to receive provider-based status under Medicare (i.e., to be considered as hospital outpatient departments for purposes of Medicare payment).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Introduced in House
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to authorize the use of flexible air permitting with respect to certain critical energy resource facilities, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-1131
Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13]
Introduced: 2023-02-21 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Industrial facilities
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise its Title V operating permit regulations under the Clean Air Act. Such permits set forth compliance requirements related to air pollution for certain facilities (i.e., sources).
 
Specifically, the bill requires the EPA to revise regulations to authorize the owner or operator of a critical energy resource facility to utilize flexible air permitting, as described in the final rule titled 
Operating Permit Programs; Flexible Air Permitting Rule
 published on October 6, 2009. The bill also requires the regulations to facilitate flexible, market-responsive operations (as described in the final rule) with respect to critical energy resource facilities.

action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise its Title V operating permit regulations under the Clean Air Act. Such permits set forth compliance requirements related to air pollution for certain facilities (i.e., sources).
 
Specifically, the bill requires the EPA to revise regulations to authorize the owner or operator of a critical energy resource facility to utilize flexible air permitting, as described in the final rule titled 
Operating Permit Programs; Flexible Air Permitting Rule
 published on October 6, 2009. The bill also requires the regulations to facilitate flexible, market-responsive operations (as described in the final rule) with respect to critical energy resource facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 10.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-17.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-17.
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 20.
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2023-02-28
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 13 - 6 .
action_date: 2023-02-28
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Minerals.
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Introduced in House
Transparent and Accessible Sanctions Coordinating Office Act

Bill: 118-hr-1132
Sponsor: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2023-02-21 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: 

Transparent and Accessible Sanctions Coordinating Office Act or the TASCO Act

 
This bill requires the President to ensure that all materials related to the imposition of sanctions are available in a consolidated, machine-readable database.
 
The bill also establishes the Transparent and Accessible Sanctions Coordinating Office (TASCO) within the executive branch. TASCO must set up a publicly available database of individuals and entities subject to U.S. sanctions. The database must include sanctions data from various federal agencies, including the Department of the Treasury, Department of Commerce, and Department of State. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2023-02-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2023-02-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Introduced in House
PREP Civics and Government Act

Bill: 118-hr-1133
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-8]
Introduced: 2023-02-21 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: 

Promoting Programming, Research, Education and Preservation in Civics and Government Act or the PREP Civics and Government Act

 
This bill amends the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 to include the study and interpretation of civics and government under the definition of humanities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Introduced in House
People Over Pentagon Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1134
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2023-02-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: 

People Over Pentagon Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the amount authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY2024 to be $100 billion below the FY2023 funding level. 
 
In implementing the funding reductions, DOD must consider the recommendations in the Congressional Budget Office report titled 
Illustrative Options for National Defense Under a Smaller Defense Budget
 (October 2021).
 
 The bill also excludes the following DOD accounts from the reductions: (1) the Defense Health Program, (2) military personnel accounts, and (3) civil service pay and benefit accounts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Introduced in House
Albert Pike Statue Removal Act

Bill: 118-hr-1136
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-02-21 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: 

Albert Pike Statue Removal Act

 
This bill directs the National Park Service to remove the statue of Albert Pike near Judiciary Square in the District of Columbia. 
 
The Department of the Interior may donate the statue to a museum or other similar entity, as determined appropriate by Interior to ensure its preservation and interpretation in an indoor setting. The recipient of the statue may not store, display, or exhibit the statue outdoors. If the statue is stored, displayed, or exhibited outside, ownership of the statue will revert back to the federal government.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E137)
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Introduced in House
Neutralizing Unfair Chinese Export Subsidies Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1137
Sponsor: Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3]
Introduced: 2023-02-21 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: China
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Government lending and loan guarantees
Trade agreements and negotiations
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: 

Neutralizing Unfair Chinese Export Subsidies Act of 

2023

 
This bill places requirements on the Department of the Treasury related to negotiations to end export credit financing.
 
Specifically, the bill requires Treasury to submit a strategy for U.S. advocacy and cooperation with allies and partners. Such strategy shall encompass how to (1) ensure compliance by China with the financial terms and conditions of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits, and (2) eliminate subsidized export financing programs and other forms of export subsidies. 
 
Additionally, the bill shifts certain requirements for negotiations related to ending export credit financing that currently lay with the President to Treasury.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Introduced in House
Prohibit Insider Trading Act

Bill: 118-hr-1138
Sponsor: Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3]
Introduced: 2023-02-21 in the House
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: 

Prohibiting Insider Trading Act

 
This bill prohibits Members of Congress (or their spouses) from holding or trading certain investments (e.g., individual stocks and related financial instruments other than diversified investment funds, investments in the federal retirement savings plan, or U.S. Treasury securities).
 
Generally, the prohibition applies seven days after the first day of a Member's initial term, though for current Members, it applies on the first day of the second session of the 118th Congress. Additionally, the prohibition does not apply to assets held in a qualified blind trust.
 
Any profit stemming from a prohibited holding or transaction must be disgorged to the Treasury and may subject the Member to a civil fine. Additionally, a loss stemming from a prohibited holding or transaction may not be used as an income tax deduction.
 
Each Member must submit an annual certification of compliance to the supervising ethics office. The office must publish each certification on a public website and periodically audit Members' compliance with the bill's provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Introduced in House
GUARD VA Benefits Act

Bill: 118-hr-1139
Sponsor: Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2023-02-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
User charges and fees
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: 

Governing Unaccredited Representatives Defrauding VA Benefits Act or the GUARD VA Benefits Act

 
This bill imposes fines on individuals for soliciting, contracting for, charging, or receiving any unauthorized fee or compensation with respect to the preparation, presentation, or prosecution of any claim for Department of Veterans Affairs benefits. The attempted commission of such offenses is also punishable by fine.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2023-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2023-02-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2023-02-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to waive application of certain requirements with respect to processing and refining a critical energy resource at a critical energy resource facility, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-1140
Sponsor: Rep. Pence, Greg [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2023-02-21 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Industrial policy and productivity
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: 
This bill allows the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a temporary waiver of requirements under the Clean Air Act or the Solid Waste Disposal Act for a critical energy resource facility if the EPA finds that the processing or refining of a critical energy resource at the facility is necessary to meet national security or energy security needs. Further, the EPA may issue such waiver with or without notice, hearing, or other report.

action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 
This bill allows the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a temporary waiver of requirements under the Clean Air Act or the Solid Waste Disposal Act for a critical energy resource facility if the EPA finds that the processing or refining of a critical energy resource at the facility is necessary to meet national security or energy security needs. Further, the EPA may issue such waiver with or without notice, hearing, or other report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 9.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-16.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-16.
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 21.
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2023-02-28
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 13 - 6 .
action_date: 2023-02-28
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Minerals.
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Introduced in House
Natural Gas Tax Repeal Act

Bill: 118-hr-1141
Sponsor: Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2023-02-21 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: 

Natural Gas Tax Repeal Act

 
This bill eliminates a program administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that provides incentives for petroleum and natural gas systems to reduce their emissions of methane and other greenhouse gases. It also repeals a charge on methane emissions from specific types of facilities that are required to report their greenhouse gas emissions to the EPA's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Program.

action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

Natural Gas Tax Repeal Act

 
This bill eliminates a program administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that provides incentives for petroleum and natural gas systems to reduce their emissions of methane and other greenhouse gases. It also repeals a charge on methane emissions from specific types of facilities that are required to report their greenhouse gas emissions to the EPA's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 8.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-15.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-15.
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 21.
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2023-02-28
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 13 - 7 .
action_date: 2023-02-28
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Introduced in House