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To designate the clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Gallup, New Mexico, as the Hiroshi "Hershey" Miyamura VA Clinic.

Bill: 118-hr-1590
Sponsor: Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2023-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Department of Veterans Affairs
Health facilities and institutions
New Mexico
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: 
This bill designates the clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Gallup, New Mexico, as the Hiroshi &quot;Hershey&quot; Miyamura Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic or the Hiroshi &quot;Hershey&quot; Miyamura VA Clinic.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 7014 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to advance toward full Federal funding for impact aid, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-1591
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49]
Introduced: 2023-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: 

This bill reauthorizes through FY2029 certain activities under the Impact Aid Program. The program provides funding to local educational agencies that have lost property tax revenue due to the presence of tax-exempt federal property or to those that have experienced increased expenditures due to enrollment of federally connected children (e.g., children living on Indian lands or military bases).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Make Transportation Authorities Accountable and Transparent Act

Bill: 118-hr-1592
Sponsor: Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11]
Introduced: 2023-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: 

Make Transportation Authorities Accountable and Transparent Act

 
This bill directs the inspector general of the Department of Transportation to conduct an audit of public transportation coronavirus relief spending and report to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Land and Water Conservation Fund Water Amendments Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1593
Sponsor: Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-21]
Introduced: 2023-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: 

Land and Water Conservation Fund Water Amendments Act of 2023

 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to provide financial assistance for water quality improvement projects from amounts made available under the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
 
Interior shall only provide such financial assistance to projects that seek to improve water quality by improving, restoring, remediating, or developing natural hydrological systems, such as wetlands or living shorelines.
 
To be eligible for assistance, a state's comprehensive statewide outdoor recreation plan shall identify 
 
 
any body of water within the state for which a water quality control plan has been developed pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and
 
any proposed water quality project to be conducted with respect to such body of water.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
USA Batteries Act

Bill: 118-hr-1594
Sponsor: Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9]
Introduced: 2023-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: 

USA Batteries Act

 
This bill removes lead oxide, antimony, and sulfuric acid from the list of taxable chemicals subject to the environmental excise tax.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
State Firearms Dealer Licensing Enhancement Act

Bill: 118-hr-1595
Sponsor: Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25]
Introduced: 2023-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: 

State Firearms Dealer Licensing Enhancement Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to award grants to states and tribal governments for the development, implementation, improvement, or evaluation of firearms dealer licensing programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Stabilizing Vulnerable Banks Act

Bill: 118-hr-1596
Sponsor: Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2023-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: 

Stabilizing Vulnerable Banks Act 

 
This bill increases the oversight of certain nonbank financial companies and bank holding companies by repealing Title IV of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 115-174). (A nonbank financial company is a financial institution without a banking license that may be subject to supervision due to the company's size or risk profile. A bank holding company owns a controlling interest in one or more banks.)
 
Specifically, the bill decreases from $250 billion to $50 billion the asset threshold at which enhanced prudential standards become mandatory, thereby requiring more companies to comply with these standards. These standards include stress testing, leverage limits, liquidity requirements, and resolution plan requirements (i.e., living will requirements). Under current law, the Federal Reserve has the discretion to determine the applicability of these standards to bank holding companies with assets between $100 billion and $250 billion.
 
The bill also expands stress testing by 
 
 
increasing the number of board-run stress test scenarios from two to three; 
 
decreasing the asset threshold at which company-run stress tests are required from $250 billion to $10 billion; and 
 
requiring company-run stress tests to be performed annually or semiannually, depending on the amount of assets held.
 
 
The bill also decreases from $50 billion to $10 billion the asset threshold for mandatory risk committees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
William and James Wonacott Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1597
Sponsor: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2023-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: 

William and James Wonacott Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes specific criminal penalties for the sale or distribution of illicit fentanyl or a fentanyl-related substance to another person without that person's knowledge.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits the sale or distribution of any substance that has two milligrams or more of illicit fentanyl or a fentanyl-related substance to another person without that person's knowledge. Violators are subject to a minimum of 20 years of imprisonment (25 years if the violation results in death) and a maximum of life imprisonment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Fair Pay Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1598
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: 

Fair Pay Act of 20

2

3

 
This bill requires employers to provide equal pay to employees for comparable or equivalent work.
 
Specifically, employers may not discriminate against employees on the basis of sex, race, or national origin with respect to payment of wages or other conditions of employment for jobs that, although dissimilar, the requirements of which are equivalent, when viewed as a composite of skills, effort, responsibility, and working conditions. However, employers may pay different wages in accordance with seniority systems, merit systems, systems that measure earnings by quantity or quality of production, or factors that the employer demonstrates are reasonably job-related, or further legitimate business interests. The bill allows compensatory or punitive damages for violations of this prohibition. 
 
The bill prohibits an employer from (1) discriminating against any individual who opposes any act or practice made illegal by this bill or for assisting in an investigation, or (2) discharging or discriminating against any employee who inquires about or discusses another employee's wages.
 
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission must assist employers, labor organizations, and the general public in implementing these provisions.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E213)
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Salary Transparency Act

Bill: 118-hr-1599
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: 

Salary Transparency Act

 
This bill requires employers to disclose the wage or wage range in the public or internal posting of an employment opportunity. This includes the range of wages or salaries and other forms of compensation reasonably expected to be offered for the employment opportunity.
 
Violations of these requirement are subject to civil penalties, statutory or actual damages, and injunctive relief as appropriate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E214)
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Pay Equity for All Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1600
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: 

Pay Equity for All Act of 202

3

 
This bill generally prohibits employers from relying on the wage history of prospective employees when considering them for employment or determining their wages. 
 
However, an employer may rely on wage history voluntarily offered by a prospective employee to support a higher wage than was initially offered. An employer also may seek to confirm voluntarily supplied wage history with a prospective employee's current or former employer.
 
An employer may not retaliate against an employee or prospective employee who opposes a practice made unlawful by this bill.
 
The bill provides for enforcement of these prohibitions through civil penalties and other remedies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E214)
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Ban Members from Becoming Lobbyists Act

Bill: 118-hr-1601
Sponsor: Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3]
Introduced: 2023-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: 

Ban Members from Becoming Lobbyists Act

 
This bill extends the ban on lobbying that applies to former Members of Congress.
 
Specifically, the bill imposes a six-year ban for former Senators and a three-year ban for former Representatives; a ban begins once a former Senator or Representative leaves office. Under current law, former Senators are subject to a two-year ban, while former House Members are subject to a one-year ban.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
SVB Act

Bill: 118-hr-1602
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2023-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: 

Secure Viable Banking Act or the SVB Act 

 
This bill increases the oversight of certain nonbank financial companies and bank holding companies by repealing Title IV of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 115-174). (A nonbank financial company is a financial institution without a banking license that may be subject to supervision due to the company's size or risk profile. A bank holding company owns a controlling interest in one or more banks.)
 
Specifically, the bill decreases from $250 billion to $50 billion the asset threshold at which enhanced prudential standards become mandatory, thereby requiring more companies to comply with these standards. These standards include stress testing, leverage limits, liquidity requirements, and resolution plan requirements (i.e., living will requirements). Under current law, the Federal Reserve has the discretion to determine the applicability of these standards to bank holding companies with assets between $100 billion and $250 billion.
 
The bill also expands stress testing by 
 
 
increasing the number of board-run stress test scenarios from two to three; 
 
decreasing the asset threshold at which company-run stress tests are required from $250 billion to $10 billion; and 
 
requiring company-run stress tests to be performed annually or semiannually, depending on the amount of assets held.
 
 
The bill also decreases from $50 billion to $10 billion the asset threshold for mandatory risk committees.
 
Finally, the bill revises the supplemental leverage ratio applied to custodial banks and the asset treatment of certain municipal obligations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Homeowner Energy Freedom Act

Bill: 118-hr-1603
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2023-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Building construction
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Lighting, heating, cooling
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: 
 
Homeowner Energy Freedom Act 

 
This bill repeals provisions of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2022 relating to (1) the high-efficiency electric home rebate program, (2) state-based home energy efficiency contractor training grants, and (3) assistance for the adoption of the latest building energy and zero building energy codes. It also rescinds any unobligated balances available for such programs.

action_date: 2023-03-28
text: 

Homeowner Energy Freedom Act 

 
This bill repeals provisions of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2022 relating to (1) the high-efficiency electric home rebate program, (2) state-based home energy efficiency contractor training grants, and (3) assistance for latest and zero building energy code adoption. It also rescinds any unobligated balances available for such programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-28
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 19.
action_date: 2023-03-28
text: Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-31.
action_date: 2023-03-28
text: Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-31.
action_date: 2023-03-24
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 22.
action_date: 2023-03-24
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2023-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
U.S.A. Beef Act

Bill: 118-hr-1604
Sponsor: Rep. Rosendale Sr., Matthew M. [R-MT-2]
Introduced: 2023-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: 

U.S.A. Beef Act

 
This bill modifies label requirements for meat food products of cattle.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits the label of cattle meat or a meat food product of cattle from bearing the phrase 
Product of U.S.A.
 unless such meat or meat food product is exclusively derived from one or more cattle born, raised, and slaughtered in the United States.
 
The requirement does not apply to cattle meat or a meat food product of cattle that is intended and offered for export to a foreign country.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Natural Disaster Recovery Program Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1605
Sponsor: Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7]
Introduced: 2023-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Natural disasters
Public contracts and procurement
Right of privacy
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: 

Natural Disaster Recovery Program Act of 2023

 
This bill authorizes the President to provide disaster assistance to states and Indian tribes for unmet need, including necessary expenses for activities related to disaster relief, resiliency, long-term recovery, restoration of infrastructure and housing, mitigation, and economic revitalization after a major disaster is declared.
 
The bill also establishes a Natural Disaster Recovery Reserve Fund to facilitate planning and increase capacity to administer assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-18
text: Motion to Report Measure Defeated by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 32.
action_date: 2024-09-18
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2024-09-18
text: Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged
action_date: 2023-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1608
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2023-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Mining
Research and development
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: 

Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2023

 
This bill amends the Clean Air Act to address the limitations on Reid Vapor Pressure (a measure of gasoline's volatility) that are placed on gasoline during the summer ozone season. Specifically, the bill applies the waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure requirements that are applicable to gasoline blended with 10% ethanol (E10) to gasoline blended with more than 10% ethanol. This change allows gasoline that is blended with more than 10% ethanol to be sold year round.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Survivor Benefits Fairness Act

Bill: 118-hr-1609
Sponsor: Rep. Steil, Bryan [R-WI-1]
Introduced: 2023-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: 

Survivor Benefits Fairness Act

 
This bill adjusts the effective date of a reduction or discontinuance of compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, or pension payments by the Department of Veterans Affairs to the last day of the month during which a marriage, remarriage, or death of a payee occurs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1610
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2023-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Medicare
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: 

Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 

2023

 
This bill expands Medicare coverage of chiropractic services to include all services provided by chiropractors, rather than only subluxation corrections through manual manipulation of the spine.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-03-14
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: 2023-03-14
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: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-14
text: Introduced in House