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Building Chips in America Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4549
Sponsor: Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A [R-VA-2]
Introduced: 2023-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government lending and loan guarantees
Industrial facilities
Industrial policy and productivity

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: 

Building Chips in America Act of 2023

This bill modifies and limits the review of certain semiconductor (i.e., microchip) projects under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) and the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA).

Specifically, the bill exempts from NEPA and NHPA specified semiconductor projects that receive financial assistance under the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021.

Next, the bill allows the Department of Commerce to serve as the lead agency for the review of a semiconductor project that receives such financial assistance but is not exempted from review under NEPA. A single environmental document and joint record of decision must be prepared for a semiconductor project. In completing the environmental review, Commerce may adopt a prior study or decision under certain circumstances. The bill also allows a state to assume the responsibility of an environmental review under NEPA for a semiconductor project.

Finally, the bill sets a statute of limitations for certain claims under NEPA.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Natural Resources, 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: 2023-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Natural Resources, 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: 2023-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Natural Resources, 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: 2023-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Natural Resources, 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: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Education to carry out a grant program to support the recruitment and retention of paraprofessionals in public elementary schools, secondary schools, and preschool programs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-4550
Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2023-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Education to make allotments to state educational agencies to assist states, local educational agencies, and educational service agencies in recruiting and retaining paraprofessionals in public elementary schools, secondary schools, and preschool programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Investors’ Personally Identifiable Information Act

Bill: 118-hr-4551
Sponsor: Rep. Loudermilk, Barry [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2023-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Right of privacy
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: 

Protecting Investors' Personally Identifiable Information Act 

 
This bill prohibits the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from requiring a national securities exchange, association, or a member of either to provide a market participant's personally identifiable information to satisfy the reporting requirements of the Consolidated Audit Trail (i.e., data used to track market activity). However, this information must be provided to the SEC upon request if the information is related to a securities investigation. The SEC must destroy the information not later than one day after the conclusion of the matter for which this information was required. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-11-01
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 611.
action_date: 2024-11-01
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 118-724.
action_date: 2024-11-01
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 118-724.
action_date: 2024-05-16
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 22.
action_date: 2024-05-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Prohibiting U.S. Postmark Abuse Act

Bill: 118-hr-4553
Sponsor: Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2023-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Ukraine Aid Oversight Act

Bill: 118-hr-4554
Sponsor: Rep. McCormick, Richard [R-GA-6]
Introduced: 2023-07-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: 

Ukraine Aid Oversight Act

 
This bill requires the Offices of the Inspector General in the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of State, and the U.S. Agency for International Development to provide a quarterly report to Congress regarding international assistance to Ukraine. 
 
Among other things, the report must detail (1) the sufficiency of the oversight frameworks in place; (2) instances of fraud, waste, or misuse of assistance; (3) instances where DOD used sole source contracting authority; and (4) recommendations to improve assistance.
 
The bill authorizes the specified offices to hire employees to prepare the report. The reporting requirement sunsets on January 1, 2030, or when the war and postwar reconstruction efforts in Ukraine end, whichever is later. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Federal Election Audit Act

Bill: 118-hr-4555
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2023-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Child health
Disability assistance
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: 

Federal Election Audit Act

This bill allows states to use requirements payments from the Election Assistance Commission to conduct postelection audits. In particular, a state may use such a payment to conduct and publish an audit of (1) the effectiveness and accuracy of the voting systems, election procedures, and outcomes used to carry out a federal election in the state; and (2) the performance of the state and local election officials who carried out the election. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-17
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 385.
action_date: 2024-04-17
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 118-465.
action_date: 2024-04-17
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 118-465.
action_date: 2023-11-30
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 8 - 4.
action_date: 2023-11-30
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
General Aviation Airport Access Act

Bill: 118-hr-4556
Sponsor: Rep. Obernolte, Jay [R-CA-23]
Introduced: 2023-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Lease and rental services
Service industries

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: 

General Aviation Airport Access Act

 
This bill requires public use airports that have received certain federal grants or property conveyances to provide transient general aviation aircraft parking on or near the existing apron in specific circumstances. A
 transient general aviation aircraft
 is an aircraft that is not owned or operated by an air carrier and is seeking to park temporarily at an airport. 
 
Specifically, transient general aviation aircraft parking must be provided on or near the existing apron when a pilot or owner of the aircraft does not need or request fuel or use other related services from the airport or a fixed-base operator at the airport. A 
fixed-base operator
 is a business that is operating on an airport or heliport and provides aeronautical services, such as fueling, rentals, and parking.
 
A public use airport may assess a fee on a transient general aviation aircraft for using the transient apron; the fee must be fair, reasonable, transparent, and publicly available. It must also exclude any extraneous or hidden costs. A controlled access airport or a fixed-base operator at the airport may not charge a fee for a pilot or passenger to transit between their transient general aviation aircraft parked on the transient apron and a place outside the airport's perimeter fence, whether or not the individual must pass through a building.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Manufactured Housing Tenant’s Bill of Rights Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4557
Sponsor: Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7]
Introduced: 2023-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: 

Manufactured Housing Tenant's Bill of Rights Act of 2023 

 
This bill requires manufactured housing communities and home parks to meet minimum consumer protections to be eligible for certain federally-backed loans for the construction, substantial rehabilitation, or purchase of these communities. Specifically, the Department of Housing and Urban Development is prohibited from insuring such a loan, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are prohibited from purchasing such a loan, unless a borrower provides specified tenant protections, including 
 
 
one-year renewable lease terms, unless there is good cause for nonrenewal; 
 
at least a 60-day advance notice of any increase in rent, or of a sale or closure of the community; 
 
a five-day grace period for rent payments; and
 
a right for a tenant to sell a manufactured home within a reasonable time period after eviction.
 
 
The bill sets forth penalties for violations of these protections.
 
The bill also establishes the Manufactured Home Company Lending Standards Commission to propose additional consumer protection standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
LIZARD Act

Bill: 118-hr-4558
Sponsor: Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2023-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Animals

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Food Worker Pay Standards Act

Bill: 118-hr-4559
Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2023-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Food industry and services
Meat
Public contracts and procurement
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: 

Food Worker Pay Standards Act

 
 This bill prohibits the Department of Agriculture from purchasing any meat, meat food product, poultry, poultry food product, or processed food produced by workers in the United States who are compensated at a rate lower than the prevailing rate for wages and fringe benefits for such workers in their locality.
 
The Department of Labor must determine the prevailing rates and in determining such rates shall take into account any applicable existing collective bargaining agreements in the locality. A prevailing rate established pursuant to this bill must not supersede a worker's wages and benefits agreed to in a collective bargaining agreement. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Housing FIRST Act

Bill: 118-hr-4560
Sponsor: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2023-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: 

Housing for Formerly Incarcerated Reentry and Stable Tenancy Act or the Housing FIRST Act 

 
This bill limits the information allowed to be shared on credit reports and considered in housing decisions, including certain criminal background information.
 
First, the bill prohibits a consumer reporting agency from including specified information on a consumer credit report provided for tenant screening purposes, such as arrests, juvenile adjudications or convictions, civil citations, resolved criminal cases (e.g., through completion of a diversion program), and convictions with completed sentences.
 
Further, the bill restricts the use of consumer credit reports for tenant screening. A person who obtains such a report must not use it in violation of fair housing laws and must disclose its use to the consumer. When taking adverse action based on the report, a person must provide the consumer with a copy of the report, the specific reasons for the adverse action, and other information.
 
The bill also specifies that upon request, consumer reporting agencies must disclose to a consumer the entity that is the source of any information on a consumer credit report. 
 
Finally, the bill excludes from consumer credit reports criminal convictions older than seven years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Reducing Waste in National Parks Act

Bill: 118-hr-4561
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2023-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: 

Reducing Waste in National Parks Act

 
This bill directs the National Park Service to establish a program for the National Park System to reduce disposable plastic products and, if applicable, eliminate the sale and distribution of disposable plastic products.
 
Each regional office of the National Park Service must eliminate the sale of water in disposable plastic products and the sale and distribution of other disposable plastic products after consideration of several specified factors (e.g., the costs and benefits to overall operations).
 
Each regional office must develop a proactive visitor education strategy to address visitor expectations of water availability and explain the rationale for the program and its implementation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Ernest Peltz Accrued Veterans Benefits Act

Bill: 118-hr-4562
Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
Introduced: 2023-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Committee Hearings Held
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Countering Hate Against Israel by Federal Contractors Act

Bill: 118-hr-4564
Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2023-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
ACE Act

Bill: 118-hr-4565
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15]
Introduced: 2023-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: 

All Children are Equal Act or the ACE Act

This bill revises the funding formulas for distributing Targeted Grants and Education Finance Incentive Grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) by prioritizing allocation of funding to LEAs with a higher percentage of students from low-income families. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3649)
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Providing Radiation Exposed Servicemembers Undisputed Medical Eligibility Act

Bill: 118-hr-4566
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2023-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Radiation
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-11-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act

Bill: 118-hr-4567
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2023-07-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: 

Strengthening the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act
 
This bill expands sanctions on goods produced or associated with forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of China. 
Current law applies a legal presumption that goods mined, manufactured, or produced in the XUAR or involving certain government-affiliated programs in the XUAR are derived from forced labor. Goods from these sources are prohibited from entering the United States unless the importer rebuts the presumption that forced labor was used. 
This bill broadens the scope of the sanctions by expanding the type of government-affiliated labor programs that trigger the presumption. Currently, the presumption generally applies to goods coming from entities working with Chinese government labor schemes that involve forced labor and target Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, and other persecuted groups. Under this bill, the presumption applies when the entity works with any state-sponsored labor program targeting these persecuted groups. 
The bill also modifies the definition of 
forced labor
 to explicitly include state-imposed labor programs in China targeting Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, and members of other persecuted groups. 
Additionally, the bill modifies the requirements for the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force's annual report to Congress. Specifically, the annual report must detail all presumptions applied and rebutted, as well as all companies known to have exported goods made in the XUAR.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and 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: 2023-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and 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: 2023-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and 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: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
TLDR Act

Bill: 118-hr-4568
Sponsor: Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2023-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business ethics
Computer security and identity theft
Consumer affairs
Contracts and agency
Internet, web applications, social media
Right of privacy

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House