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Rural Small Business Resilience Act

Bill: 118-hr-7984
Sponsor: Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2024-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Rural conditions and development
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: 

Rural Small Business Resilience Act

This bill requires the Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience to take necessary actions to ensure that individuals located in rural areas where a disaster has been declared have full access to disaster assistance. Such actions include providing targeted outreach and marketing materials to such individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-06-12
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2024-06-11
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2024-06-11
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3692)
action_date: 2024-06-11
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3692)
action_date: 2024-06-11
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7984.
action_date: 2024-06-11
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3692-3693)
action_date: 2024-06-11
text: Mr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2024-06-04
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 446.
action_date: 2024-06-04
text: Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 118-537.
action_date: 2024-06-04
text: Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 118-537.
action_date: 2024-04-17
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 0.
action_date: 2024-04-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Reporting Act of 2024

Bill: 118-hr-7985
Sponsor: Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3]
Introduced: 2024-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Government studies and investigations
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: 

Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Reporting Act of 2024

This bill requires the Small Business Administration to assess and report on the challenges that entrepreneurs with a disability encounter in starting and operating a business, including any recommendations for legislative actions to address those challenges.

action_date: 2024-04-26
text: 

Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Reporting Act of 2024

This bill requires the Small Business Administration to assess and report on the challenges that entrepreneurs with a disability encounter in starting and operating a business, including any recommendations for legislative actions to address those challenges.

action_date: 2024-04-29
text: 

Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Reporting Act of 2024

This bill requires the Small Business Administration to assess and report on the challenges that entrepreneurs with a disability encounter in starting and operating a business, including any recommendations for legislative actions to address those challenges.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2643)
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2643)
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7985.
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2643-2645)
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Mr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2024-04-26
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 389.
action_date: 2024-04-26
text: Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 118-470.
action_date: 2024-04-26
text: Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 118-470.
action_date: 2024-04-17
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 0.
action_date: 2024-04-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Generalized System of Preferences Reform Act

Bill: 118-hr-7986
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2024-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agricultural trade
Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Customs enforcement
Government information and archives
Human rights
Public participation and lobbying
Tariffs
Trade restrictions
User charges and fees

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 727.
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 118-890.
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 118-890.
action_date: 2024-04-17
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 17.
action_date: 2024-04-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Plain Language in Contracting Act

Bill: 118-hr-7987
Sponsor: Rep. LaLota, Nick [R-NY-1]
Introduced: 2024-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Public contracts and procurement
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: 

Plain Language in Contracting Act

This bill requires that notices of contracting opportunities for small businesses are written in a clear, concise, and accessible manner.

Each notice also must comply with the requirements of the Plain Writing Act of 2010, which are applicable to publications and notices by federal agencies.

The Small Business Administration must issue rules to implement these requirements.

action_date: 2024-04-26
text: 

Plain Language in Contracting Act

This bill requires that notices of contracting opportunities for small businesses are written in a clear, concise, and accessible manner.

Each notice also must comply with the requirements of the Plain Writing Act of 2010, which are applicable to publications and notices by federal agencies.

The Small Business Administration must issue rules to implement these requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 409.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Shaheen without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Shaheen without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-05-22
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2645)
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2645)
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7987.
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2645-2646)
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Mr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2638)
action_date: 2024-04-26
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 390.
action_date: 2024-04-26
text: Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 118-471.
action_date: 2024-04-26
text: Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 118-471.
action_date: 2024-04-17
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 0.
action_date: 2024-04-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House
SPUR Act

Bill: 118-hr-7988
Sponsor: Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8]
Introduced: 2024-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Economic performance and conditions
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: 

Small Business Procurement and Utilization Reform Act of 2024 or the SPUR Act

This bill requires federal agencies to include on their annual scorecard for small business contracting the number of small businesses that receive a prime contract for the first time and are owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, qualified HUBZone small business concerns, small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, or small business concerns owned and controlled by women. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-06-12
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2024-06-11
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2024-06-11
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3689)
action_date: 2024-06-11
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3689)
action_date: 2024-06-11
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7988.
action_date: 2024-06-11
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3689-3690)
action_date: 2024-06-11
text: Mr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2024-06-11
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 453.
action_date: 2024-06-11
text: Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 118-547.
action_date: 2024-06-11
text: Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 118-547.
action_date: 2024-04-17
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 0.
action_date: 2024-04-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House
ThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment Act

Bill: 118-hr-7989
Sponsor: Rep. Molinaro, Marcus J. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2024-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Employee hiring
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: 

ThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment Act

This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to (1) provide assistance to individuals with disabilities who desire to become entrepreneurs or to be self-employed, (2) help individuals with disabilities find employment at small businesses; and (3) assist small businesses with hiring such individuals and with accessibility issues applicable to such individuals.

The SBA must conduct outreach and education about such activities.

The bill establishes reporting requirements with respect to these activities.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-06-12
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2024-06-11
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2024-06-11
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3690-3691)
action_date: 2024-06-11
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3690-3691)
action_date: 2024-06-11
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7989.
action_date: 2024-06-11
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3690-3692)
action_date: 2024-06-11
text: Mr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2024-06-04
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 447.
action_date: 2024-06-04
text: Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 118-538.
action_date: 2024-06-04
text: Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 118-538.
action_date: 2024-04-17
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 0.
action_date: 2024-04-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Large-Scale Water Recycling Reauthorization and Investment Act of 2024

Bill: 118-hr-7990
Sponsor: Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31]
Introduced: 2024-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Safeguarding American Workers’ Benefits Act

Bill: 118-hr-7991
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2024-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: 

Safeguarding American Workers' Benefits Act
 

This bill modifies identification requirements for taxpayers claiming the child tax credit and the earned income tax credit. Such taxpayers must provide Social Security account numbers for themselves and for dependent children who have not attained age 17. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Act

Bill: 118-hr-7992
Sponsor: Rep. Armstrong, Kelly [R-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2024-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Historical and cultural resources
Libraries and archives
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
North Dakota
Presidential administrations
U.S. history

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Estate Tax Rate Reduction Act

Bill: 118-hr-7993
Sponsor: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2024-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: 

Estate Tax Rate Reduction Act

This bill reduces the rate for the tax on estates, gifts, and generation-skipping transfers to 20%. (Under current law, the highest rate is 40%.)

The bill also exempts the budgetary effects of the tax reduction from the Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) rules established by the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 and the FY2018 congressional budget resolution. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2024-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Long-Term Care Workforce Support Act

Bill: 118-hr-7994
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
Introduced: 2024-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
action_date: 2024-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, the Judiciary, House Administration, and Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2024-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, the Judiciary, House Administration, and Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2024-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, the Judiciary, House Administration, and Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2024-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, the Judiciary, House Administration, and Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2024-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, the Judiciary, House Administration, and Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2024-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, the Judiciary, House Administration, and Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Protecting the American Taxpayer from IRS Mishandling Act of 2024

Bill: 118-hr-7995
Sponsor: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2024-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: 

Protecting the American Taxpayer from IRS Mishandling Act of 2024

This bill suspends the running of the statute of limitations for filing for tax refunds to include any period in which the taxpayer is unable to file necessary documents or otherwise meet a tax deadline due to the negligence or malfeasance of the Internal Revenue Service. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Improving CARE for Youth Act

Bill: 118-hr-7996
Sponsor: Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2]
Introduced: 2024-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: 

Improving Coordination and Access to Resources Equitably for Youth Act or the Improving CARE for Youth Act

This bill prohibits state Medicaid programs from denying coverage for primary care and mental health services that are furnished on the same day at the same office, clinic, or other outpatient facility. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Safeguarding Trade Opportunities and Preventing China’s Anti-Competitive Practices Act

Bill: 118-hr-7997
Sponsor: Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2]
Introduced: 2024-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Combating Hate Across Campus

Bill: 118-hr-7998
Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2024-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Wildlife Rescue, Rehabilitation, and Reintroduction Act of 2024

Bill: 118-hr-7999
Sponsor: Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2024-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Timely Mail Delivery and Postal Services Protection Act

Bill: 118-hr-8000
Sponsor: Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2024-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-15
text: Introduced in House