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Peace and Tolerance in Palestinian Education Act

Bill: 118-hr-3266
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2023-05-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign aid and international relief
Gaza Strip
Government information and archives
Middle East
Palestinians
Racial and ethnic relations
Teaching, teachers, curricula
United Nations
West Bank

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: 

Peace and Tolerance in Palestinian Education Act

 
This bill requires the Department of State to report on the curriculum (including textbooks, leaflets, pamphlets, magazines, and other instructional materials) used in schools in areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority or located in Gaza and controlled by any other entity. Among other topics, the report must address (1) whether the materials used encourage violence or intolerance toward other nations or ethnic groups, (2) the steps the Palestinian Authority is taking to reform such materials, and (3) whether U.S. foreign assistance is used to fund the dissemination of the offending materials. 
 
The State Department must make such reports publicly available.

action_date: 2023-11-01
text: 

Peace and Tolerance in Palestinian Education Act

 
This bill requires the Department of State to report on the curriculum (including textbooks, leaflets, pamphlets, magazines, and other instructional materials) used in schools in areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority or located in Gaza and controlled by any other entity. Among other topics, the report must address (1) whether the materials used encourage violence or intolerance toward other nations or ethnic groups, (2) the steps the Palestinian Authority is taking to reform such materials, and (3) whether U.S. foreign assistance is used to fund the dissemination of the offending materials. 
 
The State Department must make such reports publicly available.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-11-02
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-11-01
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2023-11-01
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5199)
action_date: 2023-11-01
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5199)
action_date: 2023-11-01
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3266.
action_date: 2023-11-01
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5199-5201)
action_date: 2023-11-01
text: Mr. Lawler moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 46 - 0.
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
COMFORT Act

Bill: 118-hr-3267
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-7]
Introduced: 2023-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: 

Comforting Our Military Families through On-base or Remote Treatment Act or the COMFORT Act

 
This bill authorizes mental health professionals to provide nonmedical counseling services to military families regardless of where the provider or recipient is located, so long as the provision of services is (1) in the United States or a U.S. territory or possession, and (2) within the scope of the authorized duties of the provider. 
 
For purposes of the bill, mental health professionals include individuals who are licensed or certified mental health providers and are members of the Armed Forces, civilian Department of Defense (DOD) employees, or DOD contractors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Grant Assistance and Technical Education Act

Bill: 118-hr-3268
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2023-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Community life and organization
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Health promotion and preventive care
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: 

Grant Assistance and Technical Education Act

 
This bill supports the capacity of community-based organizations to obtain federal funding for public health and related programs.
 
In particular, the bill establishes a position within the Office of Minority Health to assist such organizations apply for and meet conditions of grants available through the Department of Health and Human Services. It also creates grants for state and local public health entities to provide technical assistance and similar assistance to community-based organizations to carry out and obtain federal funding for public health programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Law Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act

Bill: 118-hr-3269
Sponsor: Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2023-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-18
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 749.
action_date: 2024-12-18
text: Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
action_date: 2024-12-18
text: Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
action_date: 2024-12-18
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 118-917, Part I.
action_date: 2024-12-18
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 118-917, Part I.
action_date: 2024-09-11
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 15.
action_date: 2024-09-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2024-04-17
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2024-04-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Permanent Tax Cuts for American Families Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3270
Sponsor: Rep. Steel, Michelle [R-CA-45]
Introduced: 2023-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: 
 
Permanent Tax Cuts for American Families Act of 2023 

 
This bill permanently increases the standard tax deduction for nonitemizing taxpayers. It also requires an inflation adjustment to the increased deduction amounts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act

Bill: 118-hr-3271
Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
Introduced: 2023-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Child care and development
Family services
Labor standards
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: 

Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act

This bill excludes the value of employer-funded child or dependent care from being used in calculating an eligible employee's overtime pay.

Under current law, overtime hours must be paid at one and a half times an employee's regular rate of pay. This rate is an average hourly rate that must include certain types of pay, such as commissions. The bill specifies that an employer can provide or pay for child or dependent care services without their value being included in this calculation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
WWII Nurses Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 118-hr-3272
Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
Introduced: 2023-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: 

WWII Nurses Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to World War II Army and Navy Nurse Corps members in recognition of their critical military service and devotion to duty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Eliminate DEI in the Military Act

Bill: 118-hr-3273
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2023-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Military education and training

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: 

Eliminate DEI in the Military Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds for diversity, equity, and inclusion activities (e.g., training) of the Armed Forces, national service academies, or the Department of Defense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Security for Military Spouses Act

Bill: 118-hr-3274
Sponsor: Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]
Introduced: 2023-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: 

Ensuring Security for Military Spouses Act

 
This bill waives for certain military spouses a residency requirement pertaining to naturalization, specifically the requirement that the applicant must have resided for at least three months in the state or service district where the naturalization application is filed. 
 
Under the bill, this residency requirement shall not apply to an applicant who is (1) a lawful permanent resident, and (2) the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Mudslide Recovery Act

Bill: 118-hr-3275
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2023-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: 

Mudslide Recovery Act

 
This bill requires the Department of the Interior and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to jointly establish a pilot program to make grants to eligible recipients to implement innovative solutions to repair damage caused by mudslides that occur after a wildland fire.
 
An eligible recipient is (1) a state, an Indian tribe, or a forestry agency of a state or tribe; (2) a local government; (3) a fire department; and (4) a nonprofit organization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Future Students and Earth Pilot Program Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3276
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2023-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: 

Healthy Future Students and Earth Pilot Program Act of 2023 

This bill establishes pilot programs for providing 100% plant-based food and milk options in school meals and expands access to nondairy beverages in school meals.

Specifically, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) must carry out a pilot program to award grants for purposes such as training food service personnel on serving 100% plant-based food options and covering additional costs of buying plant-based foods. USDA must give priority in awarding pilot program grants to school food authorities that will use the funds to serve a high proportion of children who are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. 

The bill also requires a school participating in the school lunch program to substitute a nondairy beverage that is nutritionally equivalent to fluid milk, and meets USDA-established standards, if the student's parent or legal guardian submits a written request for such substitution. Further, a school has the option to offer each student a nondairy beverage as a substitute for fluid milk if it meets these same standards. 

USDA must also establish a pilot program to reimburse eligible schools for the cost of providing a nondairy beverage as a substitute for fluid milk. Eligible schools are those where at least 50% of the students served are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
WARRIOR Act

Bill: 118-hr-3278
Sponsor: Rep. Waltz, Michael [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2023-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: 

Working to Address Recruiting and Retention to Improve Our Readiness Act or the WARRIOR Act

 
This bill addresses the funding of certain Department of Defense (DOD) activities as well as certain personnel and training matters.
 
The bill prohibits the use of federal funds to (1) take into consideration race, ethnicity, color, national origin, or gender of an individual when making a determination regarding a military accession, assignment, selection, or promotion; (2) promote at the service academies, in military training, or in professional military education the theory that individuals, by virtue of race, ethnicity, color, or national origin, bear collective responsibility for actions committed in the past by individuals of such race, ethnicity, color, or national origin; or (3) investigate extremism in the Armed Forces or DOD.
 
The bill also requires the military departments to establish gender-neutral physical readiness standards.
 
DOD must freeze the number of civilian employees who perform tasks related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). DOD may hire only one DEI employee for every 2,000 members who join the Armed Forces.
 
The service academies may not employ as instructors individuals who are not members of the Armed Forces or civilian DOD employees unless no member or DOD employee may be adequately trained for such purpose.
 
DOD must appoint a Director of COVID Policy to determine and implement actions regarding members of the Armed Forces who are involuntarily separated solely on the basis of refusing to receive a COVID-19 vaccination.
 
DOD must submit a cost-benefit analysis and certain certifications to Congress in order to use federal funds for environmental projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
WIRELESS Leadership Act

Bill: 118-hr-3279
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2023-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Environmental regulatory procedures
Internet, web applications, social media
Judicial review and appeals
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-15
text: 

Winning the International Race for Economic Leadership and Expanding Service to Support Leadership Act or the WIRELESS Leadership Act

 
This bill limits the authority of a state or locality to regulate the placement, construction, or modification of personal wireless service facilities.
 
The bill revises the prohibition on states or localities discriminating among providers of a personal wireless service to state that providing exclusive or preferential use of facilities to a particular class of providers is prohibited.
 
However, states or localities may establish reasonable and nondiscriminatory requirements for engineering standards, safety, and aesthetics. They may also charge reasonable, cost-based fees for (1) reviewing requests to place, construct, or modify personal wireless service facilities; or (2) using property owned or managed by the state or locality for placing, constructing, or modifying a facility.
 
Additionally, states and localities must respond to requests to place, construct, or modify facilities by specified deadlines. If a decision is not made by the deadline, the request is deemed to be approved.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2023-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-15
text: Introduced in House
TRUSTED Broadband Networks Act

Bill: 118-hr-3280
Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2023-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Historic sites and heritage areas
Homeland security
Internet, web applications, social media
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-15
text: 

Timely Replacement Under Secure and Trusted for Early and Dependable Broadband Networks Act or the TRUSTED Broadband Networks Act 

 
This bill excludes from specified environmental and historic preservation reviews a project to permanently remove and replace communications equipment or services that the Federal Communications Commission has determined pose a threat to national security. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2023-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2023-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2023-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Transparent PRICE Act

Bill: 118-hr-3281
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2023-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Freedom of information
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Hospital care
Medicaid
Medicare

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 0 .
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2023-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-15
text: Introduced in House