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Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2389
Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Hospital care
Medical education
Medicare
Minority employment
Minority health
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 

2023

 
This bill increases the number of residency positions eligible for graduate medical education payments under Medicare for qualifying hospitals, including hospitals in rural areas and health professional shortage areas.
 
Current law provides for an increase of up to 200 positions per fiscal year beginning in FY2023, with a total increase of 1,000 positions; each hospital may receive up to 25 additional positions. Current law also provides for an additional increase of up to 200 positions for FY2026, with at least 100 of these positions for psychiatry or related specialties; each hospital may receive up to 10 additional positions.
 
The bill provides for an additional increase of 2,000 positions per fiscal year from FY2025-FY2031; during this period, each hospital may receive up to 75 additional positions in total under the bill and current law. Additionally, one-third of the positions that are made available under the bill must be allocated to hospitals that are already operating above applicable resident limits. 
 
The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to report on strategies to increase the diversity of the health professional workforce, including with respect to representation from rural, low-income, and minority communities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2023-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2390
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-7]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accidents
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Crime prevention
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Firearms and explosives
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Research administration and funding
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2023

 
This bill authorizes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct or support research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in House
No Crime Left Behind Act

Bill: 118-hr-2391
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-7]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

No Crime Left Behind Act

 
This bill extends federal restrictions on the receipt, possession, shipment, and transportation of firearms and ammunition to a new category of persons: persons who completed, during the previous three years, a sentence imposed under law for a misdemeanor in which a firearm was used, possessed, or carried. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Pause for Gun Safety Act

Bill: 118-hr-2392
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-7]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Pause for Gun Safety Act

 
This bill establishes a seven-day waiting period for firearm transfers to unlicensed individuals.
 
Specifically, the bill makes it unlawful to transfer a firearm to an unlicensed individual unless seven calendar days have elapsed since the transferee's most recent offer to take possession of the firearm. A violator is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, up to five years in prison, or both.
 
The seven-day waiting period does not apply to certain firearm transfers, such as a temporary transfer for use exclusively at a shooting range. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2393
Sponsor: Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Digital media
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Government information and archives
Human trafficking
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to report and implement a strategy to combat the use of social media by transnational criminal organizations to recruit individuals in the United States to support illicit activities in the United States or countries near a U.S. international border.
 
DHS must also identify a designee within U.S. Customs and Border Protection to receive, process, and disseminate information about these social media recruitment activities. The information must be disseminated to federal, tribal, state, and local entities to support appropriate government functions, such as providing actionable intelligence to law enforcement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, and 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: 2023-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, and 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: 2023-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, and 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: 2023-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, and 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: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Protection from Abusive Passengers Act

Bill: 118-hr-2394
Sponsor: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Aviation and airports
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Right of privacy
Terrorism
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Protection from Abusive Passengers Act 

 
This bill addresses the banning of abusive passengers from commercial aircraft flights. 
Abusive passenger
 is defined as any individual who engages in behavior that results in a civil penalty or conviction for assaulting, threatening, or intimidating a crew member or passenger on an aircraft flight, or for taking any action to interfere with security screening personnel or any security system related to civil aviation security.
 
The bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration or the Department of Justice to provide the identity (including the full name, date of birth, and gender) of all abusive passengers to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
 
The TSA must maintain a list of abusive passengers and develop and make publicly available policies and procedures for handling individuals included on the list. Any individual on the list is prohibited from boarding any commercial aircraft flight until the individual is removed from such list.
 
Additionally, all abusive passengers are permanently ineligible to participate in the TSA PreCheck or the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Global Entry programs, with specified exceptions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2023-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2395
Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to increase the salary threshold applicable to bona fide executive, administrative, and professional employees for purpose of determining eligibility for overtime pay. The bill phases in the increased threshold over which employees are exempt from overtime pay requirements beginning at an annual salary of $45,000 upon the bill's effective date. (The current threshold is generally $35,568.) Beginning in 2028, Labor must annually update the threshold to the 55th percentile (nationally) of weekly earnings for full-time salaried workers.
 
Further, the exemption from overtime pay for bona fide executive, administrative, and professional employees does not apply if at least 20% of an employee's duties are not directly or closely related to the performance of executive or administrative activities.
 
In addition, the Bureau of Labor Statistics shall publish quarterly on its website data about the weekly earnings of full-time salaried workers by census region.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Social Media Bank Run Act

Bill: 118-hr-2396
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Social Media Bank Run Act

 
This bill requires the Financial Stability Oversight Council to (1) monitor social media platforms for indications of potential bank runs or financial panics that could threaten the financial stability of the United States, and (2) report its findings to Congress. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Homeownership for DREAMers Act

Bill: 118-hr-2397
Sponsor: Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 

Homeownership for DREAMers Act

 
This bill prohibits federal mortgage providers from limiting insurance eligibility on the basis of the mortgagor's participation in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit smoking on the premises of any facility of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-2398
Sponsor: Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health facilities and institutions
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 
This bill prohibits smoking on the premises of any Veterans Health Administration facility. The bill defines smoking as the use of cigarettes, cigars, and pipes (i.e., the heating or combustion of tobacco), as well as the use of any electronic nicotine delivery system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Thomas H. Griffin for acts of valor as a member of the Army during the Vietnam War.

Bill: 118-hr-2399
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2023-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: 
This bill authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor to Thomas Helmut Griffin for acts of valor as a captain in the Army during the Vietnam War, for which he was previously awarded the Silver Star.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Reentry Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2400
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Licensing and registrations
Medicaid
Medicare
Mental health
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Reentry Act
 

of 

2023

 
This bill allows for Medicaid payment of medical services furnished to an incarcerated individual during the 30-day period preceding the individual's release. The Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Payment and Access Commission must report on specified information relating to the accessibility and quality of health care for incarcerated individuals, including the impact of the bill's changes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in House
RISE Act

Bill: 118-hr-2401
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower Act or the RISE Act

 
This bill establishes requirements for institutions of higher education (IHEs) concerning students with disabilities.
 
Specifically, the bill requires IHEs to allow students to use certain documents, such as individualized education programs, to establish their disabilities.
 
In addition, IHEs must make the process for determining the eligibility for accommodations transparent.
 
Finally, IHEs must submit key data related to their undergraduate students with disabilities for inclusion in federal postsecondary institution data collection efforts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in House
Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2402
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Building construction
Business records
Congressional oversight
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Manufacturing
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2023

 
This bill generally prohibits the manufacture, process, use, and distribution in commerce of commercial asbestos or any mixture or article containing commercial asbestos. The President may, on application, grant exemptions from the prohibition in situations where it is necessary to protect national security interests.
 
The Environmental Protection Agency must develop and make publicly available resources that may be used to educate the public and health professionals about (1) the adverse health effects of asbestos exposure, (2) any federal resources available to address the prevention and mitigation of asbestos exposure, and (3) the availability of licensed commercial asbestos mitigation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in House
Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2403
Sponsor: Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2023

 
 This bill revises background check requirements applicable to proposed firearm transfers from a federal firearms licensee (e.g., a licensed gun dealer) to an unlicensed person.
 
Specifically, it increases the amount of time, from 3 business days to a minimum of 10 business days, that a federal firearms licensee must wait to receive a completed background check prior to transferring a firearm to an unlicensed person. (This type of transaction is often referred to as a default proceed transaction.)
 
If a submitted background check remains incomplete after 10 business days, then the prospective purchaser may submit a petition for a final firearms eligibility determination. If an additional 10 days elapse without a final determination, then the federal firearms licensee may transfer the firearm to the prospective purchaser.
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on the extent to which the changes have prevented firearms transfers to prohibited persons. 
 
The Federal Bureau of Investigation must report on the number of petitions it receives for final federal firearms determinations.
 
The Department of Justice, in consultation with the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Firearms, must report on further amendments to the background check process that would likely reduce the risk of death or great bodily harm to victims of domestic violence, domestic abuse, dating partner violence, sexual assault, and stalking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in House
Women’s Rights and Protection Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2404
Sponsor: Rep. Santos, George [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Women's Rights and Protection Act of 2023

 
This bill prohibits expending federal funds to provide assistance to any country that has enacted laws that criminalize or discriminate on the basis of gender, including laws that limit or prohibit women from attending school or that authorize female genital mutilation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in House
North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2405
Sponsor: Rep. Armstrong, Kelly [R-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Indian lands and resources rights
Intergovernmental relations
Land transfers
North Dakota

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act
 
of 2023

 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to exchange, at the election of North Dakota, certain federal land for certain state land of substantially equal value.
 
Specifically, subject to valid existing rights, if North Dakota elects to relinquish a parcel of state land located wholly or partially within the boundaries of any Indian reservation, the bill authorizes North Dakota to select one or more parcels of federal land of substantially equivalent value within that state.
 
No later than 60 days after Interior approves North Dakota's selection of federal land, Interior shall initiate the actions necessary to convey the federal land to the state.
 
As consideration for the conveyance of the federal land, North Dakota shall concurrently relinquish and convey the state land to Interior. Land conveyed to Interior that is within the boundaries of a reservation becomes part of the reservation on request of the tribe.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-07-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2024-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in House
ALIGN Act

Bill: 118-hr-2406
Sponsor: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Accelerate Long-term Investment Growth Now Act or the ALIGN Act

 
This bill makes permanent the expensing of certain new business equipment. 
Expensing
 allows the deduction of the full amount of an expense item in the same taxable year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in House