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MODERN WIC Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2424
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

More Options to Develop and Enhance Remote Nutrition in WIC Act of 2023 or the MODERN WIC Act of 2023

 
 This bill permanently allows individuals to remotely certify their eligibility for, and receive benefits through, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). 
 
Specifically, the bill allows an individual seeking a WIC certification, recertification, or a nutritional risk evaluation to do so by phone or through video teleconference, in addition to the in-person option. The bill also allows states to provide benefits on WIC electronic benefit transfer cards through mail or remote issuance instead of requiring participants to pick up or reload benefits in person at a WIC office. 
 
The bill also reauthorizes Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) WIC funding for infrastructure, management information systems, and special nutrition education through FY2029. Specified funds must be used to establish, develop, improve, replace, or administer technology platforms that allow for secure communication between health care providers and program clinics under the program.
 
Further, the Department of Agriculture must report to Congress about the use of remote technologies and other digital tools in the WIC program. 
 
Under current law, individuals are generally required to be physically present to certify their WIC eligibility and receive benefits, with exceptions. The FNS has temporarily waived these requirements and allowed remote certification and benefits using authorities that were originally provided by laws that were enacted to address the COVID-19 pandemic. 


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
Universal Full-Day Kindergarten Act

Bill: 118-hr-2425
Sponsor: Rep. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Universal Full-Day Kindergarten Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to make formula grants to states and, through them, allocations to local educational agencies to carry out full-day kindergarten programs. ED must also reserve funds for outlying areas and the Bureau of Indian Education.


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
Find and Protect Foster Youth Act

Bill: 118-hr-2426
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzales, Tony [R-TX-23]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Human trafficking
Missing persons
Sex offenses
Smuggling and trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Find and Protect Foster Youth Act

 
This bill requires the Children's Bureau of the Office of the Administration for Children & Families to provide states, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations with information, advice, educational materials, and technical assistance relating to eliminating obstacles to identifying and responding to reports of children missing from foster care and other vulnerable foster youth.
 
Specifically, the bureau must evaluate the protocols that states and tribes have developed to comply with the reporting requirements for locating children missing from foster care and identify the best practices for providing such children with effective interventions.
 
Additionally, the bureau must provide assistance for assessing and screening children who were missing and returned to foster care and children who are, or are at risk of, being victims of sex trafficking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-02-13
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 315.
action_date: 2024-02-13
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 118-385.
action_date: 2024-02-13
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 118-385.
action_date: 2023-11-30
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.
action_date: 2023-11-30
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
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
Hmong Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 118-hr-2427
Sponsor: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Hmong Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to the Hmong people in recognition of their highly distinguished service in the Vietnam War and the fight against communism.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
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: 2023-03-30
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: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in House
Minorities in Aviation Education Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2428
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Minorities in Aviation Education Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes grants for increasing the exposure and access of students to the aviation industry, with a particular focus on women and minorities.
 
 Specifically, the Department of Transportation (DOT) must establish the Bessie Coleman Aviation Education Program to award the grants to state and local governments or educational agencies for activities that increase exposure and access to aviation-related education and jobs, such as programs to increase the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minorities in aviation degree programs. DOT must prioritize grant applicants that propose to use the funds to encourage the participation of women, minorities, and individuals in rural and urban areas in the aviation industry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in House
Open Access Evapotranspiration Data Act

Bill: 118-hr-2429
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Farmland
Government information and archives
Internet, web applications, social media
Land use and conservation
Scientific communication
Spacecraft and satellites
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Open Access Evapotranspiration Data Act

 
This bill directs the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to establish an Open Access Evapotranspiration (OpenET) Data Program that supports the operational distribution of satellite-based evapotranspiration data generated under the program to sustain and enhance water resources. The bill defines 
evapotranspiration
 as the process by which water is transferred from the land to the atmosphere by (1) evaporation from soil and other surfaces, and (2) transpiration from plants.
 
Under the program, the USGS must provide for the delivery of evapotranspiration data to advance the quantification of evaporation and consumptive water use and to provide data users with estimates of evapotranspiration data across large landscapes over certain periods of time.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries.
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
Women’s Healthcare Anti-Death Penalty Construction Act

Bill: 118-hr-2430
Sponsor: Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Women&rsquo;s Healthcare Anti-Death Penalty Construction Act

 
This bill requires a federal court to construe the imposition of a death penalty sentence for an individual convicted of an offense under state law for receiving or providing a reproductive health service (e.g., an abortion) as cruel and unusual punishment and a miscarriage of justice. It also authorizes civil suits by affected individuals and a right to habeas corpus relief in federal district court.


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
Veterans Equal Access Act

Bill: 118-hr-2431
Sponsor: Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-21]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Veterans Equal Access Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to authorize VA health care providers to (1) provide veterans with recommendations and opinions regarding participation in their state's marijuana programs, and (2) complete forms reflecting such recommendations and opinions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in House
Migrant Processing and Protection Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2432
Sponsor: Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-5]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Migrant Processing and Protection Act of 2023

 
This bill expands the category of non-U.S. nationals (
aliens 
under federal law) who are subject to expedited removal (i.e., removal without further hearing or review) and addresses related issues.
 
Specifically, this bill requires expedited removal for individuals who are unlawfully present or who unlawfully entered the United States. (Currently, DHS may, but is not required to, apply expedited removal to unlawfully present individuals who have been physically present in the United States for less than two years.) 
 
This section also requires detention for individuals who (1) are subject to expedited removal, (2) are subject to expedited removal and have expressed an intention to apply for asylum, or (3) have established a credible fear of persecution and are awaiting consideration of an asylum application.
 
If DHS cannot comply with this detention requirement or remove an individual to a safe third country, DHS must return the individual to the neighboring country that the individual traveled through to reach the United States while the individual's case is pending. 


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
Fairness for Rural Teaching Hospitals Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2433
Sponsor: Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Fairness for Rural Teaching Hospitals Act of 2023

 
This bill modifies the payment methodology for the Medicare-Dependent Hospital program, which provides additional payments to certain small rural hospitals that have a high proportion of Medicare patients.
 
Specifically, the bill excludes indirect medical costs from initial payment calculations and instead requires an additional, separate payment for such costs.


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
Next Generation Fuels Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2434
Sponsor: Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Next Generation Fuels Act of 2023

 
This bill supports the use of biofuels (e.g., gasoline blended with ethanol) in vehicles, including by establishing a minimum octane standard for gasoline as well as making related biofuel requirements for vehicles, their fuels, and fuel infrastructure.


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
Gold Standard Restoration Act

Bill: 118-hr-2435
Sponsor: Rep. Mooney, Alexander X. [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Gold Standard Restoration Act

 
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to define the Federal Reserve note dollar in terms of a fixed weight of gold, based on that day's closing market price of gold. Federal Reserve Banks must exchange Federal Reserve notes with gold at this price and create processes to facilitate exchanges between banks and the public. If a Federal Reserve Bank does not do this, Treasury must make any exchange and place a corresponding lien on the assets of that bank.
 
In addition, Treasury and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve must report on U.S. gold holdings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in House
Visa Overstays Penalties Act

Bill: 118-hr-2436
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, Nathaniel [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Visa Overstays Penalties Act

 
This bill increases the civil penalties for unlawful entry into the United States and establishes criminal penalties for overstaying a visa.
 
A non-U.S. national (
alien 
under federal law) apprehended while unlawfully entering the United States shall be subject to a fine of at least $500 and up to $1,000 (currently at least $50 and up to $250).
 
If an individual overstays a visa (or otherwise fails to comply with the conditions of a visa) for 10 days or more, on first offense the individual shall be subject to fines or imprisonment for up to six months, or both. For subsequent violations, the individual shall be subject to fines or imprisonment of up to two years, or both. 


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
Town of North Topsail Beach Coastal Barrier Resources System Map Amendment

Bill: 118-hr-2437
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
North Carolina
Seashores and lakeshores

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 
This bill modifies certain boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Unit located in North Topsail Beach, North Carolina.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-10-25
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 608.
action_date: 2024-10-25
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-720.
action_date: 2024-10-25
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-720.
action_date: 2023-11-15
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 15.
action_date: 2023-11-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-11-15
text: Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Discharged
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2023-05-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries.
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
C.A.R.E. for Mental Health Professionals Act

Bill: 118-hr-2438
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Compacts, Access, and Responsible Expansion for Mental Health Professionals Act or the C.A.R.E. for Mental Health Professionals Act

 
This bill establishes a grant program to promote interstate licensure compacts for mental health professionals. These are licensure agreements enacted by two or more states to mutually recognize the licenses of counselors, psychiatrists, psychologists, or pediatric mental health professionals.
 
The Health Resources and Services Administration must award grants to interstate compact commissions or professional licensing boards. Recipients may use grants for projects to (1) incentivize mental health professionals to practice in states with interstate licensure compacts, and (2) develop or maintain interstate compact commissions.


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
Ally’s Act

Bill: 118-hr-2439
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Ally's Act
 

 This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover certain hearing devices and systems (e.g., bone-anchored auditory implants) and related items and services. The financial requirements and treatment limitations applicable to such coverage may be no more restrictive than the requirements and limitations for other medical and surgical benefits covered under the plan. Further, a plan may not deny or limit coverage based on the plan's review of the medical necessity of such items or services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in House
Covenant School Heroes Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 118-hr-2440
Sponsor: Rep. Ogles, Andrew [R-TN-5]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Elementary and secondary education
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement officers
Tennessee
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Covenant School Heroes Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill provides for the award of Congressional Gold Medals to Officer Michael Collazo and Officer Rex Englebert of the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department in recognition of their exceptional bravery and valor in confronting an active shooter at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in House
Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2441
Sponsor: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2023-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: 

Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2023

 
This bill modifies and implements policies and procedures related to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care and benefits for veterans who have experienced military sexual trauma (MST), which is generally defined as physical assault of a sexual nature, battery of a sexual nature, or sexual harassment that occurred while the veteran was serving in the military.
 
In the case of any veteran who claims that a covered mental health condition (e.g., post-traumatic stress disorder) based on MST was incurred or aggravated by active service, the VA must consider (1) a diagnosis of the condition by a mental health professional, (2) a medically proven link between current symptoms and MST, and (3) credible supporting evidence that MST occurred. 
 
The VA may not deny a veteran's claim of compensation for a covered mental health condition based on MST without first (1) advising the veteran that nonmilitary evidence and behavioral evidence may constitute credible corroborating evidence, and (2) allowing the veteran an opportunity to furnish the corroborating evidence or advise the VA of potential sources of such evidence.
 
The Veterans Benefits Administration must conduct an annual special focus review on the accuracy of the processing of claims for disability compensation for disabilities relating to MST.
 
Additionally, the bill (1) expands access to mental health care at VA facilities for survivors of MST, and (2) requires the Government Accountability Office to report on access to such care for MST survivors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2023-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Introduced in House