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To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to publish criteria for the review of requests by certain meat or poultry establishments to operate at alternate inspection rates, to review and respond to such requests, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-5106
Sponsor: Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Meat

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to publish food safety criteria, and review requests, for meat and poultry establishments to operate at alternate inspection rates. (Under the bill, 
alternate inspection rates
 are any rates in excess of the maximum rates permissible under regulations implementing the post-mortem inspection requirements of the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act.)

The bill requires USDA to approve or deny a request to operate at alternate inspection rates within 90 days of submission. If USDA fails to respond within 90 days, the establishment’s request shall be deemed approved by USDA.

Once USDA approves a request, an establishment may continue to operate pursuant to the terms of the request (i.e., the approval does not expire).

The bill establishes written notice requirements and a timeline for USDA to revoke an establishment's authority to operate at alternate inspection rates. As part of the revocation timeline, USDA must consult with the establishment to minimize the negative impacts of adjusting the inspection rates.

Further, USDA must authorize establishments currently operating under alternate inspection rates (e.g., under a USDA pilot program) to continue operating at such rates (1) so long as the establishment maintains effective process control, or (2) until USDA approves or denies a submitted request to operate at alternate inspection rates.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Recoupment Act

Bill: 118-hr-5107
Sponsor: Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: 

Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Recoupment Act

 
This bill extends the time period when a state must recover improperly paid pandemic unemployment insurance (UI) benefits and bring related criminal charges or enforcement actions to 10 years.
 
The bill also adds certain recovery requirements to two pandemic UI programs&#8212;Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and Lost Wages Assistance (LWA)&#8212;that match the requirements of other pandemic UI programs. Specifically, the state must (1) repay itself by deducting the PUA or LWA funds from any UI benefits a recipient may later qualify to receive; and (2) ensure the recipient is provided with notice, a hearing, and a final determination. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
To abolish the United States Agency for International Development, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-5108
Sponsor: Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
DITCH Act

Bill: 118-hr-5109
Sponsor: Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: 
 
Dump Investments in Troublesome Communist Holdings Act or the DITCH Act 

 
This bill denies an organization a tax exemption if it holds any interest in a disqualified Chinese company or fails to timely transmit required annual reports. A 
disqualified Chinese company
 is any corporation incorporated in China, or that invests more than 10% of its stock in certain Chinese entities, including entities controlled by the Chinese Communist Party. 
 
The Department of the Treasury may grant organizations a waiver of the denial of the tax exemption under specified circumstances. 
 
Organizations that hold any interest in a disqualified Chinese company must file annual reports describing each interest held in the company, the period during which such interest was held, and whether the organization has been granted a waiver.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Prioritizing Evidence for Workforce Development Act

Bill: 118-hr-5111
Sponsor: Rep. Houchin, Erin [R-IN-9]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: 

Prioritizing Evidence for Workforce Development Act

 
This bill requires state workforce development plans to describe how the state will prioritize funding evidence-based programs that demonstrate positive outcomes for their target populations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Civilian Harm Review and Reassessment Act

Bill: 118-hr-5112
Sponsor: Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: 

Civilian Harm Review and Reassessment Act

This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to establish procedures under which it must review and reinvestigate allegations of civilian harm that resulted from military operations involving the U.S. Armed Forces between 2011 and 2023 and that DOD finds were likely incorrectly dismissed due to investigation errors or incomplete information.

In establishing the review procedures, DOD must consult with nongovernmental organizations that focus on civilian harm and human rights.

Additionally, DOD must report on any identified errors, steps taken to respond to such errors, and recommended steps to prevent similar errors in the future.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Giving Reservists A Valiant Eternity Act

Bill: 118-hr-5114
Sponsor: Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
INSPECT Act

Bill: 118-hr-5115
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Nuclear power
Pollution liability
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: 

Increasing Nuclear Safety Protocols for Extended Canister Transfers Act or the INSPECT Act

 
This bill requires the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to assign a resident inspector to each commercial nuclear power plant that has permanently ceased operation. The inspector must (1) conduct inspections of decommissioning activities and spent nuclear fuel transfer activities, and (2) remain at the plant until all fuel is transferred from its spent fuel pools to dry storage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Behavioral Health Information Technology Coordination Act

Bill: 118-hr-5116
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: 

Behavioral Health Information Technology Coordination Act

This bill establishes a grant program to support behavioral health integration for individuals with mental health and substance use disorders.

Specifically, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology must award grants to behavioral health care providers, including physicians, psychologists, and social workers, to support integration and coordination of services for individuals with mental health and substance use disorders. Authorized activities include purchasing or upgrading technology to meet specified federal certification standards for health information technology and to support integrated services with respect to screenings, treatment, and recovery.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Securing American Classrooms Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5117
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-2]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
National Capital Planning Commission District of Columbia Home Rule Act

Bill: 118-hr-5118
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E750)
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Prohibit Pentagon Profiteering Act

Bill: 118-hr-5120
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Servicemembers Act

Bill: 118-hr-5121
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Mitigation through Military Service Act

Bill: 118-hr-5122
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: 

Disaster Mitigation through Military Service Act

This bill authorizes the Department of Defense to conduct, in conjunction with military operations, humanitarian and civic assistance activities that include the hardening of existing infrastructure in support of disaster mitigation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Credit Monitoring Integrity Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5123
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: 

Credit Monitoring Integrity Act of 2023

This bill allows civil liability provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act to apply to specified credit monitoring violations. Specifically, if a consumer reporting agency fails to provide free credit monitoring for active-duty military consumers, a civil liability action may be brought against them. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Restrict Conflicted Lobbying Act

Bill: 118-hr-5124
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: 

Restrict Conflicted Lobbying Act

This bill increases the length of the post-employment ban on lobbying (commonly known as the cooling-off period) that applies to former senior-level executive branch officials. 

Current law prohibits these employees from representing a client (i.e., lobbying) before the former employing department or agency for one year following the separation from employment

. The bill extends this period to two years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
End Servicemember Forced Arbitration Act

Bill: 118-hr-5125
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Civil actions and liability
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Safe to Tell Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5126
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act

Bill: 118-hr-5127
Sponsor: Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text:  

Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act

 
This bill requires the Department of State to report to Congress on the average waiting time to get a visitor visa interview at each diplomatic or consular post. For each post where the average waiting time is longer than 300 days, the State Department must temporarily reassign personnel at that post to shorten the waiting time.

 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5128
Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Home and outpatient care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: 

Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2023

This bill repeals certain payment adjustments for home health services under Medicare that are based on behavioral changes. It also requires the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to incorporate certain information into its evaluations of the financial performance and impact of home health agencies, including trends under Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, and other payers with respect to home health services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-08-01
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: 2023-08-01
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: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Passport Notification Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5129
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: 

Passport Notification Act of 2023

This bill requires the Bureau of Consular Affairs to notify U.S. citizens at least 180 days prior to the date on which their passport is scheduled to expire. The notification must include information on the process for renewal and identify locations where renewal applications may be submitted. The notification may be in electronic or paper form.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Finish It Act

Bill: 118-hr-5130
Sponsor: Rep. Strong, Dale W. [R-AL-5]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: 

Finish It Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to submit a plan (within 15 days after the bill is enacted) to utilize, transfer, or donate to states all existing excess border wall construction materials to construct a permanent physical barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border. If DOD delays in submitting or executing the plan, the travel budget of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy must be decreased by 1% for every two days of delay.
 
DOD must work with the Defense Logistics Agency to execute the plan until DOD is no longer incurring any costs to maintain, store, or protect the excess materials.
 
Any state requesting border wall construction materials must certify, in writing, that the materials will be used exclusively for the construction of a permanent physical barrier to stop illicit human and vehicle trafficking along the border. If a state does not use all such materials for the specified purpose within two years of receiving the materials, the state must pay the federal government an amount equal to the original purchase price of the materials.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Erie Canal Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 118-hr-5131
Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: 

Erie Canal Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act

This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue 50,000 $5 gold coins, 400,000 $1 silver coins, and 750,000 half-dollar clad coins in recognition of the bicentennial of the Erie Canal. The designs of the coins must be emblematic of the Erie Canal and its impact on the development of the United States and New York.

All sales of coins issued under this bill must include a surcharge to be paid to the Erie Canalway Heritage Fund, Inc., to support the historic preservation and community development of the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor in New York and for educational and commemorative programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
United Against Transnational Criminal Organizations Act

Bill: 118-hr-5132
Sponsor: Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Canada
Congressional oversight
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Human trafficking
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Latin America
Mexico
North America
Organized crime
Performance measurement
Smuggling and trafficking

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs, 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: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs, 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: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs, 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: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Chesapeake Bay Conservation Acceleration Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5133
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Chesapeake Bay
Delaware
Department of Agriculture
District of Columbia
Farmland
Lakes and rivers
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Maryland
New York State
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Water quality
Water use and supply
Watersheds
West Virginia

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House