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Postal Supervisors and Managers Fairness Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-594
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2023-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Labor-management relations
Postal service
U.S. Postal Service
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: 

Postal Supervisors and Managers Fairness Act of 2023

 
This bill modifies procedures for negotiating pay and benefits of supervisory and other managerial personnel of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).
 
At least 60 days before the expiration of a pay decision, the USPS must propose to the supervisors' organization any changes in pay policies, pay schedules, or fringe benefit programs for members of such organization.
 
Not later than 60 days after the USPS agrees to a collective bargaining agreement that affects the pay or benefits of supervisors or managers who are members of the supervisors' organization, the USPS shall provide a proposal regarding such matters to the organization.
 
The bill makes binding the decision of the fact-finding panel appointed by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service in the event of an impasse between the USPS and a supervisors' organization over proposed changes in pay and benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendment Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-595
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2023-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Labor-management relations
Merit Systems Protection Board
Postal service
U.S. Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: 

Postal Employee Appeal Rights 

Amendment Act of 2023

 
This bill extends federal employee protections against adverse personnel actions, including the right to appeal such actions to the Merit Systems Protection Board, to additional categories of employees at the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).
 
Specifically, it extends such protections to any officer or employee of the USPS who is not represented by a bargaining representative and is in a supervisory, professional, technical, clerical, administrative, or managerial position covered by the Executive and Administrative Schedule.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Anti-Border Corruption Improvement Act

Bill: 118-hr-596
Sponsor: Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2023-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: 

Anti-Border Corruption Improvement Act 

 
This bill revises the waiver authority of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for polygraph examinations of applicants for law enforcement positions in the CBP. 
 
Any individual who receives such waiver and holds a current background investigation may be subject to further background investigation.
 
The CBP may administer a polygraph examination to an applicant for employment or an employee who is eligible for a waiver if information is discovered prior to the completion of a background investigation that makes necessary a final determination regarding suitability for employment or continued employment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Earth Act to Stop Climate Pollution by 2030

Bill: 118-hr-598
Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2023-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: 

Earth Act to Stop Climate Pollution by 2030

 
This bill addresses climate change by establishing requirements concerning renewable energy, zero emission vehicles, regenerative agriculture, and tax incentives related to climate transition costs. Specifically, the bill requires that by 2030, 100% of 
 
 
electricity sold by certain retail electric suppliers must be from renewable energy resources (e.g., wind energy);
 
new motor vehicles (e.g., certain cars and trucks) sold by manufacturers must be zero emission vehicles;
 
land and livestock managed by certain publicly-traded corporations must be managed with regenerative agricultural practices.
 
 
The Department of Energy (DOE), the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) must create grants to pay up to 50% of the costs of meeting those requirements.
 
DOE must also issue regulations regarding the sourcing, recycling, and disposal of materials used to manufacture renewable energy sources (e.g., equipment that stores renewable energy). The goals of the regulations must be to (1) eliminate the use of rare earth metals in the manufacture of those sources, and (2) ensure the recycling of all such materials.
 
USDA must issue regulations that (1) require the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions resulting from certain land or livestock corporations, and (2) ensure the well-being of animals raised for human consumption or the production of dairy products.
 
The bill also provides tax incentives for electric suppliers, vehicle manufacturers, and such corporations to meet the requirements established by this bill by allowing them to double certain tax deductions for qualified capital climate transitions costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2023-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, 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: 2023-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, 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: 2023-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, 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: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House
To waive certain provisions in the case of an emergency declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.

Bill: 118-hr-600
Sponsor: Rescom. González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: 
This bill waives Buy American requirements (requirements for the use of goods mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States) in the case of an emergency declaration, with respect to purchases made or contracts issued by Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, or the U.S. Virgin Islands. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House
To modify certain requirements to encourage the recovery of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands.

Bill: 118-hr-601
Sponsor: Rescom. González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: 
This bill modifies certain requirements to assist Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in recovering from specified incidents relating to Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in providing assistance for critical services for the duration of the recovery for such incidents, to 
 
 
revise specified guidance definitions to provide explicitly that multicomponent systems or facilities be inspected, evaluated, and estimated as a single project rather than requiring every component of the system to be inspected, evaluated, and estimated; 
 
put into effect, at the request of a disaster assistance applicant, a procedure for evaluation and authorization of projects through professionally licensed engineers; and
 
 extend the deadline for the presentation of cost estimates and project worksheets until October 31, 2021.
 
 
The bill requires (currently, authorizes) FEMA to provide specified assistance for critical services for the duration of the recovery.
 
Public assistance program alternative procedures adopted by FEMA must ensure that work performed by providers, suppliers, and contractors to the federal, state, local, or tribal governments or nonprofit facilities is paid for and reimbursed in a timely manner.
 
A local government or nongovernmental organization, in meeting any federal cost-sharing requirement, may use funds from any disaster recovery program or source to meet federal cost-sharing requirements with respect to such incidents.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the VA MISSION Act of 2018 to expand the Veterans Healing Veterans Medical Access and Scholarship Program to include more students and schools.

Bill: 118-hr-602
Sponsor: Rescom. González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: 
This bill expands the Department of Veterans Affairs medical education pilot program, which currently provides funding for the medical education of two eligible veterans at each of the nine covered medical schools. The bill adds five schools to the list of covered medical schools, increasing the number of veterans covered from 18 to 28.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House
HEAL Act

Bill: 118-hr-603
Sponsor: Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2023-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: 

Holocaust Education and Antisemitism Lessons Act or the HEAL Act

 
This bill directs the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum to study and report on Holocaust education efforts in states, local educational agencies (LEAs), and public elementary and secondary schools. Among other elements, the study must (1) determine whether states and LEAs require Holocaust education as part of the curriculum taught in public elementary and secondary schools, (2) identify the standards and requirements relating to Holocaust education, and (3) identify the types of instructional material used to teach students about the Holocaust.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Make NEXUS Work Act

Bill: 118-hr-604
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2023-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Canada
Computers and information technology

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: 

Make NEXUS Work Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to make video conferencing available for NEXUS enrollments and renewals. (The NEXUS program provides expedited border processing for prescreened travelers entering the United States and Canada.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Special Drawing Rights Oversight Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-605
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2023-01-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: 

Special Drawing Rights Oversight Act of 2023 

 
This bill imposes additional restrictions on the U.S. government's authority to vote on Special Drawing Rights (SDR) allocations at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). 
 
(The SDR is an international reserve asset maintained by the IMF based on contributions from IMF member countries. SDRs may be exchanged between member countries and may also be exchanged for currencies.)
 
Under current law, U.S. representatives to the IMF may not vote for SDR allocations to the United States beyond an amount authorized by statute unless Congress authorizes such a vote. This bill further reduces the allocation amount that U.S. representatives to the IMF may vote for without congressional approval.
 
Furthermore, U.S. representatives to the IMF may not vote for SDR allocations to a country if the President finds that the country's government has (1) committed genocide in the last 10 years, or (2) repeatedly supported international terrorism.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House
No Track No Tax Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-606
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2023-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: 
 
No Track No Tax Act of 2023

 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to study, propose, establish, implement, or enforce any state, local, or federal mileage tax, including through the funding of a mileage tracking program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-27
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: 2023-01-27
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: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Booster Seat Safety Act

Bill: 118-hr-607
Sponsor: Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2023-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child safety and welfare
Consumer affairs
Department of Transportation
Motor vehicles
Performance measurement
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: 

Booster Seat Safety Act

 
This bill addresses labeling requirements and testing standards for booster seats used in motor vehicles.
 
Specifically, the bill requires labels on booster seats to include the minimum recommended age (4 years) and weight (40 pounds) for a child to use the seat. It also requires that a label on a car seat or combination car seat list the maximum weight and height limits of the seat, as well as a recommendation to continue using the seat until the child exceeds the listed limits.
 
Additionally, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) must either establish a minimum height recommendation for booster seats or a method for manufacturers to use to determine a minimum height recommendation. Once the minimum height or method is established, booster seat labels must also contain the minimum height recommendation.
 
The NHTSA must also establish a standard for side-impact crash tests for booster seats and provide guidelines for creating a testing dummy that approximates a six-year old child for such crash tests.
 
Further, the NHTSA must study systems for tethering child restraint systems in vehicles and make recommendations about using or modifying tether systems to maximize child safety.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House
To terminate the Electronic Health Record Modernization Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Bill: 118-hr-608
Sponsor: Rep. Rosendale Sr., Matthew M. [R-MT-2]
Introduced: 2023-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Digital media
Health information and medical records
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: 
This bill terminates the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Electronic Health Record Modernization Program (program) and requires the VA to abolish the Electronic Health Record Modernization Integration Office. The VA must transfer any activities or functions of the office that are not terminated to the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) or VA Office of Information and Technology. Additionally, the VA must revert VHA facilities to the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture and the Computerized Patient Record System of the VA.
 
Further, the VA must stop the implementation of an electronic health record system under the program at any VHA facility where the system is not in use as of the date of enactment.
 
The VA is prohibited from exercising any option periods or optional tasks under any contract under the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Education, Achievement, and Opportunity Act

Bill: 118-hr-609
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2023-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: 
 
Education, Achievement, and Opportunity Act 

 
This bill allows a new refundable tax credit for the qualified education expenses of a taxpayer's child, up to $10,000 for each child. These expenses include tuition and fees for attendance at a public or private elementary or secondary school, and up to $1,500 of expenses for computers and educational software, tutoring, special needs services, transportation services, and academic testing services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Marijuana 1-to-3 Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-610
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2023-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Justice
Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: 

Marijuana 1-to-3 Act of 2023 

 
This bill moves marijuana to a lower schedule of the Controlled Substances Act. 
 
Specifically, it directs the Drug Enforcement Administration to transfer marijuana from schedule I to schedule III. A schedule I controlled substance is a drug, substance, or chemical that has a high potential for abuse; that has no currently accepted medical use; and that is subject to regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties under the Controlled Substances Act. A schedule III controlled substance is a drug, substance, or chemical that has less potential for abuse than a schedule I or II substance; that has a currently accepted medical use; and that has low or moderate risk of dependence if abused.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2023-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Colonel Young Oak Kim Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 118-hr-611
Sponsor: Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]
Introduced: 2023-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: 

Colonel Young Oak Kim Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Colonel Young Oak Kim in recognition of his achievements and contributions to heroism, leadership, and humanitarianism. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-27
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: 2023-01-27
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: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Balkans Security Cooperation Act

Bill: 118-hr-612
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2023-01-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: 

Balkans Security Cooperation Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to report on security cooperation between Western Balkan countries and the United States, Russia, China, and NATO. 
 
For the purposes of this bill, the Western Balkan countries are Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia. 
 
The report must include (1) an assessment of how Western Balkan security cooperation with Russia and China affect the security interests of the United States and NATO; and (2) an assessment of the Russian Humanitarian Center in Nis, Serbia, and any influence or coordination it may have with Russian intelligence agencies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-27
text: Introduced in House