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National Agricultural Crisis Hotline Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5246
Sponsor: Rep. Caraveo, Yadira [D-CO-8]
Introduced: 2023-08-22 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Emergency communications systems
Employment and training programs
First responders and emergency personnel
Health care coverage and access
Mental health
Rural conditions and development
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: 

National Agricultural Crisis Hotline Act of 2023

This bill establishes a national agricultural crisis hotline. The bill also reauthorizes the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN) Program through FY2028. (The FRSAN Program funds projects that aim to maintain a network connecting individuals engaged in farming, ranching, and other agriculture-related occupations to stress assistance programs.)

Specifically, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) must establish, and maintain directly or by grant or contract, a national agricultural crisis hotline as part of the FRSAN. The crisis hotline must provide emotional support, information, suicide crisis intervention, mental health and substance use disorder, and agricultural support resources to farmers, farm managers, farm workers, and ranchers affected by mental health and substance use disorders and their families or household members.

Under the program, USDA or an entity receiving a grant or contract must (1) form partnerships between the crisis hotline and existing farm telephone helplines and websites; and (2) develop, and periodically update, a directory of organizations to which hotline staff can make referrals.

The bill also includes requirements for

the qualifications and training for the call responders and supervisors operating the hotline,

data collection by the hotline, and

conducting a public awareness campaign for the hotline. 

In addition, the bill expands the types of programs eligible for FRSAN grants to include mental health training for agriculture professionals (e.g., farm loan officers, extension agents, and state department of agriculture staff). 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House
Expedited Hiring for VA Trained Psychiatrists Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5247
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2023-08-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: 

Expedited Hiring for VA Trained Psychiatrists Act of 2023

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to appoint a psychiatrist who completes a residency at a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facility to a VHA health care position immediately after such residency, without regard to civil service or classification laws, if (1) the psychiatrist meets the qualifications established in regulations prescribed for the position, and (2) the position has been unfilled for at least 35 days.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-03-21
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2023-09-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House
Southeast Asian Deportation Relief Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5248
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2023-08-22 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: 

Southeast Asian Deportation Relief Act of 2023

This bill prohibits the detention or removal of certain nationals of Vietnam, Cambodia, or Laos.

Specifically, this protection from detention or removal shall apply to nationals of these countries who (1) entered the United States on or before January 1, 2008, (2) have continuously resided in the United States since entry, and (3) are subject to a final order of removal.

 Such individuals shall also receive employment authorization. 

The bill also directs the Department of Justice to grant motions to reconsider or reopen the case of any non-U.S. national who was ordered removed, deported, or excluded from the United States between April 24, 1996, and this bill's enactment and who otherwise satisfies the requirements for protection from detention or removal under this bill. For these individuals, the bill also waives certain requirements that typically apply to motions to reconsider or reopen, such as deadlines for filing such a motion. 

Further, the Department of Homeland Security must provide individuals covered by the bill with notice of the bill's provisions. The notice must include instructions for filing a motion to reconsider and reopen removal proceedings.

 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House
Coast Guard Academy Safe-to-Report Parity Act

Bill: 118-hr-5249
Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2023-08-22 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: 

Coast Guard Academy Safe-to-Report Parity Act

This bill extends a requirement for specified military departments to establish a safe-to-report policy to the Coast Guard Academy. Under the bill, the Coast Guard must establish a policy that addresses the handling of minor collateral misconduct involving a servicemember or cadet who is the alleged victim of sexual assault. The policy must specify aggravating circumstances that increase the gravity or impact of the minor collateral misconduct. The bill also requires the Coast Guard to track incidents subject to the safe-to-report policy. 

 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House
Flooding Prevention, Assessment, and Restoration Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5250
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2023-08-22 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Congressional oversight
Farmland
Floods and storm protection
Government studies and investigations
Water resources funding
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: 

Flooding Prevention, Assessment, and Restoration Act of 2023

This bill modifies Department of Agriculture (USDA) watershed programs.

The bill modifies the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program to allow USDA to undertake certain measures that go beyond addressing the immediate impairment of the watershed. Specifically, USDA may undertake measures that increase the level of protection of the watershed if USDA determines that the restoration is in the best interest of the long-term health and the protection of the watershed from repetitive impairments. (The EWP Program assists sponsors, landowners, and operators in implementing emergency recovery measures for runoff retardation and erosion prevention to relieve imminent hazards to life and property created by natural disasters.) 

In addition, for Watershed Rehabilitation Program (REHAB) projects that serve a limited resource area, the bill increases the federal cost-share to up to 90% of the total rehabilitation costs. Currently, the federal cost-share for all projects is 65% of the total rehabilitation costs. (REHAB assists project sponsors in rehabilitating aging watershed dams that are reaching the end of their design life or no longer meet federal or state safety criteria or performance standards.)

USDA must also submit a national agriculture flood vulnerability report to Congress that contains the results of a conservation effects assessment project that studies flood risk on agricultural lands. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for investment advisory expenses of certain funeral and cemetery trusts during suspension of miscellaneous itemized deductions, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-5251
Sponsor: Rep. Ferguson, A. Drew, IV [R-GA-3]
Introduced: 2023-08-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: 
This bill allows a tax deduction for the investment advisory expenses of certain funeral trusts and cemetery perpetual care funds during the period in which the allowance of miscellaneous itemized deductions is suspended (i.e., 2018 through 2025).
 
The bill also revises provisions relating to distributions by cemetery perpetual funds for the care and maintenance of gravesites. The aggregate amount of such distributions may not exceed $25 (adjusted for inflation) multiplied by the aggregate number of such gravesites.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House
EQIP Improvement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5252
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2023-08-22 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Congressional oversight
Land use and conservation
Water quality
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: 

EQIP Improvement Act of 2023

 
This bill amends the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to reduce and remove certain payment requirements. (EQIP provides technical and financial assistance to agricultural producers and forest landowners to address natural resource concerns.)
 
Specifically, the bill 
 
 
reduces the maximum payments available to a person or legal entity under EQIP to $150,000 per five-year period (from the current level of $450,000), thereby allowing for an increase in the overall number of participants in the program;
 
reduces federal cost sharing to 40% (from 75%) for the costs associated with planning, installation, or maintenance for specified conservation practices (e.g., access roads, dams, and waste storage facilities); and 
 
removes a requirement that 50% of EQIP funding payments go to livestock production programs. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House
Creech Airmen Economic Security and Resilience Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5253
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3]
Introduced: 2023-08-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House
Housing for All Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5254
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2023-08-22 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Air quality
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child safety and welfare
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Commuting
Congressional oversight
Disability assistance
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Housing discrimination
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Infrastructure development
Interagency Council on Homelessness
Judicial procedure and administration
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Landlord and tenant
Libraries and archives
Low- and moderate-income housing
Mental health
Motor vehicles
Public housing
Racial and ethnic relations
Transportation programs funding
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
action_date: 2023-08-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2023-08-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2023-08-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2023-08-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House
Federal Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reduction Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5255
Sponsor: Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2023-08-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-15
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 42 - 0.
action_date: 2024-05-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2023-08-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5256
Sponsor: Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2023-08-22 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: 

Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 

2023

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide Medicare payment on a reasonable-cost basis for anesthesia services furnished by an anesthesiologist in a rural hospital. Specifically, the CMS shall provide payment for such services in the same manner as payment is provided under current law for services furnished in a rural hospital by a certified registered nurse anesthetist.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to enhance the long-term protection of watersheds, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-5257
Sponsor: Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3]
Introduced: 2023-08-22 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Emergency planning and evacuation
Farmland
Natural disasters
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: 
This bill amends the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program to allow the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide for certain restoration activities. The EWP Program offers technical and financial assistance, including the purchase of floodplain easements, to safeguard people and property from floods, drought, fires, windstorms, and other natural disasters that impair a watershed.

Under the bill, USDA may allow restoration above pre-disaster conditions if that restoration is in the best interest of the long-term health and protection of the watershed.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2023-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House
Protection and Advocacy for Criminal Legal Services Act

Bill: 118-hr-5258
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2]
Introduced: 2023-08-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House
PFAS Exposure Assessment and Documentation Act

Bill: 118-hr-5259
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-7]
Introduced: 2023-08-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: 

PFAS Exposure Assessment and Documentation Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to include in various health evaluations an assessment of whether a member of the Armed Forces has been exposed to perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS.
 
Specifically, the bill requires DOD to ensure that any periodic health assessment, physical assessment for recently separated members, pre-deployment medical examination, post-deployment medical examination, and post-deployment health reassessment provided to a member of the Armed Forces includes an evaluation of whether the member has been exposed to PFAS or was based or stationed at a military installation with a known or suspected release of PFAS during the period the member was there.
 
If any of the evaluations result in a positive determination of potential exposure to PFAS, DOD must provide blood testing during the evaluation to be included in the member's health record. 
 
DOD must pay for blood testing to determine and document potential exposure to PFAS for former members of the Armed Forces or family members of such members who lived at a location identified by DOD as having a known or suspected PFAS release during the time the individuals lived there.
 
DOD must share results of the evaluations with the Department of Veterans Affairs and establish a registry of members of the Armed Forces who have been exposed to, or suspected to have been exposed to, PFAS. Members may elect to be excluded from the registry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House
PFAS Free Military Purchasing Act

Bill: 118-hr-5260
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-7]
Introduced: 2023-08-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House
PFAS Training For DoD Providers and Servicemembers Act

Bill: 118-hr-5261
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-7]
Introduced: 2023-08-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: 

PFAS Training For DoD Providers and Servicemembers Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to provide its health care providers with mandatory training regarding the potential health effects of perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly known as PFAS. PFAS are man-made and may have adverse human health effects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House
DoD PFAS Cleanup Transparency Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5262
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-7]
Introduced: 2023-08-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Introduced in House