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To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 600 East First Street in Rome, Georgia, as the "Harold L. Murphy Federal Building and United States Courthouse".

Bill: 118-hr-532
Sponsor: Rep. Greene, Marjorie Taylor [R-GA-14]
Introduced: 2023-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Federal district courts
Georgia
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Judges
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: 
This bill designates the federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 600 East First Street in Rome, Georgia, as the Harold L. Murphy Federal Building and United States Courthouse.

action_date: 2023-09-18
text: 
This bill designates the federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 600 East First Street in Rome, Georgia, as the Harold L. Murphy Federal Building and United States Courthouse.

action_date: 2024-03-11
text: 
This bill designates the federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 600 East First Street in Rome, Georgia, as the Harold L. Murphy Federal Building and United States Courthouse.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-03-12
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2024-03-11
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2024-03-11
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1070-1071)
action_date: 2024-03-11
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1070-1071)
action_date: 2024-03-11
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 532.
action_date: 2024-03-11
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1070-1071)
action_date: 2024-03-11
text: Mr. Molinaro moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2023-09-18
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 35.
action_date: 2023-09-18
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 118-200.
action_date: 2023-09-18
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 118-200.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Crimea Annexation Non-Recognition Act

Bill: 118-hr-534
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2023-01-26 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: 

Crimea Annexation Non-Recognition Ac
t 
 
This bill prohibits any federal agency from taking any action or extending any assistance that recognizes or implies recognition of Russia's sovereignty over Crimea, its airspace, or its territorial waters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Defending Ukraine’s Territorial Integrity Act

Bill: 118-hr-535
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2023-01-26 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: 

Defending Ukraine's Territorial Integrity Act

 
This bill bars using federal funds to assist any government that the Department of State determines has (1) recognized the independence of or established diplomatic relations with any region in Ukraine occupied by Russia or Russian-backed separatists, or (2) taken affirmative steps to support Russia's annexation of any Ukrainian territory.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House
FAIR Act

Bill: 118-hr-536
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2023-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: 

Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act or the FAIR Act

 
This bill modifies pay rates for federal employees in 2024. Specifically, the bill increases rates under the statutory pay systems and for prevailing rate employees by 4.7% and increases locality pay by 4%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Forgotten Heroes of the Holocaust Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 118-hr-537
Sponsor: Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27]
Introduced: 2023-01-26 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Europe
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
World history

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: 

Forgotten Heroes of the Holocaust Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to 60 diplomats posthumously in recognition of their brave and vital service of saving Jews during World War II.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-06-12
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2024-06-11
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2024-06-11
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3695-3696)
action_date: 2024-06-11
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3695-3696)
action_date: 2024-06-11
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 537.
action_date: 2024-06-11
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3695-3697)
action_date: 2024-06-11
text: Mr. Flood moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act

Bill: 118-hr-538
Sponsor: Rep. Curtis, John R. [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2023-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computers and information technology
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Internet, web applications, social media
Photography and imaging
Right of privacy
Sound recording

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: 

Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act

 
This bill requires manufacturers of internet-connected devices (e.g., smart appliances) that are equipped with a camera or microphone to disclose to consumers that a camera or microphone is part of the device.
 
The bill does not apply to mobile phones, laptops, or other devices that a consumer would reasonably expect to include a camera or microphone.

action_date: 2023-02-27
text: 

Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act

 
This bill requires manufacturers of internet-connected devices (e.g., smart appliances) that are equipped with a camera or microphone to disclose to consumers that a camera or microphone is part of the device.
 
The bill does not apply to mobile phones, laptops, or other devices that a consumer would reasonably expect to include a camera or microphone.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-28
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 406 - 12 (Roll no. 121). (text: CR H891)
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 406 - 12 (Roll no. 121). (text: CR H891)
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H897)
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 538.
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H891-892)
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Mr. Bilirakis moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2023-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Military Child Educational Freedom Act

Bill: 118-hr-539
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2023-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: 

Military Child Educational Freedom Act 

 
This bill modifies the requirements for tax-exempt Coverdell education savings accounts to permit members of the Armed Forces serving on extended active duty or their spouses to use the accounts for certain education expenses incurred in connection with a home school that provides elementary or secondary education. The home school must be treated under state law as a home school or a private school.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House
BALE Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-541
Sponsor: Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]
Introduced: 2023-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: 

Beginning Agriculturalist Lifetime Employment Act of 2023 or the BALE Act of 20

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 This bill revises the limits for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) conservation loan guarantee program. 
 
The bill replaces the existing 80% limit on the portion of a loan that USDA may guarantee with limits that range from 80%-90%, depending on the principal amount of the loan.
 
For socially disadvantaged or beginning farmers or ranchers, the bill replaces the existing 90% limit with limits that range from 85%-95%, depending on the principal amount of the loan. 
 
The bill also (1) prohibits USDA from guaranteeing a loan under the program that exceeds $4 million, and (2) requires USDA to adjust the limits annually for inflation. 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House
VA CPE Modernization Act

Bill: 118-hr-543
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2023-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: 

Department of Veterans Affairs Continuing Professional Education Modernization Act or the VA CPE Modernization Act

 
This bill modifies the program under which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reimburses certain full-time health care professionals for continuing professional education expenses.
 
Under current law, only board-certified physicians and dentists are eligible for such reimbursement. The bill expands the program to require reimbursement for various specified full-time health care professionals (e.g., registered nurses) and increases the amount available for a physician or dentist. Additionally, the bill removes the requirement that an individual be board-certified to receive reimbursement.
 
The VA may adjust the amount of the reimbursement, so long as the adjustment does not result in a reimbursement of less than $2,000 per year for each specified position.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Infertility Treatment Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-544
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2023-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: 

Veterans Infertility Treatment Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to furnish infertility treatments, standard fertility preservation services, or both to a covered veteran or partner of a covered veteran. A covered veteran is a veteran who is enrolled in the VA health care system and has infertility or is at risk of having infertility, as determined by a licensed physician.
 
The VA may furnish up to three completed in vitro fertilization cycles that result in live birth, or 10 attempted cycles, whichever occurs first. Additionally, the VA may furnish in vitro fertilization treatment using donated gametes or embryos.
 
The VA must receive consent to furnish an in vitro fertilization cycle from the covered veteran, the partner of a covered veteran, and the third-party donor (if applicable).
 
For purposes of paying travel expenses for treatment or services to the partner of a covered veteran, the VA must deem the partner to be a veteran receiving treatment or care.
 
The VA must prescribe regulations related to the provision of infertility treatments and standard fertility preservation services as required by this bill.
 
Prior to the enactment of such regulations, the VA must ensure that (1) counseling and treatment furnished under existing authority is available to a veteran and the veteran's partner, regardless of whether they are married; and (2) treatment under existing authority may be furnished using donated gametes or embryos.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Defending Domestic Produce Protection Act

Bill: 118-hr-545
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2023-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agricultural trade
Canada
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Government studies and investigations
Latin America
Mexico
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: 

Defending Domestic Produce Protection Act

 
This bill establishes a process by which a core seasonal industry may petition for countervailing and antidumping duties.
 

A core seasonal industry
 means the producers (1) of a domestic like product that is a raw agricultural product, (2) whose collective output constitutes a majority of the total production in any state or group of states that accounts for a major portion of the total production during a discrete season or cyclical period of time, and (3) that make substantially all of their sales during that season or time period.
 
The bill also provides that this process shall apply with respect to goods from Canada and Mexico.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Strengthen the Pediatric Research Initiative Act

Bill: 118-hr-546
Sponsor: Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
Introduced: 2023-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: 

Strengthen the Pediatric Research Initiative Act 

 
This bill terminates (1) the taxpayer election to designate $3 of income tax liability for financing of presidential election campaigns, (2) the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, and (3) the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account.
 
The Department of the Treasury must transfer the funds remaining in the Presidential Election Campaign Fund to the Pediatric Research Initiative Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2023-01-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2023-01-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Better Care Better Jobs Act

Bill: 118-hr-547
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
Introduced: 2023-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Intergovernmental relations
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Marriage and family status
Medicaid
Performance measurement
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: 

Better Care Better Jobs Act

 
This bill establishes programs and provides funds for state Medicaid programs to improve home- and community-based services (HCBS), such as home health care, personal care, case management, and rehabilitative services.
 
Specifically, the bill provides funds for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to award planning grants, develop quality measures, and provide technical assistance to states regarding specified HCBS improvements, particularly with respect to access, utilization, and the associated workforce. The bill also increases the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) for HCBS in states that develop plans and meet specified benchmarks for improvements.
 
The bill also makes permanent (1) the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program (a grant program to help states increase the use of HCBS for long-term care and decrease the use of institutional care), and (2) certain provisions regarding Medicaid eligibility that protect against spousal impoverishment for recipients of HCBS.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House
Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act

Bill: 118-hr-549
Sponsor: Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2023-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Cancer
Disability assistance
Health care coverage and access
Medicare
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: 

Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act

 
This bill expedites payment of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits and eligibility for Medicare coverage for those with metastatic breast cancer (i.e., breast cancer that has spread to other sites in the body).
 
Specifically, the bill eliminates the 5-month waiting period for SSDI benefits and the subsequent 24-month waiting period for Medicare coverage for individuals with metastatic breast cancer. Under current law, individuals generally must wait 5 months after the onset of disability to begin receiving SSDI benefits and an additional 24 months to become eligible for Medicare.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House
FIRE Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-550
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Mike [R-CA-27]
Introduced: 2023-01-26 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: 

Fire Information and Reaction Enhancement Act of 2023 or the FIRE Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes certain programs to improve wildfire forecasting and detection within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including the development of weather research testbeds. (Testbeds are collaborative spaces where researchers and forecasters work alongside each other to integrate new systems into models, test and streamline data assimilation methods, and otherwise improve weather products and services for the benefit of the public.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House
No Taxpayer Funding for the Chinese Communist Party Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-551
Sponsor: Rep. Good, Bob [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2023-01-26 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: 

No Taxpayer Funding for the Chinese Communist Party Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Justice to report to Congress on the extent to which China has benefited from U.S. taxpayer-funded research. The report shall also contain information including (1) a list of U.S. government-funded entities that have hired Chinese nationals; and (2) a list of U.S. government programs in the science, technology, engineering, and math fields that have cooperated or affiliated with research institutions in China or Chinese Communist Party entities.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2023-01-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Introduced in House