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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to set limits on Federal campaign contributions and spending, prohibit corporate spending in the political process, require Congress to develop a system of public campaign financing for all Federal candidates who qualify for the ballot, and allow the States to set reasonable limits on campaign contributions and spending in State and local elections, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hjres-78
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment regarding federal campaign contributions and spending.
 
Specifically, the amendment
 
 
declares that the right of U.S. citizens to vote in elections in which campaign contributions and spending are subject to enforceable limits (as set forth in the amendment) shall not be abridged, 
 
sets forth limits on federal campaign contributions and spending, and 
 
prohibits corporations (or other entities created by law) from contributing or spending money for the purpose of influencing federal elections. 
 
 
Not later than 60 days after ratification of the amendment, Congress shall enact legislation to
 
 
limit the amounts that candidates, their campaigns for federal office, and political parties may spend on such candidacies;
 
provide public funding for all federal candidates who qualify for the ballot; 
 
require disposition to the Treasury of any unspent campaign funds after each election, without compensation; and
 
enforce, with civil and criminal penalties, the limits and prohibitions of the amendment. 
 
 
States shall have the power to implement and enforce reasonable regulations on the raising and spending of money by candidates and others to influence state or local elections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on May 11, 2004.

Bill: 118-hjres-79
Sponsor: Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2023-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Middle East
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Syria
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-06
text: 
This joint resolution terminates the national emergency declared by President George W. Bush on May 11, 2004, which blocked the property of certain persons and export of certain goods to Syria in response to Syria supporting terrorist activity in Iraq, among other activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: On passage Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 394 (Roll no. 337). (text: CR H3668)
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Failed of passage/not agreed to in House On passage Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 394 (Roll no. 337). (text: CR H3668)
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3684)
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H. J. Res. 79, the Chair put the question on passage and by voice vote, announced the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Wilson (SC) demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: The previous question was ordered pursuant to a previous order of the House.
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the previous order of the House of July 17, 2023, the House proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on H. J. Res. 79.
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Considered pursuant to a previous order. (consideration: CR H3668-3670)
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Consideration initiated pursuant to a previous order.
action_date: 2023-07-17
text: ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. Steil asked unanimous consent that it be in order at any time through July 20, 2023, to consider in the House, H. J. Res. 79 if called up by the chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs or his designee; that the joint resolution be considered as read; that the previous question be considered as ordered on the joint resolution to final passage without intervening motion except 30 minutes of debate equally divided among and controlled by Mr. McCaul, Mr. Meeks, and Mr. Gaetz or their respective designees; and that the provisions of section 202 of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622) shall not apply to the joint resolution through July 20, 2023. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2023-07-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-06
text: Introduced in House
Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Bill: 118-hjres-80
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, Nathaniel [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2023-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-06
text: 
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment that requires federal expenditures and receipts to be balanced, which may occur over more than one year. 
 
Under the amendment, expenditures include all federal expenditures except those for payment of debt. Receipts do not include receipts derived from borrowing. 
 
The amendment requires Congress to achieve balance within 10 years of the ratification of the amendment.
 
In an emergency situation, two-thirds of the House of Representatives and the Senate may authorize additional expenditures that are not otherwise permitted by the amendment. The additional expenditures must be for a limited time, and debts incurred from the expenditures must be paid as soon as practicable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3601)
action_date: 2023-07-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-06
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court be composed of not more than nine justices.

Bill: 118-hjres-81
Sponsor: Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2023-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Law

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: 
This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution requiring the Supreme Court to be composed of not more than nine Justices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress that the article of amendment commonly known as the "Equal Rights Amendment" has been validly ratified and is enforceable as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and the Archivist of the United States must certify and publish the Equal Rights Amendment as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment without delay.

Bill: 118-hjres-82
Sponsor: Rep. Bush, Cori [D-MO-1]
Introduced: 2023-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-14
text: 
This joint resolution expresses the sense of Congress that the Equal Rights Amendment, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, was ratified by more than three-fourths of the states and is therefore a valid constitutional amendment, effective January 27, 2020 (the date of Virginia's ratification). 
 
The Equal Rights Amendment was originally proposed to the states in 1972. The original proposal included a deadline for ratification of March 22, 1979; Congress subsequently extended the deadline to June 30, 1982. Although the requisite 38 states have ratified the amendment, three of these states did so after the deadlines, and five states subsequently rescinded their ratifications. The status of the amendment has been the subject of litigation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Executive Officer for Immigration Review relating to "Circumvention of Lawful Pathways".

Bill: 118-hjres-83
Sponsor: Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: 
This joint resolution nullifies the final rule issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Executive Office for Immigration Review titled
 Circumvention of Lawful Pathways 
 and published on May 16, 2023. 

The final rule established a rebuttable presumption that a non-U.S. national (
alien 
under federal law) entering the United States from Mexico without valid entry documents is ineligible for asylum if that individual had traveled through another country to reach the United States but did not apply for asylum or similar protection in that other country.

 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Original Slavery Remembrance Day Resolution

Bill: 118-hjres-84
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2023-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: 

Original Slavery Remembrance Day Resolution

 
This joint resolution designates a Slavery Remembrance Day annually and condemns slavery and its progenies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Small Business Lending Under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B)".

Bill: 118-hjres-85
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25]
Introduced: 2023-08-25 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional-executive branch relations
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Credit and credit markets
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2023-08-25
text: 
This joint resolution nullifies the final rule issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau titled 
Small Business Lending under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B)
 and published on May 31, 2023. The rule requires financial institutions to collect and report to the bureau credit application data for small businesses. On July 31, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas ordered the bureau not to implement or enforce the rule until a related pending case is resolved.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-08-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-08-25
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of years during which an individual may serve as a Member of Congress.

Bill: 118-hjres-86
Sponsor: Rep. James, John [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2023-09-05 in the House
Policy area: Congress

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to establish an upper limit on the age of eligibility for service as President, Vice President, or Member of Congress.

Bill: 118-hjres-87
Sponsor: Rep. James, John [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2023-09-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-05
text:  

This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution to prohibit the election as President, Vice President, Senator, or Representative in Congress of a person who, during their term, will be 75 years of age or older.

 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: Introduced in House
Requiring the advice and consent of the Senate or an Act of Congress to suspend, terminate, or withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty and authorizing related litigation, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hjres-89
Sponsor: Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4]
Introduced: 2023-09-14 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2023-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Bill: 118-hjres-90
Sponsor: Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2023-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-18
text: 
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total federal expenditures for a year from exceeding the average annual federal revenue collected in the three prior years, adjusted for changes in population and inflation. Expenditures for payment of debt and revenues derived from borrowing are excluded. 
 
Congress may authorize specific expenditures in excess of the limit for up to one year by declaring an emergency with a roll call vote of three-fourths of each chamber. 
 
The requirements take effect in the first year beginning at least 90 days following ratification, except that expenditures are permitted to exceed the limit by specified amounts during each of the first nine years that the requirements are in effect. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to the "Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Consumer Water Heaters and Residential-Duty Commercial Water Heaters".

Bill: 118-hjres-91
Sponsor: Rep. Ogles, Andrew [R-TN-5]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Energy
Lighting, heating, cooling
Water use and supply

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in House
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Food and Nutrition Service relating to "Application of Bostock v. Clayton County to Program Discrimination Complaint Processing-Policy Update".

Bill: 118-hjres-92
Sponsor: Rep. Franklin, C. Scott [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2023-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Food assistance and relief
Poverty and welfare assistance
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-26
text: 
This joint resolution nullifies the policy update issued by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) on May 5, 2022, related to discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation. 
 
 The Government Accountability Office (GAO) deemed the policy update a rule on June 5, 2023, and therefore subject to the Congressional Review Act (CRA) requirement that a rule must be submitted to Congress and the GAO before it can take effect. The CRA also permits Congress to review and disapprove rules using specified procedures. 
 
In June 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court held in
 Bostock v. Clayton County
 that, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the prohibition on sex discrimination in employment includes discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. 
 
The FNS determined that the 
Bostock 
analysis also applies to certain FNS-enforced requirements under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 because the requirements are sufficiently similar to those in the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 
The FNS rule concludes that the prohibitions against sex discrimination in the FNS-enforced statutes prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation. The rule also directs state agencies and program operators to handle complaints alleging discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation as complaints of prohibited sex discrimination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
action_date: 2023-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-09-26
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit Members of Congress from receiving compensation for any period during which a Government shutdown is in effect.

Bill: 118-hjres-93
Sponsor: Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2023-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Congress

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States limiting pay for Members of Congress and requiring legislation to reduce the national debt.

Bill: 118-hjres-94
Sponsor: Rep. Santos, George [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2023-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Congress

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Declaring a state of war between certain cartels and the United States of America and making provision to prosecute the same.

Bill: 118-hjres-95
Sponsor: Rep. Greene, Marjorie Taylor [R-GA-14]
Introduced: 2023-10-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-10-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-10-11
text: Introduced in House
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Justice relating to "Office of the Attorney General; Home Confinement Under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act".

Bill: 118-hjres-97
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9]
Introduced: 2023-11-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Department of Justice
Detention of persons
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-11-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-11-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-11-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exempt the premium cigar industry from certain regulations.

Bill: 118-hjres-99
Sponsor: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2023-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-11-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to "Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure".

Bill: 118-hjres-100
Sponsor: Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2023-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight

Summary:
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: 
This joint resolution nullifies the final rule issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission titled 
Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure
 and published on August 4, 2023. The rule requires standardized disclosures from public companies regarding material cybersecurity incidents and standards and processes to manage cybersecurity risks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-11-01
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 614.
action_date: 2024-11-01
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 118-727.
action_date: 2024-11-01
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 118-727.
action_date: 2024-05-16
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 22.
action_date: 2024-05-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit Members of Congress from receiving compensation for any period during which a Government shutdown is in effect.

Bill: 118-hjres-101
Sponsor: Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3]
Introduced: 2023-11-13 in the House
Policy area: Congress

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-11-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-11-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-11-13
text: Introduced in House
Providing for congressional disapproval of the issuance of a license to export with respect to the proposed export of defense articles, including technical data, and defense services to the Government of Israel.

Bill: 118-hjres-102
Sponsor: Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2023-11-15 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-11-15
text: Introduced in House
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulation".

Bill: 118-hjres-103
Sponsor: Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11]
Introduced: 2023-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-11-15
text: Introduced in House