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Non-Recognition of Russian Annexation of Ukrainian Territory Act

Bill: 118-hr-294
Sponsor: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2023-01-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Europe
Russia
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Ukraine

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: 

Non-Recognition of Russian Annexation of Ukrainian Territory Act 

 
This bill prohibits any federal agency from taking any action or extending any assistance that recognizes or implies recognition of Russia's sovereignty over any internationally recognized territory of Ukraine, including its airspace and territorial waters. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to support or facilitate the participation of the Russian Federation in the Group of Seven, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-295
Sponsor: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2023-01-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Europe
International organizations and cooperation
Russia

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: 
This bill prohibits using federal funds to support or facilitate (1) Russia's participation in a Group of Seven (G-7) proceeding, or (2) a reconstituted Group of Eight (G-8) that includes Russia. (The G-7 is an informal group consisting of seven of the world's largest advanced economies. In 2014, the G-8 became the G-7 when Russia 's membership was suspended following Russia's annexation of the Crimea region of Ukraine.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Commercial Cabins for Cabinet Members Act

Bill: 118-hr-296
Sponsor: Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2023-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: 

Commercial Cabins for Cabinet Members Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Transportation from using charter air transportation until Congress enacts a law that authorizes appropriations to carry out activities of the Federal Aviation Administration for FY2024.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary concerned to reinstate a member involuntarily separated from the Armed Forces solely on the basis of the refusal of such member to receive a vaccination against COVID-19.

Bill: 118-hr-297
Sponsor: Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-21]
Introduced: 2023-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: 
This bill requires the military departments to reinstate individuals (upon their request) who were involuntarily separated from the Armed Forces solely based on their refusal to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. Such individuals must be reinstated in the grade they held prior to the separation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act

Bill: 118-hr-298
Sponsor: Rep. Mooney, Alexander X. [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2023-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Rural conditions and development
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: 

Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act

 
This bill requires the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation within the Securities and Exchange Commission to report on issues encountered by rural-area small businesses.

action_date: 2023-01-30
text: 

Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act

 
This bill requires the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation within the Securities and Exchange Commission to report on issues encountered by rural-area small businesses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H503)
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H503)
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 298.
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H502-504)
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Mr. McHenry moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Care Packages for Our Heroes Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-299
Sponsor: Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2023-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service
U.S. Postal Service
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: 

Care Packages for Our Heroes Act of 2023

 
This bill directs the U.S. Postal Service to establish rates of postage for packages shipped by priority mail from the United States to a foreign Army Post Office, Fleet Post Office, or Diplomatic Post Office address that limit the charge for distance traveled.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Unmasking the Origins of COVID–19 Act

Bill: 118-hr-301
Sponsor: Rep. Rose, John W. [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2023-01-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
China
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: 

Unmasking the Origins of COVID-19 Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of State to pay a reward for information leading to the identification of the origins of COVID-19 or other related information, such as the identification of individuals or entities involved in a cover-up of the origins of COVID-19.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Retired Pay Restoration Act

Bill: 118-hr-303
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2023-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: 

Retired Pay Restoration Act

 
This bill allows the receipt of both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation with respect to any service-connected disability. Under current law, only individuals with service-connected disabilities rated at 50% or more receive both without offset.
 
 Individuals who were retired or separated after at least 20 years of military service due to a service-connected disability shall be eligible for the full concurrent receipt of both veterans' disability compensation and either military retired pay or combat-related special pay.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2023-01-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2023-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Introduced in House
SERVE Our Communities Act

Bill: 118-hr-304
Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
Introduced: 2023-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Community life and organization
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Family services
Health care coverage and access
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Mental health
State and local courts
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: 

Stop Enabling Repeat Violence and Endangering Our Communities Act or the SERVE Our Communities Act

 
This bill authorizes the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to states and local governments for mentoring, transitional services, and training to help offenders successfully reintegrate back into the community after incarceration. To be eligible for a grant, a state or local government must take steps to prevent repeat offenses by violent offenders and allow a state court or magistrate to consider the danger an individual poses to the community when determining bail or pretrial release conditions. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Introduced in House
One School, One Nurse Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-305
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2023-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Department of Education
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employee hiring
Government information and archives
Nursing
Performance measurement
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: 

One School, One Nurse Act of 

2023

 
This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to award competitive grants to eligible entities for recruiting, hiring, and retaining school nurses. An eligible entity is a local educational agency (LEA) or a partnership between a state educational agency and a consortium of LEAs in the state.
 
Further, ED must specify in regulation the recommended nurse-to-student ratios for elementary and secondary schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Stopping Abusive Student Loan Collection Practices in Bankruptcy Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-306
Sponsor: Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2023-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: 

Stopping Abusive Student Loan Collection Practices in Bankruptcy Act of 2023 

 
This bill requires a bankruptcy court to grant a debtor attorney's fees and the costs of the proceeding if (1) the debtor's student loan debt is discharged on the basis of undue hardship, and (2) the court finds that the creditor's position was not substantially justified. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Public Housing Emergency Response Act

Bill: 118-hr-307
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2023-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government trust funds
Housing and community development funding
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: 

Public Housing Emergency Response Act

 
This bill authorizes additional assistance from the Public Housing Capital Fund to public housing agencies (PHAs) based upon capital needs as determined by the PHA's most recent physical needs assessment. The physical needs assessment identifies work that a PHA would need to undertake to bring its units up to certain energy conservation standards and other standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Rosa Parks Day Act

Bill: 118-hr-308
Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2023-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional tributes
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: 

Rosa Parks Day Act

 
This bill designates Rosa Parks Day as a federal holiday.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Opportunity To Address College Hunger Act

Bill: 118-hr-309
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2023-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Higher education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: 

Opportunity To Address College Hunger Act

 
This bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) that receive grants to operate work-study programs to notify a student receiving work-study assistance that the student may be eligible for participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The Department of Education must provide guidance to states and IHEs on how to identify and communicate with students who are potentially eligible for SNAP.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Dismantling Investments in Violation of Ethical Standards through Trusts Act

Bill: 118-hr-310
Sponsor: Rep. Cloud, Michael [R-TX-27]
Introduced: 2023-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Civil actions and liability
Family relationships
Federal officials
Financial services and investments
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Income tax deductions
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: 

Dismantling Investments in Violation of Ethical Standards through Trusts Act

 
This bill prohibits a senior federal employee, his or her spouse, or dependent children from holding, purchasing, or selling certain financial instruments during the employee's term of service.
 
Any profit made in violation of the prohibition must be disgorged to the Treasury and may subject the individual to a civil fine. The bill also requires the submission of an annual certification of compliance and requires the Government Accountability Office to conduct a compliance audit.
 
 A loss from a transaction or holding involving a covered financial instrument that is conducted in violation of this bill may not be deducted from the amount of income tax owed by the applicable senior federal employee, spouse, or dependent child.
 
A senior federal employee who holds or conducts a transaction involving a covered financial instrument in violation of this bill may be subject to a civil fine assessed by the supervising ethics office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Cost Estimates Improvement Act

Bill: 118-hr-311
Sponsor: Rep. Cloud, Michael [R-TX-27]
Introduced: 2023-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: 

Cost Estimates Improvement Act

 
This bill requires cost estimates prepared by the Congressional Budget Office or the Joint Committee on Taxation to include (1) the cost of servicing the public debt; and (2) a list of any federal agencies, programs, and initiatives with fragmented, overlapping, or duplicative goals or activities covered by the legislation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Savings Accounts Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-312
Sponsor: Rep. Cloud, Michael [R-TX-27]
Introduced: 2023-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Child care and development
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care costs and insurance
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Inflation and prices
Landlord and tenant
Property tax
Public utilities and utility rates
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: 

Emergency Savings Accounts Act of 2023

 
This bill allows an individual taxpayer occupying a residence a deduction from gross income for up to $5,000 of amounts paid into such taxpayer's emergency savings account. The bill defines 
emergency savings account
 as an account established exclusively to pay the qualified disaster and public health emergency expenses of the account beneficiary. 
 
The bill defines 
qualified disaster and public health emergency expenses
 as disaster mitigation expenses, disaster recovery expenses, public health emergency expenses, and unemployment-related expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Emergency Savings Accounts Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-313
Sponsor: Rep. Cloud, Michael [R-TX-27]
Introduced: 2023-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Business expenses
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Inflation and prices
Property tax
Public utilities and utility rates
Small business
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: 

Small Business Emergency Savings Accounts Act of 2023

 
This bill allows a new tax deduction from gross income for amounts paid into a small business emergency savings account. Such savings accounts are established exclusively to pay the qualified disaster and public health emergency expenses of the account beneficiary.
 
The bill defines 
qualified disaster and public health emergency expenses
 as disaster loss replacement expenses, disaster recovery operations expenses, and public health emergency expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
FORCE Act

Bill: 118-hr-314
Sponsor: Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27]
Introduced: 2023-01-12 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Caribbean area
Cuba
Latin America
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: 

Fighting Oppression until the Reign of Castro Ends Act or the FORCE Act

 
This bill prohibits removing Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism until the President makes the determination that a transition government in Cuba is in power.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-28
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 20.
action_date: 2023-03-28
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
No Taxpayer Funded Platform for Chinese Communists Act

Bill: 118-hr-315
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2023-01-12 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: 

No Taxpayer Funded Platform for Chinese Communists Act

 
This bill prohibits using federal funds made available to the U.S. Agency for Global Media to provide an open platform for representatives of the Chinese government, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), or any entity owned or controlled by the Chinese government or by the CCP.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House