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To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide for the registration of proxy advisory firms, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-4589
Sponsor: Rep. Steil, Bryan [R-WI-1]
Introduced: 2023-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: 
This bill requires a proxy advisory firm to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission and prohibits an unregistered proxy advisory firm from using interstate commerce to provide proxy-voting advice, research, analysis, or recommendations to any client. (Proxy advisory firms provide voting services and advice to institutional investors in public companies for proposals presented at shareholder meetings.) 
 
With respect to these firms, the bill establishes procedures and requirements for registration. Firms must certify that they will only provide advice that is in the best economic interest of the shareholders and that they have the experience to do so. The bill also requires each firm to employ an ombudsman, designate a compliance officer, and publicly disclose conflicts of interest and specified contact with outside entities. 
 
Firms must provide issuers that are the subjects of the voting recommendations with the opportunity to access the data and information used to make recommendations and to provide the firm with any comments or corrections. 
 
The bill (1) establishes a private right of action against a proxy advisory firm that endorses an approved proposal that is not supported by the issuer and is found to be illegal; and (2) prohibits unfair, coercive, or abusive practices by these firms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide for liability for certain failures to disclose material information in connection with proxy voting advice, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-4590
Sponsor: Rep. Steil, Bryan [R-WI-1]
Introduced: 2023-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: 
This bill specifies what is considered a false or misleading statement concerning a material fact for liability purposes in the context of the sale or purchase of securities. Particularly, the bill specifies that this liability extends to certain actions performed by a proxy voting advice businesss. (Proxy voting advice businesses provide voting services and advice to institutional investors in public companies for proposals presented at shareholder meetings.) 
 
Under the bill, a proxy voting advice business may be held liable if it fails to disclose its methodology, sources of information, or conflicts of interest, or if it makes a material misstatement when providing proxy voting advice. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Clean Slate through Consolidation Act

Bill: 118-hr-4591
Sponsor: Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11]
Introduced: 2023-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: 

Clean Slate through Consolidation Act

 
This bill provides for the removal of any adverse credit history related to a defaulted federal student loan from a borrower's credit history once the borrower has obtained a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan discharging the borrower's liability on the defaulted loan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Cumulative Impacts Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4592
Sponsor: Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2023-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Community life and organization
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3862)
action_date: 2023-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2023-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2023-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Agricultural Representation for the United States Territories Act

Bill: 118-hr-4593
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2023-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Agricultural education
Agricultural research
American Samoa
Economic development
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: 

Agricultural Representation for the United States Territories Act

This bill increases agricultural representation for U.S. territories on the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics (NAREEE) Advisory Board. 

Specifically, the bill increases the advisory board membership to 16 members (from the current 15). The additional member must represent the agricultural interests of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam.

The bill also extends the advisory board through FY2028.

(The NAREEE Advisory Board advises the Department of Agriculture, land-grant colleges and universities, and Congress on top priorities and policies for food and agricultural research, education, extension, and economics.)
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Clean Slate through Rehabilitation Act

Bill: 118-hr-4594
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2023-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: 

Clean Slate through Rehabilitation Act

 
This bill provides for the removal of any adverse credit history related to a federal student loan from a borrower's credit history once the borrower has completed loan rehabilitation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Introduced in House
National Education Association Charter Repeal Act

Bill: 118-hr-4595
Sponsor: Rep. Good, Bob [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Congress

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Citizen Vote Protection Act

Bill: 118-hr-4597
Sponsor: Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Citizen Vote Protection Act

 
This bill revises the minimum document requirements and issuance standards for federal recognition of state-issued driver's licenses or identification cards. Specifically, the bill prohibits federal agencies from accepting a state-issued driver's license or identification card unless the document includes the individual's citizenship status.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Supportive Services Expansion Act

Bill: 118-hr-4598
Sponsor: Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Employment and training programs
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Roads and highways
Small business
State and local government operations

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2023-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
PLAYS in Youth Sports Act

Bill: 118-hr-4599
Sponsor: Rep. Allred, Colin Z. [D-TX-32]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Athletes
Child care and development
Congressional oversight
Educational guidance
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Licensing and registrations
Public-private cooperation
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local finance

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-07-13
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: 2023-07-13
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: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Retail Investors’ Savings Act

Bill: 118-hr-4600
Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text:  

Protecting Retail Investors' Savings Act 

 
This bill further defines the best interest of a customer for purposes of the standard of conduct for all brokers, dealers, and investment advisers. Currently, these professionals must act in the best interest of the customer without regard to the financial or other interests of the professional providing the advice. The bill adds that the best interest standard must be based on pecuniary factors (i.e., a factor that a fiduciary determines will have a material effect on an investment's performance) unless the customer otherwise directs. 
 
In addition, the Securities and Exchange Commission must report on (1) municipal bond disclosures regarding climate change and environmental matters, and (2) the effectiveness of specified rules in preventing the payment of government officials or candidates in exchange for government business in connection with the sale or offer of municipal securities. 

 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Banking Regulator International Reporting Act

Bill: 118-hr-4601
Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text:  

Banking Regulator International Reporting Act 

 
This bill requires specified financial regulators to maintain records and annually report on interactions with certain nongovernmental international organizations. In particular, regulators must report any recommendations for international standardization regarding open-market policies and operations, discount lending and operations, or supervisory policies and operations. 

 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Amend the Code for Marriage Equality Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4602
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Amend the Code for Marriage Equality Act of
 
2023
 
 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, the Social Security Act (SSA), and other federal laws to replace (1) references to 
wife 
or
 husband
 with references to 
spouse
, and (2) references to 
husband and wife
 or 
husband or wife
 with references to 
married couple 
 or 
married person.

 
For purposes of federal laws or regulations, 
marriage
 is defined as a legal union between two people as spouses. The bill eliminates a definition of 
spouse
 that refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife.
 
Requirements concerning compensation to a surviving wife after the disability or death of a person employed at a military, air, or naval base outside the United States are revised to make surviving spouses eligible for such compensation.
 
The bill makes similar revisions to the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, and other federal statutes.
 
The bill revises title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the SSA to consolidate separate provisions for a wife's insurance benefits and a husband's insurance benefits into a single standard for a spouse's insurance benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Rural Wellness Act

Bill: 118-hr-4603
Sponsor: Rep. Caraveo, Yadira [D-CO-8]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health promotion and preventive care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Mental health
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Rural Wellness Act

This bill prioritizes behavioral and mental health treatment services under certain rural development grant and loan programs. The bill also reauthorizes through FY2028 the set-asides and prioritizations for substance use disorder treatment services under the Department of Agriculture's (1) Community Facilities Direct Loan and Grant Program, (2) Rural Health and Safety Education Competitive Grants Program, and (3) Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program.

Under the community facilities program, the bill prioritizes direct loans and grants for the development of behavioral and mental health services facilities, including facilities that provide treatment services. Further, loans and grants provided under the program may be used to develop facilities and systems to provide telehealth services for behavioral and mental health treatment.

Under the Rural Health and Safety Education Competitive Grants Program, the bill prioritizes grants for behavioral and mental health education and treatment.

Under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants Program, the bill includes a 17% set-aside for telemedicine projects that provide substance use disorder treatment services (currently a 20% set-aside). 

 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Don Young American Grown Act

Bill: 118-hr-4604
Sponsor: Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Don Young American Grown Act

 
This bill prohibits the official display of a cut flower or green in any public area of a building of the Executive Office of the President, the Department of State, or the Department of Defense unless it is produced in the United States.
 
The prohibition does not apply to any cut flower or green used by a federal officer or employee for personal display.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and 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: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and 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: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and 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: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Moms and Babies Act

Bill: 118-hr-4605
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Advisory bodies
American Samoa
Child health
Congressional oversight
Federal officials
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Guam
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hospital care
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
Mental health
Minority health
Northern Mariana Islands
Poverty and welfare assistance
Puerto Rico
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex and reproductive health
State and local government operations
Surgery and anesthesia
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Healthy Moms and Babies Act

 
This bill establishes programs and requirements to support maternal health services under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). 
 
For example, the bill allows state Medicaid programs to cover services that are provided by maternity health homes (designated providers or health teams that provide pregnancy and postpartum coordinated care services). It also establishes a demonstration program to expand telehealth services for pregnant and postpartum women under Medicaid. 
 
The bill also establishes an advisory group on birthing practices for health care professionals, requires a study on Medicaid coverage of doula services, and establishes other requirements relating to the maternal health care workforce. It also requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to develop guidance on ways to address social determinants of health for pregnant and postpartum women and to reduce maternal mortality for Medicaid and CHIP beneficiaries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4606
Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Housing and community development funding
Housing industry and standards
Indian social and development programs
Landlord and tenant
Public housing
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley and Roberts Temple National Historic Site Act

Bill: 118-hr-4607
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley and Roberts Temple National Historic Site Act

 
This bill establishes the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley and Roberts Temple National Historic Site in Illinois as a unit of the National Park System.
 
The site must not be established until the Department of the Interior enters an agreement with the Roberts Temple providing for public access to, and interpretation, operation, and maintenance of, a site that is sufficient to constitute a manageable park unit.
 
The purpose of the site is to preserve, protect, and interpret (1) the Great Migration, (2) the memorial service and funeral of Emmett Till, (3) the story of the courage and activism of Mamie Till-Mobley that was demonstrated as she transformed the murder of her son into a symbol of racial injustice, and (4) the civil rights movement.
 
Interior may enter into agreements, as appropriate, with public and private entities to provide and facilitate interpretive and educational services, administrative support, and technical assistance relating to the site, within or outside the boundaries of the site.
 
The National Park Service must prepare a general management plan for the site.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House