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LGBTQI+ Data Inclusion Act

Bill: 118-hr-3970
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2023-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Government information and archives
Right of privacy
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: 

LGBTQ

I+

 Data Inclusion Act

 
This bill addresses federal data collection of voluntary, self-disclosed information on sexual orientation, gender identity, and variations in sex characteristics.
 
Specifically, the bill requires federal agencies that collect information through a survey for statistical purposes that includes demographic data (where subjects self-report information or a proxy provides information about the subject or responds for all persons in a household) to review existing data sets to determine which data sets do not include information about sexual orientation, gender identity, and variations in sex characteristics.
 
Such agencies must assess needed changes in survey methods related to asking questions on such matters. 
 
Agencies that publish reports relying on survey demographic data must include information on sexual orientation, gender identity, and variations in sex characteristics.
 
Agencies may waive this publication requirement on a case-by-case basis if the confidentiality of the information cannot be maintained or if adding such information to the survey would impair the agency's ability to preserve the utility, accuracy, or objectivity of the survey while also generating relevant evidence about the LGBTQI+ community.
 
The Government Accountability Office must report to Congress on the implementation of this bill's requirements by agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Flatside Wilderness Additions Act

Bill: 118-hr-3971
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2023-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arkansas
Forests, forestry, trees
Geography and mapping
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: 

Flatside Wilderness Additions Act

 
This bill adds specified lands to the Flatside Wilderness in the Ouachita National Forest in Arkansas. The bill also redesignates the wilderness as the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-12
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 710.
action_date: 2024-12-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-869.
action_date: 2024-12-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-869.
action_date: 2024-11-20
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2024-11-20
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2024-11-20
text: Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged
action_date: 2024-06-27
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2024-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Flood Resiliency and Land Stewardship Act

Bill: 118-hr-3972
Sponsor: Rep. Hinson, Ashley [R-IA-2]
Introduced: 2023-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Floods and storm protection
Soil pollution
Water use and supply
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: 

Flood Resiliency and Land Stewardship Act

 
This bill amends the purpose of the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to include the prevention and mitigation of the effects of flooding and drought and the improvement or expansion of flood resiliency. (Under the RCPP, USDA enters into agreements with eligible partners to deliver conservation projects in specific geographical areas. Within an RCPP project, producers enter into contracts and agreements with USDA to carry out eligible conservation activities.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Securing Our Airspace from Reconnaissance Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3974
Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2023-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
IT Service Corps Act

Bill: 118-hr-3975
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2023-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize grants to Indian Tribes to further achievement of Tribal coastal zone objectives, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-3976
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2023-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of Commerce to award competitive grants to (1) tribal governments to further achievement of tribal coastal zone objectives, and (2) Native Hawaiian organizations to further achievement of the coastal zone objectives identified in a corresponding approved management program.
 

Tribal coastal zone objective
 means, with respect to a tribal government and its tribal coastal zone, any of the following objectives:
 
 
protecting, restoring, or preserving areas in the zone that hold important ecological, cultural, or sacred significance for the tribal government or traditional, historic, and aesthetic values essential to the tribal government;
 
preparing and implementing a special area management plan and technical planning for important coastal areas; and
 
taking any coastal or shoreline stabilization measure for the purpose of public safety, public access, or cultural or historical preservation.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project Amendments Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3977
Sponsor: Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2023-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Arizona
Government trust funds
Indian lands and resources rights
Infrastructure development
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
New Mexico
Rural conditions and development
Water resources funding
Water storage
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: 

Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project Amendments Act of 2023

 
This bill extends deadlines and otherwise revises the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project. This project was first authorized by the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, which settled the Navajo Nation's water rights in the San Juan Basin of New Mexico.
 
Specifically, the bill extends through December 31, 2029, the deadline for constructing project facilities.
 
The bill allows for additional project service areas, including by allowing the Navajo Nation to expand the project service area in order to deliver water supply from the project to Lupton, Arizona.
 
The bill directs the Department of the Interior to take certain land into trust for the benefit of the Navajo Nation.
 
The bill also establishes (1) the Navajo Nation Operations, Maintenance, and Replacement Trust Fund; and (2) the Jicarilla Apache Nation Operations, Maintenance, and Replacement Trust Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-07-23
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2024-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Southern California Coast and Ocean Protection Act

Bill: 118-hr-3978
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49]
Introduced: 2023-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: 

Southern California Coast and Ocean Protection Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production (i.e., offshore drilling) of oil or natural gas in the Southern California planning area of the Outer Continental Shelf.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Russia is a State Sponsor of Terrorism Act

Bill: 118-hr-3979
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2023-06-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: 

Russia is a State Sponsor of Terrorism Act

 
This bill designates Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. (A country with this designation is subject to certain restrictions, including a ban on receiving U.S. defense exports and limits on receiving U.S. foreign assistance.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3980
Sponsor: Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3]
Introduced: 2023-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Methane Reduction and Economic Growth Act

Bill: 118-hr-3982
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2023-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Drone Safety and Efficiency Act

Bill: 118-hr-3983
Sponsor: Rep. Molinaro, Marcus J. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2023-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: 

Drone Safety and Efficiency Act

This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to adopt a performance-based and risk-based approach in reviewing specific waiver requests for the operation of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), also known as drones. (A small unmanned aircraft weighs less than 55 pounds on takeoff.)

The FAA must improve the current established process to submit small UAS waiver requests. The bill prohibits the FAA from requiring the use of open-ended descriptive prompts that must be filled out by an applicant, with exceptions.

Further, the FAA must leverage data gathered from previous waiver requests. If the FAA determines that a waiver application is substantially similar to a previously approved application, the FAA may streamline approval of the waiver application; the new waiver application and the previously approved application must include substantially similar conditions and limitations. 

In determining whether to issue a waiver certificate, the FAA must (1) consider whether the waiver applicant has control over access to all real property on the ground within the area of the UAS's operation, and (2) account for the safety enhancements of such access.

The FAA must also establish an expedited review process for a request to modify or renew a waiver.

The FAA must publish all issued waivers on the FAA website. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Feral Swine Eradication Act

Bill: 118-hr-3984
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-2]
Introduced: 2023-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Congressional oversight
Mammals
Pest management

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: 

Feral Swine Eradication Act

 
This bill reauthorizes the feral swine eradication and control pilot program and removes the pilot program designation. This Department of Agriculture (USDA) program responds to the threat feral swine pose to agriculture, native ecosystems, and human and animal health. 
 
The bill also directs USDA to require the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to continue monitoring an area for reoccurrence of feral swine for one year after USDA determines that feral swine has been eradicated from an eligible area.
 
The current even distribution of the program's funds between APHIS and the NRCS is amended to allocate 60% of the funds to APHIS and 40% of the funds to the NRCS. 
 
Further, the bill includes new reporting requirements, which direct APHIS and the NRCS to submit a joint report to Congress on the program. This report must be publicly available on USDA's website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Combating International Islamophobia Act

Bill: 118-hr-3985
Sponsor: Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2023-06-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
ICELAND Act

Bill: 118-hr-3986
Sponsor: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2023-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: 

Iceland Commercial and Economic Leadership for Arctic and National Development Act or the ICELAND Act

 
This bill establishes that a national of Iceland shall be eligible for an E visa (for an investor or trader who is a national of a foreign country with a treaty of commerce and navigation with the United States) if Iceland provides a similar nonimmigrant status to U.S. nationals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Leveraging Quantum Computing Act

Bill: 118-hr-3987
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2]
Introduced: 2023-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: 

Leveraging Quantum Computing Act 

This bill requires the National Quantum Coordination Office in the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy to conduct outreach with federal agencies on the use of quantum computing.

Specifically, the office must engage with federal agencies to identify areas in which quantum computing may be used and to develop plans that enable such use. The office must annually report on its activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Pets Belong With Families Act

Bill: 118-hr-3989
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2023-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Landlord and tenant
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: 

Pets Belong With Families Act

 
This bill prohibits public housing agencies from imposing breed restrictions on pets owned by residents of public housing units. The bill continues to allow public housing agencies to prohibit ownership of dangerous animals in public housing, but prohibits classification as 
dangerous
 by breed and requires that any such classification be based on specific behaviors or actions of the animal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Forest Data Modernization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3990
Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]
Introduced: 2023-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Forests, forestry, trees
Government information and archives
Scientific communication
User charges and fees

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Paperwork Savings Act

Bill: 118-hr-3991
Sponsor: Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2023-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: 
 
Small Business Paperwork Savings Act 

 
This bill increases from $600 to $5,000 the threshold for reporting income for tax purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Effective Bank Regulation Act

Bill: 118-hr-3992
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2023-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: 

Effective Bank Regulation Act 

 
This bill requires the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to test additional scenarios during annual stress tests. Specifically, when evaluating whether a nonbank financial company or bank holding company has the capital to absorb losses due to adverse economic conditions, the board must test for three additional scenarios, including scenarios that incorporate interest rate changes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
To provide a private right of action against the maker of any component of a ghost gun, and any person who facilitated a sale of the ghost gun, for injury or death resulting from the use of the ghost gun.

Bill: 118-hr-3993
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2023-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: 
This bill establishes a private right of action against a maker of any component of a ghost gun or any person who facilitated any sale of a ghost gun. A ghost gun is a firearm that lacks a unique serial number.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Stop Funding Rioters Act

Bill: 118-hr-3994
Sponsor: Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2023-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: 

Stop Funding Rioters Act

 
This bill makes a person convicted of an offense relating to the assault of a law enforcement officer or a person convicted of a felony in connection with a riot that results in the destruction of a small business ineligible for any assistance or program administered by the Small Business Administration. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act

Bill: 118-hr-3995
Sponsor: Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2023-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Small Business Administration
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: 

Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to ensure that for each fiscal year the cost to small businesses of the administration's rulemaking (including the modification or repeal of a rule) is not greater than zero.
 
 The administration also must report on any regulations issued by other federal agencies that have an impact on small businesses.

action_date: 2023-09-01
text: 

Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to ensure that for each fiscal year the cost to small businesses of the administration's rulemaking (including the modification or repeal of a rule) is not greater than zero.
 
 The administration also must report on any regulations issued by other federal agencies that have an impact on small businesses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-01
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 144.
action_date: 2023-09-01
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 118-180.
action_date: 2023-09-01
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 118-180.
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 14 - 12.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Introduced in House