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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3901 MacArthur Blvd., in New Orleans, Louisiana, as the "Dr. Rudy Lombard Post Office".

Bill: 118-hr-996
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Troy [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Louisiana
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3901 MacArthur Blvd, in New Orleans, Louisiana, as the "Dr. Rudy Lombard Post Office."
action_date: 2024-05-07
text: 
This bill designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3901 MacArthur Blvd, in New Orleans, Louisiana, as the 
Dr. Rudy Lombard Post Office Building
.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-07
text: Became Public Law No: 118-53.
action_date: 2024-05-07
text: Became Public Law No: 118-53.
action_date: 2024-05-07
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2024-05-07
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2024-05-01
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2024-05-01
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2024-04-25
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2024-04-23
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2993)
action_date: 2024-04-23
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2993)
action_date: 2024-02-06
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 329.
action_date: 2024-02-06
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-02-06
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2023-10-03
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-10-02
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2023-10-02
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4942)
action_date: 2023-10-02
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4942)
action_date: 2023-10-02
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 996.
action_date: 2023-10-02
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4942-4943)
action_date: 2023-10-02
text: Mr. Comer moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 118-53
English Language Unity Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-997
Sponsor: Rep. Good, Bob [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Citizenship and naturalization
Civil actions and liability
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Department of Homeland Security
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 

English Language Unity Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes English as the official language of the United States. It establishes a framework for implementation and enforcement, including by testing English as part of the naturalization process. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
287(g) Program Protection Act

Bill: 118-hr-998
Sponsor: Rep. Cloud, Michael [R-TX-27]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 

287(g) Program Protection Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to allow qualified state and local law enforcement agencies to perform certain immigration enforcement activities if the agency requests such authority. DHS may refuse to grant the request only if there is a compelling reason.
 
Currently, DHS is authorized to grant such authority but is not required to do so.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Civil Rights Legacy Protection Act

Bill: 118-hr-999
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Alabama
Colorado
Commission on Civil Rights
Crimes against property
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Disability and health-based discrimination
District of Columbia
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Indiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Members of Congress
Mississippi
Missouri
New York City
Ohio
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
South Carolina
Tennessee
U.S. history
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 

Civil Rights Legacy Protection Act

 
This bill makes it a crime to deface, damage, or destroy certain memorials that commemorate civil rights events or figures.
 
An individual convicted under this act must pay restitution and is subject to additional penalties that vary based on the cost of the defacement, damage, or destruction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
OATHS Act

Bill: 118-hr-1000
Sponsor: Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 

Ordering Authentication in The House's Swearing-in Act or the OATHS Act

 
This bill modifies procedures related to the oath of office that is taken by Members of the House of Representatives.
 
First, the bill eliminates the statutory requirement that the oath of office be administered at the first session of Congress after every general election of Representatives.
 
Second, the bill requires that the Clerk of the House of Representatives provide Members with two printed copies of the oath of office to sign before the first session of Congress rather than on the first day of that session. Generally, a Member shall be deemed to have taken the oath of office when they return the signed oath to the clerk for filing in official records. However, if a Member returns the signed oath before noon on the first day of the first session, the signed oath is effective at noon on the first day of that session.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Military and Veteran Caregiver Student Loan Relief Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1001
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 

Military and Veteran Caregiver Student Loan Relief Act of 

2023

 
This bill makes designated primary family caregivers of veterans eligible for student loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.
 
Under the PSLF program, the Department of Education must cancel the balance of interest and principal due on a borrower's Federal Direct Loans after the borrower makes 120 monthly loan payments while employed in a public service job. This bill broadens the definition of 
public service job
 to include service as a primary family caregiver of an eligible veteran participating in the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Saving the Civil Service Act

Bill: 118-hr-1002
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 

Saving the Civil Service Act

 
This bill generally prohibits changes to the classification of positions in the competitive service and excepted service unless certain conditions are met. (Competitive service positions are subject to competitive examination; excepted service positions are not subject to competitive examination and are instead subject to the specific requirements applicable to the schedule in which they are placed, which depends on the nature of the position.)
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits executive agency positions in the competitive service from being placed in the excepted service, unless such positions are placed in the excepted service as in effect on September 30, 2020. The bill also prohibits positions in the excepted service from being placed in any schedule other than the aforementioned schedules.
 
Additionally, agencies may not (1) transfer occupied positions from the competitive or excepted service into Schedule C without the consent of the Office of Personnel Management, or (2) transfer employees in the excepted service to another schedule or transfer employees in the competitive service to the excepted service without employee consent. 
 
On October 21, 2020, former President Donald Trump issued an executive order that placed executive agency positions that are of a confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character, and that are not normally subject to change as a result of a presidential transition, under a new schedule in the excepted service (Schedule F) instead of the competitive service. The order also required any such positions in the excepted service to be reclassified to Schedule F. The order was subsequently revoked by President Joe Biden.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1003
Sponsor: Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 

VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to study the effects of cannabis on veterans who are enrolled in the VA health care system and have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or chronic pain (i.e., eligible veterans).
 
First, the bill requires the VA to conduct an observational, 18-month study on the effects of cannabis on the health outcomes of eligible veterans. The VA must report on the study and address whether it is able to meet criteria necessary to conduct clinical trials.
 
Then, if the VA determines that it is able to proceed, it must carry out a series of clinical trials on the effects of cannabis appropriate for investigational use, as determined by the Food and Drug Administration, on the outcomes of eligible veterans. The VA must carry out a long-term observational study of the clinical trial participants.
 
The VA may terminate the trials if it is unable to meet clinical guideline requirements or the trials would create excessive risk to participants.
 
The VA must ensure that the study and trials are representative of the demographics of veterans in the United States, as determined by the most recent data from the American Community Survey of the Bureau of the Census.
 
The study and trials must include mechanisms to ensure data preservation and registration as necessary (in an anonymous form).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Public Health Information Act

Bill: 118-hr-1004
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Scientific communication

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 

Promoting Public Health Information Act

 
This bill sets out programs and activities to support the communication and dissemination of evidence-based public health information, with a particular focus on communication during public health emergencies.
 
Specifically, it temporarily establishes an advisory committee to report on and make recommendations about, for example, the role and impact of misinformation on responses to public health emergencies and strategies to improve communication during such emergencies. The committee terminates four years after the bill's enactment.
 
Additionally, the Department of Health and Human Services must support the development of initiatives that promote fact-based public health and medical information to the public and educate the public on identifying misinformation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
EAGLES Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1005
Sponsor: Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-26]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Internet, web applications, social media
Law enforcement administration and funding
Protection of officials
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 

EAGLES Act of 2023

 
This bill reauthorizes the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Secret Service.
 
It reauthorizes the functions of NTAC through FY2028 and expands them to include additional activities related to the prevention of targeted violence, such as the establishment of a national program on targeted school violence prevention. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
NRC Survey Act

Bill: 118-hr-1006
Sponsor: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Survey Act or the NRC Survey Act

 
This bill requires the inspector general of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to distribute surveys about NRC's efficiency and effectiveness. The inspector general must first draft and distribute an optional and anonymous survey to NRC's employees. If feasible, the inspector general must also draft and distribute a similar survey to stakeholders in the nuclear industry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Nuclear Assistance for America’s Small Businesses Act

Bill: 118-hr-1007
Sponsor: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 

Nuclear Assistance for America's Small Businesses Act

 
This bill provides assistance to eligible small businesses that seek to engage in the research, development, and deployment of advanced nuclear reactors. Upon the request of small businesses, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission must delay collecting a certain portion of application fees for construction permits, operating licenses, or combined licenses for advanced nuclear reactors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Combat Harmful Algal Blooms Act

Bill: 118-hr-1008
Sponsor: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 

Combat Harmful Algal Blooms Act

 
This bill includes algal blooms within the definition of
 major disaster
 under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act and directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to submit to specified congressional committees a detailed study relating to the health effects of exposure to cyanotoxins in the air that result from algal blooms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
National Strategy to Utilize Microreactors for Natural Disaster Response Efforts Act

Bill: 118-hr-1009
Sponsor: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 

National Strategy to Utilize Microreactors for Natural Disaster Response Efforts Act

 
This bill directs the President to develop a national strategy to utilize microreactors to assist with natural disaster response efforts. A microreactor is a nuclear reactor with at most 20 megawatts of thermal energy generating capacity.
 
Specifically, such strategy must include
 
 
an assessment of the effectiveness of utilizing diesel generators to assist with natural disaster response efforts;
 
a comprehensive, research-based, and long-term discussion of goals, objectives, and priorities for utilizing microreactors instead of diesel generators to assist with such efforts;
 
a Department of Defense analysis regarding the use of such microreactors to assist with such efforts; 
 
recommendations on how the Nuclear Regulatory Commission can work with other federal agencies to expedite the approval of designs for microreactors and issuing licenses;
 
an assessment of the challenges and barriers to deploying microreactors to assist with such efforts and solutions; and 
 
recommendations on how to utilize microreactors as charging stations for electric vehicles in the event of a mass evacuation resulting from a natural disaster.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act

Bill: 118-hr-1010
Sponsor: Rep. Ferguson, A. Drew, IV [R-GA-3]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 

Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act 

 
This bill prohibits the Department of the Treasury from requiring a financial institution to report the transfers into and out of a financial account. This prohibition does not apply to laws or regulations in effect on January 1, 2023.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House