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To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to expand eligibility for certain contracts, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-3830
Sponsor: Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2023-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
AI Disclosure Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3831
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2023-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business records
Civil actions and liability
Computers and information technology
Consumer affairs
Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Disease X Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3832
Sponsor: Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2023-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
Research administration and funding
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: 

Disease X Act of 2023

 
This bill expands the priorities of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to specifically include viral threats that have the potential to cause a pandemic.
 
In particular, the bill expands the scope of innovation grants and contracts that may be awarded by BARDA to specifically include those that support research and development of certain manufacturing technology for medical countermeasures against viruses, including respiratory viruses, with pandemic potential. It also expands BARDA's authorized strategic initiatives to include advanced research, development, and procurement of countermeasures and products to address viruses with pandemic potential. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
National Labor Relations Board Reform Act

Bill: 118-hr-3833
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5]
Introduced: 2023-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act

Bill: 118-hr-3834
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5]
Introduced: 2023-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: 

Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act 

 
This bill establishes requirements for the National Labor Relations Board during a unionization election and the formation of a proposed bargaining unit. The bill also limits when the board is allowed to find that a workplace rule or policy is an unfair labor practice.
 
The bill sets minimum waiting periods for certain board activities during a unionization election. Specifically, the bill bars the board from conducting (1) a pre-election hearing earlier than 14 calendar days after receiving a petition to unionize, and (2) a union election earlier than 20 business days after the board directs the election. Additionally, the board must rule on all hearing issues and challenges before certifying an election. (The board currently exercises discretion about whether and when to rule on certain issues.)
 
The bill also requires the board to apply a
 sufficient community of interest
 analysis to determine the scope of a proposed bargaining unit. The board may not exclude workers from the unit if it determines that they are sufficiently similar according to eight factors, such as employees' compensation and job functions. Currently, the board accepts a proposed bargaining unit that excludes some workers unless the unit shares an overwhelming community of interest with those workers.
 
Finally, the board is only allowed to find that a facially neutral workplace rule violates labor law if (1) it has an adverse impact on an employee's right to collectively bargain, and (2) this adverse impact outweighs the employer's justification for the rule.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of the Army to award the Air Medal to Thomas Dewey Wise for service as a member of the Army during the Vietnam War.

Bill: 118-hr-3835
Sponsor: Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2023-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Army to award the Air Medal to Thomas Dewey Wise for his service as a member of the Army during the Vietnam War.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Improving Public Health Preparedness Act

Bill: 118-hr-3837
Sponsor: Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2023-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency planning and evacuation
Executive agency funding and structure
Health technology, devices, supplies
Intergovernmental relations
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-06
text:  

Improving Public Health Preparedness Act

 
This bill expressly transfers to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) the responsibility for administering the Strategic National Stockpile and related activities. (The Strategic National Stockpile consists of drugs, vaccines, medical products, and other supplies that may be deployed to respond to public health emergencies.)
 
Current law requires the Department of Health and Human Services to administer the stockpile in collaboration with ASPR and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, ASPR assumed general responsibility for overseeing the stockpile in 2018.

 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to increase transparency in generic drug applications.

Bill: 118-hr-3839
Sponsor: Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2]
Introduced: 2023-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: 

 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to inform generic drug applicants, upon request or during review, whether the drug is qualitatively and quantitatively the same as the listed brand-name drug (and if not, the reasons why). The FDA must also update or publish guidance on how it makes such determinations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Sufficient Supply of Testing Act

Bill: 118-hr-3840
Sponsor: Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2]
Introduced: 2023-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Public contracts and procurement
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-06
text:  

Ensuring Sufficient Supply of Testing Act

 
This bill expressly authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to enter into certain contracts and cooperative agreements with clinical laboratories as part of maintaining the Strategic National Stockpile. The Strategic National Stockpile consists of drugs, vaccines, medical products, and other supplies that may be deployed to respond to bioterrorist attacks or other public health emergencies.
 
Current law permits HHS to enter into specified types of contracts and cooperative agreements with vendors (e.g., manufacturers and distributors of medical products) for managing inventory of and ensuring production capacity for supplies needed for the stockpile. The bill specifies that clinical laboratories may participate as vendors in those types of contracts and agreements.

 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the program of payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs.

Bill: 118-hr-3841
Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]
Introduced: 2023-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Hospital care
Medical education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-06
text:  

This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 the Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education Payment program, which supports education and training for medical residents and fellows in children's hospitals.
 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Access to Diabetes Self-Management Training Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3842
Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]
Introduced: 2023-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Internet, web applications, social media
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: 

Expanding Access to Diabetes Self-Management Training Act of 

2023

 
This bill expands Medicare coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training. It also requires the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test a model in which such training is provided virtually.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-12-06
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 0.
action_date: 2023-12-06
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-11-15
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2023-11-15
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-06-06
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: 2023-06-06
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: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
Sustainable Agriculture Research Act

Bill: 118-hr-3844
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2023-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural research
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Atmospheric science and weather
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Farmland

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: 

Sustainable Agriculture Research Act

 
This bill revises the goals of the Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority (AGARDA). 
 
Specifically, the bill expands the goals to require AGARDA to enhance the role of sustainable agriculture in innovative voluntary resilience solutions in the United States through the development of agricultural technologies that may address 
 
 
the impact of extreme weather on crop production;
 
the effects of drought and the potential of building water holding capacity in soils on croplands and rangelands;
 
the expansion of the potential for long-term carbon storage through sustainable agriculture;
 
increased economic and practical feasibility for renewable and sustainable energy on farms and in the agriculture industry; 
 
increased voluntary adoption of conservation practices that sequester carbon and build on-farm climate resilience; and
 
increased economic and practical feasibility for, and voluntary adoption of, precision agriculture technology.
 
 
The bill defines 
precision agriculture
 as managing, tracking, or reducing crop or livestock production inputs (including seed, feed, fertilizer, chemicals, water, and time) at a heightened level of spatial and temporal granularity to improve efficiencies, reduce waste, and maintain environmental quality.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
Disability Access to Transportation Act

Bill: 118-hr-3845
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2023-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Access Board
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aging
Child care and development
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Disability assistance
Employment and training programs
Food industry and services
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Housing supply and affordability
Pedestrians and bicycling
Public transit
Regional and metropolitan planning
Rural conditions and development
Social security and elderly assistance
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: 

Disability Access to Transportation Act

This bill establishes programs and requirements to expand transportation access for individuals with disabilities.

The Department of Transportation (DOT) must establish a one-stop paratransit pilot program. (Paratransit is often a service for the elderly and disabled using small buses and vans.) This program must develop or expand transit agency paratransit programs carried out pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) to prevent long wait times between multiple trips that unduly limit an individual's ability to complete essential tasks.

In addition, the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) must issue regulations to establish accessibility guidelines that set forth minimum standards for pedestrian facilities in the public right-of-way, including shared use paths.

DOT must also implement procedures that allow an individual who believes that they have been subjected to discrimination on the basis of a disability by a public entity to submit an ADA complaint by phone, by mail-in form, and online. DOT must require each public transit provider and contractor providing paratransit services to post certain information on how an individual can file a disability-related complaint. In addition, DOT must publish yearly reports on the disposition of these accessibility complaints.

Finally, DOT must create an accessibility data pilot program to provide data sets to states and metropolitan or rural planning organizations to improve their transportation planning. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Transparency Act

Bill: 118-hr-3846
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
Introduced: 2023-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-06
text:  

Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Transparency Act

 
This bill addresses reports conducted by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
 
Specifically, the bill requires the OIG to submit to Congress any report finalized on or after 30 days after the enactment of this bill that substantiates
 
 
a violation of specified provisions regarding prohibited personnel practices, protected communications, or retaliatory personnel actions; 
 
a violation of Presidential Personnel Directive-19 (protecting whistleblowers with access to classified information); or
 
an allegation of misconduct, waste, fraud, abuse, or a violation of policy within DHS involving a member of the Senior Executive Service or politically appointed official of DHS.
 
 
The OIG must make each report publicly available on its website, with exceptions.
 
The bill requires the OIG's semiannual reports to include specified information regarding 
 
 
ongoing audits, inspections, and evaluations;
 
significant changes since the previous semiannual report regarding the narrative description of each such audit, inspection, or evaluation;
 
any such audit, inspection, or evaluation terminated;
 
certain delays; and
 
data with respect to tips and complaints made to the OIG Hotline or otherwise referred to DHS.
 
 
The OIG must report within one year on the policies, procedures, and internal controls established that ensure compliance with the Quality Standards for Federal Offices of Inspector General from the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency. The Government Accountability Office must evaluate such report within one year after receipt of the report.

 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
SUPPORT For SNAP Act

Bill: 118-hr-3847
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2023-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Community life and organization
Food assistance and relief
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public-private cooperation
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: 

Securing Unhoused Peoples' Program for Outreach Resources and Transportation For SNAP Act or the SUPPORT For SNAP Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a pilot program to raise awareness among and provide support for homeless individuals eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
 
Under the program, USDA must award grants to eligible entities (e.g., state and local agencies, nonprofit and community-based organizations, and community action agencies) to (1) raise awareness among homeless individuals of the availability, eligibility requirements, application procedures, and benefits of SNAP; (2) support homeless individuals in enrolling in SNAP; and (3) train outreach workers, caseworkers, and others on SNAP application and program requirements. 
 
The bill specifies that a grant recipient may only use program funding to supplement (and not supplant) the level of state or local funds that would be available in the absence of the grant funds. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
Rural Energy Savings Act

Bill: 118-hr-3849
Sponsor: Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6]
Introduced: 2023-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy prices
Government lending and loan guarantees
Rural conditions and development

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2023-06-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House